whoever got more points in stage 2 entirety
if thats a tie, its head to head
assume from there its who placed higher in vct emea
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whoever got more points in stage 2 entirety
if thats a tie, its head to head
assume from there its who placed higher in vct emea
because thats not how it works
the seeding takes the region final results from the previous event and puts them together regardless of who the team that placed there is
in this case, the order is probably
na1
latam/br1 (latam1)
apac1
emea1
br1
jp1
kr1
na2
apac2
eu2
latam2
eu3
which is probably how we got the groups we have, it kinda? makes more sense since jp1 and kr1 are also against eachother
LFG UWU BACK
2-0 UWU
no one who watches kr scene knows to not have hype for drx we just hope they make it out of groups at the very least after champs
always everyone else thats not apac/kr who wants to overhype drx until the very end
the glowup on meteor, went from playing on a team called i need girlfriend, to making it on tnl, and now qualifying for an international
Bo also agrees that BLD has a much higher chance than PRX to make franchising
Yes, it’s true Riot is the ones giving the money. However, they’re looking for the orgs that are stable and reputable enough in terms of operations.
There’s no doubt Bleed outmatches PRX, as I and other APAC insighters can most likely agree on. Bleed’s founder himself said f0rsaken is paid “pennies” compared to what other players of his caliber get. Benkai also talked about past struggles that the org had financially (back when they were PRX CSGO) and that brings them down in stability/reputability.
In short Riot wants the biggest names who have the most tenure/positive repetoire to themselves. Bleed alone is raising 30 million dollars in investments, does Riot not look at that in a positive light for such a new org? That alone is similar to that of orgs like 100T who are raising 50 million in investment funds, and that’s in a much more stable region
from what i know, heres some changes id make to your list based off what ive been told
S: DRX, DK, ZETA, BLD, TS, XIA (SBXG/KT)
Orgs supporting Val from the beginning/large commitment, reputable names and overall biggest orgs in Asia. Most likely of these are very likely to make it.
+LCK orgs have been approached by Riot in regards to franchising (as is with all League regions likely) and SBX + KT have shown the most interest in Valorant as of now.
A: CR, PSJ, ORDER, EDG, RNG, TLN, IG
Many of these orgs are pretty big in their own right (especially PSJ) but for the most part the reason for them not making it is mostly due to either not being enough slots or some other factors. Most likely of these imo are CR and PSJ, ORDER if OCE is getting a slot. EDG, IG, and RNG are complicated as god knows when China is getting approved for VAL, and who knows what their plan is as of now
A-: BOOM, ONIC, RRQ, NGX
Other massive orgs in their own right but as goes with the A tier teams, it’d be a small chance for them to make it over other preestablished names
B: MITH, DGW, ONS, RIG, other big-name SEA/JP/KR orgs
Low chance already but could have a small chance if they stand out well enough. Highest chance out of these is MITH especially with FPSThailand under their belt
No: X10C, PRX
Anything below this is a no unless some miracle happens. Most notably Paper Rex, who is in a veryyyy very tight situation right now as its a near no chance PRX on their own makes franchising. Would have to take either a buyout (roster/org) or big partnership or even just a miracle acceptance for them to make it. PRX is a small org as much as it hurts to say and theyve faced massive issues in the past with financials etc.
South Asia would also have to take a miracle for them to be accepted. Despite how big orgs are such as S8ul, GE, VLT, etc. the region alone simply isnt developed/stable enough for them to make it. Godlike alone is hurting SA due to their poaching scandal against TSM. Highest likely org to make it out of SA is Orangutan or someone like S8ul etc and to be quite honest there’s no clue whether they have a shot or not.
you can see it in either his face or his play when he starts to overheat, same with rb
true but https://twitter.com/ValorantEsports/status/1515012291229413377?t=PopQhezeG9NBLFRs0rFoeQ&s=19 cant deny hes cute af
drx argency?
masters buenos aires/rio
masters la
champions tokyo
lowkey these would be crazy lan locations for next year
imo a good mix of high viewership, support, playerbase, results is what id consider a major region to be
while we're here do yall think japan is a major region yet or nah?
