I heard the argument that it is just hot-join, not tournaments, so get over it… but honestly that argument just doesn’t stand up. Also, one might ask why I even care since they’ve already added in a 5v5 option. If you haven’t in a while, go try some 5v5 hot-join and you’ll see for yourself. Once you join a game, it takes about 10-30 minutes to fill up to 5v5. Unfortunately after only a match or two, people start dropping out, which causes other people to drop out, and eventually it becomes a 1v0. So after that frustration, I join an 8v8 where I am promptly stomped 5v1 while the rest of their team is free to cap points.
I’m convinced that if 8v8 were gone, 5v5 hot-join would be a little more reliable. It’s clear (or should be) that the maps/mode was design for 5v5 not 8v8. Please just remove 8v8.