Orgs don’t need to pay to get a slot, it’s the opposite riot pays teams for being a part of it. This lets riot choose whichever orgs they want based on their criteria without being too worried about how big or small they are.
Tier 2 orgs are not getting into franchise leagues lmao, Teams like SEN, Optic, C9, NRG, Faze, etc., actual Big Orgs are getting in 1000%. And dont watch NA valorant then, go watch EU lmao
They have 600k followers on twitter, I'd say they're a big org. Maybe not as established because they compete in few games, but they're a big org. And they are the most popular val team so they're an easy lock
Bro is buggin, Tarik had 70k, like around 50k for main stream, and like 30k for kyedae, don't know about the rest of the streams, but that alone is 150k for an open qualifier. Twitch category was at around 250k which was like the average during NA playoffs