{"id":34163,"date":"2024-02-06T19:26:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=34163"},"modified":"2024-02-06T19:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:26:55","slug":"riot-games-blocks-flyquest-purchase-of-evil-geniuses-vct-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/riot-games-blocks-flyquest-purchase-of-evil-geniuses-vct-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games blocks FlyQuest purchase of Evil Geniuses VCT slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the tumultuous <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting guide\">VALORANT<\/a> offseason following their surprising world championship win, Evil Geniuses (EG) made attempts to exit their partnership with VCT Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst EG&#8217;s downsizing and negotiations, the organization explored the possibility of selling its <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/\" title=\"VCT betting guide\">VALORANT Champions Tour<\/a> slot and roster to FlyQuest.<\/p>\n<p>However, Riot Games intervened and prevented a transfer from occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Riot rejected an agreement between EG and LCS member FlyQuest, which would have involved EG transferring their partnership slot to FlyQuest.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiations between EG and FlyQuest reportedly spanned several months, with FlyQuest aiming to acquire both the partnership slot and the championship-winning roster from EG.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts to secure facilities and offices for the players, Riot&#8217;s decision halted the deal.<\/p>\n<p>This marked FlyQuest&#8217;s second failed attempt to enter VCT Americas, as they had previously missed out on acquiring The Guard&#8217;s roster from G2 Esports.<\/p>\n<p>Details from the offseason shed light on the contractual situations of EG players.<\/p>\n<p>They were allegedly offered significantly reduced salaries, with those who declined facing the risk of contract termination.<\/p>\n<p>EG also turned down buyout offers for some of its star players, including Kelden &#8220;Boostio&#8221; Elric Pupello, Max &#8220;Demon1&#8221; Mazanov, and Ethan &#8220;Ethan&#8221; Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>As EG prepares to compete in the upcoming VCT Americas Kickoff tournament with a largely revamped roster, uncertainties loom over the organization&#8217;s future in Valorant beyond its current contract with Riot Games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evil Geniuses attempted to sell their VALORANT Champions Tour spot to FlyQuest but Riot Games reportedly blocked the sale and transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":26625,"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":[3581,262,195,3579,3580,1150,1610,2389,3153],"class_list":["post-34163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ethan-ethan-arnold","tag-evil-geniuses","tag-flyquest","tag-kelden-boostio-elric-pupello","tag-max-demon1-mazanov","tag-valorant","tag-valorant-champions-tour","tag-vct","tag-vct-americas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34163"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34166,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34163\/revisions\/34166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}