Lowkey, I don't know what it is, I am not excited for Champs. I am not saying any of these teams don't deserve to be here, they do, they have worked hard entire year for this, but I don't feel excited as I was last year :((
i think the problem is the historic caliber for the teams is all there, but it was a bit topsy-turvy getting there recently
fnatic are great but looked terrible at the end of stage 2, sen dropped off against nrg, mibr drx heretics are all good teams but ended up qualifying through other teams' losses rather than them winning, even mainstays like edg looked shaky
couldnt even get too hyped about the "underdog" runs like giantx nrg and drg cuz they got smashed in the grand finals
the caliber of teams are all there and i believe it will be an incredible champs but the form from most of the teams directly prior was far below their ceiling
tbf it seems like liquid, g2, and prx are the clear top three, fnc and th have potential to maybe go for the trophy, and then the other 11 are just complete wildcards that could get anywhere from top four to 0-2
last year it felt like there was a lot more s tier teams, but im not really complainging