consistency is important but for teams that had a hard time in stage 1 and made some changes over the offseason suffer greatly. NRG and Loud practically have to go flawless to have a chance of making playoffs, although after todays performance idc if loud doesn't make it.
if they lose, they don't deserve it, plain and simple. my point is NRG are playing at a (somewhat) level playing field here. Before the split, they were 5th-7th range, playoff range