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holy we have a match
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Match will be streamed by VCT EMEA and DACH
Match will be streamed by Spain and Türkiye
Kickoff was less exciting this year compared to 2024 (we had so many clout orgs in that tournament) which then helped carry over casual viewers to the VCT International Leagues.
Spanish viewership decrease can honestly be blamed on LEV going from a South America rep to a North American rep making it basically KRÜ having to carry to Spanish viewership now
As the article says Tenz' retirement and LOUD's disappointing performance also almost certainly affected things too but I'd honestly say Sacy's also likely played a large part in the decrease in SEN's average viewership
EMEA I blame the tech pauses honestly
Pacific I'd say the start of 2025 felt like Korean domination which then led to loss in SEA and Japanese viewers at the start and the SEA viewership only slowly coming back now with RRQ, PRX and BOOM doing well oh and probably Paper Rex looking wobbly throughout Stage 1 / kickoff
Third-Party events for Tier 2 has already been opened up for a while now
The issue is just that the big TOs want only the top VCT teams since those give views and the ones that do actually include tier 2 don't get a platform to promote themselves. Doesn't help that VCT teams avoid tournaments that include tier 2 since it damages reputation.
If you also look at the opportunities already available for tier 2 (Challengers) they also do not get the best viewership and companies usually use those statistics to justify if they should host a VALORANT tournament or not
Example, there's a tier 2 Nordics event coming up by Glitched where Metizport, WYLDE, Lilmix, Bitfix, Formulation and HAVU are invited to participate.
nobody has gone double digits nor won their map pick this series
their map picks btw
reyna, iso, chamber, tejo and viper comp
what do they know we don't?
what is that Lotus comp from Bitfix
Pyrolll vs Diseased
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Orgs have never been geographically locked to only being allowed to sign a roster in X region
Idk where that rumor came from but orgs are free to sign a roster in whatever region they want (pending Organizer and Riot approval ofcourse)
Russian organizations are allowed to enter VALORANT it is just certain sponsors are prohibited like Lukoil
Russian players are allowed to play tier 2 they just aren't considered a resident in any region atm as Challengers CIS is considered as paused not cancelled completely
I talked about these back then either on twitter or on my stream
BDS left before partnership teams were even submitted
Falcons had too unrealistic ideas in their partnership submission
OpTic fucked up their submission
FaZe were awfully run during the initial partnership selection
Weibo runs very budget rosters to turn a profit no matter their results
SSG did not even apply last time
NIP was almost in VCT Americas over MiBR
Danmark nævnt i medierne
Keep your eyes on Tenkai whenever he turns 16
polvi revenge tour
They already qualified so this is just a seeding game for the Lower Swiss
Only change we're making at Apeks is changing the coffee filter in the kitchen
Match will be streamed on Mimi's twitch
Can confirm I accidentally clicked the Zellsis Crypto link
Hello VLR, BoDumb here!
I quickly wanted to share a feedback form we've created regarding Challengers in EMEA, please fill it out if you have the time for it as it can help us and Riot immensely to identify what's good and what needs to be improved upon.
You are also welcome to share your thoughts in this thread
Link to form: https://forms.gle/W671vaCmh4MtRh6k8
(This thread was approved by a VLR staff member)
Not for this year as far as I am aware, we're only doing the tournament management for Riot so we don't have a say in that really.
This year is a trial run, if Challengers EMEA does really well this year overall then I can imagine Riot would be keen to explore LAN opportunities for it just like how they did for Game Changers EMEA.
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brother you want an analyst job?
Hastr0 bought back the brand from OpTic
Masters Stockholm
Masters Singapore
Champions Chengdu
I don't think that is what he is saying in his tweet though this feels more like a personal opinion from you.
I interpret his wording to be more related to how VCJ is formatted with the Advance Groups directly into a Playoff bracket and how VCJ has so much investment but only 1 team makes it to Ascension in the end.
The problem with VCJ is that there are too many orgs trying to make Ascension so the salaries just get higher and higher so you'll need to pay a lot for a good roster. It isn't about Academy teams it's simply that FAV has invested for so many years but haven't seen close to any success
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