[2024] 2024 Year-End Community Stream

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318s	I won't be
322s	a do you
326s	fa I'll keep you in the dark my love
331s	will leave the mark your soul will leave
334s	your body when I'm done
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368s	keep you in the dark
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393s	[Applause]
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408s	I want be
412s	sa to you
416s	fa I'll keep you in the dark my life
421s	will leave the mark CU I will your body
425s	when I'm done
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451s	a
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497s	I'm out here in the cold night run until
500s	I barely feel my feet want to see it
502s	through my own eyes there's no going
506s	back and I'm not afraid anymore cuz I
509s	know I'm going to be the last one
511s	standing yeah I'm not afraid anymore
514s	yeah I don't want to wait anymore I'm
516s	ready
517s	to I'm ready to rise
521s	up I will do what it takes I'll run
525s	blind St into the Flames watch me f
528s	alone in the
531s	shadows I'll carry you home my you I'll
537s	take the shot
541s	still say I'm the
545s	villain I nobody
551s	list they say I'm the
558s	vain see that I'm surrounded by
560s	Predators it's critical they got me in
563s	my element it's dirty how you trying to
565s	keep
568s	it keep my eyes open wide when everyone
572s	around me is an enemy see my life cross
576s	my eyes I'm ready to fall I'm ready to
583s	rise I will do what it it's then I'll
588s	take the
593s	sh
596s	the IAM and nobody listen
603s	still they say I'm
607s	the too you can't take me
617s	down too bad you can't take me
623s	down you can't me
628s	down I'm ready ready to fall I'm ready
632s	to rise
635s	up I will do what it takes I'll rindra
639s	the Flames me bur Al in the
645s	shs I'll carry you hold back if it's you
649s	or me then I'll take the
655s	sh the
659s	scream and nobody
664s	listens still they say I'm the
671s	vain
675s	down dooming
679s	after
683s	they don't
688s	surprise I am so
690s	I
695s	see through the chos you're still on my
700s	mind when the falls down we'll make it
705s	out
708s	together when the world is will
712s	disappear forever
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747s	I am so h i see
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754s	through the chaos you're still on my
759s	mind when the falls down we'll make it
766s	together when the world is still will
770s	disappear
773s	forever when the sky falls down we'll
777s	make it out together
781s	when the world is here will disappear
785s	forever
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811s	the
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886s	ah
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958s	ah ah
990s	ah
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1035s	is
1059s	[Applause]
1066s	here comes a
1069s	party but everybody's gone really wanted
1072s	to shoot this
1074s	thing hello welcome to the 2024 year inv
1078s	valerant community stream I'm Ashley and
1080s	I'm one of the global Community managers
1082s	for valerant and I'm Adrian a global
1084s	social media strategist on valerant and
1086s	I'm also an ascended initiator main but
1088s	that's not why we're here this is the
1090s	first time we've done a stream like this
1091s	but we wanted to try something a little
1093s	different uh one of the goals for
1094s	today's stream is to celebrate the
1096s	community and show off all the cool
1098s	stuff you've done you already saw a lot
1100s	of it in our slideshow earlier but those
1102s	are actually all submitted To Us by the
1103s	community and I'm so in awe at how
1105s	talented you all are I recently started
1107s	doing our monthly Community round
1109s	roundups where I collect fan art and
1110s	cosplays and it's honestly now one of my
1112s	favorite parts of my job and on the
1114s	social front we spend a ton of time
1117s	going through what y'all are posting
1118s	about and around valerin this year we've
1121s	seen thousands of hours of crazy Aces
1124s	highlights with dope edits creative
1126s	combo usages for you and your Duo to try
1128s	out and so much more so for today's
1131s	stream we're going to look back at 2024
1133s	we'll have a discussion with the devs
1134s	about urine patches and other major fe
1137s	uh feature releases in 2024 such as the
1139s	new map Abyss the new Outlaw Gun and new
1142s	agents clove and visce we'll have a
1144s	community segment where we speak where
1145s	we speak with a lovely couple who met on
1147s	valerant we'll be inviting a few Pro
1149s	players to participate in a fun quiz
1151s	that was created by the community and we
1153s	have superlatives to announce these
1155s	super relatives are for the top
1156s	performing players in our community we
1158s	looked at the number of kills head shots
1160s	assists and more so stay tuned for that
1163s	we will also have an orts discussion to
1165s	talk about valant Champions Tour and
1167s	some of the recent changes we made to it
1169s	and at the very end we may or may not
1171s	have a tease of an upcoming agent being
1173s	released next year and throughout the
1175s	stream we'll be checking in on chat and
1177s	reading out some of your comments and
1178s	questions 2024 was a huge year for us
1182s	with all the new content that we brought
1183s	to the game in so many different ways we
1185s	welcomed in a boatload of new players
1187s	with valer on console from the initial
1189s	closed beta announcement at the summer
1191s	game Fest to just launching the game
1193s	weeks later uh we had a ton of new
1195s	players jumping in with dope aim shum
1197s	off focus mode sharing their clips and
1200s	highlights and clutch plays and so much
1201s	more and since I got to work on it it's
1203s	definitely one of my favorite drops of
1205s	2024 so chat what's your favorite moment
1208s	of
1209s	2024 I feel like mine would probably be
1212s	the releas the release of Abyss I
1214s	actually struggle struggle a lot on new
1216s	maps but I love it when the whole
1217s	Community is coming together and
1218s	figuring out how to best play it like
1220s	figing all the lineups and the best
1222s	comps um luckily my favorite agent is
1224s	Omen who's pretty versatile and I feel
1226s	like I can play on most Maps now I
1228s	actually think one of my favorite
1229s	moments from Abyss was during a uh
1232s	Premier week during when Abyss was do
1234s	you remember this you actually joined my
1236s	team as a sub and I learned like I'm a
1238s	SOA man so I learned the Recon lineups
1240s	on both sites for you know information
1242s	and we won one of the matches and I
1244s	remember someone on the team falling off
1246s	more than once it wasn't me it was you I
1250s	don't remember if I was the one it could
1252s	have been me it was probably me but I
1254s	remember winning the game so we know we
1257s	should we we did we did stop at least
1258s	one one team
1260s	so all right so before our first segment
1264s	uh we're excited to announce that we'll
1265s	actually be involved with uh helping us
1267s	design a spray that will be implemented
1269s	in game next year so a product manager
1271s	from the Expressions team Jack is here
1273s	with us to provide more
1275s	context hey folks my name is Jack I'm
1277s	from the valer Expressions team for
1279s	those of you who don't know Expressions
1281s	is the group that makes all the in-game
1282s	Cosmetics the uh gun skins gun buddies
1285s	player cards sprays U anyways that's
1287s	what I do for my job but today I'm here
1289s	to announce the first ever Community
1291s	spray challenge the way this is going to
1293s	work is throughout the course of the
1294s	stream uh we'll have a series of polls
1296s	those polls will include different
1297s	aspects of the spray including the
1299s	agents in it what they're doing uh and
1301s	then meanwhile one of our artists Dennis
1302s	is cooking backstage he'll be working on
1304s	the spray live as you guys give feedback
1306s	uh and including those results from the
1308s	poll um please keep in mind that getting
1310s	this type of stuff in game does take a
1311s	little bit uh but look out for the spray
1313s	sometime in
1314s	2025 so let's start the first Poll for
1317s	the spray which two agents should we
1318s	feature
1319s	sage and Omen clove and killjoy or sky
1322s	and
1323s	vice and while we wait for the poll
1325s	results to come in let's actually take a
1327s	look at the other room where they'll be
1329s	working on the spray in real
1342s	time the global social lead on valerant
1344s	I am Denis I'm senior consant artist at
1346s	valerant and 95 uh percent of my time
1350s	I'm working on the Skins hell yeah well
1352s	as you know today um Dennis is here he's
1354s	going to be drawing and working on the
1355s	spray so let's look what chat's saying
1357s	while they're voting um clove and KJ a
1360s	lot of comments here there um still
1363s	seeing a lot for clove and
1365s	KJ wow yeah we'll see KJ really the
1369s	polls let's see what they're saying as
1370s	it comes in I'm interested in seeing
1372s	there's a lot coming in there's a lot
1373s	for one I'm seeing a lot of ones for
1375s	sage and Omen personally I think that I
1378s	would like to see Sage Omen win um how
1380s	about you yeah I am too you know I love
1382s	Omen he has a really cool story and no
1385s	one knows it well yeah and not to not to
1387s	bias the chat you all pick what you want
1388s	to pick so like this is all up to you
1390s	you've got about a minute to pick this
1392s	um but as we go like Dennis tell us more
1394s	about being a concept artist what is
1396s	that like you know that's unbelievable
1399s	honestly I worked on many releases but
1401s	this one is the best one uh because we
1403s	have uh this fre this freedom of
1406s	creativity we can do anything what we
1408s	want and I understood it from the my
1410s	first task I see yeah well what was your
1413s	favorite skin you ever made uh that was
1415s	my first task you can believe it and my
1418s	first task uh was a uh Elder flame wow
1421s	uh and that was a huge challenge for us
1424s	and for me too because like you know
1426s	it's like first thing what I have to do
1428s	yeah and we pushed the limits of the
1431s	whole industry and just made one one
1434s	skin Dragon guns Dragon guns Dragon guns
1437s	okay and what was your favorite VAR
1439s	variant uh the classic one I guess okay
1442s	the standard because you know uh the
1445s	rest of the colors Made It by different
1448s	people and uh I and timour we started
1451s	the first one oh yeah it's like a my
1454s	personal one that makes sense what's the
1456s	like your favorite gun to design for uh
1459s	I would say that's uh the easiest one
1462s	the easiest one is the Vandal Vandal is
1464s	pretty pretty pretty easy to do because
1466s	it's already aggressive it's already it
1468s	has uh so many Dynamic lines that's why
1472s	uh it's easy to start uh it's a best
1475s	best time uh and in the same time we've
1477s	got the most uh complex gun which is
1480s	really hard to work it is uh Odin the
1483s	Odin's the most complex yes even though
1485s	it's got a lot of space to work on y
1487s	yeah and the biggest one the scale uh
1490s	becomes like twice bigger uh and
1492s	everything you can do in a like for the
1495s	like for the Vandal and then you need to
1497s	reinvent the same style
1499s	right that's why it's so difficult well
1501s	that's very interesting now I wonder
1503s	about um the phantom versus Vandal that
1507s	I guess you just answered the question
1508s	here you prefer the Vandal chat what do
1510s	you all think yeah that's really
1512s	interesting to see that the this endless
1515s	bottle Phantom versus I'm not seeing
1518s	anyone in the chat saying that they like
1520s	Phantom or Vandal um so we'll continue
1523s	to see if they have any any comments any
1525s	thoughts here but I think we're also
1527s	near wrapping our first poll um is that
1530s	right and so I believe that the results
1533s	are that sage and Omen have won yay
1536s	that's what we wanted woohoo no bias no
1538s	bias but we'll start the second Poll for
1540s	the spray now so for the second poll
1542s	we're going to vote what will they be
1543s	doing in the spray are they running away
1546s	are they hiding or are they fighting
