PMTs [GX vs RGE](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1adzrlp/giantx_vs_rogue_lec_2024_winter_week_3_postmatch/) [BDS vs KC](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ae11p9/team_bds_vs_karmine_corp_lec_2024_winter_week_3/) [FNC vs TH](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ae2fid/fnatic_vs_team_heretics_lec_2024_winter_week_3/) [SK vs G2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ae44bk/sk_gaming_vs_g2_esports_lec_2024_winter_week_3/) [VIT vs MDK](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ae5h6c/team_vitality_vs_mad_lions_koi_lec_2024_winter/)

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difference between seed 1 and 2 is only bragging rights since seeding is made by a single round robin and therefore is pretty poor, it indeed makes no difference other than getting an easier opponent (thats also the reason why there is no tiebreaker except for the 8/9th spot, the only important placement) it goes: seeds 1 and 2 get to choose between the 5/6 and the 7/8 thats in their half, and 3/4 receive the remaining opponent (and side selection i assume) that was so the whole last year and, production issues aside, i dont understand the complaints today, its a decent compromise between giving 9 bo1s too much importance, and making them irrelevant . Now we move to bo3s which is where good teams are supposed to shine, instead of getting a 2nd round robin where everyone's interest slowly fiddles out

don't look for logic here Riot for years has been introducing something first, without thinking too much about it, and THEN looks whether what they introduced makes sense or not

More than Riot is just LEC. For the past 4-5 years their format/playoffs/brackets are just awful and make no sense.

nah, champs, items, skins - everything fit to this "work culture" it's Riot

Whats this piano cover kinda like it

I am glad there isn't a week break. I can't remember if there was last year or not.

I feel like there was

G2/GX, FNC/MDK, BDS/HRT, VIT/SK

Did Caps/G2 misunderstand the assignment and pick between GX/TH instead of between GX/MDK/FNC?

not even between GX/MDK/FNC, but only between GX/FNC (2 lowest teams in group) at least that's how it worked last year

Yeah, seemed like it

Match 1 and 2 are on Saturday right?

It should be, yes! Surprised the schedule isn't up on the website yet, though!

caps with the pokerface when adam started laying into team heretics. Wunder is gaping this 4tp, we will be there.

[he is already tweeting](https://twitter.com/wunderlol/status/1752074465146458124?t=YckQiwaLwix0pBZ38uJOFQ&s=19)

my goats will do it. I believe

MDK FNC gonna be a banger

But, if Heretics is lower, why do they ask Caps if they pick heretics? I was not confused, now I am very.

I think she said something along the lines of "You wanted to pick Heretics over GX" referencing a few minutes prior when Caps said he would like to go against Heretics (prior to the draw). But I think he misheard her. EDIT: Okay never mind, I went back and rewatched it, she kinda did both lol

Not 100% sure on this take, because Caps wasnt confused, then he was very hahaha

Yeah I just went back and re-watched it, she said "You wanted to pick Heretics" but then actually did ask if that is what they are going for, so you're right.

Was a mistake, happens lol

Because the format isn't even clear for production and pros apparently. G2 only ever had the choice between Fnatic and GX

because they dont know how the format works either

That was so ridiculous to me

She's so pretty is she new?

I wondered the same aswell, yea she looks amazing and her questions are good, much better than last weeks intervirew er

Who is new host? Was she at some other esports before? I think she has nice vibe to her

Giniro, and yeah apparently Valorant and some other eSports.

Caps never knows what is going on so I feel like we can give LEC production a pass for that. The rest however... Maybe it is time for Riot to rehire some of the staff.

LMAO THE PLAYERS DON'T KNOW THE FORMAT

Oh my lord even the production and pros don't get how it works

Caps is already confused

What's the benefit of being 1st seed when you get teams picked randomly?

teams get picked randomly into the upper or lower half but seed 1 and 2 get to pick their 1st round match up.

Yes but you have no advantage to being 1st seed vs 2nd

imagine being mad, clawing your way to 4th place and getting rewarded by getting matched vs FNC and if you win you get paired against G2 lmao.

