HEAR ME OUT you can call me crazy if you want but thats something i actually believe in
I dont want MIBR to win Americas Stage 1 because i dont think it will be good for them to go to Toronto as #1 seed. For most teams going straight to playoffs on Toronto should be really good, but for MIBR i dont think it would. They are a team that needs to have momentum, like the first game they play on tournaments is usually the worst and the more they play the better they become. If they go straight to playoffs they will have no time to heat up and will be throw directly into the fray which i think is dangerous for a team like MIBR, especially considering it will be the first international for 4/5 players there, i think they will NEED the extra games of Swiss Stage to get their momentum going and get used to the international stage and competition, i genuinely believe they will be much more prepared to playoffs if they go through swiss first and beat some weaker teams before fighting the big dogs on playoffs. Stage 1 doesnt even matter that much since Riot only considers winning Stage 2 as winning Americas in that given year so who cares





