A lot of discussions took place in various communities when the news first spread that Korea had received the map selection right.0

[Korea going for another run?]0

[No way, Korea got it?]0

[Wow, it seems like fate is favoring them]0

In domestic communities, the conversations were generally hopeful. Just making it to the main tournament felt like a miracle. Receiving the map selection right seemed like part of the destined flow. Many hoped for Korea to make at least the quarterfinals.0

[Can they make it to the quarterfinals?]0

[Quarterfinals on a sea map with Yi Sun-Sin, LOL]0

[Let’s go!]0

Despite not knowing much about Civil Empire, new viewers drawn into the tournament cheered them on. They believed that the map selection right gave Korea a decisive advantage. Overseas reactions thought the opposite. 0

[Korea got the map selection rights. Do the Vikings have a chance?]0

Comments on such posts universally dismissed it. 0

— Why do you think they give the map selection right for fashion? It's meaningless.0

— It’s literally...0