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VCT 2022 will be a banger

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#1
PrTsty

VCT champions 2021 will just be a taste of how insane VCT 2022 is gonna be imo. I see masters being better than the first champions beacuse of those reasons.

-most likely 24 teams
-more regions
-more accurate region distribution
-china joins VCT
-Sout asia is upcoming and probably gonna get 1 play-in spot

  • NA probably gonna get one more spot, aswell as EMEA
    -game will be more developed, stable and people are gonna be more cracked
    -crowds, honestly this is the biggest point
    -champions 2022 will be more fair since masters points distribution will be better most likely
    -game changers (women part of VCT) could go international

Ideas:
-game changers winner getting a spot in play-ins
-masters winner getting one more slot for there region for next stage
-leagues instead of tournaments in for example NA since its the most developed (qualifier where 10 teams advance, 3 weekends with 3 Bo3s for evrry team. 4th weekend playoffs where top 8 play for a spot at masters while bottom 2 fall out of league and have to requalify for next season)

This would make the qualifying teams much more consistent so we get top tier competition at masters also it wouldnt be like rn where u cant see teams that qualified first try for 4 weeks. In total the time would be the same but like i said, it would be more fair and healthier for the scene, also allows them to franchise the league without only having 2 international tournaments a year.

Potential region distrubtion (masters)

  • 4 NA
  • 4 EMEA
  • 3 brazil
  • 2 china
  • 1 south asia
  • 2 korea
  • 3 SEA
  • 1 OCE
  • 1 LATAM
  • 2 Japan
  • +1 for the region that won previous masters/champions for year one

Overall i think valorant will be one of the most hyped esports in 2022, probably pöace 2 after league of legends. I bet they will break 2mil peak viewers and playerbase will skyrocket.

VCT 2022 will be the real shit, VCT 2021 will look like a tier 2 championsship in comparising

EDIT: u could also put LATAM and BR together and give them 3 so you can give the extra slot to Korea

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It'll be very hyped. But I don't think it'll break records yet. The reason being that. It's still growing. And it will be for a while. I think in 2023 it'll start becoming incredibly large.

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PrTsty
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Ye, we really have to see what china and sout asia will do. But there is gonna be so many teams next year and at least 2 regions will join

#60
sKi
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But then also, there are ppl saying that Valorant has and will never have a the potential to become very big and its downfall will be soon:(

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idts, the game will become more popular after the mobile version releases in regions like mena, sea, sa which will bring more traction to pc version like kinda what happened to pubg

#3
Shadow_cold
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Very excited for the future

#5
County
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You missed japan

#7
Asphyxia
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Crazy Raccoon don't even need to be in Japan to dominate. They move to OCE and then Ravage on the poor souls to gain their masters slot.

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Origin
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i was thinking about this what is stopping a team like liquid (who very nearly qualled for masters and has a lot of money) to move to a region less competitive like LATAM, SEA, JP and qualling for masters and champions easily

#24
Asphyxia
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Circuit points. Because it's already half way through the year. And I'm guessing there still are import rules just like LoL where you have to have at least 3 native or naturalized players.

#30
Origin
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i meant like the start of next year didnt mention mb

#63
latex
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Then soniqs, a team comprised of 5 australians, shouldn't be allowed to play in NA. There are some restrictions regarding native players, but I'm not sure about the specifics, especially when it comes to NA.

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Asphyxia
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OCE and NA are in the same circuit technically.

#82
latex
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Wait, you're right

#74
PrTsty
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Well OCE doesnt have their own challengers

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PrTsty
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ye but the prac is worse there, so u qualify all the time but u have a worse performance in the international lans. also why would u not wanna live in EU/NA

#27
Origin
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oh yeah true prac would be worse and living japan would be sick imo for example

#67
Viktor22
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Riot rule is that you need to have at least 3 players of a team from the respective region. So NA region, for example, we could see 3 NA players + 2 foreigner

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PrTsty
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My bad lol, i knew someone was missing

#6
matarab16
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what a good time to be alive (?)

