so I saw a post a few days ago of some1 comparing NA and EMEA this year and said that EMEA is a 1 team region. because no EMEA team (outside of FNC) had won over a NA team which is true.
lock//in NA 4-2 EMEA (FNC won both for EMEA)
masters tokyo NA 4-2 EMEA (FNC won both for EMEA)
but i have a counter arguement for why EMEA is a better region this year. NA has 5 teams and EMEA has 10 teams. EMEA has double the amount of teams compared to NA. EMEA has 50 players from the EMEA region (not counting sixth man only the 5 main players). while NA has 22 players from the NA region. ardiis is from EMEA and then both pancada and sacy is from SA. ( im not counting jawgemo since he played in NA before franchising) so EMEA has more then double the players from their own region. imo EMEA would be a better region if we took the 25 best players and made it into 5 diffrent teams. i know this isnt something that i can prove but u cant really prove otherwise either so i guess its kinda pointless after all. my main point i guess is that imo EMEA has better players. if i made a top 25 player list with only EMEA and NA players then i would have more EMEA players then NA players. but what do u guys think is NA or EMEA better or are the equal. i would love to see what other people think.
Edit: FNC solos NA
is NA or EMEA better?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/10k6w0b/ranked_population_by_region/
Seems like EU and NA are almost the same
if u are talking franchising then yes EMEA has more players and more teams. thats why they are worse cus they have to fill out 10 teams with their top 50 players and the top 5 arent on 1 team and then the top 6-10 isnt on one team and so on. while NA only have to make team with their top 25 players ( only 22 but details dont matter). im bad at explaining but i hope u get my point. is it possible to give me the link to where u found out the information that EMEA has twice as many players then NA has?
mental gymnastics.. EMEA has like 100+ countries and even if half of them dont play valorant, a huge portion of Europe does and it also includes countries like Russia and Turkey which has a lot of players. Comparing it to a region which has literally 2 countries of US and Canada is itself testament to the fact that NA is better than EMEA.
The whole reason why NA is combined with SA to make Americas is because then it is comparable with EMEA in terms of size. Anyone with half a braincell can tell Americas is the better more competitive region with better teams and players. Fnatic's coach admitted to this aswell
Lockin social experiment.. its literally 4-3 even after having so many advantages like more teams in every international tournament before franchising owing to more players. The quality of Americas is far superior. NA as a continent has 2 trophies which makes it the best continent - EU has Asian citizen players so it cant really claim that + Brazil as a country has 1 champs title again something no single country in EU can claim since it has multiple country players in every successful team.
i looked thru the players of the EMEA teams and i couldnt see a single player from asia (russia and turkey are located in both idk if thats what u mean by asian citizen). its kinda obv that no country in EU has won a champions with player from only 1 country. no russian orgs are allowed to compete at the moment and the second biggest population is turkey and it has less then half of brazils population. btw USA hasnt won a internation event with players only from USA either and they have a way larger population then Brazil. that arguement just works in favor for EMEA. i do agree with ur other post that Americas is more cometitive then EMEA is when it comes to tier 1. sry if anything here is hard to understand.
Americas > EMEA but EMEA > NA. NA only have 5 teams in franchising compared to EMEA's 10, so of course their average is gonna be better. If you consider the top 10 NA teams, you'd have to include Guard and M80 (both definitely on par with EMEA Tier 1), Moist Moguls (could take a win here or there), and then what? You can tell me FaZe or G2 would beat BBL or TH. Plus EMEA also has some solid Tier 2 teams like Apeks or Acend who would be on roughly the same level as those NA Tier 2 teams. If you consider the whole scene EMEA has a bit more depth.
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