Master Seed Formula

APAC 1 = 1st seed
APAC 2 = 3rd seed
KR = 2nd seed
JP = 3rd seed
EMEA 1 2 3 = 1, 2, 3 seed
NA 1 2 = 1 2 seed
SA/LATAM winner from LCQ = 1st seed
SA/LATAM other team = 2nd seed
SA/LATAM LCQ = 3rd seed

• All 1st seed goes to playoffs
• Group consist of 2 2nd seed and 2 3rd seed.
• Match placement is 2nd seed vs 3rd seed

This apply to Master 1 too.
If you think this way, it all makes sense now.
No unbalanced group placement. It's all depends from their results in challenger.

Ratio

minte [#2]

Ratio

this is a joke

he's gone and done it.

Why should APAC 2nd be placed 3rd?
And why should japan be placed below Korea when they had a much better result in stage 1?

Honestly just make it so LATAM and Brazil is one region since there are only 4 reasonably competitive team in both region. Might as well make them like the EMEA challengers format with 3 teams qualifying

BetaSahara [#4]

Why should APAC 2nd be placed 3rd?
And why should japan be placed below Korea when they had a much better result in stage 1?

Honestly just make it so LATAM and Brazil is one region since there are only 4 reasonably competitive team in both region. Might as well make them like the EMEA challengers format with 3 teams qualifying

This is a pattern that I got from Master 1 & 2 group placement.
Other than this the only possible explanation is that they place group randomly. But considering it's RITO, they always use weird seeding