last time they did everyone got covid
Rb finally turns up and drx win 3-0 vs PRX in finals taking down kru nip xset fnatic loud, prx lose 13-0 13-3 13-2
to think tnl had exy, meteor and bail alongside hate eko fawn and so many other talents
not to mention that gongo prince had kobra luke and joxjo
korea has so much talent
didnt ntk/heat basically carry vk to masters 3 after the sharks loss?
genuine question, ik ntk was dropped for his sexual assault and conviction and im not condoning him as a player or his actions but how would he be on modern vk? genuinely curious and i dont endorse him in the slightest
a maru upset would be fucking insane but its so unlikely i doubt they might even take a map
wix had the game of his fucking life holy WP MARU
while you guys are here, heres a tweet by riot leader of global events when seeing the japanese crowds :) https://twitter.com/tacti_bear/status/1523060403579674627?s=21&t=W7Q53r7b0EbpH4vbGb0chQ
i assume ons approached drx first to loan him out, lakia was set to be benched following, then most likely zest made his comeback official
Korean fans come, today is a sad day.
Today the goat, k1Ng steps down from On Sla2ers for the duration of LCQ and possibly Champions :(
https://twitter.com/k1ngvlrt/status/1540306116357132289?s=21&t=DXTBTPAkvMGGh0j-GdNH_w stay safe king
6 month ban from competitive for boosting another streamer, was moved to streamer division
same with takej
+1 rion is a monster and its a shame he had his “accident” and had to miss m3 + champs because he has definitely been their xfactor
Notable Brazilian organization Gamelanders has made the choice to bench its current male roster after falling out of the 2022 VCT season.
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After bombing out in Stage 2 of the Brazilian VCT Challengers circuit 0–4 with a revamped roster, Gamelanders Blue has decided to bench its active roster; the org announced today on Twitter.
Their tough losses come from a string of tough defeats against several Brazilian teams in Stage 2, including FURIA, Los Grandes, and Stars Horizon; even slightly missing a chance to take a map off Brazilian superteam LOUD. Stage 1 also included close losses for the roster.
The current standing roster had been together for since January of 2022, coming mostly from the ex-Stars Horizon roster, with the exception of one player in Brinks who joined in May. Long-standing player in Guilherme “Nyang” Coelho had even stuck under the Gamelanders name for 2 years prior to the announcement.
In the given Twitlonger, Gamelanders stated that following their losses in VCT: Brazil, which ultimately caused the org to miss out on the Last Chance Qualifiers; they have decided to bench their current roster in potential search of a new way to structure the team. The org also stated that the current players are up for negotiation if one were to buy them out.
Prior to the benching, the Gamelanders Blue roster was;
yes, and they were banned from competing under raise your edge for it until they “switched” to acend (its just rye but a different name)
gaimin is a supported crypto/nft org sadly, and theyre relatively small so i dont see it
George said that KR and JP are getting 2 slots each atleast
imo, i believe itd be DRX, LSB/DK/other big korean org, ZETA, CR/Riddle/other big japanese org just out of Korea & Japan alone
in APAC; the only other guaranteed APAC based org I can see is Bleed and maybe someone like PSJ?
Your points are all valid indeed and I understand the point you're coming from, especially with MITH & FPSThailand. To be quite honest, I feel as if it could be split between XIA/MITH for the partnership spot + MITH having more to their name than an org like XIA. However, I think XIA is also hoping to accomplish similar feats to this in the months to come as they (hopefully) know MITH's resume looks better to Riot than them. That's where I think the acquisition & the ambitions come into play, as considering the purpose of it was to "go all in on esports" is most likely to appeal better to Riot
This wasn't mentioned but in the same interview with the OTO CEO, just this year they want to start 5 more teams for XIA in other esports brands, which I think will do wonders if they can continue scouting teams with the ability of their Val team. I dont want to make it seem as if I'm invalidating your point because they do make sense but I believe that in this offseason, XIA will do more to appeal their name over other APAC brands
Also the headline kinda had to be a bit clickbaity as that gets the impressions & clicks LMAOAOAO
thank you, i understand the points youve made and ill try to elaborate more on some stuff
just to address your second point for future clarity, results in valorant dont matter if you have a big enough fanbase, acend is 100% not making it due to their gambling affiliation alone despite winning champions
would you like to elaborate just so i know? would like to improve on this in any way
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Hello! This will be a series of articles in which I discuss the organizations that are most likely to make it into VALORANT franchising and why. This first article will be on XERXIA Esports, a notable org in the Thai ecosystem that recently rose to fame.
