wtf is riot doing

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frostyy

they've killed tier 2 in almost EVERY REGION with the franchise system
and now they decide to host a event in Tokyo, killing almost all of the event viewership
because of the timezone, since the 2 countries where people watch the most are Brazil and USA
where will new players come from? how will the franchise rosters keep updated when there is no TIER 2 scene?
lots of brazilians orgs are already leaving valorant for the lack of support from riot,
this is a serious treat that we have here. what are your opinions?

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acels2

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riot owns the most popular esport in the world im sure they know what they are doing

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brobeans

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fr. look how well lcs is doing

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babysasuke

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going well considering how god awful the actual game is

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chick

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Playing League Of Legends made me feel Listening to Sea Shanty’s was really fun

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Ullyr

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I think only lcs sucks it's actually decent and growing in the other leagues.

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FreedomFighter

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Riot owns counterstrike?

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moulmein

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pretty sure hes talking abt LoL, but im not sure which one is more successful xD

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acels2

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https://escharts.com/news/top-esports-tournaments-may-2023
league clears csjoe by a large margin

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weakdog

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Nah for sure some losers on vlr know how to run a multimillion dollar esport brand better than Riot

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china

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SirKnightJ

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they said theyre gonna be changing some things next year after whats happened this year but lets wait and see

https://youtu.be/v14PR0omK0c?t=125 if ur intrested in hearing from someone working on it

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brobeans

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crazy idea but what if they didn't fck it up this year bc a year is a long time and it seems 90% of the community has been complaining since January

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SirKnightJ

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first year blues, and they already commited to the format ig

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brobeans

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they've been listening to people complain since early days and didn't change anything. then lo and behold, orgs dropping out like flys

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Mbappe

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they have been complaining since beta tbf

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JiangLi

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Already talked about it in a different thread but this can be imo be fixed with a relegation system like in PL.
But relegation system won't work in APAC bcuz for example if a Filipino team replaces a Thai team in main league then they lose all their Thai audience.
The system which already was put in place for APAC for last 2 years was the best i think. There were lots of orgs, huge pool of talented players and a hype cross-regional competition

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Phamous

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Why do we overreact lol... Okay, okay orgs pulling out... 10.4... What esport can support a 100+ orgs. They'll look at some improvements and go from there. Tier2 is not an easy thing to sustain when businesses and investors get involved.