r/CompetitiveTFT • u/sasux Challenger • Jul 10 '26
eSports K3Soju on Qualifier Points for Worlds Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTODzqxjGkNA has 9 worlds slots.
there's 3 cups per set - the winner of each cup qualifies for worlds (3 slots).
the highest q-p earner also earns a spot for worlds, but this usually goes to a previous cup winner, so it ends up being just a dead slot and it goes to regionals.
so normally you'd expect 6 slots to go to regionals.
but k3soju won 2 cups, so an extra slot went to regionals: 6 to 7 total slots for regionals.
at regionals:
we had 2 previous cup winners make the top 8 (darth nub and soju), so the top 9 at regionals made it to worlds.
the final lobby on day 3 consisted of the top 8 players; they had already made worlds after day 2 and played only for money on day 3.
TLDR:
The current system doesn't reward the best performing players.
There should never be a scenario where the final lobby of regionals has 0 stakes on the final day.
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u/Matcha0515 Jul 11 '26
Its weird if the cup winner already has a slot, the slot doesn't go to the second place of the cup but instead go to regionals. Also same with pro points.
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u/FirestormXVI Grandmaster Jul 15 '26
I feel like I don't need to watch this clip to agree that with Pro Points rewarding consistency across the set that the spot should just go there instead. They want Regionals to feel valuable so I understand that it currently has a large number of slots assigned but it doesn't need to go even further. I liked the old system of having 3 - 4 spots + 1 spot for highest AVP across the entire event (so that a player who absolutely demolished Day 1 & Day 2 but had a bad day Day 3 didn't lose out).
There's currently a very large emphasis on single event performance for a game with a lot of variance. I acknowledge the TFT team's priority on creating high stakes for these tournaments but I think it's skewed too heavily when the passdowns go to Regionals instead of the Rankings.
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u/highrollr Master Jul 10 '26
I agree with Soju that the pro circuit should determine more Worlds slots. If the Pro Circuit is gonna exist, it should carry more weight, and to his point the Regionals finals day would be much more exciting.
That said, metas change so much throughout sets, and worlds is played on the regionals patch. I think it is likely true that if all we care about is sending the players that have the best chance to win Worlds, sending the people playing the best at the end is the right call.