1548s	we're going to give you another minute
1549s	to be voting and then you can let us
1551s	know yeah I mean what do you think
1553s	running away hiding fighting like what
1555s	what do you think that makes sense for
1557s	you m
1559s	fighting all characters they always
1561s	fighting you know like part they it's a
1564s	part of our game but maybe hiding hiding
1566s	is actually the same but it's might
1568s	might be much more interesting there's a
1570s	lot of options if you hide you can hide
1572s	above below so so many funny situations
1575s	when the someone hide and other other uh
1578s	player didn't didn't see it at all
1580s	that's true that's why it might be
1582s	really really funny I know there's
1584s	there's a lot of options out here for us
1585s	let's see what chat's saying right now
1587s	um a lot of votes they're seeing a lot
1589s	of numbers um ooh a little call out for
1592s	for Meg who I think you'll be able to
1594s	see her on stream soon um but let's look
1597s	at the poll as it comes through uh got
1600s	more more votes coming in a lot of
1602s	numbers they're just I'm seeing one two
1604s	and three everyone's got
1608s	thoughts and it looks like um as they
1611s	come on um you can see uh that the
1614s	results are actually coming in very soon
1617s	and hiding
1619s	hiding has won yes exciting okay that's
1623s	great for us and so basically we're
1626s	going to check back in with Dennis
1627s	through the whole spray um through the
1628s	whole stream but as for now we're going
1630s	to take a look at what happened in 2024
1633s	yep everyone I'm Anna and I'm Andy and
1636s	it's been a while since we've had a
1638s	chance to talk like this and since then
1640s	we've shared some pretty incredible
1641s	moments together the old man laid out
1643s	the plan now all we got to do is show
1646s	them how to do it with style this is
1649s	going to be
1650s	fun tell me about shrouded step Sil I
1655s	think you will like
1660s	this I'm here a stay smokes after your
1664s	dead I think my controller arcs here
1666s	miss Bloom is just our first take on
1668s	pink skins but we promise it won't be
1670s	the
1672s	[Music]
1674s	last the eator are going to love this
1678s	dude
1682s	all right lucky socks don't fail me now
1685s	what is that actually part of the map oh
1688s	my God Park what
1689s	[Applause]
1692s	the off your
1696s	[Applause]
1697s	[Music]
1702s	feet I think we've also got some other
1704s	people to welcome right we do millions
1707s	and millions of new console players in
1709s	fact hello out
1713s	there one enemy
1719s	remaining a little lesson for you and
1722s	your friends don't chase something you
1725s	aren't prepared to catch
1751s	it's about time let's finish
1764s	this all right welcome back we are
1766s	starting the dev discussion where we'll
1768s	talk about about year end patches and
1769s	Abyss Outlaw visce and clove if you have
1772s	any questions regarding those topics
1773s	feel free to send them in the
1776s	chat cool and we actually got our devs
1780s	here with us so we can actually talk
1781s	about some of these things hey y'all
1783s	welcome welcome to the stage uh
1785s	introduce
1786s	yourselves uh hi I'm June quvo I'm a
1789s	game designer on valerant I work on
1791s	future agents as well as live
1794s	balance hi I'm uh Dan harderson or you
1796s	can call me penguin I'm the live design
1798s	lead on valerant hey I'm Nick you call
1801s	me Nick woo I'm a game designer on
1802s	valerant same as June future agents and
1805s	live live balance changes uh my name is
1807s	Joey seus and I am the maps team design
1809s	lead thanks so much for joining us y'all
1812s	let's just dive right into it let's talk
1814s	about these yearend patches now they
1817s	started around August and they're
1818s	actually going up until this upcoming
1820s	week which we'll we'll get to that here
1821s	in a little bit uh and there were some
1823s	spicy updates that came throughout these
1825s	past couple of weeks such as agent
1827s	changes map changes and more I wanted to
1829s	ask can you provide some context as to
1833s	what was our thought process in
1834s	launching these Patches at this time of
1836s	the year yeah yeah yeah I can answer
1838s	that one um so this point of the year is
1840s	the time when VCT is kind of wrapped up
1842s	with for the year you know we're mostly
1843s	into offseason events so we can kind of
1845s	start balancing the game taking some
1846s	more aggressive passes at systemic
1847s	things like you know Gunplay uh the mini
1849s	map stuff that June will talk about
1851s	later um and you know just kind of not
1853s	mess up or break the game too much
1855s	during the active
1856s	season so during the year in pches we
1859s	actually adjusted Sentinels and
1860s	controllers quite a bit uh how did you
1862s	feel about these agents prior to the
1863s	changes and how do you feel about them
1865s	now yeah so uh I'll talk about the
1867s	Sentinels first U for Cipher and Sage
1870s	you know I think it was pretty obvious
1871s	to most people that Cipher was kind of
1873s	the king of the Sentinel role it was
1874s	like um he had all this Global
1877s	Information he had nasty kill setups you
1879s	could get so much out of the character
1881s	um so he just kind of wanted to take a
1882s	light pass and also deal with some of
1884s	those trip wires that you can run into
1886s	and kind of hit without much gameplay
1888s	like you couldn't shoot them even when
1889s	you knew knew they were there so we kind
1891s	of wanted to ease those up a little bit
1893s	um and then when it comes to Sage she's
1895s	just a little bit on the weaker side
1896s	especially for good players so we wanted
1898s	to make sure like hey all the things you
1900s	can do on Sage are satisfying are fun
1902s	are kind of stopping rushes reactively
1905s	um so that was kind of our thought
1906s	process for Cypher and Sage um and then
1909s	for the omen changes they're a little
1910s	bit spicy I know there's some thoughts
1911s	there so we'll have to be uh kind of you
1913s	know assessing and watching them live as
1915s	they perform uh see if we get kind of
1917s	those highle Choice structure gains that
1919s	we were hoping for With The Changes um
1921s	and yeah I think that's pretty much it
1922s	for 910 and Sentinels and controllers
1925s	gotcha so aside from Sentinels and
1927s	controllers we also adjusted Phoenix and
1930s	neon so what was the thought process
1932s	Behind these changes yeah yeah yeah I'll
1935s	pass that over to Nick to talk about
1936s	Phoenix yeah um so the thought process
1939s	for Phoenix at least was that we really
1941s	like Phoenix and we really like how kind
1943s	of simple he is and we didn't really
1944s	want to change too much of that we did
1945s	want to make sure and sharpen his
1947s	capability of being conf ident Brash
1949s	bold getting in there as as one might
1951s	expect with from Phoenix's personality
1953s	and like his kit generally speaking and
1955s	so we thought all the abilities were
1956s	right and so we just kind of organized
1958s	some things around to get more of that
1959s	sensation out of him and of course some
1961s	quality of life um that made it a little
1963s	bit easier to use the wall to get it
1965s	into positions that she wanted to and
1966s	we're like really happy with how those
1968s	are playing out um and so and as well as
1971s	we wanted him to be you know a little
1972s	bit better at getting in there like you
1974s	know like neon and among other Mobility
1976s	dualists you know um but I know a lot of
1979s	people want to hear about neon so Dan
1981s	please take it away yeah yeah yeah I can
1983s	talk about neon um so with neon we kind
1985s	of wanted to sharpen her identity as an
1987s	aggressive entry duelist we wanted to
1989s	kind of make that decision of like is
1991s	she an entry duelist is she kind of one
1992s	of those more brawling Duelists uh so
1994s	with 811 we leaned into oh she's an
1996s	entry duelist that's kind of what we
1997s	want her to do in the game um and so we
2000s	did this slide and shoot stuff you know
2001s	it's been mixed it's been very powerful
2003s	obviously so we'll have to be adjusting
2005s	that as you know a lot of people
2006s	watching the stream probably already
2007s	know um um but that was kind of the
2009s	thought process is that we really wanted
2011s	to sharpen neon as a character who is
2013s	really good at following up on Allied
2014s	utility and getting into sites and like
2016s	making those entry frags happen and I
2017s	think you know outside of the power
2019s	level just gen generally being too high
2022s	I think the changes have been doing
2023s	mostly what we want them to do just a
2025s	little bit too well yeah and that patch
2027s	is coming out this week so stay tuned on
2031s	Tuesday or you know coming up this week
2033s	so uh but another thing that was also
2035s	new to the game that has kind of added
2037s	some
2038s	variety some fun is the Regent Shield
2041s	right it's the new shield in valerant
2043s	that is priced in between the light and
2044s	the heavy armor and it has a pool of
2047s	Health that can be regenerated over time
2049s	if you you know get out of combat uh
2052s	how's regen Shield looking how's it
2054s	performing are you know are we looking
2056s	to make any changes to it just quite yet
2057s	or we still kind of like letting it cool
2059s	for a bit Yeah Yeah Yeah we're
2061s	definitely letting it cook on the live
2062s	design side it's a little bit too early
2064s	to really like make any dramatic changes
2066s	we're still kind of assessing it um it
2067s	certainly didn't break the game it
2069s	certainly didn't you know make anything
2071s	dramatically worse like so I'm mostly
2074s	happy with how it's shipped um we'll
2076s	we'll have yeah that's the that's the
2078s	goal
2079s	that's break it like yeah uh yeah we'll
2083s	always have to be assessing this kind of
2084s	thing as it goes um but yeah I think I
2087s	think there will be some situations
2088s	where people will want to pick it up
2090s	we'll be tracking like economic
2091s	snowballing how the uh additional Health
2093s	kind of brings into different rounds you
2095s	know all that kind of stuff um but for
2096s	now I think we're pretty happy to just
2098s	kind of let it sit see how it goes for
2100s	now cool so we also made some changes to
2103s	how the combat report works and we have
2105s	some map ping changes coming up in 9.11
2107s	which will be next week so what was the
2109s	reasoning Behind these changes and what
2111s	are the
2112s	goals uh yeah so whenever we're like
2116s	working on valerant overall and just
2118s	like thinking about the game we're not
2119s	just looking at weapons or agents or
2121s	Maps we're also just thinking about how
2123s	all the different systems within
2125s	valerant support that like core tactical
2127s	game play that I think is just the
2129s	promise and excitement of the game um
2132s	and we just started noticing some cases
2135s	where some of these features like combat
2137s	report and map pinging were being used
2138s	to create kind of like unintended
2140s	gameplay advantages the the combat
2143s	report ones like pretty easy to
2145s	understand it's like you flash out of B
2147s	main on ascent and run out and die and
2149s	then your combat report says you flashed
2151s	four and you're like oh there's four on
2153s	B right which is like information you
2155s	maybe had no way of knowing um we just
2157s	felt like that that was just information
2158s	leak that um was making the game worse
2162s	rather than better and we tried to find
2163s	a way to make it so you still had your
2165s	like you know combat report your
2167s	information about how effective you were
2169s	you know about the round still available
2170s	to you at the end of the round rather
2172s	than just right when you died um and
2174s	then for map pinging
2176s	stuff we mainly were looking at cases
2179s	where
2180s	like uh the this very precise perfect
2184s	information ping was being used to cause
2187s	you to get kills in situations that you
2190s	maybe wouldn't have been able to unless
2192s	you had that like very precise piece of
2194s	UI information that was being given to
2196s	you like ultimately you know when you're
2198s	playing the game and if you're like
2199s	pulling up your map to generate a ping
2201s	in like a specific location so you can
