Same thing if Brazilia, Spain, England, Netherlands (you name it) would be missing from the UEFA World Cup tourney. It sure does take away some of the excitement from non-biased point of view. Ofc you don't care if the competition is even when you are rooting for you favorite team but as an outsider it is easy to feel a bit "hollow".
Sure it's not Blood Legion's fault but that how the things are. It would be best if they didn't down MoD this week or otherwise most people will remember them getting world first due to no decent competition at that time.