You’re absolutely right. This is a distinction that will be lost on everyone, however, until Canada or Mexico fields a team capable of entering Worlds. This will surprise everyone in the media, but no one in the industry. So it goes.
Did you... did you.. actually read the article you linked to? EDG has always been a Chinese team. It never stood for Evil Geniuses. It always stood for Edward Gaming. End of story.
Yes and no. The thing about creative people is they are often intensely introspective. Good writers know it’s 10% writing, 90% rewriting. Going back over, and over, and over again. Refining. In the process, you see so many flaws. And getting your work out to the public doesn’t mean you stopped seeing flaws, it just…