how are these guys just so bad
smh let me explain. Back in 2018, Optic had a roster in the LCS when it had just become franchised. Their team did terrible and Optic immediately sold their spot to Immortals (aka MiBR). Since Riot was also doing franchising with Valorant, they wanted to find teams that they could trust and have a long lasting partnership with; but because of their history with Optic immediately selling their spot to Immortals instead of committing, they were probably being wary of that. MiBR didn't directly 'steal' Optic's spot, but they were involved with why Optic didn't get a spot