OCE should get a play-in spot but japan should keep 2 slots (also play-in) i just hopr riot makes 24/20 teams to make space for south asia (1) OCE (1) and china (2) without taking away slots of other regions. If u do 24 team u can even add one to LATAM, Korea NA and Turkey
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Also high viewers = high playerbase = potential.
In 2 years they will have teams that are able to compete and maybe even make it through play-ins every now and then (if they make a similiar format to worlds)
POTENTIAL learn to read. Its mathemtical logic. More player = higher probabilty of better players in comparising to a region that has the same average strenght but less players
Viewership success means org investment therefore a better scene in the future.
It's a slow process, and ofc it is not 1+1, but it is better to give this type of support that leaving JP without it and not allowing them to develop as region.
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