Riot announce official 30 partnered VCT teams

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W viewership is going to be insane in all the leagues

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W omg TEAM SECRET LETSGOOOOO

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2 slots for LATAM is exaggerated
G2 should be in also

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G2 Esports was denied their application in both EMEA and NA league because of recent incident of their CEO ocelote along with that "stupid bald guy who hates women"

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“Stupid bald guy who hates women” lmaooooo true

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That’s exactly why they should be in

Personal matters should not interfere

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Also, WHY THE HECK OCELOTE HAVING SOME FKN CONNECTION WITH A FREAKING MISOGYNISTIC BALD GUY WHILE G2 IS HAVING A FEMALE ROSTER AT THE SAME TIME? And tweeting some BS saying "wE aRe eQuaL toWaRds eVerY gEndEr bY mEaNs oF gAmiNg?" Typical duality of Car L os

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carlos goat

will not be forgotten

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Def will not forget when xPeke backdoord his dumbass. :D

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LMFAO the point of it is that riot chooses their partners so this is entirely on Carlos

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Can't you be happy br got 3 slots

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You know:
NO Vivo Keyd = Sad and Raging trembolona

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I feel him now ,thanks brother

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Efectivamente a los br se le pierde la humildad. En ese caso BR debería tener 1 slot, ya que LOUD ha sido el único equipo brasileño en salir de grupos en torneos internacionales.

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El brasileño promedio agradece que Leviatan esté en franquicias (que por los rumores entro en lugar de G2) ya que LOUD y LEV han mejorado mucho al jugar entre ellos. Trembolona es diferente, no tomes casi nunca lo que dice como representación brasileña

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2 slots exagerated??? Wtf you got 3 LOL

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No VK=No mwzera. Por eso trembolona esta enojado.

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Trembolona ta loco

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3 for BR too.
Last year only Kru and Loud were "good contenders", last months leviatan was pretty good but all the other teams of the region are trash.

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Brazil has three lol. Didn't even know Mibr existed, the probably replaced G2

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Shouldve been optic instead of Mibr

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brazil is also latam so we have 5 slots LOL, brazilian teams have argentinian players and brazil is latam too but you just mad because mwzera isnt in LMAO

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3 slots is exaggerated for a 1 team region.

WP in champs tho

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NA have 5 slots BRO ...

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NA had 2 good teams and both didn't make it :(

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3 for brazil, lol

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Lmao where’s ur g2 flair???

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EMEA could have been much better imo....Although Spanish and Turkish peeps are a big Val community to be fair! Guess am just a bit salty cause lots of likable teams in EU didnt make the cut... BIG, FOCUS, GUILT, FPX, ACE, MAD LIONS, MOUZ could go on with much better orgs than KOI, KARMINE, FUT. Again this is my opion :)

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unlucky for g2, fpx and optic ngl

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Nothing good will come from partying with Andrew Tate. Ocelote fucked them.

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Apparently they had their NA spot already secured and Riot changed their mind last second. G2 would definitely have had the money to potentially buy out the entire OpTic roster. They could have built a brand in NA with the best roster in VCT history. Carlos really fucked up big time.

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Not a Carlos guy at all. But the fact the dude and his org is getting cancelled all because he partied with someone is a joke. No need to punish the players for that. That’s what cancel culture is though. Riot is the last company though to hold grudges on stuff like that.

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i dont know dude... that the CEO of a succesful and famous organization agrees with the view of a misoginistic guy is dangerous and disgusting. this is horrible for anyone of G2 that isnt invoved in this and just suffering the consequences, but in my opinion RIOT did the right thing not only to protect their image, but to show the internet that this is not ok, and it will be punishable.

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What are you talking about bro? When did Carlos ever come out and say he supported Andrew Tate’s views? Partying with someone isn’t that deep. It’s just the world is soft lol.

Besides Riot is the absolute last company that needs to be protecting their “image” with all the shit they have done.

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sorry for reviving this thread but there is no way in hell riot out of all companies can take a stance like this on an issue with the disgusting history they have , the only other company in the gaming sphere thats worse than them is acti blizz , there must be another reason g2 didnt make it

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What makes riot so bad? Sorry just never heard a take like yours on this. Most people are very adamant it was solely caused the Tate and Carlos debacle.

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guild bro :(

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Wtf is this!