2203s	perfectly line up a wall bang spot
2205s	that's not really like the point of that
2207s	system right like that's not like why we
2209s	designed that system ultimately and also
2212s	you know um it feels weird that like
2215s	when you die you're like coming to your
2217s	team ping for me ping for me because you
2218s	don't want to pull up your map because
2219s	you're in main smoked off like trying to
2221s	you know spam the spike so you know it's
2224s	going to be a change like it'll take
2225s	some getting used to for people but um
2228s	you know play with it give it an honest
2230s	shot and uh let us know what you think
2232s	of course
2233s	yeah yeah we're going to have to revisit
2236s	our strategies a little bit yeah when we
2238s	get back to Premiere it's going to be
2240s	something uh no no more p no more
2243s	flaming each other for not pinging I
2244s	would never flame anyone no I know it
2246s	was me I
2249s	so okay so let's talk about the sunset
2251s	changes not only did we make changes to
2253s	the site but we also changed the
2254s	lighting can you take us through the
2255s	process of making map changes like this
2258s	yeah uh anytime we make changes to our
2259s	Maps we want to be like really
2260s	deliberate so first steps kind of just
2261s	identifying a problem a lot of that's
2263s	just uh reading player feedback uh you
2266s	know playing the game observing Pro
2267s	playay uh for sunset in particular we
2270s	weren't really happy with how postplant
2272s	was playing out you know as you can kind
2274s	of tell we had a bit of a problem with
2276s	uh the the bomb getting smoked off and
2279s	the spike being uh smoked off and
2282s	pinging and and a lot of like spam going
2284s	on so we tackled it in a few ways um you
2286s	know the big one was probably the non-
2289s	pin cover in Maine we removed that we
2291s	changed where you can actually plant the
2292s	spike and we adjusted cover too to give
2294s	players uh you know more opportunities
2296s	to actually play on the site during post
2298s	plants um and so far so good we've seen
2301s	like a healthy uptick in retakes um
2303s	we've also seen just like healthier heat
2304s	map data and players seem to be enjoying
2306s	that change uh pretty well also we kind
2309s	of got rid of the really nasty Cipher
2311s	trip wire which I know players were
2312s	really not a big fan of um and yeah the
2315s	lighting uh was actually um that came
2319s	from uh an internal event that we do
2320s	called Thunderdome it's basically like a
2323s	hackathon that we do here at Riot where
2324s	riers can just kind of work on four fun
2327s	little projects our lighting artist on
2329s	the maps team um he uh wanted to make
2332s	the map feel more like a sunset you know
2334s	go kind of lean into the vibe a bit um
2337s	and then in review we saw like a lot of
2338s	opportunities for like just better
2340s	gameplay Clarity um so it's kind of a
2343s	nice win between Art and Design we
2345s	polished that up a bit and then we got
2346s	it out into players hands and I think
2347s	that's been received pretty well too
2350s	yeah so now we can actually take space
2352s	on Sunset we can actually take up all
2354s	that space and play on site so I'm I'm
2357s	telling this to all my teammates from
2359s	here on out so uh get ready uh another
2362s	thing that we brought to the game is the
2364s	outlaw now me personally I'm not a like
2368s	sniper at all Marshall I can't get that
2370s	away from me the op oh my God I can't
2372s	even spend them any credits on anything
2374s	uh but the outlaw has made its way into
2377s	my mid by round surprisingly um how do
2380s	we feel the outlaw is performing right
2382s	now and what was the decision behind
2383s	shipping it this
2385s	year yeah um I think we're feeling
2388s	pretty great about the outlaw and I'm
2389s	glad to hear that you're finding it
2391s	useful even though you're not a you know
2393s	self-proclaimed not a sniper user um I
2395s	think that when we think about weapons
2398s	in val we're always thinking about new
2399s	stuff in Valor and weapons especially um
2402s	and the decision to like release one or
2404s	not really comes down to like do we feel
2406s	like it's a viable candidate do we feel
2408s	like it's adding something to the game
2409s	that is going to be like in contention
2412s	with the others right not just for the
2413s	sake of variety of course you know
2415s	having having something new will produce
2417s	some variety but like we really wanted
2419s	to focus in and get something that's
2421s	like oh yeah I could see where it's used
2423s	I could see why it's going to be
2424s	valuable even if it's not like across
2426s	all rounds right um and so I'm glad to
2428s	hear you know in your mid- round buys or
2429s	in some cases maybe it's a character
2432s	Synergy of course the snipers like uh or
2434s	like characters that really Vibe with
2435s	snipers like Jet and chamber do see it
2438s	but I can see it on like Soo with a chip
2440s	with chipping from a shock Dart or like
2441s	you know a variety of other stuff so uh
2444s	we're pretty happy with the outlaw um I
2446s	would say and I think it's getting its
2448s	you know having its time in the Sun but
2450s	also people are you know see what it's
2452s	used for and then sometimes you know oh
2454s	this is not a good time for an outlaw
2455s	you know and I think that's the kind of
2456s	spot we want to get to with Arsenal you
2458s	know situational and some are just going
2460s	to be really versatile like you know
2461s	your vandals and Phantoms and that's
2463s	kind of where we're at with it
2465s	yeah right that's very interesting so we
2468s	also released two new agents in 2024
2470s	Vice and clob how's Vice doing compared
2473s	to other Sentinels yeah yeah I can take
2475s	this one um so for uh so for vice uh I
2478s	think generally the character is
2479s	released pretty well pretty balanced um
2481s	for the most part um we'll still have to
2483s	kind of see how the other Sentinel
2485s	changes shake things up like if Cipher
2487s	um if Cipher's kind of give some space
2489s	for vice to exist in the ecosystem um or
2491s	if Sage is going to start eating some of
2492s	that space um we do think Vice could use
2495s	a little bit of a tuneup uh particularly
2496s	on her brambles um so we'll be taking a
2499s	pass at some brambles and some other
2500s	light quality of life stuff soon uh
2502s	that'll be in patch uh 9.11 similar to
2504s	the neon Nerfs um but overall I think
2507s	they're doing really well um for a clove
2511s	um we're really happy that everyone has
2513s	been enjoying clove that they've been
2515s	you know that there's been yeah everyone
2517s	actually everyone super popular yeah ton
2519s	of people everyone in rank is playing
2521s	clove yeah I mean um but yeah clove is
2524s	really really strong in ranked and
2526s	they've continued to be one of the
2527s	strongest characters the game has really
2529s	seen in ranked in general um so we're
2531s	going to have to be taking a pass on
2532s	clove to try to try to trim some of that
2534s	rank performance and kind of close the
2536s	gap a little bit between really
2537s	organized play and ranked play for clove
2540s	um so that'll be coming out sometime in
2541s	the new Goa so in addition to adjusting
2544s	Sunset we also introduced a new map
2546s	Abyss where we have players accidentally
2548s	and purposely falling off the map can
2551s	you provide some insight on what your
2552s	goal was for the map and why it was
2554s	designed that way yeah um for Abyss uh
2557s	when we were designing it we were just
2558s	coming off of a few uh more standard
2560s	Maps we had Pearl Lotus sunset uh we
2563s	wanted to do something a bit more
2564s	experimental you know push the
2565s	boundaries of what our Maps can do or in
2567s	this case remove them um you know by
2570s	removing those boundaries it kind of let
2572s	us create more unique spaces on the map
2575s	and those unique spaces then afford
2576s	agents to kind of use utility in new
2578s	ways we see uh and we've seen a ton of
2580s	cool plays uh throughout the year from
2582s	players you know jets flying off the map
2584s	to land a sick blad storm kill and Omens
2587s	teleporting across gaps into like uh
2589s	smokes for sneaky plays uh you know
2592s	breach and raise right like they can
2593s	knock people off of the map um and I
2595s	think in that way the map you know was
2597s	really successful we got players you
2599s	know to think about this utility that
2600s	they're really familiar with um in new
2603s	ways um you know we're monitoring the
2605s	map uh as with all new maps you know
2608s	they're we're always when we launch a
2610s	map we don't think that it's like
2612s	completely done you know it's always
2613s	going to need a little bit of uh work
2615s	over time and you know we're keeping eye
2617s	on
2618s	that all right cool so we actually have
2621s	a few questions from the chat from hicha
2623s	uh what were the main ideas on removing
2626s	the omen one ways because feel like that
2628s	was the main differentiator between him
2630s	and other controllers yeah yeah I can
2632s	answer this one um so for removing the
2634s	omen one ways we kind of felt like it
2635s	was another dominating reason that you
2637s	would pick Omen other over other
2640s	controllers especially like the highest
2642s	uh levels of play um and one of the
2643s	things that's difficult about you know
2645s	being a balance designer on the game is
2646s	that we always have to balance for both
2647s	regular play and kind of professional
2649s	play right um and with uh with manen's
2653s	paranoia that was kind of the other
2654s	option right it's like obviously you
2655s	want to probably Nerf one of those two
2657s	things and paranoia is one of those
2659s	abilities that is really accessible for
2661s	strategy for tons of different players
2663s	right like everyone in all levels of
2665s	Premiere can be like hey Omen go
2666s	paranoia this place whereas the one ways
2668s	are a little bit harder to get value out
2670s	of and we knew we could kind of remove
2672s	them without nerfing him in ranked as
2674s	much and he's already honestly not that
2676s	great in ranked for the most part um so
2678s	that was kind of a concession um we'll
2680s	still have to assess whether or not you
2682s	know this worked whether or not you know
2684s	uh Omen did lose any of that kind of
2686s	like dominating high level Choice
2687s	structure um and I can't really commit
2691s	to anything yet but we have been testing
2692s	some kind of fun prototype things for
2694s	Omen to try to lean a little bit more
2696s	into manen's fantasy
2698s	um so hopefully those work out I'm
2700s	really excited about them personally but
2701s	um it's still a little bit too early to
2702s	really commit to anything concrete here
2705s	sweet we also have another question
2707s	about the shields will there ever be a
2709s	heavy regen from Soul
2714s	Eater yeah that's also for me um that's
2718s	kind of a question where it's like H we
2720s	haven't really thought about that yet um
2722s	I think we'll have to kind of assess and
2724s	see how the light uh you know light
2726s	regen Shields the regen Shield workout
2729s	with with the way they're tuned right
2730s	now and kind of see you know is there
2732s	space for that in the shop that's kind
2734s	of what Nick's point was talking about
2735s	with the outlaw earlier is whenever
2737s	we're adding something to the shop we
2738s	want to make sure there's kind of space
2740s	and a reason for this kind of thing to
2742s	exist uh and it's like oh there doesn't
2744s	need to necessarily be a onetoone
2745s	comparison between every piece of
2747s	shields or armor utility or whatever
2750s	gotcha we
2752s	said soundsol though yeah it could it
2755s	could I mean who knows it could be show
2758s	for sure who knows all right well thank
2760s	you for joining us today and giving us
2762s	this Insight I always love learning
2764s	about how impactful game decisions are
2765s	made I'm sure our players do too so
2768s	before we jump into our next segment
2769s	we're going to talk about or where we
2771s	talk about valerant on Console let's
2772s	check back in with joy and Dennis to see
2774s	what's going on with the design and do
2776s	another
2781s	[Music]
2783s	poll to the spray room um we can see
