After all this time, Riot has finally realized that India isn't really worth the effort of milking for money. So instead of wasting time and money on India, focusing on KR/JP, and emerging markets like Vietnam would still yield better returns.

Nope. Make a local agent and local map is also a way for Riot to attract players from that agent and map's own country. Sage, Iso, and Hush, along with the Summit released were all moves aimed at attracting Chinese players to Valorant. Meanwhile, the direct qualification slots for VCT CN teams at Masters and Champions were intended to encourage Chinese players and organizations to invest in Valorant esports.

Riot has done the same for India too. Harbor, Lotus, GE had partnership, SA had direct slot to Ascension. And result? No Indian could play in Pacific. No Indian won any Ascension. Should blame themselves, from the players to organizations like GE, for lacking the skill and dedication needed to develop Valorant esports for their own community. They keep complaining that Riot is holding India back, when in reality, India itself simply lacks the strength to develop its local Valorant esports scene.

Made Harbor, Lotus, give GE partnership, direct slot to Ascension 2023-25. And you still said Riot didn't do anything for SA sence.
Nobody prevented SA develop. Simply they don't have the internal capacity to develop themselves. That's it.

"SEA" is not a COUNTRY. That's it.
You can see PH fans had blame for many days now due to no have PH region or partner.

https://x.com/RiotJaker/status/2115314400966156785?a=2lgYZvnzsdx9x0GkTng&s=19
Meaning if PRX and TS get slots for Cup from SEA, no chance for another such as Motiv, Oasis, Trinity (Mongolia) retry.

It was N1zzy.

Nope. SEA was splited into sub as Thai Viet Indo RestOfSEA.

For you never know, TS is Europe org, not PH one. GAM is original Viet org.

Gambit = GMB. It's their code name

LCQ 2021 was held online across the entire Pacific region, so I guess Riot will have a way to mitigate ping issues for this format, example sponsoring OCE and SA teams move to Bangkok or Manila for a bootcamp.
About matches have Korea and Japan teams, may be hosted at Hong Kong server

I guess that the Pacific will select the four non-partner teams for the Kickoff tournament using one of the following methods below:

1. Directly 1 Korea, 1 Japan , 1 SEA#1 (are competed by 8 teams of 2 Thailand, 2 Indonesia, 3 PH-RoSEA, 1 Vietnam), and an LCQ#1 slot (contested by 4 teams: SEA#2, SEA#3, SA#1 and OCE#1).
2. Directly 1 Korea, 1 Japan, and remain two slots for APAC are competed by 10 teams: 2 Thailand, 2 Indonesia, 3 PH-RoSEA, 1 VN, 1 SA, and 1 OCE.
3. All 4 slots are competed from 16 teams of 3 Korea, 3 Japan, 2 Thailand, 2 Indonesia, 3 PH-RoSEA, 1 Vietnam, 1 SA, 1 OCE. May be splited in 4 groups with GSL format and winner each group is advanced to kickoff (Korean will love this)
4. All 4 slots are competed from 8 teams of 1 Korea, 1 Japan, 1 Thailand, 1 Indonesia, 1 PH-RoSEA, 1 Vietnam, 1 SA, 1 OCE. May be played with swiss or double eli.

Which is the most logical?

Well, it's mean Champions (United States of) Americas 2027
When will Brazil host global event again?
I know Lock/In 2023 made bad impression but is it worth it for Brazil to still not have global event again?

China will not develop more because they never affraid to lose spots in Masters and Champions
It's better for China if they receive some challenges from foreign teams

where source?

• First thing you must remember: Southeast Asia is not like EU. Their ASEAN doesn't and will never work like Europe Union. Nationalism runs deep here, so when a local team wins a title, it doesn't necessarily mean all the fans here are happy about it. If you followed the League of Legends scene here back when the GPL was active, you would understand this.
• Second is, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia have local fanbase big enough to make them have own league. The proof lies in the fact that they have hosted the Master and Ascension events in Bangkok, the Pacific Final in Ho Chi Minh City, and Ascension in Jakarta. They also maintain dedicated YouTube live-streaming channels for each language that draw significant viewership. In contrast, what is the situation elsewhere? Over the past four years, not a single event has been held; the Tagalog channel suffers from very low viewership, and there is no Malay-language channel at all. All of them usually watch in English. So, on what grounds should the Philippines be separated from the RoSEA group? Based on the achievements of players like Patmen, Xavi, and Invy? If that were the criterion, Brazil—having won a Champions title early on—would have already been elevated to a standalone global region like China.
• And here is the most important point: the RoSEA (or MYSG) region lacks a substantial local fanbase. Given that Filipinos are highly proficient in English, Riot is likely to leverage the Philippines' resources to support the RoSEA region. Thanks to the Philippines' English proficiency, there is no concern that the country would fall behind MYSG ​​in the VLR ecosystem. Conversely, since Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam are non-English-speaking nations, having their own dedicated leagues is essential for fostering their local playerbases.

