This is F0rsakeN's reaction to the new format at 2024 VCT Masters Shanghai where you can choose your opponents for the top seeds in the Playoff round.

VCT Masters Shanghai indeed presents a new and unique format to the match. Yes, the team that is in the top seeds of the Playoff round can choose their opponents for the match in the first round.

This is something new to the game Valorant. So, the team that is in the top seeds certainly has a greater chance of reaching the Grand Final with a format like this.

Paper Rex, who won the VCT Pacific Stage 1, was one of the teams in the top seeds of the Shanghai Masters Playoff. The top seeds themselves are filled by champion teams from various regional VCTs, such as Paper Rex, Fnatic, EDward Gaming, and 100 Thieves. Meanwhile, the runner-up and third-place teams from the regional VCT will compete first in the Swiss Stage.

F0rsakeN, which gets this advantage because its team is in the top seeds, also gave its reaction to the new format.

F0rsakeN's Reaction to the 2024 VCT Masters Shanghai Format Where You Can Choose Your Own Opponent

He addressed this reaction when he attended the post-match interview for the VCT Pacific Stage 1 Grand Final between Paper Rex vs Gen.G on Sunday (12/5) in Seoul, South Korea. He said that this new format looked like it would be quite fun because he could choose his opponents.

"We get more advantages (with the new format at Masters Shanghai) to choose (opponents). I think it's quite fun, because (the new format) allows us to choose the team we want to play against. The genre will be comedy, if "We lost to the team we chose. But we will try our best when we face the team we chose," he said.

On the other hand, Alecks, as Paper Rex's coach, also provided additional comments regarding the new format of VCT Masters Shanghai 2024.

"It would be a real comedy if we lost to the team we chose. I think this will be fun for the audience. But we will try our best later," he added.

For information, F0rsakeN and Paper Rex will immediately wait for the VCT Masters Shanghai 2024 Playoff round because they emerged as champions at Pacific Stage 1 yesterday. The VCT Masters Shanghai will be held from May 23 to June 9, 2024.

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