confirmed 1 korea

im aware it was a rumor, but it still feels weird
the only real upgrade from esperanza would be lakia and possibly 10x, unless they really want to find new amateurs?

did the damwon kia-esperanza trial fall through? interesting to see him not picked up

no, it was confirmed leviatan is invited

Taken from VCT posts in respective regions and assumed regions are using Brazil’s idea of Masters representation

EMEA:

• Acend
• Gambit
• Team Liquid
• Fnatic

NA:
Unknown, but assumed:

• Sentinels
• Envy
• 100 Thieves
• Cloud9
• Version1(?)
• Faze (?)

Brazil:

• Team Vikings
• Vivo Keyd
• Sharks
• Havan Liberty
• FURIA
• Gamelanders

Latin America

• KRU
• Leviatan (Australs)
• Infinity Esports
• Six Karma

Korea

• Vision Strikers
• Damwon Kia (?)
• Nuturn (?)
• Unknown, presumably rebuilt-F4Q or TNL

Japan
Unknown, but presumably:

• Crazy Raccoon
• Zeta Division
• Reject (?)
• Fennel/Northeption (?)

Southeast Asia:
Unknown, but presumably:

• Team Secret
• X10
• Paper Rex
• Full Sense

it doesnt matter really because the oxygen turkey team is the one competing in the vct
also reduxx is 14

as dumb as this is dasnerth did say hes been contracted a few days ago

dasnerth official???

argentianian caster for lvp, turns out the rumor is false and hes speaking off his opinion

no, the turkey team is competing in the vct
this team can still participate in nsg, t2/t3s, etc

fixed, thanks :)

As what we know how, heres a list of Champions roster changes:
I will update this as new info is rumored
Acend - Keeping roster, cNed renegotiating contract
Gambit - Keeping roster
Team Liquid - Keeping roster
KRU - Keeping roster, delz1k re-signing
Fnatic - Keeping roster, Doma set to leave
X10 - Unknown, Patiphan set to leave
Team Secret - Keeping roster
Cloud9 - Keeping roster
Envy - Keeping roster, Victor & sinatraa rumor confirmed false
Vision Strikers - Unknown, likely keeping roster
Sentinels - Keeping roster, Rawkus unknown
Team Vikings - Changes to be made, Suetcas & Sacy F/As, all players choosing contracts
Vivo Keyd - Unknown, NTK released & mwzera back to Gamelanders
Furia - Unknown
Crazy Raccoon - Unknown
Full Sense - Unknown, looking for new coach

theyre all handled by different parties which is why the formats are so different in each region

rng wanted to join when val releases
suning, tyloo used to have teams, invictus, edg, weibo, totoro, tales of eastern are the most notable current chinese val teams

basically, its following the format of 2021 worlds

i was bored and saw a post about champions having play-ins, so i decided to make my own scenario, feel free to make your own too with these teams :)
Qualifying teams:

• 100 Thieves
• G2
• Sharks
• ZETA Division
• NUTURN
• Paper Rex
• Six Karma
• ORDER (Oceania Tour)
• Global Esports (VCC)
• Anubis Gaming (Strike Arabia)

Group A:

• 100 Thieves
• NUTURN
• ZETA Division
• Anubis
• Six Karma
  Group B:
• G2
• Sharks
• Paper Rex
• Global Esports
• ORDER

100 Thieves & G2 qualify to group stage, Global Esports and Anubis are knocked out

• Six Karma beat ZETA, Sharks beat Order
• Paper Rex beat Six Karma, NUTURN beat Sharks
  Paper Rex & NUTURN qualify to group stage

Assuming the draw remains the same, the play-in teams will play in:

• Paper Rex to Group D
• NUTURN to Group B
• 100 Thieves to Group A
• G2 to Group B

they can have two teams, but only one can participate in vct unless theyre a game changers team

thank you for all the support :)

i doubt vision strikers will change their roster, this is their first experience with not setting the tempo of the game which can be seen comparing fnc vs and acend vs, and this gives them experience that asia doesnt give to better compete with the top of na/eu

nope, just doing this for fun

This edition will only cover news from the Champions timeframe (11/25 ~ 12/12), enjoy :)
Champions

