{"id":4121,"date":"2020-04-15T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/riot-games-valorant-esports-plans"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:01:50","slug":"riot-games-valorant-esports-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/riot-games-valorant-esports-plans","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games announces first plans for Valorant esports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games has revealed the first details of its esports plans for Valorant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_810010\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>The developer&rsquo;s 5v5 tactical shooter is currently in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/all-valorant-twitch-streams-closed-beta-access\">closed beta<\/a>, with the title set for a full release in summer 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Valorant has already generated a huge amount of interest from pro players, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/t1-signs-brax-valorant\">many switching their attention to the title<\/a>, and now Riot has outlined some of the core principles behind its esports strategy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While incredibly vague, their&nbsp;plans are described as revolving around three core pillars; namely competitive integrity, accessibility and authenticity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valorant\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/VpOk5q4vsY28aTZF0NsTprpsdO8pGV3IUcxY0OIQT0w\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL1ZhbG9yYW50X25ld19tYWluLmpwZw\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 338px;\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1181\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">Valorant is a huge success already on Twitch (Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hoped this will guide the growth of the esport so aspiring pro players can have a shot at the highest level of play, in what&rsquo;s described as a &ldquo;merit-based competition&rdquo;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Riot has also released&nbsp;Valorant <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PXh6WIzJVa8cKIyVNfXRdLxeGD46Faze\/view\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Community Competition Guidelines<\/a> designed to assist third party organisers to create events for an amateur scene where young players can rise through the ranks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The community competition guidelines consist of three tiers for events, split between small tournaments, medium tournaments and major tournaments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For small events, prize pools cannot exceed &#36;10,000, medium events are capped at &#36;50,000, while major events are classified as official semi-pro events in partnership with big brand organisers like ESL and DreamHack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g8amyzDHOKw&amp;t=2s\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8amyzDHOKw?rel=0&amp;start=2\" style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" tabindex=\"-1\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8amyzDHOKw?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/g8amyzDHOKw\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Led by Riot&rsquo;s senior director of global esports, Whalen Rozelle, the Valorant esports branch has also met with over 100 esports organisations to share their vision and collect feedback.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about their plans, Rozelle said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re overwhelmed by the initial interest and excitement in Valorant. 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