The group draws are clearly random

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Mdkns

They’re not fixed lol riot has no incentive to pair NA vs NA it’s just unlucky. Why would riot hinder their own viewership.

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tinted

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dude i'm so pissed about NA vs NA. not because it means 1 NA team is in lowers automatically, but because we've been waiting so long to see guard play any team from any other region.

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but what happens if xerxia quals?!?!? but yeah that is quite anticlimactic the zeta/nip should be in the guard group and optic/xerxia should be in the g2 group.

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same as eu you donkey

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They placed G2 and TGRD on opposite sides, that for sure wasn't random.

They placed 2 NA teams together to ensure at least 1 NA team moves on
They placed 2 Asian teams together to ensure at least 1 asian team moved on
They expected Fnatic to move on and have G2 v Fnatic to ensure 1 EMEA team moves on
They gave Loud the odd team out/weakest team possible to ensure 1 BR team moves on

Looks pretty deliberate, and now one team from every region doesn't immediately get kicked out the first round.

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Bold of u to assume it will be NA vs NA before the Optic vs XIA match

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TbKk

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Everything can happen

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dexter000111

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Exactly
That's why I said bold of him to just assume Optic will win
XIA has just as good of a chance imo

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Fregs99

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So at least one NA team moves on, ( if optic qualify of course)