I think they should take 2 emea spots and make them CIS, and remove one of japans spots for LATAM. In the vct kru had an extremely hard bracket, but they played really awesome and it would be more fun to see more of that region to play
Also Riot wants to nurture the Japanese pro scene. Same with SEA. Japanese has quite a large fanbase for valorant which is really strange considering that Japan don't usually like fpses and they don't like pc games much either. The only fpses that are big in Japan are like Splatoon and Apex lmao. I think Riot are just rewarding places who show great interest in the game. :)
can't u read the plot? CR are the protagonists they lost and had the typical emotional moment already now they will meet an old grandmaster (maybe solo or glow) that will teach them the way of valorant and get a big power boost with that they will destroy everyone in berlin tho they will lose the first match to make the impossible lower bracket run and probably will have to defeat the old grandmaster's first disciples turned evil along the way (they can't remove their spot because it's their destiny to win )