Last rooster had a International Switch, they used to switch it on only on International Stages and switch it off when they came back.

1.It's Culture bro except for KRJP In most of APAC There is no support or encouragement for playing Video Games. There's only discouragement. There is only encouragement for STEM, You either become Doctor, Engineer or Lawyer never a Gamer. If you tell someone that you are a professional esports athlete , they'll ask but what do you do for living. It's not considered as Profession here.
2.Both EU and NA have had a strong FPS Experience prior to Valorant.

3. All the billions of people you mentioned don't have PC's in their house. most people have smart phones because of which mobile games like pubg have gained and are gaining more popularity.
   4.Read This article "Benkai Shares How Shiba's Parents Learned About his Valorant Career Just Before Masters Berlin" on ex paper rex player shiba and how whole team convinced his parents to let him play in masters Berlin.

Bro it's not about good players, APAC also has really good players, It's about experience both NA and EU have had more experience in previous fps games at big events which these players dont have so teams like to invest in experienced players.

Russ has residence in India, so he is not considered an Import.

Bleed is actually a good team they defeated some good franchised teams who had come to masters Tokyo including Loud in scrims, has good staff and gives good offer but communication might be a problem.

depends on what is match and round differential and with what points rrq win or loose

If ge wins this then points table is completely messed up, match affects like 3-4 teams with one side winning helps some other team.

Deciding match for many teams