NRG
LEV
FUR
C9
PRX
TS
I can explain each of these choices if anyone wants them I don't know too much about China and I think EMEA is fine as is
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Orgs I would kick for 2027
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acting as if prx didnt develop forsaken, jingg, davai, mindfreak, benkai lmao, and they clear any talent that kru "developed", and who tf cares about other games lmao, we are talking about valorant, how does having teams in other games translate to here, oh and paper rex has team in other games too, maybe do ur research instead of acting like a dumbfuck
NRG no, although they havent seen as much success lately, they still do bring in alot of fans and make alot of content which benefits the scene
LEV yes, dont represent the region well and make bad choices around management of players
FUR not sure, low impact on the region as a whole, not sure about their presence though
C9 yes, talent killer org, bad management decisions
PRX no, legit the most popular team in all pacific, brings in so many fans, not being removed AT ALL
TS no, longevity in the scene and also big fanbase in SE Asia
furia i dont know as much about
secret and prx arent nepo picks though. prx are 2x grand finalists with one of the largest fanbases in all of pacific, i dont see a reason why you'd get rid of them and although secret havent seen the same amount of success, they have shown a large commitment to the valorant scene since very early on and also bring in a large phillipino audience
when considering who to keep and kick, riot has shown that success is not the only margin they care about, infact its probably the one they care the least amount about. riot priorities orgs that are finacially stable, bring in a fanbase, help promote the game and scene (via content and social media) and have shown commitment to the game
It's not even size that's the problem it's the commitment.
The moment Zeta formed Valorant Division, they went with the best Japanese roster they find at the time. Even before franchising started they eyed for young prospects in Japan ( Hiroronn Yuran Caedye Aace and Yatsuka with Vorz as the coach).
The next year they doubled down by recruiting 10 academy players.
And now even with their shit management, they're still deeply commited to helping the scene.
They understand the gap between japan and the rest is still chasable and try to close the gap.
Few orgs have this commitment to the scene which is why I still prefer to support Zeta even though their management is driving me insane.
Compared to DFM where the moment they started they started with 2 Koreans 3 Japanese core.
If it wasn't for LOB's injury DFM would've actually gone for 3 Koreans 2 Japanese this year.
If Riot didn't provide incentive to DFM they wouldn't even care to create an academy team just like Zeta.
They seemed to think that this is league and tries to turn this into league which is just harmful.
This is not the Japanese org we need in the scene
I'd probably go with
-C9 +DarkZero or Oxygen, C9 have been coasting on budget rosters for the better part of 3 years and they just don't seem interested in seriously competing in Valorant despite there being enough talent for them to assemble legitimately good rosters
-Furia +paiN or w7m, same thing as C9 really
-NRG +G2, the management seems extraordinarily hands off and seem to just let the players control the team completely, which lead to the 2023 roster underdelivering, the shit show that was the 2024 roster and the apparent benching of Verno and Bonkar
-LEV +9z. LEV have just abandoned being a LATAM team entirely and aren't even finding enough success to justify it. Plus they've completely fucked over 2 players now.
-BBL +Eternal Fire. BBL have actually put together a pretty decent roster this year but apparently they have some kinda questionable finances so it'd probably be better to have an org like EF (assuming no one would lose their job over it)
-GX +Team Spirit (assuming they'd field a Valorant team). I guarantee there isn't a single GX fan that isn't Spanish, and of those fans I think maybe 3 actually have GX as their favourite Spanish team. Plus they consistently field absolutely mid rosters
-KOI +MOUZ. KOI have just been fielding dogshit bottom of the barrel teams for 3 years now, and don't deserve the franchising slot over an org like MOUZ, who have been consistently fielding good T2 rosters and are a massive org in CS.
-ZETA +Fennel or SCARZ. ZETA have quite literally been riding off nothing but their Reykjavik run for years
Idk too much about the orgs specifically in China
I mean Spirit aren't owned by any sanctioned oligarchs and moved their operations out of Russia and were able to survive in other esports where teams like Empire and Gambit fell apart, plus have been outwardly against the invasion of Ukraine, and have Ukrainian players. I feel like Riot would feel ok about associating with Spirit, especially considering how fast the org is growing with their CS success
- Highly doupt riot will take org that hacked out of valorant already, on top od that dz signed ttr for 1 stage and dropped them right after, not a great look for ani org but yeah get c9 outta there
- Firma really is fine + probably most popular org in Brazil
- Nrg fine so far so most likely G2 fot c9
- Lev has had big issues, not reping latam for the past 2 years, misshandeling players (nzr, natank) but their academy team gives me bit of faith, 2026 is their make pro break
- oh you better believe people would lose jobs over it, both players and org management but thats how the cookie crubles so EF in Is fair
- GX didnt do anything wrong + Its half brittish org now as well
- i don't like koi either but they are huge for spanish scene
- zeta are unironicaly one of the last apac orgs that would be kicked, huge recourses, huge audiance (probably the beggiest of aby team in apac) and only Japanese org to actively develop domestic talent, no Japanese org would do better
Actually there are orgs that tries to develop domestic talent by building academy teams however they lacked the audience like Zeta.
I used to think this will be helpful, I still think this is, many current scenes talents at some point played in Academy teams , but now this is probably just an excuse for orgs to keep importing players wihile pretending to "develop" the talents
Not sure if it's good for any "franchised" environment to kick teams (or for them leaving).
Especially those who bring viewers or make the game "relevant" for visibility in different platforms (socials).
Also i've been reading a lot of Lev hate because the "thing" that's not confirmed yet, but seems people here just overreact to the roof to any kind of problem/drama and instantly starts turbohating. Almost nobody had this position about Lev before yesterday and now everyone is a nataNk lover? Why do people care so much about orgs screwing themselves?
People just spent more time hating orgs than supporting their favorites.
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