it makes the game boring and predictable. i always see fans talk about how fun it is to see unexpected results and underdogs winning but they defend this dumb shit that makes the finals almost impossible to lose as if their lives depend on it.
There needs to be an advantage for upper seeded teams, and this makes sense, plus 2 finalists should not even have a big difference in map pools. Youre twerking for making things excited and new but when your team does something different and loses you go on vlr and start making 15 threads per second
this bothers me too a little. losing with upper final advantage just means u choked hard asf
i think the best solution is creating a gap between lower and grand final (at least one more day), so the lower final team can at least prepare their other maps more because they can predict which ones will be banned
this way the upper final team still gets their deserved advantage but it becomes less predictable
What is your proposed solution for coming from the upper bracket then? There HAS to be some kind of advantage for the team that hasn't lost a series in the playoffs. And don't say bracket reset. It'd be absurd in tac shooters considering how long matches can last. This isn't the FGC or Rocket League.
Edit: You could do single elimination playoffs, but I think people vastly prefer the double elimination bracket.
That seems more reasonable, but I guess it depends on each case scenario.
Teams with a wide map pool don't mind the map ban advantage thing as much, while it would really affect those with a slim map pool. In this case the maps chosen weren't even bad for TH so idk why this guy is complaining.
You would have to ask each coach on what they'd prefer. Either giving up a map for the oponent to veto, or have equal map bans, but get half the input from the coach throughout all 5 possible maps.
Yeah I think the current system is fine as is, this guy is bitching because his team lost but I've seen games where the team through upper bracket gets straight up a map/game advantage and start the series 1-0 or even where the lowers team has to beat the upper team twice in 2 Bo3 series on the same day, which in my opinion is insane.