you cannot debate this
I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make, of course the scene with millions of potential players, in which riot supports to no end with China, is better than a literal dead Valorant scene with around 0 proper esports teams, that riot pays no attention to whatsoever, where our best players have to play overseas
Like our literal ascension org had to be an unsigned one as the org that signed them (95x) literally left the scene right before
And despite all of this, our players still carry Chinese teams now and then (swerl and minimise on rng, Plixx on Weibo, maple on Weibo, autumn on Fpx, tixx)
honestly the fact that EDG remains so dominant in the region despite the exponential growth in other teams is a huge kudos to EDG (no I am not biased i promise). I am really excited for upcoming internationals where we might get a feel for just how competitive teams like RA and FPX will be internationally.
I don't think a team needs to overtake edg for the region to improve.
As long as there is always someone challenging them then they should stay improving.
The way the VCT model is really helps china.
Constant international exposure will always help a region to grow.
Also it's worth to mention that VCT pacific being in south korea makes scrims possible between CN and APAC.
last point is not possible since u have to be in korea to play on korean servers. Its a law that riot has to abide by. Its not like other places in which as long as your close enough you can play in that server.
This might be able to work if the teams ask riot to allow them to scrim on other servers