For once. There is nothing wrong with the groups. Every group has 1 team from each region. Yes EMEA got kinda lucky with getting china for their first matches, but they will have to have 1 match from another region, and someone else is gonna have to face china at least once as well.
- It has double elim
- You are guaranteed that you will not be eliminated from another team you face domestically (nobody wants to see that, and this used to be the main complaint for the format back in the day, now its fixed)
You know the site has lost its mind when he looks like the reasonable one.