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why is the vct age req 18? I feel like it just kills off young talent so much and especially just makes people who win ascension less rewarding (bleed). And its not like other games have this high of an age req either most games are pretty low compared to val's.

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maybe it’s like a traveling issue?

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School

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They've had issues in the past with curfew and work hours limits for under 18 talent.

Most under 18 also have obligations with school that will severely hamper their ability to travel to another state/country and play matches. Much easier to just have them play T2 from their bedrooms until they finish schooling .

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Yeah that's why there wasn't an 18 year old age req before franchising because challengers was online.

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i can understand the traveling things but why was this not forced back then? less was 17 when he went to LANs

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riot wasnt liable for any issues probably

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That's because challengers was online. All they had to do was go out of country for like a week or 2 and come back. Now they have to go out for months because all the franchising games are lan.

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Couple of matches had to be pushed to the next day bc some countries like Germany have child labor laws that doesn't allow them to work after a certain time.

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It's much easier when you're in high school to take 1 week off vs five months. My guess is it's a mixture of liability and not wanting kids to sacrifice education for spots in esports.

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ah I guess but then again didn't zekken take some online course to finish his school while still playing for sen?

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Not sure about that.

18 is probably just a blanket rule because it's considered the age of majority in a lot of countries. Plus most people will be done with primary education by then. They probably just let 18 year olds that aren't done with high school figure their own situation out.

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Players who were under 18 and on teams that were accepted into franchising at start of 2023 were allowed bc they were "grandfathered" in so to speak and were allowed to bypass that rule

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I feel like it just kills off young talent so much and especially just makes people who win ascension less rewarding (bleed)

Just to add, the point of ascension from an org pov is almost strictly about qualifying. Riot is almost certainly going to expand partnership slots, so orgs want to interact with Riot as much as possible so they get selected. That's my guess as to why you'll see a lot of ascension teams field rosters with under 18 talent or more than one import (à la JDG). Even if they know their roster will be worse after they qualify, they still want to get that 2-year contract.

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because its a job and you have to comply with labor laws and they are more strict for minors, if Cali even allows child labor at all