any advantage for teams coming from upper bracket?

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I don't think there was any advantage for OpTic today against Zeta so I guess they will do the same for the grand finals. If it was a 6 map pool maybe they would give Loud the only map ban but with 7 maps it's pretty balanced

having to show less gameplay is probably the only advantage

Probably will ban first.

They got an extra day, Optc had to play a bo5 where they had to show more strats

GLN321 [#2]

I don't think there was any advantage for OpTic today against Zeta so I guess they will do the same for the grand finals. If it was a 6 map pool maybe they would give Loud the only map ban but with 7 maps it's pretty balanced

nah, probably is pick the first map before the other team ban

loud pick + ban without optic banning, so they can pick their best map before optic banning it

that is actually not good enough, optic have 2 chances to lose while loud no

They don’t have to play as much games which means more energy

FeipesGames [#7]

loud pick + ban without optic banning, so they can pick their best map before optic banning it

dont both teams ban one then pick map order?

Jolted [#10]

dont both teams ban one then pick map order?

in a normal md5 yes, but in this occasion, loud ban and pick, and then optic bans, at least this is how vct BR did

FeipesGames [#11]

in a normal md5 yes, but in this occasion, loud ban and pick, and then optic bans, at least this is how vct BR did

That’s a huge advantage.

They can pick breeze which is optics perma ban

FeipesGames [#11]

in a normal md5 yes, but in this occasion, loud ban and pick, and then optic bans, at least this is how vct BR did

but they dont do that in other regions tho. I think it still ban ban first

FeipesGames [#11]

in a normal md5 yes, but in this occasion, loud ban and pick, and then optic bans, at least this is how vct BR did

correction, loud ban + pick, optic pick and loud ban, so optic doesn't have any bans in this series, this is how vct BR did

it seems like the EMEA tournament rules have generally been used for international LANs, and in a Bo5 that would just mean that LOUD gets to pick whether they want to be team A (ban first, pick first) or team B (ban second, pick second, gets to pick side on map 5).

you could consider it an advantage that OpTic had to play a full Bo5 today being at risk of elimination while LOUD got a day to rest and watch the OpTic match, helping them potentially gather intel, prepare counterstrats etc.

FeipesGames [#7]

loud pick + ban without optic banning, so they can pick their best map before optic banning it

only works like this in VCT BR, not in other regions, and I'm pretty sure they use the EMEA format which is just that LOUD gets to pick whether to be team A (1st ban, 1st pick) or team B (2nd ban, 2nd pick, picks side for map 5)