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And now Hyperion has fallen๐๐
Ngl this is top 3 boss fights of all time imoโผ๏ธThe music, the arena, the bullet hell is just all so PEAK.
Bonus points to anyone who knows what song Hyperion is playing on the organ๐
๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ - ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ.
๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐.
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ.
We supported the scene, even as Tier 2 and Tier 3 Valorant were dragged into the ground. We never expected to be picked for the franchise. We were never mad about it. The environment in T2 was terrible, but we stayed.
Make fun of us, troll us, insult us, who cares. We care about players and orgs actually surviving in T2. We care about Valorant as an esport for everyone, not just Tier 1.
Most fans have no idea how broken the system is. It canโt work. Itโs not sustainable. ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ โ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐๐โ.
Outside of the franchise, Valorant survives because of passion - people accept minimal wages just to keep the scene alive: CEOs, editors, social media managers, players, coaches, broadcast talentโฆ everyone.
Salaries race to the bottom. Prize money never arrives. We still havenโt received ours.
Yet we still stayed because we believed things could get better. Because we care about the game, our fans, and the community. Weโve proven that again and again.
We invested in boot camps, in mental coaching, a full coaching staff, and a whole content team around competitive Valorant. We built up a gaming facility. ๐ด๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐2.โ
We played in leagues with broken broadcasts - sometimes no broadcast at all. We didnโt receive the prize money we earned. We were blocked from signing betting sponsors (which are essential for surviving in esports if you are not in T1). We couldn't represent any of our sponsors in watch parties. Still, we built a full content team around Valorant. We signed multiple creators. We posted nonstop short- and long-form content. We built one of the most popular Valorant podcasts.
We supported a Game Changers roster from scratch to consistent top 3 placements. We always defined ourselves through performance. But even achievement couldnโt support longevity. Game Changer was a complete failure during our time. Organizations keep the GC scene running by supporting the teams, but no matter how successful they are, it's still a financial disaster. Sure, orgs canโt live off prize pools alone - but if you win it all, you expect to be able to break even.
The broadcasts for our GC games were unacceptable. Audio broken. Streams lagging. Impossible to pitch to sponsors. Prize pools were a joke - only two EU slots for global events. Riot did not care. Period. We spent another โฌ300k doing our part to grow the Gamechanger scene. And for what? For nothing.
We did all this because we believed we were building something meaningful for fans and players.
It is still our fault. We should have left earlier. We could have saved 50% of the budget and invested in Counter-Strike. We should also have done a better job securing sponsorships and hiring a larger sales team; instead, we focused on investing in our teams. We signed the best players we could. We owed it to our fans to provide the best possible rosters.
In year two, Riot spat in the face of every T2 org by reducing the franchise partnership (for Ascension winners) from 2 years to 1 year only - a catastrophe for everyone involved. A year later, the system changes again, with new rules and new stakes. How is any organization outside of the franchise supposed to build success in a constantly changing system?
Sharing this might help others avoid making the same mistake and invest in titles, systems, and events that are worth it.
We spent 1.5Mioโฌ over 2 years in a broken system because we loved the esport & the community, and because we believed Riot would improve the system.
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐, '๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ.โ
Yes. Absolutely, we should. We deserve to poke some fun at it. To be a bit edgy and cringe.
We deserve to highlight the broken scene, to ragebait, to shed some light on it, finally. If it costs us some of our image, so be it.
At least people see it. At least people talk about it. If thereโs even a slight chance that it sparks change, then every post, every joke, every rant was worth it.
Peace.
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