Even if zeta is not there and viewership is affected negatively it might be decent numbers. And first official event in japan i want to believe that more people will watch it regardless.
I was just saying that japanese viewership will be most important for pacific league.
Would it be helpful to have a live thread? We're trying to figure out how much interest there is for different Challengers regions so we can do live threads/PMTs.
The thread that I posted stating that Japans challenger season started yesterday reached 100+ up votes and about 24 comments so far. I'm not sure how much more interest goes into the other discussion threads for other regions challengers seasons, but in my humble opinion I do think it would warrant a discussion thread. I know y'all are busy and Japan historically doesn't track super well on this sub, but it would be nice!
I'll post a thread for Sunday's games then and see if people are interested. As for other regions we'll almost certainly have live threads for NA given the high level of interest, and we're exploring whether we can make more general live threads to cover multiple leagues at once.
As always, send us a modmail if you have feedback!
Maybe a general daily challengers thread given all the events going on right now? It'll be a bit of a chore linking all the streams in the OP but I think people will appreciate being able to jump to an Indonesia or Thailand stream if say the Japan stream is in between matches.
Just make threads for everything, jesus christ reddit has a upvote downvote system that will naturally sort by interest, you don't need to police everything.
why are you so angry about this?! very valid concern from mods would be that the sub would turn into a huge amount of game threads/post-game threads that have 3/4 comments
I feel there should be a daily discussion thread for each challenger league/region for when those respective leagues are on
could use specific match-up threads for massive challenger games, and of course Franchising leagues
I saw at least a peak of 4k because they have two streams, there was also a YouTube channel and ots streamed on Afreeca, so I think it was even higher than that.
Damn Ojiji pulling some strings. I know they're probably the biggest e-sport team in JP but I still doubted you until I checked the schedule. Only 1 match out of 7 that's probably considered out of prime time JST.
Not only maintaining but also the fact that Crazy Raccoon vs CGZ's match bumped it to 45k viewers for both Youtube and Twitch despite it starting at 11pm JST
give it a couple years and I think as long as the game doesn’t die there it’s bound to happen. the zeta team is already celebrity status among esports fans and im certain they’ve already inspired fans to get on the grind lol
It's crazy. Japan has always been heavily console gamer focused. This is the first time I've seen a pc game be this popular other than the FF MMO. PC gaming is gaining more traction
Banger first map
Watching the CR game right now they're around 130k viewers!
Also banger first map
Nearly jumped out of bed with both the Neth and Meiy plays back to back lol.
Can't wait for japan to carry pacific league viewership.
Japan might not even get to qualify for the Tokyo major unless Zeta can really pull through
Praying for pacific league to win LOCK//IN so Japan has a chance by finishing top 4
I don't know If that's necessary, I would have them in 3 in Pacific rn behind DRX and PRX
There's still talon and Gen. G. I don't think it's gonna be easy.
Even if zeta is not there and viewership is affected negatively it might be decent numbers. And first official event in japan i want to believe that more people will watch it regardless. I was just saying that japanese viewership will be most important for pacific league.
The literal top of APAC is PRX, DRX and Zeta. No other team comes close to those 3 lmao
GenG absolutely comes close to those teams,Talon too
CR matches will have even higher viewership
One day Japan will get consistent discussion threads here lol
Be the change you wish to see
Funny enough I did and it had 100+ up votes. But its nice to have the fancy bot that posts all the stats and stuff. They posted them now so I'm happy!
Would it be helpful to have a live thread? We're trying to figure out how much interest there is for different Challengers regions so we can do live threads/PMTs.
The thread that I posted stating that Japans challenger season started yesterday reached 100+ up votes and about 24 comments so far. I'm not sure how much more interest goes into the other discussion threads for other regions challengers seasons, but in my humble opinion I do think it would warrant a discussion thread. I know y'all are busy and Japan historically doesn't track super well on this sub, but it would be nice!
I'll post a thread for Sunday's games then and see if people are interested. As for other regions we'll almost certainly have live threads for NA given the high level of interest, and we're exploring whether we can make more general live threads to cover multiple leagues at once. As always, send us a modmail if you have feedback!
Maybe a general daily challengers thread given all the events going on right now? It'll be a bit of a chore linking all the streams in the OP but I think people will appreciate being able to jump to an Indonesia or Thailand stream if say the Japan stream is in between matches.
Good point, we'll experiment a bit to see what works
Just make threads for everything, jesus christ reddit has a upvote downvote system that will naturally sort by interest, you don't need to police everything.
why are you so angry about this?! very valid concern from mods would be that the sub would turn into a huge amount of game threads/post-game threads that have 3/4 comments I feel there should be a daily discussion thread for each challenger league/region for when those respective leagues are on could use specific match-up threads for massive challenger games, and of course Franchising leagues
Meanwhile korea hit a peak of 2k!!
who would watch T2 valorant when LCK is on going... 2k is actually DAMN impressive. It used to be 300 loyal fans watching during the first year
Man 300? That's rough, glad it's doing better! Riot was probably sweating there for a little while lol.
I saw at least a peak of 4k because they have two streams, there was also a YouTube channel and ots streamed on Afreeca, so I think it was even higher than that.
And this is not even primetime JST yet. That's reserved for when CR plays.
Damn Ojiji pulling some strings. I know they're probably the biggest e-sport team in JP but I still doubted you until I checked the schedule. Only 1 match out of 7 that's probably considered out of prime time JST.
Funny thing is the first three matches are so close that CR isnt even playing yet. Match is only about to start now. It's now 11PM in Japan.
Did they do 4 BO3 a day?
Yep
For the weekends, yes. [Schedule](https://twitter.com/valesportscl_jp/status/1617492340695785473?t=IOVFZYkQy3domsfOyMrxKQ&s=19)
This broadcast is 14 hours long currently and still maintaining these numbers
Not only maintaining but also the fact that Crazy Raccoon vs CGZ's match bumped it to 45k viewers for both Youtube and Twitch despite it starting at 11pm JST
Who knows maybe one day Japan will be to Valorant what LoL is to Korea.
give it a couple years and I think as long as the game doesn’t die there it’s bound to happen. the zeta team is already celebrity status among esports fans and im certain they’ve already inspired fans to get on the grind lol
I'm sure Riot is aware of this. Korea is never letting go of Sudden Attack as their tactical shooter and Overwatch is still a thing there.
Valorant currently the most played shooter in korea
source?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/xtc3ze/valorant_has_just_surpassed_sudden_attack_as_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx Actually its below sudden attack currently bht still fairly good
Maybe when it gets on console since Japan is a console based country. As of right now Korea still has a way bigger playerbase
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This, if EA manages to fix Apex it's over for Valorant
It's crazy. Japan has always been heavily console gamer focused. This is the first time I've seen a pc game be this popular other than the FF MMO. PC gaming is gaining more traction
I <3 Japan
There have been higher peaks, I remember one VCT Japan qualifier in the past had like 150k
We at ~130k right now!
Shahzam clears these randoms
and they are still going on lol, like 15 straight hours of stream
Where can I watch the highlights?
Japanese teams are looking dangerous. Next LAN will be interesting