Indians team are playing with each whole year(not improving), scrims with sea team doesn't help when there is only 1 ascension in a year.
Scrims≠tournament.
There should be more APAC tournament for tier 2 teams or our region will remain underdeveloped ( Our viewership is also on decline from 30k to only 500-600 viewers)
11/12 just like Japan, the difference Japan gives a chance to their players, the result? you know yourself lol
Honestly, 10 teams Franchise system does not suit for APAC, maybe 16 will be good cuz 3 slot already wasted for japan & SA, and Pacific is so big too many countries in pacific that also deserved a spot
You're clearly not familiar with jp scene.
Aace yatsuka and caedye only started playing this year.
Academy teams popping up everywhere even if we don't include questionable ones.
Yowamu and bnn started showing some promise ( albeit needed more guidance)
Mametu who never played in t2 is playing rn .
Talent regeneration in japan is far from dead...
That's just the scene in general tho, that's not to say it will just remain the same.
I can make arguments as to how this split's imports will be worse than previous splits(especially those on lesser known teams) . I can also argue why Japan next split will rely even less on imports next split(tldr Japan's increasing amount of talents replacing imports) and how it will hurt teams ( risks in taking in unproven talents) but benefitting the scene in the long term.
As long as not every team imports 2 players and the JP talent pool actually widens ( which it does; and orgs needs to utilize this fact) I think we are going to be in a good position
Global eSports is the biggest reason for this downfall. There was a time when Indians used to say Kick Kappa and Hellranger and import good players. Prime Rossi lF was good( i know it's hard to believe but he used to diff texture and meteor) and even Skillz was decent. If only back then they had kicked Kappa hellranger the whole scene might have been different. The GE owner didn’t listen to the fans then and he is still not listening now. When we asked for imported players he ignored us . now we’re asking for Indian players and he still won’t listen. This org and the Indian Valorant scene are bound to fail because of people like Rushindra Sinha.
That 30k viewership was only because of the Pubg ban in India and all the pubg creators from S8UL were supporting Valorant because they didn't have any other choice than playing and watching valorant because of Pubg ban
Other reason was orgs like GE and VLT had their fanbases in India so their fans would just watch the match because their favorite org was playing when GE and VLT left the local circuit more than 50℅ of viewership went down.
The Truth is Valorant as a Esports was never famous in India.
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