if you put it that way then BOOM still has a chance. they'll be representing the whole of SEA instead of just indonesia. Given their track record in multiple games they've already had experience in handling players from other SEA countries.

billion dollar company wanting to save a few cents leads to bad decisions

yeah, its basically killing tier 2 because no one wants to watch it over there. Twitch and YT co-streaming is not allowed

SOOP has streaming rights for SEA tier 2 provided they shoulder the cost of running it.

List of decent Orgs that pulled out of SEA tier 2 because of SOOP and Riot's incompetence

Disguised
Full Sense
Made in Thailand
Alter Ego
Bigetron

Is riot gonna wait until the SEA scene is gonna collapse?

edit: full sense not confirmed yet mb

who are these content creators? i haven't seen a single soul who said SOOP would be good for tier 2 SEA

thailand is the only country that will survive SOOP because they're the country in SEA that cares to watch games over there

i dont get why a BO5 starts at 7PM PH and SG time. This match is gonna end at 1 AM

IDC about pro players. Jake Sin and Leo Faria will have my hate for as long as VCT SEA isnt improved and supported

GE - Overhype their duelist players -> dont give the time to develop -> a lot of pressure because of overhyping -> release them because they barely won any games

the n1zzy pick up seems more like a Higher ups decision. they probably want to attract the Vietnamese fans. So, yeah his pick up is questionable

we will see. im just mad that they weren't moving forward with jremy that's why im critical of their pick ups

his real name is Kelly Sedillo

i disagree. any flex or duelist player can play controller. its not like you need insane mechanical skill on controller agents. All you need is high game IQ and timmings

i agree. n1zzy wasn't doing well on the academy team and zesbeew was the worst one in BOOM

nepotism

i wouldn't be surprised if udotan and kr1stal would agree to get bought out by other teams after this season if they fail to reach champs

already announced
https://x.com/teamsecret/status/1923022185825714362

invy, wildoreo, and jremy should've been the core for this rebuild. Meow is just adding more to this nepotism narrative

NAOS isnt gonna disband. they'll just be playing their relegation matches and if they win they'll be back for split 3

it would've been crazyguy vs yay if EG qualified for toronto

singapore and the philippines are part of ASEAN which has an agreement that all southeast asian nations can enter each other's countries visa free.

it depends if he can get his visa on time. the philippines has been notoriously difficult to secure visas for first world countries.

jremy getting cut from the team, when they spent years building up this kid, is tragic. His experience could've served them well if he was switched to controller or sentinel. He was never the main duelist type of guy but he still has talent.

shifting him to senti or controller would make sense. he is kinda like tenz where they dont want to entry buy has enough raw talent to secure the trades as the 2nd entry

i know right? considering that Thailand and Indonesia has some of the most dedicated fans in valorant. If VCL SEA was allowed to stream on YT just indonesia alone would be 3k-10k+ of the views

Considering also the rivalry of PH and ID there would be significant PH viewers too

bottom 2 of each group in the group stage automatically get relegated regardless of playoffs. Academy teams are immune from relegation so NAOS being 3rd place in that group get relegated

riot just doesnt know how to handle SEA. if investment was the problem partnering with SOOP was the worst decision ever.

Imagine you consolidate all of SEA into 1 league.
Thai+Indo+Phil+Viet+MYSG viewership skyrockets and you can get more sponsorships if it was streamed on Youtube and Twitch.

But what do we have??? FUCKING SOOP THAT AVERAGES 500 VIEWS PER MATCH!

chill bro why are you being so aggressive

i wouldnt doubt that honestly.

TS's scouting is bad. they got lucky with invy tbh

And for anyone saying "role conflict" patmen can play controller, sentinel, flex, and to some extent duelist.

edit: if TS doesnt sign Xavi8k for next split it just confirms that their scouting is bad

nah man patmen was already good since last year. TS just didnt want to change their line up.

doesnt primmie struggle from english communication issues? i had a feeling that's why they went full thai just to accommodate him.

then isnt he being interviewed in a podcast? its just semantics anyway

i would say fnatic if it was 2022-2023 but wouldn't it be Heretics now?

Just saw a Benjyfishy interview that says he wants to play against Sentinels because they have a lot of clout. That got me thinking. Which teams in each region have the highest clout?

Americas - Sentinels
Pacific - Paper Rex
China - EDG
EMEA - ???

who has the highest clout in EMEA?

then why are players posting that they are confirmed to be relegated
https://x.com/xavi8k_/status/1920496128979620028
https://x.com/ptcishere_/status/1920497549091168613

NAOS analyst
https://x.com/olifant2k/status/1920497726061416905

even the org themselves knows it
https://imgur.com/a/mquORLP

bro you do realize that anyone can edit on liquipedia right?

Suzy is the Liquipedia editor for valorant. this is what he said about the rules.
https://x.com/SuzyVLR/status/1918284012642320803

bottom 2 of each group in the group stage gets relegated regardless of the playoffs results. academy teams are not counted

imagine NAOS win this and lose their relegation matches 😂

NAOS grand finalist but still relegated. Who ever made this format needs to be fired

what an ending

both Xavi and Mojer have high packet loss at their bootcamp

https://x.com/xavi8k_/status/1920452475636887898

Waylay on ascent and Neon on Icebox? These comps are questionable. Congrats on the win tho

-2ge
+Xavi8k

xavi deserves a shot at tier 1 tbh. its just that jessievash is gatekeeping his role

first map is over already????

the only thing i like about fr0st is that he gives personality to this region. Asians being reserved and respectful can get boring sometimes.

he left because riot took away his double shock darts