bro as an na Watcher i cant help but think. the level of this gameplay is so bad. yes its lcq but damn these are suppose to be two of the best teams for lcq, and they are not organized at all
You had 3 EMEA on one side. That's a 3/4 chance of making it to the lower finals, and a 3/8 chance of winning Master's. You only had 1 team make the top 3 this tournament, and no teams make the top 3 the tournament before which is statistically very difficult to do. You're lucky to have FPX bail out your region.
I mostly agree with this. That's what happened these past 2 Masters and I'm hoping another NA team can step up. Unfortunately NA keeps going against NA first in the bracket. This means no matter what, 1 NA team will start 0-1 before facing an international team.
At the same time, The Guard had to go against Paper Rex as their only international team, and we all know Paper Rex is a top tier team.
Exactly the reason why NA gets destroyed in International tournaments because EMEA teams and PRX, they know how to capitalize on these blatant misplays they make. No wonder the scoreline vs FPX was soo one sided. Same with PRX, the game was not close whatsoever. 13-7 and 13-5 scorelines are not close