Global Esports Situation EXPLAINED

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TS_ChedZ

GE have finally found an ideal starting five. But fans are not happy.

Authors Note:
This is my first time attempting to write an atricle in a while so go easy one me. You can skip the CONTEXT paragraphs is you aint reading allat cos they aren't that important.

CONTEXT

Global Esports is a proud Indian Esports organisation, They entered the scene in October of 2020 with the signing of Indian Superstar SkRossi. Global Esports competed in The top-flight of Indian VALORANT for two years where SkRossi and the rest of Global Esports would go on to win 25 trophies and two of the four Top-Flight tournaments in the years. GES proved to everyone that they had an incredibly strong fanbase both in India and Internationally. This incredibly strong domestic following proved to Riot that they were a good fit into the upcoming 2023 Partnership League.

Staying true to their name GES Signed a 10-man roster consisting of extremely talented fan-favourite players from five countries. The idea was that GE would choose 6 or 7 of the 10
players they signed to join their starting Line-Up. This was a fair and competitively viable idea for the org. So what’s the problem?

What exactly is the problem?

Well, GES ended up signing a 7-man roster consisting of two Indian players who are yet to play games in the Pacific League. GE management gave promises to their Indian players to help grow the Indian Scene and fans have caught onto the resistance from GE management to put Indian players on the Active Roster.

So, why not move Indian players onto the active roster? t
The main problem with Indian Esports in general in how undeveloped the region is. The region definitely has potential to be a powerhouse, they have a young population of 1.1 billion people. Of course they have potential. But right now, in split 1 of 2023 most Indian players simply aren’t as good as the rest of Asia.

What’s the solution?
GES have found an Ideal starting 5:
WRONSKI
Bazzi
T3xture
Monyet
AYRIN
But this starting 5 isn’t at all inclusive of Indian players which is a betrayal not only to GE’s management’s promise but to an entire region of fans. There is no clear solution that will make everyone happy. Which is why this whole situation is so complicated.

The Unfortunate reality
[This is my opinion.]
The starting 5 that GES are using now have proven that they are an incredibly strong roster that could possibly challenge a spot at Tokyo. This is exactly what fans, management, players and most importantly sponsors want. What I assume is happening is sponsors are pushing GE to keep this starting 5 which would give GE a chance on the big stage.

Ultimately trophies is all that truly matters in Sports. GE will justify the choice to keep this starting 5 by saying they’ll make up the fans they lose ten-fold which isn’t wrong. GE is on the rise as an org, and it’s their time to show the world what their made of. But when Visa issues get sorted out we will see what Rushinrda and the rest of GE management put first:

Trophies or Promises.

#GEFIGHTING and best of luck to the boys in the upcoming split.

TLDR current's roster is the best. but there will be soo soo many indians that wont be happy

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not_smart_user

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This can be a netflix documentary/show: Trophies or Promises

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TS_ChedZ

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LMFAO sounds sick

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Bazzi is mid af

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ok

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ItsMeDio

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Ain't reading allat 💀

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I ain't readin allat

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Ok

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LOL__U

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rossi didnt played this match and look how much hate the ceo got do you think they will bench rossi OR lf and will not get the fans support which riot want?

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TS_ChedZ

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Well If you read you'd see that I said that GE will most likely keep their current starting 5. Make the fans back that they lost over time and grow a more international fanbase.

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LOL__U

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they will need a lot of time to grow international fanbase cause its a new org, and leaving whole indian fanbase? riot ,sponsors wouldnt like that

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TS_ChedZ

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sponsors are 100% pushing to keep this starting 5. My experience with working freelance for Adelaide FC taught me that sponsors don't care about people disagreeing with decisions. They care about maintaining Image and results

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LOL__U

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and riot?

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TS_ChedZ

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We can discuss in Discord further if you like but vlr.gg isn't the place for long debates XD

CHEDZ#1893

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iann_21

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if only the org want to let an indian in playing 5 just to avoid hate rather win an event, then its a gg

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LOL__U

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the purpose of giving ge a slot was for the viewership of whole SA and the problem is that the ceo has always hyped indians when skrossi is playing so fans get really mad when hes not playing

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Riot_On_Drugs

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IDK what viewership you're talking about lil bro. The ongoing SA challenger's are barely hitting 5K on Nodwin's main stream(YT).

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LOL__U

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no one watches that thing bro, people only watch vlt and ge matches

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Riot_On_Drugs

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Even the VLT matches lacks the viewership. I remember earlier the main stream used to get like 20K concurrent viewers. There's just no hype around valorant in the SA scene.

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LOL__U

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yes because then ge used to play with Skrossi, hes the reason of ge watching and vlt vs ge was the reason of SA watching

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deathlyclaws

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No one care about promises if you start winning so sticking with this current roster is best

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WhoAsked

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Promises can lead to trophy,
Trophy cant lead back to d promise(where both elements are not sure)..

