Hey guys, i was reflecting on this and would like to share some of my thoughts with you and argue why i think the future of Brazil at Valorant is very promising.
- The biggest talents in Brazil are young players.
With the exception of Xand (26yo) and Sacy (24yo) the biggest talents in Brazil are under 20yo, like Heat, Mwzera, Aspas, Qck, Khalil, Teddy, Liazzi, Less, Cauanzin, Daiki, Isaa, Brazil has a lot significant number of kids under 16yo in radiant elo with Safed being the youngest of them (this boy was 12yo when he got Radiant for the first time) and that Valorant is the first competitive game they've ever played, it's great that these kids play against high level opponents until they're the minimum age to compete, 16yo. - Top players in other FPS games in Brazil haven't switched to Valorant yet.
Brazilian players who came from CSGO were tier 3 there or worse, no R6 players have switched yet and some of Brazil's top talent still play Crossfire and may migrate in the future, showing that the region's top-tier playerbase can still expand a lot and that we are far from the frontier of production possibilities. - The arrival of huge organizations on the scene
With NIP, MIBR, Godsent, LOUD joining Sharks, Furia, Havan Liberty, Gamelanders, and Stars Horizon, Brazil will have a consolidated tier 1 scene because with the huge injection of money that these teams will put into the game it will pressure players and coaching staff to deliver good results, so the quality of scrims tends to increase a lot, professionalizing a scenario that during 2021 could be considered semi-amateur in Brazil. Honestly I don't care if we have dreamteam or not, because KRU and Australs didn't need superstars to show us that they are teams as strong as the Brazilian teams and even better, because since the beginning of the year they worked hard and were always tryhard in scrims, making their time as productive as possible. - Almost all players are out of a contract at the moment.
Apparently most organizations have made contracts that most of them would expire in December 2021, so with the exception of Furia, Vivo Keyd, and Havan, almost all players are without a contract and no fine to negotiate with a new team, making formation easier of excellent teams for 2022, the time is now, because with the arrival of these huge organizations, contractual fines tend to increase exaggeratedly, making future transactions impossible, as is already happening in the North American scene. - The LATAM scene will grow a lot from now on
With KRU's success in the Valorant Champions, the region will most likely receive +1 slot for international competitions in 2022 and this will attract big investors to the region as is happening with Brazil, LATAM has a fertile soil full of insane talents that many of you don't even have any idea that they exist because they haven't shown up in international competitions yet, plus we can say that it's considerably cheaper for NA and EU organizations to invest in LATAM teams, they will potentially have a high return at a cost and very low risk, and with the LATAM scene growing, the quality of scrims between LATAM and Brazil increases even more, raising the level of the teams. - The Valorant Champions Bundle was a genius move by Riot Games
We had already seen this type of marketing happen on Dota 2 with The International Compendium and Riot Games for the first time brought it to a game of theirs and luckily it was on Valorant. 500k USD for each team participating in Valorant Champions is a very strong signal from the market that big investors should pour money into Valorant to at least get a slot in Valorant Champions in 2022, and this will also attract high level players from other games because it is a possibility to earn a lot of money without even winning a Valorant Champions, i honestly hope this program will continue for years to come because 500k USD helps A LOT of minor region teams to develop and continue to invest in Valorant. - The female scene in Brazil is strong and continues to grow
All women's teams in Brazil scrim with almost all mixed tier 1 and tier 2 teams because of Game Changers they both have separate circuits and in the VCT playoffs stages teams have preferred to test tactics and compositions against the female teams as both they won't face each other and vice-versa, this is frequent and it's one of the reasons the Brazilian female scene has grown so fast, luckily the mixed teams find the training productive and the girls have been working very hard to play the scrims tryhard and coordinate.
Well, I believe I have accurately punctuated my thoughts about the future of the Brazilian scene and I would like to know your opinion about the arguments presented, please be polite ❤️
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