I see this tournament as a lose lose for Europe. KR CN and LMS are all off having a incredibly high level tournament where CH and LMS especially will learn a fuck ton from it and help their level of play drastically come worlds.
EU on the other hand is stuck playing NA which we gain/learn very little from beating aside from some spicy new memes and trash talk for a few weeks, whereas the NA teams will benefit much more from the games against us.
I dunno it just seems like Europe is getting the short end of the stick here where every other regions teams are benefitting but we arent (Guess the same goes for Korea too). but never the less i guess it will still be a fun tournament to watch for the pure rivalry aspect of it. Thoughts?