Timezone Grievances

Masters Bangkok will mark the third international event in a row in Asia.
While Masters Shanghai and Champions Seoul were both impossible for me to watch without going nocturnal, I was at least able to understand how Important it was to get China and Pacific an international event. However with Masters Bangkok, I would have not been able to watch an international event live since Masters Madrid. I know some may say that I just don't want Asian tournaments which isn't true, I just wish they could have spaced out the events so that Americas could watch.

And vods aren't the same experience as watching a match live.

next event is toronto lol just wait

Yeah it sucks a bit for people in Americas but at least the bigger events this year will be better for you

vice versa also applies

yea I miss the days where I could watch all 3 lans in a year, all good tho asia needs their events too cuz they got hard cucked in the first 2 years

xonya [#4]

vice versa also applies

3 in a row is a little wicked though no?

saebr [#6]

3 in a row is a little wicked though no?

Imagine 2 years in a row for those APAC fans then lol

the west will have 2 events too
might even be 3

toronto
paris
and im guessing masters 1 2026 might be on Latam/BR (might also be masters 2 tho)

respectfully, us asians have been suffering the same problem since the start of vct so please dont call it unfair

saebr [#6]

3 in a row is a little wicked though no?

am i tripping or did asia not have international for 2 years straight?

i think tokyo was the first one ever

saebr [#6]

3 in a row is a little wicked though no?

yeah but next year is probably americas

remember pre franchise tournaments? They were all favored to the west

Cryptic88 [#9]

respectfully, us asians have been suffering the same problem since the start of vct so please dont call it unfair

That's a fair point, but there is no point in having a schedule like this.

They could have done: Shanghai, Madrid, Seoul, Toronto, Bangkok, and then Paris. I wouldn't have any complaints and everyone would get the same number of events.

tipthetim [#13]

That's a fair point, but there is no point in having a schedule like this.

They could have done: Shanghai, Madrid, Seoul, Toronto, Bangkok, and then Paris. I wouldn't have any complaints and everyone would get the same number of events.

next year is america's year methinks

tipthetim [#13]

That's a fair point, but there is no point in having a schedule like this.

They could have done: Shanghai, Madrid, Seoul, Toronto, Bangkok, and then Paris. I wouldn't have any complaints and everyone would get the same number of events.

1 straight year of events in asia compared to 2 straight years in emea that americans can watch is still worth it for you.

g_torrance [#12]

remember pre franchise tournaments? They were all favored to the west

I wasn't watching pre-franchise so I can't really comment on that, I only started watching during Madrid after all.
I also don't think that Riot is doing this to make things fair, which if it was could be a smidge understandable...

Cryptic88 [#15]

1 straight year of events in asia compared to 2 straight years in emea that americans can watch is still worth it for you.

I wish I had watched back then, but I live in the reality that I only started watching after Madrid.

tipthetim [#17]

I wish I had watched back then, but I live in the reality that I only started watching after Madrid.

damn unlucky for you.

FrenchToast [#10]

am i tripping or did asia not have international for 2 years straight?

i think tokyo was the first one ever

how is that americas fault
we got 2 events in 2023 sure but that was it
2021, 2022 was all bumea. we've had a grand total of 2 events, same as asia.
imo there shouldn't be any emea events in 2026