It literally looks scripted for ZywOo to win lolol
Thing is even if there is no franchising in CS, this is the biggest fluke major of all time.
I have been a CS stan for over 15 years but now I just feel disappointed because the seeding is so damn fucked up.
Vitality beat 2 top 10 teams in BO1s to make it to the finals, thats just free isn't it?
GL beat 2/3 top 10 teams 2 of which were underperforming and 1 cracked under the pressure, another free final.
There is a semi-franchised league on CS. You have Blast circuit and ESL that have some partner teams, but there are still spots to open qualifiers. The thing is, this semi-franchised league is kinda new, and "tier 1" teams are just getting used to play the same teams, thats why they are not used to play against tier 2 teams, then they choke against them.
We shouldn't say that GL and Vitality had "free" finals, because those underdog teams won against the "top" teams.
Tier 2 valorant could be way better than franchised teams, because those teams grind more than tier 1 for sure.
I'm not coping btw. I wanted g2 to win, but their lost is pretty deserved. And the underdogs reached where they are because they deserve it