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There are only a few BO5 games left in the LPL Summer Season playoffs to decide the champion of the Summer Season. At this point, the candidates for the S14 World Finals at the end of the year have already been born in advance, and four teams will be decided from the six teams of BLG, TES, LNG, WBG, JDG and NIP. In the previous group matches and intra-group matches, AL, which performed well, was directly eliminated after losing to TES in the Summer Season because of its low ranking in the Spring Season, and missed the bubble match, which caused a lot of controversy. Recently, AL mid laner Shanks also complained during the live broadcast that the LPL Summer Season system caused them to end this year's game early.

In the LCK playoffs second-tier commentary, Sask consoled Shanks: Your team has met expectations this year, except for the loss to TES. Shanks said:A team like TES was a bit disgusting in the second round. I really don’t know what to say. Coupled with JDG’s loss to NIP, I really don’t know what to say. A team like TES that defeated GEN in the Oil Cup is stuck in the second round of the playoffs. Alas, how did we encounter such a thing? I am a bit speechless.sask also said: TES really shouldn't be in the second round. SMLZ also added: It would be better if AL played against WBG's half. Shanks also agreed with SMLZ's point of view, thinking: If they played against WBG's half, they would at least have a bubble match, or if JDG beat NIP, we would at least have a bubble match.

Because the summer season format has changed a lot, there have always been controversies about the system, but it’s the first time that professional players have come out to complain. This is mainly because after the group stage, the team’s scores were reset to zero, and the first and second teams in the group were treated the same. TES won against LNG twice and lost to LNG once during the regular season, and as a result, its ranking in the playoffs was lower than LNG. If all the scores of the group stage and the group stage were added together, TES would be ranked higher than LNG. After all, the group stage was played for two rounds, and the result was that this score had no effect on the ranking in the group stage, which is not justifiable. Of course, the opponents in the group stage are different, so the scores are difficult to integrate, which is also one of the problems.

Moreover, LNG lost in the group stage and almost went to the Nirvana Group. After barely reaching the Summit Group, they happened to meet TES, which was still adjusting to the time difference and state after returning from the Saudi Cup. Now, combined with the performance in the playoffs, the reason why TES lost to LNG in the Summit Group was more due to the poor state at that time. At that time, TES, BLG and T1, who had just returned from the Saudi Cup, were all ups and downs. The playoffs TES beat LNG violently is the best evidence. The gap between the two sides is huge. According to the strength, TES should be ranked higher. And the most important thing is that the spring and summer seasons have different competition systems, which will indeed affect the team's S game quota to a certain extent.

In general, the double round-robin format for the group stage has resulted in too many garbage matches, and the strength gap between the players in the group stage is not big, and the single round-robin format will lead to some randomness. I feel that the competition system will definitely need to be adjusted next year, and this year is more of an experiment. As for AL, missing out on the bubble match is partly due to the influence of the competition system, and partly due to their poor performance in the spring season. AL lost to RNG and EDG in the spring season, which is the biggest reason for missing out on the bubble match in the summer season. In addition, Shanks himself did not play well in the summer season playoffs, so it is a pity for AL this year. I hope that next year we will completely change our minds!

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