@riotgames@ItsGamerDoc
the current rank 1 on the Cape Town server is blatantly wintrading and manipulating mm for rr. please show us that you haven't completely abandoned our scene by banning. ign: ohEpic#4049, traders: evo pekker#clash, fortnitesigma88#rizz (his alt) #VALZA
Bro havent even said anything in this guys chat @TheLemonsDidIt banning randoms wont save u from being hardstuck diamond you act like ur Alecks for prx throughout the whole game tryna micro manage your team maybe if u focused more on your core gameplay you'd actually be useful🤡
Okay, I'm going to word vomit a bit on the timeline. The current state of NA VALORANT below the Tier 1 level is in an absolutely terrible place. Tier 2 was fundamentally killed when Riot introduced the franchise system without providing hands-on support for the Challengers League or offering proper financial aid to the orgs willing to invest in it and help grow and support our future players and teams.
It's honestly not surprising that match-fixing for money eventually happened. These players are putting in all their time and energy to become the best, chasing their dream of making it big and joining a Tier 1 team. When that hope is lost, people may resort to accepting money to throw matches — and to be honest, that kind of money could be life-changing for them.
I think one thing Riot failed to consider is that Tier 2 is a crucial pillar of support for Tier 1 play. It's incredibly exciting to see new underdog teams and rising talent perform on the big stage — it often makes for some of the most competitive and thrilling esports moments of all time. When that pillar starts to crumble, there's a very real risk the entire structure could collapse.
It's genuinely depressing and disappointing to see Riot mishandle a game I truly love and care about (even if I criticize it a lot). I hope they come to realize that they need to support the entire competitive ecosystem — not just the very top.
Lastly, streaming the game and trying to create content around ranked has been a nightmare. Every streamer constantly getting stream-sniped, which forces people to delay stream and ultimately kill chat interaction. Matches are being thrown — again — either for money or to help others climb and reach high spots on the competitive leaderboard, even though it’s ultimately pointless.
The incentive to play ranked has remained the exact same since the game launched. A lot of ranked players aren't excited to play — they're just addicted, queuing up and chasing the feeling the game gave them long ago. There have been no exciting new rewards for reaching the top, and no new game modes that allow for fun, expressive content to be created.
I'm still pretty heated as I write this. I just want what’s best for the game — both at the top and everything beneath it. We, the players, need to see action — not just words. Thanks for coming to my TED talk, and I'm super excited to receive my 10th Radiant gun buddy.
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I need to go on a little rant quickly here. Topic: South Africa, get your shit together.
Gamers locally all want big tournaments with big prize pools and LAN events with top tier production so they can feel like rockstars and my god do I GET IT! But here's the thing: you want everyone supporting you, cheering your name, giving you all these opportunities - what the HELL are you giving in return? Why in the name of all that is good and just would ANY tournament organiser want to back you or give you these chances when you can't show that you're actually willing to work for it?
These smaller events and online cups are MEANINGFUL. They show TOs that you actually give a crap about the scene and not just about your payout at the end of the year. You know why we struggle to crack 50 viewers in a streamed game? Because you don't give viewers a reason to gaf about you. If you're only suddenly appearing twice a year for prize money and then disappearing into the aether until the next "big" tournament, no one is ever going to care about you OR your story and no one will want to support you.
Do you not understand how importance presence and storylines are?? You think a player like @OfficialBoaster became the darling of EMEA by sitting in his basement waiting for the next big tournament? You have to MAKE people care, and the first step is letting them know you exist.
So for god's sake South Africa - JOIN THE SMALL WEEKLY CUPS, MAKE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS, TELL YOUR STORY AND GIVE US A REASON TO CARE
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.