And also rossi played 1 match...
Bazzi is no charm

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To sum it up, current's roster is the best. but there will be soo soo many indians that wont be happy

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iriXium

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Bro the main reason skrossi isn't playing is because of VISA issues.

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TS_ChedZ

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I don't actually believe that.

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wizardbot

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Bro what?

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TS_ChedZ

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I think Visa issues are real. But even when they get cleared up SkRossi will still be on the bench

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wizardbot

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Maybe, but your initial comment doesn't say that and it just sounds like a 10 yo talking . You should edit that lol

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ItsMeDio

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Bro what?

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TS_ChedZ

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I think Visa issues are real. But even when they get cleared up SkRossi will still be on the bench

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ry666

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same, they need excuse to not let him play

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TS_ChedZ

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I think Visa issues are real. But even when they get cleared up SkRossi will still be on the bench

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Riot_On_Drugs

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Yeah cuz you're from the 1st world. I don't think you have any clue about how rigorous the VISA process is for us.

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TS_ChedZ

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Im an indian citizen

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Riot_On_Drugs

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Ethnically? Sure. I doubt that you're an Indian National though.

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TS_ChedZ

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I was born in India. Moved to aus when I was 1. I'm a dual citizen

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Riot_On_Drugs

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And how many VISA's have you applied from the Indian Passport? lemme guess, none.

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Mortadelo

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Weren’t the VISAS already in? Are they not in Seoul yet?

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Darth2Val

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visa was just an excuse, clearly they want this playing 5. Don't think it is that difficult to obtain visa in Japan with both rossi and LF been to Singapore and Brazil recently

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TLDR but i agree

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Nahbooo

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From this moment GE is no longer representing India, I feel sad we got one franchise slot and no Indian players are playing and everyone said we need experience I wished we had 5 Indian players roster, Nevertheless All the best GE.

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TS_ChedZ

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I respect you for that. As an Aussie I still cheer for DW in R6 and RNG in RL because they're Aussie orgs. But thats just me.

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wizardbot

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I'd agree but GE has literally played 1 match with Rossi in which they won a map against Vitality which is a pretty good team. Also no sponsors would push for 0 Indian players in the roster, the sponsors you're talking about sponsor GE because it has a grasp on Indian fanbase, you think they'd be happy losing the entire Indian fanbase? No team gets fans by just winning otherwise the old FPX lineup would've been very clouted yet they weren't even after winning a international lan, same for Acend too.

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Riot_On_Drugs

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Yeah that whole take on sponsors was really dumb

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MalayAyachit

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from my experience sponsor do care about the fanbase its the fans who make a lot of money for org. if GE loses this indian fanbase which is actually massive they can grow as a contenders but not as a proficient esp org . and even this roster no chance to tokyo pacific has team which have grinded for years like drx ts prx talon they are just better

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wizardbot

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His original paragraph makes no sense, sponsors only pretty much care about the fans because they're ones that bring them money. Its why many shittiest teams has huge sponsors like RCB in IPL because they have a lot of fans. Also not only winning does not give you many fans, international fans also wouldnt bring any profit to the sponsors anyway.

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I am sure they would Keep Rossi on Main 5 until they get a large NON Indian audience . Rossi is the face of Indian Valorant he will play in main 5 when visa issues gets sorted . I mean GE doesnt want to pull a RRQ move. GE has 2 choices 1. Let Rossi play until good non indian audience is formed or 2.Force Rossi be the player team wants (eg Flex player and No OP fetish )

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TS_ChedZ

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SkRossi does have an Op fetish.

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TSM_Shreyash

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but isn't that a job for the igl to make rossi play how he want to.

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lorenzopajaroFC

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Why are you calling this a “strong roster” just because they don’t have Rossi?

With Rossi they took a map off vitality and without him they haven’t won a map yet, what basis do you have to affirm that this current iteration is stronger than any with him

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archetype

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They won a map vs T1. 13-4 Haven

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lorenzopajaroFC

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Ah yes, still a much worse team than vitality tho

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archetype

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idk about much worse. T1 are night and day from LOCK//IN

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StickerZ

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brazilian brain lol

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LOL__U

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people just want skrossi away idk why

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TS_ChedZ

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I never said it's just because they don't have skrossi. I'm saying it because it's true. This is a strong roster

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lorenzopajaroFC

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It’s the same thing 😭😭😭

“I’m not saying they’re stronger because they don’t have Rossi, I’m saying they’re stronger without Rossi”

And you still haven’t explained to me why it’s an objective truth that they’re stronger like this

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The current roaster won a map against T1. Although, I agree with your overall statement. Its still early days, the roaster with rossi just played 1 Match and the current one has played 2. So can't really make a call on starting 5 this early.

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LyCan52

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if the stop pretending that they are representing India i don't got any problems with current roster

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burritx

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GE problem is pretty simple you don't need a wall of text to explain it