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FPX is chilling, when china comes in they are first in line next to EDG and RNG

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bro... I can't believe optic didn't get in... I don't even want to watch valorant anymore, like how could they do this to the optic players... they didn't even give them the choice to stay together and be tier 1 or split, now it's all up to the whims and buyouts of other orgs. So sad man

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I do not understand how the clear #1 NA team did not get partnered...

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L sad day for green wall

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why tf optic is not at franchises? and fpx?

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their roster prob will be bought by a partnered team

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It should be a certainty, not a prob. Like wtf is riot doing. Optic deserve so much better as a team then being forced to rely on POSSIBLE buyouts, POSSIBLE getting split up because of it, or going into tier 2 ascension for a whole year just to stay together. Riot basically told them to fuck off for an amazing year. blows my mind

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i understand its upsetting, but how good the team is not the deciding factor, riot cares about the org's stability more than the roster, optic has been in a lot of changes in the recent years

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porque era un concurso de popularidad/dinero etc. y no de talento. Hay organizaciones sin equipo como Gen.G o NaVi que tiene 2 jugadores activos. Otras con rosters tier 3 como Koi, Heretics, casi todos los de APAC o MiBR.
Probablemente todos esos equipos con roster mierdas van a comprar rosters completos buenos de la región.

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hopefully they go into detail about it both teams deserved spots.

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OpTic as a franchise is not very stable having been sold to both Immortals and Envy in recent years. They don’t provide as much long term stability as other NA franchises.

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Right so let's watch EG and NRG instead of optic LOL. People think this will increase viewers, but not if the best are not there. Now Optic players are splitting due to this happening.

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Hey that's my fourth place team your talking about.
PAID FOR FOURTH

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kinda feel bad for G2 fans tbh

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no OCE L

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#VIVARRQ

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Lezgoo!

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-Giants +BIG would be excellent

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Twisten is getting picked anyways and about rest of big i don't care so much so it's not that bad

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It's really bad. they needed one DACH org in there. 100% instead of giants

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It's weird but not a disaster

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FUT Letsss Gooooo!!!!

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DACH done dirty

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Better than 5 KR teams, so W

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VALORANT IS DEAD

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like your brain

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LMFAO

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Huge W RIOT
Expect the unexpected

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Damwon and crazy racoon T_T

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LETS GOO GE ayee

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bro xset and optic are not here

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wym? clearly GE is on there?

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The best NA teams got dropped to make room for the sentineLs, bro I'm over riot fuck this shit

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GE lfgoooo

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cant wait for 2023 bruh....

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Damn Gen.G and T1 in Pacific league. Shit Steel is moving away from NA god damn

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He isn't moving, the orgs are. They will be most likely fielding a Korean roster in the Pacific league

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I mean technically they already have a Korean roster

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W viewership will be insane. Overall riot made good picks imo based on orgs reputations/fandom/financials.

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i never knew eg was bigger than tsm and optic smh

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Is it g2 really dont make it into franchise because of recent drama?

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They eventually will but not now I guess

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Potter 😍😍😍

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^_^

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W. sad for orgs like optic and g2, but it is what it is.

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VIVA RRQ AWP BANGJACK GOYANG, KEPALA ANDA HILANG

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NaVi is a Ukrainian org, not Russian, you should change the flag there.

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Yeah I know, but in this article it didn't make sense. Then you'd have to change flags for Gen.G, RGQ and KOI too.

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Who tf is Detonation Gaming White?

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DetonatioN Gaming are a massive org and are by far the most successful LJL team

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Thanks

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W for the article
L for the league featuring fucking sentineLs and MIBR instead of OpTic and NiP/Gamelanders

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SentineLs -> OpTic
MIBR -> Gamelanders

Best exchange

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at least your nickname will be relevant on vlr next year with mibr on franchise

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Yeah, sad I'm gonna have to cheer against a Brazilian among LATAM/NA teams... They better not get players I enjoy, it will be harder

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well if they pick up players that you like you can cheer for the players without give a fk about mibr

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I refuse to cheer for anyone with a MIBR tag

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Respect your dedication to hating

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BBL🤜🤛FUT 🇹🇷

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No TSM no Optic and no G2.

Strange how little the last 2 years mattered to riot.

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What TSM has conquered in Valorant internationally, even Regionally (Talking about VCT, not t3 tournaments)?

