Four groups of six players played out in Round-Robin format.
All matches are Bo3. • First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals. • Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12.
Ties are broken in the following order: • Overall map difference • Overall number of map wins • Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Map difference between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Number of map wins between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Tie breaker matches • Coin toss
I am incredibly hyped! If MCK is indeed the auditorium like 2022, then irl spectators are in for a threat because it's far less noisy than when spectators got in the "main area" in the same building, with lots of other animations going on and even a live concert that kinda ruined the sound. MCK auditorium is on its own so you have basically a decently sized theater to watch the games with a big screen, players in front of you
Only downside of irl spectating is that you need to watch on phone if your match of interest isn't played in front of the crowd, which is less comfortable than at home
Can't wait to see players compete, especially Oliveira as last year champion, and Firefly who had some impressive results in the WTL: will he be a troublemaker?