This reasoning is flawed for a number of reasons:
Just because kick off was single elimination, doesn't mean the teams present were not good enough to make it. In sports we play the games because the best teams on paper don't play the best on specific days. Saying that Gen G would've won if the bracket was single elimination doesn't make it a fluke? The formats don't have to be consist from an international event to regional ones. Every team played kick offs and madrid under the same parameters, they knew what the had to accomplish and the "best teams" on paper should've been at madrid if they were truly the best, they don't lose because of the format, they lost because they were outplayed. Saying that this tournament is a fluke due to kick off playoffs being single elimination means that we can practically invalidate every event since just one inconsistency invalidates the whole thing apparently. Two things can be true, is the format flawed: yes. Is the tournament a fluke just because kickoff was single elimination: no. Sen are the best team in the world based on their performances, that is indisputable. This sucks coming from a G2 fan but we can't invalidate teams in this manner, everyone played each format, each team knew what they had to accomplish to make it to madrid and win, sentinels delivered when it mattered and won the tournament(s), sentinels (or any team ) winning masters madrid was NOT a fluke, they are the reigning best team in the world.
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