Americas vs. EMEA, APAC, and China

I see this discussion constantly on here and the thing that annoys me is that everyone trashes China and Americas and yet they are the smallest regions statistically.

1. ~3.3 billion population (APAC)
2. ~2.2 billion population (EMEA)
3. ~1.4 billion population (China)
4. ~1.02 billion population (Americas)

not to say that population directly impacts a regions skill in a game, but you cant deny the numbers tell a story in e-sports

Americas representation in e-sports has dwindled over the years in a ton of e-sports (Overwatch, LoL, CS, etc.) so I'm grateful that the teams in Valorant are still putting on a good show. Hopefully the Americas can go back to the drawing board after Toronto and start fixing some of the glaring issues that were shown during the course of this event.

• G2 still seem to be really constant, but showed an obvious lack of firepower with Tejo out of the meta now. (I think Jawg needs to start playing Raze a little more and maybe they can start flexing Leaf onto an off duelist in some maps for a double duelist comp)
• SEN have some serious mental instability. They get in their heads very quickly when the other teams gains any momentum. I also think its insane that they put Zekken on Omen on Ice box and Waylay on Ascent.
• MIBR seemed like they didn't even want to be at the event tbh. Their mental was shot from the very first round and just never recovered.

holy yap.

Na just sucks.

100% agree
its not fair to make comparisons
China + NA low population compared to other regions
and yet EU needs NA player to win xD

in my opinion.. despite Americas having a massive asian diaspora, I just think games like League,Overwatch,Valorant don't appeal to the general people and are often seen as "loser" games, compared to COD where the US has a pretty large viewership of non-asian americans. and consoles just dominate the culture around video games in the americas as a whole

representation in e-sports has dwindled over the years in a ton of e-sports (Overwatch, LoL, CS, etc.)

every region has an esport that most of its pros flock to. flexxing leaf onto duelist is a big no

everything considered the gap between regions is practically close to non existent. every team can turn up one day and upset another team, its the nature of valorant.

Doesnt Americas have a larger playerbase for Valorant than EMEA though? afaik most of eu plays cs at least at the top level

Wait till bro learns about access to the internet and access to getting better at the game easier in different countries 🤯🤯

Total population tells a very small part of the story, player count by region would have way more weight. EMEA population is like 70% Africa and the scene is non existent. When we cut out areas where playing videogames for a living is just not a thing, the amounts you had for EMEA and APAC get reduced in the billions. Nothing burger post

Just have more kids lmao who's stopping you 🤣🤣