Just like Bleed they should remove GE. What is the point of having an Indian org who doesnt want Indians in T1 league? I saw people defending on twitter “Leave GE alone , they need to win”. Any org can be replaced in their place if thats the case.
My solution is remove them from T1 and give South Asia more spots in challengers.
Edit:- People saying “Indians aren't good enough”, yes they aren’t. If the non-indian team isnt even good enough then how would they/you justify picking them?
Oh my god this shithousery again. No indian player has been able to do give eye catching performances in ascension till now, leave alone franchise, but still we want indians in franchise. Bhai, this is not our reservation system where 1 indian is guaranteed to take the place in the team without any talent. Too much opportunities have been given, now let the meritorious players play. Let the academy nurture the talents and bring out good indian players.
Bro you think there is any indian team ready to win ascension?
Once no indian org left to watch at t1 level, it will be over
People don't watch vcl sa but watch ge games because they get to see indian org at t1 level.
Binks watchparty get average view of 1.5-2k when he stream emea region.
When it's global epsorts matches , it hits 10k
Which shows that india viewer mostly care about ge.
Also look at th watch party. Alot of them are not ge fans but they still go to see indian org at such big level
Ok, let me tell you why the franchise was formed . Initially it was formed to capture the audience of the region from where the team was picked. In this instance GE. Additionally it was rumored the last place of pacific franchise slot was in contest between ORDER(OCE) and GE(SA), and GE won that spot. Keep in mind ORDER left from Esports after a month or 2 after this, so think whatever you may be. So this is why and how GE came in franchise. Now your argument that GE should be kicked because of "bad performance" and "no regional player in team". The franchise evaluation of a team is not based on the above issues but a team will be re-evaluated and be demoted if they mess up with the things that bleed did, like they didnt pay the employees or whatever they did. I am pretty sure GE will be evaluated sometimes considering they fumbled the bundle sales and maybe performance issues, but not in recent time. + 1 more thing there isnt any massive org in OCE in right now, so why the hell will Riot take the risk of taking a franchise team from OCE.(In my whole heart I want an OCE team though).
Why tf will they do it earlier, when literally there is no operational issues, payment issues? The performance issue is there but they are trying good this year. If you want to demote because of their performance, then DFM, BBL, KOI ,Giants all will be demoted or if you want them to demote beccause they dont have representation from the region they represent then heretics, KOI, Giants , KC , Vitality, they will also need to get demoted.
An org never dictates the playerbase bro.. The ratio between casual players and players who follow esports is like 6:1.,and I am not speculating this. Earlier yesterday Anna said Val has hit 35m playerbase, and now compare it with the most watched final or take the most watch tourney of Val.. Its more than 6:1 . So yeah Indian playerbase is huge not bcoz of GE agreed, but that shouldn't be the case too. People play the game bcoz they like the game not bcoz their fav esports team is playing the game.
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There aren't even 2 good indian players who can perform on T1 level let alone the whole playing 5
You want GE to waste their money just to entertain yourselves and going out 12th every season
GE 2023 was a good team, 2024 was a below average but a T1 team
Also if you think ge doesn't have a fanbase then you're wrong. Even if it's toxic or not very supportive they pull up good number of viewers on yt if not on twitch because they sign players from multiple countries..
Now imagine if they sign players from Vietnam, oce or Indonesia..
Even if Indians don't support or follow the team, others will
https://escharts.com/tournaments/valorant/valorant-challengers-2024-indonesia-split-2-valorant indo got a lot of viewers than SA
Bro y'all are one of the dumbest people on this site
Dude if that's the case then fucking KC and TH were dogshit in 2023 and made terrible rosters, but what happened in 2024? TH became one of the best teams in VCT and KC even won a regional tournament.
For what we know, GE could even make Champs in 2025, who knows? Your whole point of 'relegate team cuz they shit' just invalidates what Riot wants to do, which is create sustainability, and GE follow the TPA rules well and have a sizeable fanbase that is good enough for a tier 1 org. They're not gonna relegate franchised teams like that buddy 💀
How can you say that they won't win either way before the season? They could be making a good roster, who knows? Partnership is about creating a sustainable environment for the Esport to grow, and if GE gets relegated, that basically stunts the growth and interest of Valorant in India which is, contrary to popular belief, where a lot of the views come, so why on Earth would Riot relegate GE unless they do something shady or don't follow the TPA rules which they do really well by the way. You're just spewing nonsense...
Bro the players u talk about are majorly 75% lazy asses who don't want to practice 15 hours a day cause our region is bad , even if GE gets 5 Indian players and Indian coach and now tho u all say we will support fully, when the season ends with prolly the worst ever stats in the history of vct for a team, then u all will start so heavy shitting on them like u did for Rossy resulting in complete mental drain, also giving more VCL slots while taking away franchise slot won't result in progress, ur logical reasoning is shit bro. If u said that maybe VCL SA should be grouped together in a singular VCL with other regions like how riot is doing for philipines, Thailand and some other regions then I could have agreed but this won't work what u r saying
I mean dont get me wrong I would love Indians to play in VCT, but if they can't "pass the entrance test" (trials) and rely on "reservation quota" (Indian org so should have indian player mentality) then we prolly dont deserve to even exist as a region in VCT.
I'd rather wait 2 years and let them develop 5 Indian quality players in their academy then force bad players who will just end up getting bullied online by the whole wide world.
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