Ascended teams get 2 years in tier 1, but NS and BME ascended in the same year because BLEED was kicked out... WIll one of these teams get relegated or is it just underpreforming teams like DFM or TS that get dropped out?
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PACIFIC RELEGATION!?!?!
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GE at least they try, treat their players right and have a good relationship with their former players
DFM indirectly killed Crazy Raccoon Valorant but they try to be better
TS is just pure nepotism by this point and the fact that one player got cut through a facebook call is just absurd lol. So I'm praying even more for TS' downfall.
IF an Ascension team makes champs - They extend their stay for 1 year
IF an Ascension team finishes top 8 in their league for split 2 - They go to the ascension tourney to essentially gatekeep their spot
If an Ascension team bot 4's in their league for split 2 - they auto relegate down to VCL
If both ascension teams make champs - the one that progresses the furthest stays while the other goes to ascension to gatekeep
If both ascension teams bot 4 their league in split 2 - two new teams get promoted to VCT
Likely a lot of this landscape changes though once teams get re-assessed and the league potentially changes as a whole after those contracts end in 1-2 years
So in the situation where an Ascension team made it to Stage 2 Playoffs but didn't qualify for Champions, they'll automatically qualified for the upcoming edition of Ascension. If both teams suffered the same fate, both teams go down to Ascension.
But in the case that both Ascension teams made it to Champions, whoever placed lower will be the one that goes down to the Ascension tournament.
Just like what i said, the whole franchise ecosystem is completely fucked. It’s way too cutthroat for the Ascension teams only. Meanwhile, a partnered team can go 13-0 losing every year and they still get to stay in "Tier 1" for three years straight now chilling with 0 achievements.
Meanwhile, NS and BOOM are out here fighting their asses off trying to make it to Champs with only one year to prove themselves. If they don’t make it to Playoffs, Masters or Champs one of them is getting kicked back to Tier 2 wasting another full year grinding their life away. Inspirational stuff, really. Peak comedy ecosystem.
Half of these so-called "Tier 1" teams are only there not because of skill its because of pure luck and Riot’s delusion that "money = more fans" or some other bullshit. they don't think about the competition or player they only care about money. The rich stay richer and the poor stay poor, being in tier 1 doesn't mean they deserve it.
Well, its important to remember its a partnership, not a franchise slot, not to get semantic but the difference here is important
teams were always on a basis of "here's our initial 2-3 year agreement, should things change your position in the league can change to". It protects riot and both orgs that go "under" or have worse performance from essentially bankrupting the league. There was already talks this past offseason of re-assessing the format as a whole or how many teams are partnered as i assume riot has realized some of it just isnt sustainable anyways.
I think pacific situation is deff the most unique we have seen so far, boom seeming found their identity and have locked in, which shows the weaker part of this system. At the same time this could also provide more riot info when orgs are reassessed as well. Just a lot of unknowns to that regard especially to how things will change after this year.
Yeah "partnership" sounds nice until you realize it’s just franchising with extra steps its the same shit bruh. The whole 5 year agreement thing is a joke when in reality Riot hasn't dropped a single deadweight team despite them putting up historic levels of failure. Meanwhile, Ascension teams have a 1 year death timer. Make one mistake? BOOM back to Tier 2. Start slow? Too bad, you're done buddy go back to Tier 2 lil bro. But if you're a partnered team losing all year? "Oh, let's give them another chance, they just need time (absolute clown show).
If Riot actually cared about protecting the scene, they’d protect competitive quality, not just brands with deep pockets. Fans don't care about your business stability when half the matches are snoozefests with Tier 2/3level dogs shit clown show team that bought their way into Tier 1 and stayed there.
Pacific just exposed it the hardest because teams like NS & BOOM prove how fragile the system is when actual hungry teams show up. But the reality is simple: Riot is more scared of losing sponsor money than losing the soul of their esport.
Until they start kicking out the freeloaders and making Tier 1 something you earn, not something you buy, it’s not a competitive league it’s a corporate hobby league.
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