I think they'll make it out of groups again, obviously, but they have to play against 2 major region teams yet again. I think the obvious optimal groups would be 1 EMEA team for each group and then divide the 3 NA + VS evenly again.
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I'ma be honest the only other group that wouldve been better for them would to be in Gambit's group which is hilariously weak. They would be almost guarenteed a second seed into playoffs where they would be on the opposite side of the bracket than Gambit. Their issue is the fact that EU gets 4 seeds and NA 3 meaning they are guarenteed to get a EU team and likely an NA team in their bracket. This should be a regular occurrence at this point and their current bracket is against the worst EU and NA teams and Full Sense, so it's considerably harder to secure a spot but not as bad as Berlin. *edit- it would be impossible for them to be in Gambit's group since both are one of the 4 top seeds, so this is literally the best group they could have aside from full sense
To be the best you've gotta beat the best. This is Champs and these are pretty much the best teams in the world right now so whether or not they got a "easy" group shouldn't really matter if they are the best team in the world. And if they aren't the best, then it doesn't matter because the only thing that truly matters is who wins Champs.
The concept that next year could be weighted from a tourney where any groups stage-no matter the seeding- is justified is hard to agree with. I understand if you are referring to being the best, but the winner isn't always undefeated. Gambit could've lost if they had to play 100t in playoffs or maybe even acend or the other teams that they managed to dodge. Rankings also will be inaccurate if seeding is done poorly like in every single Valorant tournament so far.
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