(I will be assuming Riot continue to run with an eliminating "swiss" format, in order to cut down on tourney time... yes its not actually swiss, but everyone still calls it "swiss" and idk the actual term for it either, so fair enough)
I agree with adding "swiss" in a lot more places however you do have to be fair:
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NO GROUPS OF DEATH
The group of death isnt solved by swiss - its effects only reduced
You can still end up with a Madrid where KC and TH only lost to the 1st and 3rd best team, and are still eliminated during groups
It does however (mostly) solve the rematch issue, which is a huge plus and slightly diminishes the problems with "groups of death"
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MORE GAMES
And thats where money is the problem. The format itself does not lead to more games. You could also just increase the group size.
Its Riot intentionally deciding to reduce the amount of games.
(Still give us more games PLEASE)
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MORE ACCURATE PLACEMENTS
Here is where the initial disclaimer comes in. Riot refuses to run actual swiss.
Longer tourney = more money = Riot doesnt want it
So the moment you cant make it out of groups you get eliminated to cut down on tourney time, even in their "swiss" system
The way Riot runs it, its just a more confusing groups format
(They should consider adding B streams and still playing those games though ngl, cause Id love to see proper placements instead of the usual 13-16th shit)