They’ve been investing a ton into Valorant, in both Gc and T2, have probably one of the strongest financial backing with Shopify (which leads to financial stability without having to take on negative brand sponsorships, Shopify does hella glaze AI but they ain’t gonna have to take a gambling sponsorship). Additionally, they have huge content creators behind them like Ludwig and moistkritcal.
No way in 2027 which franchising contracts does riot not see SR as a top 4 Americas pick
mindless AI hate is weird tbh and people dont understand its true effects.
With that being said im pretty firmly anti AI but people need to stop acting like AI is THAT bad. We all know AI is great in the medical field and coding but rn we're talking abt generative AI which is problematic for job opportunities of course but the enviornemental impact is overstated.
lets focus on bigger issues than people supporting AI
I don't hate AI mindlessly lmao what I hate about it is the fucking generative AI not the one in the medical field and coding
i was referring to this when i mentioned it: https://x.com/tobi/status/1909231499448401946
true, but isnt riot trying to downsize the amount of teams in franchising? and for americas the obvious teams to remove on the performance side of things are EG, furia, and loud but i doubt riot would remove 2/3 of brazils teams and have the league so skewed to NA so it would have to be like EG, furia, and c9. Then you have to consider that they would have to beat out g2 for the spot too. Unless the rumors about downsizing are just about not having ascension teams competing in t1 in which case you can just remove furia and EG for G2 and SR.
edit: also g2 might try to get an EMEA spot so that would make it very easy for SR to fit
isn't shopify dealing with like a crazy lawsuit with honey bc they owned it
You do have a point and most likely the only possible replacement they can do is EG since we already how trash is their management decision while considering players a lot because of finances
c9 cooked too
in 2027 i think its gonna be a prove why instead of a prove not, theres too many contenders that a team is gonna show why they have to be a positive and not just show that they can handle it like eg
yea sorry i thought u were talking about na, cuz riots still gonna want br and latam rep
but yea louds interesting, cuz they have the fans and the brand, but not the money or management, so unless the ratio favors BR i think we're gonna see yes mibr and no loud
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