2 for EU(Top region)
2 NA(Top region)
2 Japan(Semi-Top region + viewership)
1 Bronzil(Loud)
1 LATAM/Bronzil ( between KRU and Super Vivo Keyd)
(2) APAC ( minor region with promise)
1 Korea ( Vision Strikers ( DRX ) )
1 TR/MENA ( split them from EU they deserve own spot for representation)
No spot for CIS since they cant travel and we dont what happened in Masters 1 to happen again and ruin it
What do you think?
SeulgiVLR [#2]what has na done this year to prove theyre a top region
drx/kr owns the rest of asia, especially jp, and they still get only 1 slot? viewership + popularity is rising too
Its complicated
Volatile [#7]2 EU
2 NA
1 Japan
1 Brazil
1 LATAM
2 APAC
1 Korea
1 Turkey
1 CIS (If they can travel, otherwise add it to EU)
Turkey deosnt deserve spot alone sorry
Styling911 [#9]Turkey deosnt deserve spot alone sorry
A man can hope.
Also, you gave Turkey a spot in combination with MENA, it does not look like a MENA team will beat the Turkish teams
Volatile [#11]A man can hope.
Also, you gave Turkey a spot in combination with MENA, it does not look like a MENA team will beat the Turkish teams
Still give a chance
now MENA has 0 chance because they have to go through 10 layers of qualifiers to even get to challengers let alone masters
pogfreak_ [#12]1 dedicated slot for TR/MENA is just too far
TR has viewer ship like japan, remember when game came out
and MENA has always been with turkey in a lot of other gamers like PUBG APEX etcc
Styling911 [#13]Still give a chance
now MENA has 0 chance because they have to go through 10 layers of qualifiers to even get to challengers let alone masters
Give them the chance to compete in EU or TR as they prefer, I'm fine with that. Currently they don't get past the qualifiers though
SeulgiVLR [#2]what has na done this year to prove theyre a top region
drx/kr owns the rest of asia, especially jp, and they still get only 1 slot? viewership + popularity is rising too
Yea, viewership for Korea is rising. They’re now getting almost 10k on the kr stream when DRX is playing 💀💀
Volatile [#15]Give them the chance to compete in EU or TR as they prefer, I'm fine with that. Currently they don't get past the qualifiers though
You are correct, but condition they played on was very bad
Stop w Turkey having their own slot man, we really don't want it as much as you guys make it out to be. Sharing spots with CIS/EU is much better than having our own direct slot cuz we dun wanna end up like we did on LoL. That is, we actually will have a decent chance to make a deep run if we get by the actual contenders, being CIS and EU. Having our separate slot will kill the scene in the long run
SeulgiVLR [#2]what has na done this year to prove theyre a top region
drx/kr owns the rest of asia, especially jp, and they still get only 1 slot? viewership + popularity is rising too
have better competition, kr and jp are pretty much owned by 2 teams, while there are like 6 na teams that could make masters every time
egg80085 [#20]have better competition, kr and jp are pretty much owned by 2 teams, while there are like 6 na teams that could make masters every time
and those NA teams are so bad lmao
Styling911 [#14]TR has viewer ship like japan, remember when game came out
and MENA has always been with turkey in a lot of other gamers like PUBG APEX etcc
I got ur point, but if we just concern about viewership, SA/India deserves a dedicated slot too
but sadly Indian teams cant performs well in APAC playoffs, just like TR/MENA in EMEA
and of course we don't want to see teams from India or TR/MENA being crushed in major LAN event like this
egg80085 [#20]have better competition, kr and jp are pretty much owned by 2 teams, while there are like 6 na teams that could make masters every time
optic, cloud9, and the guard are way above anyone else in na
pogfreak_ [#22]I got ur point, but if we just concern about viewership, SA/India deserves a dedicated slot too
but sadly Indian teams cant performs well in APAC playoffs, just like TR/MENA in EMEA
and of course we don't want to see teams from India or TR/MENA being crushed in major LAN event like this
Yes but SA/India has good chance, they have 3 direct spots to APAC playoffs
where MENA has no spot at all in anything just qualifiers over qualifiers
Victorie [#17]Yea, viewership for Korea is rising. They’re now getting almost 10k on the kr stream when DRX is playing 💀💀
AHAH KR viewership is honestly disappointing, Koreans have an s tier team yet they don't support them.
thatpower [#23]optic, cloud9, and the guard are way above anyone else in na
thats true, but better than korea where no one is even close to drx, so imo thats why they only 1 slot
egg80085 [#27]thats true, but better than korea where no one is even close to drx, so imo thats why they only 1 slot
kinda true but ONS 2-0ed(actually destroyed) DRX once and WGS also almost 2-0ed DRX
This Masters has been looking much easier for DRX than KR qualifier tbh
but I get your point. KR+JP LCQ is needed tho
1KR,1JP, 1KR+JP LCQ
They deserve more than BR+LATAM LCQ
SeulgiVLR [#2]what has na done this year to prove theyre a top region
drx/kr owns the rest of asia, especially jp, and they still get only 1 slot? viewership + popularity is rising too
what has KR done to prove their a top region? getting grouped by C9?
