Academy teams | VLR.gg

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Aayan

Academy teams are going to be a game changer.
Whilst it wasn't the only thing which made EG in 2023 great, it certainly had a big role in their improvement.
Being able to try out comps and strats on demand is a huge advantage imo. You can schedule scrims whenever it suits you and you'll have the comfort of knowing you'll never need to play against them in officials.
I think the quality of play is going to definitely go up for the teams who decide an academy team is a good investment.

With that being said there are some glaring issues with the idea, first of all not being able to play in ascension is a huge blow, imo you should allow it but ensure another org can get the team if they win ascension

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I agree.

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W post

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W Aayan

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Academy roster need to be present in korea like main roster or else it will fail. Especially for Indian roster. Thats my opinion.

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Kind of tough because these will be 16 17 yo kids
So school and allat

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And how will you participate in T2 India from Korea?
Ping would be too high for anything and that's the issue here , academy teams of any team which isn't based in the country where VCT splits are held won't be able to help and learn from main roster effectively

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So at the end academy team is just a VCL India team in disguise. Playing scrim from India, playing Indian tournament like any other Indian team.

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Denjisideals

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I mean that is the definition of a Academy team...
DRX has one pretty sure
T1 too
Basically giving young Indian prospects a chance

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Greed_

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Many Indians org are giving chance to young prospect now anyways

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Aayan you are so beautiful

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Nachtel

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Aayan what did you do everyone is glazing you

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Aayan

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I have no idea
(I appreciate it though, thank you everyone (: )

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I actually think most teams will not have an academy at all

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It's gonna be more prevalent in places like APAC.
Atleast RRQ, GE, TLN , T1 , FURIA , LEV are reportedly looking to open teams.

In regions like SEA it's a lot more beneficial because the costs will be lower.
Also helps teams develop talent in house and circumnavigate some of the contract jail issues.

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Mortadelo

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Yeah probably, but in EMEA we'll be lucky to get more than 3

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i can see orgs like KC and turkish orgs making Academy teams to improve local talents

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Mortadelo

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KC might be one of the few, but BBL just partnered with PCFIC so they ain't, and I doubt FUT will
And as far as I know KC hasn't broken the partnership with Zerance yet? Not sure

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Huitzilopochtli

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yeah thats true, i would love to see academy teams in emea, maybe fnatic and spanish orgs

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Mortadelo

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It's pretty much confirmed none of the spanish orgs will have one either

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Huitzilopochtli

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oof

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IT's almost sure that KC will have an academy replacing Akroma in French league , F4ngeer and Yohpa should be their first players.

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Mortadelo

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That is good news fanger is really really good

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Yeah seems like very few academy teams.

KC is the only rumour I heard.

Some affiliate stuff seem to be in the works.
BBL have some sought of agreement in place with pcific.
And some loose rumours about TH and Dsyre.

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Mortadelo

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Yeah unless it's KC TL/FNC or like a NAVI or a FUT I don't see anyone else having one

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Many jp tier 2 teams did just that. They want to get around buyout clause so they build academy teams. Some are starting to show results

Also dfm is looking to open academy teams, and ( my Speculation) zeta is partly releasing their academy team from 10 players to 6 or 5 players.

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Exactly, especially for Brazil and LATAM, sure, they will not be able to scrim them, but that will allow them to keep a link with their grassroot, thats was really what lacked them

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Huitzilopochtli

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wait how can save this W post

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You should also add, eventually those academy teams will elevate the level of competition in Tier 2 in one way or another

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Agree 100%

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Yeah meanwhile Latam and BR teams would have their academy teams in another region making it imposible to scrim with them TnT

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Kim_Minjii

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I think valorant academy should get their own tournament like league of legends maybe?

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Greed_

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It's riot we are talking about. They just merged SEA into single VCL