If on average men have a faster reaction time than women of course it would make a difference. It's not B.S. but as we discussed before there is more significant reasons on why there is a large disparity in high level valorant.

Side note. I don't really believe the "been a fan for awhile" claim. No chance you are above the age of 16 😂

What you don't understand is it doesn't have to be the "main" reason. Physical capabilities still somewhat change how good a player can be, especially FPS games. Reaction time, hand-eye coordination, muscle memory, etc all play a part. As I said my post above when you are trying to be the best of the best, minor advantages can be the difference maker.

Now if we are talking about why there is a lack of women representation at the highest level of competitive Valorant I do think genetics play a small role BUT it's not even close to the main reason why. The main reason is numbers. The number of women Valorant players is lower then men, and the number of women valorant players who have aspirations to play professional is significantly lower. To see an increase in numbers the social environment around women in gaming as whole needs to drastically improve.

Human reaction time peaks around early-mid twenties. Here's a study that says reaction time peaks at 24; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094215. There is plenty of other studies as well pointing to similar conclusions. Of course reaction time is just one of the many factors of Valorant but it is still meaningful. When talking about the best of the best even the smallest advantage margins can make a difference.

That makes more sense. Thanks

Tex - German
Governor - Korean
Ban - Korean
Jawgemo - Cambodian
NiSMO - Lebanese
Several players in Tier 2/3

All of these players were raised in North America and most were born in North America. Having some players flag on VLR represent their ethnic backgrounds and some players their birth country. It just seems inconsistent and confusing.

The Nation vs OREsports

What a game. LETS GO KNIGHTS

Lets go

lol What?

Yea they did, its already over 2-1 (C9W Win)

Fenrir flair when?????

Need that Fenrir flair

Fenrir flair when?

casual

How you feeling RRoadRRunner LMAO. Brax is still in when compound buff TSM lost AGAIN

lol

NO WAY, LETS GO

EDIT: Sent the same message twice because the site was lagging

Wtf is happening

FINALLY NOT DISAPPOINTING LETS GO

LETS GO

What a series so far

You seemed so sure. tuff

History does repeat itself. Just look at your takes

Not recently (Spilt was there best map in the First Strike/Summer era). Since the start of VCT Haven is their best map by far

thought BR>KR and now you've made TWO messages about me. LMAO man who are you

Holy shit, the downvotes went from something like-70 to -25 already LMFAOOO

V1 should ban Bind

I'm an NA fan. I was just way too high on Brazil because of Rainbow 6

Edit: I also never thought BR>NA,
My predictions before Masters were EU>NA>BR>LATAM>KR>SEA>JP.
Not sure where delusional BR fan came from

tuff

Canada has been a huge part in NA esports.

NAF Twistzz Grand Slam winners
Canadian in R6
TenZ Penny Effys in this tournament
In the LCS system now there is 33 from USA and 20 from Canada (even though USA has almost x9 the population)

bro why did you have NA that low

You sure?

DAMN

They called him a madman

Huh

Bad take as usual

This matchup is going to be so good. Both talented, I think its going to come down to who has prepared more. I'm going to go Fnatic 2-1, I'm thinking Sentinels goes on another lower bracket run.

TL 2-0 V1. IMO V1 went on a hot streak at the right time, I do not think they are top 2 in NA and will get team diffed by a strong TL. It makes it worse that Wippie is unable to come.

EDIT: LETS FUCKING GO, SHOULDNT HAVE DOUBTED

2-0 FNC, KRU is one of the better minor region teams but they aren't beating Fnatic

I could see Nuturn getting a map, but I'm going for 2-0 Sharks. Based on what I've watched NA EU BR (not in order), are the major and best regions in this tournament. Until Korea has more of a player base I'm going BR.

Why is he getting down voted. Getting to face a weak team in the round of 8 is lucky, no denying that. That also doesn't change that Vks are good. 2-0 VKS
EDIT: He was getting downvoted lol

What, not a chance you watched any game. No way you watched Japan and actually think that????????

V1 win 2-0, and it's not going to be close

Edit: It was much closer than I expected, GGs to CR

Opposite
Edit: This was supposed to be a reply

Opposite

Crazy Raccoons over V1????????????????????

You mean in any game. It's what makes esports really fun.

What I meant by that comment was they should have made the bracket in a way where they matchup in the final instead of the semi final.

Soniqs vs Renegades should be the final