I took into account 4.1 mil for other staff, Housing realistically only costs like <1 mil total for all 5 players (max 250k a year per player which is being very very generous assuming they're living like royalty)

I doubt they have that many employees, 4.1 accounts for at least 41 employees working at an average high income salary of 100k a year doing anything from marketing to accounting to analysts

not even gonna complain about the correction, it helps my argument xD

If we take the champs 23 bundle as a reference: https://esportsinsider.com/2023/12/riot-games-valorant-esports-finances

Within a period of a single month, players spent a combined amount of ~22 million USD on the Champs bundle

Here's what we know:

-Riot takes a 50% cut of all VCT Team Capsule sales.

-We know that of all the bundles, SEN sold the second-most after PRX from a riot tweet a while back.

-Taking into account that sales on the champs bundle would've been lower if it wasn't limited edition, and that not everyone is a SEN fan, let's assume that a single month's worth of sales for the SEN bundle provides just a fraction of the champs bundle. Furthermore, the team capsules aren't available year round, they're available for about 7-8 months.

As a lowball estimate: let's say a single month creates $2 million SEN bundle sales, multiply that by 8, and a single year brings SEN $8 million USD of revenue (50% of $16 million USD, the other half goes to riot).

With the knowledge that the highest Valorant salary to be leaked was Yay's 60k a month on Bleed (~0.7mil a year), we can safely assume that SEN makes drastically more money from their bundle sales than it costs to keep their roster.

Once again, SEN only has a valorant team, apex team, halo team of the 3, valorant salaries are comparatively a lot higher. Let's assume SEN is paying their players the highest possible salary, (0.7 mil a year) and is paying even like 0.2mil a year to each of their 3 apex players, that's 4.1 mil dollars in player salaries (i doubt the halo players are making much). maybe paying their other non-player staff costs 6 mil. That adds up to ~10.1 mil a year in expenses and ~8 mil in revenue from bundle sales

even then, taking into account SEN society and their jersey sales, SEN would still be breaking even and still have a lot of money saved up from Rob moore's personal bank account to sign whoever they want

EDIT: (60k a month is not 2 mil a year)

1. SEN - Only in 2 Esports, has overwhelmingly less expenditures than other, bigger orgs and makes a lot more in terms of revenue from merch sales, and of course bundle sales

2. G2 - In multiple esports and has a lot of cash to burn, but isn't profitable; will be forced to spend a lot of money to guarantee they don't lose their VCT spot next year though, since it will bring in a lot more money than it will cost to sign a big name

3. NRG - Rich org, rich owners, wasted millions of dollars on an OWL league spot and has a horrible track record of financial decisions. Multiple sponsors but also definitely not profitable

4. 100T - Hoodies bring in cash, nadeshot makes sure to keep the business running at all costs, which results in a lot of layoffs and periods of low spending--but as a testament to how much money they're able to spend despite that they sign some big names occasionally like Cryo or Boostio.

5. C9 - broke org, lost a lot of money from a crypto deal same as TSM. Had money but now is forced to make budget roster after budget roster

6. EG - New owners, but still clearly can't afford anything beyond the scraps that other teams leave behind--lucky to be in a region with rich t2 talent

fuck it. making tihs a post

Monterrey is closer to Illinois and texas server than LA

LATAM teams can still scrim NA tier 1 teams while there

Yes. the internet cables are a little wonky, but ExitLag fixes that

Valorant isn't really a game that rewards spraying at a high level

Alfajer is a good choice

Primmie, Aspas, Scourge, Flor, and strangely Tarik (his hospitable flicks are genuinely impressive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFP3jP4nyx0)

buen dia caballeros

koalanoob is a top 3 awper in NA but besides that he has a shit raze and neon. there are easier duelists to slot in who have more standardized meta agent pools

Sym is the real prospect here

https://x.com/RossyUA/status/1833968017082126605

im a bandwagoner dude im just here for seven

Solo brim on bind only works in ranked tho i feel like. I don't see any teams running solo brim without viper nowadays

agreed

Brim has been relegated to the same role as harbor - never good as a solo smokes and only good in combo with viper

impostor sus

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so true trembolona bro

stand strong patriot

Support M80 please man's literally playing for his life

He got those Los Zetas connections, they broke him out bc they bet on M80

agente de TSM

yeah, i want what's best for them but its not looking hopeful if they got diffed by murizzz

Johann 'SEVEN' HERNANDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ

Riot already said they will be able to next year, they just won't be able to ascend to vct if they win

nAts has no buffs or debuffs,

man is the embodiment of stoicism

oh, i thought he posted himself shirtless or something

context?

