SA has largely been ignored by Riot , we have had only 1 riot sanctioned event till date and have been denied more than 1 slot even after 2 slots were up for grabs
But that made me think , it was actually a blessing in disguise. We have such a robust 3rd party tournament scene that the lack of Riot sanctioned events gets compensated quite a bit. I don't think there's any other region in the world which has as many 3rd party tournaments taking place all the time. NA and a few other regions always complain about lack of 3rd party events and how it affects the T2/T3 scene , but SA has a thriving T2/T3 scene because the likes of VLT and GE are not gonna play every small tournament so Tier 2 and 3 teams actually have a place to win something and grow.
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