TMV chat region poll

been saying this but ""EMEA is 1 team region and shit lmaooo""

It’s really hard to judge a region’s strength because we only get to see relative performance. Unless you’re eye-checking every single team and account for style matchups, some teams are bound to be over/underrated because of local competition variance. Think of how SEN and VIT were overhyped going into Bangkok only to get exposed pretty hard.

• Americas only looks top heavy because G2 is so overwhelmingly dominant while the bottom 8 teams are still inconsistent. We’ve got one of the top two teams itw and one of the bottom two (Furia).

• Pacific is definitely the strongest region overall though with two trophy contenders (T1 and DRX) while the rest tend to be competitive. They have the highest floor across all of their teams.

• CN is going through some dramatic shifts right now with the majority of teams improving into “middle pack” status with real upset potential. I still think they’re behind on average but at least EDG is a trophy contender.

• EMEA is probably second behind Pacific for the most “middle pack” teams but they lack a serious trophy contender right now. At the same time, it’s not like their bottom four teams are much better than that of other regions’.

On the bright side, LANs aren’t about each regions’ weakest teams competing. Until I see more from China’s top teams at internationals, they’ll be the weakest followed by EMEA, then AMER, with PAC at the top.