Should Worlds Switch to Double-Elimination Playoffs? | ESPN Esports

Should Worlds Switch to Double-Elimination Playoffs? | ESPN Esports



Tyler Erzberger and Arda Ocal discuss the format of Worlds 2020 and prior years. Would double-elimination brackets improve the …

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  1. Absolutely. IPL5 was the best tournament we've ever had in LoL. Imagine if we had TI format though, that would be the greatest thing.

  2. I think they should instead do the ncaa march madness brackets, get rid of playins and take the lowest seed( brazil, japan, 4th seed eu and latin america) vs the 1st seeds and so fourth. Make it best fo 3 till elite 8 then best of 5 after

  3. Yes. Or other regions have to drop double elimination. It's not fair that our #1 seed used double elim to the fullest and bombs out in a different format.

  4. This convo happens every year because of the trash format, but nothing changes. I think the casual viewer enjoys 'upsets' and double elims doesn't really allow that.

  5. Absolutely not. The idea of rewarding a team that loses with another chance is garbage.

    The only way this should happen, is if the team that makes it through top bracket without a loss gets a 1-0 lead and side choice advantage.

  6. no, look at how TSM got to world. It was through double elim. Please no, just no. This will give trash teams opportunity to get up there. It's not a good system

  7. Keep single elimination fix the seeding a 1 seed from NA should not be valued the same as a 1 seed in LPL, remove region locks in the draw or just don’t have a draw at all

  8. No, if you lose then lose. We cannot always ensure 2 best teams in the final. If in this case, should we bring SKT, IG, FPX, and C9 back to world?

  9. 4:45
    Yeah, but the World Cup also happens every 4 years so are they then gonna do that? Wouldn't it be better to model it after the champions league? Although its not double elimination, you play on two different days so even if you perform bad on one day, you can pull off an unbelievable comeback to win the second leg (Liverpool vs Barcelona, Barcelona vs PSG, Juventus vs Athletico.) In all these games, one team was basically down and out in the first game, and it was "do or die." And they did.
    Second leg is most like double elimination so I would much rather see that.

  10. 1st and 2nd seed from groups go to winners bracket, 3rd seed straight to losers. Worlds is so hype during groups but then slows down with only matches on the weekend. With double elim you can have a match every day without extending the length of the tournament. It only comes once a year, give us more games!

  11. I dont agre that double ellim is bad for the viewerexperience, viewers are more and more starting to apprecate good matchups. and Esports does not have to be traditional sports wiht there format. we dont need the american sports stuberness.

  12. I feel like the two big group stage with double elimination stage similar to The International format would be much better

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