• SEA/TH: X10 CRIT finish 6th in a 1-2 against Gambit
• SEA/PHP: Team Secret finish 8th in a 0-2 against Acend
• KR: Vision Strikers finish 9th in a 1-2 against Cloud9
• SEA/TH: FULL SENSE finish 14th in a 0-2 against Cloud9
• JP: Crazy Raccoon finish 16th in a 0-2 against Team Secret
• SEA/TH: Patiphan has announced that Champions will be his last tournament

Tournaments:

• SEA: The SEA Esports Championship qualifiers are currently underway, at the moment 8 teams qualifying from 4/8 SEA nations
• SA/SEA: The Bleed eSports Christmas Showdown will start soon, with 16 teams in a qualifier to compete
• SA: The Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup has started, with 4 invited teams
• SA: LogitechG x Loco Invitational is currently underway, with 16 invited teams
• SA: The Esports Club Gauntlet Season 3 has had its teams finalized, most notable teams being Velocity and Team XO
• JP: The LIMITZ showmatch tournament will start on the 18th, with teams forming from invited players
• MENA: The Persian Radiant League 2022 is currently undergoing its qualifying Group Stage

Southeast Asia:

• TH: FULL SENSE is looking for a new coach from Korea or Southeast Asia
• PHP: Symbol has joined SV Empire
• PHP: Fluffy and Wild0reoo have joined Oasis Gaming
• PHP: ZesBeeW has been confirmed to Nigma Galaxy
• SG/MY: Louvre has disbanded
• SG/MY: Chrysania has left Bleed eSports and has announced a break, FrostyZ and JarpiX also leave Bleed
• SG/MY: Deryeon, Jenne, and Juicy all join Bleed eSports, with Juicy on loan
• IDN: Famouz has left Bigetron Astro
• IDN: Rex Rexum Qeon is looking to release its Indonesian roster and instead sign a Filipino or Thai roster

Japan:

• Seoldam and Astell have left NORTHEPTION
• Suggest has joined DetonatioN Gaming White
• Shuzz has left Hexad
• Ten and SugarZ3ro have switched from Northeption to ZETA Division
• Makiba has been placed as inactive on ZETA Division, with Dep transferring to Reject
• Barce has moved to a streamer position on ZETA Division
• Dep has transferred from Reject to ZETA Division
• Crest Gaming has signed a roster
• IGZIST has signed a roster
• POPCORN has joined X DIVISION Gaming

Korea:

• SeliG has left TNL Esports
• Peri and Jaemin have left NUTURN
• BBQ Olivers/Esports Connected, an LCK org, is currently recruiting players for VCT 2022

South Asia:

• Shinobi has left Global Esports
• yb has joined Enigma Gaming as a coach

China/Far East:

• erkaSt, a Mongol CS:GO star, has switched to Valorant and has signed with Cloud9 Academy

Onur has said as much as he would want to do bootcamps, due to LATAM playoffs being on lan + being in every international event, the amount of flytime they have tires out the whole team so they dont want to bootcamp

a surprisingly popular esport in korea

Hello, after seeing Noyn’s post i wanted to make my own post about the future of Valorant Korea heading into 2022 with what I currently know and have heard from other koreans :)

Confirmed (or almost) teams:
Warriors Esports (R6)
TNL Esports
GoNGo Prince (LCK/PUBG)
Straight Warfare
BBQ Olivers/Esports Connected (LCK)
Lunatic-hai (OW)
TUBEPLE Gaming (Kart Rider)
Spear Gaming (LCK)
Goma
Gehenna (CS)
Alpha Six Gaming
(?) Nuturn
DAMWON Kia
World Game Star
Vision Strikers

Rumored:
Talon (OW/LCK)
Solaris (OW)
SGA Esports (R6)
Ghibli Esports (PUBG)
ATA Esports (PUBG)
Element Mystic (OW)

The only rosters I am aware of is Spear trialing their ShotVal roster and Esperanza to Damwon and replacing Eugene as well as a rebuild, with Tubeple also working to finish their roster. TNL is looking for a fifth following SeliG leaving the team. The future of Nuturn is currently unknown. OW players are starting to switch too, with Xzi expressing interest if salaries were better

