50% first two days

75-80% for the grand final

what exactly is the MENA ruling? is it like the APAC ruling that prevents players from Brunei from playing?

if so, that's very disappointing.

if PRX stomp it will still be super fun

but I also hope it's an extremely close match with both teams playing at their peak.

that's a fucking cool idea dude

GL

Netero Fantano

don't the majority of esports events have dimly lit arenas

5Head more screens = better production

they're probably going to do something with them

looks solid! HOPIUM the crowd is loud.

I'm a little bored of the purple colorscheme, though.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeCGed/status/1550469810588360706
https://twitter.com/Bo_Hoogland/status/1550468514456256512

looks very nice!

1 gigabanger
1 insane sleeper

balanced

0/8

ez

4/5 good enough

I really like it, the colors are nice. The only problem for me is the massive YOU100 sponsor thing on the front.

GIGACHAD

tbf the majority of Asia doesn't really present any special difficulties for Russian citizens to travel, so they could've hosted an event there.

did you even watch the event?

yeah my dad's uncle's sister's dog's ex's owner's granduncle's twice-removed-cousin's mom's daughter's friend works at riot

idk what you're on but the Japanese stage wasn't quiet LMFAO

they artificially dampened the crowd noise like literally any other production, you could hear the real crowd when the player POVs were played

flight tickets most likely

didn't they choose Denmark for visa and covid-related reasons?

There's no reason why Riot would purposely choose a location that has little interest in their game outside of other more important factors. It's mutually beneficial to get a large crowd.

M3C v Fnatic

2022 stage 1 playoffs

yeah i don't think the secondary circuit will have much support or much opportunity at all for that reason

they did confirm that challengers / other domestic leagues will be expanded and continue with franchising in the article though

-LOUD would absolutely destroy the Brazilian competition

I feel a lot of people would believe this

the derkinator

PRX is the only team whose stomps are still entertaining

when they're stomping they're always doing crazy aggressive plays like Jinggg double satchel into five people

that's subjective too.

it simply depends on what you value in an esport and in Valorant's scene.

yes and it's to be expected

there's no way that many salaried teams in a single region could possibly be sustainable.

subjective

with only three leagues you can 100% be certain that each one will receive an equal number of slots barring an extra for winning the previous event.

I expect the 12 team masters to stay. 4 teams from each league works well, any more and you have over 50% of the participating teams travelling.

Champs throws a wrench into it, since with 16 teams it's impossible to divide it equally between three leagues. Perhaps they might allow the league which won the previous masters to send an extra team, or have a slot for T2 competition to resolve this.

scream at them like a drill sergeant

I think if Fnatic were playing as they were against EMEA opponents they definitely have a good chance of beating them.

However, if they keep playing like they are right now with derke not fragging and the whole team making so many individual mistakes I can't see a team like Optic losing.

PRX please win for the Optic Fnatic lower finals!

giving orgs and players stability to allow the creation of better content which in turn acts like a better advertisement for the game

escharts hasn't had a great record with accurate numbers in APAC they often exclude costreams or other streaming sites

gigatroll statistics

Valorant never had 800k average lmfao that's like mobile game or Worlds tier shit. it was always 300-400k.

Tokyo would be fucking amazing for the scene tbh. every single game would have a sold-out crowd

I think housing and visa issues may be the problem since it's pretty strict there.

i forgot about the power and internet issues in PH LMFAO

imagine they're mid-series and the whole place goes out it'd be hilarious

SG is ridiculously expensive to live in even compared to major cities like Seoul or Tokyo

Probably not easy to get a studio-sized spot to host the league and crowds (prayge) in too.

yeah texas is definitely better than the hellhole that is LA

The alleged locations are:

Americas: LA
Asia / Oceania: Seoul
EMEA: Berlin

where would you like each league to be operated? personally, i think the Asian / Oceanic league could be somewhere a bit more central i.e. Thailand or the Philippines

there's a lot of breaking news about it rn because the teams are one stage away from being finalized.

PRX roster definitely not selling till champs is over since they're already qual'd

100% have a stupid buyout on every player, and Bleed would have to buy the whole team since there's no way anybody is going to voluntarily miss it

they could buy out half of APAC with that money lmfao but these clown will die on the international player hill

W for counting all of that

it really only looked like a few hundred

i wasn't expecting thousands of people to buy tickets because of the location but I really did think at least a few hundred would show up. I suppose that does hold true for the Grand Final, but I guess I just overestimated the amount of people willing to travel in the EU.

ask in the discord

every single chinese player plays like Jinggg except they also snort 10 lines of coke before

they'll go away after masters ends it's expected

Don't remind me about that T_T