My last takes on Japanese Valorant before I quit

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The region have limited timeframe to work on improvements . While VCJ is still garnering many views I can feel something is off last season , haven't checked the numbers yet but I can feel the views are decreasing. The vibes around VCJ are not great. Especially with the "muscle training drama". And going forward the views and sentiment are not going to improve for the better. With that I propose that :

Japan should act more like their own separate region rather than being tied down to Jake Sin's decision. This is made possible because Japan has the views to justify this move.

With number 1, now it is possible to regulate imports.

Japanese language proficiency is a must for import player, so no more players like Yoshiii. You don't want to form a team where English proficiency became the primary reason you got into the team in a region where English will still be not spoken widely for a foreseeable future.
No more young and unproven imports. The region has limited resources. And going forward it will be even more restricted, thus investing in a talent that will turn against you in the long run is a bad idea. Import IGLs should and must be the trend going forward.
Hire foreign coaches, Japan needed more outside brains to help in development.

Like I said Japan doesn't have much time and resources left to commit to these improvements, it is best to do it now rather than too late.

Going to miss posting threads like this.

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termtermtermterm

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sugoi

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Asto3

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bro are u japanese?

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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I am not. Just some stinky ass weeb who invested way too much time into VCJ lmao

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shaq_attaqr

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wtf is "muscle training drama", were people on peds or some shit?

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I named it that way lmao. Basically when Fennel ( I forgot which team it was but I know it's all-Japanese team so it had to be Fennel) lost to I forgot which team. JP Valorant community discussed how VCJ is just essentially just a stepping stone for imports to finally land in T1 teams. The imports have to carry Japanese players to victory ( "weights" )."Muscle Training" as they put it iirc. I would argue that drama is stupid not as to what the drama is about but by how long it took them to realize. I kept arguing about this since I created this account and at that time I was pretty pissed as to how slow the community came to realise this. In retrospect I should've been glad that people finally realised this.

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that's what every single league in the world is tho(besides the american leagues and korea)

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Some are worse than the other. Japan imports more than the rest of APAC ( except India ) combined, this is horrendous. While I'm not arguing about banning imports. Japan should be more selective on who gets to join the league, removing or vetting any player that won't further Japan's development

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MrBlooBloom

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I think getting rid of players who make their teams speak mostly english is fair. But what will actually make a big difference is to import coaches and IGLs who know how to find and devellop talent

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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True which is why I called Importing coaches and IGLs should be the trend going forward,

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Marii

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It could not have been fun only watching vcj

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Ironically outside of T1 and T2 Jp Matches I actually watch more EMEA games rather than PACIFIC ones lmao

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MrBlooBloom

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it could not have been fun mostly watching emea

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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Because it fits my schedule lmao , I can just sit back and watch casually , and it's not like I watched them a lot. I watched EMEA games as in one map and then switch to other videos haha

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Point 2 contradicts with 3 and 4.
What is the point in importing an IGL if they can't speak a language they are comfortable with?
If a head coach cannot actively hear and understand what is being said during the rounds, his value is also weakened.
You could probably still get some strategically advantage with having imported analyst / strat coach.

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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IGL speaking in Japanese is not that rare for these to be an obstacle. The amounts of Koreans present in VCJ should serve as an example

Teams in VCJ are big enough to hire a translator , hell might as well even invest in his Japanese language skill. This applies to both import coach and players.

I should've included in the main thread but Japanese coach should be included here as well so he can learn how imports think , think of it as knowledge transfer I guess , where you don't learn what the coach came up with but the thinking behind the strats?

A proficiency test is just better because you don't have to move the whole team just to fit with one or two imports. People hire imports because they expect "adaptation" as part of their jobs anyways. If the import cannot adapt to VCJ then why should they hire him?

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will miss these, thanks for always posting them and keeping us updated <3

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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thanks bro

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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I don't like the edited 5 minutes ago status so I will post these here lol.

Dual nationalities and half-Japanese will commit to one nationality only . So no more teams with more than 2 imports because someone is half-Japanese.

This is to prevent another case like Yoshiii, hell a lot of my takes are with Yoshiii in mind lmao

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xineFso

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Do u happen to speak jpn also just reduce your time on the site dont fully quit visit it occasionally

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IonlywatchvcjXD

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I would like to say I have medium understanding but in reality, I don't really know where I stand on proficiency scale lmao.

Initially I did just that, but as of right now I'm slowly using it often again lol . So I'm getting mods to ban my account,