VALORANT’s franchising system has a variety of factors that help to show whether an organization is capable of partnership, in Riot’s eyes. While the specifics are unknown, XERXIA ticks off some factors that could sway themselves in their favor, most notably the following; stability, fame, money/financials, and commitment. Each point will be addressed in detail.
A TLDR can be found at the bottom of this article if you’d like to see a shortened version of the points discussed. Please note that this article is also just pure opinion, nothing has been said about who’s formally being accepted as of yet!
Background
XERXIA Esports is a Thai organization that originally began its esports venture by starting with a PUBG roster, founding around October of 2021.
The org, however, did not find much of its fame within PUBG; but broke out into fame after signing the ex-X10 CRIT roster that had split with its initial org following the 2021 VALORANT Champions tournament in January.
Since then, XERXIA have became a household name in the Thai VALORANT scene since their entrance into the scene.
Money, Financials, & Stability
The most important thing an esports organization can have is money. Especially in a homegrown APAC organization; money and stable financials have plagued Asian esports negatively for as long as can be, with various issues stemming in teams due to issues with money.
Although XERXIA themselves was recently struggling with financial issues themselves after a middling PUBG roster could not find success; their breakout in the VCT led to a recent undertaking by Thai company One To One Contact, in a massive deal that had not been seen yet in the Thai esports scene.
One To One Contact, a subdivision of Thai company Samart Comporation; bought out XERXIA Esports for a whopping 3 million USD just 2 weeks ago.
Samart on their own is a company dating back to the 1950s; focusing primarily on electronics and telecommunications and is also a public company on the Thai Stock Exchange, with a whopping recent 46 million USD, or 1.64 billion THB valuation in their most recent quarterly.
For comparison; this is more than the recent quarterly of Luminosity owners Enthusiast Gaming, by about $10 million USD.
Regardless of these valuations, with the support of a much larger and much older company in Samart & OTO; XERXIA now has new waves of funding to its name that it previously struggled to obtain, which helps to show that XERXIA has the money to support a long-term esports project, and with a larger parent company behind their name, they can also keep the XERXIA subdivision functioning for years on end with a lower chance of instability compared to other APAC esport organizations.
Commitment
Commitment is also a heavy factor in the potential of an org making it into franchising, in the eyes of Riot.
The recent XERXIA acquisition also makes sure of this factor too. In an interview conducted with OTO regarding the buyout, their CEO said this quote regarding what they will do in the esports space, and how committed they are to it.
“The company moves forward to being a tech company, ready to go into esports in full. [We’re] confident that this operation will expand the revenue base in the future…nationally & internationally, like other world-class teams. The team’s market value will be no less than 200–500 million US dollars [by 2025.] This will create an exponential growth…supporting the company’s performance.,” said by their CEO.
In this sense, the CEO says that he wants to go all into esports operations; to the point where XERXIA will gain a value of anywhere between $200–500 million USD by just 2025, and no less than $200 million in another part of the interview.
Just in comparison to this chart; if the CEO’s ambitions become true then at the very least XERXIA will be competing with T1 & Gen.G for the highest valued Asian-based esports org within the next 3 years.
While it’s also safe to say that the hopes are very a very ambitious undertaking, it shows how committed an org like XERXIA will be just in the general esports scene alone.
It’s also expected that the VALORANT operations will be ramped up heavily too, as OTO’s acquisition came about mostly by XERXIA’s dominance in VALORANT. In addition, XERXIA’s vision of taking on unknown, young & fresh talent such as in new star player Thanachart “Surf” Rungapajaratkul will show how the org is interested to nurture and support the upcoming players in the scene.
Fame & Fanbase
Another two important factors when it comes to hopes of making franchising; Riot also primarily wants those who will attract as much attention to their upcoming continental leagues as possible. XERXIA, however; also boasts a massive fanbase to their name.
The initial X10 CRIT roster on its own already held a rising fanbase too, at the helm of players such as ex-member Patiphan and foxz, just to name a few. The signing under XERXIA also helped to only boost their name even more, with XERXIA now being a much bigger org in the Thai space, their fanbase also exponentially boomed too.
