at least 16 slots are needed

use swiss format, dogshit teams will be knocked out very quickly by 0-3.

APAC have quite a few good teams, not prx level, but close, and maybe yes EMEA have a lot of good teams, but not gonna be that far, and surely gonna be a better tournament to involve many teams, and give opportunities to new teams to compete, that way we can see many new strats, or new team that are capable to surprise, it happened already, with kru, zeta, prx, teams from minor region that can go to top4

thats why you get a play in stage so the dogshit teams play each other and only the 2 best advance

nah lb is fine 16 teams and lb would be ideal

Why? Lower bracket is the best way to represent a consistent skill of a team. Teams that have a bad day but performs consistently well can be given a second chance to prove themselves, and it makes for a potentially great comeback story(the hype story of zeta division would not have happened without a lower bracket)

16 teams with lb in playoffs
also why does sa get 4 slots instead of emea in champs
sa getting 4 slots was also decided before m1 this year so loud's performance wasnt a factor in this decision

doesn't matter swiss or groups, just dont use 12 teams format.