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00:00:00 Intro
00:16:00 Mark arrives
00:18:52 delfino wants to talk about player branding
00:27:35 Alienware break
00:28:56 IMissInfiniteCrisis’ take: get rid of 4th seeds
00:37:56 eeveeFIGHTING’s take: NO GROUPS! Just Bo5s!
00:51:05 tako’s take: this has been the best Play-Ins ever
01:01:50 danxor’s take: allchat should be shown on broadcast
01:11:10 parnellyx’s take: CQ could’ve been better
01:21:55 Grubhub break!
01:23:23 lazerfruit’s take: the reason EG looked so good against MAD was that they played around Kaori
01:32:35 Outro
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The main reason why Champion Q is so much fun is because the interaction between players. Their banters !
NA vs EU final lets see it
Agree with mark, playins could be axed and I don’t think many would care
you can also have 6 groups of 4, top 2 make it to the next round alongside the 4 best 3rd places. or have top 1 go to winners waiting for their opponent. , 2 and 3rd place go to losers etc
You gonna be out there week 2? Flying out to NY on the 13th!
32 Teams, 8 Groups of 4, Double Round Robin, Regions have 2 to 5 teams, Team distribution is done via seeding not region lock.
Playoffs 16 Teams, Single Elimination
FIFA is THE sport event and this is pretty much their format, except their best region gets 12 to 13 teams.
Where can I find those all chat screenshots?
The no groups take just sounds like they'd be down with the VCT champs format, which I would totally be down for myself
Parnelllyx sounded salty on his call
Always weird hearing people talk about NA ads in sports being crazy. Just look at EU football kits, the sponsor is written right across their chest in huge letters. The club crest is tiny by comparison.
TGI
SHOUTOUT to my guy Pastry Time. Dude is a legend and my personal favorite PBP. When I read the news I was pretty devastated to think I'd never get to hear a Pastry Time cast again but I'm super pumped to see where his career takes him next and I hope we get to see him from time to time in the scene. Be happy Pastry Time. Much love.
The nerds who are muh minor regions are weird Lmfao why you wanna watch trash teams play you can do that just watch their leagues if that’s your cup of tea
I can't believe we're giving Parnelly a platform lmao
I'm really going to miss Pastry Time. Seriously, he was one of my favorites.
Im sad no takes was targetted towards your guest.
Ahhh yes, let's just remove playins… completely missing the whole point of playins. Sure Riot did that first, but that doesn't mean we throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Dual stream the playin's and then do best of 3 double eliminations into best of 5s. The best of's being single stream.
On the champions queue topic I'm sure Travis just wasn't really thinking about what he was saying or mispoke but the reasons other regions don't have champions queue is because they have generally high quality solo queue. If you wanted to add champions queue to Europe unironically just add voice chat to league and you have the same viewing experience as camps queue. Could even just have voice comms enabled for Diamond and above.
Jojopyun literally typing "she smelled like honey-nut cheerios" to yoya and nisqy, damn
I just think they should do something like how NCAA Basketball has. Include everyone Bo1's only. If you do want upsets then this is the best way to make it happen and everyone knows how much money and prestige comes when you are a Mid-Major and you upset a Big Time Program.
The reason why Riot has their Format currently isn't because they want viewership, it's because they DON'T want upsets. Think about it, if it's a Bo5 how much chance does a TCL Team of defeating someone like T1? It's the same reason why March Madness for NCAA has Bo1's because they DO want Upsets, they want to give everyone a chance to Win and they (NCAA) know that if it's a Bo3 or Bo5 that those Mid-Majors are not gonna be able to Win consistently against a Team with like four 5-Star Recruits.
Top 32 Teams from Around the World (For LoL) Seeding is based on Region (so Top 3 Teams per region and major region) and you use the same format as the NCAA Tournament
Please never have this guy on again.
I remember I was watching CoreJJ's stream when he was on a team with Zeus and Oner vs Jojo, his stream was around 1.3k viewers and towards the end of that game it was around 10k viewers. He went on to stream for the rest of the night with around 7k viewers. I do agree with the sentiment that streaming CQ can easily help build your career and brand.
NAmen huh? Don't mind if I do.
High elo one-tricks have their place… it's called solo queue. CQ doesn't need one-tricks clogging it up and making it frustrating for the other players.
F… I love pastrytime.. sad to see him go.
Phreak is way too noisy. Like, every teamfight is deciding the world championship. I rather see him say goodbye than Pastrytime.
Ty for always have good and clear audio so I can listen at work