what is this biased hype toward H2K?

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EDG is supposed to be a great team out of LPL, they are also the #1 seed. Because of that, they have a lot of believers in their team that they can go far. So, when a team like H2K that performed under expectations for the summer split and playoffs beats that EDG-like team, it's very hyphy. Everyone gets excited.

For comparison, see CLG beating ROX in their first game. CLG had a fairly poor summer split, but still managed to beat the expected #1 team coming into the tournament in the group stages. Yes, CLG ended up not making it out of the group, but the day that they beat ROX, everyone went crazy because no one expected a team like CLG to come in and beat the #1 team from Korea.

This precisely. Right now it's easy to get caught up in the moment and excited by underdogs taking single games and placing into the quarterfinals. A lot of people in the back of their head know teams like H2K and ANX are giving up big leads and that is a bad sign for when they have to win a series of games against a string team, but for now, it is FUN to see upsets. The past three seasons most of Worlds was 1 Korean team steamrolling everyone on their way to the cup and 15 others putting on the best show they can before the end we all expected. This year has been playing out very differently and is a healthy change of pace for the future of pro League.