Is Jawgemo and Import?

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H3ENnZ

He is technically from Cambodia isnt he? If so does he count as an import?
Edit It is An* not and

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He’s the same case as Tex. Reps his ethnicity and heritage but is an American.

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Okay thank u

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Hot take: I kinda don't like this repping ethnicity phenomenon tbh.

I legit have no clue whether jawgemo is Canadian or American because of this lol.

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i agree 99% just trying to be different icl

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the problem is vlr not the player, on liquipedia, they show both nationalities on the players page, for some reason, vlr chooses a nationality and thats it

Jawgemo for example has the cambodian flag on vlr but he also has the american flag on liquipedia

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yeah because jawgemo used to rep USA in CS and i assume earlier in val

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the thing is idk how much the players actually chooses to rep a country or vlr just chooses for them

i doubt vlr is asking every player what flag they want next to their name

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chrlxz

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they are im pretty sure

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My understanding is if they don't know they'll put an international flag next to you, and then you can ask for it to be something different.

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alex_lab

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interesting

they might want to consider making space in the player pages for more than one flag, especially when the import rule is as important as it is in valorant

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Liquipedia aren't that different tbh, they do list both countries or 3 if you are yotaa, but sometimes in liquidpedia you have cases like yoshii or the whole jft not being listed in game as japanese or australian

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2024/Japan/Split_2
(Scarz yoshii)

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2024/Ascension/Pacific
( jft)

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alex_lab

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yeah i see what you mean about the flag used next to their name, but at least once you click on the players name, you actually have all their nationalities

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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True, it's just at if we are looking at face value, jft and scarz should've been disqualified lol

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Ultia

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This is the Global Contract Database. All players with a resident status as “non-resident” are considered imports to the region.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRmmWiBmMMD43m5VtZq54nKlmj0ZtythsA1qCpegwx-iRptx2HEsG0T3cQlG1r2AIiKxBWnaurJZQ9Q/pubhtml#

JohnQT is the only Import in Americas but he’s also a special case since he’s been in the NA scene for 3.5 years and was developed here. He disallows Sen from importing players from other regions though.

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I see thx for the info

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'Resident' simply means having a permanent address in the US. it doesn’t imply being an import

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Ultia

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Dude, league affiliation is tied to your permanent residency. You can change your affiliation prior to the start of the season if you change residency, otherwise you’re considered an import. If you have dual citizenship, you can choose which region to be affiliated with but it’s obviously optimal to affiliate with the one you’re going to be living in so that your team doesn’t have to deal with import limitations.

That’s what happened with Talon Ban when he moved from Knights in NA to T1 in Pacific for the beginning of franchising.

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They're residents, but still counted as imports

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if he grew up in cambodia and then moved back to US its ok if he wants to represents them but if he lived in US his whole life then hes as yankee as other americans

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same as nismo? or jhonqt

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H3ENnZ

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I guess he is more similar to tex

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Nismo played his first match and are basically from NA no?

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chrlxz

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nismo canadian, repped canada in cs

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alex_lab

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well nismo is also canadian

johnqt is just Moroccan im pretty sure he doesnt have another nationality, so he counts as an import

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Johnqt doesnt count as an import iirc

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im pretty sure if you look at the contract database, it says he is a "non-resident' which makes him an import

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yeah but he doesnt count as an import. you can choose which region you want to represent/stay in and johnqt chose Americas. it's like how wippie also isnt considered an import.

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chrlxz

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johnqt was born and raised in morocco and only went to NA to play pro valorant

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He went to Canada for college then pivoted to T2 valorant in NA.

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chrlxz

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ah ok good to know pretty sure similar happened to wippie in cs

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BUFF163

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he is an import just like tex and johnqt

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Me when I lie

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BUFF163

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Johnqt is Moroccan, Tex is German, and Jawgemo is Cambodian

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Ethnicity wise yes, but they don't count as imports because they are American ( tex and jawg) and Canadian ( nismo) by nationality.
Johnqt is Moroccan tho so he's the only one that counts.

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You’re mixed up lil bro. their ethnicity is American, but their nationality is German and Cambodian

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Is nismo an import then? Are derrek, supamen and apoth imports then?