The Styles of Each Region?

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Nachtel

Remember back in 2021 when NA was known to be a bunch of all aim no brainers and EU was known as the strategy region? Now that almost all regions are strategically similar,

is there a certain playstyle that defines them? I feel like I can see an obvious difference between the other regions and pacific, but that's the most easy one to tell.

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Yessirskiiii

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Imo APAC = faster and more aggressive
EMEA = Defaulty and slower paced
Americas = something of a mix between EMEA and APAC

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crashhacker1

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Americas - More individual plays

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hanafuuji

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EMEA still one of the most boring teams to watch smh, they be defaulting until 30 sec left on the timer

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Yessirskiiii

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Maybe other regions should copy EMEA then? Considering more LAN tournament wins than all of the other regions put together ;)

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brobeans

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They’re tied with Americas

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hanafuuji

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4>3 😴

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brobeans

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both have 3 majors. where tf is 4 or even 5 coming from

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NAclearsSA

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I think, FPX and Gambit won masters, Acend champs and FNC LOCKIN no?

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brobeans

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lock in is a show tournament format? I don’t think anyone considers that a major - riot, the pros, even fnatic agree

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hanafuuji

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reykjavik is a mickey mouse tournament

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brobeans

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Besides being less teams it was the same as all the other majors except lock in. Seemed like a standard lan

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hanafuuji

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lock in has more teams, more regions, and the scene is actually already developed, nt lil bro 0/8

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ColdWKey

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not this argument 😴

if Americas won I can bet you wouldn’t be saying it was a show tournament

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brobeans

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the entire pro scene and riot said it before lock in happened. You’re making stuff up

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hanafuuji

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no one said that. YOU'RE making stuff up 🤣🤣🤣

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Udarara

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https://twitter.com/PlayVALORANT/status/1632165032795447296?s=20

Riot does consider it a major, A lot of pros do as well. Also if you're gonna say lock-in does not count because it was for show, then by that logic, you also should not count masters since it's a glorified qualifier for champs.

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brobeans

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no one thinks of masters as a qualifier. also, im not saying anything. the tournament objectively had a show format and was stated by riot to be a kick off tournament to start the year. some of the newer teams didn't even practice yet

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Udarara

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I wouldn't really call single elim a show format, it's brutal yes, but the winning team still had to win 5 in a row and 2 bo5s to come out on top and it shows who the best at adapting to a new meta. If the people who created the game and main circuit count it as a major then it is one.
Idrc who wins, I just like seeing upsets but I know it can be annoying when people keep bringing up past events but let them talk, whatever team you like can win the next one and it can be your turn.

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ColdWKey

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Americas:

SEN
Optic
LOUD

EMEA:

Gambit
Acend
FPX
FNC

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hanafuuji

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EU: berlin, Champions '21, copenhagen, LOCK//IN

AME: reykjavik, reykjavik, Champs '21

if you're argument is "LOCK//IN doesn't count" then reykjavik is more illegitimate than LOCK//IN lil bro

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brobeans

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well, one had a show tournament format and the other didn’t so no…

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hanafuuji

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"show tournament format" smh why tf do I waste time arguing with a dumbass NA user

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yawnster

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Own that fraud

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brobeans

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Don’t argue with me. Argue with riot. Insecure old man

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hanafuuji

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nope it's not riot's fault that ur a dumbass

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yoboikingkong

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maybe thats why they have 5 trophies and other regions dont

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33AJ

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downvoted for saying truth

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patuj

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No way you call EMEA boring. We have arguably most enjoyable Pearls because no Harbor and overall teams avoid that map, NaVi and even some other teams cooking all the time like we have seen so much Yoru from NaVi and even Heretics. Turkish teams going crazy on duels and Liquid and Giants following them with pretty similar style. Kcorp is just fun and sad team to watch especially earlier. And overall I feel like EMEA has always had bunch of aggressive games where rounds end in blink of an eye but people still call the whole region slow and boring.

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Moiraine

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As an emea fan, please hop off the copium over emea pearl. That shit IS STRAIGHT ASS

Never seen a single emea team be good at pearl. And not playing harbor is an argument against it not for ot, as it just proves they dont understand the map AT ALL.

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patuj

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I didn't say it was good, I said it was enjoyable. I would rather watch EMEA Pearl over boring as B Harbor simulator any day of the week.

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Udarara

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Something being enjoyable is subjective, but I still think the only time Pearl was fun to watch was when PRX played it at champs 22 after that it just became a spam fest, that map has got to go.

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emea pearl is the most enjoyable because nobody knows how to play it. Pearl in its "theoretically perfect" form is just a spam battle and lets go B simulator.

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Cresp

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Emea is jumbled because fut, liquid, bbl and sometimes even giants play so puggy. They both play for picks extensively. Americas has Brazilian aggression bust most teams are more protocol heavy surprisingly. APAC is mostly fast, t1 and prx both go insanely fast and aggressive.

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Nachtel

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yeah honestly cant really categorize each region too much imo because it all depends on the individual teams. Comparing C9 to NRG is like night and day, and so is DRX vs PRX, NAVI vs FUT

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gamr

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Shitmea’s defining playstyle is playing boring valorant that no one would ever want to watch if they weren’t from EMEA or some no-scener country like India

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Nachtel

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Mate you're literally a guard fan, dont get me wrong i love the guard too but that's their entire playstyle. everyone was calling them NA gambit back in the day when nobody knew strategy

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gamr

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💀💀💀 bro started watching valorant in 2023. The Guard were known for explosive site execs. They were called NA Gambit because of their work ethic. In terms of playstyle, they were closer to DRX if anything