Its not the same thing though.. if teams can win ascension and then sell their spot.. I can guarentee you, you will never see a Brazilian team in Franchise especially with all the American orgs. Figure out why on your own

Financial stability is one of the major criteria for Riot to accept a team into partnership.. why do you think XSET and Optic didnt get a slot? If they foresee such a scenario they will forfeit their partnership and reassign.. in such a scenario a slot cannot be sold

they did? what do u mean rn? Do u not see that an interested party could've paid The Guard to NOT sign the partnership deal which was ONLY available to them after winning the Ascension

Bruh no way you guys dont see why they wont allow any org to pick the 5. He has explained it so well.

If they allow any org to pick players, nobody cares which Org wins ascension anymore. Win Ascension, but dont wanna commit to Riot Partnership?... just auction your place off to whoever is interested and dont sign the documents... the interested org and the players can come to an agreement about buyouts and everything and get the slot.

It DOES open a door for selling off spots. Supporting F/A team is NOT the same... orgs dont have to buy the spot.

/// EDIT : Example explanation :

DSG wins Ascension 2024. DSG does not want to commit to partnership. DSG has already spent money winning Acension. G2 wants partnership but has a dogsht team who couldnt do it. DSG and G2 can come to an agreement about buyouts and anything else under the table which Riot is not aware of. DSG does not sign the documents and now the 5 players are F/A. The 5 choose G2 as free agents.

Do you not see this happening?

Its simple why : The Guard could have been bought off to not sign the agreement. This is not the same as signing free agents. It introduces the ability to get a spot without winning ascension.

You are right. Peanut brains downvoting you, typical vlr. Orgs will not care about winning ascension if they know they can "convince" the winning org to forfeit their spot in exchange of money. When free agents choose an org AFTER winning the league, they are not selling the spot because Orgs dont have to buy the spot, but just adopt the players.

Nah. He says it opens a door for slots to be sold which is right. For ex : NRG owns the slot for 4 years and if they delay and dont sign the documents for 2024, which disqualifies them and opens door for another org to take its place. Now, financial transactions or under-the-table shit could happen if they allow teams to be replaced. I think something like this must've happened. The Guard is not interested in eSports and fired everyone last year, other orgs could've approached them to do this.. we dont know

koalanoob is tripping if he thinks he will get to play in franchise over The Guard after he lost to them fair and square.. quite shameless to even think of it.

are you trying to say that Russians and Asians are not able to find and nurture talent in their own regions but Americas is giving them the opportunity to win back to back champs? dont be so rude to them now.. we all know citizenship counts not ethnicity

doesnt even matter to EMEA and APAC.. they dont have the same amount of tier 1 talent as Americas and all of their best players are at the top teams. Like would skrossi ever be able to play franchised league in Americas? hell no lol

Back to back world champions.. South and North America combined have the best and biggest talents in Valorant yet they club them together. Now the entire region gets punished again cause an Org owner does not care about eSports.

Americas only 10 teams which will packed to the brim with talent and they fight each other to play on the international stage while dogshit teams from EMEA, APAC and China (which seems to have infinite slots?) get to every international tournament to get grouped.

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sen tenz

i said this and got downvoted on his thread.. most of the "leaks" were just pugs to help remaining champs teams with practice. those were not trials. multiple pros have confirmed this on stream.

doesnt CS have like 100434924 maps including the custom ones made during 1.6 days.. yeah you will always find a similar map for every map in Valorant because the foundational design is the same.

Informational for all those new to the scene.

1. Tier 1 - the biggest Valorant Tournament = Champions

2. Minor Tournaments : Masters

3. Mickey mouse events (usually invitationals) - Knights Weekly, LOCK//IN, Tarik x Ludwig, Red Bull Invitational, Off Season Tournaments

4. Premier(open to all)

agree and invitationals like Tarik x Ludwig, Redbull, LOCK//IN, Knights Weekly are mickey mouse which are slightly above ranked premier matches

USA/Canada are not homogeneous and very welcoming to talented folks from all over the world. Diversity is their best strength and it shows.

i cant fight facts, let me call it a bait 🤓🤓🤓🤓

Mental gymnastic cause you have the IQ of a sewer rat? I literally said its ad hominem to question flags of users since anyone can have any flag, its not verified by a passport. You just expect every Fnatic fan to dickride them and not speak facts like sheep.

they were their only hope to win the major. they flopped and got exposed when it mattered. the real ones like me saw it coming from a kilometer.

