Masters 1: Optic vs Guard first playoff round
Masters 2: Optic vs XSet first playoff round
Fnatic vs FPX first playoff round
AND NOW YOUR TELLING ME ITS FPX VS GUILD IN LOWERS ASWELL.
bro might aswell call this a regional tournament.
conman [#5]It's literally randomized. Just bad luck.
You could imply a rule, that for seeding no teams from the same region can face each other
FoechiGG [#6]You could imply a rule, that for seeding no teams from the same region can face each other
That wouldn't make it random though and could end up giving competitive advantages.
FoechiGG [#4]Wdym rivalry games get more hype
Lets say they set up 1st round as XSET v FPX and OPTC v FNC. Now suppose both NA teams lose here and go on to get eliminated. That's a big part of NA audience gone. Or if both EU teams lose, a big part of EU audience is gone.
XSET v OPTC and FNC v FPX ensures at least 1 NA and 1 EU team in the upper bracket.
dexter000111 [#8]Lets say they set up 1st round as XSET v FPX and OPTC v FNC. Now suppose both NA teams lose here and go on to get eliminated. That's a big part of NA audience gone. Or if both EU teams lose, a big part of EU audience is gone.
XSET v OPTC and FNC v FPX ensures at least 1 NA and 1 EU team in the upper bracket.
Yeah Riot’s goal is to avoid the chance of having too many teams from the same region making a deep run
conman [#7]That wouldn't make it random though and could end up giving competitive advantages.
Not really, at the end of the tournament the best and second best teams are guaranteed to be in the final