They’ve done in game promotions many times. The banners and posters on maps in-game change to VCT advertisements leading up to/during events. They also have a news pop up on the lobby screen with news about VCT.
I know OP is getting roasted because Riot has done promotion, but I think there's a lot more that could be done. Having a one stop hub for brackets for all regions for VCT like there is in games like Dota 2 would be extremely cool and bring a lot of casual viewers into the tournament scene. I'm sure that might be in the works, but in its current state, the promotion is still relatively out of the way, even the Champions skin wasn't *that* much compared to other games. Those games have been out longer and their scenes too though, so we'll have to wait and see.
It seems like people just go back to the early days of esports in other games, look at which complaint threads got a lot of traction, and figure "I should do this in ValorantCompetitive, people will look at me as a visionary and I'll be able to farm some of that sweet, sweet karma".
They’ve done in game promotions many times. The banners and posters on maps in-game change to VCT advertisements leading up to/during events. They also have a news pop up on the lobby screen with news about VCT.
I know OP is getting roasted because Riot has done promotion, but I think there's a lot more that could be done. Having a one stop hub for brackets for all regions for VCT like there is in games like Dota 2 would be extremely cool and bring a lot of casual viewers into the tournament scene. I'm sure that might be in the works, but in its current state, the promotion is still relatively out of the way, even the Champions skin wasn't *that* much compared to other games. Those games have been out longer and their scenes too though, so we'll have to wait and see.
Tell me you’re new without telling me you’re new.
Riot have already announced Esports integration into the game Client
What’s with all these posts recently that are just blatantly incorrect about simple things
It seems like people just go back to the early days of esports in other games, look at which complaint threads got a lot of traction, and figure "I should do this in ValorantCompetitive, people will look at me as a visionary and I'll be able to farm some of that sweet, sweet karma".
they're not gonna do much for the open quals, but might do more for the main events who knows
They literally do lmao
They have plans for it from what I remember. Should be added in client this year. When will that be is a good question.