How does this work again?

The scores from split 1 are carried over so for example a team that was 4-1 in split 1 goes 1-4 this split they would be at 5-5 and still have a chance for split 2 playoffs, whereas a team that was 2-3 last split but goes 5-0 could make it.

so basically

yes, just imagine that stage 1 + stage 2 is like a full round robin split and that shanghai playoffs was a mid season tournament. that is the format

Its so simple. Every team play 10 game against every team in league and Top6 in the league are qualify to playoff

Sentinels start 3-3, in last place of group and play 4 matchs, against nrg, kru, g2 and c9. If they do top3 with atleast 5 win (probably) they go to playoffs