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Two_Percent

Literal x factor

Teams really should partner with collegiate/small t2 teams for academy teams.

Better scrims, better matches, better teams.

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Or better yet, get t2 teams to form their own academy team

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Mataynn

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you know that well XD (its a thing in jap/kr and ik Arf, Dsyre and OXEN have one too, maybe it will become popular at some point)

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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I know that reaal well lmao

I think academy teams are formed in japan because currently valorant is gaining steam in japan, so I don't expect this academy frenzy will stay for long but I'll enjoy them while I can.

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Mataynn

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makes sense

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Mortadelo

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KOI announced an academy yesterday which caught me by surprise tbh

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Mataynn

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yooooo big thats cool asf

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Damn can you provide the link? I wanna see who the members are

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Mortadelo

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No members yet, they just announced they're looking for a coach build the academy. They opened application basically

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Mortadelo

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Partnering with a tier2 team and an Academy are 2 different things brother

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Two_Percent

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same purpose though, get a team for cheap that cant/wont compete to run scrims/strats (like eg did 2023 with the reserve roster)

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a t2 team will want to run its own strats for ascension. academy teams can run run set strats the t1 team is facing

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Two_Percent

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when they arent prepping for ascension or something idk im sure these teams could work it out

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as soon as ascension ends 90% of tier 2 teams disband, and otherwise they are prepping ascension

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Mortadelo

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That is definitely not the purpose of it

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Two_Percent

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man idk

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Mortadelo

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I would think of that more like an extra benefit. I believe the real purpose of an academy team is exactly what it sounds like, be an academy. Not just because but to try and find the next Sayonara, the next Larok, the next Comeback, the next Loita, the next Woot etc

That is what truly will make an academy worth it, (most likely it will not be which is why many teams won't have one).

An affiliate team is more to have a quality 6th man just in case and have certain small level of control over some players but it's different

At least this is how I think of it, I suppose I'm not inside the orgs, so it's speculation