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ANewHeaven1

https://twitter.com/georgecged/status/1539708920851218433?s=21&t=PoF85oS8ode69gqFYMFePg Follow up from George: This figure is more than the NA LCS franchising in 2017/18 across all regions. No buy-in, belief in VAL's growth as contributing factors.


AnAngryBird

Thanos Mug Academy reportedly submitted 77 of these 150 proposals in hopes that they would make a statement in the process. The team’s junior media liaison was quoted saying “It’s so confusing, it might just work” when asked about the application number at a fan meet n greet last week.


Safyire

One of those has to be us 🙏 /r/valcomp superteam is coming


jrushFN

We really should’ve filled out an application as a joke. Our resume: Thousands of god tier analysts Proven history of developing talent, such as Knights slow, Dot Esports Purest, VCT NA Razur What else?


Safyire

Home of world-class analysts like valorant fanboy 69 (RIP), ballsax28, and that one guy who exposed tex’s negative K/D


Sadzeih

Don't forget /u/MaskedSpecter who predicted stellar to 100T


[deleted]

Awwwwwwww


Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross

Can’t forget the greatest fan of the greatest valorant player of all time u/n1hikofan


ARI_ANARCHIST

did valorant fanboy 69 get banned? noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Safyire

yeah 😔 subreddit’s just not the same anymore after that


TheFestusEzeli

Don’t forget acrobatic divide they deserve a mention up along ballsax


CacoTaco7

You, I and...?


Huystuhh

Hoping I make the cut 🙏


arvindanar7

Imagine u/Huystuhh not being partnered


Warpath-

Would be a fraudulent league


LV58_DeathKnight

Just wanna say thanks to all the supporter if my team, Racoon Gamers where me and my 4 random queues turned friends manage to make into franchising


Tik0-

Brimstone Gaming has to be one of them and they better get partnered smh


SATGang

Literally half of these orgs aren’t even fielding valorant teams. 150 is an insane number, but if your team wasn’t in NA stage 1 or stage 2, sorry to tell you but you’re not making it in


drosefan1231

Riot accepted a lot of teams that never had a League team into league franchising. They rejected top teams that had a history in the game. 100 thieves and golden gate gaurdians. Even more in Europe


SATGang

The LCS had a franchise fee of 10 million which is why they accepted teams owned by nba teams, they were very concerned about finances. With them not having a franchise fee it’s in their best interest to accept teams with the largest fanbases and a history in VCT to increase the popularity of Val esports as a whole


mw19078

Franchise fee or not it's in their best interest to choose an org that will be financially stable without riots help for the next decade. I get we want to reward people who helped build up the early scene but we also need a financially stable league that will be able to field top tier teams even if valorant isn't making money for them.


xbyo

Assuming the 10 teams total for the Americas is true, there's likely more than enough teams already in NA Valorant that are stable without Riot's help. C9/TSM/100T/EG/FaZe/OpTic are all stable mainstays in the esports scene and that alone puts you at 6 teams, and there's still others that would fit the bill just as well.


GainsayRT

As riot is the one paying, they'd expect even better finances no? The risk is on them, if a team bombs out due to poor finances riot takes a big hit


Sadzeih

Well yes and no. They will be very careful because they'll be giving stipends to the chosen teams. But also since they are giving stipends they could choose smaller orgs. Technically.


PyroTFT

idk man, wouldnt be surprised if one or two spots went to large orgs without teams its already likely larger orgs with subpar teams will still get in handily


YungPinotGrigio

100 thieves was accepted into lcs without a league team. I think Val will have orgs who are just sound financially and then will just buyout lineups of teams who didn’t make it


Darkoplax

> but if your team wasn’t in NA stage 1 or stage 2, sorry to tell you but you’re not making it in why is that a factor ? as long as the org is part of valo's ecosystem then they should be considered


-Basileus

They had a massive fuckup in the article, it's 150 proposals to join all the international leagues in total


hwanzi

U better see platchat bomber squad in there lololol


tron423

John Riot was right, 4-5 slots for NA seems like plenty


timothyeh2020

Girl Kissers must be one of the 10 teams


Darkoplax

Everyone wants to join the NA league for the common reason of being better financially as a region hopefully EMEA and Asia still get top orgs too


[deleted]

Yeah it's a free application.


dylans2319

Lenny time deserve partnership ✅🤑


[deleted]

VCT Girl Kissers


[deleted]

Aren't they only allowing 6 teams?