dedmos

There are 16 teams who will play in the Valorant NA Closed-Qualifier. Only ONE team makes it through guaranteed. This should upset EVERYONE. 1. Riot cut 2 organizations from partnership and advertised this year as “more open” only to have the exact same results for T2 teams as last year while paying fewer organizations and less to organizations outside of partnership. 2. They are still giving organizations 0 incentive to participate because there is still an extremely improbable chance of making it into the kickoff bracket, let alone any global event. 3. There is 0 prize pool for getting to, and placing well in the closed qualifier playoffs, while last year there was at least a prize pool for teams who didn’t make the play-in but placed well within the playoffs. Remember, even with a prize pool like they had last year, teams were still going massively net negative in profit. Riot exaggerated promotions to fans and organizations to invest in the scene while actually doing less and giving less incentive for organizations to invest in Valorant. This NEEDS to stop. We NEED change.