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LPL and LCK's professional league spring match began on the 10th and 13th respectively, both divisions have formed a lot of new strong teams in the transfer period, so the leagues of the two divisions have a lot of interesting competition, and before the spring game officially began, LCK officially announced the three regulations introduced by the new season today.
One of the new rules is that LCK will follow the bubbling format of the LPL division to determine the teams participating in next year's World Championships.
Three new rules for the LCK division
Here are a few words about the three new rules for the LCK division.
The first is the change of the team's player list, the personnel increase and decentralization between the first and second teams, from once in each round to once a week, that is, the LCK division team can change their lineup more frequently (if necessary), which will make the personnel deployment of the LCK team more flexible, which is good news for the LCK team.
The second is that because LCK has arranged the Asian Games selection matches next year, the schedule of the S12 Spring Tournament is more closely arranged than before, before the first round of round robins was played five days a week, and the second round was played four days a week.
The new rule is that the spring race is played 5 days a week. Whether it's the first round robin or the second round, it's five days a week.
This is not good news for the LCK team, because the number of LCK teams is much less than the LPL, the schedule is more tight, the team will be more tired, and if it encounters some difficulties, the adjustment time is shorter, so the team needs to have stronger resistance to pressure and attack.
But because there is a very important Asian Games next year, such an adjustment is necessary.
LCK will learn the format of the LPL
The third rule is about the S12 World Bubble Race, if LCK can still have four teams to participate in the World Race this year, LCK will use the same bubbling format as the LPL.
In simple terms, the selection mechanism of the first seed and the second seed remains unchanged (the first seed of the summer championship, the highest number of points in the whole year except the summer crown becomes the second seed), excluding the other teams participating in the bubbling competition of the two teams will have a double-loss format confrontation, the first team with the first point will play the second team, the winner will become the third seed, the team that loses the game is to be determined, and there is a chance to advance to the world competition.
The third-place team plays a match with the fourth-place team, loses the game, and the winner plays a BO5 with the previous team to be determined, and determines the fourth seeded seat that can advance to the World Championship.
In other words, in addition to the two teams that can directly qualify for the world championship, there are four teams in the LCK division that can participate in the bubbling race, and the number of teams participating in the bubbling race has become higher, and the degree of excitement has also become higher.
Moreover, the double-loss format is very helpful for improving the team's BO5 ability, so the strength of the team that emerges from the bubbling game may be improved.
The LPL double-defeat format advantage remains
Although LCK learned the LPL's double-loss format, I personally believe that the LPL format is still dominant, because the LPL playoffs will also use a double-loss format, so the LPL team has more opportunities to play BO5, and many teams in the LPL need to improve their ability by constantly playing BO5.
Last year's spring RNG and summer EDG, both teams from the loser group to win the championship, the strength of the team has also increased tremendously.
In terms of summer matches, the LPL division is the most contested of all the divisions, the most lengthy schedule, because the playoffs first have to play a double loss, and then play a bubbling game and then play a double loss, this BO5 game is very many, at that time, many spectators complained that the game was smelly and long, and because of the reason why WE lost to the end, the game was extremely poor.
However, after the world EDG repeatedly reversed it after falling behind 1-2 and finally won the championship, the audience recognized the LPL's double-loss format, even if the summer game has two double-lose matches.
Overall, the benefits of such a double defeat outweigh the disadvantages, and it is far greater, so the LCK division does not imitate the LPL's playoff double-loss, and personally believe that the LPL format still has advantages.