2786s	Dennis here works at the speed of light
2788s	take a look at these Concepts that he
2790s	has ready for you all right now so we're
2793s	going to have you voting now because
2794s	based on your original results of the
2796s	first vote saying we wanted to see sage
2798s	and Omen secondly we wanted to see them
2800s	hiding Dennis has concepted five
2802s	different concepts for what that could
2804s	look like it's now your turn to vote for
2807s	what you think would be the best for him
2808s	to continue developing on number one
2811s	we've got disguise behind the pole you
2813s	can see Omen he's um trying to fit
2815s	behind that pole uh Sage poke out behind
2817s	him very cute um and on number two uh
2820s	peeking from the pole both of them one
2822s	after the other just peeking out from
2824s	behind taking a look what is this um the
2827s	third hiding in the ceiling you heard
2829s	something above you it's sage and Omen
2830s	they're watching you from above all are
2832s	there yeah they're all just there and
2834s	then the fourth one peeking out um and
2837s	then fifth hiding behind that crate so
2840s	let's take a look give you all a moment
2842s	to vote and let us know what you want to
2844s	see um him continue
2846s	on and while we do that you know Dennis
2848s	tell me what were you thinking when you
2850s	designed these like you finish these at
2851s	the speed of light honestly H yeah
2854s	that's unbelievable difficult and I
2856s	don't know can can I finish it today or
2858s	not because it's like so difficult it's
2860s	a really hard task and uh most of the
2863s	time we have like a more than a day for
2865s	that but right now I have to do
2867s	everything as quick as possible that's
2869s	why uh it's so hard for me and I already
2873s	swe like because it's like you see like
2875s	I did five five options you did five
2877s	Concepts yeah and right now guys please
2881s	please pick one and you can help me out
2884s	just to continue and finish it out I
2886s	hope I hope but I I I can say like I can
2889s	do I'm not sure can I do it 100% uh and
2893s	you can see the the final version but uh
2896s	I will do my best and I'll try uh to
2899s	make it as close as possible to the to
2901s	the Finish awesome and we're going to be
2903s	taking a look at those poll results as
2905s	they come in um but as we go you know
2907s	like through the year sage and Omen have
2909s	been actually going on quite a few
2910s	Adventures this year if anyone is
2911s	following our like um narrative story as
2915s	we're saying you know we're we're
2916s	talking through like there's a lot going
2918s	on um manen's gone on his own personal
2921s	journey and Stage alongside him um and
2923s	that's that's how they found Vice and
2925s	brought her to join um the team and so
2928s	it looks like the winner has come in uh
2931s	number three hiding in the ceiling man I
2935s	really like number one but number three
2937s	that has won so without further Ado we
2940s	have one last poll after this but until
2943s	then let's talk about how we release
2944s	valerant on Console this
2952s	year right so we welcomed a lot of new
2955s	players in 2024 since we released valant
2957s	on Console we're here with Ally and Eric
2959s	who worked on making this come to life
2961s	can you introduce yourselves hi yeah I'm
2963s	Eric Woo I'm the engineering manager on
2965s	the console gameplay team and and I'm
2967s	Ali Murdoch I am a gameplay production
2970s	manager and team captain for console
2972s	gameplay thanks so much for joining us
2975s	here today let's just get right into it
2977s	valerant on Console what were some of
2979s	the challenges about bringing the game
2981s	to the do both these new platforms we
2984s	could be here for hours talking about
2986s	the challenges honestly there's really a
2988s	lot I mean the whole studio had to Pivot
2991s	to like help support these efforts like
2993s	and and everything down to even like our
2996s	release processes um like on Console
2999s	there's this thing called certification
3001s	where you have to send in your console
3003s	build to Microsoft and Sony so that they
3006s	can evaluate and make sure that the
3008s	players are safe and we love them for
3010s	that they're they're making sure our
3011s	players are safe um and they they check
3013s	a variety of things and so you have to
3015s	make sure that you meet all of these
3017s	requirements and so because of that we
3019s	had to like buffer in time for console
3022s	and on the gameplay side there's really
3024s	a lot of challenge with it because of
3026s	how
3027s	limited um the button options are
3031s	compared to PC you have a whole keyboard
3033s	on PC on Console you have like what 10
3038s	button it's really not much and so we we
3041s	spent a lot of time iterating on the
3043s	controls making sure it still felt uh
3046s	good to you know click heads and have
3050s	those like um precise aiming moments and
3053s	um and then also just making the
3055s	gameplay actually feel like valerant
3058s	because it's like so action-packed um
3060s	but console like you're just so limited
3062s	with the joysticks and and everything
3065s	yeah I think that's one of the harder
3066s	challenges is we have 20 plus live
3068s	agents already players have gotten to
3069s	know them from you know years of
3071s	valerant being available and we really
3073s	want to make sure that the console
3075s	players get to have that same age in
3076s	fantasy so there's like a lot that goes
3078s	on with ensuring that the things that
3079s	you can do that are really cool on PC we
3082s	want to make sure that you get to
3083s	experience that on Console as well yeah
3085s	I mean and as we're already talking
3086s	about now right it's like valerant now
3090s	multiplatform what is that just like now
3092s	developing at the same time right like
3095s	well it's incredibly challenging as you
3098s	can imagine um like I mentioned I mean
3100s	valerin is live right so we've got
3101s	millions of players all around the world
3103s	and they expect the game to be up and
3105s	running they want to be able to play um
3107s	and so for us uh we're constantly
3109s	working in areas that are you know
3111s	shared spaces things like agents uh UI
3114s	weapons movement things like that are
3116s	are it's it's super important that we
3118s	keep on top of mind that we don't you
3120s	know muck and break the the main game um
3123s	and so we have a lot of processes that
3124s	we have to develop we've got uh cross
3127s	team collaboration communication even
3129s	our play tests like we have console play
3131s	tests we have PC play tests um and
3134s	honestly after all the console play
3136s	testing that we did I thought I'd be a
3137s	lot better at the game than I am now but
3139s	um all these things kind of come into
3141s	play when just making sure that like we
3143s	want to make sure that the game is
3145s	stable um but that we do what we need to
3147s	do and make the necessary changes to
3149s	ensure that the uh console gameplay side
3150s	of things feels right so what are some
3153s	of the similarities we've seen from
3154s	players in the game on console and PC
3157s	yeah there's actually quite a lot that's
3158s	similar so looking at the agents right
3160s	now um just like on PC some of our
3163s	highest pick rate agents are Raina clove
3165s	jet they continue to be super popular um
3169s	one of the interesting things is we're
3170s	seeing uh Sage for example be slightly
3172s	more popular but one thing to keep in
3174s	mind is that our console players are
3175s	still you know going through process of
3178s	unlocking the the agents and like you
3180s	know figuring it out for themselves what
3181s	they like to play um and despite the
3184s	fact that console's only been out for
3185s	about 3 months I mean we started to see
3187s	dramatic Improvement in the game play um
3189s	our players head shot percentages are
3192s	going up and they're starting to come in
3193s	line with PC I wish I could say that was
3196s	true for me as well um same it's it's
3199s	it's hard and so um and we're also
3202s	seeing that like console accuracy
3204s	actually started off a lot higher um
3206s	than on PC and that's cuz players are
3208s	not spamming as much they're not
3209s	pre-firing as much but as they pick up
3211s	these habits um we're kind of seeing
3213s	those players skill levels increase um
3215s	and and it's great to see that things
3217s	are kind of leveling out you know now as
3219s	we're we're talking about aiming right
3220s	on Console one of the unique things
3222s	that's actually on valerant console is
3224s	the focus mode right for those who don't
3226s	know it's the kind of in between aiming
3228s	system that's exclusively on consoles
3230s	between hitfire and ads that allows you
3232s	to essentially access another
3234s	sensitivity so you can say pull off you
3237s	know dodging flashes I haven't done it
3239s	yet but that's fine and also aiming
3241s	precisely this is a key feature of
3243s	valant console right and you typically
3245s	don't see something like this on games
3247s	between PC and console so what was the
3249s	process in developing this super cool
3252s	thing H it was it was honestly a long
3256s	process like we tried uh a lot of
3258s	different prototypes and um there's a
3261s	variety of things that we do throughout
3263s	development to like validate and really
3265s	honestly challenge our some
3267s	and make sure that we are on the right
3269s	track um getting that player feedback
3271s	along the way and so um shout out to I
3274s	do want to say shout out to research um
3276s	our research team Tony um they they
3279s	really help us to understand like what
3281s	we need to be doing um as we go through
3285s	and so we tried a bunch of different
3288s	prototypes for various different things
3290s	even one that we called Soft ads which
3293s	is like you know when you say it's the
3295s	in between that's immediately what I go
3297s	to that was the internal Dev name
3299s	designers might kill me for saying that
3301s	but um that was one of our early
3303s	prototypes and it was something that we
3305s	had just on pistol that would like Zoom
3307s	slightly and um just give you like a
3309s	slight field of view change and um
3312s	really like it wasn't until the game
3314s	analysis team got spun up and we were
3316s	seeing them play and just noticing that
3319s	you're you're sort of like missing those
3320s	like Ace moments on console and we
3323s	realized like we needed a more holistic
3326s	um
3327s	system to like address um basically this
3330s	this need to both move quickly and then
3333s	also aim very precisely and slowly um
3336s	which is something that's really hard to
3337s	do with a joystick um like you just
3341s	can't it's really hard watching the game
3343s	analysis team play is is honestly it's
3345s	impressive like it really starts to blur
3347s	the lines between all the platforms I
3349s	had no idea that any of the things we
3351s	were watching were even possible on
3353s	Console like early iterations were
3355s	fumbling around like trying to slowly
3357s	look down to dodge a flash like taking
3359s	these 1 V2s was basically impossible you
3362s	know watching them play and watching
3363s	them actually test out um focus mode in
3366s	its current state uh it was kind of an
3368s	eye- openening moment like everything
3369s	really came together very quickly kind
3371s	of close to the end of development um
3374s	and it was a it was really a cross- like
3376s	Studio effort to make this happen I mean
3378s	the gameplay team um was working on the
3380s	actual Tech we had folks working on the
3382s	visuals and all the updates necessary
3384s	and and this is something that doesn't
3386s	exist on PC and it kind of goes back to
3388s	the prior question of like how do we
3389s	make sure that we don't accidentally
3391s	break the entire Focus system or all of
3394s	the adsing uh Tech while trying to
3396s	introduce something that's brand new and
3398s	so uh super proud of the team with where
3400s	we landed I mean we got it out the door
3402s	and and we ended up um with something
3404s	that I think feels uniquely valerant
3406s	yeah cool so I'm actually curious um on
3409s	Console are we seeing players with like
3411s	a higher sense because they have to
3413s	dodge things more
3414s	quickly yeah so like on Valor and you
