Breeze has got to be the most boring map in the game

NA: NRG
EMEA: Liquid
APAC: ONIC
SA: KRU, Furia
EA: DK

Come back to this when I go 6/6

I could care less about viewership, but I want Sentinels and BBL to do well just for the hype. The storyline of seeing Sentinels back in form and BBL in Istanbul would be nuts.

And you just had to make it about regions

I gotcha! :)

Schalke were in the LEC for a while

https://twitter.com/frsvalo/status/1554540682429300736

What are the odds that we get a partnership like this one? https://liquipedia.net/dota2/AS_Monaco_Gambit

X10 aren't making franchising in a million years, they are a small org who don't pay their players

Does anyone know if Imperial is popular in CS for the players they signed, like FalleN, or is it the org itself that is popular?

Bump!

takej needs to pick it up and regain his Zeta form or else the team is going no where. The only agent he can consistently play at a tier one level is Reyna, who isn’t a great pick in this meta. Anthem seems promising though, I’m excited to see him play

You’re not looking at other platforms plus I think close to half of the APAC viewership comes solely from Thailand

I've never been more sure of anything my entire life

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/18ecddf3
Order to Istanbul #MakeMagic

you gotta win first

North Sydney, it was near the water

I’ve been to Sydney before, does that count?

winner gets a hug!

come join my East Asia LCQ group :)))

Code: 4a56d9da

I wish there were more tournaments like this one

this'll be the first time we get to see CN play internationally since early 2021

I swear if Lakia somehow doesn't get to play

No way FaZe make it, I'd replace them with TGrd or EG

ONS vs EDG and DWG vs CR will be insane

Does a Griffin count?

Looks like FPX, Guild, M3C, and Acend are about to be picked apart for players

KOI or Heretics would’ve made more sense in my opinion, but it is what it is. Heretics have been making moves recently and KOI has a massive audience, so you can see why Riot would want to include them

Queso are only established when it comes to mobile games and they definitely couldn’t afford an LEC slot like Heretics

The Order match is the most interesting one of the day cause the next two matches should realistically go to BOOM and AE

that’s not the final list, only 10-12 of those teams will be chosen

D:<

Dude why has Riot given so little info about the East Asia
LCQ. Every LCQ’s bracket has been revealed for days now yet we know absolutely nothing about EA. The APAC LCQ is literally going to start before they reveal the damn bracket

not a lot of people are sleeping on EDG, lots of people already believe they will do well

what do you mean OG got franchised? the only game they're even partnered in is CS

Maru fluked against ONS and DWG imo

I've got no clue to be honest, you should ask Seulgi instead. Personally, I think T1 are one of those orgs guaranteed franchising no matter what (G2/FPX/T1), it just depends whether or not they get their preferred region. If they get denied from NA, expect to see them in KR, since I think there's a high chance they get forced to move.

You were my favorite user 🫡

I’d like to see it happen but Liquid are the TR slayers D:
Seeing BBL in Istanbul would be cool though

I don’t think that’s really true. Sure those regions would get a bit of a boost but a lot of viewers come specifically to watch KR Valorant. I don’t think OCE or SG/MY would attract as many foreigners.

https://escharts.com/tournaments/valorant/skyesports-championship-series

Yes…? What do you want me to say, that the source is wrong?

https://escharts.com/tournaments/valorant/vct-2022-korea-stage-2-challengers
you’re only looking at one stream

It’ll be tough for them since they’re up against KOI and Heretics for the slot/s.

let’s see if you’re right

Was there any rumor about this in the past or is this just a crazy guess?

makes sense, I was surprised at how low it was this stage

1. JP - 112k, 292k (Average, Peak)
2. TH - 16k, 54k
3. KR - 14k, 38k
4. SA - 8k, 28k
5. PH - 7k, 26k
6. ID - 7k, 16k
7. MY/SG - 4k, 24k
8. VN - 2k, 8k
9. HK/TW - 1k, 4k
10. OCE - 723, 1.5k
11. CN - N/A

If you look at the viewership from stage 2 VCTs, the three largest regions in terms of viewership are currently are JP, TH, and KR. If I were Riot, these would be the three regions I'd try to prioritize as the 'biggest communities'. I think the best way Riot could split the slots is doing 6/6, half for KR/JP/CN and the other half for APAC/OCE/SA

I like the changes, they remove all the frauds crutching on Chamber in both ranked and pro play. I think DRX will do fine in a Chamber free meta since they tend to have trouble with players having insane individual performances, which was amplified quite a bit on an agent like Chamber.

Why didn't Complexity ever let their own team play there? 😭

I better see your support next team these guys play