Shanghai format

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teilwal

found here https://x.com/valorantesports/status/1788584724321165768?s=46&t=TelKdTNkFkBSxTmcJ4ujsw

picking your opponent is crazy

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Mortadelo

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Nah that is a fucking banger, imagine loosing to the team you choose, the opportunities to trash talk are through the roof

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Melloaw

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As well as the oppotunities to make money

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gaeul

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KT CHOSE T1 AINTNOWAY

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capital_d_colon

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How are they going to decide the order that the first seeds will pick?
Because picking first will be very advantageous.

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Melloaw

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The last one can’t even choose right?

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nooomy

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round diff or map diff probably

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onDez

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this is my concern too

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Dybala21

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So like are they doing this just so people wouldn’t complain the playoffs matchup is not rigged or something?

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lez

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People are gonna claim the swiss stage draw is rigged anyways

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Dybala21

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That is true

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Denggysaurus

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They're doing the draw live after the Americas final is over

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lez

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They did a live draw at madrid and people were still complaining

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i wonder if there's gonna be same region lock or no. if i 3-0/2-0 the runner up/3rd team in my region id probably just pick them again. also china about to get hunted

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Liem

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there wont be any china teams in playoffs apart from the first seed so nobody can pick them

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laeDLaer

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riot showing again how much of a clownfest valorant esports is. cs esports still clear by lightyears...

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orqn

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at this point they should hold elections

#13

livelovelaugh69

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kkkk whoever gets most votes wins masters. best format since i don't have to watch any v*lorant.

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Astar

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i actually like this one. since people been saying the drawing lottery is rigged since its so inconsistent they try to fix it by doing this

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USCK

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How is that going to work if two or more teams want the same team

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Astar

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maybe they're doing whoever gets the minimum win first and make it everybody playing against each others? (3 wins first seed)

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BoF7ooM

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stupid thing to do. Won't even work properly.

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douradoxp

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im sad LOUD didnt make it, it seems to me that Masters Shanghai is going to be one of the best events so far.
that "pick your opponent" thing caught me off guard, cant wait to see it

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snoochickens

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The video implies 4 teams directly go to playoffs.
8man swiss is braindead

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kyro1

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perfect format for this amount of teams idk bout picking your opponent tho thats kinda wild

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rtg9000

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okay but how are they picking the order the 4 teams go in picking though

if it's luck then that just feels more BS ngl

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teilwal

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its a draw im p sure

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Atpdel

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wtf

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donkkomong

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Proof that Leo Faria reads VLR.. He took this idea from this thread https://www.vlr.gg/337633/vct-admins-and-organizers-come

Shanghai Masters will be fun, great idea!