They should try getting top seeds out of their groups, then.

Personally I'd love there to never be an EU-EU or LCK-LCK final again. I think entertainment is way up in those cases. Like we already saw DK vs. T1. It wasn't very long ago. Revenge for RNG vs. DK is way cooler.

So it's more a shift of when are the hype matchups? Certainly I'm sad that IG vs. KT was only the quarterfinal back in 2018, but that's IG's fault for tanking groups. That wasn't same-region.

The best teams are meant to dodge each other. That's a hard fact. If the best teams really are four LCK teams, then they could all top their groups and guarantee that they don't meet until semis. Too bad Hanwha Life isn't actually that good and thus had a literal guarantee to draw another LCK opponent.

RNG EDG, sure, that's a 1/3 draw. If EDG would just top their group, this could have been avoided. But even outside that, I think you get huge problems if you start force-seeding cross-region matchups.

As one final paragraph to make my position very clear: I'd rather same-region matchups exist as soon as possible while accounting for fair seeding. A 6-0 team will not face another 6-0 team in quarters. If you're the best, you're dodging the best teams until at least semis. Otherwise, deal with it. For entertainment's sake, I'd rather T1 vs DK be a semifinal than the world final.