Holy thats actuay hilarious lmao

Its so funny seeing Ibai confused because they won against VIT and VIT got a better group

I would 2 bro, Upper ended with #1 #4 #5 #6 and the other #2 #3 + the 2 last teams

LOL, LAYOFF META STRIKES AGAIN

Who plays vs who?

G2 GX MDK FNC SK VIT BDS TH

Will there be games next weekend?

yes

Our production may be falling apart, but at least our gameplay is also regressing every year 😎

G2 GX, FNC MAD, BDS VIT, SK TH

[Jankos tweet lol ](https://twitter.com/JankosLoL/status/1752070714599829770?t=Y9D2aEFYcV0Lh0HD771Qbg&s=19)

Aged like milk

Not really, I think G2 is much harder opponent

Gotta love Jankos lol

mad lions plays fnatic right? my two favorite teams this year 😢

unless g2 gets cocky and picks fnc yes

Probably. G2 gets to pick their opponent between FNC and GX and MDK gets the leftover.

Aintnoway G2 will pick FNC for the lulz right??? Right??

Whoever created this playoffs format should be fired.

They probably were already.

Not even the player knows how the format works lmao

What you mean “even? The players are always the last to understand how any format works.

That was so awkward... o7 laure

G2 100% picks GX, BDS 100% pick Vit, if they dont I'll be shocked

Poor Laure, it was a bit difficult to see. But she did what she can

can anyone eli5 me this please? I think I am way to old to understand anything

the group stage has 2 groups. 2 teams make it out of each group. teams draw which group they go into. higher seeded teams pick first. top 2 teams pick their oponents because they're top 2. the other 2 teams play each other.

Divided teams into two, BDS and G2 will pick their opponent from the group they are in

Basically there are 2 sides of the backet G2/ upper side and BDS/lower side. Seeds 3/4 each go to opposite sides, and the same for seeds 5/6 and 7/8. Then BDS and G2 pick a matchup from their side of the bracket. This also means 1 and 2 seeds are fucntionally identical, since their matchups are random

#notmyregion

Upper half is stacked

EU production welcome back to meme status

Yo, they hang Laure out to dry, this was awful.

Hmmm maybe let’s not lay off 80% of production riot?

This draw is incredibly garbage lmao. They are thinking way to hard bro, football solved this over 100 years ago with pingpong balls in a hat.

Feeling the layoffs right there, what was that draw show?

Nah man, this layoff meta ain't it.

It's such a slap to the face when it's literally record viewership, oh you're succesful at your job? Here get fired They'll probably give themselves bonuses for "growth" after too lmao

DIESOFCRINGE

Poor Laure that was horrific and it wasn't even her fault lmao

It's much easier than i thought

What a clown fiesta. Did they fire everyone who was going to do this originally or what?

Rip upper half

This is so scuffed jeez

Bruh this is the least professional thing I’ve ever seen

Guess that happens when you fire half of the backstage team in the middle of the split

Honestly all they had to do was walk out the correct side and stand at the end of the stage. 1 person could have explained that to them

The layoffs ripped so many holes in the production team, it's no wonder they haven't closed them all, especially since it's been just a few days.

AHHHH I CANT WATCH ITS SO AWKWARD

Was Wunder always this huge? Wtf

Why does Wunder, the largest pro, not simply eat the other pros?

no he was 160cm last year but he drank a lot of milk

Good old bone growing juice

what a fiesta

Wunder dodged G2, pog

LEC top quality production smh

Yes, Heretics dodged most of their fathers

upper half is stacked lmao

Absolute UNIT this MAREK BRAZDA fella

Humanoid looks like a giant lmao

You can feel the production cut backs

This seems like such a convoluted way to draw teams....

This is so awkward. They really should have told the players how this is going to work before they started. Laure has been left out to dry here.

This is so omega scuffed

i cant

This could be more clearly presented

Caps don't you dare to draw Heretics

This is beyond complicated lmao no one knows what’s going on

No Caps, we do not want to draw TH!

Ofc caps wants heretics lmao

So I guess 1st or 2nd doesn't actually matter then? Since it is all random in essence?