#9
Noyn
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I want South America server (LAS + BR) and remove the roster lock between them like OCE + NA

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PrTsty
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Yeah if there is no ping issue, then give south america 3 and give the latam spot to Korea

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Noyn
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That would be an interesting decision ngl, but Riot would have to install new servers in South America to compensate ping between the countries

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hiyo
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I think LAN + LAS and Brazil separate unless KRU performs better than VK and HL.
And then, LAS teams who qualify for the "league" come to CDMX to play with the LAN teams.

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I agree that a lot of thing will change in your idea.
But to have 24 teams is just too much, I think they will stay 16 but the distribution will be like

3 NA
2 SA/LATAM (BR included there)
3 EU (Turk still in EU)
2 CIS
3 KR+JPN
2 SEA
+1 for the region that won previous masters / previous champions winner if it first VCT

The reason was because I don't think RIOT will make separate region for South Asia, China, and OCE alone for VCT yet
And max for each region is 3, to not repeat the berlin EMEA seed.
Lastly BR+LATAM and KR+JPN will be combined for better match.

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PrTsty
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Meh, counterstrike, league, rainbow and dota all have 24 teams. I would be massivly dissapointed if they dont do 24 teams, especially since there is so many regions. Also It would be dumb to not include china and india without at least 1 spot. Especially china, its the biggest region in league by far and riot wont just ignore that. 16 teasm just arent enough

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bigpeensheen
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it also makes for more exciting matchups in the future

#44
yungbasel
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Absolutely. All 24 teams don't have to play at the same LAN either. They can do organised bootcamps / regional middle ground bootcamps and play out ESL Pro league style. and ahve a LAN for like the last 16 or 8 teams.

Lots of ways to make it work. Could be sick.

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Well, if they implement 24 teams. I think the distribution will be like this

3 NA
2 SA (Latam+BR)
3 EU
2 CIS
3 KR+JPN
2 SEA
2 China
1 SA
1 OCE
1 previous winner
4 from minor league like gamechanger or vcc as long as it's hosted by riot

#78
vollizie
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Keep in mind for League that they have a play-ins stage for Worlds. Top 16 is what really matters tbh.

#15
bigpeensheen
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the fact that the game will have prodigies as soon as next year will be insane, and im not talking about ppl like TenZ and Asuna and ScreaM who came from CS and dominated but im talking about kids who played valorant and stuck with it

#17
PrTsty
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The real good players will be here in 2024, when there are 16 year olds that startes playing valorant before they were teenagers

#42
bigpeensheen
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true, i have alot of friends that are plat and are near diamond
meanwhile im b2 :/

#48
AltonBu02
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big mood

#16
BeNj1z_
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Yeah, I think Ur right (PrTsty)

#18
EU_quiet
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TSM will be back to sucking hahahaha

#19
PrTsty
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And you will be banned

#20
GetsystheGr8
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Hopefully

#21
DELUSIONAL_NUKKYE_FAN
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all three who replied to this post should be banned

#22
PrTsty
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why me lol

#43
bigpeensheen
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why hate? (if u say the fans, i won't take that answer)

#26
V0sotros
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as long as Riot doesn't go Overwatch mode and completely destroy the professional scene, I think valorant esports will continue to grow, its already one of the biggest fps games right now and that's when the game is in its youth, just imagine as the game grows in popularity in places like China. As a csgo fan, I honestly think that valorant has the potential to be the quintessential fps game of this generation. It's visually exciting and can be viewed by both a casual viewer who wants to see some exciting gameplay and also the hardcore fan that wants to see strategic and coordinated team play. Plus all the biggest streamers and orgs in the world are investing in valorant, and all the kids who watch them are going to grow up watching their favorite streamers playing valorant. And as pc gaming gets more and more popular and as other fps games like Call of Duty and Overwatch are on the decline, this is the perfect storm for the success of valorant.

