playing CS:GO, be thankful for that, if EU started being more interested in Valorant, all regions would get cleared.
There is a reason why CN/KR are more successful in the esports where they actually have a player base comparable to the west and the general consensus is that those are cultural. How individualistic it is, how hardworking it is, how the gaming culture looks, how gaming is perceived in the society at large, how highly winning is valued e.t.c. These are all things that affect how successful a certain culture will be in esports, and CN/KR’s cultures are significantly more apt than the west in this regard.