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i was being deliberately obtuse. i should become a full time baiter holy shit it is so easy to get you mad. i also wrote "any less wrong" and you still said "yes" to that lmao.

either way factoring in smb, they're still 7-2 vs EMEA

sadge

they need tier 2

does this make my statement any less wrong tho

he literally won Masters Reykjavik what are you on almost everyone was rating him as top 3 arguably top 1 initiator in the world.

nothing to see here, move along.

First Strike at LoL Park was INSANE

crashies is NOT underrated lol. Surf is underrated and so is Ardiis this guy is popping the fuck off but all I see is talk about Suygetsu and then Shao.

Nah. Tokyo/Seoul for APAC. Arguably Seoul because KR already has Riot infrastructure from League, and they've been hosting Challengers on LAN for ages.

JP because viewership and money.

for korea 2 spots are already a lot

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And yeah, I'm not saying 3 isn't too much. I'm just saying KR talent is there and franchising is arguably saving the KR region from being bled dry.

Never said KR deserves 3, but you're acting like KR deserves only 1 and "maybe 2", which I disagree with. KR having 1 slot only is part of the reason KR talent is moving to other regions and qualifying from there (like NA and JP).

Results wise, KR is still a good region too considering they've had only 1 team.
1 3rd place finish
2 5-6th place
Now that I think about it KR is the best performing 1 slot region. BR/LATAM doesn't count because of playoffs seeding in 2022

Well for every tournament bar 1 the best Japanese team had at least 2 Koreans as the star player/IGL so...

As for these outdated "incredible" stats, they're the only publicly available stats to go off. Plus the Masters Reykjavik and Copenhagen stats are still relevant. Meteor and JoXJo aren't OW players btw. Neither was Xeta.

I also checked the Liquipedia page. KR sent like 1 team almost every event save for Berlin but still ranked top 2 for most events. It's arguable that JP was the worst region but don't forget Xeta and Sayaplayer were at one point considered the best in their role in NA. And Meteor literally won 3-1 against ZETA, who placed 3rd last Masters.

why downvote yourself for that lol its not even your fault

that single country puts up more numbers than entire regions, you're tripping. JP deserves all 3 slots these guys have insane viewership.

KR teams are good enough and so are their players. They've sent almost consistently the 1st/2nd most players to p much every international event and 2/3 KR teams made top 4 at APAC LCQ.
(2nd at Masters Reykjavik 2021, 1st at Masters Berlin, 4th at Champions, 2nd at Masters Reykjavik 2022, 2nd at Masters Copenhagen - every tournament except Berlin KR had only sent 1 team, whereas the top spots were usually occupied by regions that sent 2+ teams. this is crazy)
That was without the 2nd best KR team playing btw.

SEA deserves as many spots as possible though, because the talent pool and potential is really big in Valorant.

PRX skin
DRX skin
OpTic skin
DWG skin
ZETA skin

holyyyy

my guy living in 2021

to be fair, JP does have a bigger scene. Korea has talent but no resources or viewership, so hopefully franchising saves them...but not at the cost of SEA.
Indonesia, Thailand, PH, and SG/MY have proven their worth in Valorant. HK/TW and VN have yet to do that tbh.

This is good for KR, but it better not fuck up the potentially huge market in SEA.

tbh i feel like there's no point in academy teams if they're gonna do that. Seems like a gimmick orgs are doing to try and earn a franchising spot instead of actually trying to scout and cultivate talent. Having players trained in-house cuts down on buyout money and helps create a philosophy on the game. Not to mention the ability to sell players you've produced to other teams. It also incentivises new talent and overall helps the stability of the org within that game. That's what academy teams are for.

daily "plz explain franchising thread"

Bleed's academy team completely useless if all they're gonna do is buyout intl players.

bro you know that's not what i meant :(

acend isnt getting in either.

oh man that is fucked. just read it. i hope he's happier now...

cNed would be insane not to take that money then.

RIP to another content creator. idk him but its apparent he was popular. edit: nvm his family is shit

forsaken vandal

hes talking about first placements

thats like nothing on vlr. victorie has like 90% shit takes but he wasnt that wrong on this one

decent rank. my first ever placement rank was p3, and i know same goes for pro player Meteor. im imm2.

but i also know of radiant players who started out in fucking silver. youre fine.

fadezis >>> all

i need to play that

he's such a nice person man. can't hate him.

i still love my asian brothers tho. #WGAMING

W mum, W family. Rare to see such supportive parents in eSports but with Trent, Yay, and Jinggg it's nice that Valorant has such supportive family members.

interesting flair

I thought you were thinking of Docks

csgo and tf2

difference is jinggg has never lost a map to sentinels

my guys name is a bait in and of itself

no but i remember u and dexter going wild

big if

hi netero

never fails lul. i should become a baiter it would make my character arc so interesting

yeah bruh they have more money than like the entire rest of the league

THE GOAT IS BACK

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