Top four teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Upper Bracket.
The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th placed team in the opposite group.
The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place.
All Upper Bracket games are Bo3
For the first round, the higher seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3
In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
Lower Bracket
5th-8th placed teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Lower Bracket.
The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th placed team in the opposite group.
The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place.
First round is played in a Bo1 then all matches are played in a Bo3.
The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the first round Bo1 game
In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
Grand Finals
Grand Finals is played in a Bo5 with no game advantage.
Teams & Players
Matches
Upper Bracket Round 1 Tuesday, Aug 21 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Tuesday, Aug 21 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Lower Bracket Round 2 Tuesday, Aug 21 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
On August 21 2018 17:10 nojok wrote: Group B is slaughtered. It happens every TI, somehow one group ends up with a way better undersanding of the meta.
I think it was expected since group A had Liquid, LGD, Fnatic, Mineski. Then EG punched way above their weight and OG put in a decent showing. Actually, group A was probably stronger than first expected.
it kills me that the only way that optic could get through LBR4 is if they defeat LGD, who I want to win, or miraculously defeat liquid, which also isn't likely. That's ignoring that they'll have to defeat (probably) VP, as well.
How does optic get the shittiest brackets? The top half of UB/LB is grossly stronger than the bottom half. Brutal for everyone in that half.
On August 21 2018 22:59 Achaian wrote: it kills me that the only way that optic could get through LBR4 is if they defeat LGD, who I want to win, or miraculously defeat liquid, which also isn't likely. That's ignoring that they'll have to defeat (probably) VP, as well.
How does optic get the shittiest brackets? The top half of UB/LB is grossly stronger than the bottom half. Brutal for everyone in that half.
You're in luck! Losers of WB semis fall to the other side of the lower bracket (wouldn't make sense otherwise, you'd keep getting the same matchups). So the loser of LGD/Liquid will fall to the lower part of the LB. Optic would face them in LB round 5 if they get that far.
On August 21 2018 22:59 Achaian wrote: it kills me that the only way that optic could get through LBR4 is if they defeat LGD, who I want to win, or miraculously defeat liquid, which also isn't likely. That's ignoring that they'll have to defeat (probably) VP, as well.
How does optic get the shittiest brackets? The top half of UB/LB is grossly stronger than the bottom half. Brutal for everyone in that half.
You're in luck! Losers of WB semis fall to the other side of the lower bracket (wouldn't make sense otherwise, you'd keep getting the same matchups). So the loser of LGD/Liquid will fall to the lower part of the LB. Optic would face them in LB round 5 if they get that far.
That does make sense. It turns out the people making brackets are smarter than me, no wonder.
I suppose I would have run into that problem before looking at brackets, so I could have figured something was wrong with my prediction
On August 21 2018 22:59 Achaian wrote: it kills me that the only way that optic could get through LBR4 is if they defeat LGD, who I want to win, or miraculously defeat liquid, which also isn't likely. That's ignoring that they'll have to defeat (probably) VP, as well.
How does optic get the shittiest brackets? The top half of UB/LB is grossly stronger than the bottom half. Brutal for everyone in that half.
optic wouldn't have made it to upper bracket in group A, so I wouldn't call it bad luck.
On August 21 2018 22:59 Achaian wrote: it kills me that the only way that optic could get through LBR4 is if they defeat LGD, who I want to win, or miraculously defeat liquid, which also isn't likely. That's ignoring that they'll have to defeat (probably) VP, as well.
How does optic get the shittiest brackets? The top half of UB/LB is grossly stronger than the bottom half. Brutal for everyone in that half.
optic wouldn't have made it to upper bracket in group A, so I wouldn't call it bad luck.
My head and heart has VGJ.Storm and EG winning 2-0 in their matches As much as I love NA Dota, I want Serenity to win just because their squad is how Dota should be, a bunch of friends hanging out, cracking jokes, and playing some Dotes. Head says OpTic will win due to Peter "Leave China to me" Dager, unless they pull a Fnatic and get really cocky VP should beat Mineski, but my heart says Mineski
Top 3 would've likely been out of reach, but I don't see a reason why they wouldn't have been able to fight for fourth. Almost all teams were messy and super close together in the group stages, things might just as well have gone completely differently (outside the top seeds who were a step above) even with the groups we had. Hell, I think with slightly better shotcalling, IG might've challenged for UB instead of getting flat out eliminated.
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