Until the end of the second day of the competition.
Lin Yi still hadn't really fought anyone.
Not only that, later in the day, the event officials even issued a notice.
"Notice on the Group Adjustment of Xia's Team Captain Lin Yi"
Stripped of its preamble and official jargon, the notice basically announced Lin Yi's promotion from the lower group to the top 16.
That's right, they didn't even promote him to the higher group first; he was directly pre-selected into the top 16.
In the past, such a move in a large international competition, even in some Cup held anywhere, would have been met with outrage from spectators.
And subsequently labeled as a second-rate competition.
But when news of Lin Yi's adjustment broke,
the comments section was filled with reactions like "understandable" and "reasonable."
The ones really having complaints were mostly audiences outside of Xia.
And the moment someone dared to comment something like unfair or rigged,
