Why tf there is useless b05 final ?

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They could easily utilise this time for decent lower bracket. Wtf rit0 .

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New format. #1 gets to pick their opponent.

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But that could still be done with upperbracket finals no

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if so the team that reaches the lower bracket will never have the chance to be #1.
Apart from picking their opponents, they directly qualify for playoffs skipping the Swiss stage (which is a great opportunity in my opinion).

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Well upper bracket winner teams haven't lost a match so it's justified but where is the justification in going out in 1st match

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because one of them will still qualify for Shanghai and is an equal candidate for the trophy. Just an upper + lower brackets format.

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yukky

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The grand final winner gets a bye to playoffs and avoids the group swiss stage

They also get to choose their opponents from the qualified swiss stage teams

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But that could be done with upper bracket finals

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yukky

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? No

The reason UF exists is so that the UF winner can have an advantage in the GF

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Why no . Upper bracket winner haven't lost a match . It would be better than this first game knockout crap

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so basically the four teams who win their respective stage finals are directly placed into playoffs??

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yukky

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yep yep yep

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idkmanwth

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lmao, its good cuz the winning team would get time to cook up strats but it'll be bad for them cuz they head straight into must win situations

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yes

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yes

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Lower finals indeed could've just been a BO3 since it doesn't have qualification implications but grand finals is for extra championship points and a playoffs spot in Shangai.