Scorpiona
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We'll get tired of playing group stages here. It will turn into a year-long tournament if we think about it and compare it to the time and number of games in similar tournaments.
The group stage is an extra two months, at a minimum, assuming all groups finish on time. In such a large-scale tournament, it's necessary to speed up the process as much as possible so that enthusiasm doesn't fade. The experience of tournaments like SC2TV and the World Championship, for example, shows that you can easily do without a group stage, and if you want to play longer, try not to lose. ;)
Well, in that case, (if the opinion of the public is really taken into account), so as not to argue unnecessarily and not burden the organizers, I think it would be logical to conduct a poll regarding the tournament regulations! and all disputes will disappear...
At the same time, we'll see how many people are really interested.