#31
PrTsty
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ye, I kinda have the same view, I just hope the skill ceiling isnt too low. but tbh with agents like jett and sova its pretty high

#33
V0sotros
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I think Sova tech can honestly continue to develop infinitely into the future, the amount of misdirection and fake potential along with the info that it gathers I honestly think hasn't been developed enough

#45
yungbasel
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I never cared for or followed overwatch. What did blizzard do (or not do) to fck it?

#46
V0sotros
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neglect for the game and competitive scene, lots of changes that made the game uncompetitive, and an overall drop in competition level due to players leaving, the whole Blizzard/Activision sexual harassment controversy really was the final nail in the coffin after years of neglect and expectation that OW and the OWL would stay at the top of the FPS game forever

#28
thegoat
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EMEA deserves 6 then its cis eu tr..

I'm na obv but i don't wanna see other regions just die

#32
PrTsty
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nah 6 is way too much, its uneccesary, when there is sucha huge skillgap from 1-6. 4 teams is enough to represent a region, there is too many regions to make it reasonable to have 6 teams

#34
thegoat
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Na have 4? its legit 1 region where emea is 3 regions, CIs tr deserves their own slot then

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latex
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6 can be done if even MENA teams are allowed to participate in EMEA playoffs. Then they can do the playoffs as a LAN. Imagine how sick it will be.

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PrTsty
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Its uneccesary to have 6 EMEA teama tho, also MENA has no shot of making it through EMEA they will get clapped.
4 teams are enough to represent a region and arw perfect for seeding, if riot stops putting 2 in the same group. Its the same thing in LoL where no region gets more tha 4 slots

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Origin
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#35
KoreanOverlord
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3 seeds to brazil and sea, 2 for korea?

#37
Guelry
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in my opinion I agree, because they are countries, which have many people in the region. Korea is one of the best in the world, but there aren't so many A+ level teams (my opinion)

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PrTsty
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korea doesnt have that many teams, br is way bigger

#54
SnooTangerines
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Because SEA has way more competition in the sense that a rank 5 team could beat a rank 3 team. Apart from Vision Strikers which are probably really good, and apart from that, there is only Nuturn which stands out. F4Q is good as well but that's about it. After that, all the teams are pretty average. If rank 3 and rank 4 Korean teams make it to Masters/Champions, the skill level of the tournament will just fall down.

Regarding brazil though, I don't really think they should get 3 slots. Maybe if they merge with Latin America then yes. 2 Slots is more than enough for a single country that was not able to do that well in the masters anyways. Even if they got good after their masters, they are not the only ones. Every region developed drastically.

#65
latex
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As much as yall have a competitive scene, the number of teams playing itself is rather small to warrant anything over 2 slots. If I remember correctly, the open qualifiers for stage 3 had only 32 teams? I might be mistaken, feel free to correct me.

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PrTsty
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U might aswell put latam and br together and give both 3, but there is no reason to put korea above brazil alone, korea had like 32 teams last challengers

#36
sidrical
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lets finish this one first

#39
Netero
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i think it should be 6 NA teams and 2 emea imo

#41
p1lot
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Just make BR and LATAM one server, a lot of boludos play in brazilian server already because the level is higher and more oportunities (also more servers in Brazil, North and Northeast players are Always with 70ms+ and south and southeast players 20-, its unfair)

#68
Viktor22
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From north and northeast, do you get a better ping with LATAM ?

#77
p1lot
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naah, Miami, Santiago and Mexico City are even worse than São Paulo, the answer is one server in Fortaleza, It would be so good for us

#47
Scottyboi30
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To finally have an OCE slot would be great, hope this comes true

#49
zenv
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JP SEA and KR all deserve 3 slots

#50
mattgg2015
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“ game changers winner getting a spot in play-ins” what? No this is so dumb

Gamechangers teams are allowed to qualify through challengers, it’s not like they are banned

Why do they deserve a spot over other elite teams

#51
PrTsty
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ye kinda true, but its still worth thinking about it

#52
Ryuzaki
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Good read, definitely a good take. Let's wait and see. If covid wasn't a thing rn pretty sure it would've been way better cuz lan with crowd is great

#53
kocunar
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I think Champions 2021 could already reach 2 million with banger finals.

