must be full of demons. been following a couple of CN players' trackers on APAC servers and Takashi and Zhxiossl specifically look very promising from stats alone. jieni, rushia, and levius are all doing pretty well & excelling in their roles, and potter and toast weren't bad when they subbed during the offseason either. kinda crazy no?
not familiar with chinese forums so i'm not knowledgable with ball but surely this is promising for the future?
there was also this one NA player who moved out of the country and it's possible he got scouted from NA tier 3. if current trends continue then most of the middling old guard still sticking around from 2022 & 23 should be gone by the end of next season
a lot of cn teams have confirmed academy rosters. EDG, BLG, TE, AG, DRG, all have either made statements or moves that involve their youth programs. TYL and TEC are rumored (TEC might've poached an NA player but nothing confirmed at all yet) and the rest either haven't invested or aren't bothering atm
In fact, some of the youth has already entered the VCT
such like
FPX:Lysoar
BLG：hanche rushia Levius
nova：Ezeir
AG：player k1ra
tyloo：5cm waituu Scales
te：midi
drg：SpiritZ1 cangshu
and i need to say SpiritZ1 hanche and Levius are come from onther Chinese old team called kone‘s academy
and kone used to be one of the more powerful Valorant teams in China, but due to the boss's salary arrears, he abandoned the Valorant project before the establishment of VCTCN
https://www.tiktok.com/@ogsmedia_/video/7301315475424709894
a chinese team already offer jojo susanto an academy contract (we don't know which team, they are still in talk), can't wait to see him playing in VCT
Discord