Lock//in is great man, I love to see every team in tier 1 facing off with each other. Seeing fun match ups and suprising upsets (like liquid vs secret - btw fk me man that match was good for val but damaging to my mental health).
Dont mind if you think there needs to a be a format change or whatever
I just want events that have every team and imo thats much better than an 8 team masters
I feel like International LANs feel too small for me, there ain't enough teams. Just make lock in the first event of the year and host kickoff before that, 6 top teams from every region assemble together in the region of the current Champs winner, top 3-6 from all regions go into opening stage, run swiss up until 3 wins or 3 losses, top 1-2 of regions are at round 2. top 1s are able to choose their opponent, top 2 will be randomly seeded against leftovers, run swiss again. single elim top 8 playoffs. It's the CS major format, but who the fuck cares, this format is far superior to groups anyways
it's fucking bullshit, also I dislike the idea of the tournament slots expanding deeper into the year, might as well make champs more elite cuz less teams get there. 8 team events are poopoo, 12 teams are a structural disaster, there is a reason most other esports have 16/24/32 slots, that's the better number to work with
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