Just saw that in CS there is a female team in both BLAST bounty and IEM Katowice. Why is doesn't Valorant have female teams in tier 1 events?
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why are there no female teams in tier1?
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damn u had me in the first half, making legitimate points and everything, in the first half i woulda agreed with your points and you, but im sorry the GC talent is great right now, flor is demon1 aspas level so of course she gets signed but noia and mel are just as good in their roles, only reason they aint tier one is they aint flashy duelists, so i agree with ur first points about franchises and stuff but not u i do not agree w/ u
saying GC talent is in a bad place shows what to me seems like a clear lack of paying attention to GC, and before you respond, tell me Lucrix have u seen more than a flor highlight reel? i have watched every GC champs game from start to finish 2 years in a row now.
See i would have no problem admitting that I may be wrong, but I still can't overlook the fact that they have tried their best in tier 2, but they didn't make it that far. Yes, I haven't watched much of GC, but you can't lie that SR have been getting hard carried by flor. All the players in gc are unproven. Flor has at least had other tier2 experience, but i can't call gc "experience". The teamplay from what i've seen isn't the best, and i think it just needs more time to develop
dort this feels like trolling at this point LIKE BLATANT RACISM WITH THAT SA NA BIT (and blatant incorrectness) onhttps://www.vlr.gg/user/0d3gree top of ur sexism
to those of u saying GC is trash remember this is who u associate with
ALSO U DONT NEED TO MENTION GENDER FOR GENDER TO BE INVOLVED. if u talk about a gender specific league that is centered on the fact that its gender specific gender is there by default
the word gender doesnt need to be used to bring gender into something, just like if i say flor is the goat (cause she is) but the rest of her (former) team is good to then i am bringing up SR without explicitly mentioning SR
u r now educated
Just to let you know, LoL Esports used to have a league in Russia called the LCL, and there was a team called Vaevictus Esports which was an all female team, and I kid you not, they went 0-34 across the whole season they played in, and got relegated cuz of how shit they were. For reference, they literally lost a game in less than 15 minutes, and in one of their games had a kill gap of 50 (game ended 52-2) 💀
You can pretty much get the idea of what would happen if there was an all female team in tier 1 Valorant
One fan's take: Game Changers is partly why Tier 1 has been slow to incorporate women and marginalized genders into team lineups. For clarity I am not saying GC is bad or the problem, it is a visibility issue and IMO it's not gonna just magically fix itself.
From a player perspective: If you can get guaranteed a salaried spot in GC (ie: Top GC players), is it always worth the risk to try to move up to Tier 1? For some yes and that is awesome, some would rather stay in GC for the guarantee of salary or for other personal reasons, also great no problem. The players/coaches should do whatever they think is best and I support them, just trying to say that sometimes moving up to Tier 1 is not what is best for some individuals, same could be said for collegiate players.
I think there is also a structural issue that is hard to overcome when GC and Tier 1- Tier 2 are entirely different seasons, no chance of playing against each other in official tournaments, and therefore less chance that casual fans see women and other marginalized genders play. I consider myself an avid fan of Valorant E-Sports, so I enjoy watching anyone who is good/entertaining play. A lot of viewers are not avid fans, they have a favorite player, team, region, or only watch International events.
There are a couple of ways to fix that issue, and maybe you can argue that nothing needs to be done. Flor is on a Tier 1 roster, maybe this could be the start of a huge influx of teams at least more regularly trialing and hopefully signing more GC players. Personally I think there is still a visibility issue and the most obvious way to solve it for me would be inviting the top 2-3 GC teams from GC Champs to Tier 1 Champs, or at the very least including those teams in a play-in or something like an LCQ with Tier 1 teams. This would mean larger audiences get to see GC players/teams play against clouted teams like SEN, 100T, etc.
dude u responded to bro making a well thought post going through their thoughts on an important topic in detail with i say again significant thought clearly put into it
and admitted that u make a post in 20 seconds
in ur want to defend urself in relation to ur previous post u show a that u dont put care and thought into what u post compared to the cat, making urself look like an idiot
lol
(nothing wrong with putting 20 seconds of effort into a post, bobwoblob below puts an hour of effort into the typing but 20 seconds of thought just like u btw if u cant tell they r sexist as fuck)
having a competitve female team in valorant is like having a competitive all indian team in valorant
it won't happen unless there is a sufficient number of good players
there aren't that many indian valorant players and they aren't that motivated, so its hard to have a competitive all-indian team
similarly there aren't that many female pros; more importantly in this case, they are not motivated at all due to gc being a money farm, so many don't improve significantly
imo if you put some of the best gc players together from different regions you can get competitive enough players like flor, vania, srn, dodonut and with good coaching i think they can be at least mid table
Franchising. Technically all female rosters have competed in tier 1 valorant in the past (prior to 2023) as they had the same opportunities through the qualifiers to make it through as the big orgs. Franchising eliminated this, and now the only way in is via tier 2 or having a franchised team sign you.
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