Internet crisis is only a problem if you rely on 4G. Bigger issue is electricity outages.

The ping to Dubai and Bahrain isn't bad, usually 20 to 50ms. It's unlikely that Pakistani players will get picked up, they'll probably just compete as free agent or pug teams.

20-50 ping for Dubai and Bahrain, so not bad

Bahrain or Dubai servers. I honestly couldn't name you any crazy ranked players. Most just peak radiant or immo3 and then never bother playing ranked seriously again.

That player is shooter. There is one other Pakistani player already playing in MENA, k1ng, but besides these 2 pretty much all other good players retired. Hopefully some new names show up now.

https://x.com/valesports_ar/status/1867643497047548081?t=p7oICJwqtYKRV-H236xUvA&s=19

*Edit: Now

Hopefully a Pakistani team can actually qualify

I've forgotten to defuse the bomb because I thought we were on attack... That counts as a C9 I think..

You'd think this match is at least a month away with the way they haven't even announced who they're playing.

1. Bixollie

L rebrand imo

It'll be easier to find El Dorado than finding 5 good pakistani players...

Even the worlds greatest player wouldnt be able to carry Global Embarrassment. Stop hyping mid teams smh

Utter dogshit

India is not a colonizer name lol. It's just what India was known as to the west. It comes from Greek and Latin. You're giving the English too much credit thinking they could ever come up with a name like India lol.

https://twitter.com/AdityaAkib/status/1698052327184502794?t=i9N13kCrEBMBNFT3sdbKpw&s=09

Hahaha South Asia best region

Late reply but the ping and infra issues are all true, but they were competing despite those challenges before. The real reason why most of them quit was because of a VCL SA ruling that all players had to be able to attend the LAN in hosted india for all the splits. This basically auto-disqualified all the Pakistani players because India doesnt give Pakistanis visas (outside of rare exceptions, which esports isnt a part of). So all of them more or less quit. They all still play mikey mouse tournaments here and there though.

Shooter retired, along with most PK pros, because of VCL SA rules that you need indian visa to compete

Try chainsaw man. I haven't watched the anime but the manga is top tier.

First match with breakfast, second match with lunch. Good stuff

No they didn't...

OG had Korean and Filipino players for last year's VCT

5/8 VCLJP teams have import coaches. Every single team has import players as well except SG. Zeta seem to be the only JP team afraid of imports

Korean thing, happens in ow too.

India Pakistan sem2sem lol visa issues hurjaga

confirmed?

When even is the SA challengers starting?

some teams are owned by esports orgs, some are owned by companies