Primarily based off an already rising Thai community in VALORANT following the run of Thai representatives X10 & FULL SENSE in the VALORANT Champions event. Ever since, Thailand has been a growing market for the game; and teams to represent the country such as XERXIA help to do so.
Take a look at SuperBusS for example, a substitute-now streamer for FULL SENSE who saw a huge spike in growth on Twitch as the 2022 VCT season began to kick off in Asian regions such as Thailand.
SuperBusS is only one of many Thai streamers who saw a spike in growth during 2022. Other Thai personalities also saw this steady growth, including the entirety of the XERXIA roster.
In addition, XERXIA in particular gave higher viewership & views to anyone who had covered their games during the 2022 season. Just in Stage 1 of APAC Playoffs, all 5 most viewed games were from Thai teams, with the top 3 all coming from XERXIA alone.
This viewer support also carries over from one platform to another, including Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook primarily. Yet, XERXIA’s fanbase has continued its steady growth as both an organization and as individuals under their VALORANT roster.
While not as big in social media presence compared to other Thai orgs such as Made in Thailand; for the org’s recency into relevance it’s still nothing to scoff at as the org still continues its trend of upward growth; culminating from a strong community & popular figures.
Conclusion
As this article concludes, or if you wanted a short summary of how XERXIA in particular will make VCT’s franchising in APAC, here’s why: XERXIA’s combination of a large, and still growing fanbase with large amounts of support combined with a recent heavy investor in their operations who have since acquired the organization for a hefty sum, helps to check off XERXIA in regards of fame, stability, and funding necessary to support their chances of making the VALORANT partnership program, as XERXIA’s commitment to both VALORANT and general esports continue on.
VALORANT community fan-favorite team, F4Q; disbands once more as their VCT chances come to a close.
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F4Q, a fan favorite team across the VALORANT community has disbanded once more, despite no public announcement being made as of yet.
Originally known for their king slayer title against the 102-game undefeated Vision Strikers, F4Q exploded onto the scene in Masters 3; who gained the reputation of a team of amateurs and streamers looking to make it against the likes of G2 and Sentinels.
A bomb out in both Masters 3: Berlin and the 2021 APAC LCQ led to the then-sponsorless F4Q to disband its current roster; keeping only fiveK at the helm leading into the 2022 season.
Heading into stage 2 of 2022; F4Q returned to the Korean VCT under the name GCA F4Q, representing its sponsor; Game Coach Academy, or Element Mystic, carrying new upcoming talent in the Korean scene such as loaned DRX trainee and content creator BeYN and GOLD.
Unfortunately, fiveK and his teammates could not lead the team to previous successes in the region; losing to Lone Way E-Sports in the final round of the closed qualifier to ultimately lose their chance at making the 2022 VCT season.
Since then, GCA has backed out of the F4Q project and once again, the roster has decided to part ways. It is unknown whether fiveK wants to continue his vision for F4Q to function as a Korean talent scouting team, as he is once again left with no sponsor to the project.
Whether this happens will also have to be decided during the post-Champions season, where new third party tournaments will emerge. This gives the chance for F4Q continue on as an amateur team once again or play under a sponsor’s support.
Before disbanding, GCA F4Q’s roster was:
Yoo “fiveK” Sung-min (유성민)
Kang “BeYN” Ha-bin (강하빈)
Ahn “Hermes” Byeong-wook (안병욱)
Estrella
Geum “GOLD” Chang-wan (금창완)
banger match, lcq decider
maru 2-0 #MARUWIN
bro shouldve went for bleed they were offering a million dollars for him bro
definitely but im hoping ons either put k1ng on chamber duty or get a dedicated chamber after zunba leaves and move roles around
the fact on sla2ers made it this far untested without a dedicated chamber player is unbelievable, moothie drop is a massive mistake
ggwp damwon finally proving what youre made of :)
ah really, do you mind passing a source if you can?
The South Asian duo has reportedly been dropped from the Indian-based org as they attempt to make a focus to move to Southeast Asia.
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According to sources, Prabhdeep “Ghost” Bhatia and Mustafa “shooteR” Kamal have been dropped from the Orangutan roster. This comes after a narrow loss in the Skyesports Champion Series to both Enigma Gaming and Global Esports to miss out on the APAC Challengers Playoffs.
Suffering narrow losses, Orangutan missed out their chance to make it to APAC on their VCT debut.
