There's a huge amount of turnover in the Chinese scene. By far, the surviving Chinese rosters from last year are only EDG, FPX, NTER, and ASE (you can count NOP as well.) EDG and FPX has the stability for almost over a year now and heads above the rest in terms of experience (EDG being the only Chinese team to attend two international LANs.)

Give it some time, the progress will start as the scene stabilizes.

Done

Yes. Check.

Home country. Ban is the only one considered as an import.

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his own decision, apparently he doesn't prefer the tehbotol IGN

I do prefer the 2022/"current" upper scorebug/scoreboard, but I much, much prefer the new economic/round breakdown ui

I actually love the economic/round breakdown screen, much more indepth

In Valorant? Other than EG and Potter, in SEA, JinNy was famously part of a mixed roster of Attack All Around and Foxy Arakordai, an early 2020 Valorant powerhouse.

BLG tried not to be TOE v2, however it seems whzy carries the legacy of TOE nonetheless.

Yeah, I didn't know either since it was with a completely different name. It was on a separate profile apparently, so we merged them together.

Actually, no! Check his profile. He's participated in previous Challengers Korea events.

So, you're ignoring that every single one of us was clueless at some point on how the system work?

They did, on @VCTPacific and @ValorantEsports

Alphabet Man

No, sadly. I was thinking of doing a watch party but I'll have to ask a few folks

I mean, it'll be updated automatically once the match is inputted by us so it doesn't matter, the lineup will show automatically. It's just the system doing its work.

Saitama Super Arena, last year used by Challengers JP for Stage 2 Finals.

Makuhari Messe is also a well-known venue, host of the Tokyo Game Show (popular event) and was host to a couple of Olympics events back in 2021

Kan harus diapprove PBESI ya hehe

Saya tidak mau hilang terima kasih

Emg kyk gitu, PMPL sm MPL juga masukin logo PBESI

I will justify them as long as I believe in them. I've seen Japanese gaming crowds pre-pandemic. I know how loud they can get.

If you watched the videos of the Masters Tokyo reveal, you can literally hear them yelling.

Currently, there's a limitation on crowd noises per the government in Japan. Although some events are lifting the restrictions slowly, seems RAGE (Japan TO) and Riot isn't taking the risk too much.

The venue in Osaka are a bit smaller as well iirc.

Detonation has the history, FENNEL has the drip, but CR has the most clout fanbase wise

Obligation as per the governmental rules, iirc.

Because it was up to the esports federation to register.

• TH didn't even bother because the sleection process had to happen several months befofe the due date; a luxury the esports federation didn't had.

• PH, MY, SG: who knows, maybe the esports federation/teams didn't bother signing up for SEAC.

yeah I didn't wanna say anything just because NWG has veteran Chinese players soooooooo

Ah, I see.

If they get into Act 1, they will.

That I can't deny. I'm not disagreeing with you at all. I've followed ROG Academy and it looked like a great program. I'm not opposed to the idea of more academy teams (as I want an Academy system to thrive like LoL in EMEA and to a certain extent the LCS), I'm just saying that there are chances that teams and organizations might be focusing on other aspects and not seeing making a full-fledged academy team as a priority.

They're literally new teams coming in. But you can't deny that Weibo looking like a good contender.

Well, are the teams willing to invest in academy rosters? Does it make financial sense for them?

And why is that a bad thing? I get outside/import experience is a hot commodity nowadays, but what's wrong with trying to cultivate and develop local talent? Is it looked down upon or what? I thought you guys have pride in wanting a full Indian roster?

And I have played Ranked games with Some these players They are not good Compared to other players in GC event
How will they face teams like V1 or G2 Gozen in future If they qualify

By learning. Participating in tournaments, events, playing scrims, and reviewing VODs. I'm not putting any pressure on Phoenix just because you know that Global Esports are willing to invest in a collective roster that had impressed the staff and management in tryouts, and is willing to grow alongside them. The aim of the competition is to win, but an accomplishment of learning means much more than trying to immediately win, especially when you are starting fresh like Phoenix is.

Gen.G doesn't have an academy roster, but they do have an actual talent academy. DRX is recruiting players for their Prospect (Academy) team, but historically it's been barebones. Academy teams work when you have the solid footing and investment to further scout for talents. It's also a bit hard when Academy teams aren't allowed to participate in Challengers, so they'll have to rely on third-party tournaments.

It depends, but looking at the timing, I'd be more inclined to believe that the Chinese league will come later, rather than being shoehorned in just to fit Masters Tokyo's timeline. FGC for now suits the timeframe for the qualification, imo.

It's not the Chinese league. It's a separate third-party tournament that has been the main competition in China since 2021.

What you're seeing now is the qualifiers for Act 1. EDG and FPX are invited to the main event of Act 1 here: https://www.vlr.gg/event/1525/fgc-valorant-invitational-2023-act-1

Wdym doesn't care? You do know APAC has the most Challengers league out of all the regions, right? 10 teams dwarf the amount that EMEA and Americas are sending. Even EMEA will only send their Split 2 winners, Americas will send 2 teams each from their respective VCLs to Ascension. APAC, counting for 10 regions, sending each Split 2 winner to Ascension. For now, I think it's enough.

Technically this tournament is related.

Thai won't even send a team for SEA Games; the process was too complicated and too short of a timeframe.

PH and SG, idk.

Yes

Dunno, Singapore just doesn't send the team to the tournament. This isn't the actual SEA Games tournament btw

Yeah, but even SEA Games won't have teams from every participating countries

Nope, this is a "preseason" tournament for SEA Games.

Each league announce theirs separately, EMEA is just the last one who hasn't

Verified on Twitter at this point is a joke to a degree. RRQ isn't verified, hell even DRX isn't verified.

And like I said; their entire accounts are new. We haven't seen a unified Pacific/APAC-centric Valorant esports account since the start of the game's launch, and honestly I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt as with new launches, there'll be stuff to iron out and fix.

You're talking as if Pacific was in its dying breath and "desperate" to get into the Indian scene. They're not desperate. They know the scene needs help and Pacific can benefit greatly from the inclusion, barring the amount of interaction they're already getting from SEA, JP, OCE, and KR.

Probably just you and a few others.

Compared to Americas and EMEA, Pacific has a different social media target audience. Half of the Pacific's audience isn't even using Twitter consistently, prefering Facebook and Instagram and other alternative social media. The Pacific accounts are also very new compared to the Americas and EMEA accounts, and clearly trying to learn and adjust their approach towards their audience.

Schedule should be coming soon, according to Jake Sin, Riot Pacific's Esports Lead.

I'm afk rn, I'll have someone handle it

Yes

All of the players have prior experience (Yihao probably having the most since he played up until Suning's disbandment) but the rest haven't played since 2020-21 with the exception of Viva coming from CS