Josol
Flag: United States
Registered: May 31, 2023
Last post: September 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Posts: 2

-boaster was good
-DFM never making it out
-demon1 still good player just needs to know other duelists or switch roles (no jett 1 trick)
-derke isn't sought after but can still be a strong pick
-MiniBoo wasn't the strongest but he does his job to create space, not to get kills
-Haodong is a coach now, he wouldn't leave the champs winning roster
-Life/Lysoar close against heretics and sentinels who are 4th and 2nd and 5 maps agianst edg in china gf
-Furia isnt making it out
-icy was ok think others would get signed before him tho
-GE doesn't make it out until they build a india team and make small changes over a large time rather than revamping the whole roster over and over (same with DFM)
-Prx jinggg/something conflicting roles/weird role stuff, good aimers they can go through it most likely and be a top team in pacific(top 3-5)
-Yay had 2 years to make some performance and failed to do so, his name is reset and isn't sought after anymore people moved on, chamber is gone and his duelist isn't even top 10
-Lakia still strong util support would like to see him take over some games, he won a masters tho
-Zeta lost most of their core members idk they might just pick up t2 players but i need them to have a great coach if they want to win

posted 2 months ago

Riot wants the franchises that will benefit valorant esports as a whole, so getting franchise teams that are doing well with money (which most teams aren't) and will bring money to valorant is important. Thats why we have teams like Sentinels, LOUD, Fanatic, Prx make the cut as they have had previous success and many fans. Riot mentioned that in a couple of years they will review the franchise teams an possibly make changes if they no longer benefit valorant esports competitively or bring money and fans. Right now they have more japan and korean teams as they want to increase korean fans as league of legends is immensely popular in Korea and japan already has a strong viewership and Riot wants to keep that. Even if there is an influx of Korean teams, this will result in less talent in t2 Korea and more in t1 so other strong teams from Indonesia, India, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines are able to develop talent and make t2, we already seen this in Bleed and Boom where a Singapore team made ascension and a Indonesia team were a few rounds away to win this ascension team. As viewership and fans grow in Valorant in those scenes we will definitely see more teams in those regions or those teams incorporated in t1 as a franchise rather than a t2 ascension team, we can see this in teams like G2 who made champs this year and has a strong team and a growing fanbase.

tldr: riot wants what is best for valorant, they believe more growth in korea and keeping viewers in japan with chances for other regions to make a name for themselves and prove to riot that they should have more representation in pacific. That is also why they host international events in japan and korea.

posted 2 months ago