It's not a xenophobic problem, it's more the fact everyone was is still traumatized by TGRD affair, that left a mark in people mind and especially usian mind "if even TGRD isn't allowed in franchising, then so many structures can't do the cut". So if a structure that come from NOWHERE just win ascention they assume they have litterally no chance because TGRD precedent.

2G ascending may be the best thing ever for Riot, it will prove to everyone that anyone can ascend, not only big clouted team that come from very rich country like USA, SG, FR, it may even attire a lot of small/middle structure into tier 2, it will just prove you can qual even if you are not a huge name

"Final boss" almost imply he is last of his mate alive, and a duelist that is last alive almost imply he is a baiter

Balanced opinion <3

What the hell is that O.O

(At least I know how to talk to Kirya if I see him on vlr)

Don't you think it's because they want to be sure every team will not have a bye or a team play 2 games in a week ? (Avoiding group of 7 ?)

But they realise the system couldnt be 14 team because of 2 group of 7 problem

12 is good if you 2 2 round robin, with a single round robin 16 is irrealist, but without it become the best number and augment minimum games theory that people complain about adding only 4 week of competition

Please full Russian team with Krital

Hmmm, I think they can, and the only reason why we wont expand to 16 yet, is the timing, and the fact they want to wait few yers for stability, 2027 may be the year or the 16 teams

I really think it's a distortion that human brain do a lot with time "SEA wil have more spot than other region" can easily become "SEA will have more spot"

That doesnt really sounds realistic, I watch really close that topic and I didn't heard about that. The closest thing I've heard was bascally "SEA wil have more spot than other region", but even if it's 4 spot instead of 2 it's a reduction of 2 !

Aca team probably

Well even if Japan got a huge advantage, it's even better to not give another one T.T

I'm not sure it's a bait because what she propose will happen, and will be even drastic of what she will propose, I have 0 doubt about the fact next year KR and JP will have 2 slot, and that SEA will AT LEAST have 2 less more spot, maybe it will be 4 less spot (Sheis just mistaken about SAsia that will probably have 2 spot too)

• 1 If no team manage to go to world in a T1 region, then top 2 of ascention will be qualified, Kinda fair and easy to me !
• 2 The league with 14 region was removed when they decided to give a chance to team to expand their time in T1 indefinitely if they are good enough, it will be only 12 now, probably because a league with 14 mean 2 group of 7 and that mean problem with schedule, as I kinda says here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_fOPBPWl_w my belief is that in future Tier 1 will expand and we will have 2 more partener team and 2 more ascended team to have a 16-team league wish is kinda the perfect number, we just need that war in Ukraine end (So Riot can give a spot that represent CIS), and wait to see if biggest structure from CN will stabilize their acc or backrupt to choose the 2 expanded partenred team
• 3 I don't understand your question 3

HKTW is a part of APAC, but player from HKTW have double residency (APAC and CN), meaning a full TW team with a TW structure could just join the CN circuit if they want to (And it's probably so mush more worth it with the fusion)

I don't know what is the funniest : The OP not realizing it will probably be even worse that what he proposes, or the people answering that that is idea is bad even if that's may be even literally worse what he proposes.

With the fusion of SEA few thing are kinda predictable :

• Every new T2 region (KR, JP, SEA, OCE, SAsia) will have at least 2 slots like in other T1 continent in ascension (10 team minimum in asc can go to 12 if SEA got 1 or 2 more spot because most staked region)
• VN and HKTW will probably never go to ascension ever again in APAC (Let's be honest, if they are no mechanism that just ensure diversity and at least one team per subregion, Vietnam may just disappear from tier 2, that's what happen when you put an undeveloped region with developed region with a relegation system and thats why it's important to do something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_fOPBPWl_w )
• SEA may become the biggest T2 region of all time in terms of level and mid JP will probably have no chance against bottom SEA, because now ascention team will be bottom SEA if you are optimistic, if you are not they will just be out of league and replaced by a 3rd and 4th TH and ID teams (SEA is stupidly so stacked, I agree 6 region was to mush and just create weak region that have a gap too big between domestic league and asc, but at least they could have made 2 league one on SG server with malay speaking country, and one on HK with other SEA teams, only problem with that is TH have a better ping on SG, but isn't a malay speaking country, plus they probably are the region with most of teams)

2 slot are enough for KR and JP because they will be only 2 team ascended team max, if JP and KR are already strong, they don't need an unfair advantage over weakest region by having more shot to qual than them. Plus neve rforget that you will have surprise, based on precedent year everyone thougt NA would actually rollstomp Americas ascension and we all know how that did end. If NA would have more slot or SAmer or SAmer would have less slot them maybe it's another NA team that would have won the even.

