He is

Itu koh ongko ngasih blaze sblm live anjg wkwkwk

Yep. It's been the venue of several Indonesian LAN events in the past

They had an unexpected problem. They are rebroadcasting Day 1 of Playoffs soon

cope + seethe + mald + can you trace a flying raze

THE TOKYO POOLS ARE BULLSHIT HOLY FUCK

Except when you realize those two teams were the top 2 teams in the most recent FGC event prior to LOCK//IN (so even if EDG and FPX were the most prepared immediately, the two teams had a reason to represent China.)

In regards to your doubt, do remember that a lot (and I mean a lot) of people were hot on 100T (having won RBHG) and KC (a top VRL team + Scream and Nivera) and most of the fans were talking down on both EDG and FPX. Regardless of the shitshow the former two teams had in their respective leagues, the fact that China didn't exactly keel down and die showed fans and investors alike that these teams are worth the investment and development, and giving them the boost they needed might be the right thing to do to put them on the map.

But I do see where you are coming from, so agree to disagree.

Pick'ems are updated with Oceania and Vietnam

I mean, China/EDG qualified to Champions by merit of dominating the East Asian LCQ last year, so giving them more opportunity based on record isn't exactly out of the question. Plus, they already have representatives for Tokyo, so the next step is Champions. It's not like Riot is simply inviting these teams to fill the slot, they are competing for the Champions slot anyway.

EDG went toe-to-toe with 100T during LOCK//IN and FPX showed flashes of brilliance during their match against KC. If they aren't given more international (or even pan-regional experience,) they will be left behind.

No, he's saying because China have been building their underground scene with minimal support from Riot for the past three years (barring 2022), they're putting China on a kickstart motor to give the region a chance to catch up in terms of international exposure and experience ahead of their official launch.

Ah yeah, possible

No. EDG and NAVI shouldn't be able to be grouped together

Whoops, I accidentally swapped it around. It's EDG/FUT and ASE/NAVI mb

Yeah, me and Suzy have kinda brainstormed the seeding together so he's pretty much correct.

Repost:

Okay so to make things simple, the Masters Group Pool are:

Pool 3: NRG, DRX
Pool 4: ASE, FUT
Pool 5: EG, T1
Pool 6: EDG, NAVI

For Tokyo, Riot is indeed adopting the Worlds seeding rules, where each region will only have one representative each in their respective groups, so each group will have:

Americas
EMEA
Pacific
China

And that is final for both groups.

Now, because each Pool has a mirror of itself (AM/PAC and EMEA/CN), we can at least assume there's a 90% chance that:

EDG and FUT will be in the same group
ASE and NAVI will be in the same group
NRG and T1 will be in the same group
EG and DRX will be in the same group

It's just a matter which AM/PAC pair will be placed alongside the EMEA/CN pair.

Okay so to make things simple, the Masters Group Pool are:

Pool 3: NRG, DRX
Pool 4: ASE, FUT
Pool 5: EG, T1
Pool 6: EDG, NAVI

For Tokyo, Riot is indeed adopting the Worlds seeding rules, where each region will only have one representative each in their respective groups, so each group will have:

Americas
EMEA
Pacific
China

And that is final for both groups.

Now, because each Pool has a mirror of itself (AM/PAC and EMEA/CN), we can at least assume there's a 90% chance that:

EDG and FUT will be in the same group
ASE and NAVI will be in the same group
NRG and T1 will be in the same group
EG and DRX will be in the same group

It's just a matter which AM/PAC pair will be placed alongside the EMEA/CN pair.

He's not there to help alecks, he's there to coordinate social media content and stuff

Yes he's the only coach iirc

Hopefully. Sooner or later. Change.

Invictus, 4AM, NewHappy, KBG, BLG

Correct

3 automatic qualification, last placed EMEA team in Masters will be top seed in the LCQ.

Just set your alarm and watch the VODs. Sometimes it's fun to have the matches as background noisea to sleep tho!

Flip the situation for every other major Valorant event and that's how Asian viewers have felt over the years.

Have fun not sleeping!

Updated.

https://www.vlr.gg/216307/pickems-vcl-emea-s2-playoffs

VLR have combined all Challengers EMEA playoffs pick'ems into one thread. You can find them below.

Turkey: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/1555/challengers-league-turkey-birlik-split-2
France: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/1577/challengers-league-france-revolution-split-2
East: TBA
Northern Europe: TBA
Spain: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/1568/challengers-league-spain-rising-split-2

Pickems have been updated with Indonesia.

Actually, there's quite a number of Chinese users that have knowledge of VLR. I think most of the Chinese teams access VLR often, to my knowledge

DRG is the only outlier of the group for sure.

I don't know about FGC, but Challengers Roster Construction Rules said it just need the majority of the home region for the rosters. (ie, if you have 7 players, 4 needs to be from the home region)

Here's the screenshot of the TW/HK rules. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1004473129709613166/1072846733014470726/image.png

It does, iirc there's a rule within Challengers TW/HK that stated if you started playing in the TW/HK region, you'll count as an import if you play/moved to China (and vice versa)

BTR Timnas sejati

AE lost their two previous games too when they're favoured

Just false rumors.

Pickems have been updated with South Asia.

Yeah, for some events like NJPW it has been lifted, but maybe for some events it hasn't as well?

Fixed

Yeah it varies from team to team

He meant the ZETA watch party(?)

It depends if Riot applies the updated regulation

Covid regulations

Not confirmed. Just fuckin wait for official announcements.

EDG was already confirmed to Tokyo long ago in Act 1. This is for Champions CN Qualifier seeding.

Bilibili Gaming is a combination of the now-defunct Tales of Eastern (whz and Rin) and KONE (Knight and Yosemite) that had recently disbanded, KONE had made the EA LCQ last year and was the top 3 team before.

BLG never had that star support (as I like to refer it as whz + 4 sticks) to help whz, but with the addition of Knight, Yosemite, and even Biank, the team has more oomph now.

I honestly can debunk both statements alone but meh

Youtube, AfreecaTV... there's more to Asian viewership than Twitch.

I had too many bad experiences and pressure to not be overly cautious.

I know, I reread and I certainly agree, made my mistakes. I just looked at the wording and the way I read it makes it that it was also blaming Lenne too

The wording makes it look like they're also shoving the blame to Lenne too