I hope the scheduling between Bangkok and Stage 1 isn't as horrid as it was last year, I remember Gen.G had a week or less to prepare for Stage 1, even though they preformed well, and SEN had a week to prepare after playing the most rounds which was only broken by Gen.G in the later half of Stage 1. They should give teams at least a month between these events especially since the meta is going to shift dramatically after or during Bangkok, then the teams at home won't have a unfair advantage and egregious amount of VOD on some of these teams. From a consumer stand-point this may be horrible but for teams to maintain consistency this may be good.