Back-to-back world champions in front of their home crowd with a reverse sweep win = undeniable best team in the world. Major tournament.
Instead we got the Fnatic comeback so everyone started calling it a Mickey Mouse tournament to cope with EMEA winning another international trophy.
Who cares about single Elim? Traditional sports is single Elim, league of legends world championship has always been single Elim. It's even harder to win a tournament that is single elimination and coming back from the 3-11 in game 5 of a grand finals in the opponent's backyard after being 2-0 up is a feat as impressive as it can get.