Valorant: Riot clarifies the controversy of its new competitive leagues and promises improvements next year

The European competition of Valorant will receive important improvements for the next season. From Riot Games, the enlargement of the competitive pyramid was announced by creating a system of national leagues that will be implanted on the continent over the next few months. However, some questionable decisions accompanied by clear communicative errors motivated an important controversy in the community. Situation that has led to Bertie, brand manager of the tactical shooter and other developer games, to give explanations to the players.

Valorant's competitive system will continue to improve

In a relatively extensive thread in which the head of Riot Games has not wanted to leave any doubt to resolve, the first thing that arises is a change of perspective. The future National Spanish League of Valorant should not be considered as an organization destined to group in an indefinite way to Portuguese and Italian teams. Rather, it is the alternative of the esports division of the developer for to allow the players of said nationalities to compete in a regional league that in their country still could not be developed, but that would arrive in the future.

In this regard, the aforementioned Bertie has ensured that the development of the official national leagues of League of Legends took many years until its complete development while Valorant hardly has a year and a half of life. A circumstance that led to the esport division of the developer to choose the territories according to the audience, the growth potential and the number of promising players and opt for a small group of countries to do things well from the beginning.

Bertie has not wanted to avoid the controversy related to the closed of the competition, in which nine of ten teams have been invited. About this, he ensures that the LAP has acted according to the Riot Games criteria for all European leagues and that competitions are not fully open to ensure that organizations are sustainable, are regulated and have long-term plans. An attempt to control the future of Valorant and its scene still at an initial phase of development.