germannils [#13]
I was under the impression that the level of play has gone down.
Maybe not since Lock-in since that was the very first invitational of franchising, but especially compared to Tokyo or Champs, the level atm across the board is weaker compared to last year.
It would seem like the level of competition in EMEA has gone down since the top tier teams that we expected to dominate the region is not stable while the previous master representatives got eliminated in the groups. However, you can’t say the same for pacific. All the teams that you expected to top the brackets did perform, while the mid tier teams showed up as well where they even made it hard for top tier teams to win.