That's worked for Brazil. They speak Portuguese, not Spanish, so have own region out of Latam.
Filipino speak English very well. English is also their official language, so they can play in RoSEA.
Taiwanese speak Chinese, they can play in China.
Vietnamese cannot speak English or Chinese, so must have own region.

p.s: if it weren't for the issue of geographical distance about servers, India could play in RoSEA. English is also your official language, isn't it?

It's normal
Vietnamese players are not proficient in English or Chinese. They need own league to build up local playerbase and Vlr enviroments.
Being abandoned for so long is more than enough for them.

"what" is a stupid reaction
Vietnamese players are not proficient in English or Chinese. They need own league to build up local playerbase and Vlr enviroments.
Being abandoned for so long is more than enough for them.

I think it's because Riot bases on the fact that the language barrier isn't an issue for Filipino players. They are very proficient in English.

As your wish, each one is independent sub-region in Pacific

https://www.vlr.gg/event/3039/challengers-2026-pacific-last-chance-qualifier/main-event

SHUT THE F* UP STUPID DOG

https://www.vlr.gg/event/3039/challengers-2026-pacific-last-chance-qualifier/main-event

SHUT THE F* UP STUPID DOG

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Too long....

Both China teams.... nothing to say.

Please dont use the excuse that China started playing later than other regions. In reality, as soon as Valorant was released in 2020, Chinese teams were already able to compete in tournaments hosted locally, on the Hong Kong server. And Riot even invited them to participate in the Pacific LCQ 2021, but they could not attend because of covid.
True reason about China will not develop more is, they never affraid to lose spots in Masters and Champions. It's better for China if they receive some challenges from foreign teams, by merged to Pacific.

Well, maybe XLB couldn’t meet the eligibility requirements for SEA/Pacific resident players. After all, they’re still BLG Academy, so they would naturally prefer to compete in CN instead.
I think Motiv must be really upset with them. Honestly, it would’ve been better if XLB had withdrawn from Rest of SEA from the start, so Motiv wouldn’t have lost their chance to qualify for the Pacific play-in in such a pointless way.

Why not save Raze ultimate for last round?

Forsaken is Indonesian but he has been playing for PRX at the first, when PRX was playing for Challengers MYSG 2021. I think he would be looked as MYSG (or "Rest of SEA" currently) domestic player

Why shouldn't we have the right to complain just because our performance is poor? Unless no one plays Valorant in Vietnam or OCE anymore, we still have the right to call for clearer opportunities to go better. That's a legitimate right.

Why Korean being selfish and not want to VN and OCE play in VCT? 5 Korean teams are not enough? Want all teams are Korean?

Why Korean being selfish and no want to VN play in tier 1?

Never qualify for Worlds playoffs => still be independent, and get 2 spots in Worlds
Had won Champions => no more independent, no have any Masters/Champions direct slots

Hard to understand Riot

Due to scare about lose direct slots for Masters and Champions to Apac teams

Agree. China never worry about to lose spots in Masters and Champions, so they never try harder.

Who was awarded as the IGL of the year in Pacific 2025?

This match will be played on Dec 7, not today

If you following League's LCP, you will know a rule that if a sub-region which has most teams, non-partner team of them who is lowest each other must be competed in promotion, to prevent imbalance and polarization between stronger and weaker sub-regions. That made Vietnam's MVKE played in promotion althought they end upper than Japan's DFM in the season.
You want to replace Talon or other SEA with a Korean team. OK, that make you happy. But the consequence is that you will lose the Thai market and further increase the suspicion of Korean favoritism. In the long run, if VCT becomes too skewed toward Korea with an excessive number of Korean teams, no one in SEA will want to participate in VCT anymore. Pacific will end up repeating the same downfall that League’s PCS went through: starting in 2020 with a 6/4 TWHK–SEA team ratio, and by its final year 2024 before merging into the LCP, the ratio had become 10/0, along with growing indifference from viewers in SEA countries.

No have any franchise team but still have player won Pacific LUL

"A 27 years old guy with zero experience in Tier 1 varolant, I dont think he win that lmao
edit : my bad, he got 2 lose in kickoff"

Remember?

Overwhelmed by host country's teams

VCT stages 2 playoff is opened for Challengers teams to qualify for Champions
So can VCT stages 1 playoff or regional qualifiers be opened for Challengers teams to qualify for EWC?

That's a part of life

I thought you knew that after seeing how biased Riot has been towards China over the years

What is a pity slot?
Like the China 4 slots in Champs?

Too much? At least VN has one of the highest viewership in SEA even without any teams in franchise.

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China will not develop more because they never affraid to lose spots in Masters and Champions
It's better for China if they receive some challenges from foreign teams

Brazil players won't be affected by visa issue
Local talents will have more chances to grow up
Will win more Masters/Champions