100 Thieves got into stage one challenger group stage thanks to their circuit points from last year
They won nothing except only one game vs EG
Then they get free BYE to RO32 this qualifiers because of their free BYE last stage
Essentially they are still being rewarded for their performance at Berlin from last year
Plus they shouldn’t even get a BYE or circuit points because Hiko isn’t playing. (Yes I know he is a 6th man but he still isn’t on the main roster so that’s not 3/5 core players)
TLDR : Circuit points format is fucked, teams are still being rewarded for some good performances from last year even if they have a completely different roster now. 100T got two BYEs.