they gave their best before playoffs, didn't care about saving strats or hiding maps, they WANTED to be seen as the incontestable kings, with huge round gap advantage and a few map losses. in the grand final, they lost. not really the same for DRX since APAC is more competitive, but LOUD was the only leader of the regular stage to win in the grand final. it says a lot about them.
we weren't coping when we told y'all they didn't mind losing a match if that meant coming to playoffs strong. hope the lesson was learned.
merits to Saadhak, frod and Less (second caller)