personally, i think slots are perfect if you -1 SA LCQ slot and + 1 slot for the winner of the previous international

im super happy the anime led me to the manga lmao

LETS GOOOO A LAN I CAN ACTUALLY GO TO

meh from a purely competitive standpoint maybe thats fair

but from ritos perspective they have to consider potential viewership, marketing potential and representation for the playerbase

that's pretty fair

i mean i can't say i really mind this happening i just think 3 SA slots + 1 masters 2 slot would make for a more entertaining tourney, probably won't really prevent a potential winner coming either way

i mean i agree yay probably adds more to his team then leo does (though i think leo is more unreplaceable)

but what the team as a whole has achieved is a pretty poor argument when comparing individuals
one had to play with russ one didn't

(i love russ but let's be honest he's the weakest link in that guild roster)

in the chamber meta yeah true
yay is probably the best chamber

in the jett meta it was pretty debatable tbh

yeah with how NTH comms work meteor/Zeta would struggle to adapt

if that wasn't an issue meteor would be an insane pick up but yknow

Everyone seems to be disagreeing with this but I kinda don't get that

Yes, BR and LATAM are 2 different regions, and this is with very good reason as Brazil is in fact different from the rest of Latin America in a variety of ways, no disagreement, hence both of them do definitely deserve 1 guaranteed spot

But why are TWO LCQ spots for the region combined? East Asia for example only gets 1, and as far as I'm aware (If anyone has actual semi-up-to-date stats for this let me know please, would appreciate it) the player bases in JP and KR are surprisingly comparable, while I have no clue for CN.
I would also argue that KR and JP have been a lot more successful internationally

Latam + BR combined encompass around 560 million people, which is like 35-40% higher than NA (I am counting Mexico as part of Latam) so from that perspective, I can't say i understand them sharing 4 slots either, EMEA, for example, encompasses well over 1 billion.

Now based off everything I've said you might think i have an actual point for some other region getting it but no, I just think whoever wins masters 2 should get a slot at champions separately, like last year

And I've been saying this since before Copenhagen started, so no that's not an opinion I have purely because FPX won

if anyone wants to offer a different argument feel free