T1 and Nerd Street Gamers are teaming up to host the first North American edition of the VALORANT Ignition Series. This series is Riot Games’ first step in building a competitive ecosystem for VALORANT.
Last week, Europe and Japan had their taste of the Ignition Series. Now, it’s North America’s turn.
The T1 and Nerd Street Gamers VALORANT Showdown will feature a $50,000 prize pool, the largest in North America so far. It will include teams from big-name esports organizations as well as amateurs and aspiring pros.
The Showdown began with two play-in qualifier events on June 20 and 21, open to all players.
The four winning teams will face off against top VALORANT players, streamers, and personalities next week.
Here’s everything you need to know about the event.
Format
- Eight-team double-elimination bracket.
- Winner bracket matches are best-of-three.
- Losers bracket matches are best-of-one.
- The grand finals is a best-of-five with the team from the winners bracket securing a one map advantage.
Participants
T1
- brax
- Skadoodle
- crashies
- food
- AZK
- Coach: fRoD
Gen.G
- effys
- gMd
- huynh
- MkaeL
- PLAYER1
- Coach: Blank
Sentinels
- ShahZaM
- SicK
- sinatraa
- zombs
- dapr
Immortals
- Bjor
- jcStani
- KOLER
- Genghsta
- Asuna
- Coach: Gunba
Team SoloMid
- reltuC
- hazed
- Wardell
- Subroza
- drone
- Coach: Tailored
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together we are terrific (qualifier one)
- mummAy
- aKis
- FNS
- c4Lypso
- kaboose
Prospects (qualifier one)
- JoshRT
- vice
- diceyzx
- Skelly
- BabyJ
Prospects (qualifier two)
- tem
- Bunny
- Tucker
- figment
- Khai
Echo 8 (qualifier two)
- AYRIN
- Brando
- Reformed
- Req
- supamen
Schedule
T1’s VALORANT Showdown starts on Friday, June 26. The grand finals will conclude on Sunday, June 28.
The specific time of the event has yet to be revealed.
Where to watch
The best place to watch the event is on T1’s official Twitch channel, complete with live commentary.
The tournament is also available to watch from the perspective of each participant. Not everyone will be streaming the event, but big-name players like Skadoodle, brax, and sinatraa most certainly will.
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