According to BoDork, these teams have chances to get in Asia League
🇹🇭Xerxia
🇮🇩Persija Esports
🇵🇭Team Secret
🇻🇳Fancy United
🇮🇳Global Esports
🇦🇺ORDER (?)
🇲🇾/🇸🇬Paper Rex
🇭🇰/🇹🇼Griffin (?)
🇯🇵ZETA DIVISION
🇰🇷DRX
Tweet: https://twitter.com/Bo_Hoogland/status/1533875188747624448?s=20&t=qN-holSXYgZw29t9ZLfrYA
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honestly itd most likely be bleed, bleed is out here raising 50 million in investment rounds (just 10m less than 100t) + have an academy, are planning to organize tournaments, sign literally ANYONE in the sea cc ecosystem, have a strong roster, and spent 3 million on housing, transport, and stuff for the players
Im a PRX fan so take this with a pinch of salt cuz i might be a bit biased BUT
I would say PRX got a higher chance at it due to two main things, fame and skill
Fame- It aint wrong to say PRX are at a point where they are slowly growing into an international name with the name popping out a number of times across the world, plus they have that team dynamic and team system ( as in how the staffs and the players work together, creating a harmony, unlike BLEED who are still experimenting with their team as they keep pulling in and out players, not really sticking to anything YET ) which is what RIOT would also want
Skill - Well i do not think i gotta explain this part, but while they can get counterstratted, the main thing i want to highlight is the excitement and just sheer amount of fun and hype one can enjoy watching them, time after time, clutch after clutch, play after play, it is a literal highlight reel in tournament form.
Money - While BLEED do have a shit ton of money meaning they have that enormous edge over PRX as an organisation, they lack alot of other fundamentals like fanbase, a solid team that is not shaky ( experimenting still so ya ) and a support staff as solid as PRX ( this is an assumption but considering how the team is right now, its the only thing i can come down to ), and even then if they were able to join the franchising league, it will probably be the year after or split after cause PRX just have that global support and infastructure behind it that make it more viable and favourable compare to a Rich ORG that while have alot more potential on paper, have not yet been able to pull their shit together yet.
Do you think prx will still dominate the scene after 2/3 years? Probably no. After jingg goes to military service and forsaken goes to some NA org, prx will struggle badly.
I think this is the main concern for riot. They want orgs with financial stability who can consistently put competitive roster for atleast next 4-5 years.
Sorry for the late reply but do i think PRX can dominate for a long time? Honestly unless they have a very great staff team and scouting team ( like getting jing ) it will be fairly hard, but they do have the name to pull basically anyone they want from most of SEA.
Now think of it this way, lets say RIOT do put BLEED onto the franchising league, then what happen to the PRX players? ESPECIALLY if they perform really well in not just master 2 but also Champions, it would leave a really sour taste in many mouths because they chose money over talents, and no BLEED just cant `acquire' prx players as there is contracts in place, and even if they do it's basically like stealing the hardwork of another organization that spent many of their effort bringing the team up, even giving them an esport facilities, housing and other benefits.
Do i see BLEED joining the franchising league either due to relegation / promotion OR increase in slots? Absolutely i do, but they need time, and they are not fit and ready for the role yet, especially when you have an international powerhouse right now competing with you, with your only edge being money, something RIOT is not concern about as they ARE PAYING the teams in the franchising league, so they do not need orgs with a shit ton of money in the first place
This is mostly his opinion though, I could easily see certain regions get excluded and teams like Cerberus getting in over Fancy United because ties to LoL or Talon picking up a HK/TW roster to make it in the league
I also doubt that a small org like Griffin, for example, would make it over Crazy Racoon or Damwon, the org seems like it lacks stability and the team barely has a following
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