With rumors and reports suggesting that partnered VALORANT teams in the VCT Americas league are going to cut back on player salaries next season, one of the major content creators who’s gotten involved with team ownership expects the tier-two scene in North America will only get more expensive.
Following community backlash to yesterday’s news that The Guard won’t participate in VCT Americas, and after Riot’s response to that backlash, massive streamer and fledgling esports org owner Disguised Toast spoke about the state of VALORANT in NA as a whole in a lengthy stream. Despite The Guard seemingly exiting VALORANT, he thinks teams next year will still go all in on getting that VCT Americas spot, even if it’s just for two years.