Styling911 [#25]Yes but SA/India has good chance, they have 3 direct spots to APAC playoffs
where MENA has no spot at all in anything just qualifiers over qualifiers
nah, SA only get 1 direct slot to playoffs and 1 slot to play-in (qualifiers before playoffs)
about MENA, I think they had a same problem with non-Indian teams in SA qualifiers.. but yea, still, they need to prove more in their own region before having a direct slot
DELUSIONAL_RUSSZ_FAN [#19]Stop w Turkey having their own slot man, we really don't want it as much as you guys make it out to be. Sharing spots with CIS/EU is much better than having our own direct slot cuz we dun wanna end up like we did on LoL. That is, we actually will have a decent chance to make a deep run if we get by the actual contenders, being CIS and EU. Having our separate slot will kill the scene in the long run
I don't necessarily think that.
We have only two teams competing in challengers, currently even one. This means that most teams don't even play with Europe/CIS that much.
If we would have an own slot, we would have an own challengers, meaning more price money to be distributed within Turkey, resulting in more money for Turkish teams. And we would still have one team competing internationally against other regions (just instead of Europe, we get the chance to play against all regions). You can also look at the improvements Japan or Brazil made, even though they have their own slot. Therefore, I don't necessarily agree with this comment.
Slashyiguess [#16]2 EU
2 APAC
2 Brazil
2 NA
1 KR
1 JP
1 KRJP LCQ
1 LATAM
only logical answer
can't believe I had to scroll so far down to see a sane take
Revlo [#30]what has KR done to prove their a top region? getting grouped by C9?
i never said kr was a major region? its that they still only have 1 slot which imo doesnt feel right :/
SeulgiVLR [#35]i never said kr was a major region? its that they still only have 1 slot which imo doesnt feel right :/
no one can compete with drx, legit a one team region.
Revlo [#36]no one can compete with drx, legit a one team region.
by that is latam an even bigger 1 team region? no one could compete with kru and their second seed couldnt even take a map off nip
and just because 1 or 2 teams only can compete with drx domestically doesnt mean they cant play well internationally, nuturn still has kr’s best performance and all of kr placed 3rd-5th in lcq
no other team can prove themself if they get one slot only, no region deserves 1 slot and it should just be 16 teams and i get where your point comes from its that the slot distribution has not been good enough to let more teams prove themselves
I dont know how much slots it would be, but... I think they need to change the number of teams from 12 to 16 or 18.
Maybe something like ( U can change 1 spot from Brazil to anyone or put 3 on the American Qualify to be more fair)
3 EU
2 NA
2 APAC
2 Brazil
1 Latam
1 KR
1 JP
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2 America Qualify (NA + LATAM + Brazil)
2 Asia Qualify (APAC + KR + JP)
Volatile [#33]I don't necessarily think that.
We have only two teams competing in challengers, currently even one. This means that most teams don't even play with Europe/CIS that much.
If we would have an own slot, we would have an own challengers, meaning more price money to be distributed within Turkey, resulting in more money for Turkish teams. And we would still have one team competing internationally against other regions (just instead of Europe, we get the chance to play against all regions). You can also look at the improvements Japan or Brazil made, even though they have their own slot. Therefore, I don't necessarily agree with this comment.
Addition: I would have agreed with your take last year when we had 3 teams competing in EMEA. However, now we only have 1. Therefore I don't really see the point or difference.
SeulgiVLR [#37]by that is latam an even bigger 1 team region? no one could compete with kru and their second seed couldnt even take a map off nip
and just because 1 or 2 teams only can compete with drx domestically doesnt mean they cant play well internationally, nuturn still has kr’s best performance and all of kr placed 3rd-5th in lcqno other team can prove themself if they get one slot only, no region deserves 1 slot and it should just be 16 teams and i get where your point comes from its that the slot distribution has not been good enough to let more teams prove themselves
yes, latam and kr are fine with 1 spot unless riot increases slots
SeulgiVLR [#2]what has na done this year to prove theyre a top region
drx/kr owns the rest of asia, especially jp, and they still get only 1 slot? viewership + popularity is rising too
What has eu done this year?
Volatile [#33]I don't necessarily think that.
We have only two teams competing in challengers, currently even one. This means that most teams don't even play with Europe/CIS that much.
If we would have an own slot, we would have an own challengers, meaning more price money to be distributed within Turkey, resulting in more money for Turkish teams. And we would still have one team competing internationally against other regions (just instead of Europe, we get the chance to play against all regions). You can also look at the improvements Japan or Brazil made, even though they have their own slot. Therefore, I don't necessarily agree with this comment.
It took Japan 4 consecutive LAN's, for Zeta 2, to get even a bit better, BR literally sacrificed 3 teams to build their own Superteam, which we can't because our best players are in EU and they have high buyouts. We can only get better w constantly going up against EU, since we can't import players and whatnot. VRL ain't helping at all cuz our best teams still got diffed hard against tier 2 of EU. This is the only way
raicadis [#26]AHAH KR viewership is honestly disappointing, Koreans have an s tier team yet they don't support them.
they're too busy watching their league teams smash the western teams
Volatile [#15]Give them the chance to compete in EU or TR as they prefer, I'm fine with that. Currently they don't get past the qualifiers though
ur treating mena the same way rioy treats u guys
Slashyiguess [#16]2 EU
2 APAC
2 Brazil
2 NA
1 KR
1 JP
1 KRJP LCQ
1 LATAM
only logical answer
honestly W
idk about the 2 Brazil spots tho
raicadis [#26]AHAH KR viewership is honestly disappointing, Koreans have an s tier team yet they don't support them.
KR LOL has a bigger market than NA here in valorant
Victorie [#17]Yea, viewership for Korea is rising. They’re now getting almost 10k on the kr stream when DRX is playing 💀💀
Bro, the games are happening either 2:00am or 5:00am here in Korea. It is obvious that the viewership is not gonna be that high...
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