Groups prediction
A: Na 1 + EU 4 + BR 2 + LATAM
b: Na 2 + EU 3 + KR 2 + SEA 2
C: Na 3 + EU 2 + KR 1 + JP 2
D: EU 1 + BR 1 + SEA 1 + JP 1
So from what we know
A: Sentinel
B: 100t, F4Q
C: Envy, VS, CR
D: HL, Zeta
Thoughts?
JettOnetap [#2]Group C is too hard and Group D is way too easy
Seems unbalanced
Agree swap korea 1 into group 4
LouBag [#5]Am I understanding this wrong? To get 4th you only need to beat 3 out of 16 teams?
3 series but 2 teams most likely.
anuma108 [#3]Seems easy for EMEA 4, which is unfair.
Edit: thought 2 teams qualify per group, my bad.
Only 1 qualifies? So they have top 4 and rest are top 5-16? Wtf riot
Itsover [#9]Only 1 qualifies? So they have top 4 and rest are top 5-16? Wtf riot
no, based on h2h and round diff., there will be 5 to 8, and 9-12
LouBag [#5]Am I understanding this wrong? To get 4th you only need to beat 3 out of 16 teams?
And to get first you only need to beat 5 out of 16 teams hahahaha
LouBag [#10]What a fucking travesty
And since the top 4 is single elim ,you only need to win 2 matches to win the tourney after you reach top 4
LastWhisper [#11]no, based on h2h and round diff., there will be 5 to 8, and 9-12
That's still insanely retarded ngl
LouBag [#12]And to get first you only need to beat 5 out of 16 teams hahahaha
Could be 4 if you play the same team in groups from the loser bracket.
Olofboost [#17]Is it official Riot regions distribution or is it you making preds?
I'm confused, group C is much stronger than D, also A is kinda trash too except NA #1
my prediction
LouBag [#16]Could be 4 if you play the same team in groups from the loser bracket.
its single elim I thought
quty [#18]i think that's more balanced
A: NA 1 + EU 4 + SEA1 + BR2
B: EU 1 + NA 3 + JP1 + SEA2
C: KR 1 + EU 2 + LATAM + JP2
D: BR 1 + NA 2 + EU3 + KR2
but then group D might be the group of death with Acend and Vision Strikers
Psion [#20]its single elim I thought
Groups is double elimination. So if you beat a team they could still play you again in the bracket final.
LouBag [#22]Groups is double elimination. So if you beat a team they could still play you again in the bracket final.
my bad
scrapon [#13]so will nv face emea 1st seed or 2nd seed???
prolly 2nd, EMEA 1 will prolly be rewarded with not having an NA team in their group
scrapon [#13]so will nv face emea 1st seed or 2nd seed???
we don't know, but 2nd seed makes more sense imo
LouBag [#5]Am I understanding this wrong? To get 4th you only need to beat 3 out of 16 teams?
teams in the tournament yeah, but for emea you already played/placed better than 3 other teams that you won't be in group stage with, so acend could play against 5 teams in the tournament but they actually already beat 3 of them, so total 8 teams.
For comparison iceland SEN only beat 3 teams(win 4 games) yet won masters(they beat fnatic twice). fnatic played 6 teams in iceland(played SEN twice). a team had to win 4-5 games without losing to win iceland. in berlin winning 5 games and losing 0 gets you the win.
While I don't like this bracket its not as it seems, atleast its not all single elim like EMEA was before stage 3.