Gen.G obviously did not look at all like the better team overall this series but holy fuck did they clutch up while TS choked the fuck out of that lead.
Guaranteed 2 East Asia teams at Tokyo and Champs. Also if T1 beats Zeta, guaranteed 2 KR teams at Tokyo and Champs.
The 2nd best APAC team went 3-6 and did not make it to playoffs. The BOOM Esports core barely missed out on playoffs. The only other SEA team to make Top 8 at Champions just lost to the third best KR team today.
We broke the narrative that's been going on since 2021:
Korea is a one-team region
SEA LCQ teams would farm EA LCQ teams
note that I'm not saying EA is noticeably superior to SEA, I just want to firmly laugh in the face of those who said APAC LCQ was a much tougher competition than EA LCQ and lorded over KR/EA.