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What about T1. Gen.G, EG, NRG?

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In case of Gen.G and T1 is good due to only DRX wins KR regional VCT all the time

Now, about EG and NRG, they shoudn't be there tbh... TGRD, OPTC or XSET deserved it much more

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i mean there was no logic here, it was only on trust and potential income. imo

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Just being one of the most popular teams in NA and being the best team in NA coming out of beta.

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LOUD v OpTic .......... ✝ RIP

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I'm gonna miss our rivalry 🥺

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for real 🥺

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Mibr got accepted due to gtn alone

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Huge W

Really hyped to see Kcorp and Vitality play in this league

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Some Ws, Some Ls. I’m hoping they add more slots in the near future. Feeling bad for some of my favorite teams that didn’t make the cut but franchising definitely could have gone way worse.

W article though. Thank you.

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They are adding 1 team to each league every year through the Ascension league. There's an article explaining the whole expansion plan that Riot put out.

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L or W

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So it begins

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Jp no CR...

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We xan expect them next year. I guess:/

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Global Esports???? Bruh

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You india haters?

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What?

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now india play masters lets go

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GE IN MASTERS POGGGGGGGG

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RIP DACH, OCE, G2, OPTIC, TSM, CR, and DK

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so all other roaster is free agent now? or how they compete, any explanation?

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Most of the best players outside these teams will probably get picked up so no telling what happens to teams like optic or g2, however there will still be the tier 2 regional leagues they can be in where they can try to go to the ascension tourney at the end of next year and earn a 2 year spot from there.

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W for TR

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If the Giant spot gives to BIG/FOKUS that would be perfect for EMEA
Also i am sad the shit org like T1 and Gen G stealing the spot from the real investing org like CR DK

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Giants Gaming is from Spain and Heretics have a wrong link.

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No Og? No Dwg Kia? Dayumn

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I feel bad for the current rosters of RRQ and Talon Esports, but super happy that they'll be representing Thailand and Indonesia. Hopefully Secret can get some of the players from these teams (especially RRQ, they're pretty good in the PH scene)

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Let the shuffling of players begin

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G2 not making franchising due to tate, epic haha

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we need G2 TSM FPX ??

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mans failed PR 101

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APAC boutta be so hype man

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no FPX no Optic no xset :(((((((((((((((

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TSM probably wont even apply right?

Surprise with giants gaming and heretics. But maybe no other good option on EMEA. I thought BIG and MAD LIONS will make it.

Not gonna complain much about APAC. I thought damwon will make it. But i believe some of CR, damwon, NTH players will eventually get pick up.

2023 gonna be banger. Can't wait.

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DTN over CR is crazy, I guess Riot give priority to LoL orgs first

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i feel sad for OpTic, the most consistent team of 2022, getting podium on every international LAN of the year and still out of franchising, now they're gonna split as a team :(
the same to FPX

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T1 AND ZETA??

Literally my two favourite teams in the same league.

APAC league is going to pop the fuck off.

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Notable names missing from this list.

-ACEND: Champions 2021 victors.
-FPX: Masters Copenhagen 2022 victors.
-Optic: Finished in the top 3 of every VCT event in 2022.
-The Guard: Stage 1 Challengers NA 2022 victors and Masters Reykjavik 2022 underdogs.
-Supermassive Blaze: Stage 3 Challengers EMEA 2021 runners-up.
-BOOM Esports: LCQ 2022 APAC victors.
-EDG: LCQ East Asia 2022 victors.
~~-Xerxia: Have made almost every single international LAN throughout 2021/2022~~ Edit: Rumours are circulating Xerxia are to disband and the newly elected Thai org Talon eSports will conduct a complete rebuild around those who choose to stay in VCT. Apparently, Surf will continue his studies, Crws will retire.
-Northeption: Rising stars of Japan who dethroned the Cinderella story of ZETA.
-Onic G: Consistent force in APAC.
-Guild Esports: Consistent force in EMEA.
-FaZe Clan: No explanation needed here.
-OG LDNU: Underdogs in EMEA throughout 2022.
-Crazy Raccoon: They made every event in 2021 VCT but just kept falling apart despite multiple strong comebacks. 2022 hasn't been much easier for them either with the likes of ZETA and Northeption taking over in Japan. In spite of all this, I feel they should have been given a second chance as they still have managed to scrap 3rd place despite all their problems.
-ONS: Again, no explanation needed here. Second only to DRX in their region all year.