TS ban Breeze, ACE ban Icebox, TS pick Haven, ACE pick Bind, TS ban Fracture, ACE ban Ascent, Split is decider
TS 2-1

aguero confirmed latam is getting another spot next year anyway

VS bringing new improvement to SEA/JP in scrims at first, SEA bringing VS strategy to the countries in the region for themselves to build off and dominating internationally now
2022 will be Asia's year in FPS, watch :)

Top-weighted:
S: EMEA
A: NA
B: SEA, KR, LATAM
C: BR
C-: JP

Overall:
S: EMEA
A: NA, SEA
B: KR, LATAM
C: BR, JP

excited for dk next year with esperanza, t3xture, and intro as a core
also ive heard some things about the new orgs joining korea, all ill say is that its hype :)

good game and nice try vs, hope this loss helps for the future
good learning experience here in champions, lets hope for better next year for vs and korea as a region
well played c9, good luck in playoffs :)
lets root for our asian friends, gl secret and x10!

stax is the oldest at 21, they have up to 7 years more until military

no, because this shows them their weaknesses and what needs to be changed, which they never really get in asia
all 6 players are solid, unless vs gets a big buyout or someone falls off massively i dont see any changes

https://twitter.com/KRUesports/status/1467990726323671043/photo/1https://twitter.com/KRUesports/status/1467990726323671043/photo/1

Acend vs. TS/VKS
Team Liquid vs. C9/VS

Gambit vs. NV/X10C
Fnatic vs. KRU

how bad is ping from colombia to las servers? i think xander might be a good replacement if ping isnt that bad
sad for nagz though :(

the biggest problem with lakia is that he just hasnt played enough lately to keep him up there, post reykjavik definitely but hes played sova three or four times since masters 2, hes good yes but doesnt get much chance to shine anymore

in terms of utility jessievash is highly underrated imo
his dart lineups are really effective, and aim wise he showed up throughout the tournament
not sure if hes top 5 caliber but i think hes up there :)

ping issues probably with lan to las/br is why lan and las are different, ive heard people from amazon area get 70ish ping on br servers? so lan playing with all of sa will definitely put some trouble

k1ng crumbled under the pressure especially on map 3, its nothing to get too mad at him for especially since it was one match
against other international teams, k1ng played fairly well even if his kd didnt show otherwise

also there's 2 years of synergy with k1ng, rb, and stax which i doubt they want to break + there's no top level replacements unless they want to buy out hate

that already existed kinda but theres no reason to when korea has had one major non vct tournament this year

he's currently still on medical leave but is he even a core of the roster anymore, as much i hate to say it?
rb and lakia play his role, stax plays sage for him, k1ng has already shown he can flex to viper, so what would vs plan to do with zest moving forward?

the thing is, buzz already knows so much about the in workings of vs, i dont think theyd let him go so easily
buzz is a good player but who else is there in korea to be a star jett? solo's conditioning for hyeoni didnt look impressive, i doubt dk will let t3xture go, how much would the seoldam contract even have to be?

on fracture k1ng was definitely not playing as good, but looking at it why go for kay/o on icebox over kj and sage? unless rb was looking to play killjoy too on icebox

i feel like the kay/o pick was very off, i dont think the k1ng bench was worth it
put stax back on sage, -rb and +lakia +king?

painful game :(
very close, couldve gone vs' way easily on map 1 but gg fnatic, well deserved

here’s the full rundown:
lakia ended his contract with nuturn after reykjavik, lakia chose not to renew it (this was after vs rebuild)
lakia approached vs to join them, vs management agreed and told the team about it
there was no poaching

please stop spreading this narrative, its not true

prx or rebuilt dwg, new zeta might be up there too
from what ive heard from lots of koreans, dwg -eugene -secret +esperanza

interesting, vs has said they felt their breeze was behind during berlin
nice to see their changes tho :)

not sure honestly, it looks like on haven they were playing more to their teamwork fundamentals like they did against acend

cant watch the game but does it look like vs was sandbagging again like the prx game?

i see k1ng playing haven, ascent, split/bind, icebox
lakia could be fracture, split, bind, breeze