On the homepage, Riot Games officially announced the increase in the number of tournaments without charge of attending or franchising fees for organizations. These tournaments include the corresponding areas that have been in the official Riot Games tournament such as Asia, Europe, the Americas and except China (Valorant has not been approved by the government of this country).
No charge for franchise of Riot Games facilitates more investment organizations in Valorant. Earlier, the first eSports tournament to set the franchise mechanism was Overwatch ($ 20 million per attendance). League of Legends charge from 8 to 10 million USD, while Call of Duty's figure is up to $ 25 million.
The above expensive costs made many organizations forced to withdraw from games despite achieving many successes, typically 100 Thievves of Call of Duty. In addition, during the 2023 season, Riot Games also allows 3rd party to organize tournaments to help teams rubbing and gaining experience before competing in Challengers, Masters and Valorant Champions.
That means that Valorant's tournament mechanism is somewhat similar to CSGO and the players will play almost throughout the year without an official break. Meanwhile, Valorant in 2022 was still working normally when Masters 1 Reykjavik on Iceland had just closed and the team won the championship Optic Gaming.
In the middle and early May, the teams will start the Challengers Stage 2 qualifying round, and take place in familiar areas such as Emea, North America, APAC, Brazil, Latin America, Japan and South Korea.