Let me know if I missed more names you believe should have gotten the spots instead.

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Teams I DON'T think deserve the spots.

Note: I am not saying that any of these teams are BAD, I am saying we can all agree that so many other accomplished teams should have gotten into franchising. It's my opinion, feel free to disagree or discuss. Anyhow, those who got in, got in, they will have a chance to prove themselves anyways and those who didn't get in still have an entryway into the new system so W for all.

On the list
-EG: They have yet to produce significant results despite a rebuild and the addition of rising star and former AKREW player c0m. This spot should have gone to Guard or OpTic, with EG having to fight their way to the top which will help them gain experience and become a more solid team.
-Sentinels: The additions of Rawkus, Dani and Weltis and the temporary additions of experienced aimbotter Shroud and Mr. Sussy himself Zellsis helped Sentinels improve in leaps and bounds compared to their other abysmal performances throughout 2022. Their glory days were over long ago and I feel they, like EG, should also prove themselves and fight for that franchising slot when the opportunity arises. It is what it is, though, and despite an almost dead 2022 I remain optimistic for their future endeavours.
-Karmine Corp: Yes they won regionals but...sorry, Karmine who??? Not to sound harsh but I feel they need more experience within their region to become a noticeable, solid team. They have the results but I feel this spot should have gone to the likes of Acend or FPX who have already proven themselves.
-Detonation White: Detonation have yet to produce any solid results in Japan in spite of their continuous roster changes and efforts. This spot should have gone to Northeption or maybe even CR. Despite my pessimism, I still would like to see what they have to offer in the new partnered league. #baldbuff (BARCE XD)
-Global eSports: As a whole, India has some of the most talented FPS players out there, but somehow have still not managed to give any breakthrough results, for whatever reason. Global has been one of the most solid teams to come out of India. However, I feel the spot should have gone to Velocity instead who have shown far more consistency and performance in APAC as a whole despite also falling short. Nevertheless, too soon to say. If Global say, do a rebuild around their top talent SKrossi, maybe they will be able to begin their rise.
-Rex Regum Qeon: Having watched RRQ in both Phillipines Challengers and APAC Challengers to qualify to Masters, they have been nothing short of impressive. Their persistence despite their late breakthrough has captivated the hearts of many. Yet, I still feel they have a lot more to learn compared to other teams in their region such as Oasis and SBE (To be fair however, they did finish the year higher than Oasis so anyways let's see)
-Heretics: Another as yet unknown team in VCT who have also yet to prove themselves. I have watched them in smaller tournaments vs the likes of Vitality and Giants. It would be harsh to say that they are "just another team" with Keloqz being the only player who has made a name for himself and the recent addition of former SMB IGL pAura, but honestly I have yet to see anything extraordinary out of this team. I feel this spot should have gone to Case or even FOKUS, the former of which put up a good fight in regionals and the latter of which made a late charge in EMEA Challengers 2 2022. I feel that even KOI who recently added Magnum and rebuilt their squad deserve their current slot more than Heretics.

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-G2: With the recent controversy, no explanation needed here. Yes they have the results but they still have much to prove. Personally I expect changes after the org kept their roster and failed to produce significant results.
-BIG eSports: They have shown promise but sadly too little, too late. I think we can all agree that of all their players Aslan is the only one who produces eye-popping plays.
-ORDER: Also too little too late and the org is in deep shit as of late as well.
-Full Sense: I love this team and their comeback to make 2021 Champions was great. However they seem to have drowned throughout 2022 to the likes of Xerxia, FW and MiTH. I also expect changes within this team.
-MiTH: Speaking of which, yes they haven't gone unnoticed. But if you look how far behind they are compared to the Xerxia roster you can understand why Riot didn't pick them.
-TSM: TSM is one of the most accomplished orgs out there but, again, their glory days are long gone. The pain seeing OpTic miss out on the league is understandable but I honestly wasn't surprised TSM didn't get in. Don't get me wrong, TSM has many talented players, but they still have a lot to prove and their glory days are long gone. I hope to see them make an appearance in future, after fighting back to the top like everyone else.

