why is champs

not in a normal group order? the order is as follows:

a
c
d
b
for opening matches

then the rest of the group stage is normal, a/b win, c/d win, etc

is it sylvans fault?

riot is trying to rig the event by giving some teams more time to prepare.

has to be sylvan's fault

they never just do a b c d

last year they started with group d because they wanted to open with SEN vs GENG, seems like they want to open with the previous international winner again this year

nerf genji

they're doing it so demon1 can play a game at champs