• It will not mirror League of Legends

• Looking at 3rd party organization to start community run tournaments

• Riot will sanction official events with organizations

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They’ve established standards for tournament organizations to host events, featuring 3 tiers:

• Small: Community events; $10,000 prize pool max

• Medium: middle-tier businesses; esports orgs; $50,000 prize pool per event max

• Major: Events hosted by big esports leagues

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Riot is looking setting up their own league; for now, will lean on community for events.

"Our primary focus early on will be forming partnerships with players, content creators, tournament organizers and developers -- unlocking them to help us to build the VALORANT ecosystem."

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