with a trophy won in the year no hate i love NS but if they for some reason don't make it out of champs groups would they get relegated they will 100% make it in ascension if not some team is gonna get koi'd for them in 2027
but surely we add a fail safe for trophy lifter to not get relegated imagine NS win a trophy get relegated and leave valorant that would be REALLY bad looks for vct
i don't see a world where riot don't koi most teams for a 2026 trophy lifter with the actual best story line that there system has and will ever produce
There is no ascension this year, because each region will go through a reevaluation phase (the original 10 teams' contract expire this year)
they’re re selecting franchising teams at the end of this year i’d be shocked if ns don’t get it atp
they’re also in lck so i’d say it’s almost guaranteed
NS DRX GENG T1 will probably stays alongside PRX and possibly Zeta, GE and maybe FS or RRQ (the slot would most likely be reduced from 10 to 8)
I'd say DFM is more likely to stay than Zeta currently, but apart from that I'd say your list is probably correct
i mainly picked Zeta because i feel like zeta has been a more prominently japanese esport org than dfm but i can see dfm making it over zeta. My main conflict here is between FS and RRQ cause both teams have a pretty big fanbase in thailand and indo so it would definitely be a hard pick for Riot. FS might be more likely tho since the indo fanbase always have PRX but i could be wrong
late reply but idt full sense has money like that to buy in to vct
it's a shame because with talon folding there isn't a massive reputable org for thai players
this is why franchising sucks
GE could be questionable, in 2023 biggest indian orgs were not in valorant scene, its not the same anymore, Infact 90% of current GE fanbase in India is only because of a S8UL creator(binks) who still hypes their games.
I pick GE because they are basically the third SEA team (with an aussie) and the GE's fanbase still being big in india
"GE's Fanbase still being big in India"... Nah not really. they are much much behind godlike/s8ul/rntx in terms of fanbase. and honestly its not even a comparison.
We're not including godlike in this conversation. Only place they even are relevant is BGMI and even then they are RCB before last year's IPL
tbh even i dont like them because of their cringe and toxic af fanbase, but i was just talking about pure fanbase here, and their fanbase might be one of the largest in the world, but its only because of one person so it doesnt really matter at the end.
Nah if it's 8 slot then it will likely be 3 from kr, 3 from sea, 1 from Jp and 1 from India. Riot can't piss of sea fanbase anymore after the tier 2 drama and sea is way bigger region than kr. It's not just one country.
If so, which korean org is staying? Probably still GenG T1 DRX right? But NS has been so iconic and is a pretty big org in KR so it wouldn’t really made sense for riot to brush them over. Then again, they had removed optic before.
If what you are saying becomes true, the new lineup would probably look like this:
GenG
T1
DRX
PRX
RRQ
FS
Dfm or zeta
GE
Would be sad if NS are out but a certain KR org that is playing like ass in val would probably consider them.
Funny how the head of rivals esports or sum shit felt offended by that LMAO
yes if only 3 kr orgs remain in 2027 and its the big 3 kr org. I dont see how they will be chosen over drx, t1 or geng
they would've had chance of getting DRX's spot if KRX partnership didn't come in not a BIG chance but chance nonetheless and now its between them and gen.g who is for my very non existent knowledge of league are good in lol so they have advantage along with a trophy apac's first at that
faker not getting dropped from any league
do we have conformation that ascending is still a thing or is it champs only for T2 teams and they only get to play in VCL and stage 2 i feel like teams being partnership only kinda buns i liked having 2 ascension/cycling teams in and out and ascension teams winning trophies from T5 to T1 (NS's run)
ig getting champs trophy is cooler but it seems FAR more unlikely for vcl talent with everything about T2
not really, but GenG could always buy the players out (some of, because I'm sure their buyout would be extremely high)
That’s the first thing val needs to be saved from especially losing players like meteor while gatekeeping league players to keep them in the org
but surely we add a fail safe for trophy lifter to not get relegated imagine NS win a trophy get relegated and leave valorant that would be REALLY bad looks for vct
ACEND, GAMBIT, OPTIC
they won those in 1990's i mean NS won in 26 and getting relegated in 27 would be a tragic
OPTIC would've easily gotten in but there management FUMBLED riot wanted them in all they had to do was sign something they were that close
gambit NEVER gets in for 2023 being a russian org
Acend ain't allat
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