>The event, a single elimination bracket with the first two matches online, is a tricky one to deal with when it comes to awards and ultimately we decided the bar should be high to earn an Exceptionally Valuable Player mention.
>That means a very short list of EVPs but also ensures that the awards, which count as a Big Event EVP thanks to four top five teams making the LAN, are only given in cases where players shone enough offline that their performances will impact the top 20.
>Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut had mind-boggling raw numbers online but struggled on LAN with a 1.07 series rating against EF — and even that flatters the Frenchman after his slow start on Mirage.