LoL esports fans have nothing but praise for Riot after inaugural Worlds Swiss stage

For this year’s League of Legends World Championship, Riot Games took a massive risk by shaking up a format that had been in place for 10 seasons. 

The longstanding group stage, which had prevailed as the highlight of the tournament’s main event since 2014, was replaced by a Swiss format, which pits teams with the same records against each other in each of its rounds until teams reach either three wins and qualify or three losses and get eliminated. This format change eliminated predetermined schedules and ensured that every match played during the first leg of the main event had weight to it.