A few days ago, the LVL team announced their Valorant Clash 2 tournament on their Twitter account and asked their followers to tag the teams they would like to see at the event. As for the teams, they asked “why should you be invited?” and linked an application form.
When they announced the 16 teams that were invited, we hoped that we would see 2 of the Turkish teams, however only one of them managed to get an invitation.
During the days when almost all the invited teams were clear, the looking4org team, which was not on the list, did not wait long to react to it.
As esportimes.com, we reached out to looking4org crew for the questions everyone is thinking and wanted to hear them out. Erim ‘Mavera’ Şaşal, explained us the invitation process of the Valorant Clash 2 tournament and answered our questions on behalf of his teammates.
Did you reach out to LVL team about not getting an invitation? Was there any explanation about the situation?
You wouldn’t believe who wrote for us to them from Europe besides us, but we did not get a reply. They stated that they have more important criterias besides success. Briefly they said: “We know your success, it is obvious from the charts. But we are looking for better criteria than that, to whom the players reach is more important for us.” To sum up, not being connected to an agency, not having a deal with an organization yet or the not having too much followers on our social media sites like Twitter and Twitch, came before our success and overshadowed it.
We pulled some strings and tried to get attention from Twitter. Because in the previous tournament, the Bonk team also faced similar issues. Bonk played in the play-offs in the last Ignition series and after that oddly, they did not get an invitation for the next series, which we think they should have. As you know, Bonk has an important player such as Yacine who has played on FPL before, who has a crowd from Sweden. They reacted to this situation as a team and because of it, they had a lot of people who believed in them and supported them.
The people we trust: “Don’t, don’t draw attention”…
Okay, about the organisation topic. As you know other than BBL, the Turkish team Sangal is arranging a team and even though it is not certain yet, names like mini, rip, Sasuke are being mentioned. Digital Athletics and fastPay Wildcats have just announced their new teams. We don’t hear you with any Turkish teams, and there is a perception of maybe your goal is an Europe organization. What do you say about this? What are your goals and demands?
Basically, you are saying something similar to Xantares. He said; “We get a monthly payment of what our opponents spend on an evening dinner in Europe.”
Then, I am writing that you have a few offers on the table?
I hope everything will be as you hope. pAura is appeared to be in Inferno’s crew, did he leave? Is he in Inferno only for this event? Can you enlighten us?
Maybe you might have tried a different name other than looking4org? As you know, on the CS:GO side, the team with their new name as 9INE was playing with their own name and after their success, they made a deal with an organization.
Actually, we did not plan the name of the team, I just registered to Team Liquid Academy tournament as this, I am the one who put the name but I did not plan this team would carry one and get to some places. I completely wrote it like this because it just popped on to my mind. After we won $500 from that tournament, we decided as a team that “Guys I think we hit the jackpot, let’s not give up. Continue with this name.” after a short time, we became the first team in Turkey who registered their crew to Actually, there were 9 teams all from Europe and we became the 10th team. After that, we were going to make a brand, even the logo was ready but with the opinions that we got from others, we decided not to change our name. At the end, when you say looking4org in Valorant Europe scene, we are the first one to come up to mind. We created a brand without noticing. There are a lot of teams like looking4org or similar in other games but we are the unforgettable ones in Valorant.
Then, I will not take any more of your time since the training time is coming. Is there anything you would like to add?
As Esport Times, we had the chance to meet and listen to Erim. I hope they manage to get a deal with an organization suitable for them and represent our country in the best way. We listened to looking4org about not getting an invitation and shared it with you, and we are still trying to reach to LVL team. You can be sure that we will edit the article and add when they make a statement. Keep on following, so long!
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