I care about jp tier 2 as much as you do brother🤝, but sadly not many even here share our sentiments

This kind of relationship should be reciprocal, riot take care of the scene, and the community in exchange follow the scene thoroughly, when no one simply watches the scene, riot's hand will be tied ofc, even riot has its limits. It's been this way for a long time no? I don't think this situation is exclusive to valorant as well.

Tbh yeah NZ particpation in japanese qualifier is so random 😂.

People only care about tier 2 when their scene is about to be merged/destroyed etc. But when nothing happens everyone usually doesn't give a fuck.

That kind of mentality sucks.

Unironically true

Nice name, sorrymybad is also goated name too 😂

https://www.vlr.gg/player/3124/sorrymybad

Flair , but valid tho my heart really broke when heretics lost 💔

Wow, 32? That's like 90 in esports age 😂. Do you think this is just a flash in the pan showing or the scene starting to flourish?

They were , zeta had 6 coaching staff this year and 3 of them already lft(sieg) moved to academy team(junior) and become streamer(crow)

Zeta - crow - sieg - junior

Any notable players from the Czech scene?

Brother it's covid, unless you have evidence ofc

What happened to polish cs tho, don't they used to have the VP roster?

I'm leaving my hometown for studies and the wifi is shit there, no point in raging about bad connections

Bad example , Reykjavik had 0 crowd bro.

Lol got downvoted for the truth

Not really, he brought in drama and had nothing to show for in the end

I think steel once insulted shahzam when his family member just died(?). That's a weirdo energy for sure.

I dont think yotaa is going there , because removing yotaa means adrnking and ejay are useless now( there's no point in bringing them in when scarz don't have to comm in English now) , and doing that means scarz is losing their core and automatically withdraw(?),unless Yoshiii's japanese still sucks.

But, prx had advantage and you can see TH actually fought tooth and nail from lower bracket to grand finals in both shanghai and seoul, that makes it much more impressive than prx tbh

Is mada not good?

I think next year emea will dominate tbh, they take the risk of getting T2 players which is very good. And even if they don't, they will secure themselves for 2026 onwards.

No rank because I'm deleting valorant soon 😂

Yeah I think some orgs definitely are definitely favoured, which is why first mover advantage is a thing, for orgs like sen its no longer viable for them to just start concentrate back on local fanbase.

Might be tunnel vision but I think japanese orgs encourages a lot of participation which is what inspires this thread.

Actually does it even cost anything to hold an online event 😂, aside from getting streamers to participate as long as it's a fan event I think it's just a time issue (?). Might be wrong tho.

The more I think about my proposition actually works for T2 orgs tho, they really can increase people's participation in T2 and not just watch T1

Fair enough 😂

Common ground as in?

maybe they should hold event in where they're based on at the moment, e.g if G2 valorant team is based on Studio in LA while your org is based in EU maybe they should market themselves more in LA and encourages more participation from the fanbases in LA.

I think if MIBR , Loud etc want to make their stint in LA worthwhile maybe they should start reaching to the NA fanbases to instead of just holding onto BR fanbase.

This doesnt just apply to Valorant, this also applies to every esports and orgs out there

The move needs to make sense, it's either Smoggy comm in Japanese and knock his performance down or the whole Zeta comm in Chinese and the team go from losing against DFM to losing against Igzist 💀💀

I see, maybe they can do events like mass online coaching?? That also encourages particpation. Maybe get 1 or 2 pros to coach fans who are interested, or probably like Sentinels' Tenz and Zekken vs 5 Bronze players, etc

Tenzou to GE ( GE can capitlize on Jp fanbase, assuming that Tenzou going to T1 will make him popular)
Yoshiii to TS ( unrealistic tbh)
Yotaa to GM8 ( remove takas)
Akame to T1 ( welp Sayaplayer already out)
Tixx to GE ( GE is open)
Lumo to one of the EMEA teams

it's pretty easy when your region is full of imports 💀

Holy that was fast, what was it about?

Some orgs have concentrated fanbase e.g 90% of the fanbase are in Tokyo,etc . Which is good because orgs can organize events like having fan meeting, or even personal training by orgs themselves ( yes, it exists, Sengoku did this before(?)) and fans can participate easier because they live near the place.

Which is why I think other orgs should concentrate their business on a smaller scale while at the same time reaching a wider fanbase in order to take advantage of the economies of scale of being a business that relies a lot on the internet.

Assumptions :

1. Orgs have to be Headquartered near where the fanbase are, which is why they need to secure their foothold in the place they started at.
2. .... let me think

Might be cooking , might be yapping

Absol
Sugarzero
CLZ
Yatsuka
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Lol sayfposting's zeta "leak"is just funny borderline stupid ngl.

Just don't get downvoted so badly, and before you know it you're 4 star

At least they still earn something lol, releasing demon1 for free when koi wants him losses you more money.

If KOI actually pays for the buyout , it make sense for NRG to actually keep demon1 as an active player.

That's an agency, not a team

My dumbass brain read that as fisting 💀💀

Lol they gradually fall off since.

Nah they better not burn the kitchen because their landlords aren't happy with their business 😂

Northeption announced they are creating an academy team and are opening applications for people to register, apparently Northeption just announced there are too many applicants.

First of all massive W for northeption, after destroying 3 players' career 😂, Northeption starts to redeem themselves
Second, the future of Valorant is here and it's in Japan 🔥🔥

Can't wait to see what ZETA and DFM are cooking

The thing is my smooth brain ain't ready for some gameplay analysis 😂, that's why I never participated in any gameplay discussion because I really don't know what to say 😂

I don't even know who actually participates in that event, is it just T2 ? Is it CC tournament? or mix?

Valid tbh, but I'm too impatient for that 😂

Been reading his news for 1 month now, this news was the one that caught me off guard the most 😂

Just plain coffee with no addition

So empty to the point that VALORANT4JP ( one of Japan's valorant news site in Twitter) have to announcce NRG firing their chef 😭😂

https://x.com/VALORANT4JP/status/1828728349398810841?t=07r3YLUeNc5P7U5YXL7A9w&s=19