Marcel

For sure, I get the whole open bracket situation. But they didn’t really gain much from qualifying other than just being stress relieved. I don’t think that’s enough for how hard some of these free agent teams work.

Are we undervaluing the worth of that guaranteed spot though? Yeah, a little stress relief doesn't seem like a lot; however, imagine if your team didn't get a pass today. It would be devastating. It is also a big money Major and qualified teams get ALGS points, which matters too

The part that is fucked is that the qualifiers did nothing for teams who ended up crashing 2-3 in a row and that alone will cost your tournament. Not only that but when it comes to this first come first serve bs alot of bad rosters made it over both liquid rosters for example.

I can't comment on the crashing because I think everything has been said on that within the community. As for the good/bad rosters making it through, that's just the unfortunate nature of an open system. It sucks, but that's just the nature of this format.

We had an open system... A qualifier. Teams not good enough or poor rng didn't make it. But oh wait, $150 later and some of those teams are in? How is that in anyway competitive, makes the whole thing a bit of a meme.

Because competitive typing is a thing lol

Fuck, you're right. However I'm sure I was told by EAs competitive boys that this was to give, unknown talent a chance... You know, like an open qualifier... Glad unknowns like NRG, fnatic & liquid are going. Don't blame the players at all... But this system is stupid AF.

I think this is a little brash. Yeah, it's great that NRG/FNC are getting a chance to go through this system, but don't underplay the teams that we don't know about that are getting a chance to go. Multiple open systems to enter a $500k Major is huge.