its not but the two masters are closer together this time than last years LANs. if you have two tournaments very close to each other its likely that the top teams will still be good, but if you wait more they might fall off and you might see a very different scene
The best teams qualify. What did you expect? It's like that in any sport or esport. Always the same teams/players disputing the biggest championships in football, basketball, counter-strike, league of legends, valorant. Nothing new around here
many big fan service team didnt qualified like m3c,liquid,sentinels,zeta. Maybe this can be one reason M2 will gettin drop viewership, and the new team that qualified didnt provide same atmosphere to hype up for them