Unless Meiy and Xdll (possibly) speak Korean, I think they will settle for Koreans who speak Japanese

Idk how old Sacrifice is but I know that Only1 is in T1 AC

I found them on liquidpedia which I assume they got it from the website themselves

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Red_Bull/Home_Ground/5/Qualifier/Japan/1

They explained how phase 1 and 2 works and Play-ins as well, but not phase 3 so I had to make an educated guess

welp Jinboong is primarily sentinels, unless we're getting Derialy or poach Yatsuka I see that Hals is the only alternative ( unless there are better players but have lower stats that idk of .. I'm silver after all 😂)

Currently we are in phase 2. The winners of earlier brackets are from phase 1. As the phase progresses the competitors become harder and harder.
Phase 1 are high schoolers
phase 2 are GC teams , AC teams and teams with high ranks
phase 3 should be teams like Scarz and Igzist alongside New Zealand represantative(don't worry I'm just as confused as you are as of how random this is 😂)
Winner of phase 3 will play in APAC play-ins where ZETA DFM and T1 are

That's phase 1, not phase 2 😅

I find Jinboong coming to dfm the most questionable tho , I can understand why they'll pick LOB and Akame but clearly not Jinboong.
Pls pick Hals, there's still time 😭

https://www.vlr.gg/401064/dfm-2025-roster-jp-leak

It's from this leak

I know that which is why I'm trying to look for where they are streaming 😂.
I think Scarz division will join in phase 3 just like other t2 orgs.

But what surprises me is that the 2 team that qualify from phase 1 (high schoolers) actually won and will play against Scarz youth and RIG GC

Ooooooh I thought you dm'ed the guy 😂😂

Wait you can ask neilzinho just like that?

Wow , that's wholesome

Leaks and rumours: I hate this.. DFM Jinboong Akame and LOB .

guess japanese players will another year rotting in Tier 2 while imports are being prioritized again

Fr bro, at this point I'll be happy if dfm just settles for the standard 3 japanese 2 koreans and actually get good japanese players like Hals Brian or yatsuka

Frfr bro, guess we'll be having another year of japanese talents being disrespected again... no disrespect to jinboong but his performance clearly falters in sp2 compared to sp1...

It's 𝑮𝑶𝑵 𝑴𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑬…. 😂

Ikr, FAV started to gain steam the moment they let go off tenten and let Minty play duelist.

Have no idea about sylvan tho

T1 leaks shows it's going to be tenten and sylvan

Who is the second japanese, xdll?
I kinda knew that Lob will be included because of his tweets.
The same goes with akame.
But jinboong? Bro how hard is it to get Brian or Hals?

Gummybears is dort's father??? 🤯🤯

Apparently that's fake news, but I sure as hell hope that they actually do it lol

i fw this, but they don't need a venue upgrade tho

WAIT NVM ITS ABOUT PC LOL , I thought by Venue they meant making the venue bigger or something lol

Instead of upgrading the venue maybe they can actually use the money to keep the T2 alive...

at the cost of competitiveness

This can be fixed by riot actually telling orgs to clean up their mess tbh

Zeta really is goated, unlike some other orgs, once in francshising they instead go so far to field 10 academy players and are announcing for 2025 application

Lol this one was actually funny , I remembered Bren or Sideshow commentating on how Derialy went 3 18 on map 1 and then praising him when he went 20 13 on map 2 😂. Both are on a joking manner ofc

GE going in last is the least of Riot's concern when it's so hard to get any of these orgs to be proactive...

Also relegation is out of the question unless you want teams to leave the partnership

Zeta vs DRX 2022 Reykjavik lower bracket
https://www.vlr.gg/85533/drx-vs-zeta-division-valorant-champions-tour-stage-1-masters-reykjav-k-lr2

Zeta vs NIP 2022 reykjavik lower bracket
https://www.vlr.gg/84646/ninjas-in-pyjamas-vs-zeta-division-valorant-champions-tour-stage-1-masters-reykjav-k-decider-a

Zeta vs Kru Berlin 2021
https://www.vlr.gg/34950/kr-esports-vs-zeta-division-valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin-opening-b

Crazy Racoon vs Havan Liberty 2021 Berlin lower bracket
https://www.vlr.gg/34965/crazy-raccoon-vs-havan-liberty-valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin-elimination-c

Crazy Racoon vs Gambit 2021 Berlin Lower bracket
https://www.vlr.gg/34966/gambit-esports-vs-crazy-raccoon-valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin-decider-c

Academic team won't be relegated is actually super unfair, Riot is holding T1 orgs' hand all the way to T2😂😂

The problem is not everyone is like Tarik.😅

Update: are AlphaD getting rid of kokuya?

Why are they announcing looking for initiator?
https://x.com/AlphaD_Official/status/1830583956879876532?t=JW9ryDzZ2TgWxXmicFMvBA&s=19

Yeah, shame that we can't make this happen 😔

Wdym?

Idk about others but I'm kinda convinced that japanese orgs are willing to, these mfs are so proactive , academy team in tier2 sounds crazy considering the fact that it took riot having to change academy team rules just so Talon and ( possibly) DFM to actually start forming academy teams.

I think regardless of their financial performance, I think japanese orgs make a better partner for riot rather than some T1 orgs.

My gut says relegate many teams

I'm thinking of handing the power back to riot, riot can just cut spending on teams that are not willing to cooperate or can't make the effort to earn money.

Relegation is great for competitive integrity but we can't have zeta relegated(hypothetically) because they are riot's top earner.

Nah I'm not talking about finishing last, if they can make tons of money doing so riot won't bat an eye, although doing so will leave a bad taste on the fans tho, so riot has an interest in making sure you don't perform like ass

So it is a common problem. I think riot should give them a scare a little to get them working..

Has my crusade against imports in vcj gained some traction? Because I feel bad now 😅.

I dont really watch Tier 1 except zeta and dfm anyways so I can switch between both of them

In fact I've been doing that just so I can maintain my listening 😂

How widespread is this?

Free rider problem: you benefit from other org's ( prx zeta etc) and riot's money without doing anything or doing with minimal effort. (Just search the free rider problem on Google you'll get a better idea 😂)

I think this is one of the problem that riot forgot to consider when creating franchising.

I was about to say this tbh,

hot take if vcj wasn't watched by many in vlr , we're actually just another t2 region

Tbf I'm not saying this won't work, NOBITA ,Xdll and Tenzou have shown that some players can adapt. Although it's not clear whether this is because their inherent skills, or their fluency in English.

Nah financial performance are the number one priority, you don't sign good players with goodwill, you sign them with money , and riot as a company would prefer that people buy org's skin, it's kinda useless if your team is high performing but fails on financial aspect, that's how you end up with LOUD and EG

I can't believe I got baited that easily ....

But they really should call out some of these orgs tho. Many of them are just free riding from other successful orgs' gain and riot's money

Has ryancentral ever joined a Chinese team?

As long as speaking English doesn't hinders their performance and bringing imports are actually beneficial to the scene, maybe yes, but from my experience with vcj , bringing an English speaking player means you either end up like scarz( your priority is not skilled player first , but japanese player that can speak English) or you go the Sengoku way( the whole Japanese player accommodate the English speaking player and risks dropping their performances)

What do you mean by all English speaking cn team? A team full of imports? Or a full cn team speaking English?

That's the thing tho, I hope he switched.

I think if maufin actually gave valorant more chance he will eventually find his place, just like wai and yowamu I think 3 of them got screwed by northeption 😭

Lol idk, why do you think he's ass anyways?