so you release your apex team, that goes on to get signed by adr and win apac north and is now qualified for the first apex international lan
and u let your T3 NA valorant team to keep running after 2 years
I hope the org flops horribly in valo
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algs split 2 has 50x the viewership T1 gets in NA valorant right now
they also had selly parkha obly karonpe under contract
selly gets more impressions than all the valo players on t1 combined
yet they dissolved their apex team, actual clown shit
ur a clown who cant do basic arithmetic maths
100k contracts (actually more for steel)
5 players + 1 coach
6x100 = 600k yearly cost to operate in T3 NA valorant
and then ur not even counting the opportunity cost from dissolving their apex, fortnite AND R6 teams
sponsors want 1 thing and it's impressions which promotes their own brand, a T3 valorant team representing them doesn't improve their brand value
I guess the question is if there is a higher risk/reward for staying in NA or going to Korea. Eventually, if they are trying to succeed in NA and the team is literally stuck in the t2/t3 scene they are going to need to make big moves either staff/player wise. Like if instead of trying to invest all this time and resources trying to rebuild and having the slightest chance to break into such a top-heavy NA scene is if it would be better to invest in another scene that has so much potential, lower salaries, and their org is literally based in Korea. They probably already have the connections, resources and everything set up that could help build a good in Korea. Like they already had a Korean val team before too. If viewership/brand exposure is a problem, how could they care about that if the NA team can't even get anywhere close to getting viewership? It's risky but a succeeding Korean t1 team in Korea under the brand of T1 is gonna attract more viewers than a team that can't compete. A spot in Korea's main event is literally free real estate for an org like T1 and with other Korean orgs supposedly finding interest in the scene wouldn't it be better for t1 as a top Korean org to be the front runner in entering the scene? It would validate the other orgs interest and they're probably gonna be guaranteed as a future partner in the region. If they invest while the number of teams are growing and names are popping up left and right they're probably going to be seen as a team that helped build the region's scene by riot too. Eh
Yeah that's what i'm saying both T1 and GENG would bring so much to the korean esports scene in valorant and making a roster is cheap. They also have a good chance of making a run with the org supports. Both orgs been stuck in Tier 2 NA scene for a while and it made sense to make NA orgs in the beginning but now i think its time to move back.
I think T1 needs to give steel a good team around him they have a stupid amount of money and Steel is a great IGL remember the 100T vs Acend game. He definitely deserves more no matter how toxic he is. Curry is way too inconsistent they shouldn't have let go of Sevenn either. Maybe a team along the lines of:
Sym
Steel
Brax (if they could get him to play)
BabyJ
Zombs or some better smoker
anyone but dd8
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