Internet infrastructure is not as well-developed between north and south america as it is across the pacific; same reason why OCE has shit ping everywhere

it's not black and white. Obviously the region as it stands is undeveloped, but if they manage to improve as a region then suddenly that 80 ping might become worth it.

Fnatic wouldn't scrim loud across the atlantic with 170 ping, even if it is LOUD

but if they could scrim LOUD with 90 ping, they might take up the offer.

It's a spectrum, the more MENA develops as a region the more worth it it becomes for teams to scrim them on high ping, and the that bar of what ping they're willing to play on is a lot lower than for Brazillian T2 teams--because no matter how good they become, they'll always have 150+ ping against franchised teams. Keep in mind 80 ping is still pretty playable.

actual joke of a region by riot "Europe Middle East and Africa" I guess north africa counts but im sure there'd be a sizeable south african and botswanan playerbase if riot just set up a fucking server there

When did I ever say it was NA's fault.

starlink will never give you better ping over traditional fiber optic connections. it just gives you better accessibility and I guess stable ping if you get high enough download speed

I'm not saying it's not an issue, I'm saying it's not as bad of an issue. 60 ping is very much playable, 80 ping not as much but a lot more doable than 180 ping in brazil

You're literally agreeing with my point. Americas should not all be one region!

That's because Chile/argentina before franchising was already a competitive region; it's the same reason why Brazil is so good right now; riot properly fostered growth in those two regions independently from NA

I'm saying this is an issue in the long run; we're going to be seeing video essays in 5 years talking about "what happened to Brazillian or Latam valorant when they were so dominant in the past?" and "how franchising killed one of Valorant's most competitive regions"

EMEA should not include sub-saharan africa. but Riot's too much of a bitch to set up an African circuit because of lack of popularity

at least MENA can play on Istanbul against all the teams in Berlin, that has MUCH better ping than trying to meet halfway between Sao Paulo and Los Angeles

That's the issue, there are no different regions. Americas is all one region and since all Americas franchised teams have to be in LA, then it cucks every other sub region except for the one chosen to host domestic vct events

M80 and The Guard can scrim C9, EG, NRG, and even LOUD as much as they want because all the franchised teams are concentrated in Los Angeles. Meanwhile no other subregion has the same ability to scrim so many top level teams.

All these brazillian t2 teams would've had LOUD, Furia, MIBR, etc. to scrim with back home, but since they're all in LA then they're stuck with nothing but scraps to scrim against.

If Brazil T2 doesn't have good scrim quality while NA does, then Brazil's t2 scene will greatly fall behind and once all the current franchised players retire there won't be anyone good left to fill their shoes.

While I like allying against EMEA, I honestly think riot should not have made Americas all 1 region, they should have separated between North and South America at least.

Same with APAC, there should've been a north south split like last year

Even in EMEA, at least players from MENA can play on the same servers as Western European players. You have to make a completely separate latam account in order to play with brazil, with the obvious 140 ping issue to deal with.

How can riot think it was a good idea to make all of americas one region?

experience. They choked when it mattered the most. mCe will drill into them a more team-orientated playstyle

I hate watching the games on twitch

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he NEEDS me

pls

w, codey fellow yoru main

cresp keeps playing honkai star rail unfortunately

dm me your discord, ill trial you for XD Gaming

the spaniard gets it

i used to do it cus i wanted to play against better opponents to improve faster; you can only learn so much from playing against low ranks

Case esports

best i can do is free boosting in EU servers

poo poo

caka

he shidded

detroit

it is cold today but maybe thats cus im sick

Q with me in EU servers, I'll show you

I am them

Nachtel - Duelist/Awper
Ailed - Sentinel
Cresp - Flash initiator (igl)
Ace/Yistyy - smokes
sheahhh - Secondary duelist/flex

Sub: qwerty

Coach: Subreezy

Clears your favorite superteam

Qwertyyyy-channnn let's play when I get back from workkkk

Yeah... sadly you'll never be able to win a rematch against them anymore 😘

They already did figure out the meta, they just trolled against Liquid. Yoru is the way.

Cned needs some coaching from me and NAVI becomes S tier

If they pick yoru i am changing my flair to navi and my flag to E.U.

Cned is just not a good jett, they gotta keep him on Yoru

The only time I am a navi fan is when they play based comps; disappointed they used subpar agents in Tokyo, a shame they decided to troll

Flair

This will be remembered like the telegraph in the historical development of yoru comps

Unlucky they trolled 2 rounds in a row

Fancy clears

HAHAHAHA THE CONDITIONS WERE MET

Ok how am I supposed to know they'd buy an awp on bonus

n1zzy "No Help"

Not worth replacing breach, but worth replacing jett

They could've played that better. Yoru tps are perfect for fast rotates to prevent early rushes. Combine that with proactive yoru ults and clones to take map control and you have an excellent defensive setup.

As a bonus, as long as you play next to a corner you can hide behind after a pick, you can push up for a lot more off angles than jett if you predict the timing of their push and use your rotate tp as a getaway tool

cmon man clear the site before unulting...

No, Fancy is APAC's last hope; the only team to accidently experiment with the best comp of all time on haven against boom

lothar is a disgrace to all yoru mains, don't sully my mood by mentioning his toxic ass

luck

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