Japan/Korea | VLR.gg

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Mjtchell

I was looking at Igzist because I was curious how Lakia was doing, and I was wondering why theres so many players Korean players on Japanese teams.
I was wondering if there was something cultural that makes it easy like if Japanese and Korean were similar languages or if just Japan and Korea being close geographically makes it that way and thats why there are many bilingual players between those regions.
Im genuinely looking for insight on this since Im curious and find these things interesting.

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money

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That also makes sense, especially if theres more capital in Japan, but Korea having more dominant teams (at least in the past, obv not iceland this year.)

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Japanese and Korean are not similar languages, players go there for larger salaries since the Korean scene is barren of orgs

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That makes sense too, I forget that South Koreas economy is way newer than Japans

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I don’t think it’s really an economy thing, both countries have plenty of esports orgs, Korea just happens to be more invested in LoL while Valorant is Japan’s most popular esport

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I mean can you blame Korea either? Theyre quite insane at LoL

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Yeah, can’t really blame KR orgs for not investing in Valorant for a peak of like 35k viewers when they can get over +1M viewers in the LCK

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I wonder what Valorant would be like if there were as many Koreans also trying as hard at Valorant as they do LoL
They'd probably be a force to reckon with

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Will be similar to Korea in overwatch

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Korea scene is small with little org interest but still talented players.
meanwhile, Japan has had worse players (mostly) until recently but large org support.
so, lots of Korean players go to Japan where they are paid way more and Japanese teams also benefit from good players

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So do Korean players set out to learn Japanese or do they try to set on a more common second language like English
I know Lakia doesnt know English so I assume they communicate in Japanese

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depends on the team
teams like stage 3/champs crazy raccoon are using a mix of english, korean, and japanese depending on whos playing

it depends on how willing each person is and their comfortability in the language: thats why youll see japanese and korean players in lft posts saying stuff such as “comfortable and willing to learn japanese/english/korean”

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Damn thats insane. I mean I think itd be fun to learn a language like that especially if it opens up more opportunities

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Yes, you're right. There are a lot of South Korean players who play for Japanese teams. I know both countries are geographically close (it takes an hour by airplane only) but both are having a different which is also a barrier. But you have to know that Korean players are willingly learning Japanese so they can interact with other players as well.

In South Korean scene, the competitiveness is really thick and most of them are looking for more opportunities in my opinion. I don't really think about economic stuff because I have no idea about it at all. In Japanese scene, the competitiveness isn't as toxic as the other regions because Japan's environment is really friendly. Maybe that's the very first reason why Korean players are comfortable playing in Japanese scene. You also can find that Korean players tend to stay in Japanese team, learn the language, and even move to Japan (I'm talking about Seoldam, he's resting from the competition right now but he moves to Japan recently). Talking about Valorant as well, Japanese supporters are insanely huge and supportive so perhaps it also affects their economics and stuffs as well.

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Who win? CR or IGZ?

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shellyy

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I can't really assess based on their previous encounter so I might enjoy the tourney for now. CR 1-0 IGZ as per now.

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Cr, igzist arent really that good. Struggle to keep up with zeta and cr