This would probably help a lot.
I've been on this point for a while but Riot needs actually invest money into Tier 2. Very few sports ever survive without an invested tier 2. If the orgs can't make money in tier 2 the orgs wont play. Example: TSM, Ascend, Apek.

This is still the best website for Valorant transfer news

I think Lev will be quite good, really good rookie core. Other then that i think this is pretty accurate (EG excluded).

No scoreline means anything in the face of T1. T1 games come down to one fight and then they just win.

I will take Mitch IGL over Koalanoob IGL. Koalanoob's great but i would prefer a trusted IGL for an already expieremental team.

With mitch on the market as well, Furia could build an ok team. (Please furia please)

I don't think it was a super team. keiko was meant to be ok maybe slightly above average, they had to change the flex mid season and Patitek was probably the most hyped guy other then Nats who was first time IGL.
They were meant to be ok but defiantly not a super team sadly.

My main thing was isn't basic an IGL and Koalanoob not. Why are Furia changing so many roles around to make this work.

Yeah, why is Nizzy gone he was one of guys with some solid potential

I think people miss sometimes that the behind the scenes roles are also important. He improves the teams and players who are around him because of his experience and leadership. It seems that behind the scenes he's a great leader for his team and thats also super important. I would love for them to win ascension and Rossi to move into an assistant coach role for the team while they pick up Venka or someone similar.

As a Nats fan do we have to make changes? I like our team and we have money if we want to spend it (We dont for some reason). I'm sure thier are players to upgrade but not many.

But he does preform with any team. He literaly made the call to pick a duelist for the first time because he was playing so much better then his team they tried to make him solo carry them to the top 8.
As a fragging IGL he is easily one of the best in the world right now. As a tactical IGL he is clearly up there maybe not at the very top top but very solid. He basically invented how to lurk in valorant and how to play viper or the sentinal class (Already in the Goat debate for this).
He should be slightly higher then a Tenz in my opinion. He's defiantly top 10 and the second best IGL.
Also if he had won champs the debate would be very different, no player should have a good 5 weeks and go from outside the top 20 to literal number 1 talks (Ethan).
(I'm aware half of this didnt make sense MB)

As a furia fan i'm really hoping hes good because we can defend the second split a bit better if he would have been the star player. Also if we get that team i'll be so happy.

I feel like the ability nerfs are good but also i love how ability focused the game is because it's what makes it so unique and this slowly moves away from it. You can stop power creep without the philosophy change which i'm more worried about.

Can we swap Nzr for Basic. I'm really high on him and he never actaully got a shot cause of visa issues

As a liquid fan, i would want someone better but on the other hand Sheydos liquid is epic

I agree the sport comparison isn't great but we should be aiming to get their as a community. No sport really started as a massive community with decades of rivalries and culture but with enough sport it gets there, riot should be aiming to fast track that growth because damm have you seen the income of American sport leagues.

My thought is more that if tier 2 can at least be close to a job in terms on income more people can try and pursue it and more orgs can try and pursue it. Riot isn't going to run out of money but the org's will, they need more support.

Why do i always see this sentiment. Right now tier 2 is a money sinkhole for everyone. If you don't make tier 1 you always lose money.
We can set a solid foundation for orgs to know that if they preform badly they will be punished but still cared for by going to tier 2. Reward people who play in tier 2 allowing them to make it a career with less risks.
I feel it fixes most issues other then riots pockets in the short term.
All over the world sports have proved a good second division can get viewers. American college NFL or the championship/ Bundesliga 2 are really solid leagues that put up viewing numbers with loyal fans.

I think it's only W changes if this is one step on the journey and not the endgame. Tier 2 teams at champs will just devalue the league and risk it being memed to death if they all lose to tier 2. Also i loved 8 teams master cause it was so intentionally unpredictable, it mean it was mickey mouse just less reprehensive then people expected. The winning team was the best team at that moment.

How does this fix tier 2. They could just fund a tier 2 league.
They have the money, this is just a ploy to make more orgs think that a season without needing to pay their players is possible so they will stay in the scene.
This feels like a repeat of the 2023 season with a bunch of orgs slowly dropping out when the learn that it is nowhere as realistic as they first thought.
This needs to be the link to a promotion/ Relegation system once franchise is over. Fully fund tier 1 and 2 like they do with tier 1 now.

