what does this say about nrg
Not as important as you may think though.
Here's how the format works in order:
Each leagues winner gets 3 championship points and the winner of masters madrid gets 3 championship points.
There are no additional points in the kickoff event and masters madrid apart from the winner.
The winner of Stage 1 league play will win 3 championship points and every time a team wins a match they gain a championship point.
Winner of masters shanghai also gets 3 championship points
the teams that place top 3 in playoffs in Stage 2 of league play will make vct champions but the 4th place goes to the team with the most championship points that are not already qualified.
So if you win madrid, this kickoff tournament and masters shanghai you will have 9 championship points but if you lose almost all ur league games then you have a very decent chance of not making it to champs.
For this game to matter to both teams it assumes that they will do shit in the league stage games and sen or loud would have to be 5th or below in terms of placement in the league stage for these champ points to matter.