In latest days, information has begun circulating concerning the standing of The Guard within the upcoming 2024 VCT Americas match. Sadly, the organisation has didn’t qualify for the 2024 VCT Americas, and based on Riot Video games, it’s due to the corporate’s personal inaction and incapacity to fulfill deadlines. Shockingly, this has had a knock-on impact throughout the board, successfully altering the face of the match for the season forward and forcing Riot to undertake new guidelines on the final second.
Now, followers are rallying behind The Guard – which has seen its justifiable share of struggles in the previous couple of months. There are petitions to permit the organisation to entry the 2024 VCT Americas occasion regardless of them lacking the ‘deadline to comply with the Crew Participation Settlement’ of the match. It has now gone up to now that The Guard’s coach, JoshRT, has reached out to celebrity-level VALORANT followers, like Ben Affleck and Elon Musk, pleading to them for help ultimately.
Will The Guard Fall Quick?
Following a prolonged assertion printed on Twitter by Leo Faria, the Head of VALORANT Esports at Riot Video games, it appears extremely unlikely that The Guard will make it again into the 2024 VCT Americas. It was a incredible breakdown of the occasions so far and a really clear assertion by Faria, however it did as soon as once more stress that it’s The Guard’s personal fault that it gained’t be competing within the upcoming competitors.
‘We’re very disillusioned on behalf of the gamers who competed the entire season and gained’t be capable of qualify as a workforce because of circumstances past their management. As painful as it’s to make this choice, we’ve a accountability to guard the integrity of the game and can all the time do what’s greatest for the long run.‘
It was defined that Riot reached out to The Guard a number of instances over a interval of two months, and regardless of the organisation initially qualifying for the 2024 VCT Americas, it didn’t signal agreements that might assure a spot. By means of a knock-on influence, Riot was then compelled to determine a path forward, they usually had three choices:
- Signal the 5 ‘now unqualified’ gamers to a brand new organisation
- Promote the Ascencion runner-up, M80
- Not promote any workforce from Challengers past Ascension
Finally, Riot determined to decide on the latter choice – opting to not promote any Challengers workforce previous Ascension into the 2024 VCT Americas.
What’s Taking place With The Guard?
Firstly of the yr, The Guard discovered itself in scorching water following a mass and sudden strike of layoffs that impacted the vast majority of the corporate’s employees. This organisation backs quite a few esports groups, resembling The Guard in VALORANT, the LA Gladiators on Overwatch, and the LA Guerrillas within the Name of Responsibility League. Whereas every thing has gone comparatively quiet on the shutdown entrance, it appears that evidently The Guard continues to be fascinated by actively competing throughout esports tournaments.
Nevertheless, given this latest information, it appears that evidently there are nonetheless clerical points current throughout the agency. With the workforce having didn’t signal the paperwork that might have secured them entry to the 2024 VCT Americas, they’ve successfully re-written a well-liked match and critically impacted their fortunes for the season forward.