In the case of shooteR, his release from the org is cited primarily on blaring visa issues from his home county of Pakistan; making it difficult for him to travel to LANs or bootcamps with his team.
Meanwhile, Ghost will be pursuing his future in the United States for his studies; with a similar fate as former Team Exploit player Areeb “Storax” Rehman.
This leaves Indian player Vibhor “Vibhor” Vaid as the last remaining South Asian player on the active roster, with the org looking to move to the Southeast Asian ecosystem as the VALORANT franchising partnership looms closer to its arrival.
Taking the place of the two players will be Singaporean Felipe “Skye” Lim and Malaysian Arsyad “aduka” Sazali. For Skye, this is his second venture into playing under a South Asian organization; playing for Galaxy Esports before the team’s split from the org during the most recent MY/SG challengers.
Aduka comes from Malaysian organization Todak, a notable org especially in Mobile Legends alongside having a VALORANT title in the First Strike: MY/SG tournament. He is also a former CS:GO player in addition to his time in VALORANT.
Another potential candidate for the team was Korean player Jung “RyZzi” Ki-jin, who last played for free agent team Desperado in Stage 1 of the Korean VCT.
Seeking to be the first major team in the APAC scene to have 5 players from 5 different countries, the new rumored Orangutan roster is:
🇮🇳 Vibhor “Vibhor” Vaid
🇵🇭 Jon Michael “tesseract” Piga
🇰🇷 Yang “Persia” Zi-on
🇲🇾 Arsyad “aduka” Sazali
🇸🇬 Felipe “Skye” Lim
secret 2-1 fancy we get a banger ph vs viet match just like baam v bren
gov on duelist is a massive W
forgot this one
You guys remember what I said here? https://www.vlr.gg/61081/mwzera-appreciation-thread
"If RIOT by any means decides to nerf jett and shift the meta we prolly not gonna even hear names like cned and tenz again :>"
LETS F***** GOOOOOOOO!
heat? not good with raze
aspas? not good with raze
tenz? not good with raze
cned? not good with raze
scream? not good with raze
d3ffo? not good with raze
f0rsaken? not good with raze
Rb? not good with raze
yay? not good with raze
sayaplayer? not good with raze
mwzera will destroy everyone
PREPARE TO GET REKT IN MASTERS 2!
was climbing at a high pace around last week, was able to play in full gold lobbies + plats as a silver and performed p well, then i played 5 stack for a day with my lower elo friends and lost a few games and now im stuck winning and losing in half gold half silver games
solo queuer, but how do i get my mmr back up? consistently around top frag for team as full entry duelist
Skrossi will shock everyone
There's no way GE can lose to Griffin. Griffin has no experience even if they did it's simply not enough if they're going up against the caliber of GE, who has been one of the top dogs of apac for 2 years, they're veterans.
We all know that GE far surpasses Griffin's individual skills. it's the team work and communication that they're lacking but I fully trust that they already ironed all the issues out to close this game with a clean 2-0
Korea’s world-renowned VALORANT organization, DRX VS; is now looking to cement another FPS legacy, this time in the VCT: Game Changers ecosystem.
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With the announcement of the end of the year VCT Game Changers Championship, held offline in Berlin, Germany; Korean organization DRX is now looking to sign a female roster to compete in Game Changers, sources say.
As of yet, there have been no public announcements by the org regarding possible members of the rumored female squad. It is likely that the roster will have its official roster set as Game Changers qualifiers kick off for East Asia; taking place this summer. It is most likely that DRX Female will be looking to compete within Korea and host a Korean roster, much like its other operations outside of VALORANT.
Heading into summer qualifiers, the Korean teams including DRX Female competing to qualify for the November LAN will also have to face off against Japanese competition in order to take the allocated 1 spot for East Asia.
In addition to DRX, other Korean organizations are also looking to sign female squads to finally have a chance to take the spotlight in the region away from the dominance of the DRX brand and represent East Asia internationally.
One of the most notable organizations that are also looking into female teams is Japanese organization ZETA DIVISION; who recently publicly announced their ongoing recruitment of female Japanese players.
Besides the 1 slot for East Asia, the other 7 slots will be separated between Brazil, LATAM, and APAC, who are all given 1 slot each; alongside EMEA and North America who take the last 4 spots, with 2 teams able to qualify each respectively, as per Riot Games.
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