They have a real shot in the LCQ.... it depends on who NV or 100T gets that second place auto-invite to Worlds. But I would say it's down to C9B, XSET or NV/100T for that LCQ spot. C9B looks great at the moment.
Imo rise, faze, c9, XSET and 100T/ENVY/TSM all have a decent shot at qualifying. XSET is insane, C9 with vanity now probably knows how to attack, rise is very good upcoming team and faze can always pop off and return to their masters 1 beast form
they have never lost to NRG before and most of the maps were one-sided in their favor even in the past. Not sure where everyone is thinking c9 look amazing, no offense to their opponents but they can be hardly considered even decent teams at the moment.
I mean thosr teams did look decent but clearly not tier 1. The top 16 teams of that tournament were all tier 2 and 2.5 teams. Sadly we couldnt watch Rise vs c9 in this tournament. Or even soniqs