Riot is DUMB!
they can include so many fun teams from BR, APAC,KR, but decide not to for some dumbass reason! FUN = MORE CASUAL VIEWERS :DDDD
look at Zeta and PRX, i had the most fun admittedly, watching them play than I have NA or EU. even berlin had a measly 16 teams instead of this 12.
I would understand if Riot increased the number LANs but decreased the number of teams at champs (look at blast format in csgo) but they are just LAZY!
IF you are lazy, dont half ass stuff, just hand it over to third party.
I think riot should allow more freedom to third party organizers because they have ZERO experience in cultivating an FPS game.
not to mention, the round robin format, is ABSOLUTE DOGSHIT HELLOOOOOOOOOOO. just use the swiss format which has been tried and tested for CSGO majors and it works flawlessly.
HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU GIVING #1 SEED GROUP STAGE BYE. ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL