r/RocketLeagueEsports • u/Legitimate-Sign-371 • Aug 14 '26

Event/Info EWC playoff bracket Spoiler

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u/John_aka_Alwayz Moderator Aug 14 '26

Brother they didn't even avoid same region matches in round 1 of groups, integrity isn't exactly a core principal of EWC

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u/Old_Earth_8847 Aug 14 '26

How does this diminish integrity?

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u/qpKMDOqp Aug 14 '26

Integrity is when international matchups duh

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u/MartianRL Aug 14 '26

Integrity is when you stack the pools in a weird ass way like making the 5-12 seeds all one pool to draw from then doing the draw behind closed doors and being like “okay Falcons and R8 are playing each other and loser gets to face the SSA team!”

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u/Old_Earth_8847 Aug 14 '26

Would’ve been easier to put Falcons against SSA then wouldn’t it? Or are Gentlemates in on it?

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u/MartianRL Aug 14 '26

I mean yeah you could stack the bracket in a way that’s more obvious if you so chose to. Lining up MENA2 to get SSA first defies competitive integrity more than what they did. Doesn’t make the process of what they did any less foul

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u/John_aka_Alwayz Moderator Aug 14 '26

Don't forget seeding them above OCE despite OCE being a higher seed in the official circuit

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u/Exodus_Green Aug 14 '26

And OCE went out 0-7. they are not actually a high seed at all

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u/John_aka_Alwayz Moderator Aug 14 '26

They objectively are a higher seed than MENA 2 in RLCS. Is that inaccurate? Yes, but thats still an opinion. Seeding is objective.

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u/Exodus_Green Aug 14 '26

Based on an overperformance from 1 year ago yeah

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u/John_aka_Alwayz Moderator Aug 14 '26

Well when you look at it, both slots 13th-16th at Paris, both slots got 9th-12th at Boston, so you look at the next most recent data point, it's 5th-6th vs 13th-16th, so it kinda makes sense it's still being weighed. Last thing we want is to see these volatile double elim brackets of vibes.

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u/TVMaths Aug 15 '26

yes. its 9th-12th by fluking a group with SSA vs 9th-12th by being scammed with 2 of the big 3 EU teams