Should World's Champ Autoqualify for Play-in stage?
So previously "World's Curse" was winning and then not qualifying next year. That curse doesn't exist, but it had me thinking.
Should the World Champs automatically qualify for one of the Play-in stages? Each major region still gets 2 seeds in Group, 1 in Play ins. So Korea would keep 2 in group but also have 1 in playin.
Lots of details to work out. But in most other games (maybe not sports) the current champ gets a position at least at the bottom of worlds to give them a chance to fight back up. But in LoL you have to constantly requalify. I understand in League your roster may change, the team may just get bad, etc. But I think it might be interesting.
That said, having Koreans in the playins doesn't seem fun. They will likely win. But if another region ever does win, it gives them a chance.
Thoughts. Maybe the winning region can have 4 spots. (Split champ, point, last chance, WC). WC does not play in last chance but can qualify the other two methods. If they don't qualify, then the region sends 4 (2 playins), if they do qualify, the extra playin can go to a new region.