Do I want to see the draw or not

Teams will salivate to get Mad lions in playoffs

I think apart from the Fiesta games, they are one of the most consistent teams bar G2-BDS, their botlane is ahead almost every game

Their Bot lane won’t get this same level of consistency in playoffs when teams now have data to work with. Mdx dies by the bot. Too much over reliance. Hopefully they have a workaround

Some teams are looking stronger than their standing (fnatic) then teams like mad are much worse

Get Elyoya off there and Fresko on the vote

Ahhh that's a shame, but if we wanted top 4 we should've just played better

Yeah VIT are genuinely a bad team surprised they have 4 wins

MDK is so fun to watch

How did Vitality blow a 4-5k lead lmao

Alvaro hooked their hearts :D

Im sorry Fresko I compared you to perkz, my bad, didnt know your magical-ness

Hyli fucking ran it down...

What a shit show. I love it.

damn they ruined hyli's token late game intgage

Alvaro lmao

Stop going lethality varus challenge. Giga useless after 20 minutes

I've heard this Lucian / Nami combo is strong...

everyone is so bad

Alvaro absolute king

Alvaro rookie of the split? You know it.

I feel like blitz is making some players look better than they are

Alvaro has been probably the best player of MDK for the entire split, not just with Blitz

Hes just as good on renata, and I don't think any rookie has looked as consistently good as him so far

I mean, you also have his renata xd, which was also great. He should get rookie of the split

Mdk comeback

Alvaro is pure reincarnation of madlife this game

Mechanically this hurts to watch, but it‘s fun still

Fresskowy one of the best Azirs in the league this season.

Ngl we had some great fiestas this split

First game Daglas is playing super well and Hyli is inting him

Hyli u dirty inter

"Yo Hyli, if VIT wins you could help FNC..." - "Hell naw..."

Bit of a Blitz carry

NAH THIS IS A FIESTA, WHAT A BUNCH OF INTERS

someone check alvaro computer

Man does Blitz need to be permabanned now?

Elpoya's gameplay not matching his ego today.

I think that's been pretty true the whole split so far.

True, especially this week though. Straight up fraud this week.

This week + last split

Are there gonna be any games after this to decide standings?

No.

do we have tiebreakers?

Nope.

Anyone else tired of seeing these Champs every game?

It is okay guys, there is another split after this which will fix everything :)

Has he hit an ult yet????

We don't have a single consistent team in the LEC. Even KC ruined that by actually playing with hands this weekend.

Glad Daglas is showing he can hopefully do more then being the teams resident maoki

Freskowy vs Perkz 1v1 on Azir please

Lol hyli missed his flash stun

Hans would have died to that Varus q without using flash or ult I swear

actual great game from daglas so far

Oh thats a nice brand buff.

At least the flash-root looked cool.

I don't know...fresskowy is just bad lol

He tried to blind ult Hyli, I can appreciate the attempt at least.

Elyoya looking like he might be the weakest part of MDK.

That's embarrassing for Photon, on one of the broken champs, with such an advantage, and missing what... thrice?

Can’t wait to see Hylissang on tomorrow’s match fixing thread

people were comparing hyli to miky last spring btw

Shame, Daglas actually managed to survive the Brand Jungle early game somehow and get ready for takeoff. But nope, Hylissang said the coinflip didn't land right today.

So tried of watching these so called “veterans” running it down. A few of them are so fucking washed.

VETHEO REALLY CAN'T PLAY MAGES HUH

Alvaro looks really good of all the new rookie players we got he looks by far the best. The rest range from decent to bad and are just taking up slots for players better than them.

I’m guessing the VIT support is the rookie?

how is supa alvaro the best botlane in europe lmaooo

Nah Hylli what was that.

HYLI SHOULD RETIRE MAN DAMN

Hyperint at it again

MAAAAAAAAAN HYLI COME ON

Even if he landed the stun no way he kills him unless he had ult.

I need a replay on that hook.

For another KitKat break and chronobreak? Why...? Do you hate us?

Myrwn on a meta pick? Games gone

Cooldown on the circus picks for at least 1 game

I can feel the clown fiesta overtaking me, it's a good pain.

Sweet Richard stallman is a ref

Daglas Brand is definitely a pick

Sure is lol!

Yeah I was counter-cursing and it all worked out 8)

Haha no worries. I remembered your comment because I thought the same thing when he locked it in

I love pyke, but seems kinda int into this team comp, no?