not even a mention of EDG nobody? who is one of the best igls rn?

you dont understand the hype of FPX in shanghai it was covered in forums of praise of their performance, anyways im done with this thread, its way too long and its like 1 hours worth of my time, I do not need it to take more. have a good day or night

korean and chinese beef runs too deep im afraid

well the chinese team are actually good in valorant bringing in viewership and players.

with reference to this

so when valorant released in late 2023 in those posts u linked it was soaring past cs in popularity but in a couple months it was not even in the top 10 while cs was?

Money, this article talks about player count but its mainly about the chinese video game market sales. valorant simply just didnt have the oppurtunity for that yet being released so early, with such limited data

yes, the more representation of china, the more attraction, a lot of the csgo playerbase is uncs

chinese valorant in early 2024 wasnt that high (reminder valorant released in late 2023) it peaked much later after masters shanghai.

okay I understand, but I mean then its just very hard to argue, do you know csgos actual chinese viewership and not just the heatscore?

because lets say the articles are wrong, how can you justify a 5x bigger presence in internet cafes if there is not a signifcant gap?

I cant call you wrong here, because I dont have enough information, so any justification is appreiciated

I gave you a more recent article, and u chose not to believe it. but you want me to believe you because?

yeah, i did the concurrent one because thats the only ones we have access too, if you wanna call them wrong, be my guest, but you havent provided anything to do so. I provided those other links as they help build my case that valorant in general is more popular than cs.

I will happily be wrong if you can provide solid evidence

csgo is still the tenth most popular online game in china and if theres an open qualifer to an event in their country, yes it makes sense they would be interested

? then provide me something more accurate

https://valo2asia.com/valorant-is-now-5th-most-played-game-in-chinese-internet-cafes/ valorant also has 5x the playerbase of csgo in internet cafes just for another reference

again, its not 100K players on average, its concurrent

it means concurrent, but if you dont wanna believe that or the comments

heres some more stats that prove valorant china is big asf and bigger than csgo:
https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/vct-china-had-1-million-more-viewers-than-every-other-valorant-league-2870459/
https://valo2asia.com/valorant-is-now-5th-most-played-game-in-chinese-internet-cafes/ (very important link)
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1528w6r/hesketh2_valorant_player_numbers_in_china_were_so/

here another fun stat I found https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1528w6r/hesketh2_valorant_player_numbers_in_china_were_so/

I would assume you can check it on the chinese steam client, but I have no way of confirming or denying, because I too can only use google to search of this information, and no other sites state this unless its older such as the reddit post there

first of all, they are not going to be full chinese, because they love importing players, second of all even if this was true 110 000 is not an active playerbase, its the concurrent playerbase. for reference, csgo has an active playerbase of about 50 million, its concurrent peak is 1.8 million which is double valorant chinas concurrent peak of 1 million (https://www.coolest-gadgets.com/csgo-cs2-players-statistics/)

refer back to #18

its the valorant concurrent player count, just check the poster yourself, or read the comments on the reddit page

one of them was in 2024, provide a source for your playercount in china.

"9. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
China covers over 7.54% of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s user base. While that may seem insignificant, it accounts for more than 110,000 players in this globally renowned game.

In 2023, CS:GO generated over $980 million in revenue, with a significant portion coming from microtransactions, such as selling in-game skins and cases. The Chinese market, known for its high engagement in virtual economies, has contributed meaningfully to this figure​."

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1e7q3zk/valorant_china_achieve_1_million_player_count_per/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/ebwxnu/csgos_impressive_growth_in_china_from_a_peak_of/#:~:text=CS%3AGO%27s%20impressive%20growth%20in,100k%20now.%20%3A%20r%2FGlobalOffensive

https://sekkeidigitalgroup.com/top-10-most-played-online-games-in-china/#:~:text=China%20covers%20over%207.,in%20this%20globally%20renowned%20game.

CS is not popular in china or korea. for china alone Valorant had like 1 million peak concurrent players while cs has like 100K active playerbase

never be a roster manger pls

keep the money he is getting

just the goat what can I say

https://imgur.com/a/UQQPom1

in 2023 he wasnt even underrated or a better op than kk or flexed for jinggg

brother u were talking about how its not crazy to want to impregnate glaceon, i dont wanna hear it from u

no

https://www.vlr.gg/454411/vct-kpopfication

dude I dont understand why its so deep for half of these people

why is this even bad?

it does affect us and even if its fine rn u gotta look into the shitshow it could become in the future if valorant becomes BIG

how

bro who actually cares? it makes money for esport, they enjoy themselves, the pros arent feeling pressure by them and they dont affect u or me... so who cares?

and the whole team is fat...
and they are fat

???

symptom of big fanbase, a lot of cool people, a lot of awful people

is that good or bad?

but goodjob anyways :DD

its not EDG without throwing map 1 and throwing ecos

what a day to live in where emea has the best record across teams

well, they have smoggy, chichoo and kk. its very hard to lose a pistol with those players. but then again its very hard to win ecos too

real asf

TL's top 3 maps are split, abyss and haven (its debatable which map is in which spot) so definitely not a bad sign for EDG

G2 have the best pearl in bangkok but EDG pushed them very far considering they are pretty weak on that map and Kangkang isnt nearly as comfortable on yoru as his other agents. but another thing to consider is that EDG won 2 pistol rounds so not including OT EDG only won 8 Gun Rounds/Ecos

Also I would put question marks around EDG's lotus

this guy might be a fan of t1

EDG
VIT
G2
T1

crime, detectice type stuff

More on the fun side:
bungo stray dogs
millionare detectives
detective konan

More on the darker side:
LINK CLICK, LINK CLICK, LINK CLICK
death note
monster

If you like the subgenre of murder games or something of that esk

Danganronpa (Also involves a lot of detective work)
Tomodachi game
------------------------------ (from this point on these anime arent very good but enjoyable if you like the subgenre)
Darwins game
Talentless nana
Battle game starts in 5 seconds

league is implementing voice chat and testing it in chinese servers. its not a hard system to implement BUT reminder this is LEAGUE OF LEGENDS a game where people shout at each other, run it down, int ur lane IN SWIFTPLAY AND UNRANKED. voice comms is an interesting system to implement.

In valorant its just that they didnt build the game with a reply system in mind so it takes a while and it clearly isnt a priority to make compared to other things

fnatic has 2 regionals if we only include franchising trophies cuz I think past regionals didnt give trophies but I could be wrong, for the life of me I cant remember

I mean it depends how much you weigh a champs trophy

EDG 2-0 T1

still chronicle imo