EU 2
CIS 1
TR 1
NA 3
APAC 3
BR 1
LATAM 1
BRxLATAM 1
KR 1
JP 1
KRxJP 1
There should be 16 slots and these are my thoughts Of course you can disagree with my opinion!
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keep the EMEA format what
3 EMEA
2 NA
2 APAC
2 KR
1 JP
1 BR/LATAM QUALIFIER
2 APAC LCQ
1 NA LCQ
1 EMEA LCQ
1 BR/LATAM LCQ
as of right now there are 3 Asian teams in playoffs (PRX DRX ZETA), 1 EMEA team (G2), 1 BR team (LOUD), and 1 NA team (OpTic).
However, I think EMEA still deserves its 4 slots because FPX couldn't make it & the asterisk with FNATIC. And Liquid topped their group.
NA 3 slots is fair too as I think OpTic are doing pretty well.
KR deserves 1 more slot (alternatively could be a KR/JP qualifier) due to DRX.
JP keeps their slot because ZETA DIVISION run is good but they did get knocked into lowers and because this is the first time they got out of groups. Alternatively they get another slot thru KR/JP qualifier.
APAC gets 2 LCQ slots because we can see how well they did at Champs and can assume the growth in the region is really good + JP and KR are also in playoffs, so APAC as a whole is looking stacked (remember APAC LCQ is KR JP SEA SA and OCE).
BR/LATAM get 1 slot removed because NiP and KRÜ got grouped (but keep their LCQ slot)
that's fair but I added 2 to LCQ because APAC is such a huge region with lots of subregions, if I gave 1 slot to APAC it would just be giving a slot to SEA + SA + OCE and KR/JP teams would miss out imo. I guess the compromise would be to split APAC LCQ into North and South then but you run into risks where the best representatives might not be sent (e.g. APAC south becomes a weak region, then KR/JP, despite being the stronger APAC region, can only send 1). By keeping 2 slots from APAC LCQ you can guarantee the strongest reps from that region are sent to Champs. That's my reasoning anyway.
Totally delusional, archetype
"NiP got grouped", yeah, Xerxia too, so remove this slot. and Paper Rex is on lower, and LOUD no (at this moment)
You just want BR/LATAM in the same qualifier, totally delusional, and making a probably LATAM or BR without teams in masters or champions
And champions it is past, if wasn't, you don't remove LATAM slot, they was top 4, remember? :)
NiP got grouped and so did Xerxia, but Xerxia played closer games between the top 2 seeds of that group compared to NiP and KRÜ, so no, I don't think it's delusional. And Paper Rex knocked out NA's 1st seed 2-0. LOUD have potential and they were the sole reason I edited my original distribution a number of times.
Actually, I edited the slot distribution a number of times because I wasn't sure whether to take slots from BR/LATAM or from other regions, but with NiP winning BR/LATAM qualifiers and getting grouped, and with KRÜ also getting grouped (the latter did not win a single map) I think it was fair to give Asia more slots than BR/LATAM. Please don't call me delusional because I did not pander to your South American narrative.
Champions slots was already released
https://twitter.com/liquipediaval/status/1486737568020373512?s=21&t=GESFV94VyuHLeUmLphLtxw
It’s 2 NA, 1 NA lcq
2 emea, 1 emea lcq
1 Brazil, 1 latam, 2 south American lcq.
1 korea, 1 Japan, 2 sea. Lcq will be split into south and north. North is Korea and Japan and possibly China if they can play. South is sa, sea, and oce. Each with one slot.
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