checked chinese version, one word missing here3. The master must used different civilizations for each game, while there is NO civilization limitation for each challenger
the strength of "knowing about others' strong/weak map a little bit more from previous days" is also big imothe players who are masters at the end have an advantage, because for example Paladin and Villese cannot make top 4 anymore, so their incentive to win the games is probably lower now.
i wouldn't call it abuse. i think paladin(?) set the the order to get the most hype and excitement by his chinese viewers. maybe they didn't even think about it that the non-chinese community would be that hyped about this format. if this format is repeated, some kind of seeding will surely make it more fair.The only thing i found annoying that the chinese are abusing well is to see them being last masters
I think the map selection could be sorted by everyone sending in their list before day 1 begins.
The latter rounds and not having anything to play for is a tough one though.