The main issue with this is that certain regions can shrink over time, even to the point of non existence. You can argue that it might just be a 'skill issue' but the reality is if VCT wants to succeed it needs to draw in viewership from across the globe, and making it so regions that aren't as competitive don't have a chance to develop in tier 1 really limits that.
Plus that's not even part of the financial argument, what makes VCT tier 1 so attractive is that it's one of the few esports leagues which may actually be able to turn a profit, and the only way to do that is through long term stability. I agree that tier 2 doesn't make sense right now but relegation would make tier 1 not make sense in the way it's been envisioned. It took football 100's of years to add relegation. I don't think it'll be a wise move until maybe like 10 years down the line or so before relegation can be seen as a viable option for VCT, it's simply too small for now

imo better to have the org which doesn't field your players than nothing, as over many years they'll at least contribute something. But that's also why I suggested that Riot put a mandate to have a minimum of 2 players from each sub region on the team

I don't think we'll get a change soon either (At least by 2027 or 2028 minimum), but change is possible. For all the hate Leo Faria gets you can't argue he isn't receptive to the community, when the off season was too long, he shortened it, when tier 2 didn't have games year round, he fixed it. So I'm hoping this is an issue they can be receptive on.

As for tier 2 it also needs to change, the current system with orgs basically having nothing to gain but a promise of 1 year of tier 1 (in which there's a chance riot decline their org anyways) is far, far too little of an incentive. I like your idea of having a region wide tournament and I believe there are already plans to do one in EMEA, so judging off of how that goes I think it might be something that can be implemented globally

allat warning
This is mainly for EMEA and APAC, but I think there is a vast underrepresentation of some countries/talents in these regions. This is the current partner structure:

EMEA:
2x Turkey - BBL, FUT
3x Spain - KOI, TH, GX
2x France - KC, VIT
2x UK - FNC, TL
1x East - NAVI

This leaves out notable regions such as DACH, Scandinavia, MENA and CIS
Leads to underrepresentation of: East

APAC:
3x KR - GENG, T1, DRX
2x JP - DFM, ZETA
1x SA - GE
1x MY/SG - PRX
1x Indo - RRQ
1x PH - TS
1x TH - TLN

This leaves out: Vietnam, OCE
This leads to underrepresentation of: Indo, MY/SG, TH and PH

I don't know enough about CN to comment on them, but for AMER a slot or two could definitely help the central American region. imo there's nothing fundamentally wrong with having imbalanced leagues i.e. 12 AMER/16 EMEA/16 APAC/ 10 CN (partnered), so long as only 2/3/4 teams qualify for Masters/Champs respectively. I think the main issue we already have is that orgs can be from wherever, but they don't have to necessarily harbour players from their region, this is a completely separate debate but imo teams should have a minimum of 2 players from their sub region (yes, ik this part is a hot take), I think this alongside adding more slots this would really help VCT reach more localised audiences.

2025 is likely his last year, he's hinted at it himself

asuna
not that he's particularly bad or anything his aim is just super shaky

WHAT did I just read

yay mentioned 🗣️🗣️
buff spotted 👀❗❗

hmm I think benjyfishy could be somewhere here but overall I agree

bro bro bro ardiis bro bro win

blud talking like he's the stock market 😭

idk I really like what they've done this year, it's too early to have full rosters atp either because they're not finalised or because the players are still on break. Not to mention how entertaining it is to see player combos that we would never see otherwise cuz of the draft system

unfortunately real

I think it was the same thing (socially) as smoking in highschool ngl
vaping is just smoking 2

if he had more practice yeah, that series was close after all

icl u hella weird for taking a screenshot of a random person, just let bro be happy

fr bulkylettuce and dort are the superior baiters

wow bros out there getting the yay bleed salary in NA

lowkey might be more entertaining than redbull homeground
they cooked

liquid eating good

timezone bump
everyone deserves to see my goats work

I wonder who that guy really is, ain't no way bro only spawns when yay is mentioned

the hero we don't deserve, but the hero we need🐐

rumours are t1 are getting buzz for their 5th.
idk what's next for him, he's currently signed so maybe a t1 academy spot is at least guaranteed for him (if t1 open an academy team)

oh shit
it'd suck to have to see one of the two play in tier 2 again, they both deserve tier 1

'eren yayger' 😭😭😭😭

interesting, I wonder if we'll find out who the players who've made the final stage are (if they don't sign obv)

I think everyones heard narrates comms atp 💀

im not chunkio but im sure he thanks you

Rumours are he's going to EG next... sooo....

I'm not saying taking it out of KR is good specifically.

But it would be cool if it moved around every few years, maybe like every 4 years? so that we can have a champs in each region before a shuffle of venues

https://i.imgur.com/SbkjK9G.png

all part of the master plan (couldn't make it too obvious so he had to win against dfm)

https://x.com/kassad/status/1844668835120427089
https://www.vlr.gg/413052/bleed-ceo-and-investor-beat-up-a-woman-allegedly
https://www.vlr.gg/413089/bleed-stopped-being-a-registered-company-in-2023

yay saw all the fucked up shit going on at bleed and knew he had to put a stop to it, but he couldn't do it in a way which would be too obvious, therefore he manufactured himself into the crazyguy vs sscary argument which was already going on as a ruse to infiltrate the org from the inside. my 🐐

my guess would be EDG

https://imgur.com/a/MLUpb9C

wow that's insane

Honestly I think it was for the 5 diff flags, it goes super hard.

I never laugh at anyone, but I will make an exception because it's azzelastia

🫵😹 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏💀💀💀🫃🤡

viva Lev Demon1

ong the star gives it aura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_grH3Z5YHdI

he's posted 2 links without caps before, I think there's a chance dort or bulkylettuce (the strongest) can get him

cook
https://imgur.com/a/MLUpb9C

whoever can get bait this guy into typing in lowercase will officially have the title of biggest baiter

gen(g)erational fumble

just when you'd think it couldn't get any worse

ngl if I was any of those players I would just be happy to get a spot in tier 1 at all, given their reputations after their last team(s)

ill be honest, I haven't heard of sylvan before, is he like the next Karon?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3fxPulAuo4

they cooked so hard with this move

I think Chet and especially FNS are unlikely but the other 4 are possible.
But the thing is I think all 4 is unlikely, I'd assume they want to continue with at least some of the talent they picked up this year

https://x.com/chetsingh/status/1844921204362314222