renxzenmarmadukeGRYLLSoh yeah no doubt, i know that this was to generate hype/donations but still, what if xts won? would we really send our 4th place lan team over mixup? i'd be mad as fuck if i was mixup and even angrier if i was xts and told "yo you won buttttt we're still sending mix"
Imagine if mixup, xts or 20b pulled a dreamteam-move like mixup did after the s11-lan for i46. You are now dealing with different rosters, possible different results, now how would you decide who gets to go to i52? An online qualifier it's the best option.
At the end no one changed rosters, but still if you look at it, it was a good move because the community deserved to know that they are sending WITH their money the best teams NA can offer.
Mixup's LAN roster was going to be different then the roster they used in the qualifier.