For years people have debated whether lock-in is a masters level trophy and now we have our answer via riot themselves. https://i.ibb.co/XZ8ykTgB/image-1772135042558.png
Congrats FNC fans you now are delegated to 1 (one) real trophy. Lock//In single elim mickey mouse holds no relevance now
It's still a trophy (duh) but not to the level that people (fnc and emea fans) were constantly pushing the agenda that it was the same level as a masters trophy.
Why would it be valued the same? You wouldn't think masters and champs are valued the same so why would a non masters and a masters be valued the same?
cuz a single elim bracket of every team in franchising is on the same level as a masters if not more difficult than masters 1
What??? everyone was invited there was no qualifying which let teams play against teams who should have never made it to a LAN.
even so you couldnt afford to have a bad game a double elim format is more forgiving
I mean at the end of the day idk what you're trying to argue, LOCK//IN was not a masters lol, even riot acknowledges that, and it's not on the same level either.
I think the trophy is valid but it doesn't count as a Masters because there was no qualification
nobody was claiming it was a masters event, they were claiming it was a relevant and equivalent trophy. Champs is not included because it's not a bloody "masters" titled event either. It still matters. Frankly Lock//In was less of a mickey than some past year's masters 1. That doesn't mean either doesn't count.
It's not equivalent to a masters though. It goes something like this in relevance.:
Champs > Masters > Lock-In >>> EWC
You cannot tell me Madrid and Reykjavik 2 were more legitimate than lockin after the issues that happened at them.
The supreme falloff of every team at Bangkok was also pretty suspect
Confirmed, fnc is the only team to actually lock in ever. Everyone else is still fucking around.
Although they dropped one map in Tokyo due to EG, they still did phenomenal.
it was 3 years ago and they won the tournament right after anyways so who actually gives a fuck
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