KR orgs | VLR.gg

#1

gavanbb8

Why did they all go to NA almost no orgs in KR

#2

Dolphin

1

Frags

+

–

I'm still new to esports. Can you tell me which orgs are from KR? thanks

#3

KoreanOverlord

0

Frags

+

–

gen.g t1

#5

iMyw_

0

Frags

+

–

The ceo of T1 isn’t American and the one of Geng too?

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/T1

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Gen.G_Esports

#8

number_1_bjor_fan

0

Frags

+

–

both own KR league teams

#10

iMyw_

-3

Frags

+

–

Yeah but they are still North American orgs :)

#13

number_1_bjor_fan

1

Frags

+

–

sk telecom (which owns t1) is korean

#20

hwanzi

-1

Frags

+

–

in 2019 comcast became part owner as well to grow T1 brand outside of Korea
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191015005671/en/Comcast-Spectacor-and-SK-Telecom-Launch-Global-Esports-Joint-Venture-T1-Entertainment-Sports

edit:
something similar happened to geng- they were originally ksv esports, but they rebranded to geng after getting a spot in the overwatch league i think it was? not 100% sure

#21

crazy_igel_fan

0

Frags

+

–

c OMEGALUL mcast

#4

ha1ku

0

Frags

+

–

T1, Gen.G

#7

iMyw_

0

Frags

+

–

#5

#14

schlong

2

Frags

+

–

both are owned by korean companies

#6

ciro

-1

Frags

+

–

Because NA has the largest playerbase + looked like the best region by far till Berlin came

#12

Paracosm

6

Frags

+

–

eu has the largest player base

#15

ciro

1

Frags

+

–

NA has got way more viewership though

#17

Paracosm

1

Frags

+

–

na itself doesnt have the most viewers everyone else watches na thats why they have the most viewers or else apac has more viewers

#18

shyftnot

2

Frags

+

–

well that counts as NA's viewers. there's no distinction between viewers based on their location.

#9

mattgg2015

-7

Frags

+

–

because korea is overrated as hell, mostly bad teams combined with low viewership and fanbase

#19

PersonHere

2

Frags

+

–

LMAO your the guy who thinks Brazil is the 3rd best region right?

#11

Sprouts

13

Frags

+

–

Cause they are smart

Valorant was a game that would clearly be dominated by EU/NA so the orgs invested there

Games like LoL, on the other hand, are dominated by KR/CN so the orgs chose to stick with the region they are headquartered in

#16

Jockie

0

Frags

+

–

Yes, this. Even though you can't pick up an award winning team in NA, it is still way more profitable to raise a team there than in KR.

#22

Mortadelo

0

Frags

+

–

C9 and T1 would have much better rosters right now if they would have kept the Koreans ones instead of the Americans. Even if they had to bring them to the Us (xeta, Buzz, Munchkin, bazzi… Idi even know if they speak English but if they do they could have imported them as they did with xeta and add them to Tenz)