ESL has a massive presence in Thailand. Heck, Challengers Thailand was organized by ESL Thailand. No wonder, huh? Most Thai teams are used or if not aware of the process at ESL anyway.

Nah, I'd say equal. Don't underestimate RRQ's new six-man core. 3 internationally proven players with 3 underrated PH players.

They can't. There's no Challengers for China.

Kan ada sistem pake quotes ya

Told you.

Honestly, some of us are not. We're mad at the management mishandling players, not the players themselves.

3 orang dari roster Champions + 2 yang udh antara kaliber Challengers APAC Playoffs atau udh top indo sih pasti bisa lah seharusnya, toh Bleed juga di was-wasin sm ONIC dan BOOM ini pas LCQ kemaren

Kalau masih mau kritik manajemennya monggo, tapi ini enam orang cukup jago-jago lah kalau mau compete nanti pas kickoff sm liga Pasifiknya nanti. Corenya jg bagus, pemainnya udh proven.

Tinggal manajemen sm eksekutifnya mau tetep plinplan atau gimana

Thunder/Murderdome was fun

Persija? Please. They didn't stand a chance.

Makanya gw punya harapan buat RRQ sekarang

As much as it saddens me per the management's handling of the roster, the six-man core stands a much better chance. The ID core is insane and the PH players are very, very solid considering their worth. 2ge is underrated (rip Pirates.)

Lore and character is an understated thing, especially in a competitive shooter. Riot cares about both. While most of us probably don't give two shits about them, there are other who does, and there are a group of people that overlap each sides.

Why not? After all, people spend a lot of time with these agents. Marinate themselves in them, "main" them, adore them. Plus, Isn't your framing uses the very existence of inherent subjectiveness in "naming" something as a shield from possible criticisms of shallowness?

In a game where lore takes a backseat to core gameplay but makes such an impactful progrese to the overall development, it does seem that from time-to-time, we do get attached. But do trust me and others that sometimes, a name isn't the end of the world. I mean, people where furious when "Deadeye" turned out to be "Chamber" but were fine or accept it like, months after.

Mind sharing the twitter post? I'd appreciate it. :)

I forgot what post it is so you need to find it. But the characterization of Harbor? It's from the devs themselves.

Not really. Not every Agent needs a name that's too deep. Sometimes, it gives a background to their character, or an ability. Sometimes it could be a quixk passover.

I read a Twitter post the other day about their interpretation of Harbor: the first sight you see after travelling on sea. Welcoming, like how Harbor is character-wise. He's described as a 'big brother' type; confident in his actions and character.

In the end, it's up on our own interpretation. Because as much as Riot OOC gives their name, in character? There's always a reason behind it.

Also this is the bedrock/grassroots level of the new VCT season.

APAC counts for 8 subregions, mostly nationality based. It has been the case since the original SEA Challengers in 2021 and continued in 2022 with the addition of South Asia and Oceania.

Actually APAC Challengers does have a home region rule (3 players from the same region.) That's literally what had separated us from EMEA Challengers prior to 2023.

I honestly think Riot is emulating the ERLs from League.

ERLs in League of Legends:

Balkans
France
DACH
Poland
Spain
Northern Europe (UK/Nordics)
Baltic
Belgium
Netherlands
Czechia and Slovakia
Greece
Italy
Portugal

Compare it to what we have so far:

France and Benelux
Spain
Italy
Portugal
DACH
Northern Europe
Eastern Europe
Turkey
MENA

It's playing population, not actual population.

Yes.

Cohesion? Timeframe? First official match with the team? Could have so many reasons.

Honestly I don't know about Mongolia. North Korea? You wish.

Estonia, Latvia, Balkans, and some parts of CIS will be regrouped to Valorant Challengers East: Surge.

Oceania will have their own Challengers for 2023.

The game isn't approved in China. Trust me, once the game is approved, Riot will take care of them.

It's really fun! It's their style and Thai announcements vids are like thay

School

it's uhh rip

Off stream

pfft biasa

"qualifier bruh, learn to read you mobile (gaming) kid"

February

Repost

If you read the tweet posted by ZETA then, you would've known. At that time, ZETA was actively searching for a sixth. Reita was transferred over to REJECT on a one-year deal, and the announcement served as a mention of his contract expiring, and ZETA announcing his status soon within the team.

50:50 he might not

If you read the tweet posted by ZETA then, you would've known. At that time, ZETA was actively searching for a sixth. Reita was transferred over to REJECT on a one-year deal, and the announcement served as a mention of his contract expiring, and ZETA announcing his status soon within the team.

Waiting for the game released in China.

DTN is DetoNator, a different JP org. DFM is DetonatioN FocusMe, their LoL division. DNG is their stereotypical tag.

Read the actual Tweet.

Technically we do have VCT right now

I wondered what happened to famouz. Berserx/blaze/severine/famouz/nakya would be serviceable

Pretty sure I haven't seen bnTeT even going close to Valorant. Are you like... trolling us? Are you trying too hard?

Yep, most likely

Cigarette is a big Thai streamer, comparable to BOOMBURAPA and SuperBusS.

Chill

It's timely. It's rare that we got an article so late more than 48 hours or so after release. It's not an internet explorer moment. We have processes.

Lakia wouldn't really meshed with the lineup.

They didn't. Enigma made it in Qualifier 1.

So this is just an automated response because besides LF and Rossi, the rest of the Indian roster is classified as substitutes. I'll change it for this match.

There's a reason why 3/4th of OWL are filled with Koreans. The game was super popular. Before OWL, the biggest tournament was held WHERE CHALLENGERS KR IS RIGHT NOW. They have history.

Both have audiences. Both have different play styles. Shut up. Nobody will miss you. Anyone can enjoy both.

China is big enough for their own market and league. There'a a reason why League has a separate franchised circuit there alone. Riot may have the social presence there and they somewhat took the gamble with having CN teams on the EA LCQ, but as far as integrating them into the larger VCT ecosystem — that's a different story.

Putting them with APAC will be a disservice.