That was brutal after numbani.

Aaand now it's as bad as it was during the NRG game.

The chinese stream is here http://apac.nga.cn/. But it buffers for me as much as the twitch stream lags.

Yea it's lagging a bit, but it was way worse during the nrg game. It was actually unwatchable. Still surprised they haven't fixed the issue for the final.

I'm not going by ratings, i'm going purely off tournament placements. And yea there have been a few roster changes, but apart from cloud 9, nothing earth shattering.

Teams get better all the time, but per tournament results, NRG is a top 8 or 9 team between NA and europe. There are at LEAST 7 teams better than them between the two regions, and their performance today largely bears that out IMO. The Rogue vs Lunatic games, we'll see what they are worth once they meet again quite soon with time to prepare against each other for both teams. And i like NRG, they are my sentimental favorite.
EDIT: Oh and i completely disagree with gods needing to be taken off dps. He's a top tier dps and somone who i can see on a #1 team. Seagull should still be able to play situational heroes like mei/pharah/junkrat, but he should not have to play zarya. Frankly he should probably learn tracer and put enigma on zarya so that when you don't have an "off" hero he's always on dps.

How are the maps selected in this tournament? Why were there 3 koth maps in a row?

FREE TAIMOU 2016

Where does mighty storm rank in SK? Also zimbabwe for the placeholder flag lol.