The group draws are clearly random

They’re not fixed lol riot has no incentive to pair NA vs NA it’s just unlucky. Why would riot hinder their own viewership.

dude i'm so pissed about NA vs NA. not because it means 1 NA team is in lowers automatically, but because we've been waiting so long to see guard play any team from any other region.

They placed G2 and TGRD on opposite sides, that for sure wasn't random.

• They placed 2 NA teams together to ensure at least 1 NA team moves on
• They placed 2 Asian teams together to ensure at least 1 asian team moved on
• They expected Fnatic to move on and have G2 v Fnatic to ensure 1 EMEA team moves on
• They gave Loud the odd team out/weakest team possible to ensure 1 BR team moves on

Looks pretty deliberate, and now one team from every region doesn't immediately get kicked out the first round.

tinted [#2]

dude i'm so pissed about NA vs NA. not because it means 1 NA team is in lowers automatically, but because we've been waiting so long to see guard play any team from any other region.

but what happens if xerxia quals?!?!? but yeah that is quite anticlimactic the zeta/nip should be in the guard group and optic/xerxia should be in the g2 group.

Bold of u to assume it will be NA vs NA before the Optic vs XIA match

dexter000111 [#5]

Bold of u to assume it will be NA vs NA before the Optic vs XIA match

Everything can happen

TbKk [#6]

Everything can happen

Exactly
That's why I said bold of him to just assume Optic will win
XIA has just as good of a chance imo

tinted [#2]

dude i'm so pissed about NA vs NA. not because it means 1 NA team is in lowers automatically, but because we've been waiting so long to see guard play any team from any other region.

same as eu you donkey

So at least one NA team moves on, ( if optic qualify of course)