#55
Killer47
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And a bunch of CS pros are supposed to move over for VCT season two, after Champions

#56
Stratum7
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3 brazil? Haha funny boy

#57
PrTsty
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Read the edit and atop being a dumb kid. Also yes brazil is a pretty big region and they have a lot of talent. Just wait for a superteam thats gonna destroy your favorite teams

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Noyn
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+respect

#58
roaree
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24 teams would be big. Top regions could go straight to groups and smaller regions have to go through Play-ins.
I would do:

  • 5 EMEA (Add MENA to EMEA)
  • 4 NA
  • 3 South America ( Combine LATAM + Brazil)
  • 3 KR (Similar ability to Brazil despite low player base)
  • 3 SEA (Growing region that will for sure improve)
  • 2 CH (May need more as i feel China could become massive and dominate Asia)
  • 2 JP (Growing region that will for sure improve)
  • 1 OCE
  • 1 South Asia (Growing region that will for sure improve)

Master potential format:

  • Same group format as berlin but top 2 NA + EMEA, 1st place BR,KR,CH,SEA go straight to groups
  • rest have to qual through Play-inns - two double 8 team brackets where top 4 qual
  • b05 in semis as well as finals for playoffs
#73
PrTsty
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Or for playins,
12 teams
3 groups of 4 GSL where seed 1s go to main event
And seed 2 go to wildcard qualifier single roind robin 3 teams. Winner gets to main event aswell. Woild be a fun bracket+ the lower regions actually get to compete insted of paper rex most likely getting smashed twice

#86
roaree
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maybe, but if 8 go to qualifier then thats 2 top teams in each group + 8 bracket mean lots of regions get to play one another and seems fairer than getting one stacked group for playinns

#87
PrTsty
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That would be too many games tho imo

#90
roaree
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no it would be more with yours actually, its only 20 games for playinns and yours is 6 per gsl so 18 + 3 for robin round

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PrTsty
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My bad

#61
Hidden_Name
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#62
FightWasTaken
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also when this game releases on mobile it will blow up, i think that if val was released with different platforms like console or mobile it would be insanely huge right now

#69
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They should have defined slots for masters + LCQs but for Champions they should create a new point system on Masters where they reward the regions which have been placing better giving them more slots with a minimum of 1 slot per region. So if NA teams, for example, manages to consistently place high at Masters, this should give points for the region, consequently, leading to proportionally to their performance more slots at Champions.

#71
Jockie
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Dude 1 Latam is not enough. You are already giving 3 to BR and 2 to JP while only giving one to Latam brothers. They might deserve it and also will help to improve the level of the region faster.

#72
PrTsty
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Ye, like my edit says 3 for south america in total would be gold and then give the extra slot to korea

#75
Jockie
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Mixing LA with BR would be insane actually

#76
PrTsty
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I hope it works out with ping tho. Mixing regions seems like a very good option, i just dont k ow if its good for franchising, since id imagine that valorant would franchise valorant when time goes on

#85
latex
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LATAM is geographically much more expansive than BR - it spans from Mexico to Chile. And their Challengers playoffs are played offline anyway, so I don't think ping will be an issue even if you include BR, as the playoffs will be offline.

#94
Noyn
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True

#79
vollizie
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If 24 teams at "Worlds" then you might have to make a play-ins before main stage.

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PrTsty
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Ye, i thought bout 12 teams: 3 groups of 4 gsl, seed one goes to main event seed 2 goes to wildcard, then 3 teams single round robin where winner advances. That could be held online while teams are bootcamping in for example berlin

#83
Crayzid
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yes

#88
DumboVAL
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how China gonna join when they can play only 2 hours per week? 🤣

#89
PrTsty
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Its for underaged people only. Still unfortunate

#91
Paracosm
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still the new gen will be way weaker due to way too less practice

#92
PrTsty
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Ye wich is especially important in valorant. Its hard to be a cracked jett player at 25, u wont have that raw firepower, W holding warriors

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