who going to playoffs?

the teams look pretty even apart from the top 4 (optic, c9, tgrd, xset)

TOP 4? OpTic, NRG, FaZe and The Guard

C9 and xset top 4? not in my book

one of tsm, 100t or sen is getting grouped and that's not even a hot take.

if 100t continues to improve and build chemistry I can see them qualifying

optic, NRG

aside from the top 4, i think it will be NRG, FaZe, 100T and GHOST

the teams that make playoffs (8 of 12 if they do the same as stage 1) my predictions are
Optic
XSET
C9
Guard
NRG
LG
100T
and either TSM or FaZe.
SEN, EG both have been really shaky through qualifiers
Ghost TSM and FaZe have all only just now escaped T2 purgatory and I don't expect any of them to pull a Guard and stomp the groups. But I have one of those 3 taking the last playoff spot, but it comes down to groups ultimately

NRG OPTIC TSM C9 XSET GUARD FAZE 100T

I think its more efficient to talk about the 4 teams out of the 12 that wont qualify. In my opinion EG and Ghost are probably not going to qualify. and I think the other 2 teams that wont qualify are between SEN, 100t, Faze, TSM and honestly the guard. the guard is my hot take and gut feeling. They had a solid rookie run and maybe they fall off sorta like V1 (V1 wasnt a rookie team IK). I'd like to hear about other peoples hot takes. i know they are generally unpopular. but hey... you gotta have 1 right? makes it more fun