NO APAC Challengers doesn't Include JP and KR they also have a separate LCQ as APAC North now
so APAC as 2022 is SEA+SA+OCE only

With current VLT GE lineup not a chance
Enigma has a small chance if APAC Challengers is LAN but still <10%

yes there English stream on YT too

true but if you wanna 'go pro' in India everyone learns hindi one way or the another and for casual viewers there's always the option of English streams so Hindi+English combined its easily 95% of the people

what a dumb post Challengers: Vietnam doesn't mean shit and if you wanna compare with EMEA then you should be talking about APAC Challengers

they wont until they've lost both VCC slots but I really want that to happen too feels bad for SkRossi ;-;

its not a save when you shit the bed first and then clean up the mess

Consistently single digit kills

salaries depend on viewership and per capita income of specific countries you can see same difference in NA and EMEA too NA has got higher salaries but not the performance also idts you can generalize all SEA countries together pretty sure SG teams pay well

Engima GodP TR

2-0 now

160k viewers (PEAK) 80k(average) where do you get your stats from that its 400k ALSO VCC gets half the viewers Japanese Challengers got so by that logic South Asia should get direct slot in Masters and Champs?

DRX I agree but the Japanese pro scene is literally surviving on Korean imports are still doing a bad job Internationally also since they import Korean players anyways Japan and Korea should have been single qualifiers

I totally agree with this Japan and Korea(to some extent) keeps getting special treatment from RIOT if they didn't have a direct qualifier I'm pretty sure SEA teams will destroy Jp/Kr teams in a combined APAC qualifier

no Mumbai to Singapore is 60ping (3900km)
Chennai to Singapore is 40ping(2900km)
the reason its not 70 is because there are quite a few submarine optic cables from chennai to singapore and yes I want to see the Indian teams properly represented in VCT but the truth is there are 3(GE,VLT,Enigma) teams who can barely play SEA level let alone win against them decisively

thats a stupid reason as there are many weaker regions in SEA Challengers too

those 2 slots are not only for SEA those are through SEA(which includes OCE and SA)

that was in 2021 in 2022 south asia gets 2 slots in SEA challengers to qualify for each masters

I want GE to loose so they can finally drop Kappa

KAPPA SABKA PAPA XD

SkRossi but sadly GE isnt tier1

lmao no I don't xD also NO pro team plays from Delhi they all move to Chennai for important matches so they get 40 ping on Singapore

SEA has Oceania South Asia and Hk/Taiwan too this time so 1 slot more is only fair

oh man you actually are stupid like I said earlier they could move for LCQ in South America same wasnt possible in APAC

idk how relaxed covid restrictions are in Spain but it aint the same rest of the places

100%

keep crying save some tears for masters and champs too tho

South Asia and OCE doesn't get a slot of their own mate they still have to go through SEA qualifiers again 100 ping vs 110 ping

"Riot go and make LANs if necessary" only if it was that easy they would have done it for sure

APAC > NA wait and watch

you expect them to play each other on 120 ping Pakistan vs Korea and then qualify against EU teams ?

you explained it yourself they cant play in same servers hence they need separate slots

waiting for the day kappa is replaced ;-;

no

hopefully someday xD

APAC is SEA+KR+JP+OCE+SA+HK/TW its a HUGE region

I don't think they want to go the CsGo route though yes EMEA is the best region but if you give them more and more slots weaker regions and their valo scene will die inevitably just like it happened in CsGo

LEO who?

for example Fnatic India and TSM India (PubgM)

EMEA orgs can always invest in other regions

America has 7 slots going by that logic

BR+LATAM sure APAC no

Indian teams get 60-40Ping and yes they're as good as japan
yes there are 3* teams in top 15 that based on VLR rating coz Indian teams almost never play SEA teams hence its a boosted score so yes its a small region
and likewise I could care less about a streamer region with 2 slots so yes ill have fun watching champions bud

didn't know NA education was so bad that you cant even read but lemme bring you up to speed India got 2 slots in SEA qualifiers along with OCE which is more than fair for a small region like us :)

EMEA isn't the biggest playerbase APAC (SEA+SA+OCE+JP+KR+HK) is bigger
most competitive yes it is but then again like I said its not CsGo where you let the weaker regions die without a chance to grow

OCE is in those 6 slots too xD

it aint CsGo mate

its already like that but its still not fair Asia is a huge continent Af/Pk teams can NEVER play jp/kr teams NEVER EVER its just not possible so single APAC slot makes no sense whatsoever APAC S and APAC N is still somewhat okay

you're from APAC right? arguing for a single APAC LCQ right? please explain to me how TE from Pakistan 3rd best team from South Asia(as per VCC 2021) play a fair game for their chance at Champs against lets say a Japanese or Korean team

CRY bwahahaha