Spring split used to affect your chances to go to worlds because of championship points. While I agree that the old system could let bad teams through (ie 100t in 2018 Worlds), I am concerned that teams won't care about spring as much if it doesn't determine seeding chances. Is riot going to add something in place of championship points to incentivize teams to care about spring?
the only thing that matters for lcs is to be a mascot and bring in lots of money. if they took the big stages serious, they'd change many things and stop swapping out 50% of their players after every season/split.
The Spring matters for MSI. That's...about it. But the tradeoff is that now there's more to contest for a Worlds spot come the Summer. I don't think teams would Oscar Night an entire spring split.
Given what fans have spoken for the last 2 or 3 years or so in summer mattering and spring luck being considered negative due to a team's a choppy summer but still earning the opportunity, it's a fair enough trade off.
I mean...how many major regions has the Spring really mattered of its points. Like shook up the landscape mattered. It's only usually one team given the limitations regional qualifiers provide. I'd be damned if LPL keeps doing RQs come next year
In the end, now a team that pushed the initiative in spring can't completely just roll over and die in the summer and still have a chance. Even still, the worse you do, the harder the journey. The fallback is the vice versa of doing such...though the LPL kinda does that in some teams. In fact this entire concern does feel like how the LPL kinda makes a good comparison of teams that shrug the spring and ramp up in summer. A limited amount of westerners know that though. Who watches the LPL?!
Bro, if these guys are "Professionals" and DON'T care then they probably shouldnt be playing on a Professional level. If you really honestly truly believe that Championship points is the main factor / contributor of a players motivation then the system or players have obviously been extremely tainted.
You shouldn't need a Incentive to Perform when you are already being Paid. I mean I can't imagine these teams players saying "Ya bro, I'm making 300k this year, They got rid of Championship Points so I'm just not gonna try this Split and maybe during Summer I'll Try lol, Ok Boomer"
If that's honestly the image you have about the players then there is something really wrong with either A) The Players, B) The League or C)Your Perception of the Players.
Like honestly, I know you aren't trolling or anything but your Premise is just ridiculous. This is a Job that they have to perform every year at and the moment they don't they will be benched / traded or just released altogether. The volatility of these Rosters are insane and the only way to actually stay afloat is to Perform consistently Every Year, Not just 1 Split. What are you even watching? I mean have you ever heard these LCS Teams even talk about Worlds? Almost NONE of them have Positive Realistic Expectations if they go to Worlds they aren't planning on "Winning", like holy smokes I'm so tilted right now after reading your post
Honestly there isn't a real reason to care much about the Spring split or even MSI for that matter.
Hell, there isn't much of a real reason to watch any form of professional league until the Summer split because nothing really matters anyways from Spring all the way to MSI.
Now that the LMS is eliminated from competition what's the style format for MSI to compete for a 1st seed spot now? What was the point in even trying at MSI beyond the group stage when 2017 G2(Europe) was in the finals and lost but still had to compete at Worlds in the Play-in stage? Same with TL and G2 at MSI 2019 and NA's and EU's 3rd seed teams were in the Play-in stage(again).
I mean brightside teams can gauge how well their roster will do in spring and then make adjustments in summer if needed. If anything I think this just looks like a way to test the waters with the new playoff format.
