Scenario 1 - Your team absolutely dominates Stage 2 and look like the clear favorites to win Champions. Even better, you get by far the easiest group on paper. However, your team suffers back-to-back humiliating losses and immediately drop out of Champions without winning a single map. The entire roster ends up being replaced in the following season and although the new team is shaky, you are still regionally strong. They qualify for 2 of the 3 events and make it past the group stage but go out first in playoffs for both events.
Scenario 2 - Your team is all the way in the Champions Grand Final, being the Upper Bracket seed with double map ban available. So far, you've demolished every team, not dropping a single map yet. In the final match, your team is quickly up 2 - 0 in maps already, looking for a flawless tournament. However, they throw the 3rd map from a 12 - 0 half and lose 20 - 22. To make matters worse, they end up losing the last 2 maps in overtime, making you suffer the first ever international BO5 reverse sweep in history. The following season, the team remains together but end up making only 1 of the international events and do very average.
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