here’s the answer
first few years of the game
- na and eu had advantage because deeper cs history
- teams in apac had less veteran presence (coaches and mentors), less fundamentals
- around this time VS/DRX were the only ones who could compete but even they were missing part of the puzzle
- overall worse teams means overall worse practice, so the region grows slower
recent history
- we had way more international events, lots of losses that they could learn from
- teams started learning way more from each other
- fundamentals became much more well understood
- talent starts coming together due to franchising
today
- we have geng, who probably play the most “balanced” and “correct” valorant out of pacific so far
- emea zero teams in playoffs
- pacific overall level looks very solid
TLDR: it was unreasonable to expect them to win trophies for the first few years, now they are legitimate threats
If you’re curious about China, just imagine that they’re like two years delayed on this timeline