I can kinda understand why riot waits a week between quarters and semis most of the time because well they travel (ignoring the fact that this isn’t the case this year). What I don’t get is why they aren’t using this time to build up anticipation. I’m not saying full blown production or anything, just like get 4 caster to represent the four teams and to give you an hour each on why they think their team will win it all. Maybe on the fifth day you have them all face off like that old show with quickshot. Something that can be done entirely over zoom.
TLDR: you can take a week off from games but not from game related content.
Swiss was kinda aids tbh. Not only did it allow for teams to get one-off luck in draws and force a terrible final, but in worlds in general they add a ton of time between the tournament for what? The teams to rest almost three weeks in between three series? Wild. JDG had played a single series and 2 games, that’s 3 days of play time and almost 3 weeks of completely blank space… why? It’s not even a competitive tournament at that point, just random matches once a week.