Throw after throw on OT ngl but it was a good map

I believe so, I was also first to hit 10k
I believe babysasuke and nutable are second a third

I didn't realize I hit that. Should I be proud or worried?

(In my defense it's been 3,5 years)

Yeah but if their investors leave like it happened to EG then you never know. They will most likely, I'm just saying 2027 is very far away

Well could have thought so about EG 6 months ago, who knows. But yes high fanbase teams are by far the least likely teams to get dropped, they would have to mess up really bad off valorant, like controversies, being broke, etc

Correct, I would imagine most of them will get renewed but it's not a gurantee at all, it depends on Riot

No, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 are the 4 years. 2027 would be the first year they're gone

And those are very different situations, EG for example is named despite being good sport wise and yet I would say has the most chances of being gone. Riot won't look at sport results as much but at everything else.

Last year you would have included TH and KC in this list and they're gone now, you might have SEN FNC and PRX at the bottom of the standings by 2026 who tf knows

This isn't a traditional sport that wouldn't work at all. Think about that would have happened this year, you would have Acend and Apeks (Not counting M8 since I guess the league would still grow up to 14) instead of TH and KC. Nobody would give a shit about Acend and Apeks cause they're way smaller than TH and KC, their rosters could be good but there is no gurantee. Instead TH and KC can bounce back this year and be great.

This isn't football man, here you can change your entire team from one day to another and go from dead last to best team just like that, it's a completely different situation

I see a lot of confusion with what franchising is actually like so I'm just gonna leave here some info

1. Partnered teams get a 4 year contract which means. After that period if they do shit Riot can kick them out and replace them with a new org, presumably one of the ascended ones that has proven to them they are valuable, have a good fanbase and create content and good teams.

2. This is how the league grows:
   2023: 1 team ascends (11 team league)
   2024: 1 team ascends (12 team league)
   2025: 2 team ascend, 2023 team is relegated (13 team league)
   2026: 2 team ascend, 2024 team is relegated (14 team league)
   Summer 2026 partnered contracts expire this is where they can get replaced
   2027 and on: 2 teams ascend and the 2 teams that ascended 2 years ago (2025) are relegated (14 team league forever)

No I don't think there will ever be relegation based on sport results. There will be based on other stuff. Say G2 for example does amazing this 2 years, not necessarily only sport wise but they create a really cool fanbase, people follow them, they have content and they bring something into the table. Riot can decide to give them a permanent spot replacing one of the original teams. Like EG that's broke and not doing shit

And I kinda agree with it, teams need chances man, this is not traditional sports. What if you relegated TH and KC last year? and instead you had Apeks and Acend for example. Orgs literally no one cares about and with mid ass rosters

Yes, after that Riot can renew em or change them all if they feel like

That's the format, it was explained when franchising was first launched

No, 4 years

No, there aren't any advantages

Kick off and Masters Madrid didn't give any points at all, just 3 to the winner. So Sen 6, Kc 3, GenG 3, EDG 3. Other than that starting from this split every game you win is 1 point if I recall correctly. So basically winning kick off = 3 wins in this regular split for example, the race pretty much starts now

The 10 original teams have 4 year contracts, ascension teams have 2 year contracts. League will grow up to 14 teams. If you want to I can look up the format cause I've written it a thousand times

Well tbf he was mid af after he left FNC, but yes, he got robbed of that opportunity for no reason

Yes, and I just found his explanation on twitter and it was reasonable af, they did him dirty for sure
https://twitter.com/braveaff/status/1509249334696685588?s=20&t=_u4qzubsxqWaYVRxjVTgVg

Nah I'm pretty sure what he said was factually wrong iirc but no one should be benched for private conversation and even less if it's not valorant related or even anything illegal

nah it's a good game to get the rhythm going

Your parents clearly know 100T are bums

Are there 5 Indians with cracked aim tho

You'll be a great tier 2 duelist then

Didn’t he say he wants to study while he’s sixth for a little bit

Didn’t Monyet say he is gonna stay at home and study for a little bit?

There’s no transfer windows this year which means you can replace anyone at any time

If they’re not gonna have Estrella play the initiator they might as well get an smoker

Tbf he’s an initiator not a smoker

Need 2 series wins to make it or else the spot goes to group omega

It's actually kinda smart if playing every team isn't possible

Now seriously, wtf are they doing xD

Not exactly, every team can’t play twice every week. It’s to make up for one group having 5 and the other 6 teams

SEN played both and didn't clear any it was some really close series

Kc and TH clearing every NA team not named SEN or NRG

That's not fair at all a team could make it through facing much easier competition than their rivals. When you actually think about it this is a very smart format

No time to face them all anyway tho

Actually no, teams need a minimum of 2 wins to make it or else the spot goes to the other group I believe

I remember thinking he was insane back in the days when he was in Immortals

Nukkye prime

patitek, not until week 3 tho

He had a very good game on Chamber but that ain't an entry, his Jett wasn't that good. You might even have to go qraxs from FUT

Really? I genuinely think he was the best player out there today tho

Didn't they gave today's MVP to forsaken on the steam?

owns him

Unlike United TH is good

I'm talking about turkey tho

Isn’t FF stronger, haven’t paid that much attention this year ngl

What did it for you? the mid fragging or the loss?

T1 is a very very good team

why don't you wanna see cute dog pics tho