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I wouldn’t say Heretics are an unknown team (if you played/payed attention early on to the competitive scene), as they were a powerhouse in the early days, making a name for themselves by winning first strike. Ex players/coaches include: Nukkye, Avova, Tanizhq (HC for vitality), Ardiis, Paura (left and just re-signed).

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I agree with your point on Sentinels. Let's face it the only reason they got in is because they are the kings of content, haha. Again, this whole initiative is all about 1. Simplifying the VCT as a whole, but most importantly 2. Making the most of the VCT business model to extract as much potential - and cash - from it as possible.

And yes, I DO remember Heretics were a powerhouse around the time of First Strike but after the first core of pAura (to SMB), Nukkye (to G2), and Avova (also to G2) split ways, the team dropped like a stone to the point where almost everyone forgot it even existed and it's stayed that way until franchising was announced. I still stand by my point that they have a long way to go to get back to their glory days, but I'm excited to see what they'll bring to the table.

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Heretics are the biggest Spanish team and they just joined the LEC so they have a good relation with Riot. They usually make good teams on the games they compete so I expect them to be at least playoff contenders, the only exception was this year's VRL where they tried to rebuild but failed. Hopefully they can get Nukkye and Avova to reunite the Avengers, Imagine the first European Champions come back to win it again.

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Oh really? I had no idea haha, I thought Giants or even G2 were the biggest coming out of Spain. Thanks for the info! And yes I agree, a rebuild would be a great initiative, especially with so many players' contracts up in the air. Would be lovely to see the old core reunite. Anything can happen!

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I don't think it's only based on a team's performance, rather it's based on who's more experienced team and still great and knows how to manage the whole infrastructure!
Acc. to people, they could just give the slots to top 30 teams in the world. But they decided to distribute slots equally in the whole region.

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It's based on the org and not team performance lmfao

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I am well aware lol, I am just giving my opinion who I feel who should have deserved it more. We all know this franchising thing is for both money and views.

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W Money & LoL

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Wait G2 where

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Valorant not out in China so they really can’t partner with Chinese teams

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optic???

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Talon the last hope for thailand
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Buriram
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MITH
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Purple Mood
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both?????

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sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh

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letsgoo team secret india pride!!

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ge also thare india pride

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why no one talking about the guard (ಥ﹏ಥ)

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LFGGGG PAPER REX

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Moment of silence for the immense amount of players about to be dropped from orgs. The roster shuffle will only save so many :(

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i get no Optic, but not TSM??? the only team that would be able to house all of Optics current team and/or bringing in like Faze or anyone but three Brazilian teams?

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Riot fined TSM CEO

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NO TSM L RIOT

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kinda sad that optic didnt make it tho...

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There is no way you're ignoring 2nd place at champions. There is 0% chance that sentinels have THAT MUCH MORE than optic to pick them over them. It's just stupid

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It's not about how good your players are since there will always be good players in the market to choose from, having a good organization is not that common in comparison, so they care more about how good the organization is than the players.

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EMEA slots are so random

2 french orgs and 3 spanish orgs in which both french and spanish are irrelevant in this game

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Spanish/French/Turkish trifecta accounts for 70% of the slot distribution. RIP to all the superstars who most likely will get overlooked due to not being from that trifecta of countries.

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Vitality will definitely have a international roster
Giants will definitely have a international roster
Heretics will definitely have a international roster

So its only BBL,FUT KOI and Kcorp (I think) who will not have a international roster

FUT and BBL are not even a option for these guys anyways

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BBL, FUT, KOI, KCORP are 4 orgs too many with national rosters.

Doubt that Vitality, Giants and Heretics will prioritize the best possible rosters. Instead they will opt to squeeze in a Spanish or a French player then and there for "social media engagement" purposes.

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Thats fine if the player is good though

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NO TSM :(

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Can I ask WHAT THE F IS EG DOING IN HERE with no optic? The last time they won in the tier 1 scene was back in June when they finished in 5-6th. Good job RIOT.

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Performance of teams in tournaments is not considered their fan engagement is considered thats the explaination of riot

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And optic isn't big? lmao what are you smoking

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They are not as financial stable as the organization that were select, making the best team in the world isn't as hard as having a organization that has a huge fanbase and financial stable.

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So you are saying you are actually clueless with a lot of big words yourself. Nice thanks!

