• Tekken 3
• Rocket Mania! Deluxe
• Battlefield 1942
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum
• GTA Vice City
• GTA San Andreas
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

it wasn't Meteor, it was Joe Marsh.

But T1 players & coaching staff now are full Korean, unlike 2023 & 24. Why would there be any foreign (NA) involvement in 2025?

Damn. Buzz/Stax/Meteor's T1 fell off that much? At least 5th.

Imagine EWC getting more viewers than masters Toronto cause EDG playing and EWC broadcasted in better timezone.

VS

Liquipedia listed EWC as S-Tier. (Box on right hand side below Start/End/Teams)
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/Esports_World_Cup/2025

• S-Tier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are almost exclusively played offline, and feature the best teams from all over the world. They are commonly held by well-established organizers and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community.
• A-Tier Tournaments feature a large prize pool and a good number of top-tier teams.
• B-Tier Tournaments is a new tier featuring smaller LAN events and larger online events with top tier teams.
• C-Tier Tournaments are the lowest ranked events, almost always played online with no top teams participating.

EWC is S tier, whether ppl like it or not. No Technicality BS excuses.

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/S-Tier_Tournaments
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/A-Tier_Tournaments

KR and China always wins RIOT games event. Can't change the script.

Riot locked our region to the APAC region, and yes, while it is the closest, Americas, Europe, and even China might have more cultural similarities

You probably weren't around at the time but OCE WAS originally integrated to NA instead of APAC back in 2021, for LCQ champs 21.
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Oceania_Tour/2021/Championship

• However, VISA screwed you guys over and the 2 OCE slot for NA LCQ was given to NA teams instead.
• In 2024 Moist esports Apex Legends team (Australia) was denied VISA to compete in US, resulting moistcritical had to let the team go (similar case).

OCE is in a weird state in esports. CS doesn't neglected you but they neglect Asia, Fortnite is still present, your Apex team is good, and COD culture still exist. Small population but wide demographic of interest. RIOT treat all region with equal international slots, in which other game refuse to do so (give Asia/South America less international slot as oppose to NA/EU). For esports, just integrate yourself with your timezone region (Asia), forget America.

FNS cares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ZbA_OXfD8
"Yo this shit (tournament) is stacked. As a watch party streamer, that is my dream come true" (5 days event b2b2b matches).

Toronto winner then SHOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY defending their masters title. Sweep EWC EZ or FRAUD allegation.

Better timezone.

RRQ gonna compete with 1st timer mindset in Toronto, get some international experience approach for champs.
As for GenG, people are way to over focused on hyping western teams (G2/TH/FNC) even though pacific gonna win international trophy again.

cause the 13 episode Solo Levelling appeals more to tiktok brainrot people more than 28 episode of Frieren.

FNS cares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ZbA_OXfD8
"Yo this shit (tournament) is stacked. As a watch party streamer, that is my dream come true" (5 days event b2b2b matches).

the timezone is more friendly towards asia viewers compared to Toronto. EDG is in it (probably only gonna watch playoff though).

EyeGeeN

make internationals first.

I have Summertime rendering on my MAL plan to watch, but haven't watch it yet. Is it like Parasyte? what's your score /10?

Monster

Agree, grand final should be the re-match too. I rather have these 2 in final instead of boring G2.

Many reason:

• Watch a lot of Football as a kid.
• Play a lot of football growing up
• Knowledgeable on players/league from FIFA/Fantasy Team
• Been to stadium to watch football.
• Surrounded by people who's into football/sports in general

Got my friend to play FIFA -> then slowly watch national team (world cup = best time) -> once the knowledge and interest all build up watch premier league/champions league.

Can I get a card please?

2026 roster gonna vanish anyway, every player will be F/A for partnership 2.0 in 2027.

he streaming Apex Legends RN
https://www.twitch.tv/patiphan

TS could use an import.

Not in Asia, cause we're dominating valorant rn.

My guess is AE don't want to pay players till 2026 Split 1?

with Patiphan clearing every single tier 2 teams.

• I play sova/viper so icebox is more suitable map for people like me.
• Also in fracture (RANKED) most of the time teammate always get pinched and I kept playing 3v5 nearly every round which is NOT fun. The map should be redesigned to prevent more pinching BS. The amount of 3v5 or 2v4 situation in fracture occurs wayy to much.

anything that involves american timezone is NEVER good for asia viewers. U know this.

fun fact about mitr0, TL executives was being transparent in an interview about how much their fortnite players were earning at the time. Mitr0 was earning $100,000 a year on his TL contract.

• Fortnite killed SEA region, SEA players play minimum 80 ping to Tokyo/Sydney server and exit lag was necessary to compete in tournament.
• RRQ/EVOS/AE/WAW (We Against The World) all used to have fortnite team.
• When fortnite used to run PS/Xbox/Switch/Mobile tournaments, they drop switch almost immediately because 70% player base was from Asia region and when PS became the exclusive console cup they exclude players from Japan in asia cup specifically so prize pool can be increased to NA/EMEA region (higher player tournament participation = more rewards.
• When asia/brazil have more player base than NA West and people demanding for higher prize pool, fortnite merged NA west with NA East for NA central to ignore increasing BR/Asia prize pool for FNCS.
• China get a measly 1 slot out of 100 in 2019 Fortnite world cup -> China server got shutdown few years later cause region never get integrated internationally (epic games just don't care).
• Fortnite only really care about EMEA/NA, whilst OCE/ME/BR/Asia are merely afterthoughts.

stay quiet and stay out of drama = job security.

o7 yaudah tunggu 2026 buat roster baru.

Ethan said in NRG podcast last year if he doesn’t make a single internationals in 2025 he’d retire, knowing he won’t make champs, EWC is his only escape route from retiring.

Challengers Japan clears. VDK (Riddle Owner) got 120k live viewers on his stream when riddle qualify to ascension. Now JP challengers have Laz viewership too.

This is the 2023 TSM that has enghhh and daeda as coach ya?

4.3m including china. Without china was 1.3m.

80%.
kangkang and nobody watch party of Whzy lifting toronto trophy are the viewers.

• Seoul Champs 24 (9.1 millions) EDG vs TH
• Masters Bangkok 25 (4.3 millions) T1 vs G2
• Champs LA 23 (1.8 millions) PRX vs EG

No EDG, No asian teams, No asian timezone = low viewership.

PRX vs GenG for max viewership.

one of the comment:
saba = mackarel fish in JP
sameko = sharkie

Agree

Over the next six months, we will conduct mandatory re-training for all Team Liquid players and coaches across every game title.

damn.

all participant have to be in Korea to compete. For whatever reason DFM/ZETA can't comply with that rule, so they unable to participate.

RIOT never mention flashback name early on, was just Korean player in DRX. Guess if its in pacific (non english), not naming the individual community would react differently.

Pacific has choker team in PRX
EMEA has choker team in TH
Who's gonna be the choker team of Toronto? MIBR or BLG?

someone gotta be the PRX of EMEA.

re-sign k1ngkappa herokappa RRQ fortnite goat.

GenG vs TH