Why does NA VCL have pickems but JP doesn't?

is it because NA VCL is much more popular? or is it because the format?

Probably just popularity

popularity obv, most people would probably not care about say VCL Vietnam for example

no one asking

If more than 9 user asking, I think they will make it

hanafuji [#3]

popularity obv, most people would probably not care about say VCL Vietnam for example

it doesnt seem like it would be too much of a problem to add pickems even if only a few people do them. You are most likely right though

Because most VCL (including JP) have already started prior to the implementation of Group Pickems, we felt that rather to shoehorn the option mid-Split for them, we'd start Group Pickems in Split 2 for these VCLs to ensure a clean start.

It's not a matter of popularity or not. We want to try test this on as many VCLs as possible. Most likely VCL South Asia and Vietnam will be Pacific's own test. LATAM as well.