EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
this is possibly THE WORST way they couldve handled this like its ridiculous.
First of all they have all the time in the world so i dont know why theyre pressing themselves so much for time, secondly single elim for the top tier of valorant as a debut tourney is quite literally the one way they can kill off the hype right from the start. It isnt indicative of any of the qualities a team needs in order to be successful in the long term. There are teams like Optic and FNC that have been at the top for so long yet been decently inconsistent, with this kind of format one stumble would kill them immediately.
The entire reason for only having one masters is so that they can have more time throughout the year for matches and tourneys, if this is what theyre gonna be doing with their time then i dont want my team in franchising