Region Representation

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NewEulogy

With all the discussion about SA receiving 1 slot at the Asia LCQ (I agree that it should be 2)
I'm wondering how you guys feel riot should give slots. Here are some of the factors I see as important:

1) Playerbase (obviously a big player base should get more representation) also: playerbase breakdown
2) Viewership(some regions have big fanbases and I think that viewership should always be a factor in an esport)
3) Skill (some regions are really good despite worse 1 and 2 stats than other regions and we want competitions to reflect the best the world has to offer)
4) Politics (sometimes to get a region to grow or just to keep it alive, you give it slots which is important for the game to succeed also mixes w/ 1 and 2 )

Obviously slots should be a combo of these factors but riot seems to not be consistent.

Korea receiving slots reflects 3 and 4 (they have a relatively small player base)
Japan's slots reflects 2 and 4 (good viewership, low competition, room to grow)
NA and EMEA reflect 1, 2, and 3
China reflects 4

I think Riot should focus on making sure that factors 1 and 3 are the most important because right now it seems that they put politics(4) above all else. What do yall think?

#2

bulkypanda

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vct 2022 will probably take into consideration this stuff

#3

DaalLiya

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to grow the game more u should give growing market like india equal or more chance than a saturated market like korea and japan.

#4

edtheking12

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sorry to say, but no one outside india watches the valorant indian scene

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DaalLiya

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did riot give any chance to indian team since launch to get into any major tourneys or international it has always been regional tourneys so how would any one know indian team outside south asia region.

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dolphincandy

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Yea but even if people outside japan and korea see their vct they still barely get 15 k veiwers whilst we without outside help just got 45k+ veiwers

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thanatos11

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not fucking shit your country is 2x the size of fucking north america

#12

Sprouts

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If viewership mattered, TR would have 2 direct slots to Berlin
It's clear that Riot are not focusing on that this year

#8

D3KU

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source: trust me bro, I don't watch Indian valorant

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Asphyxia

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They shouldn't completely focus on one thing. All of these are great reasons to invest in a country.

I personally think it should be by Skill and Viewership. Because even if the playerbase is large. If they're shiot. Don't give them 5 slots. And the viewership also matters bc money lmfao.

But Politics is def what they should actually mainly focus on at the moment because the game is still growing. And if it can grow in India and China. This game could be the biggest FPS game of all time. To become mainstream in India, China, EU, KR, NA, and BR. Is a ridiculous achievement. And that should be the goal at the moment.

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NewEulogy

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True, this game's international potential is higher than even League's. I think valorant can be the biggest PC esport of all time and Riot is doing a pretty good job at managing it (Just please support SA and some of the less historically significant regions w/ slots and better servers)

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Asphyxia

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They'll prob add them next year. I'm guessing the reason why the LCQ things with MENA, CN, and IND are happening. Is because they couldn't acquire rights and stuff early enough. And this is the only way they could add them. They'll probably add them next year. I feel like people should just chill down a little though. Because SA will get their slots next year. Because it's just hard to integrate them at the moment.