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Originally Posted by Thread Cat, imo
just wanted to say i read all of this
and i absolutely HATE this tournament structure - top teams bypassing group stages is INCREDIBLY stupid. WE WANT TO SEE THE BEST TEAMS PLAY! Why the hell does gaming gear get to play at least 8 (8!) games when cloud 9 could get eliminated in 2? TWO GAMES. We could see two total games from cloud 9 at worlds. Who could have possibly thought this was a good idea??? I don't care that cloud 9 has an advantage by bypassing group stage, I WANT TO SEE THEM PLAY GAMES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TEAMS.
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C9 get SKT in the quarter finals and lose in 2 close games, causing many to question RIOTs format
Exactly this basically. Also, the tourney structure being bad isn't a light point. Good tourney structures maximize the chances the best 2 teams make the finals. The disadvantage of bad structures is you can get a grand finals that just ends up being a 3-0 sweep vs a weak team. For all this rah rah Staples Center ****, that would be really disappointing. Also a structure is only as good as its weakest point. Quarters being bo3 is bull****.
IMO some small tweak like this would be better: 7 team group stage bo1, top 6 continue in their group another bo1. 1st of each group berth into semis, 2nd+3rd into quarters.