Shanghai means next to nothing

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Udarara

How does the point system work, because kickoff gave no points for any place below 1st, same thing for Madrid. Will Shanghai be the same? 1st place gets 3 points while everyone else gets nothing. If so then what even is the point of this tournament? This just means literally everything is on split 2.

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number2_cNed_fan

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shanghai itself is a major bro, this is like saying whats the point of Tokyo cuz it doesnt give anything for champs

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Udarara

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True, but last year was unique as there was no split 2 so regional split mattered a lot, this year it seems like split 2 is everything since lcq got thrown out the window. But you are right with shanghai meaning something in the sense that its still a major, but in terms of points only first place getting them just does not seem right, especially compared to 2021 and 2022 and the way those masters gave points.

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number2_cNed_fan

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yes, they did that on purpose. They want teams to gain points from their regional games not internationals.
Its not meant to be like the old system

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Udarara

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That makes some sense but shanghai should give points to teams other than first place since they all qualified to it. Maybe the prize pool will be 1 mil just like tokyo, but this whole new point system does not feel like its been fully thought out. Either way there should still be some good matches.

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shanghai will only give points to first place