Kadoom

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+T1 will bring in numbers

i think KR actually has higher viewership than ID

Agreed plus DNG should be only Japanese too, they already only got 2 slots, seems a bit unfair for 1 of those teams to be built around a Korean player

i agree that at the end of the day it's about being competitive, but honestly tell me with a straight face that an RRQ with a mixed PH/ID roster will be better than an ONIC+BOOM superteam. i can just see DNG being the next CR as well, language matters a lot imo

Gen.G - have the funds to build a Korean super team but are probably going to build an English speaking
Talon - may not build an entirely Thai roster despite having plenty of talent to choose from
DetonatioN - took up a Japanese slot yet are building a roster around a Korean player
RRQ - large chance that they keep PH players despite being able to work with ID players from both BOOM and ONIC

GE/T1 - importing players from other regions, not awful but gives me mixed feelings

Why can't these orgs just make the right move man. Many of them would have a much larger fanbases (nationalism is big in APAC as we all know) and imo a better team if they just focused on one scene instead of trying to go for all of these mixed rosters.
It just seems like the Pacific orgs are making all the wrong moves.

the chill Brazilians and Chileans are the best

I like NTH a lot, but it really should’ve been Zeta Division here. Having two Korean players on the Japanese team kind of ruins the whole ‘Korea vs Japan’ thing imo, plus Zeta and DRX actually have a fun rivalry

F4Q - ended the VS win streak

Maybe they’ll discover APAC’s Trent

Based on Gen.G’s track record so far, I think you have a solid chance!

Random T3 players, pretty confident that they were signed for the cost of next to nothing just for Talon to get their foot in the door of the Valorant scene

NU weren’t a fluke, they fell off only cause they lost Lakia

<3 Zeka

Why wronski slander and it's English comms so if wronski gets picked up he will have wayy better comms

1. It's not meant to be slander, I actually like Wrosnki, he's just one of the players that you would think of when it comes to an English APAC roster
2. Obviously he would have better comms in English then a player who can't even speak English. That's why I'm saying they should just go for a full Korean roster cause then the comms won't be messed up, instead of meeting halfway with a KR+APAC roster.

At least T1 tried to make a Korean team at the end but Gen.G have always been disappointing

It's not going to work lol, language is too important when it comes to a successful team. Either they build an all SEA/OCE roster that speaks fluent English, which will piss off the Korean fans, or they'll make an EA+SEA roster that will have the worst comms in history

Absolute joke in the scene, imagine if they end up picking Wronski over someone like Meteor

maybe making it out of play-ins strong but I wouldn't bet on them making it out of the group stage

Gen.G are going to get clowned on hard if they end up going SEA/Import and the roster flops

Duelists/Chamber: Meteor, t3xture, Sayaplayer, Bazzi, Foxy
Smokes: Sylvan, TS
Sentinels: k1ng
Initiators: Lakia, eKo, exy, JoXJo
Flex: allow, Suggest
Coach: bail

+xnfri if they end up going with a mixed roster

FNC
EG
DRX
RNG

ONIC already disbanded I thought
I doubt Talon buy the entire XIA roster since they have more talent to work with and sScary was already trying to find a new team after Champions
GE will keep at least 2 SA players in my opinion, especially since they are the 'SA rep'

Do you think that franchising will forfeit the viewership at Masters/Champions in return for higher regional viewership in the leagues? Like say if no JP teams or no LATAM teams are able to qualify through the leagues, won't that drop the viewership at actual big events?

+NYFU, GL

Cerberus dropped their roster already

CR will be there soon but TSM and Order should be removed from the list. TSM said they plan to remain in Valorant for 2023 while Order were actually going to make franchising but financially exploded.

all orgs should be sponsored by hygiene products imo, would improve all esports in general

KRU > NRG
Loud > C9, 100T

Busan or Seoul, personally I prefer Busan

What team are you most hyped to see in each region?

Americas: SEN
EMEA: NAVI
Pacific: T1

I agree, the regional league logos in league look great yet we get stuck with some random fonts, hopefully they are just placeholders

Pacific > EMEA >>> Americas

Whoever decided on the font for the Americas league needs to get fired

Thanks for the support!

1. You guys like to overestimate how bad the Korean scene is, teams like ONS are solid but you guys choose to forget that they were able to beat NTH. Sure DRX owns KR teams but PRX literally does the same to XIA and the rest of the APAC scene.
2. Korea has tons of talent that just happens to not play in the region. You can make some crazy super teams out of the Korean players in NA (Xeta, Saya, Munchkin, Ban) + the Korean players in Japan (Meteor, JoXJo, Foxy9, iNTRO, Medusa, Astell, Suggest, HSK) + the rest of the Korean players on WGS/ONS/DK + k1ng
3. Cry is free

you can have a cookie if they end up signing any English speaking players

Notice of start of recruitment of new members for "VALORANT Champions Tour PACIFIC LEAGUE"
Recruitment hurdles are getting higher, but we are looking forward to applications from players with various talents! (translated)

Where does it say that?

who says they're trying to recruit players outside of Japan?

instead of FPX won a masters event and top4 at champs. Fkin optic/envy who were top 3 at 4/5 international events they played out of 6 events that happened across 2 years.

Results don't mean anything for the twentieth time, think of VCT as the 'pilot' episode and franchising as the main show

JP has an abundance of flex/smoke players cause for some reason all of the Chamber and Duelist players are Korean or Russian imports

I thought it was already leaked that T1 were dropping steel and Thwifo though?

F for Fokus too, hopefully JUGi gets into a franchised team

For the following:
FPX
ACE
OPTIC
XSET
TGrd
CR
DK
XIA
ONIC
BOOM

Oceania
DACH
China
MENA

TSM (L CEO)
G2 (L CEO)

Thanks for the great memories :(

Teams need a good coach to rival DRX. DK had plenty of firepower but could never beat them, so I’d say that isn’t the issue. As for the team, Ssun, Meteor, and Saya’s roles overlap a little too much

I would guess just full Korean teams. BoDork leaked that Gen.G were split between a full KR roster or a mixed KR+APAC roster, but I think they’ll end up going with the former. I doubt players who aren’t Korean but can speak Korean would choose to move to Seoul, so I’d eliminate that as an option as well.

He’s the igl

-ONS are going to fall apart, some players might get signed as individuals
-k1ng is def going to make it on a franchised team
-JoXJo, Meteor, and Bail will all get bought by Gen.G most likely
-T1 and Gen.G are wealthy but they won’t be able to touch DRX players

https://mobile.twitter.com/valyngod/status/1572612240884355074
https://mobile.twitter.com/neT_valorant/status/1572618568440872960

:(

They should grab the core of Meteor, JoXJo, and Xnfri. The other two NTH players are kind of dead weight tbh

T1 look strong and Gen.G will be good if they end up picking up the NTH core (Meteor, JoXJo, xnfri)