PPD on the current major format

given how the groups are distributed I think the most logical assumption is that 4th seeds are occupied by the minor winner as well as the regions that have three slots. very much doubt alliance would get 3rd seeded even if they won ESL.

I hope valve or PGL will clarify since a lot of players and fans have been complaining about the seedings, but I don't see how their response will be anything but 1) finishing higher in your region always secures a better seed than the team you beat (i.e NA qualifier winner secures a better seed than NA qualifier second place finisher no matter what), followed by 2) to divide the six regions into four groups, performance in other tournaments had to be taken into account to decide which four regions' qualifier winner gets a top seed and which two regions' second place finisher gets a second seed instead of third seed.

honestly it doesn't seem like that bad of a way to easily weed out the seeding for the initial event (esp. given how many squad changes teams have had since TI). for future events it could probably better be handled using DPC points.

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