also cinderella runs to THIS extent absolutely don't happen every event, by teams that literally come out of left field that NOBODY expected to make it this far
imo the only real cinderella runs are zeta, eg, and this run by wolves
I feel like Cinderella runs are usually made by more unknown teams who are expected to be shit, t1 didnt have high expectations but everyone knew the players were strong so when they started dominating after getting their real player back it wasnt as much of a surprise
t1 feels different cause people were rating them based on them playing with carpe throughout kickoff playoffs and then they bring sylvan back and destroy everyone