3417s	have these like 50/50 moments where you
3419s	have to look both ways or if you want to
3421s	like turn a flash you really want that
3423s	like high sensitivity so that you can do
3424s	that quickly um which is why we want to
3427s	do Focus mode because we were like well
3429s	you can't have a high sense and then
3430s	still aim and still click heads like
3433s	those things are very much at odds with
3435s	each other so um in order to get that
3438s	like um that's why we decide to do Focus
3440s	mode and we didn't want to just do like
3443s	changes to ads we wanted to keep the
3444s	game similar to PC like we wanted to
3446s	still feel the same and so um it
3449s	definitely was a challenge for us to
3451s	make sure that we like you know threaded
3453s	that needle properly and um that's why
3456s	we end up just being like all right
3458s	let's just do Focus
3459s	modea all right so thank you so much to
3462s	Ali and Eric for joining us today for
3464s	our next segment we'll be highlighting
3465s	the community starting with this
3467s	compilation of Clips submitted to us
3469s	check it
3473s	out any time you CL a butter fly I keep
3479s	[Music]
3487s	secret give me give me say please
3492s	please okay that was good what the all
3496s	right guys if you want a heal or a res
3498s	you're going to have to sing for
3500s	it all right for for why am I blinking
3504s	out on songs
3507s	your
3519s	eyes left side left side he's on he's
3521s	back side now oh
3524s	okay you
3528s	cheating
3532s	down eny remain
3540s	[Music]
3544s	wait what
3547s	thee down
3553s	a hey I'm Amber my name is Roger where
3556s	are you guys originally from um I'm from
3558s	Canada from California we actually met
3561s	on Valor
3582s	my God there's a wall here how can I do
3585s	this wait I have an idea I go here I
3588s	cross the Wall I'm blocked off boom
3597s	[Applause]
3602s	one enemy remaining for
3605s	me the bigger they are the harder they
3608s	fight yes I
3612s	pumped my bad faking going off the map
3615s	or you know trying he forgot to jump
3617s	it's still he forgot to jump wait I need
3620s	the back up
3632s	oh my
3637s	[Music]
3645s	God remember when I said you Fork was
3648s	one of the best Aimes in Brazil rank
3650s	player he's like a DJ yeah yeah
3653s	[Music]
3661s	yo man Brazil's different bro that's
3663s	actually like hella
3669s	[Applause]
3680s	impressive welcome back all the fun
3683s	edits and cosplays you saw in that video
3685s	were submitted To Us by the community
3686s	community and we loved it so much we
3687s	wanted to feature on the stream our
3689s	community consistently makes super cool
3691s	content for us and we wanted to share
3693s	our appreciation for it and we've seen a
3695s	lot of players who have actually met on
3698s	valerant and now share a life together
3700s	and a couple is actually here today to
3703s	join us and actually talk about the life
3705s	that they now have because they met in
3707s	game so let's uh hello hello hi what's
3711s	going on hello just to eaters
3716s	found each other through valerant here
3718s	yeah we we' love to see it uh yeah
3720s	introduce
3722s	yourselves uh hello my name is Megan
3724s	Gana also known as Meg sounds like egg
3727s	and I'm Marcus black known as so Marcus
3730s	I'm a radiant gecko man as people like
3732s	to refer to me as maybe just myself but
3735s	just you just
3737s	me so I like that you're flexing on us
3739s	like first and foremost that that's fine
3741s	yeah that's all good you literally
3744s	turned to me before we started and he
3745s	was like just to let you know I'm going
3747s	to announce myself as a radiant gecko
3750s	man so just a heads up I was like okay
3752s	I'm sure that will go down very well you
3754s	do you I'm in that boat right now where
3756s	I'm stuck at Immortal 3 but like I
3758s	always hit raging so I like I no one has
3760s	to
3761s	know now no all right so how did you
3766s	both
3768s	meet um I won't tell the long version of
3772s	the story but essentially um I started
3775s	playing valerin in in the middle of
3776s	lockdown I was really terrible at the
3779s	game and um I became addicted with my
3782s	friend and we were playing all the time
3784s	and I was like why are we so terrible um
3788s	so I started to watch some streamers who
3791s	were significantly better than me play
3793s	the game that's when I came across
3795s	Marcus and he was plugging his Instagram
3798s	and then me and my friend we went out
3800s	and we had a couple of drinks and we
3802s	were like oh let's go back and play
3803s	valerant that'll be such a great idea
3805s	and so much fun
3806s	and I was like oh I've just followed
3809s	this guy on Instagram and he's followed
3811s	me back and he's like really good at the
3813s	game um let me message him and see if
3816s	he'll play with us so I technically slid
3819s	into his Instagram DMS and said uh fancy
3823s	playing with a couple of noobs sometime
3825s	and then I woke up the next morning to a
3827s	message a very lengthy it was that long
3830s	with lots of emojis it was that long uh
3832s	being like Oh my God I'm so glad you
3834s	messaged yes please so would you like to
3837s	watch some movies on Discord sometime I
3839s	went straight in wow my God yeah he did
3843s	and then that just that just shows how
3844s	bold valerant players are you know just
3846s	like truly yeah you have to shoot your
3848s	sh I mean being a radiant main he did
3851s	live up to many other radiant with
3853s	having a very big ego um so you know
3858s	wait that was that you said past tense
3859s	was you me was that meant to be past 10
3861s	no you still do but um yeah the rest is
3864s	history really we kept speaking and then
3866s	uh yeah yeah so I mean you said it so I
3871s	mean you guys have been playing since
3872s	lockdown how long have you guys been
3874s	playing together
3876s	though well that's that's a that's a a
3878s	touchy subject because obviously when we
3881s	first met and started playing I suppose
3884s	you call that the the honeymoon the
3886s	honeymon the honeymoon period and then I
3889s	would say the moment Meg started to get
3893s	better I would say when you got to maybe
3897s	like gold okay yeah around gold that was
3901s	when it started to get tough playing
3902s	against each other no with each other
3904s	also to just debunk any theories as well
3906s	we only played unrated and uh we used to
3909s	just play like customs and stuff uh just
3911s	in case anybody in the chat is thinking
3913s	what they're thinking um like we
3916s	literally just played to help me improve
3918s	at the game lowering my scense which you
3920s	did which we did very met I met you when
3923s	you were ION three and she's now she's
3926s	now ascendant three so yeah very proud
3929s	yeah it's a it's a it's a glow up it
3931s	works
3934s	everybody so um now that you're Meg now
3938s	that you're better at the game do you
3940s	guys ever fight with each other and you
3942s	like disagree with a lot of his
3944s	plays yeah we definitely do I mean
3947s	obviously I'm always right right yeah
3950s	yeah um but we do avoid playing with
3953s	each other at all costs really like we
3956s	try it we have like every 3 months we're
3958s	like oh let's try it again like maybe
3960s	things have changed and then we kind of
3962s	go through the same thing of just
3964s	actually you know we share a lot of
3966s	things in our relationship including
3968s	like our careers the game we play so
3970s	let's just keep playing like ranked
3972s	because we can technically play ranked
3974s	together now let's keep that separate
3976s	and like keep that side of things stay
3979s	in our own lane yeah cuz we definitely
3980s	do buttheads if we play together so
3984s	obviously I I I say something is right
3986s	and then I I've said this to you before
3988s	I said that the the the beauty about
3991s	valerant is that every play has like
3994s	four or five different ways you can play
3996s	it I might think one play is correct you
3997s	might think one play is correct and you
4000s	know when two people think they're both
4002s	correct for different things but
4004s	ultimately I'm correct yes yes of course
4008s	yes of course so since you're both
4011s	content creators do you ever
4013s	collaborate we do we do a lot of stuff
4015s	together I mean we work a lot with uh
4017s	valerant UK iie and their socials and
4020s	the EMA side of things um so if we're
4022s	ever like invited out to an event
4024s	together or uh we both have separate
4027s	orgs that we work for and if they're we
4029s	if they're ever like competing against
4030s	each other we'll work together for stuff
4032s	it's do you remember the I think our
4034s	best thing we did was um we did a co-
4039s	stream together because I'm with na'vi
4041s	and you're with fnatic yeah so and they
4044s	were playing against each other in quite
4045s	an important game during the league so
4048s	we actually moved our one of our setups
4050s	into the lounge and had like a
4053s	a WWE yeah it like a WWE thing and we
4056s	did a video for it and like and it was
4058s	great because my because fnatic won 3 so
4062s	it was a really great enjoyable watch
4063s	for me and I came out on top so yeah we
4066s	do collaborate together often um and it
4068s	is really fun when we get to that's one
4070s	of the parks of the job yeah oh I love
4073s	that all right so this is the last
4075s	question
4076s	um who's more
4078s	toxic oh oh that's actually really hard
4081s	Oh I thought it's going to be easy okay
4082s	good it's you but I think I also can
4086s	give it like you know I think we're both
4089s	toxic in our own elements like uh we can
4092s	both hold our own and I would say
4096s	you're ultimately you're on I think that
4101s	sometimes I could say
4103s	less but like in a way I I would never I
4107s	would never start anything but if
4110s	someone is like maybe they initiate they
4112s	initiate it I am I I will yeah and I do
4116s	love a bit of drama like it's again the
4118s	same thing I think we both aren't
4120s	instigators we'll never kind of like be
4122s	fun necessarily but uh if somebody has
4125s	something to say we'll definitely have
4127s	something say yeah I think the the the
4130s	moral is we both we'll stand up for
4132s	ourselves we stand up for ourselves
4133s	which isn't a bad thing sometimes can
4135s	sometimes to be a bit too much but yeah
4137s	it's a learning learning C I wouldn't
4139s	say we're toxic I would say that
4142s	we're I trying to think of a different
4144s	word that
4146s	sounds
4148s	players you just stand up for yourself
4150s	is never a bad thing absolutely all
4153s	right so thank you to Megan Marcus for
4155s	joining us today we've seen a lot of
4156s	couples who've met on valerant so it's
4158s	always nice to hear their stories thanks
4160s	so much
4164s	much sweet uh we actually have now some
4169s	more guests joining us here on the stage
4171s	on the couch some of them may look
4173s	familiar to June welcome back uh
4176s	introduce
4177s	yourselves uh my name is Valen or Jake
4180s	I'm the igl for G2 Esports here in the
4184s	Americas hello I'm Julia or jelly um
4188s	Flex oh God a flex play for my
4191s	brgc nice and if you you know if they
4193s	look familiar to both of you or to you
4195s	know everyone watching they actually
4196s	participated in the spotlight Series in
4198s	the EMA Spotlight series I believe uh so
4201s	we're happy that you know you both of
4203s	you found time today to not only come
4205s	here and chat with us but also right
4207s	after this you know support the teams uh
4210s	who are playing in Spotlight series
4211s	later today the grand finals uh so we'll
4214s	be raing them after the stream so make
4215s	sure to stick around and see who's going
4217s	to win so for our next segment we wanted
4220s	to show off a website that the
4222s	moderators of the valorant Discord
4223s	Community created um it's to celebr
4225s	celebrate the release of the Abyss map
4227s	earlier this year so they created a quiz
4229s	that tests your knowledge of the map
4231s	we're going to have the pros take the
4233s	quiz together see who knows the map
4235s	better or actually you'll be answering
4236s	together so you'll be working together
4237s	okay we work together that makes it
4239s	easier it's going to show the close-up
4240s	pictures of the different parts of Abyss
4243s	so we're going to be testing how well
