REWORK for the Academy. Is it needed or not?

I didn't say that mirror matches are bad, and after reviewing the games, I tend to agree that they are the most "competitive." But that doesn't negate the fact that playing different matchups is also interesting.

Naturally. One doesn't interfere with the other, but rather complements it. The main niche for mirror matches is prestigious tournaments where there is no distance, and you don't want to lose to a generator. For example, the semifinals and finals of CIS-12/13 were mostly played on mirror matches.

In this regard, the semifinal and final of CIS-15 is a bit disappointing, because playing Anarchy in games of this rank seems somewhat wrong to me, it is, after all, just a purely fun template with huge variance.