Compared to brazil crowd? I personally think Japan is 10 times better
They're absolutely not loud enough. Think about better crowds like sao paolo and even regional VCTs before masters, people were cheering more and players are never disrupted because they wear those big headphones, it's just that sao paolo is looked down at because they were very biased towards LOUD and MIBR. Trust me if Zeta division had qualified to masters, they would make it to the finals or smthing due to the sheer unnerving of their opponents by the crowd.
Mate there was absolutely no crowd(negligible) in Group stages in Lock IN, and here it was completely packed no matter who was playing, stop trying to defend that pathetic crowd, sure they're loud but nothing compares to showing up for Valorant ! and actually respecting teams. Don't come at me I'm not a Brazil hater, I love the guys on LOUD those are wholesome, but that crowd was not.
Sure, that crowd wasn't ideal, but this japanese crowd is even worse, they're boring and sleepy. We don't even have any crowd stories like the screaming girl in sao paolo. And with the VISA issues that are coming up with japan, it's safe to say that riot shouldnt hold any vct comps in japan from now on (except for regional leagues but if PRX something can't come to japan, what's the point)
Are we watching the same match ? There are stories here as well, these guys are doing pushups for every round win for PRX. VISA issues is not RIOT's fault PRX brought something late + he's Russian that doesn't help too. Every other Russian player from TL and FNC are here, so safe to say it was Orgs Fault, but I get it if you don't enjoy this crowd it's your opinion. But I'd anyday prefer this Respectable crowd over the Lock/IN one.