https://esportsadvocate.net/2023/08/valorant-champions-bundle-40m/

“Riot already disclosed a huge revenue boon for teams that participated in this year’s final event. The Valorant Champions 2023 bundle, which consists of in-game decorations for various items and effects, raised over $20 million in revenue share for those teams, earning them $1.25 million apiece.“

Now I don’t know what player contracts look like, but I find it hard to believe that they make 200k a year and take a huge cut from the bundle. Unless the orgs are actually that dumb….

I thought I heard somewhere that EG tried to cut their players salary this year with the promise of a larger share of the skin revenue but the players didn’t want the deal.

Omen is honestly the only smokes that’s fun to watch.

Viper makes shit lame and slow
Harbor just looks like a confusing mess on screen
Astra is slow and excels at hiding during postplant
Brim is 2nd to omen but not as flashy

Realistically if they had a premier duelist they would be scary.

Oddly enough EMEA doesn’t have very many world class duelists.

Imagine something or Aspas or demon1 on that team…

The bundle earned roughly 40 million

That’s 50% for the teams so 20 mill.

That’s roughly 1.5 million per team at champs.

They generated at least 2.5 million in revenue.

Crazy to think that’s not enough.

It really isn’t worth it to be in e sports if the best players in the world can’t make 6 figures.

It’s so crazy to see this list.

It’s basically

FNC
-Grand Canyon-
Rest

I wouldn’t even have a clue how the next 5 spots are going to go.

Unknown quantities
TL
VIT
KC

Turkish (this is our year)
(p.s it never is)
Fut
BBL

How did they even get here
M8

The DRX of EMEA
NAVI

Rest

People forget the bundle money

For some reason I forgot.

They would have to take major risks.

Since their brand is garbage anyway if they want to win they should do whatever it takes.

Jawg
Sinatraa
K1ng (kr)
Scream
Nivera

A t2 Brazilian team

Kyedae said he was puny once and everyone acted like she was some monster and a bigot 😂 😆

Yawn

DRX is still going to be a top 3 team

Yes

This thread proves they have died. Memes are pictures… not videos and the fact that no one knows that only proves they have died

Of Americas

He was the highest rated sentinel main at their last tournament, 11th highest rated player.

He had a higher rating than sayf and the sentinel of the team that won Yutjey (or however it’s spelled)

And he’s only going to get better.

Who?

Anyone who even mildly follows Valorant knows FNC is the most stacked team in the world.

It shouldn’t be surprising for Lev to fail to qualify for a masters.

The Americas are INSANELY stacked and riot thinks 2 - 3 slots is enough.

While there is a chance Lev qualify they have to do it over NRG, SEN, LOUD and whatever random team no one expects to be good but is.

I think Lev is good enough to make it, but I also don’t think anyone should be shocked if they end 3rd or 4th in Americas.

And was arguably the weakest player on the roster.

Maybe the rumors of Sinatraa are true.

He is the perfect replacement for c0m

https://www.vlr.gg/player/725/nzr/?timespan=all

Now look up C0m.

Both very good players, now think that C0m was on an amazing team and Lev was bellow average.

Nzr has always been a solid player. This isn’t the huge upgrade you’re feeble mind thinks it is.

C0m “might” be an upgrade but it’s not significant and seems like more of a side step then a substantial upgrade.

Best team NA on paper.

But they haven’t had much time to “gel”.

Only 2 teams from Americas at masters is CRIMINAL.

All true except sentinel.

They actually don’t have a true sentinel player, just flexible players that can “fill” the role.

Who?

Arguably the most consistent team of all time.

FNC has been good since the very start of Valorant.

Some random dude who clearly has only watched the stats page of VLR

“Kick the IGL!!!!!”

You can’t make this shit up.

Life (duelist)
Leo (int flex)
Less (sent)
Lakia (flex)
Lmemore (smokes)

Did you purposefully pick 4 initiators flex?

“Phew, they are gonna leave us alone. They think we are zombies.”

Karl Malone and John Stockton got this ez

Came here to say this.

Leads a team no one thought would be anything when the season started to a championship.

Stands on the desk with his arms open and confetti falls all around him.

This is what not making champions finals two years in a row does to a persons brain.

Y’all clearly don’t understand prime 😂

Tenz (without a doubt best player in the world at prime)
Saadhak
Crashies
Marved
Yay (without a doubt best player in the world at prime)

Cause his role clashes with the only other 2 people we know are staying.

Jawg and com

Good list, also shows you understand what NA means more than the rest of the posters.

Who?

My Chinese girlfriend thinks we don’t use enough sauce on things….

It’s two shot until reload and I would assume it’s scope only for accuracy (like awp) it will be deadly in specific hands.

Suddenly you take away phantom / spray guns from viper who excels at spamming smokes, and you rely on them hitting the “sniper” shot.

It changes the dynamic.

I think it’s interesting

Pretty sure Portillo’s is Chicago based, and Culver’s is upper Midwest.

If you happen to live anywhere near the glorious dairy capital of the United States (Wisconsin) then you know

Oberwiese and Culver’s clears.

Never realized how much better we had it until McDonalds was a top choice for people.

Bro from Illinois and it shows

It’s to counter light armor meta

My girlfriend is Chinese and her family lives in China.

She has gone to China countless times in her life and her family is very well off.

She says USA is a better place to live.

China is dirty, overcrowded and rude. While she still loves China, every time she is over there she can’t wait to get home.

Italy was the best country I visited in Europe (london, Paris, Dublin, and Rome)

Rome was incredible

Runner, a nobody who played well against GE and Furia and before that was decent in one of a million EMEA t2 leagues. Suddenly he is 3rd best duelist in the world 😂 😆 😝

Everyone else you mention other than sayf is a top t2 player with the potential to be decent in t1

Random delusional eu farmers league enjoyer “ VIT ARE TOP 2 IN THE WORLD” right after they lost convincingly to Fut a team that barely beat GenG.

Eu education at its finest.

Bro forgot about the world champion Ethan who had more assists than anyone in the world while at champs.

The audacity

If they make top 5 it will be impressive.

Aspas >= Demon1

Kingg as a player < Ethan
Kingg as an IGL > Ethan

Kingg = Ethan

If we are talking all time?

I would say xeta, sayaplayer.

Does sacy count as an import since it’s the same league?

This is what the future of GC looks like.

Either get used to it or quit watching.

It’s been said countless times and even multiple times in this thread.

He had the option to build his own team. He just wasn’t smart enough to build a good team 🤷‍♂️

I don’t watch any streamer other than sliggy.

Your list is shit.

Other than Wardell most of those players are pretty fairly rated.

Tenz isn’t as good as his rabid fans would say but he isn’t as bad as his haters say

No one talks about Subroza going back to t1, but he’s a damn good ranked demon.

S0m was one of the best controllers in the world last year…..

Sinatraa is good enough for t2 and to say otherwise only shows how biased you are.