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Why isn't the CS open qualifier tournament double elimination?

T RexHasTinyArms·12/10/2015, 6:40:25 AM·1 votes·2,183 views

https://battlegrounds.leagueoflegends.com/t-csoqna/brackets/en_US/191

CLG Black, Team Liquid Academy, and The warlords are all pretty stacked teams for CS experience, and I think AKA is supposed to be pretty promising too. Frostbite has an interesting roster, but other than that there aren't many teams on the left side of the bracket that have as much experience and pedigree. While some of those teams may impress and show up really strong and that's great bc the scene is growing then, what happens if they don't? What if the 4 teams I listed first are the absolute best of the tournament and knock each other out before the loser 1 and 2 from the right side of the bracket completely stomp the hell out of 1 and 2 from the left side of the bracket? Shouldn't there be a chance for an early knock out strong team to show they just happened to get beat by the team that's going to take first to prove they still deserve a shot?

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Ale non è male12/10/2015, 11:03:26 AM2 votes

Not even a double elimination format would be so helpful, tbh

The problem is that ditching entirely challenger ladder was not a good idea, especially when the requisite to get to the Open Qualifiers were so broad Challenger ladder should at least give some seeding to the top teams to give byes and such, and once you choose to admit teams made by soloQ players, you should at least put an higher threesold to their soloQ ranking (something like only D1 50+LP/Masters/Challenger) This way it is just mess and luck...

And consider that in NA you are pretty much lucky because the difference between top teams and the other is huude, in Eu it has been a completley mess the situation

The 2 best teams on challenger ladder didn't get the bye and has to play the 1st round and has ended up on the same side quarter of the bracket, LOL...and this while Open Qualifier giving only 1 spot to CS Qualifiers