i better not see any format complaints

There are groups and top 3 teams from each group will go
and 3 teams will then qual to shanghai
if one group is much better than the other, 3 teams from that group should qual to masters
there’s even a 2 win minimum to prevent the 0-5 teams to go through
“normal” group format still makes it possible for one group being much better than the other with the same amount of spots in playoffs
so unless you hate the traditional group format as well, i better not see you shit on this format when your teams doesn’t make it to china

EDIT: i am talking specifically about group stage
playoffs has single elim so the hate is reasonable

No this format is terrible

What if the top 3 teams are in the same group

Imo based off of what we’ve seen c9 sen and NRG are the top 3 teams in Americas

But they all can’t make it because one will be forced to eliminate the other

A team from group omega is FORCED to go to Shanghai even when they might not deserve it

Asuna_Yuuki [#2]

No this format is terrible

What if the top 3 teams are in the same group

Imo based off of what we’ve seen c9 sen and NRG are the top 3 teams in Americas

But they all can’t make it because one will be forced to eliminate the other

A team from group omega is FORCED to go to Shanghai even when they might not deserve it

"top 3" teams could be in the same group if it was regular groups.

Teams were randomly drawn from pots based on Kickoff performance.

Asuna_Yuuki [#2]

No this format is terrible

What if the top 3 teams are in the same group

Imo based off of what we’ve seen c9 sen and NRG are the top 3 teams in Americas

But they all can’t make it because one will be forced to eliminate the other

A team from group omega is FORCED to go to Shanghai even when they might not deserve it

a team from group omega is not forced to go through wtf

Liwus [#3]

"top 3" teams could be in the same group if it was regular groups.

Teams were randomly drawn from pots based on Kickoff performance.

Yea but in playoffs we have single elim knockouts

So c9 and SEN will be forced to eliminate each other even if they deserved shanghai

Paraplant [#4]

a team from group omega is not forced to go through wtf

Assuming 3 teams from group omega go through to playoffs, then yes, a group omega team is forced to go to shanghai

Asuna_Yuuki [#5]

Yea but in playoffs we have single elim knockouts

So c9 and SEN will be forced to eliminate each other even if they deserved shanghai

yeah single elim knockouts its fuckup, but other than that the format for groups is alright cuz it's hard to do 11 team format

SleepyBear [#7]

yeah single elim knockouts its fuckup, but other than that the format for groups is alright cuz it's hard to do 11 team format

i always knew tyloo fans are intellectual