Horrible Scheduling

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w12345678xx

It basically guarantees you lose the lower bracket final if you lose the upper ones.

They are tired and can't play their best (MIBR vs G2). They are forced to choose between creating new strats before the next day or get good sleep for another BO5
The team waiting in the lower final has an adequate amount of rest, and a BO5 worth of vods to look into.

Thats why FNC lost today (being tired makes it easier to throw rounds), and thats why MIBR are probably going to lose to NRG 3-0 or 3-1.

The scheduling puts teams starting in lower finals at a much bigger advantage that those who lost uppers. You are forced to play 2-3 BO5s in a row if you lose upper final.

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Artificia

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I enjoyed it

#3

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Rito obviously makes one good move just to see loophole in one area

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foxy9enthusiast

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simply win your games..

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faloxxl

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? we did it

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mxnu

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if marteen drops 130 kills every bo5 then you can win everything

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faloxxl

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? so why alfa doesn't do that

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maybe because it's hard, idk

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faloxxl

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stop finding excuses man u guys didn't work thats all

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mxnu

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it's not an excuse, we are shit. I'm just saying that it's easier to win when you have thanos in your team. idk why you took it like an offense

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faloxxl

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talking abt the general thread like it doesnt guaratee its just way harder

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Typer

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I mean you get lot of changes to qualify if you're in upper bracket final.

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Kaizy

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Valorant have weakass players, CS plays tournament after tournament after tournament, matches everyday

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vibemerchant_25

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Reminder that players are not complaining. It's just people on the internet.

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thatpower

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rrq complained about schedule

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Idk man I think it's a good deterrent to losing a bo5. It's undoubtedly a brutal schedule but it's a one off format at the start of the year coming out of off season. I don't see why people would have a real problem with it since the rest of the teams seemed to handle it just fine. Also if the only team complaining about the schedule is the team that lost three bo5s in a row that kinda just sounds like them being salty. No offense to the players but it just do be like that some times.

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thatpower

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no i completely agree with you

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The things is that cs gamplay / play style hasn't changed for years. So you don't really need to worry about the change of set up / comps.

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idk if it’s fully true but i’ve heard more thought and preparation goes into val esports than cs cause val is more ability focused and cs is gun focused

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buhbuh

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brother theyre young nerds they dont need more than 1 nights rest for another bo5

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vibemerchant_25

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Don't you get a lot of time to rest and figure out if you are in the upper bracket? You have way less games you just gotta make sure not to lose in the uppers and worst case lose middle. If you lose both upper and middle yea you're cooked but at that point its just fair game.

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I am saying if you LOSE upper bracket, you are at a major disadvantage heading into middle bracket. They should have adequate rest (2 nights) between BO5s so they can adapt and fix their mistakes.

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Then what's the point in making a much harder run through the lower brackets? To have a team come in with full prep and rest is kinda unfair to the teams that had to survive a much more strerssful run. Plus prep and rest are part of the sport, you can't be coaching diffed and claim it's a lack of time (not saying this is the case but it could be an argument for more time).

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m8 still won after playing two back to back bo5, so it is possible, just be good lol

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qwertyuiop123456

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Aren't there like outliers (exceptions) to any opinion statement? I think they meant a huge disadvantage. Teams can still win at a disadvantage.

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mojhito5

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well aren't you supposed to be at a disadvantage for losing? and imo if you're truly worth qualifying, you win at least one match from two chances with that disadvantage

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there is too much of a disadvantage imo

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mojhito5

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If that was the case, m8 would have never qualified, you can’t call it as just an outlier when the sample size is not that big

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Also the other teams also plays bo3 before you not really that much for a advantage

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just win...? lol?
Like, this is a huge improvement to last year, I totally get your point, but imo it just feels like the consequences of your actions, you should be able to win 1/3 b05s, and if you cant I just don't think you deserve to go to the tournament, just my opinion, and I completely get what you're saying tho.

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just win, if you lose ur just bad

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dimmed

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You are literally in the same situation as a team that lose in the upper finals and have to play in the middle finals. What's FNC's excuse for losing the middle finals to a "tired" M8? Just admit you lost to the better team, no amount tiredness should excuse a 3-0

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Ultia

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G2 would have crushed either team that fell from the upper bracket ngl.

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uwukitten

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dogshit excuse considering this is essentially the same format as a team losing upper final then having to play lower + grand final

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yes but that upper final is bo3 in masters and champs and in lower team also play so same time they get but in amricas scheduling was very diffrent so G2 got 1 week free time after NRG game but other region got 1 day of for middle and lower

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uwukitten

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no the point is that they play the lower final bo5 then another bo5 against the grand final team who has a day of prep over them (and an extra ban)

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Pomshies

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yeah but in that situation you win your bo5 rather than lose it so you’re going into the grand final with momentum

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Its not like, every other team was free.
In pacific t1 played dfm on same day rrq vs Ns. Prx played drx first day, dfm second day and then rrq last day. Also upper bracket team had more footage on lower and middle bracket teams while theirs is hidden. And even iff in bo5 your map exposes the quality of strating lower bracket can do will not be great while, once more i will say you have more footage to make higher quality gameplan or even improve gaps in your gameplay. But yeah scheduling sucks.👍

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fr0ster0p

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Americas scheduling was wrost in other region middle team got 1 day prep but in Americas G2 got 1 week whole

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excuseseseses

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Aminbg02

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fnc had time to anti m8 too but yeah the scheduling is shite but the format is the best its been

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this is already a good moves by Riot. If they spread the match more, it's gonna create a loop hole for the upper and middle team, and truly fucked the lower team.

Sooo, no.

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w12345678xx

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If they spread it out, teams losing the upper final dont have to play a BO5 everyday while being tired. I get that people enjoy this (I enjoy the pacing too), but it is simply grueling

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If you started in the upper final, I'm willing to hear out complaints of tiredness when you play the lower final. If you started in the middle final against a team that just played a six hour long BO5 with a bunch of overtimes and lose, I don't think we can hear it out