....we have RBHG, SOOP Valorant League, and Project Blender already announced so far. And it's not called the OFF//SEASON anymore, it's now the Partner Series.
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....we have RBHG, SOOP Valorant League, and Project Blender already announced so far. And it's not called the OFF//SEASON anymore, it's now the Partner Series.
Not even related since he's talking about T2 - there are legitimately popular domestic orgs in Japan like Riddle and Fennel. Even Reject and NOEZ FOXX has some good engagements behind them.
Also in general, Challengers in Japan is always a show.
ALL GLUE NO MORE HOPEFULLY
Wrong input, mb
No? It's EWC's fault.
What do you mean 4? 3 of them are from the Partnership programme which meant they match Riot's criteria.
NS/SPG won through Ascension.
If you think about it, SEA was merged from ID, PH, MY/SG, TW/HK, VN, and TH. That's 6 slots. It's compensating from the original amount of subregions, but still giving room for the previously Ascended teams.
Also at this point yall/we're won't be satisfied for any reason. This is another good progress for now to restore.
https://x.com/AG_VALORANT/status/1938839786438951358?t=TngspNBbuOy-I26mX1o2KA&s=19
Paris left the team.
Stats currently unavailable or bugged. Will update when I can.
If you want more context into the fine, here's the full ruling: https://competitiveops.riotgames.com/en-US/rulings/team-liquid
But to highlight, they broke two rules in particular:
Art. 8.2 Team Uniform.
Players must wear approved apparel (“Team Uniform”) to all official matches. The Team Uniform includes the following mandatory elements: Team Jerseys, Legwear, and Shoes.Art. 4.3 Conditional Categories.
Sponsorships in any of the Conditional Categories for each League [...] may be conditionally approved by the League Entity in its sole discretion on a case-by-case and region-by-region basis in accordance with Applicable Law and other criteria established by the League Entity [...] Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless prior express written approval is provided by League Entity, sponsorships that fall under any of the Conditional Categories shall not be placed on any Team Uniform and shall not be promoted or displayed at global events or International Competitions (i.e., Masters and Champions). [...].
With coinbase technically fall under crypto and not betting, OP isn't exactly wrong - however, this opens a new dimension of interpretations that these new set of rules are placed because of it.
You've already seen it with Liquid – their coinbase sponsorship wasn't allowed in Global Events like Bangkok but allowed for regional events like EMEA. In fact, they were fined for accidentally showing it in the first day of broadcast.
They'll live.
Inherently? They seem to just can't grasp of the meta. Jinboong, Akame, and meiy are all the firepower DFM has and while gyen has been serviceable, it's clear he's not the rookie talent I was once hypes up to be and honestly looked better with SSeeS. Melof is still a sub-par coach and I want to see a more proven/veteran coach besides NorthernLights since he's still so young.
Also, Art at this point is a liability with his tendencies.
I know everybody in here practically has a bone to pick regarding the treatment of SEA especially in Challengers and the dissolvement of half of the Pacific's leagues. You're angry, and I am too.
I've been debating whether or not to post this because I don't want to see myself as a 'glazer', but I feel the need to post this to share my perspective about what a few of us has been doing to bridge the communication gap between the community and SOOP.
First things first. Before Split 1, several community members have opened a dialog to the SOOP team regarding the treatment and fate of SEA. It was a lengthy talk and there was a lot of feedback, some are honestly will be hard to execute. And truthfully, the relationship has been cordial, and that's with the myriad of issues like the confusion of the relegation seedings which happened twice now in both splits.
However, I would also like to point out that the team behind the scenes have been nothing but communicative and receptive. Don't get me wrong: there's still a long ways to go. However, direct feedback and communication meant that we can attempt to raise any concern almost immediately, pending any changes.
We've also been trying to push the promotion of the National/Regional/T3 circuit with the downgrade of the subregions due to the consolidation. While some leagues have bigger TOs like Vietnam with ON Live and Thailand under Innvate, the rest of the leagues like Indonesia having a newcomer in Mineski, MY/SG with Berryfam, and Philippines with DLS meant there's currently a push for better regional representation despite the downgrade.
So, what's for the future? Do we just sit still and accept this is our reality? No. While I have used strong words regarding the treatment of the league, but I understand there's a need for a more cordial communication. Being angry works and it DOES work so far, but there's also a need of balance. There should be hopefully more changes on the horizon, and please if you guys have any concerns, lead it on me.
Thanks for reading, if not, allat.
