Why does Riot make KangKang the main character?

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Haser

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EDG is not a particularly good team, and KangKang is not particularly outstanding either, so why is he depicted as the main character in the Champions music video?
Does it make sense that PRX, who finished second in last year's Champions, is not in the Champions music video, but KangKang is?"

The same goes for the Masters Shanghai tournament. Even though the event is held in China, do you think it’s appropriate that KangKang occupies 90% of the main teaser video? Riot is making KangKang the protagonist and relegating other teams to supporting roles.

Just look at last year's video, 'The best 15 plays of VCT.' Do you think it makes sense for KangKang to be ranked number one in that video?

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Most loved player

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OoscaMc

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he is the star of china and they are trying to grow chinese audience, plus tencent money

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he is pretty outstanding tbh. his team isnt tho. hes a top tier fragger

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Refrainings

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because he represents china? also hes flashy asf and is very memorable

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something is more flashy tho

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he is the face of chinese valorant internationally and i’m guessing riot wants to bring more attention to the chinese scene

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he has an actual personality and he just a very flashy player in general

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rito glazing china bc china many people and many people playing rito game means rito more money 👍

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he is outstanding from the perspective of cn fans though

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tencent owns riot big money wooo face of the game

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face of valorant in china

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EDG has been consistently the strongest team in China. Riot makes the music videos way in advanced, it's better to bet on EDG making international Lan than say someone like Tenz or Zekken.

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Haser

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Isn't EDG only the top team in China and has never achieved significant results in international tournaments?

I still don't understand why PRX players are not in the music video.

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Top 6 isn’t significant enough?

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Top 2 is better though?

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geospliced

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For sure but top 6 isn’t something to scoff at

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chinese market

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masters tokyo was more than a YEAR ago

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that's actually wild to think about

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geospliced

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Because we love KangKang ❤️❤️❤️

Also he has protagonist aura

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KClaw

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Easy they make the most money in china and thats why

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They want him to become faker of valorant but nahhhh kk mid

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ye, it's to appeal to china
but the song is incredibly shit so you dont worry about it

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KangKang is the face of CN valorant tbh, he deserves it with the way he grinded to the top

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Very flashy player, very reactive, he's great for the clips. He has the protagonist personality. You don't really get Zekken or Derke for example going crazy, yelling, taunting, etc. KangKang's good for that type of shit to put in the trailers. Of course tencent owns riot and they want attention on the chinese scene so it's all perfect.

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EDG is the best chinese team, he is currently the best chinese player, he is flashy and memorable, he is in contention for best operator in valorant. PRX are in the music video, jinggg and forsaken are shown. kk wasnt even the mc of animation he was only in the beginning. Saadhak, ata kaptain, leo, scream, whzy, boaster, Aspas, tenz, demon1, kinggg, c0m, Cryo, jessievash, Mel, victor were all shown in the video. theres probably more that im not thinking about rn.

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BarbaraCult

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1.) what are we talking about??? PRX was shown so much in shanghai trailer

0:00 - 0:22 Chinese players (non vct) + shanghai
0:22 - 0:40 kk and his brother
0:40 -1:49 Shanghai + music producer
1:49 - 1:59 Leviatan
1:59 - 2:10 Shanghai + music producer
2:10 - 2:23 FPX
2:23 - 2:29 Leviatan
2:29 - 2:30 FPX life clip
2:30 - 2:33 Boaster (fnatic bg)
2:33 - 2:39 KK cooking
2:39 - 2:49 Shanghai + music producer
2:49 - 3:18 Forsaken
1 clip of shanghai
3:20 - 3:29 KK
3:29 - 3:40 producer
3:40 - 4:13 EDG
4:13 - 4:16 100T
4:17 - 4:24 Producer (edg and 100T bg)
4:24 - 4:26 Lakia
Some player that I cant recognise
4:28 - 4:29 JonahP
4:29 - 4:30 Life (i think)
4:30 - 4:31 crowd + producer
4:31 - 4:35 Chronicle + Boaster
4:35 - 4:40 Benji + Boo
4:40 - 4:43 Producer (TH and G2 background)
4:43 - 4:49 G2
4:49 - 4:50 life
4:50 - 4:51 Trent
4:51 - 4:53 Producer
4:53 - 4:56 KK
4:56 - 4:57 Kinggg
4:57 - 4:59 Asuna
4:49 - 5:07 Producer
5:07 - 5:38 PRX
Rest of the video is shows LEV, DRG, FPX, PRX (twice), Fnatic, G2, 100T and edg

In 6 minutes kk was shown (as a focal point) for 36 seconds or 10%

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Haser

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I'm sorry for exaggerating in my writing. I also know that EDG is the top team in China, but they’re just a mid-tier team in international tournaments.

And about the Champions music video, if KangKang is prominently featured in the center of the cover, what else could it mean if not making him the main focus?

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BarbaraCult

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kk was showed for 10 seconds in that video and he is not part of the cover in the song.

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CarnageBTC

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Player with the most aura last year , maybe thats why...also i dont think there is any other player who has a better emote moment than him

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KangKang shoot is too good

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Ullyr

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Because he's the most hype player in cn and cn market makes a lot of money. I feel like ppl don't understand how big cn population is. At the end of the day riot is a company and like many other gaming company they want cn market to grow.

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he represents China as a region.. you may not like it but this guy put Chinese Valorant on the map in the international stage with his flashy plays

he's also a pretty good player, you cant tell me he's not at least at the top 10% of the players playing in the whole of franchising right now

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hes top 1.

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aura

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Hydramizuj

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bro am i insane kangkang got like 10 secs in the beginning of the video and then fucked off no?
are we calling him the main character cause he showed up first or what lol

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BarbaraCult

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you are right kk got like 10 seconds in the song and 36 seconds in the shanghai trailer.

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Geng who won shanghai appeared 2 secs in the day 1 teaser🤣🤣🤣 glazing china as usual

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Probably only chinise player known?

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Hynix

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yeah that's what i was thinking riot r just treating him as almost the entire region

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Kk0bra1101

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He wasn't even in the video that much

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tencent is riot‘s daddy.that's it

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he wasn't really that much of the mc

for the shanghai vid yeah, but I don't think he was in this video

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kanyefan4238173

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maybe cause its fixed for edg to win this one

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Ullyr

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My king

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MartinDwn

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HAHAHAHHAHAHA

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orz

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HAH

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LMAO

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now u know why