Still don't get why teams go for academy teams over 10-man rosters. 10-man rosters are proven to win trophies and massively improve player skill very fast—they also allow for specific target practicing outside of just scrims. Academy teams can be used for this, but they rarely are, as they have their own teams to face. From an org standpoint, I don't get why you would ever want an academy team, seeing as T2 has no benefit unless you're winning Ascension, which academy teams can't even go to. The only argument I've seen is developing players, but 10-man rosters do that too. I mean, look at the others from EG 10— Icy solid in T1, Demon1 was the best player in the world, and Apoth had a decent 24.
Are orgs stupid?
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