franchising predictions!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mapusaurus

Pacific:
T1, GEN G, DRX, ZETA, DNG, XIA, TS, BLD, PWR, GE
EMEA:
G2, FNC, TL, NAVI, BBL, KOI, VIT, KC, FPX, XL
Americas:
LLL, MIBR, INF, KRU, C9, OPTIC, 100T, SEN, TSM, EG
Who do you think will get partnered?

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3 KR teams for Asia 💀💀💀

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truth is that the korean orgs are very big

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Mortadelo

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Not fanbase in this game which is what matters the most

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/x0jeei/currently_valorant_is_more_played_than_overwatch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Top 6 in pc bangs now. On top of Overwatch there. It’s growing greatly.

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Lmao i see this same gametrics post every 2 weeks in that subreddit. People are just obsessed with Korea . Casual playerbase growth is a lot more in other Asian countries. You can ask any Indonesian, Thai , Malay or Indian about how popular Val is on their country. I can say its a lot popular in SG. Same isn't the case for KR and most people don't even know the game .

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Korea is a large market in gaming so, it makes sense for Riot to get some of that marketshare. Im sure the game is waaaaaaay more popular in other Asian countries. It still makes sense to invest into the Korean scene heavily. The International LAN is even in Seoul, Korea for this very reason.

This is business people lol

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JiangLi

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Obviously RIOT has put too much money on KR to establish the infrastructure . As you said its just business but its obviously sad to see preferential treatment .

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Also worth noting that overwatch is basically dead with no updates for a year iirc. People there playing Val are just in ow2 waiting room. So comparison with dead ow is not good

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Phamous

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Sure, when OW2 hits you'll see a surge of Korean players but, OW is pretty dead elsewhere and Valorant is definitely the bigger game internationally so... You'll see some talent in Korea stick around for it.

But it's still top 6 in Korea which regardless of OW or not is a statement onto itself

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Mortadelo

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Dude they have 2k viewers

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Phamous

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I never said viewership is blazing ahead lol... I stated the game is growing... Which it is?

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Then in 4 years when the game is grown you can give them more spots, what you can't do is give 3 spots to them, cause that cuts other regions growth

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Phamous

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We still don't know the number of spots tbf but, I see your point. It's just good business to develop Korea... Same with China, America, Brazil, etc.

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Mortadelo

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Yes, but this is the point of this thread, dude gave spots to T1, GenG, DMG and DRX, leaving most countries of APAC without a spot

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Phamous

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Yeah but lol... That's a predicition... Nothing is factual. Point of the thread was franchise predicitions in ALL regions so, he made a call. Not a bad one seeing those orgs are loaded with sponsors and capital.

3 JP, 3 SEA, 2 KR, 1 SA & 1 AUS would be my predicition...

continue thread →

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hey! we get at leastttt 5k nowadays

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If you think 3 KR teams is bad then i'm sorry.

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XIA 💀

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💀

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only 2 for kr tho

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Mapusaurus

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wdym

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DeluluGavin

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the slot for franchising

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Mapusaurus

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slot distribution has changed, as per bo

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DeluluGavin

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WAIT HOLD UP. FR? 3 KR TEAMS? SHEASH MY BAD G IM A BIT SLOW WITH THE NEWS

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who are inf? fusion?
also guard would probably make it instead of tsm or eg

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Mapusaurus

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lan org, big in lol

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Infinity is more likely than Fusion

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inf is my sleeper pick

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Remove T1 from APAC and add a Japanese org.
Remove XL and add BIG/Rogue/Guild
Remove EG and add NRG

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Mortadelo

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Not GUILD, no fanbase
Not Rogue, probably joining KOI

People really underestimate BIG chances but I think they are a must, league is gonna be held in Berlin, and hopefully will have public so making German scene grow should be a priority if you don’t want an empty stadium. It’s either them or Heretics imo

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Nordics need a representation. I assume they will give a slot to one of Guild/Heroic or Rogue(If they are representing Nordics or CIS) over BIG.

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Mortadelo

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And what do you think FNC is? Why do they need more teams than that?

Guild won't get a spot that is already confirmed, they didn't make the cut they are almost bankrupt
Heroic could but I highly doubt it, they don't have a relationship with Riot like Rogue and danish Valorant is not strong at all
Rogue will most likely do like in LEC and convince their spot with KOI

So no, any of these orgs has or should have better chance than BIG or a few other orgs

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VirajKnight

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FNC is currently a British based one

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Mortadelo

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Which Riot considers part of the Nordics region, correct

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No Furia in Americas?

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divisionbell

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FURIA >

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CR should be a lock

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Where is PRX?

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Kindler

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They are still new and are a small org. Very low chances they make it. Though they have nice sponsors.

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Asia: -GenG -XIA +CR +BRU
EMEA: -KC +TH
NA: -EG +FAZE

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There is no way EG isn’t making franchising

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Why?

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Phamous

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Yeaaahhhh EG more then likely in it.

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The Guard and EDG likely to make franchising

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maxi447

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Wasn't T1 going to stay NA??

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3/5 korean players
probably wont make franchising NA
has an established Korean fanbase
is a korean org
korea is easier to get into

i think they stay in NA if they get rejected in both NA and APAC franchising

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EG is a irrelevant org with no fanbase they're not making it