Obviously that's making a big impact on players from teams like M3C, Fnatic, FPX, etc. No one's arguing with that, and I'd say the vast majority of people understand how horrifying and awful it is. That being said, G2 (2nd seeded EMEA team even accounting for FPX) as a team had nothing different from playoffs, and they had no reason to underperform. Despite that they got 2-0'd by two "minor" region teams. That pretty conclusively shows that EMEA isn't head and shoulders above the other regions, and I'd say that's a good thing because it allows more diversity with teams and more exciting play.
I'm personally very excited to see M3C and FPX return in the next masters, but I also appreciate that they'll have close competition.