EVERYTHING IS A TOURNAMENT! right? sigh, just sigh. - ALL open qualifier teams start from the lower bracket. - no communication of any of this, everything has been built on "OPEN QUALIFIERS EVERYONE CAN QUAL". - we find out not from Riot themselves but through an invited org tweet? - no mention of any of this in the rulebook or on social media anywhere before UCAM's tweet, designed to be a haze. - marketing campaign built on "OPEN" qualifiers, "fairness" & "equality" isn't really correct, is it? but when were you going to tell us this? did you ever plan to tell us this? oh also haha, NO TECH PAUSES ARE ALLOWED in open qualifiers as the rulebook states this 😭 so not only do invited teams skip open qualifiers, they get to start in the upper bracket with everyone else from open qualifiers having to start in lowers? the marketing campaign for 2027 was built on open qualifiers & fairness. everyone has to fight for their spot, we find out now only a few days before registration ends that this is not the case but you have partnered teams & invited teams in every region who are given an advantage to everyone else. not only this but having to start in the lower bracket for EVERY OPEN QUALIFIER TEAM? for invited teams playoffs is double elimination, for open qualifier teams it's single elimination. well best of luck to everyone in open quals! you're fighting a constant uphill battle. not that you knew it to this degree, of course.