Stage 1 Groups

Almost none of them seem competitive, all look like they have a very very clear top 4 making it to playoffs

I mean you will always have bottom and top teams
Nothing you can do about it
If it's in both groups, that means the groups are evenly seperated
ROUND ROBIN STILL CLEARS THO

Denjisideals [#2]

I mean you will always have bottom and top teams
Nothing you can do about it
If it's in both groups, that means the groups are evenly seperated
ROUND ROBIN STILL CLEARS THO

This is pretty true, but i feel like they couldve done more random seeding and had more competitive groups cause only like 3-4 teams i can see "upsetting" a favorite but ending up securing a lower bracket seed in playoffs that probably wont matter

and since 1st / 2nd and 3rd / 4th seeds get different advantages in playoffs, every match will still matter

We have pretty clear top 2 best team from each group. But other 2 teams can get upset by worse teams

ggd12345 [#4]

and since 1st / 2nd and 3rd / 4th seeds get different advantages in playoffs, every match will still matter

3rd and 2nd seed get same placement, 1st gets a buy and 4th starts in lower bracket so the 4th seed like i was saying would be the most likely for an "underdog" in the group to get through, but it would be even harder for them to do anything unless they finished top of their group, i just personally feel like it just gives even less room for a underrated team to go on a run

1One1 [#5]

We have pretty clear top 2 best team from each group. But other 2 teams can get upset by worse teams

ehhh more of the groups have like a top 3 or a top 4 and maybe 1 team that could sneak ahead, just feels very predictable early on

Perc31 [#6]

3rd and 2nd seed get same placement, 1st gets a buy and 4th starts in lower bracket so the 4th seed like i was saying would be the most likely for an "underdog" in the group to get through, but it would be even harder for them to do anything unless they finished top of their group, i just personally feel like it just gives even less room for a underrated team to go on a run

if an underrated team gets 4th seed, they aren't very underrated right? it makes underdog stories less likely in playoffs, sure, but more likely in the group stage