if they win champs, they became best team OAT
2nd place, they surpass gambit and become 4th best
3rd+ place, they remain at 5th
Prize money doesn't mean anything
It's a LAN event with the best teams across the globe and winner takes the trophy
The only difference is that it's HARDER to win lock-in because there's no lower bracket so players are playing in the most pressured circumstances
And the "barely any teams as a major" makes no sense because fnatic played more games at lock-in than tokyo
You are deluding yourself if you think people didnt treat lockin like any other major. People worked their asses off to win it just like masters. They reacted to wins and losses the same. The conclusions drawn from the event were the same.
This is a very very silly attempt at denying Fnc their deserved accolades
riot literally said lock\in was just a kickstarter for franchised
A lot of the good teams now didnt care about lock\in or didnt have the same time or advantages fnatic had going into it
EG PRX EDG all needed time and fnatic just cared more than everyone else.. bc it was a show match
its a good win but lock\in + tokyo isnt as hard as envy core making top 3 4 times out of 5 straight
I choose to believe youre baiting me. A reality where a human being could believe this nonsense is one that would make me vomit from incredulity and despair.
Fnc needed time just as much as anybody else. They had 2 new players. Just like Loud. DRX had 0. A core that played together for years. PRX sucked and made a roster change. Their Locking team was exactly the same as the previous year.
The gap between FNC and the rest only increased since then. Not the other way around.
No other team ever won 2 Majors. And FNC dropped only 3 Maps in both tournaments combined...
This makes it the greatest run ever.
Lockin is a major and FNC is undeniably the greatest team of all time.
nah lock\in isnt a major sorry bro no such thing as a major with 5 teams competing lol
either way even if it was envy core making 4/5 top 3 straight at actual lan events not mickey mouse showmatches is greater than this atm..
they are the BEST team but envy accomplished more from berlin to champs 22
FNC needed time but they were together from like october of 2022 scrimming
PRX players came out and said they were just having fun at lock\in and a lot of teams got together a week or two before that event
ima repeat it again lock\in had the smallest prize pool of any international event, all 30 teams were there, no qualifiers, and fnatic had MONTHS more to practice than any other team due to immigration issues other teams had
some people want so bad to make LOCK//IN a major tournament to fit their narrative... they should just make a petition to Riot so they can update the name to "Masters LOCK//IN" , not sure why there's even a debate occurring on this. Currently the facts are more than clear, Riot didn't want to make it a Masters/Major, therefore.. it is not one. Pretty simple, even for the most braindead ppl