they literally had breaks, u got johnqt visiting his family.
fnc did it for a whole year, sen did it for a few months
also teams scrim year round(less in offseason especially due to meta potentially changing and unknown factors), so i dont get what you are trying to imply with that. 100t also said they scrimmed daily, with many scrims in one day. I believe i heard 8 before
and if you arent able to play your best the whole year, you arent ready for tier 1 level. look at any professional sports player, grinding every single day. but if you dont have the winners mentality, what are you doing here. mibr in a video talked about how even though the match against c9 wouldnt change the fact that they wont make playoffs, they said every match counts in their goal to champs and even winning champs.
offseason is the time to go on vacations, which is why its called offseason.