NA qualifiers will be messy

1. Absolutely random and fucked seeding, majority of NA teams haven't competed in any tournaments since the end of LCQ / Stage 3, you can't really make a fair bracket, some parts will be stronger like Guild-Giants-Yonk, some parts will be weaker like Rix-Wave-Queso-Rebels

2. The whole process lasts 4-5 days according to multiple sites (Jan 27-31), which means there won't be Challengers 1, Challengers 2, there will be a SINGLE Challengers week, you lose once in open qualifier - you're out

3. Gotta select 12 "best" teams based on this singular Challengers week, who will play for a long time afterwards for Masters spots, everyone else who got unlucky or didn't adapt to Neon fast enough will have to fuck off, despite them maybe deserving the spot

What do you think about it, NA people? Do you like how random it will be?

no

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

wtf

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

jett is still better doesnt matter too much, she'll might only be played on a few maps

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

Neon may be available, but there isn't much time to practice with the agent so we'll see how much we see it. I think we'll see neon in combination with Chamber to replace Jett if anything.

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

Has this been confirmed?

it's going to be a shitshow all year with this format, however we will likely see teams fluctuate a lot since ones who get knocked out early will have a lot of time to improve, hopefully via a lot of third party tournaments.

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

Bro I thought you were talking about the akrew neon lmao

bradens17 [#7]

Has this been confirmed?

yes, NA Japan and Korea will all have neon available in challengers qualifiers

I don't like how random it will be. Id hate to see a T1/TSM go against a team like Akrew and then we don't get to see one of them play for months. It's a really harsh system. Hopefully 3rd party tournaments can make up for the teams that don't make it to top 12.

Sprouts [#3]

+Neon will now be playable for NA open qualifiers

luckily neon is a dogshit agent who will get one-tapped in her ult in top tier play, so it doesn’t matter. she’s not overtaking reyna or raze as the second best duelist, and nobody is gonna play 3 duelists.

it’ll be messy except for a clear tsm 2-0 all the way thru challengers. hell yeah, unbiased fan takes!

KyLZi [#11]

I don't like how random it will be. Id hate to see a T1/TSM go against a team like Akrew and then we don't get to see one of them play for months. It's a really harsh system. Hopefully 3rd party tournaments can make up for the teams that don't make it to top 12.

Akrew is gonna ruin a tier one teams next 3 months

yes potter will qualify all by herself!

It's a big NA L.

Compare to EMEA: 8 regional leagues below the main VCT League of the top teams. Round robin league play. Promotion/Demotion events where the 2 worst VCT teams and the best teams from the 8 RLs compete for VCT