Imagine waiting from August until February to play official matches, only to have to wait another 2 months again because you were eliminated early. How is this going to sustain good viewerships if peoples favorite teams never play? In CS there are tournamens all the time which is good for maintaining viewers but also the interest in the scene and even tier 2 scene is doing fine. Why kill tier 2 Valorant scene and also letting some franchised teams play 10 games a year?