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The International 2025 - Day 4 Discussion Thread
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However you slice the group stage you'll get some bad or low-stakes games. I feel like for me at least the swiss format this year was the best in a long time with more hype matches and series than any group stage I can remember.
Yeah, I totally agree. Old group stage had too many zero-stake games. This year, every swiss game might decide if a team would go home early
I do miss the times of old where all teams got to play on the main stage at least once. I hope I'll be proven wrong next week but ever since Valve stepped away and gave the whole thing to PGL The International hasn't felt the same.