problem with VCT format

i used to be a big fan of valorant esports in the old days 2020-2021 mostly but i still watched a lot in 2022 but i have barely watched any of the new franchising games

there are a few reasons why this new format sucks

Elimination of regional rivalries
I feel like most of the regional rivalries besides NA/EU have died as a result. For example NA vs BR will die as a rivalry, maybe there is still a little bit of rivalry there today but they will play against each other regularly every season so it will no longer be special. Same with asian countries.
Basically it changed from nationalism to broader regions which sucks. LOUD vs DRX doesn't really represent Brazil vs Korea anymore, its just Americas vs Pacific which is kinda cringe

Removed most of the scene
NA was the most popular region in this esports and it is incredibly frustrating that all of that has been narrowed down to 5 teams. That is an incredible amount of history, orgs, and players that used to be a part of Valorant Esports that no longer are. TSM, FaZe, XSET, Luminosity, The Guard, etc. So many good players are being left out of a job and a spot in the scene and it just sucks. "bUt AsCenSiOn" is lame af, i swear if VCT kicked out TSM and FaZe but is going to let M80 in as a franchising team that will be so lame

Repetitive
Another problem with just 30 teams besides kicking out most of the scene is that its just repetitive. Masters have 10/30 teams and Champions has 14/30 teams. If almost half of teams are going to make it to Champions, we are not going to see many unique teams it will be the same teams over and over and over and over again.

Format just sucks in general
Can someone tell me why every team that qualifies to Masters also qualifies to Champions. That is the stupidest thing ever. I know there will be a few LCQ teams added, but Masters and Champions will be basically the SAME TOURNAMENT it will be so bad. Also since LCQ teams can't even make roster changes they will probably still suck in champs. The top teams will be the same as masters and i probably won't even watch. This is made worse by the fact that the circuit ends in AUGUST HELLO? just have 4 months of nothing happening great idea

Better format would have been:
Split 1
Masters
Split 2
Champions

OR

Split 1
Masters
Split 2
Masters
LCQ
Champions

not this bs

A better overall solution would be instead of having Americas, EMEA, and Pacific, make it less stale and repetitive by including more teams so have NA, EMEA, BR, KR, JP, APAC franchised leagues

Split 1
Masters
Split 2
Masters
LCQ
Champions

this will be format in future years, it was only chaged for LOCK//IN to be the opening of franchising

Format wise, they going to your schedule next year, its just that lock in screwed up the schedule mostly. Reason y they did franchising I think is to make it more profitable for orgs so the esport is more stable.

i read allat.

Honestly, you might be right

It’s what they are doing for the next years

1. Rivalries will still occur between NA vs BR along with other teams LOUD vs NRG will always be El Classico and more will develop with time.

2. Franchising is looking for competitive games the best of the best, it’s unrealistic to say NA deserved more than 5 slots that’s half of the slots that were given and as time goes on the talent will spread more into the T1 scene along with teams making it into franchising. You talk about TSM and FaZe but they are both horrible organizations. FaZe is currently having their name spewed by a Owner with TSM losing all their money to the crypto scandal. Fresh teams like MxM or M80 is what we need

3. I mean the game gets repetitive on its own that’s why their is constant changes to meta but to say we weren’t seeing the same 4 teams in finals for 2-3 years is crazy. This is the closest teams have been ever and it’s nice to see that level of competition and this isn’t even the peak. Next season when teams make some changes I expect it to be even better. You expecting the same teams to make it to Champions over and over isn’t realistic. Ofc their will be some top dogs but it will be a lot closer than you think in future seasons.

4. Format sucks but that’s just riot

(TLDR: Franchising is fine if you actually enjoy watching for good gameplay. Time will fix most of these small issues and will only increase the gameplay)