26-7 ion is the closer

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HLZeron

na this guy locked in and took over. Riot needs to stop with their BS and let both him and cane play. Screw that dumbfck rule, these guys are playing out of their minds

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Ryzmii

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isnt it a labor law? i dont see a reason why else this is a thing

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Vegaaa

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heard its not the case in north america, but maybe internationals. but i guess they still want to make it fair

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DBStudios

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League allows kids under 18 to play at international + regional tournaments so this shouldn't be a problem for Valorant (age restriction was 17 for MSI this year)

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Let's not forget inspire too. After that map 2 choke he locked in alongside him too. The number of kills don't show for it but the impact he had was insane as well.

RIP ION AND CANEZ THOUGH

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the rule is because if a tournament is hosted in specific countries where they don't qualify for the minimum legal working age, they're fucked, so eh not dumbfuck

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SkyXD

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then why not just let them play then get a sub for the events in those countries?
unless the regional splits themselves can’t be played, that would suck

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Ductorian

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EMEA is hosted in germany, in which the min age is 18, so in fairness between regions, i think that's okay

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the regional splits are the issue because of how long they take, you just can't get a temp visa if you're underage unlike games like cs where a tournament is like a month max

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SkyXD

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yeah if that happens then it’s understandable

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delighted

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Germany wouldn't allow that tho

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Name those countries?

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Ductorian

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germany itself is one

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JonahPork

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So just to be clear, how did underage players play in Germany prior to franchising (masters Berlin, champs 2021)? How did Alfajer play in franchising at 17 in 2023?

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https://www.vlr.gg/271199/vct-age-restriction

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JonahPork

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I know what the rule book says, the rule book doesn’t dictate German labor laws

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delighted

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pretty sure bc during 2021 the only tournaments riot held were in LAN

the rest were online

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26-7

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KiwiJuice

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in europe 15 16 year olds can play for professional football teams i don't see why they can't play VIDEO GAMES for an esports team.

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Ductorian

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There must be associations for esports to work with organisations to ensure terms like limiting training hours, school attendance, and other teenagers' basic rights, so its just a lot of legal stuffs to go through

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KiwiJuice

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so riot is lazy, got it

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actually, FIFA GENERALLY prohibits the international transfers of players under the age of 18

VCT is hosted in 4 cities, so the vast majority of players would in fact have to effectively move abroad for large parts of the year, so it's actually kind of the same as football, just if you consider EMEA to be the Bundesliga, Americas to be the MLS, etc. and players being the same nationality as they really are, lets say in their own regional leagues for the sake of furthering the analogy

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not unusual for young players to move for their clubs either. We see it all the time in belgium, players move to London, Manchester, Milan, etc...
Also not unusual for young south american players to move to europe before they're even 18. As for the US i have no idea how it works over there.

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literally one man country

LF and b0tssi wish they were good as ion