I started watching 6s in season 17, very casually, meaning I was very vaguely aware of the idea that playoffs happened in 1 weekend on LAN for those final 2 seasons. With the resurgence of LAN playoffs for RGL I began to wonder, how do you even plan around that if you're a bubble team?
Like you only really know you're going to LAN once you see yourself in that top 4 spot, right? Flights get hella expensive the closer you book to the date of the flight - and if you're only booking your flight once you see yourself in that 4th seed did most of your prize money pretty much go to paying for your flight/hotel/etc?
All of my LAN experience is with the context that I can book a flight for like 300 dollars cheaper 2 months out from the event (my round-trip flights for Fullerton LAN literally went from 250CAD to 550CAD in a 2 week span) so the idea of booking a flight really close to a date seems wild to me.
Keep in mind that this was like 7 years ago, and again, I was a very casual observer so I don't really remember how long it was between the end of the season and LAN weekend.
ty for your wisdom if you have it