The part I can't understand is why Brazil has 2 slots and the whole EU, CIS and TR have 2 slots. Also there are 2 slots for LATAM. So why 4 from LATAM? EMEA teams need more slot. CIS have 1 to play in EMEA Finals lol.
Brazil is a country of continental size with a very strong FPS culture. Brazil alone carries the numbers on CSGO broadcasts. Just see what happened this weekend. Heroic vs. Astralis with 110k viewers while THE PLAN vs. random team 130k viewers.
The Valorant scenario is new, you do not know the Brazilian teams and do not know their strength. But I agree that Europe and Korea should have more slots, it is sad not to see the top4 EU and VS playing on LAN.
i think views in the game in general (but this is my opnion).
look how many teams
https://www.vlr.gg/event/311/champions-tour-turkey-stage-1-challengers-1/qualifier
https://www.vlr.gg/event/292/champions-tour-brazil-stage-1-challengers-1/open-qualifier
https://www.vlr.gg/event/327/champions-tour-turkey-stage-1-challengers-2/open-qualifier
https://www.vlr.gg/event/301/champions-tour-brazil-stage-1-challengers-2
and imagine mexico playing agains brazil, server in the middle is ~130 ping
For them just because we are next to each other, we should be part of the region. They don't know that if a guy from the North/Northeast of Brazil tries to play he gets an average of 100 ping because Brazil only has one server that is located in the center of the country, which is not the most appropriate and fair place for everyone . Imagine a game between an Argentine team and a team from the north of Brazil hahaha