i thought it was already reported m8 was going to continue to partner with Riot even after the 2 years but honestly i forgot

although i do think m8 was fairly uncompetitive this year so idk if its guaranteed for M8 to become partnered

shopify is a good shout tbf didnt think of that dont think they should pickup m80, youd want an org that is able to splash on moves if theyre available

id say tsm and G2 should be partners if c9 leaves aswell as EG but c9 might focus on valorant more if theres better roster opportunities

same thing as bleed

although i think bleed musta done some fucked up shit to be removed right now, or maybe its because bleed isnt a partner who knows

team spirit clears anyways

what do the partners look like for 2027

EMEA - pretty good except BBL.- I think M8 will be a riot partner going forward over BBL and apeks might be,, if not theres loads of stable vintage CS orgs that would likely be ready for valorant. I dont see BBL recovering at all

APAC - from what i understand most of the orgs here are solid, just from what I know about profit margins and viewership, if global fail to make playoffs boom might be the new partner, since riot seems to approve of them

China - cant speculate here, i do know chinese orgs tend to be government funded or funded by billionaires. and overall chinese esports is far more stable in other esports .

Americas - Kinda obvious that EG will be put down, C9 is arguable, I'm going to assume they are good with financials, just arent budgeting anything for valorant atm, MiBR might be fucked based on competitiveness, other than that I see G2 replacing EG

im not totally sure if riot will have more partners come then, they should, All three regions would benefit from having 15 partners honestly, theres good enough teams and enough talent to fill them in all regions.

they go back down next year

same amount of ascension slots, 2025 winners will take their place

m8 aspas like i said

usually id say feeling bad for a gamer who makes 6 figures is weird af but lets be real

derke not only was the best duelist over the last 4 years ( he has been world class since the game came out essentially, and only underperformed a bit during chamber meta)

but like the way theyre abusing his contract is crazy, nothing u can do tho

this looks bad for fnatic tho, i cant imagine a world where players dont learn from derkes mistakes here

m8 aspas trials rn

cant even bait with fake aspas rumors because this BUM made goatspas hate him

just a worse drx

rather teams be ambitious, go big or go home

bro boom wins both sides of the argument lol

they both EARNED it this year in ascension, as the second placed team

and apparently they were the team riot trusted to replace bleed last year if things went wrong, so they have good financial or are stable

i think its some deep shit bleed got going on tbh

prob an investigation and riot will have an official statement with everything and just ban them

cant just be failure to pay, the org itself has a lot of money, not just the owners

most likely they bribed or something or went behind an orgs back to negotiate with a player

i see, riot just rate boom as a organization

fairs then

hes better on flex and doesnt want to play duelly but have at it

op literally just posted the OG thai roster too idk why ur sucking primmies willy so hard

i replied to a comment that said g2 shouldve had egs spot from the start you knobhead

just say kick c9 or some shit

primmie isnt a duelist bro, let it go lmfao

Patiphan Primmie and sscary are the world class thai players no reason to not have all three

They're one of four teams to win champs????

EG in one year acomplished more than the guard core and G2 combined in 3 years, hate on them all you want, you can even say relegate them but G2 should not have been picked over EG

yeah i get it but if your partners CEO is affiliated with a human trafficker its hard to sell a product to kids

G2 had to do a lot of cleaning up after that incident, in every esport

tf does liking patiphan have to do with primmie lol

yall do know EG won the first champs of the franchising era lol

mfs think riot inviting them was a mistake, they were literally the best team itw?

G2 also had a spot and got kicked for political stuff

your post just doesnt make too much sense

scarz is bad rn, and its not supposed to be a fair thing, this isn't some representation or we have to have a MYSG team, Bleed won through a tournament, its not like the partner teams that were chosen to represent their parts of the region

BOOM is the most recent second best APAC T2 team, it literally makes perfect sense, as for the players, only sscary and crazyguy actually won ascension

i think youre just slow..

GE has higher peak viership than DFM in valorant bro, if you wanna relegate teams im cool with that but theres worse than GE

GE got some wins in apac, mibr had like one win over both splits lol

other way around lol koi is bigger than dfm and mibr in valorant

pretty sure GE has better numbers than DFM or MiBR but whatever

either way theres worse teams in APAC than GE, dfm should go way before ge does

Derke will join M8

it is youre just a loser

either watch or dont watch the product you dont gotta shill for gamers, nobody is gonna die because riot kicked bleed for breaching contracts

thats how things work, you breach a agreement and you break it, stop crying

just being weird

they will likely receive a riot ban lol

People just want any excuse they can get to complain that Riot doesn't personally fund tier 2 itself, and like to pretend the tier 2 scene was this flourishing scene before franchising when in reality tier 2 in most of the EMEA VRLs has developed since the ascension format lol

Riot removing Bleed was a W move, I know everyone wanna be the person to shit on Riot and engagement farm

Bleed was likely removed for other things too, rumored to negotiate with aspas before going to LEV

Also, as for the EMEA tier 2 stuff, it makes sense, I feel like people nitpick so much here, if you can't comprehend the reasoning behind the removal of CIS, Gambit, and Bleed you're just being a contrarian.

primmies duo isnt gonna be signed vlr is so brainrot lol

patiphan out of retirement with no hands clears him

pati was the OG thai carry

real ones remember when he shook china at the OWWC

they will most likely get a riot ban

bro, his job is valorant pro

whats with people who act like people dont get fired for underperforming all the time??

theres a father of 5 just got laid off and nobody is crying for him, but millionaire yay im supposed to feel bad for LMFAO

he was definitely AN issue at bleed, at least partly, wasnt good at duelist, cant flex and when he does his util is not good, was part of several teammate beef in the last few years

i was a fan of bleed in their ascension run, yay definitely made the team worse, didnt help that they lost two players obviously

yay was still the problem this is financial issue

im brazillian?

why do people think they should be relegated for finishing 8th-9th both years in VCT?

I dont see how they are that bad

and the other indian orgs arent really close, im surprised they actually are this good considering theyre trying to actually use indian talent

has to be a breach of contract like negotiating with player under contract

the org itself isnt poor

is this for them breaking contract rules?

you can throw chet in above stalin

marved was calling

id say 3-2 for sen here

Sacy>jamppi in 2023 tenz> and zekken>

sayf and less win whoever they are against tho

meh drx are worse lol like way worse tbh

they actually gatekept korean talent for like 3 years just to not be the first APAC team to win a trophy

Who is worse?

Stalin

Fnatic

just off of aim yeah

depends on vitality fifth ofc

i made that shit up cuz ur org is ARSE

Contract jailed Derke joins M8 on loan in August for Champs run

I can see the vision,

Enter Gentle Mates

you do know sen trialed zander and he was shit so they told bang to ditch 100t and he came lmfao

he literally told 100t to fuck off for sen

i take back my bang hate.. that is pretty powerful

Vitality and GX will be avenged by this haram from FNC by Gentle Mates,

We will sign Derke, and win Champions Paris

M8.