Demacia Cup I believe everyone is familiar with it. Compared with previous years, the most unique thing about this year's German Cup is his brand new competition system - Swiss round. If nothing unexpected happens, the Swiss round will become the new competition system of MSI in 2023, and the German Cup is equivalent to testing the waters six months in advance. So in this issue, the editor will introduce to you what the Swiss round is, and what unique elements will he inject into the German Cup?
Swiss round competition system has never appeared in any LOL event. The German Cup is the first time. It is more of a CSGO competition system rule. The Swiss round adopts bo1 throughout the entire process. All teams will engage in a battle in the first round. After that, the winning team enters one group, and the defeated team enters another group. Repeat the entire process and make the team score more and more, until the team with low scores is eliminated, and the team with high scores advance.
There are many advantages in the Swiss round. First of all, the biggest advantage is that as the number of rounds continues to increase, the game players see will become more and more intense, because no matter the team that fails or wins, the opponents they face are close to their strength. Therefore, MSI is very suitable for such a competition system. European and American competition areas and wild card competition areas can match teams that suit their own strength, and LPL will also match LCK teams that are equal to their own strength.
At the same time, this competition system can greatly reduce the emergence of unpopularity. Unless you are a real person, even if you lose a large number of bo1s like this year's TES, you can barely enter the subsequent knockout round with your points. In short, as long as your level can rank in the top eight, you can ensure you qualify.
At the same time, the Swiss round is also very friendly to the audience. It can ensure that the audience will not reduce the viewing of the game while watching more games. This is undoubtedly what the audience is most happy to see.
of course has advantages, and naturally there are disadvantages. First of all, this competition system is not friendly to viewers with low frequency of games, because the rules are too complicated. If you don’t understand the rules in detail, you will have no idea about the team’s qualifying situation, and it will be difficult for you to find which game is the key battle.
At the same time, the physical strength tests of players will become greater, and the number of games will become more, and the number of strong matches with close strength will increase, which will consume a lot of energy. Brother Crystal had experienced despair before, and the duration of the entire event will also increase, which is also a kind of pressure on the people who host the event. After all, the investment in venues and equipment must increase.
Summary: Therefore, this German Cup is more like a test of the Swiss round. You can wait until the game starts tomorrow to see how the effect is, and it can be considered as doing homework for MSI in advance.
