{"id":21805,"date":"2022-07-17T15:57:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=21805"},"modified":"2022-07-17T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:57:42","slug":"shopify-rebellion-blasts-riot-after-their-2023-vct-partnership-bid-was-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/shopify-rebellion-blasts-riot-after-their-2023-vct-partnership-bid-was-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopify Rebellion blasts Riot after their 2023 VCT partnership bid was denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shopify Rebellion have blasted Riot Games after getting word that the organizers rejected their application to join the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting guide\" >Valorant<\/a> Champions Tour as partners.<\/p>\n<p>Riot introduced the new system in June, with over 150 teams submitting applications. While some organizations were looking forward to the new season, others chose to exit the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Rebellion submitted their entry on June 18, even before they had an active roster. They were looking to break into men&#8217;s Valorant while successfully operating teams in StarCraft II, Rocket League, and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/halo\/\" title=\"Halo betting guide\" >Halo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShopifyRebels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShopifyRebels<\/a> partnership application for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValorantEsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ValorantEsports<\/a>! The future of Valorant is bright and we&#39;re excited to grow our role in it. So much is happening with Rebellion right now and I can&#39;t wait to share it all! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8qQFPxOMFt\">pic.twitter.com\/8qQFPxOMFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dario TLO W\u00fcnsch (@TLOgg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TLOgg\/status\/1537983511788810242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The news of the rejection was made public by Rebellion, who took to Twitter to call out the tournament organizers. They called the entire process a popularity contest and called on Riot to find ways to support the broader ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, Riot informed us that Rebellion would not be moving forward in the VALORANT partnership program. Over a year ago we chose to dive into VALORANT where we thought we could make the most impact, signing a group that&#8217;s now regarded as one of the best women&#8217;s teams in the world. Since then, we&#8217;ve been an active participant, focused on developing talent and providing players rights and support that are still ignored by too many &#8216;world class&#8217; organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Currently, we&#8217;re preparing with our latest roster for the North American Last Chance Qualifier and will be bootcamping with every intention to make it to Champions later this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They went ahead to express their disappointment with the update while urging Riot to accommodate others who have contributed to making Valorant a success.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An update on our VALORANT partnership application: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/44ym2GPp4b\">pic.twitter.com\/44ym2GPp4b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shopify Rebellion (@ShopifyRebels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShopifyRebels\/status\/1548085974290141185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Riot is yet to announce the teams that made the cut. It was reported that no more than ten teams will be partners in North America for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Rebellion is new to the men&#8217;s Valorant scene, and are yet to compete in their first event. They acquired Luminosity Gaming&#8217;s roster on June 27 and will be participating in the VCT NA Last Chance Qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The event will start on August 7 and will run to August 14. Of the eight teams that will participate in the tournament, only one will make it to the 2022 Valorant Champions. <\/p>\n<p>In their release, they stated that they would share more about their future in Valorant later this summer. Meanwhile, they will continue to support their women&#8217;s team, which is currently the second-best in NA behind Cloud9 White.<br \/>\n\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shopify Rebellion have blasted Riot Games after getting word that the organizers rejected their application to join the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour as partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":17472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[61,1150,1610],"class_list":["post-21805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-riot-games","tag-valorant","tag-valorant-champions-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21808,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805\/revisions\/21808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}