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Wow, you really are dumb. Incredible!! I thought you were clueless, but you just don't use your brain. Thank for clearing that up and proving me wrong.

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Fpx where riot tf?

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riot dont like jermans apparently

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#GEfighting

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Nrg over tsm????

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Bbl futbolist what a shame

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Let's Go Global Esports #GEFighting. All the best for the endeavours and to become better and better!

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is this a joke?? or some orgs gonna buy optic,fpx and other big teams?

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I love Karmine Corps so happy a French team made it

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lol super L by riot

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Clueless

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What an L list of teams, sad day for valorant, hopefully things will only be getting better from now on.

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Kekw imagine saying this

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someone explain how this work please? someone said its a big org only with big fans, but how did paper rex here? i just dont get it how the system works

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Tl;dr of this thread of comments:

People not understanding how franchising works and dont understand that it has nothing to do with the players and what they’ve accomplished, but has everything to do with the orgs they’re representing.

Winning teams such as optic and fpx will eventually get picked up by franchised teams sooner of later.

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no optic, no tsm, no xset , no fpx. What a joke!

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R.I.P. DACH region. Plenty of teams disbanding right now. WELL PLAYED RIOT.
You idiots destroyed professional Valorant....

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germans known to have 1 nation team on BIG
and its not even on the list

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fu*k Rito

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sadge for crazy raccoons, optic, fpx. may the players find teams thatll suit them best and teams be fielding more diverse rosters. rito release ascension details so some orgs will be encouraged to stay wtf.

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they have to keep at least one spanish player. Other than koldamenta there is no other pro deserving of a franchise spot so in the end we will see at the very least 3 bots (probably botwell, botinho and botuNo)

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There is no rule that says they have to keep a spaniard on the roster, that information is something that you have gotten from your ayahuasca trip

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who tf is MiBR? and nrg bouta buy optic roster

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Prayge Talon Esports, please be the honorary Thai esports org that I dream of - Hoping to see the XERXIA core remain with some new inevitable additions (Hopefully Crws, Surf and possibly Foxz don't retire, but I think the former two are pretty likely to at this point, especially with this news).

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No TOP 1/2/5 NA TEAMS
No TOP 1/5/6 EU teams
XD Riot and their amazing decisions
trash company

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COMMON JP W

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Rip all players and teams not included, america gonna merica

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KEKW everyone who complaining about this being a L or a big mistake by riot, just know crying is free

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So I came up with a somewhat comprehensive list of notable teams that got left out...
(this is a bit biased since I watch most of the NA circuit stuff, but not a ton from the other regions)
(and yes we theoretically knew about some of these ahead of this announcement seeing as how some have disbanded already)

APAC: XERXIA, Vision Strikers, DAMWAN Gaming Kia, NORTHEPTION, Crazy Racoons, NUTURN, FULL SENSE, BOOM, ONIC G, X10, F4Q, and BREN Esports

Americas: OPTIC, XSET, TSM, FAZE, V1, The Guard, RISE, Pioneer Knights, ANDBOX, Shopify Rebellion (formerly Luminosity), Immortals, Vikings, NIP, Liberty, Sharks, Gamelanders and Vivo Keyd

EMEA: Ascend, G2, Guild, FPX, M3C/Gambit, SMB, OG LDN UTD, Team BDS and Mad Lions

I'm probably missing a few. If you can think of any that should be added feel free to let me know and I can try to edit this post.

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EDG's team is in China and we didn't get any Chinese teams in since the game isn't really out there yet or something. So I just exempted them from the list. But look for Chinese teams to be added in the coming year's extra slots prob.

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Oh cool it’s already back

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So their criteria had nothing to do with roster success, but LOUD still made it in over NiP? That seems like a bogus excuse they made just to keep OpTic and FPX out of the leagues.

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No offence but wtf has evil geniuses done in the valorant scene to deserve a spot over OPTIC and TSM? Absolute L

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I think this is dumb. so many people watch pro league cause of big named organizations like G2, Faze, Optic, TSM, etc.. and I think they're gonna lose viewer ship cause they lost these big named orgs like G2, Faze, TSM, and Optic. the only reason I started watching VCT was because of g2 and how I knew them from other esports. so in my opinion this is an L but id like to hear other people's opinions.

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Riot announce official 30 partnered VCT teams

VCT Americas League

VCT EMEA League

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