Quote from: jakelyson on Today at 03:03:30 PM

Quote from: passwordnow on Today at 11:40:49 AM

5 days is still long and I hope that the players would secure themselves to not be contacted with the virus. It's going to be a hard situation if from the top 4 and any of their players would have been affected by the virus. But, let's just hope that no one will have the covid 19 and things will go smoothly for this finals. We all want to see all of them healthy and will play altogether on the stage. Even if we're hoping to see the new champs, there could be some upset, Tundra is also a strong team.

That is the responsibility of the managers. They are there to make sure that their players will obey covid safety protocols to avoid contracting covid while in the tournament. Playing for TI is pressure enough, playing TI with covid is surely a lot more pressure. See the teams that got infected with covid, they could not perform well. RNG started TI strong and after they got Covid, they never won a single series. It would be a disaster if a team qualified for Finals but got covid. The managers are surely working double time to remind their team to keep safe and follow protocols.

I thought the reason why TI's schedule is like that is to give more time for the meet and greets, the fan service, and other on ground events? Never knew it was still related to covid, and 5 days is a very short time to curb the possible spread of the virus and for the symptoms to also be gome from the players. If, from the get go PGL and Valve are strict as hell, this wouldn't have happened, and teams that ended up contracting COVID and played the tournament might have had a different outcome.