VALORANT: “Fewer and fewer Latin and Brazilian players”, says Americanization Sideshow

Platchat, podcast about VALUING, brought a new discussion this Tuesday (2) about how the casts of VCT Americas are in a process of Americanization and how the teams at Challengers LATAM e BR were affected by this process.

Recently, a rumor emerged about the possible departure of NZR and Leviathan and an input C0Mplayer of Evil Geniuses to replace the Argentine. Additionally, some people in the community commented on how Leviatán invested in a squad with players from several different countries.

Sideshow talks about Americanization and how it impacts Tier 2 of LATAM and BR

“There is a view of fans being angry that Leviatan has lost its identity to some extent, but also a serious point is that this almost seems to be moving towards an inevitable Americanization of all these teams.”

This almost seems to move towards an inevitable Americanization of all these teams.

“If the Americas region is in the US and it’s not going to provide a good atmosphere for other people when they move to play in VCT Americas, if those players end up underperforming because they’re further away from home and if regions like LATAM and Brazil can’t train, the Tier 2 teams (Challengers) can’t train against anyone and so, they’re getting worse too. This is not just the beginning of all the identities becoming multinational, just blending together.”

“Not in the sense that ‘it’s good to see mixed lineups that we’re going to go further’, but rather, in the sense of having fewer and fewer Latin and Brazilian players as people move toward the ones that are able to thrive in LA. That worries me!”

In the sense of having fewer and fewer Latin and Brazilian players as people move towards those who are able to thrive in LA.

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“The only way to resolve this entropy is to divide it into three leagues. I feel like in this current format, this is kind of inevitable and it’s sad because we’ve seen how good LATAM and the Brazilian scene are.”

“Brazil especially, being able to win a world title early on and that puts all the weight on Tier 2 to be able to develop talent and basically means the only way out is to go to Los Angeles.”

This puts all the weight on Tier 2 to be able to develop talent and basically means the only way out is to go to Los Angeles.

And even then, you are at a disadvantage. I feel like we will continue to see a shift toward more and more US players because there is a home-field advantage and training will get better because all the Franchise teams are in LA.

Leo Faria about the League being based in LA where LATAM and BR squads cannot train with Tier 1

At the press conference with VALORANT directors at Champions 2023, the More Esports asked Leo Faria about Riot’s alternative to facilitate training between players in the Brazilian region and franchised teams. This is because the VCT Americas takes place in Los Angeles, in the United States, making this experience, lived by the region, geographically impossible THAT e LATAM.

A @quelvlr_ is in Los Angeles and asked Léo Faria, global director of esports at VALORANT, about the difference in opportunities that regional teams have. In NA, they train against franchise teams, whereas Brazil is isolated and struggles to exchange experiences abroad.… pic.twitter.com/yGlhSiUR7J

— MaisEsportsVAL (@maisesportsval) August 23, 2023