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I dont think koi was bad enough to be kicked

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#1
GambleNats

Assuming they got kicked partly for performance I dont think its fair

Yes they have consistenly been the bottom of EMEA but its not from a lack for trying

Koi 2023 signed

  • A world champion
  • A masters winner
  • Trexx
  • One of the best EMEA igls at the time
  • An inconsistent rookie

These are not some random bums to save money but a legit roster who could do damage, its like a mini super team. and they got aight results in emea at first

  • Almost beat NRG
  • Upset Navi
  • Almost went through LCQ and make champs

Yes they lost a lot but it wasnt a tragic performance

Koi 2024 then signed

  • Grubhino an insane smokes player on the second best team of emea
  • Kamo legit on the best team of emea
  • Kept sheydos
  • Replaced one of the worst performing igls with shadow
  • Kept starxo

This again does not look like a bad roster, they werent winning a whole lot but like there was clearly an attempt to improve the roster and its not like DFM or Furia where they are going winless all season

Koi in 2025
After a bad season

  • Picked up the second best player eligable in ascension soulcas
  • Kept sheydos and grubino
  • Got filu and flyuh

After a bad stage 1

  • They picked up monster, natank and baddyg all respectable players in their own right, not crazy international winners but still very good
  • and got rid of sheydos, soulcas/grubhino who were struggling

like its not kois fault, they legit kept trying to innovate a roster and werent budgeting for free cash. Like Yes koi arent good but this does not justify being kicked unless there is more going on

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they were kicked because riot wants m8 money

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GambleNats
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that would be so dumb if true

#3
nooomy
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yeah but they dont have gentle mates viewership so they dont get special treatment #FUCKM8 #doitforkoi

#6
looola
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they would if ibai was the one watchpartying, SergioFerra still gets 20k or so and is the 2nd or 3rd biggest watchparty in EMEA tho, just Riot mafia

#4
notapandaa
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remember filu had a 1,5 kd before getting signed
only real bad decision they've ever made imo was signing shadow

#10
GambleNats
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shadow wasnt even that bad considering the EMEA drought of IGLs

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notapandaa
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I would disagree

#5
Tempest24
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they are simply not a popular team

#7
looola
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are u retarded? their main costreamer gets 15k average in random vct matches and 20k+ when KOI plays and they are the only team that creates content about the mercato to make the offseason less boring, Ibai would get even bigger numbers but he has been taking a break from it and delegating for health reasons

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GambleNats
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Koi is like the most famous team in spain, and prolly top 5 teams in popularity in emea

#11
looola
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they are the future of esports in Europe together with Gentlemates and KC, the only three teams capable of filling out stadiums lmfao, they just hosted their own LEC Roadtrip and won the LEC Spring while being one of the pilars of a dying LEC but yeah very smart for Riot to backstab one of their biggest partners in both League and Val and expect it to not have future consequences in relationships between Riot and KOI LEC

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nooomy
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lowkey think that riot wouldve tried to kick GX but they qualified to champs and that ruined their chances

#14
looola
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It was rumoured that it would be one of the two turkish teams but I think if reports are correct and Riot are seriously considering moving to 8 partner teams and having a more open system then I think GX and FUT should be the ones to get kicked out, BBL and KOI at least have a huge fanbase and in Valorant u never know, maybe they are shit rn but who says that they dont get it right like Heretics did and have a good team, partnerships should be for teams who bring in viewers or show exceptional sporting performance imo

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