dantedeu5 is currently streaming someone asked him about franchising and he said he is motivated as hell to win ascension because there is a new rule where if you win ascension as a underage (16-17) you can play,but you cant join a team if you dont win ascension and you below 18
(btw this rule is great but you shouldve added it earlier dumbfucks juicy lost a year and bleed got cooked because of it)
This rule currently does not exist.
People have been talking about this rule for around half a year now but as of August 21. 2024 this rule is not part of the rulebook.
If this is actually a planned change then Riot need to hurry tf up and update the rules to remove any uncertainty. EMEA ascension is about to end in 2 days Americas in 8 and Apac in 16.
You can find the Valorant rulebook under https://www.emea-competitiveops.com/ and im referring to the "VCT Global Competition Policy", specifically the "VCT25 Roster Construction Rules"
idk, good chance its also a misunderstanding (or Riot being slow... because it IS riot and theyve been horrible with their rulebooks this year)
I have gotten someone directly working directly for riot (doing stuff for t3) to semi confirm offrecord that they are looking into possibly changing this in the future (that was about half a year ago so there would have been time) however I have not heard any confirmation that it has actually been changed or is going to change for the 2025 season from anywhere
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