Why did North America have to compete during the Play in stage of MSI?

Vloknar·May 13, 2017·1 votes·490 views

I was just curious why NA had to compete during the Play in stage to get to the round robin stages. Did it have to do with the last worlds performance or what?

6 Comments

KazaLyn ShaoMay 13, 20173 votes

Because we're hilariously that bad. That's why.

archerno1May 13, 20171 votes

Because in the last 3 years they were weakest of 4 major regions.

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Dr PoroMay 14, 20171 votes

last 2 years and 5 major regions

JadMay 13, 20171 votes

It had to do with their world's performance.

Smart KittyMay 13, 20171 votes

Based on previous world's performances as a region, NA and TW were the weakest, so they had to play the play in stage. Sucks, but hopefully it's another motivation to do better at worlds.

III BAKURYU III May 14, 20171 votes

WORLDS and MSI from previous years if I'm not mistaken was also a reason on why NA had to play in the ....... play in, but NA made it out of that mess thank god so ( drinks a beer) here's to that at least.