Riot honestly need to just combine VCL at this point, too many of them are either dominated by one team, have no viewership, or have no org support. Here's an example of what regions could look like:
Pacific
East Asia: Korea + Japan
Maritime SEA: Philippines + Indonesia + Singapore + Malaysia
Mainland SEA: Thailand + Vietnam + Laos/Burma/Cambodia
South Asia
Oceania
(include HK/TW in the CN VCL when the league is set up)
EMEA
Western Europe: Northern + France + DACH
Southern Europe: Spain + Portugal + Italy
Eastern Europe: East + CIS
Turkey
MENA
With these leagues, the fans get more competition and hype rivalries while orgs get better viewership and sponsors. As long as Riot make sure not to neglect certain countries (like setting up the Southern league with only Spanish teams), I think this system would work. Thoughts?
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