This is one of the changes i had predicated before champs started, I think Unfake would be a great fit as IGl and i mean Woot, Riens and Derke could win an international 3v5.

I'm just still really worried about Trexx because he doesn't have a great track record on teams when times get hard. If TL can keep him in good form and good behind the scenes atmosphere TL might be a contender next year though these guys need better gameplay under pressure because Nats can't become the new ASPAS carrying a team through worlds every year.

Timotino
Asuna
eeiu
Okeanos
Zellsis

HC: mCe

Finishing in 5-6th

Um some fun extra ones for the list. Ticey and Nekky as an IGL
STERBEN as a senti to memory
Turko as an experienced controller
TakaS, HyP, Enzo as well

Yeah this would be a really nice move. It's not reusing talent but bringing in some experience and a player around their level. Probably makes EG a top 6 team with another small move or two.

I got a friend in high plat that pretty good. :)

I think it's an annoying middle ground. Sean clearly showed that there are people betting and at the very least trying to match fix, so riots statement doesn't sounds great with that knowledge but also i don't think they can find enough evidence prove it to avoid a defamation suit.

I think Wedid (On smokes) and Poised were both great and i reckon easily good have had one of the EG or C9 spots when they were grabbing random T2 talent

Yeah but i also they have a bad history with scouring Brazilian talent. I'm a bit furia fan back from the Mwzera days. I think the new coach could be quite good he develops players well, Basic looks really good as well. It's just the rest of the team. Urango has already made me lose faith and Tuyz hasn't gone positive in vct in 381 days.

Filu and Dep might be some dark horses. They get much better value then their game knowledge should get them. E.G they have really low KAST scores but still lots of kills.

Stage 1 T1

It really feels like it's all fixable if you remove partnership and just actually support tier 2. Make the current tier 2 system tier 3 effectively and all the teams brought up in these discussions start in a 12 team tier 2. 2 go and 2 go down from each league. With two teams qualifying to join tier 2 based on premier and the regional leagues.
SR finally winning the league to be promoted would be great or 2G mimicking a Luton Town style run from the premier league. Also gets rid of bad teams like Furia and DFM pretty quick as well as giving more job security to talent in tier 1. And more upward momentum to new players.

Christ this is weirdly realistic one

Make a semi franchise tier 2, with full promo and relegation between them and make the current tier 2 scene into the tier 3 scene.

It's not that they are making bad plays it's that they have awful fundamentals despite them historically being much better. And also it's the constant amount of them with no intent to improve. They get punished and then do it again but without util this time. It's not hard proof it's just very suspicions game play while there is match fixing happening.

Yeah the team is struggling, but players running knife out into space they should think is being contested is weird. Especially when historically we know those players know better. It's not hard evidence but you rarely find any in a case like this until riot get involved.

I think most people are missing that the suspicious teams won't be the ones who have had a big improvement or big downgrade split to split but the teams that are extremely bipolar in their skill level. I think that was sean's biggest point was the team that randomly go from very good to no fundamentals in a couple of games. and also didn't the video show Bray outing two teams that he works with?

The issue is who is the IGL?

But something was a hyped prospect i'm not sure who in APAC is that hyped right now. Though in fairness i've been following it a lot less this year.

The only thing here the really stands out as weird for me is benjyfishy so high. He's a top 30 player but i can't see him as top 10.

Because they get flamed so much despite i think they actually make decent decisions.

I'm a massive furia apologist but they at least seem to be a good benchmark team in the offseason. If you do better then Furia then good if your offseason is worse then bad.

Potter
Zellsis
Ethan
Aspas
Valyn
Leaf
Seems very very good.

No Mwzera :(

Only if Mwzera is on duellist

My issue is that there were some amazing improvements but then he stops caring about tier 2. And that will only lead to a worse tier 1.

Ding has been such a depressing world champion

I would have said to bring mitch back as igl for Xeppa keeps similar experience levels as well

Russia:
Duellist: Something
Initiator: Kr1stal (IGL)
Controller: Shao
Sentinel: Nats
Flex: Sheydos
Coach: Pipson

Australia:
Duellist: Swerl
Initiator: BiggieCheese
Controller: Tixx
Sentinel: Auttumn
Flex: Maple
Coach: Elmapuddy

Not exactly a high bar sadly