If ive never played a ranked game of valorant, should i do my placement games/start grinding now, or am i better off playing normals till next season and then start playing ranked? Or maybe it doesnt matter at all?

We know that canonically, alpha earth is the defenders, and omega earth is the attackers. But now that pearl is out, and we know that this place is on omega earth rather than alpha, doesn’t that mean that alpha earth are now the attackers,...