4245s	you know the
4246s	map So based on that background picture
4251s	um choose one of the three options that
4254s	appears okay um so is that
4257s	recognizable sort of I want to say okay
4262s	it's not it's not spawn right it's not
4264s	spawn
4267s	no I want to say this is the B bomb site
4271s	like or right outside of it the first
4273s	answer on the
4275s	left I oh she disagrees I think yeah no
4280s	I I think actually no it might be yeah I
4283s	think I agree on your yeah I think it
4285s	might be option A yeah wait what were
4288s	you thinking B um cuz I'm I'm actually
4290s	thinking B now oh like the middle
4295s	option no I was thinking the oh okay
4297s	lock in on the left okay lock First
4299s	Option good okay far left is locking in
4302s	a let's
4305s	see okay we're bad middle middle middle
4309s	okay middle wait this is much easier
4311s	thank
4312s	you um
4316s	which one should we good okay so it's
4317s	like a 50/50 here okay uh I want I want
4321s	to say middle you want to say middle
4323s	yeah wait where's middle that's the uh
4326s	the middle answer I think that's right
4328s	outside like heaven yeah
4331s	area yeah
4333s	actually yeah no I think it's yeah I
4335s	think it's middle cuz spawn has nothing
4337s	like that spawn doesn't I don't think it
4338s	does no no no it doesn't let's lock in
4340s	option b please be it please okay right
4345s	let's go Our Lives don't reset oh no
4347s	there's by oh wait this is mid this is
4350s	mid isn't it the uh the aquarium with
4352s	the Skins this is a like top yeah it's
4355s	that one which answer is that I think
4358s	it's wait let me find it on the
4361s	map um got
4363s	this how well do you remember Abyss
4367s	Chad yeah the first one it's the uh link
4371s	yeah don't worry I believe you we call
4374s	it fish on our team spot F because of
4377s	that you know it so what option are you
4378s	lock the first lock option A
4383s	yep let's go I'm going to start calling
4385s	fish
4387s	now wait what is this laboratory wait
4391s	isn't that the um at where the uh tree
4394s	is the Gaia tree with the uh on the B
4399s	site close to B site on t-spawn or yeah
4401s	t- spaish you're cooking I think I trust
4403s	you on this one I I have no idea um
4407s	where's
4409s	the okay I think it's the first one the
4412s	first left one looks like lock that in
4414s	all right option a locking in please
4420s	be crazy wait look at this beautiful
4422s	tree is this one you were talking about
4424s	uh there was one next to that but I
4425s	don't know where that is I think there's
4427s	lots of trees on this map yeah there's
4429s	like three look at the icons they're
4431s	just off the map yeah um but where is
4433s	that what G do yeah I should know
4436s	actually where this is I have no clue
4439s	where that
4439s	[Music]
4441s	is well
4443s	considering I want to say options c c
4447s	chat is saying one but isn't this like
4449s	can you even see back there chat is
4451s	saying one I want to give this to chat
4453s	if they're confident with one let's do
4455s	it we're trusting chat here you only
4457s	have one live after this so it's up to
4459s	you all right chat don't let us down
4461s	number one our Liv is in your hand chat
4463s	guess lock in option A
4471s	pleaseing one more c yeah wait where's
4474s	the B one oh uh yeah no I think it's C
4477s	okay let's lock in option
4482s	C oh no the
4486s	pressure oh okay we another day one one
4490s	more life and we've got four questions
4492s	left let's see how fast we can do this
4496s	where is this shape oh this is
4499s	outside yeah um oh wait actually I
4504s	don't I I'm not sure wait that's the uh
4506s	stairs that's on top of the stairs
4508s	option option b op all right lock in
4510s	option
4512s	b all right these last couple questions
4514s	let's try to let's go super fast okay
4516s	speedrun um this one is
4519s	option um this is option b
4523s	no oh this is option c as well yeah mhm
4527s	it just might be let's see all right
4529s	let's lock in option C no wait I have
4530s	fallen so many times there I know all of
4533s	those things June's like I know one two
4537s	more what two more how fast can we do it
4540s	option A A okay I'm going with you I
4543s	don't know where that is lock it in
4544s	option a option
4546s	A oh my gosh wait that's B again that's
4548s	the uh next to the be spawn that's I
4553s	think I think it's up
4556s	option no actually wait I'm lost we got
4560s	to lock it in let's lock it in Oh No 5
4562s	seconds it's B it's B it's b b okay
4564s	option
4565s	b okay last one last question last one
4569s	10 seconds oh no um uh option C C yeah
4575s	yeah cuz I think it's mid lock it in
4577s	nice oh you did it I think we did it no
4580s	no that was right that was right that
4583s	see that was harder than expected
4585s	betrayed you a little bit yeah y'all had
4587s	me stressed cuz I took the quiz and I
4589s	was like this is pretty hard but I I
4591s	believe I believe in everyone here so a
4594s	thank you all right now it's time for
4596s	the superlatives so we've gathered the
4598s	top players who've gotten the most kills
4600s	assists and more and competitive and
4602s	Premier in 2024 to win this year's
4604s	Community superlatives so these are some
4606s	of the most dedicated players in our
4608s	community and they deserve some
4610s	recognition for the sheer amount of
4612s	things that they were doing in the game
4613s	so we've actually prepared a gift box to
4616s	our winners as a special reward their
4618s	amazing achievement it turned out really
4620s	well and I'm really excited for this um
4623s	so this is what it looks
4624s	like it's 3D it's 3D yeah let me turn it
4629s	like this way and there's a little
4631s	wingman who's holding a little
4633s	certificate pillow and it like it's
4635s	magnetic so it comes
4637s	off that's sick yeah so I'd like to ask
4640s	um June Valen jelly to announce the
4642s	winners of our
4643s	superlatives cool Valen um yeah valon
4647s	you go first our first superlative the
4648s	person who had the most kills in
4650s	competitive and Premiere in 2024
4658s	is shakesh from Turkey shesh wo let's go
4663s	over 60,000 kills this year in
4665s	competitive in Premiere a lot that's a
4667s	wild number I had like less than 10,000
4670s	but like that's a different story that's
4672s	a different story we don't talk about
4673s	yeah we don't talk about that one all
4674s	right for our next uh award as whoever
4678s	gots the most assists in competitive and
4680s	Premier in 2024
4684s	is drum roll do a little drum roll for
4691s	you it's Omen from Kazakhstan hopefully
4694s	you played Omen Omen sounds like an omen
4697s	man sounds like an omen man sounds an
4698s	omen that would make sense agent I mean
4700s	ass yeah for initiator and controller
4702s	main here like those assist numbers they
4704s	matter you
4706s	we those it's okay we have low number of
4707s	kills cuz we're helping other people get
4709s	the kills right just don't smoke off
4712s	your team please exactly yeah yeah all
4715s	right June uh yeah so for our next
4717s	superlative uh the person who had the
4719s	most clutches in competitive and
4721s	Premiere in 2024
4726s	is uh ashot beden gear from
4730s	Turkey congrats people over 1,900
4734s	clutches in competitive and Premier and
4736s	yeah both have been from tricky so far
4739s	so shout out to the 1 V2 situations
4741s	right like yeah there's so many clutches
4743s	like what yeah like and the person who
4747s	had the most head shot in competitive
4749s	and Premiere in 2024
4753s	is I'm the drum
4755s	roll cryogen from United States got some
4759s	got some us representation here over
4762s	49,000 head shot I had not even like
4767s	close I mean definitely
4770s	49,000 yeah oh
4772s	yeah and June yeah so for our final
4775s	superlative we looked at who had the
4777s	most head shots in 2024 uh however when
4780s	we looked at all these other stats we
4782s	saw that this same player won number one
4784s	for a lot of different superlatives such
4787s	as the most damage done game wide uh and
4791s	uh total game time played and more um so
4793s	because of this we're going to announce
4795s	the allaround MVP player of 2024 to this
4800s	is a big
4802s	one my drum roll is only getting better
4805s	it is CIS from India congratulations or
4809s	Indonesia sorry let's go sis all right
4812s	congrats to all the winners um if You'
4814s	like to know your own stats you can
4815s	check them out at flashback. playay
4817s	valant.com and you can calculate what
4819s	Persona you are based on your stats you
4820s	might have saw that we released this
4822s	earlier this week so let's check out
4823s	what the pros got for theirs
4826s	B we actually have yours up first for
4828s	mine um I got the demon so I'm solo
4831s	secure and super Scrappy which I agree
4833s	with yeah I like to solo que I like to
4835s	pick the agents I'm not usually playing
4837s	I like the dualist role nothing breaks
4839s	my spirit and no one can stop me from
4841s	The Climb I definitely agree with that I
4844s	see it I see it yeah definitely I got
4847s	ring later so if something needs to be
4849s	do be done you know I'm going to be
4851s	there you I'm always going to be there
4854s	it doesn't matter what's going to happen
4855s	who's going to be there I'm you know you
4857s	can count on me I'm always going to be
4859s	stepping up calling the shots you know
4861s	breaking open the rounds and I guess you
4863s	know counter playing everyone cuz yeah
4866s	that's the best part of valerant you can
4867s	counterplay everything and also I'm
4869s	going to you know always get my team to
4870s	the Finish Line always going to win so
4872s	yeah oh love that I see it need more
4875s	players need more players like yeah we
4877s	need more ring leers right okay everyone
4879s	here convert to a ring loader now okay
4881s	all right all
4882s	right okay all right so now before
4885s	Esports discussion let's check back in
4887s	on Joy and Dennis for the
4896s	[Music]
4898s	spray welcome back everyone um again
4902s	this has been our little laboratory
4905s	Workshop where I haven't done any work
4907s	but Dennis here brings all the hard
4909s	skills to the table um let's take a look
4911s	at what he's been doing so far as you
4912s	can see um he's progressed really far on
4914s	our V we had voted for option number
4917s	three hiding and looking at you in the
4919s	ceiling sage and Omen both peeking down
4921s	at you from above but that brings us to
4923s	our fourth question for you all today
4925s	which is what emotions should they have
4927s	on their face are they angry and raging
4931s	are they crying are they smirking um
4934s	you're going to have about a minute and
4935s	then we will figure out what those poll
4937s	results are as a reminder we are live on
4939s	Twitter or sorry Tik Tok uh twitch and
4942s	also YouTube so we're going to get the
4944s	aggregate of all of your results over
4947s	here yeah how are you feeling Dennis
4948s	you've been grinding on this all stream
4951s	you know my arm is already
4954s	tired speed running sprays that's what
4956s	we're doing today yeah yeah absolutely
4958s	speed and it's unbel difficult as I
4961s	mentioned again but it's cool it's cool
4963s	it's a great experience for me and maybe
4966s	uh I can bring this experience to my
4967s	team oh yeah look at that and you know
4969s	all we're missing is their faces so as
4972s	we as we get the votes coming in like
4974s	we'll see how that goes I mean I think
4975s	Omen has a lot of reasons to be raging
4978s	this year he has a lot of reasons to be
4980s	crying like he's really gone through it
4981s	I don't know if anyone's been watching
4983s	like our narrative as we're going but
4985s	like Omen really has had such the
4987s	journey this year was he a man is he a
4990s	monster you know what they say about
4992s	when is a monster not a monster no when
4995s	you love it you know uh the uh hardest
4999s	part right now for Omen might be his
5002s	emotions oh okay because he has three
5005s	three stripes on the face and it's
5007s	really really really hard to uh show
5010s	something on his face we'll have to
5011s	emote in some way yeah but you know the
5014s	music playing right now if you use the
5016s	command for exclamation point music is
5018s	the movement volume 3 Creator save
5019s	playlist that just came out recently so