We have no idea if 2G is bad

Short answer : no that would be catastrophic for both NA and SA
Long answer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeyBlEZAY4s

Well if you dont win T2 against a team that make top 4 master it's not that bad

Pretty easy to guess for Gekko : He will have to wait more time before flash again

Hard to say for the other, I want Riot give a smoke in addition of her slow orb so she can fully embrace her "2nd controller" role since she is used like that on Icebox (She litterally use her wall as a suprasmoke)

https://www.youtube.com/@Meghannyah

Wait, whot, cause I'm a Vtuber ? The model doesnt appear on the video when you start the vid ? D:

(The model I use I called it Placeholderchan because she is bland as fuck, and I made it in something like 1h on vroid, I tried to make something more fancy but I think it turned out ugly)

To me this is false, is EG was able to win champ, they would probably be able to win LCQ

Hi vlr, as usual in the preseason (and now most of ascention are over), i'm want to raise some debate.

So today I want to tell you why Tier 1 should expand to 16 teams, 2 ascended more and 2 partenered more and since you can't read, here is a video that explan why :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK21DCS2yHM

Bye vlr

Some T2 region doesnt have a T1 team, on long term thoose region will a level even worse, wish not help.

Bu I aslo think it's a problem of small sample size

They won 5 game in a raw after that

I was asking myself the same about M80

Don'nt worry next year every region will have 2 team instead of one because of the fusion of SEA (SEA should be 2 region, one on HK and one on SG)

What are you talking about, Korea doesnt need 7 spot to win the event.

If they are best they will need this, you dont need to give them an unfair advantage

Give it to G2, they deserve it way more and are worth it.

Then you can just take M80 because they ended 2nd

Non Mirror Win Rate

I have stat for entire T2 Split 2 beside APAC (I will have them next week), doing stat on just asc on so few data would ne be intresting so : :

• Raze 76% PR, 37% NMWR (95 games)
• Neon 16% PR, NMWR 58% NMWR (64 games)
• Jett 8% PR, 54% NMWR (39 games)

Next step is to join a team, when you gonna do it ?

I don't even know if you're answering me that's it was a nice try to make people believe I'm French, or if you are answering thats I'm not fooling saying i'm not french T.T

Everyone knows I'm not acutall french, otherwise I wouldnt always yap about APAC

Dont judge a team on their opponent map

If Korea is just strong let's just expand every region to 16 teams, (2 ascended, 2 partenered)

• Give one partener slot to OCE and probably VN, and if Korea is that strong they just pick the 4 remaining ascended spot (7 spot for KR is largely enough, even if it's 3 partenered + 4 Ascended)

Only problem is that OCE doesnt have a roster despite having a lot of talent (We need an expantion)

It would be hilarous if they are best BR team, go to world or playoffs and having to defend their spot in ascention because G2 was also in world (Ans better than them) while the 3 other BR team stay bottom 3

So if the problem is BR team being bad and since M80 was close form G2 and 2G is close from 2G, maybe 2G will be also strong and so not boring ?

Thats would be amazing to have at least one team with Canadian identity in tier 1, and try to make a roster focused on Canada

I agree witht that and thats also the reason why NA and SA should never split

Why are they boring ? Is there the fact they are bad ? or maybe it's because of their playstyle ?

Good point : You are allowed to hard trashtalk Brasil if you are constructive

You think they might change after 2 games they played in Tier one ?

Player complain they have to move to LA, so playing 1 year every 2 way "Away" during stage 2 wan be intresting

You can make 2 conferences, south group, north group in stage 1 then change place everytime in stage 2 I suppose

That but first degree

My belief the that up her soloQ power was horrible either she where destroying soloQ but would have no use on proplay, or she would destroy both.

Riot need to learn how to make target up, an up that target only soloQ, only lowlvl, or only proplay, if they dont we will end with pick only on soloQ and pick only on proplay and vice versa.

S5 might have Neon, Chamber, Iso, Clove, Reyna, Phoenix, Omen only on soloQ a on every map, while en proplay it will be Jett, Raze, Breach, Kayo Viper, Astra
(Only reveal might be share on the 2 gamepool)

With the color switching at each round, or switching at each camera change, me and the friends wish I was watching found this really awkward.

Valorant should have a list of color team can choise and that represent them during the game, thais would make the game so mush clear and avoid we cheer for the bad team after half time. Even more, when you play a lot of game, watching some guy on your own PoV in blue and other in red can trick your
brain that opponent is friend and vice versa.

What advantage do you see about the current situation ?