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The International 2025 - Day 4 Discussion Thread (feddit.nu)

submitted 1 week ago by Coelacanth@feddit.nu to c/dota2@lemmy.ml

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 6 days ago

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.