I agree that Icy is a good player, but it's undeniable that there are better players than him

He's good, he fits the system, but can anyone deny that there aren't other players that would fit the system the same if not more than him + frag out in the process?

Reduxx turns 18 mid season. and my statement specifically said that florescent is probably not gonna get picked up by a t1 team next year, but maybe a t2 team

Lol im down to be picked

you don't need to be 18 to play in t2 and he turns 18 mid season anyway

source?

Rossy is the most underrated player in NA imo. it's just hard with the competition he faces

he's 17

you said you're asc right? wanna q i need a duo rn everyone has school tomm

1. those are called catwalks irl

2. that one is at an angle so there's more horizontal space to hide in and therefore harder to spam, all it does is give them space to hold backsite and flood retake. it's the same mistake as smoking stairs on A site sunset

3. I'm not talking about his e ability, i'm talking about his c ability. Omen smokes and harbor E wall both last 15 seconds, but harbor's cascades last 5 seconds each

the bridge idk what its called for some reason

Round 1:

1. Smokes off catwalk
2. Team pushes
3. Kayo/gekko flashes hides in it and pop flashes through
4. Team gets mowed down

Round 2 onwards:

1. We stop smoking there

Next Game: Repeat

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Public PSA
Smoke off CT and heaven unless you have a harbor wall that lasts exactly 5 seconds

actually the goat

Alireza has been hyped as the only wonderkid who could grow up to compete with him

and he still gets absolutely destroyed

xd rwar

I could see MXS being the most likely option if mada gets poached, I want to say TSM too since she's friends with seven but sym is kinda frying rn.

there's a chance MXS goes for reduxx tho

Like you said, she probably won't join a F/A team for financial reasons, so there's a chance she stays on SR if things don't work out with an org

There's also the issue that orgs are increasingly choosing to sign F/A teams rather than putting together their own rosters; so while she 100% can perform amazingly in tier2, she's most likely, and unfortunately, going to have to take a risk with her career if she wants to move towards it

I'm willing to bet she joins a tier 2 team at the very least, no teams are looking for a duelist in tier 1 and I doubt NRG is gonna take a risk on her when n4rrate, derke, and mada are available

tier 2 duelists she'd have to compete for a spot with:

-sym (maybe)
-koalanoob (maybe
-mada (maybe)
-reduxx

more than enough spots for someone with insane aim like her and who has a diverse duelist pool

The rest of CGN when they join another team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfcrcCldEY

the other 4 players for the past 4 years: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8S7kjO_xJA

tbf it's like the ultimate flex about your IGLing ability to be able to bot frag on phoenix every game and still win ascension.

I can see enghh trying to pick him up or some shit and forcing him to learn a new agent

dude imagine if they ascend and beat heretics or some shit while they run this horrendous comp led by a phoenix one trick

this is what EMEA viewership needs

I NEED TO SEE BENNY IN FRANCHISING

you were just stretching the elo slingshot dw

CONGRATS!!! I knew you could do it :D

Yeah I don't think legality is any basis for morality either.

There's two conclusions that can be drawn from making an argument out of double-standards in lawmaking (assuming his opinion lies in wanting consistent law-making, regardless of whether he agrees with either of their legality on a moral level):

1. Both should be legal,
   or,
2. Neither should be legal.

I hate confident idiots who, despite that kind of hypocritical attitude, go out of their way to present themselves as a beacon of moral righteousness--and especially when their opinions are almost entirely parroted from someone with a slightly more functioning brain than them

However, let it be clear that not everyone thinks all the time and not everyone has the time to think about their opinions.

If people wish to be ignorant and just live their lives, that's also their choice and a completely fair one so long as they don't still try to claim a holier-than-thou attitude without necessary reflection upon themselves and their beliefs