Here's the fraud scores for all regions during group stages, detailed analysis below (5 being the most fraudulent):
Americas: 2.125/5
EMEA: 2.3/5
Pacific: 2.125/5
China: 0.833/5
The numbers don't lie. EMEA is on average the most fraudulent region. (The scores are 100% objectively true)
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AMERICAS
Loud: Didn't look like the best version of this roster, but made it out of a pretty tough group. Got bailed out a lot by Less, especially against NAVI. Looked kinda lost in the opening match against DRX. Fraud score 1.5/5
EG: Got the easiest group, made it out cleanly, not much to say. Didn't look as insane as they did in Tokyo, but didn't need to. Fraud score: 0/5
NRG: No disrespect to Bilibili, but NRG just can't lose to them twice like that. The second match looked like there was a tier between those two teams. Fraud score: 5/5
KRÜ: They had to show a lot at LCQ, less time to prep and more footage makes it very hard to try and make a run at Champs as well. Didn't win a map though, even though Giants also came out of LCQ, so I can't use it as an excuse too much. Fraud score: 2/5
EMEA
FNC: Not much to say. Fraud score: 0/5
TL: Dreadful. From winning EMEA, being the only team to beat this version of FNC, to bombing out of Champs without winning a map. Fraud score: 5/5
NAVI: Tough matches vs DRX (38-38) and Loud (35-37). Expectations weren't super high, but overall this is still a bit of a disappointment. It looked much better than their previous performances. Fraud score: 3/5
FUT: Tier 2 team in 2022, made it to top 8 in the world in 2023, pretty good. The EG series was pretty close, but so was the T1 series. Still a lot of fixable mistakes, but given the expectations I think they can already be happy with this result. Fraud score: 1/5
Giants: They were absolutely shredding EDG in the first half of the first map. Everything else was rather disappointing. They got obliterated in the rematch. LCQ team, Fit1nho's first international LAN, I gotta give them some slack, but given their last match it's gotta be a Fraud score: 2.5/5
PACIFIC
PRX: Not much to say. Fraud score: 0/5
DRX: Got 1st place in a tough group. Matches were close, but they won both. Still fraudulent with how they handled the Foxy9 situation all year though. Fraud score: 1.5/5
T1: Horrendous. Got obliterated by FUT in the first match and even though the rematch was close, they did not convince me they were a contender to make it out of groups. Their only win was against arguably the worst team at Champions. Fraud score: 4/5
ZETA: Tough group, but a total of 25 rounds in 4 maps just doesn't cut it. Again, I'll cut them some slack for coming out of LCQ, but they could have done much better. Fraud score: 3/5
China
EDG: Only lost to PRX, completely outclassed Giants in the rematch. Still inted a few rounds, but they're on a very good path. Fraud score: 0.5/5
BLG: Zero expectations, beat NRG 4-0 to make it out of groups, beating them 13-5 on the last map. Not much else to say. Fraud score: 0/5
FPX: Also not a lot of expectations, but losing 0-2 to a T1 that did not look good at all is a bit disappointing nonetheless. For now they'll get away relatively scot-free, but next year I think the expectations for China as a region will be a lot higher, and we will have to see some improvemenets. Fraud score: 2/5
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