UK flags cant comprehend English, who woulda thought

i cant fight facts, let me call it a bait 🤓🤓🤓🤓

ad hominem. stick to the topic, nobody can verify your flag either. For all I know, you could be sitting in a slum in Lahore expecting a UK work visa if you dickride them on vlr.

number of EU rats who will somehow try to claim N4RRATE and TrickAim in 2024 going to be crazy

i cant fight facts, let me call it a bait 🤓🤓🤓🤓

Mid inbetween when they literally made every Grand Final this year. Last year champs was an all Americas final.
I can understand though. They kicked out Liquid, twice.

Winning back to back Champions (equivalent of a CSGO Major) - Americas have cemented the fact that they have the best teams, deep talent pools and bring the most hype to the tournament.

For every Masters and Champs, Americas should be guarenteed more slots. Teams like C9, The Guard, M80, MxM, The Union, MAD Lions would have the likes of Navi and Liquid on a leash.

You are right, LOCK//IN was an exhibition event and it will never take place ever again. It has the same value as other invitationals like Tarik Ludwig or Redbull. EG was the best team 2023. Won Champs and 2nd place Tokyo.

PRX won their APAC event, then came 3rd in Tokyo and 2nd in Champs. LOUD is really close but have to rank them 3rd. LOCK//IN doesnt count same as Redbull or Tarik invitational doesnt count.

Clown antics to count Lock//in when Riot mentioned it was just an exhibition tournament. Fnatic has been 1-2 against LOUD in 2023 which in itself ranks them below LOUD. Not to mention the 1 series they won was in an exhibition event and they lost twice in the only major event of Champs, eventually LOUD kicking them out.

Champs is the most important event and it is unbelievable how NA teams have made back to back champ grand finals.

Real ranking for 2023
:

1. EG
2. PRX
3. LOUD
4. FNC

Valorant is not everything about esports.. yes these agents might be useless in matches but their pick rate is not as bad in casual ranked. More than 80% of playerbase does not even follow the esport side of the game.

100% and he has never crossed a line either.. people really be getting mad over nothing

sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh demon1 literally rent free in the heads of all the neckbeards who were praying for his downfall.. so glad he will continue dominating your favorite teams and make ur players cry all the while shooting their bodies.

keep taking his girls name as if ur mom doesnt work corners to pay the internet bill for u to hate on him online. bunch of cucks

we know they make you cry

is that what your mom feels about me? i am actually glad she didnt catch feelings after last night

Is that why he lost twice to Less in the most important event of the year? Less had higher rating in both the matches. Nobody cares if Alfa collected more rating playing weaker teams.

you need to have some sort of mental illness to believe EU is better than Americas. They just won back to back Champs which has 100x the prestige of a Masters and 100000000x that of a social experiment like LOCK//IN.

Nobody cares for LOCK/IN social experiment. NA made back to back Champions finals appearance. Americas has won back to back Champs. Now that is real dominance.

within EMEA maybe, outside of it Less had him on a leash

nobody cares for LOCK//IN and masters does not have the same prestige as Champions. Americas have 2 champions now.. compared to 1 in EU.

They won 1 in Tokyo. If you count LOCK//IN then you can count Red Bull which 100T won. EU is weaker than APAC as a region

cope harder.. they couldnt perform when it mattered

not my fault if people get mad at facts..

Best Team : EG (made grand finals of the two most important events and won the champions)
Best Region : Americas
Best Coach : Potter
Best Player : Demon 1
Best sub region : NA
Best country : Tie between US/Canada/Brazil

same amount of teams.. are u stupid? its a fair comparison

cry seethe and mald.. Liquid first to get kicked out of the tournament

Alfa would've had his ass handed to him. He cannot perform in the only valid and most hyped tournament of the year.

cope seethe and mald

AGREED.

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