[omeze]

Just clarifying - does this mean matchmaking for League had geographic affinity (for Valorant this is true I believe)? And was that driven by a desire to ensure tight matchmaking performance latency guarantees or in-game latency goals?

[tysont]

League sharded players to geographic regions and didn't allow matches between players in different regions. Geographic location wasn't a consideration in matchmaking otherwise AFAIK. I left Riot when Valorant was still under development and can't speak to how matchmaking works, unfortunately.