all i remember was people saying the maps were too hard in the first roundI think they were easy, too easy. first round is the worst since most of teams can FC maps from the pool easily and random misses might decide that Madagascar wins over Korea. Starting from high level of difficulty, i.e maps which really need some "more" than just basic osu! skills would be better IMO.
Not saying this because I'm a member of (probably) seeded team. (we won't make it to top 16 anyway /me runs)