[S4WC] Group Stage - Page 109

On September 20 2014 18:51 AlterKot wrote:
One "Worlds format is ok" game out of the way, not it's time for guy who did nothing wrong hype!

On September 20 2014 18:56 Redox wrote:
Well skill differences just show hugely in LoL. DP may be horribly outmatched, but they are still the best team out of Turkey, CIS region and Oceania, so millions of players.

On September 20 2014 18:56 skykh wrote:


They got stomped by d3 euw, they probaly practice 1 day/week and they stomp turkish scene.

On September 20 2014 18:59 AlterKot wrote:
Wildcard spot is important because it's possible for a great team to come from generally not-so-good region (such as TPA). But generally speaking, I think CN and KR performance should earn them an extra spot over NA and EU, at expense of one Wildcard spot and one SEA spot (and to make things fair, I'd give the other Wildcard spot to winner of a preliminary tournament between LAN, BR, TUR, OCE, CIS, SEA #2, NA#4 and EU#4 - 8 team SE bracket).

On September 20 2014 19:02 Fusilero wrote:
Hyped to see crowd reaction to svenskeren

On September 20 2014 18:55 skykh wrote:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/

13 european teams

So add 1 or 2 spots for korea

On September 20 2014 19:02 koziol wrote:
Come on why are you guys complaining? Riot has to bring at least one team from those less competetive region, not for the sake of tournament, but for $$. those regions are huge, and turkey and brazil are bound to grow even more.

On September 20 2014 19:02 nafta wrote:

My dream is that sven gets a penta vs tpa.That would be great.

On September 20 2014 19:06 AlterKot wrote:

I'm complaining because in past three days I had to see DP get stomped 4 times and AHQ get stomped 2 times and I'll probably see 4 more games like this, out of 24 games total. I just think there are changes to the format possible that don't scrap wildcard completely, that's all.

On September 20 2014 19:05 Apex wrote:


You're arguing a different point: which is to add more teams, but then that messes up the tourney format and requires another overhaul of the tourney. That's not the end of the world though and can always work, just depends on how well Riot would be able to execute on that point.

The other argument would be: "Replace International Wildcards with better teams from other regions," but then the counterpoint there would be, like in the most recent World Cup, "Why should we watch Honduras when we could have seen Sweden instead." Sometimes, it's there to provide a more "worlds" feeling I guess.

That's not to say the Wildcards format isn't completely flawless. The fair share of Gaminggears, Mineskis, and company don't make for the most exciting games, but it does give those regions like Brazil more exposure where otherwise they'd be left in obscurity.