They were playing in underground tournaments prior to 2023 before Valorant's official release in China. The main tournament line was FGC both in 2022 (https://www.vlr.gg/series/27/fgc-valorant-series-2022) and the first half of 2023 (https://www.vlr.gg/series/41/fgc-valorant-series-2023). These tournaments were played in the global client (via VPN) because Valorant was supposed to be released around 2021-2022, but due to the NPPA freeze (where games needed to be vetted by the Chinese government), it got delayed until 2023.
Of course, the FGC era was notable for rising teams like EDG, Tales of Eastern (whzy's original team), NTER, Attacking Soul Esports, KONE, Weibo, and so much more. EDG and KONE qualified to the East Asian LCQ and as we know- EDG absolutely dazzled the competition and qualified to Istanbul.
There's a lot of depth in the JP talent pool. Fadezis had a good interview with VALO2ASIA where most T2 JP are either locked into ridiculous contract or even T2/Challengers in JP looked as more lucrative and popular than being in the Pacific itself. Coupled with a lot of good content creators like Laz, ade, rion, MOTHER3, and even Vtubers like VSPO and a lot others, JP in itself is very healthy domestically. ZETA and DFM aren't the only indicators.
Still not eligible until November so no choice but to keep him in the oven
Persija Jakarta once housed a Challengers team
Dewa United as well
The fact that they got rolled in EVO Consolation Finals is mindboggling to have them get back
nephh and juicy counts as import/non-resident, it's what written in GCD.
I agree with this.
CN, domestically, is pushing into a phase where they're not as top heavy as before with the likes of EDG, BLG, Trace, even FPX. The mid-tier teams even Ascension teams are developing at an immense rate, and it shows even during the regular season and playoffs.
More teams getting exposure at the international stage? More unproven and less developed pressure as a result, and that's okay. After all, people outside of the circle only ever known those four teams more than the rest due to their performances.
When we still have the JDGs and TYLOOs and the All Gamers of CN still somehow stumbling and bumbling their way in the domestic leagues, we have DRG, NOVA, and TEC (who just qualified to EWC by the way) that's starting to show their form and showing their mettle to the old top dogs of CN.
So to answer your question: Will they be eternally the weakest region? No, as long as the trends keep going, we've seen how CN teams can develop, like any other region.
Honda, because Honda dropped them due to the R6 incident.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/2473/game-changers-2025-southeast-asia-split-2
https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/2419/game-changers-2025-japan-split-2
From what we know currently:
This is for seeding.
It's Otakar, Mixwell's org playing in the Spanish tier 3 circuit, Radiante.
From all I can check, they're all legit.... I'm actually terrified by the amount of traffic.
No, thankfully Ascension is fully under Riot Pacific and will be streamed as always on Twitch and Youtube, SOOP is only responsible for SEA Challengers' exclusivity.
Saya toksik sekali2
udh capek2 forum komunikasi sama SOOP ujung2nya ttp gini, kerja bagus banget sumpah padahal udh tahu juara pacific ente dari indo dan host kemaren Ascension juga indo terus buat apa kita capek2 bikin forkom sama kalian kalau ujungnya begini?
ajg
We had Bangkok it's fine, they've been tortured.
On the same stage. GC CN was advertised as a showmatch
There's the GC China Grand Finals going on
Hey, sorry. We just got backed up with everything. Expect it updated just in time.
as much as I want to blame it on Mart1n.... you do know he was a key player in XLG winning Ascension last year in the first place? This is why people need to learn their team's history. He got benched due to the acquisition of Viva and YOU, and played along both Rarga and happywei during that Ascension run.
He's no slouch, and while you can point finger anywhere, PRX was legitimately stumped in Icebox, a map XLG had been playing 4 times before this.
PRX absolutely stomped XLG on Lotus which was supposedly their best map, that's just them.
Blud doesn't know GE had a Korean OW team in the past
Manual input because the event isn't covered by our API. Once we get the stats, we'll update it.
Yes, even 2G is bringing a sub because one of their players isn't eligible by age (spike)
That's me, I originally put the PAC X ACL qualifier under the event page because it was under the ACL branding. After discussions, we decide to move it properly to the EWC page.
Because this event is the part of the OFF//SEASON programme, and the PAC X ACL qualifier isn't part of it. Like how CN Evolution Act 2 is branded with ACL, same with Pacific's qualifier.
No, I moved the PAC X ACL Qualifier to the EWC page as to avoid confusion. This is an official sanctioned OFF//SEASON event.
PRX isn't going to EWC, this is an OFF//SEASON tournament. The person next to alecks is Panda, their performance coach
More like if it doesn't show up in the API we have access to (aka live stats API / GRID), we won't be able to. Unlike VCT China officially, sometimes some of these events just doesn't show up.
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