5021s	creators this is available to you um but
5024s	for now we're also going to check out
5025s	these highlights from VCT 2024 and get
5028s	back to this afterwards yeah cool
5037s	[Applause]
5044s	now with it all to do he can isolate
5046s	some he's done excellent to do just that
5049s	and he even knows where the last player
5050s	is first Contact Nice Shot there from
5053s	the back
5055s	[Applause]
5065s	this is you lighted the world on
5068s	fire with the a going to go was one of
5070s	the players ahead of it waiting to see
5072s	oh my
5078s	[Applause]
5083s	goded congratulations to your Master's
5086s	mrid champions
5090s	[Applause]
5096s	[Applause]
5107s	[Music]
5121s	down 81 he read the push forward
5125s	now noted playing here against time
5129s	upy to Che out G2 and
5133s	W what
5139s	that do they're trying to work their way
5142s	in and they
5144s	cannot the world are
5148s	[Applause]
5160s	toe out of
5161s	[Applause]
5163s	position this world me coming I down
5168s	every no rules rules
5173s	only now rest
5186s	into this the G but it is
5189s	just on display and he will sh R them
5194s	all way the play being made all across
5199s	the
5200s	[Applause]
5203s	bo the moment
5216s	now I can't wait to see more VCT plays
5219s	next year especially with potentially a
5223s	new agent now as a reminder we are going
5226s	to have a fun little agent preview
5228s	coming up soon so make sure you stick
5230s	around to get a first look for our next
5233s	segment we're here today with om and
5234s	Bill to talk to us more about Esports in
5236s	2024 with information about valerant
5239s	Champions Tour so can you share a bit
5241s	about what you do for the VCT yeah sure
5243s	hey everybody uh my name is bill I lead
5246s	the product strategy team for valerant
5248s	Esports hey guys I'm M I'm head of
5250s	competitive Ops for valerant Esports
5252s	nice to meet you guys as if we didn't
5255s	meet already we talk every
5258s	day all right let's talk about 20124 how
5261s	did it go yeah 2024 was insane for us um
5264s	it was a record-breaking year uh it was
5267s	the very first year we had VCT China
5269s	show up all of our International leagues
5271s	really popped off so really happy I
5274s	think across the board for the sports we
5276s	introduced a bunch of new stuff we
5278s	introduced you know Swiss uh as a format
5281s	for our events uh live draw shows the
5284s	MVP segment at Champs that you saw pick
5287s	thems and clients and game team capsules
5289s	there's a bunch of great stuff and um
5291s	we're excited to build upon that going
5292s	into next year and Champs specifically I
5295s	mean that that's really the peak of the
5296s	year for us and uh we just recently
5299s	announced that we reached over 9 million
5301s	Peak viewers for that event which is
5303s	absolutely insane absolutely ins yeah
5307s	yeah champs was amazing I mean we had
5308s	EDG face off against Heretics u in a
5312s	banger of a best of Five series um Going
5315s	the Distance with all five Maps right
5316s	EDG of course took home the trophy um in
5319s	a super close series Kong had a goated
5321s	performance um to really cement himself
5324s	right as the face of VCT uh and
5326s	especially in China he broke the kills
5329s	record for for a match uh competitive
5331s	match so um super exciting champions for
5335s	sure for sure I mean it's it's insane
5336s	that it's their first year right I mean
5338s	it's it's um uh first year of VCT China
5342s	officially in that region and really the
5345s	fans turned out for it too right the EDG
5347s	team capsule the bundle in game was the
5349s	bestselling one in the world I got mine
5352s	you you got your I made sure to get mine
5354s	limited
5355s	edition um so yeah big thanks for
5357s	everybody out there for supporting the
5359s	teams and um uh and really kind of
5362s	carrying a lot of momentum going to next
5364s	year yeah you know we just kind of
5366s	chatted about it a little bit but you
5367s	know the Esports digital goods were such
5370s	a huge part of VCT this year right how
5373s	did they actually make an impact to you
5376s	know the entire uh BCT ecosystem yeah
5379s	we're super super excited about um how
5381s	it's been performing and how it will
5383s	continue to perform going forward um we
5385s	had two really big ones this year one
5387s	like we mentioned the team capsules with
5389s	all partner teams and um visual slot
5392s	teams uh having representation in game
5395s	and then of course Champs right the
5396s	Champs bundle always pops off it's
5398s	always one of the best in the year and
5400s	these two things combined really helps
5402s	us support all the pro teams in the
5405s	scene um these two things combined this
5407s	year I think combined for over $44
5410s	million shared to our proteins wow which
5413s	is an insane number very happy about
5414s	that um but you know that's not the only
5417s	kind of way we support the ecosystem we
5420s	also pay out you know team stipend um to
5423s	our our teams and then price pools of
5426s	course when you add all of all of it up
5428s	it's it totals more than $78 million
5430s	just this year uh for our for our pro
5433s	team so we're absolutely committed right
5435s	to the success of valer Esports um and
5437s	we're uh pretty
5439s	happy cool so we also had the game
5441s	changers Championship R recently how did
5443s	this event go from your perspective yeah
5446s	great I mean also insane right yeah I
5449s	said the word insane a few times um but
5451s	yeah it was the most watched GCC of all
5453s	time uh almost half million viewers Peak
5456s	uh the highest level of competition also
5457s	that we've seen in GC I mean the skill
5459s	level is is never been better um team's
5462s	been prepping more than before uh more
5464s	than ever really and it kind of showed
5466s	in in game yeah definitely and who can
5468s	forget Flor too she really popped off
5471s	this season uh especially at the event
5473s	she was unanimously voted as the game
5475s	changers Championship MVP uh and uh if
5478s	you guys have seen recently we're super
5480s	excited to welcome her as the first game
5482s	changers player ever to be picked up by
5484s	an i team with Apex Andia so we're super
5488s	excited to see her play next year um
5490s	it's going to be it's going to be an
5491s	amazing season I'm picking up the Apex
5493s	bundle like immedately yes there you go
5497s	me too um but yeah to 's point you know
5499s	it's it's a it's a really big moment for
5501s	us really across the GC ecosystem we've
5504s	always aspired for men and women to
5506s	compete together on the big stage right
5508s	and um it hasn't really happened to date
5510s	at the tier one at the iio level so to
5512s	see Flor take the step it's a wersh
5514s	moment for us um in a lot of ways a
5516s	Pioneer right so um definitely can be
5519s	tuning in to VCT Mia to see her click
5521s	heads yeah absolutely absolutely and
5523s	then also we have Spotlight series you
5524s	know going on right now too which is
5526s	Grand finals grand grand finals is in
5528s	like an hour right yeah so we are raing
5530s	them right after this so again make sure
5531s	to stick around because like the last
5533s	Spotlight series we did in Amia was like
5536s	hype as heck so I'm super excited for
5539s	for this to come back uh and you know
5541s	looking at the a recent announcement
5543s	that we just made believe earlier this
5545s	week or in the past couple weeks about
5547s	the changes coming to VCT next season uh
5550s	can we talk a little bit about the
5551s	philosophy about why we're making these
5553s	changes for VCT 2025 yeah totally um
5556s	that's a good question you know one of
5557s	our core goals uh here on valerent and
5559s	valerin Esports is to better align the
5561s	sport with the game right we really feel
5564s	like what you are watching on stream and
5566s	watching what your Pros are doing is
5568s	what you can go home and do for yourself
5570s	right and showcase what you can do try
5572s	to do yeah try to do of course yeah um
5575s	so you know we want to Aspire to get
5577s	that as close as we can get right um so
5579s	extending the calendar really allows us
5581s	to better align balance changes um map
5585s	rotations and new content releases uh
5587s	which is super exciting for us and you
5589s	know the game team has been a really
5590s	good partner with us um as we work to to
5592s	get that as close as we can um you know
5595s	we recently released a video um also
5598s	just outlining that in more detail you
5600s	know talking about map rotations and all
5601s	that kind of stuff so check it out yeah
5603s	so fracture is is coming back we have
5606s	that confirmed so take a look out for
5608s	that not only in VCT but also in game
5611s	yep that's right um and you have to own
5613s	to your point like it it's really about
5614s	the fans for us can we create something
5616s	that um will land with our fans and
5618s	players that mirrors their experience in
5621s	game with what they watch at the big
5623s	stage um and if we can create these
5625s	higher Peak moments for them um across
5627s	the year if we can make sure the games
5629s	are actually meaningful have Stakes um
5631s	and then we keep all of our pro teams in
5633s	the hunt for longer across the year
5635s	especially for teams that you know in
5636s	the previous years haven't had the
5638s	opportunity to play deep into the season
5640s	and if you're a fan of those teams you
5641s	know you just kind of lose interest in a
5643s	lot of ways right so we're trying to
5644s	address all of that going to next year
5645s	yeah we really think higher density
5647s	matches um of you know really high
5649s	quality and games that really matter are
5651s	important to us and you know that's why
5652s	fans tune in because they want to see
5654s	their favorite players and their
5655s	favorite teams you know get deeper into
5657s	the season so we want to make sure that
5659s	we can focus on doing that for everyone
5661s	in our ecosystem um and you know the
5663s	other thing to uh in 2024 fans thought
5666s	that you know our format might be a
5667s	little bit too complicated you know we
5669s	talked to a lot of pros and a lot of the
5670s	teams to get their feedback um so we're
5673s	making a lot of adjustments to make it
5674s	easier to understand at any point during
5676s	the season right whether you have lapsed
5678s	and you want to come back in or you've
5680s	been a fan for and and watching every
5682s	single moment all year we want to make
5683s	sure that it's easier for you to
5685s	understand and really you know dig in
5687s	yeah so since you mentioned Pros how
5689s	does this impact teams and Pros yeah
5691s	that's uh that's also super important to
5693s	us too right our Pros or what carry our
5695s	sport um you know we really want to
5696s	simplify qualification mechanics we saw
5699s	last year that there were a lot of
5700s	tiebreakers involved and a lot of things
5702s	that made it confusing to know hey what
5704s	am I playing for and what am I going to
5705s	do next um and so we really wanted to
5707s	simplify that we're also expanding our
5710s	stage playoffs to eight teams which we
5712s	think is super important big yeah
5714s	that'll be really big you know to your
5715s	point about keeping teams in the hunt
5717s	longer uh and keeping you know Pros
5719s	fresh and uh yeah fresh and on their
5721s	toes um expanding that so that they have
5724s	better chance to qualify for for Global
5725s	events we think is going to be big um
5727s	and then also the other thing our stages
5729s	are going to be self-contained right so
5730s	in 2024 uh if you remember records
5733s	carried over from stage one into stage
5735s	two to qualify to Champions and that's
5736s	no longer going to be the case so stage
5738s	one is going to be self-contained and so
5740s	is stage two so you know really pros and
5742s	teams get a chance to reset um and and
5745s	really you know make a good run to
5747s	towards uh the next Global event yeah
5750s	for sure that balance is important right
5752s	like giving fans something to watch
5754s	across the year and uh making sure they
5756s	have something to consume year long uh
5758s	all year long but at the same time
5760s	making sure that the schedule is uh
5762s	reasonable for pros and teams because
5764s	they have to take time to kind of relax
5766s	and recharge um if they want to make
