SEN saved this champs

You can disagree with me or call me a SEN glazer, but imo SEN saved this tournament in terms of hype and viewership.
In masters Madrid the top 5 most viewed matches are all matches SEN played in. Top viewership 1.4m
In champions 2024 the 4 out of top 5 most viewed matches are matches SEN played in. The other one is TH vs DRX but you can argue that its an elimination match for the Korean team = more koreans watching.
In shanghai the top 5 most viewed matches, their viewership declined heavily comparing to top 5 viewership in Madrid.
If it is not because of Sentinels, i think 2024 would be more "boring" and "not interesting" as what we have now

Maybe because SEN are the Main Characters of Valorant.

shanghai viewership was higher than madrid if you take into account cn numbers, might even be higher than champs

cn were another million or so

I love SEN, but unfortunately that's not a good thing. All "clouted"/fan-favorite teams either broke apart years ago and divided their fanbase or didn't make it to champs, OPTC, LOUD, EG(23), Gambit, KC, and 100T. The clouted teams that made it alot of them got grouped: GENG, PRX, KRU, FUT, FPX (heard they're fan-favorites in CN but not sure), and TLN (primmie fanboys in SEA). Add on to that the dead silent crowd of the 500-seater fucking theatre this champs is set in, and you start asking yourself wtf went wrong with valorant the past couple of years that only SEN, FNC, DRX, and I guess EDG are the only viewership pullers left.

This champs has been a bore. No idea wtf Riot did to make it this awful, but they need to fix up.