Yes there has been a mutual agreement that qw1 and cNed will 1v1 to decide who 1v1s alfajer in the grand final of the playoffs to determine the best turkish fragger in the world and therefore accurately seed Masters Tokyo, as Team Liquid do not have any Turkish players they are automatically relegated to EMEA's 4th seed.

Clearly NAVI is not the point here. This whole conversation is about how losing Upper Round 1 moves you on the the same place as losing Upper Round 2, Giants could have qualified for Tokyo by only winning this game in the entire playoffs bracket, which IS a lacklustre way to qualify.

Is a bit weird that you can qualify for Tokyo going 1-2 though

bro said CHRONICLE is washed?

Cry?? Brazil try not to think everyone hates them challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

strat book missing the last chapter

you just described exactly how it IS retroactive

if C9 had worse results but were still top seed then I would have wondered the exact same thing, you think everyone and their mother is a brazil hater?

You play statistically weaker teams early in the bracket as seed 1

Compared to C9, significantly worse round difference & worse map difference while both being 8-1, but still #1?

edit: Since when did group stage head to heads retroactively matter? Bros dropped 7 maps vs 4 and that all gets dismissed for a match played in the first week of the groups?

Scream / Nivera historically have a freakishly good win rate against turkish teams

A classic Virgin Media blunder

kronikel win 1v5

Oh of course, the incredible pace of progress in women's esports in recent years will just suddenly ground to a halt before the terrifyingly immovable men's T2 teams.

Yea I thought the same thing when they were set to play with Twisten but this is worse with just 5 days for him to get comfortable with the role change. Russ played full on support roles and they have looked at 2 duelist only players to replace him? Either Guild didn't look at the 100T boi mistake or these guys are BOTH secret support role masters.

Confused why they have looked at 2 duelist only players to fill the hardcore support role with 5 days notice. I don't think this will work at all.

He benched himself because he was being made to play a role he was not comfortable on or enjoyed, of course those stats aren't exemplary.