upper bracket

say what you will about the format, but the reality is that in the upper bracket 4 you got APAC 1, EMEA 1, KR 1, and NA 1.

so they mustve done something right to get top seeds of different regions into upper

That's not how it works, the teams that are there have to be deserving. Having 4 teams from different regions doesn't necessarily guarantee that

yeah, they made them all play their own region so it's guaranteed to be like that even if some regions are better than others...
doesn't make it a good bracket

I can understand both sides of the issue. On one hand, it is VERY upsetting to see matchups we've seen in the respective region's playoffs. On the other hand, it's nice to see the best teams of each region playing against each other, something we may not have seen if not for the same region's matchups. Either way, I'm expecting very, very fun Valorant games coming soon!

ppl are complaining but lets be honest xset and fpx on their first match weren't beating anyone LMAO
these are all 1 team regions