https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/996/skyesports-champions-series

I think that's always the plan for OCE teams to bootcamp in Thailand regardless

Finally.

How about no?

https://twitter.com/subzidite2/status/1486752044136349701

As of now, still no news if Valorant will be getting a publish in China soon

No. NPPA freeze is still in play. The game is stuck in publishing limbo. The pros however can access them through Hong Kong servers.

Updated it.

HK/TW and VN pickems are up

I'll have to wait for today's matches

PH pickems are active

As far as we are informed, it's H2H > H2H round difference. Nothing confirmed.

Cannot confirm fully for now, waiting additional info

Try again

Challengers ID Pickems are up

Global needs to win against Khumbu. If Global wins the next match, even if Valor wins against Khumbu themselves, Global holds the H2H tiebreaker against Valor

same. I couldn't find any other article specifically mentioning the tiebreaker rules.

That is actually an interesting thing. I've noticed it, and I've looked into One Up's official standings as well. Should be fixed! Thanks for the heads up.

I'm fully aware of that. But nothing is confirmed either way and dated 10 May, while this is dated 9 May and coming from the official news source. Regardless, I won't be surprised if anything could be subject to change.

I honestly want to wonder where that info (about -1 VN seed) coming from. I'll ask my own source but the 2nd OCE slot as far as I know (that's confirmed) is non-existent

No reports as of now. I can confirm for now that OCE has only one slot, barring any further changes. Potential OCE, but no concrete evidence of so.

Challengers TH: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/972/champions-tour-thailand-stage-2-challengers
Challengers MY/SG: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/963/champions-tour-malaysia-singapore-stage-2-challengers
Challengers HK/TW: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/977/champions-tour-hong-kong-taiwan-stage-2-challengers
Challengers ID: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/965/champions-tour-indonesia-stage-2-challengers
Challengers VN: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/991/champions-tour-vietnam-stage-2-challengers
Challengers PH: https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/882/champions-tour-philippines-stage-2-challengers

Game isn't officially out in China, due to the NPPA freeze. Only this year that from the social media side of things that they start to push for more publicity.

I'll have to say no for now. Official news post have said that OCE will get 1 slot as of now, with independent confirmation. Of course this could change, but there's no indication OCE gets two slots.

Don't look at Twitch. We suck at Twitch. Look at Youtube and Facebook for a better metric.

Around early June for APAC Playoffs

Because apparently they're not using it and opted for the Moon name for the rest of the group stage maybe?

Flaring alr signed to a team just yesterday

PRX, and only PRX. Bren (now Secret) were supposed to qualify for the event but visas were hard to acquire.

No, no. Two slots. They're right. As of this moment, the official news post stated it's two slots.

Tadi salah pencet, maaf

Aaaand fixed. Good thing I rechecked some of the later match threads.

Wtf

xccurate literally came in post-CSGO break and topfragged.

That's a Danish team

He tried his shot at Valorant, then went back to CSGO, then took a break from CSGO, before being registered lowkey as a sub for Persija at the start of VCT apparently

Nah, round robin group stage for seeding.

Man has not played an official both in CSGO and Valorant in quite a while. Just need time to get used to it again.

Not always. It just so happened that PPGL/Mineski handled APAC Challengers at that time.

Can't really do that, tbh. With the streams directly linked to the channel, it's up to YT's algorithm to ultimately show what's being shown. So if it's showing the Hindi stream, that's not on us.

Okay, it hadn't popped up just then. Editing it back!

It should be H2H in some form

Like I said, it's probably going to be similar to Clash from League of Legends. It's their in-game tournament system, where players can create teams to compete in tournaments made by Riot.

Did you mean Clash but Valorant? It's an in-game tournament system.

yeah yeah whatever I got baited so hard

I don't mind if it's a simple 2-0 without anything too deep in tone. Heck, I'd do it once in a while. I don't mind a shitpost or two.

What I do mind when a person posted on every single match thread, then claim he wants to be an analyst, complaining. Troll/shitpost or not, I'm just sick of it. It sets a precedent.

You don't think I noticed every time I checked a match thread? Every time I update a particular match? I'm just sick of it.

Because I'm just tired of seeing the person saying he wants to be an analyst but simply commenting scores on every single thread. I do not appreciate the disrespect to those who are actually doing the work properly.

Shooting your shot trying to become a wannabe analyst by predicting every match score won't get you anywhere.

Analyze why they got the 2-0 win, don't simply mention the scores. Watch their VODs, watch their POVs, and see how their agent comp had succeeded against the enemy team (ability utilization, positioning,) map bans, map selections, etc.

Posting "2-0. 2-1. 3-2" on every match thread won't make you an analyst. It's a disservice to those who are actually doing them.

Also if APAC is to combined without an offline competition, the ping will be severe. It sucks. 2021 APAC LCQ can attest.

Hey, I've seen this topic before!

Short answer; we'll have it for the premier league with KR, JP, and current APAC (SEA, SA, and OCE) teams competing.

But for the Tier 2 teams? No. People don't realize that you already can see the current Challengers system in APAC as a relatively more bigger regional leagues. People often underestimate SEA's size and subregion. 6 subregions with hundreds of teams lying in wait for their chance at glory. That's thousands of players too.

It's a much complicated situation compared to EMEA and the playerbase is much more intrinsically tied to each subregion. National pride is such an important thing here (and everywhere else,) but more so considering that APAC regional Challengers holds more weight rather than EU's Regional Leagues.

At the top, I agree, not completely, but it'll give quite the insight into how APAC+JP+KR teams will compete on an even playing field (2021 APAC LCQ was a mess.)

But for Tier 2 below? Subregion will have a place, and regional leagues will ensure that more new talents will arise.