What are some orgs (Big or small) that are yet to enter Valorant that you'd love to see?
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The fact that South Korea's org representation is relatively low is unfortunate. In Overwatch, companies and individuals formed brands, that lasted for the duration of the scene(some surpassing it) while competing in local tournaments licensed by Blizzard there.
E-sports agency g-cell funded X6-Gaming, STILL8 funded Kongdoo Panthera/Uncia, LuxuryWatch funding LW Red/Blue, Afreeca funding BK Stars, Team MVP funded by multiple sponsors, Conbox & Razer funding CONBOX Spirit, Metagaming funding Meta Athena, Afreeca funding Afreeca Freeks Blue/Red. All of them competed in 4 seasons of the Apex circuit with 700k$ in prize money.
That's the kind of movement I want to see in the scene; independent & existing orgs being formed and coming in and funding the scene so it stays healthy. We've seen it happen with Vision Strikers, Nuturn, World Game Star, DAMWON, TNL Esports, just need some more to step in and fund these teams.
Because the game isn't that popular in Korea. Overwatch is still the most popular game over there FPS wise and then League is just another level there. If you're wondering my source. Have a good friend who currently lives in Korea and just tells me what he knows. Maybe it will change in the future, we will see.
Early on it wasn't playable in PC bangs, because of Vanguard, but they got their own patched version. Don't know if it was the reason for the stunted growth compared to lets say OW, but it was a problem. Also yeah it's not very popular at all there currently, but neither was OW at the beginning, until the scene developed and people realized they could compete in it. It's been in a slight upwards trajectory, but we'll see whether it truly does take off.
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