5769s	roster changes and or or kind of
5770s	redefine how they want to play certain
5772s	metas like that's that's something we
5773s	want to give teams the ability to do so
5775s	balancing these two things is is quite
5777s	important for us um and yeah in 25 I I
5780s	think I think it strikes quite a good
5782s	balance um but we'll see you know um
5785s	yeah we always welcome the feedback of
5786s	course so please share away we read your
5789s	opinions you know tweet at us do all of
5790s	that we're we're listening yeah
5792s	definitely Riot pans with five Z's on
5794s	Twitter for gbody so yeah that's not
5796s	that's not true yeah don't do that chat
5798s	we talked a little bit about it here but
5800s	uh can we go a little bit more in depth
5802s	about Championship points and how we're
5804s	thinking about them in 2025 yeah sure um
5806s	if you don't mind pulling up the graphic
5807s	I think we have a Graphic prepared for
5809s	Championship points just for folks to uh
5811s	get a visual but in any case um we're
5813s	reworking the points this year um we
5815s	think you know in 2024 points really
5817s	served its overall purpose uh main goal
5819s	is to get the best 16 teams to Champions
5821s	and I think you know we did that um but
5823s	there were some notable areas of
5825s	improvement that we think we really want
5826s	to focus on um so you know people really
5828s	feel like these are meaningful for for
5830s	everyone right so one um we want to make
5832s	sure that we're extending points down to
5835s	high finishes at Global events and
5837s	during playoffs um we also have a slight
5839s	escalation from the beginning of the
5841s	season to the end of the season right so
5843s	uh we're really rewarding Peak
5845s	Performance at the right moments during
5846s	the season and also really rewarding
5848s	teams that are getting better throughout
5849s	the year um and then the third one also
5852s	is we want to maintain Stakes uh for
5854s	every match during the year right so you
5855s	can see that we still have uh a point
5857s	per win during the regular season and
5859s	then it escalates as we go um and
5861s	getting into more you know tournament
5862s	based formats absolutely all right so
5865s	2025 is looking very exciting for VCT
5867s	fans but what are you most personally
5869s	excited about there's a lot uh there's a
5872s	lot to be excited about I think um it
5874s	it's hard to not start with our kind of
5877s	tent pole events right our masters
5879s	Masters one Masters two and Champs we
5881s	have Bangkok coming up in Feb and March
5884s	um and then we have of course Toronto uh
5886s	in the middle of the year and then
5888s	Champs Paris to cap it all off so I mean
5891s	those events are going to be insane I I
5893s	personally am super excited about uh
5895s	going to Paris um it's G to be it's
5898s	going to be crazy and then of course the
5899s	roster moves a lot of new rosters a lot
5901s	of returning rosters um so curious to
5903s	see how those pan out especially in
5905s	Americas you know so about me too Paris
5907s	is going to be big um you know I'm super
5909s	excited uh that we're bringing Masters
5910s	to my home country of Thailand from
5912s	Masters Bangkok um I spent a lot of time
5914s	there growing up as a kid so I'm super
5916s	excited um to experience the love that I
5918s	have for the city again and share that
5920s	with our fans you know um Thailand has a
5922s	thriving valerant Community um and we're
5924s	really excited to bring that to the
5926s	global stage uh so that folks can you
5928s	know attend the show and and watch as
5929s	well make sure you take me around and
5930s	show me the good food spots yes I
5932s	definitely will food is you when when we
5938s	go so which teams are you most excited
5941s	to see at
5942s	Bangkok o i mean personally I'm a big
5945s	PRX fan um and so that's that's
5948s	definitely one team I want to see I know
5950s	they haven't made any roster moves but
5951s	they've really started to retool kind of
5954s	their comps in the offseason so they
5955s	look quite good um yeah in in the
5958s	Americas I want to see the new NRG see
5960s	how they play out Sentinels now that got
5964s	a couple guys retiring um but yeah
5966s	probably those yeah nice for me uh as
5969s	the competitive person it's a little bit
5970s	of spicy question I really shouldn't say
5972s	technically shouldn't yeah technically
5974s	shouldn't but you know the script hasn't
5976s	been written yet so we'll see yeah we're
5978s	working on it so we'll see yeah so we'll
5980s	see who does well during kickoff um
5982s	which is coming up pretty soon here um
5984s	and then we also recently announced that
5986s	tickets have gone on uh will go on sale
5988s	soon uh for Masters Bangkok on December
5990s	12th so check that out mark your
5991s	calendars yes all right so last question
5994s	before we go before we kick you guys out
5995s	of here to go actually do VCT stuff who
5997s	are the players that we should keep an
5999s	eye out for in 2025 man so there's so
6003s	many great ones I mean for me as a
6007s	fellow Boomer I'm watching finesse and
6009s	see what he can do to revive NRG um yeah
6013s	I want to see ASAS and mibr see how that
6016s	plays out um I mean just so many so many
6019s	good players in story lines it's hard to
6020s	really pick uh DVI in PRX another one of
6023s	my favorites so yeah probably then yeah
6025s	um I'm really excited to see forsaken uh
6028s	you know he looks yeah he's looking
6030s	really good with his new haircut I don't
6031s	know if you guys saw the recent
6032s	tournament that he played in um and I'm
6034s	also you know really curious to see how
6035s	many agents he's going to play this year
6037s	right we're going to be releasing uh a
6038s	couple of new ones um perhaps over the
6041s	course of the year and we want to be
6042s	able to see you know how many he can
6044s	pick up and then how deep his roster can
6046s	get so I'm super excited to see that
6048s	we're really glazing PRX a little bit a
6050s	little bit but uh but you know also I
6051s	want to see sedak um getting
6054s	over yeah KC with their new revamped
6057s	roster looks really good so I'm excited
6059s	to see them as well I mean I'm super
6063s	excited I know that we have people in
6064s	the chat asking for more hot dog Kid
6066s	clips so we'll also see if we can get
6068s	them into a VCT team we'll see if we can
6070s	make partnership maybe happen there uh
6072s	and people are you know super excited in
6073s	the chat about Toronto which is going to
6075s	be really fun uh especially in terms of
6077s	America uh first time in Canada first
6079s	time in Canada is going to be super fun
6081s	so yeah I'm BCT let's
6084s	lots of love for fluorescent as well the
6086s	goat yeah she is she's going to pop off
6088s	so I can't wa excited Amia is looking
6090s	like a really stacked region yeah no no
6093s	longer a one team region right I mean it
6094s	never was it never was all right well
6097s	thank you so much Bill and M for joining
6099s	us today uh we have one final check-in
6101s	with joy and Dennis on the live
6102s	development of the spray so let's see
6104s	how the final product turned
6112s	out welcome welcome back everyone we
6115s	have done a lot of progress here and by
6117s	we I mean Dennis I've done nothing but
6119s	um Dennis has made a lot of progress
6120s	which is really exciting you can see
6122s	over here he's adding so much detail you
6124s	can actually actively see him adding
6126s	this detail right now there's some pipes
6128s	in the background I think they're
6130s	looking up at you um on like a secret
6132s	spy mission somewhere I don't know they
6133s	could be in the ceiling of um a facility
6136s	who knows I'm I'm really making this up
6138s	don't hold anything I say as Canon um
6140s	but you can see the final winner of the
6142s	poll was also smirky
6144s	so we've got a smirk going on for both
6146s	sage and also Omen it's a little hard
6148s	like Dennis mentioned to give Omen
6150s	Expressions because his face is very
6153s	shadowed all the time in his in his
6155s	Darkness but they are both smoking
6158s	looking down at you so Dennis what do
6160s	you have to say how are you feeling wow
6163s	I did not expect I can do it but we did
6167s	it and I really I really I really happy
6169s	actually uh this is the good good uh and
6173s	maybe what do you think maybe we need to
6175s	add something
6177s	for uh for alen I don't know chat what
6179s	do you think does he get does he get a
6181s	different need to to change his face a
6183s	little bit little ooo Omen just a little
6186s	bit just a little bit like like that
6187s	what do you think is it better what chat
6189s	think let's see what chat thinks they
6192s	said Dennis is slaying that's what they
6195s	said there you go I hope I hope uh you
6199s	will enjoy of this sticker in the game
6202s	uh soon now the original one uh look
6206s	much much better yeah you can see and
6208s	and this spray will be you know we
6210s	created this together as a community
6212s	today on stream so that's super exciting
6214s	for us all it will be available for us
6216s	sometime next year so keep your eye out
6218s	for that um but also I am now Al going
6221s	to pass us over to back to Ashley and
6227s	Adrien all right so we mentioned earlier
6229s	about a tease for the new agent coming
6231s	out next year that time has has come but
6234s	before we show you we wanted to thank
6236s	everyone for watching the 2024 year- End
6238s	Community stream it has been an absolute
6240s	pleasure working with you all and I
6242s	can't wait to see more of the amazing
6243s	work you all put out maybe we can do
6245s	another one of these next year maybe
6248s	maybe until then I'll see you on the
6250s	patch notes and don't forget to keep the
6252s	clutches Aces and memes coming on
6254s	socials either we spend a lot of time
6256s	taking a look at what you guys are
6257s	creating and putting out there and also
6259s	don't forget to follow us on valerant on
6261s	all social platforms either because
6262s	you'll make me look good at my job so
6266s	and also don't forget to stick around
6267s	after the stream to see how the
6268s	spotlight series ends as the two teams
6270s	battle out in the grand finals it's
6272s	going to be super hype thanks for
6274s	watching and we can't wait for you to
6275s	see what's coming in 2025 and now this
6278s	is the moment that you've been waiting
6280s	for let's take a look at a Peak at our
6283s	new initiator coming to valerent from
6286s	Columbia
6287s	[Music]
6295s	[Music]
6305s	[Music]
6320s	with it casual casually to adversaries
6323s	if Neary I'm go around with it let me
6326s	welcome you to my Legion if you mess
6328s	with us we going to put you on a t-shirt
6330s	never take a
6332s	day team
6339s	[Music]
6354s	I said I
6357s	got I I
6362s	got I said I got back in my team we adap
6365s	we family from around the world we you
6367s	can never take us down and all do is
6371s	improvise in
6385s	I I
6419s	[Applause]
6420s	I I got you back in my team we adap we a
6423s	family from around the world we P you
6425s	can never take us down and just a fact
6428s	all we do is improvise
6436s	[Applause]
6447s	all we do is improvise in a
6457s	[Music]
6466s	deck
6472s	are
6475s	[Music]
6488s	[Music]
6502s	foree
6510s	for
6513s	[Music]
6515s	spee spee
6530s	[Music]
6543s	hey
6544s	[Music]
6553s	yoe
6555s	[Music]
6560s	spee no I don't me
6565s	for
6573s	[Music]
6592s	spee you know I'm going live by the team
6594s	I'm a fight by the team if it comes I'm
6596s	going die with it casualties casually to
6598s	any adversaries if it's necessary I'm
6600s	going go and around with it let me
6602s	welcome you to my Legion if you mess
6605s	with us we going put you on a t-shirt
6607s	never take a day over leisure
6616s	[Music]
6634s	[Applause]
6639s	I said I got back in my team we adap
6642s	family from around the world you can
6644s	never take us down and that's a fact all
6647s	we do is improvise in
6651s	a I got your back I got your back I got
6654s	your back I got your back I got your
6657s	back I got your back I got your back got
6695s	[Applause]
6698s	in my team we adap we a family from
6700s	around the world we P you can never take
6702s	us down and it's a fact all we do is
6705s	improvise and AAP

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