There has been some discussion over spots and whether the fact all region receive equal spots is good or bad. But surely it cannot be as bad as the absolute mess that is champs 2022. If anything we should be glad that format was not kept.
This is later proven that some of the regions , when combined into a massive super region are outcompeted significantly (Sea,JP,BR,Latam) by their counterparts . Obviously some region became better in the franchising era but lets not pretend there's not a lot of free team in 2022
The slots in champs 2022:
Emea: 3 slots
thats ok but imo they need 1 more
Na :3 slots
Thats fair
SEA(APAC without KR JP for those of you who dont know) : 3 slots
Why??? After franchising the only time there are more than 1 SEA team qualifying to international event is champions 2024. And guess what? None of the sea team made it through the group stage. Give that slot to KR
JP : Guaranteed 1 slot...
The only time JP qualify post-Franchising is champions 2023. They did not win a single game internationally after franchising. It is pure lunacy guaranteeing them 1 slot. As per 2024 all JP team are at the bottom tier of pacific
Kr : 1 slot
Are you seriously telling me SEA can field 3 times as many competitive teams as KR?
East asia(JP+KR+Cn) : 1 slot. Fair enough,CN was way worse back then
BR : 1 slot
Questionable as per 2024 all 3 Brazilian teams are the some of the worst teams in Americas. But Loud was excellent at the time so fair enough.
Latam : 1 slot
Eh good enough. Mind you as per franchising Latam was outcompeted by NA and Brazil(2023) with a total of 1 international win and that is after hijacking Brazil's best star.
South America LCQ : 2 slots?
Wtf? This is pure lunacy. As per franchising there has never been more than 2 SA in a masters/champions. why would they need 4? Give the slot to Na/emea
To put this into perspective this is roughly what the teams will be if the same slots are kept in champs 2024.
G2
Sen
100t
Fnc
Vit
TH
PRX
TLN
TS(lol ,and keep in mind apac have improved alot compared to 2022(non prx team were really bad back then))
DFM(lmao)
Geng
EDG
Lev
KRU
Loud(in their current form? Free win)
Furia(this is a team that lost to GE)
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