C9 is definitely not guaranteed. if they lose while G2 and NRG both win, C9 are out. map/round differential doesn’t matter in this case
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C9 is definitely not guaranteed. if they lose while G2 and NRG both win, C9 are out. map/round differential doesn’t matter in this case
SEN 2-0 FUR
NRG 0-2 100T
G2 0-2 LOUD
and beating G2 on tiebreakers
probably because it’s a friday and people in the americas time zones are less likely to be at school/work during the later slot
to be fair, NRG could lose 11-13 11-13 and SEN would still almost certainly finish ahead of them, it’s just G2 that needs the bad round differential
loud could end up ahead of 100T but it wouldn’t matter because 100T would still be ahead of EG/FUR/MIBR
he has died first 14 times in 7 maps as killjoy this stage, that’s not bad
eh at least the knockout game teams know who they’d play on day two, and the 5 day break is just because they want the playoffs during the weekends so more people can watch
KRU would be, LEV would not, since LEV could end up tied 3-2 with 100T and lose on map differential
it would have made more sense to have the intra-group matches in stage 1, and the cross-group matches in stage 2 when playoff qualification is based on your total record
no, the only remaining uncertainty is if talon or rrq will take the final spot. GEN/TS/T1/DRX/PRX are confirmed
win this map, hope TS 2-0 TLN and RRQ lose a map to GEN, and then win the round differential
bleed wouldn't be able to qualify no matter what if T1 win this, because their best case round diff would be -11 and T1 would have at least -4 after a win now
technically SEN could still qualify if either NRG or C9 lose their next two matches
"just responded"?
they are not already in playoffs, TH and M8 could pass them if they lose to FNC
if KRU beat LOUD, that actually might be good for SEN cause it makes it much more likely that four teams advance from group alpha
No, let’s say KRU beat LOUD 2-1 but LOUD beat SEN and G2 (so group omega has 3 teams with at least two wins), and KRU lose to LEV 0-2 and 100T 0-2. For simplicity, let’s assume group alpha wins every other match.
Then, NRG and C9 would be 5-1, and SEN/KRU/G2 would be 4-2. KRU’s map differential would be +2, and SEN’s would be higher if they 2-0 one of EG/FUR or win a map in their loss against LOUD.
DRX are now the first team to 100% guarantee their spot in playoffs
If NRG/KRU/C9 finish 6-0, and SEN finish 5-1, then there will be fewer than 3 teams in group omega with at least two wins. It is possible that SEN ends up tied 5-1 with another team and doesn’t qualify off of tiebreakers
pacific VCT tweeted this: https://x.com/vctpacific/status/1776507647484887386
idk if it’s been confirmed that this applies to the other leagues but i assume it does
they could still finish 4-2 so yeah ofc they can still qualify
it was this one: link
aspas also got 78 in this match: text
also if you include the champions china qualifier from last year it would be Spring with 81 kills: link
With DFM’s win over T1, there are 6/44 teams remaining with no match wins this season: 100T, FUR, BBL, GX, TYL, BLD.
Who will be the next/last to win a match? Place your bets now.
LOUD don’t have a match next week (just like MIBR don’t have a match this week) so they have 2 weeks until their C9 match after this
people definitely doubted tex even without hindsight
they were originally supposed to be playable in week two (next weekend) but riot said there’s a bug and delayed it (link)
they acquired Samsung's LoL team, so they technically inherited two Worlds wins from that, but none under the "Gen.G" name
the only Bo5 TenZ ever lost was back in 2020 on C9, he has won 10 since joining SEN
if you count the china qualifier for champs last year, it’d be whzy with 102
same shape but this one has the clove butterflies instead of the yoru mask
wait is acs really sorted lexicographically?
when will vlr add a LaTeX compiler
honestly neither team has looked amazing on breeze, gen.g destroyed EDG but lost to loud, rrq, and secret
i’d still favor gen.g but i wouldn’t be surprised either way
i don’t necessarily think they’ll ban split, i’m just going along with what kalayav said about it being a 2-1 if they do
let’s assume they do ban split
sen ban breeze
gen.g ban split
sen pick sunset (sen favored)
gen.g pick ascent (gen.g favored)
sen ban icebox
gen.g ban bind
lotus remains
this is sorta what i’d expect, in which case i think it would be a pretty even game
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it’s crazy cause they had like a two year losing streak on split after Berlin
they banned the map they got 4-13’d on last time so not much difference
don’t forget TenZ is half french
mine are still perfect, i picked PRX for today’s game but i’m still going back and forth on EDG/LOUD
from liquipedia:
“Teams with a 2-0 record are seeded against a team with a 2-1 record in the first round”
the pickem leaderboard takes a while to update, there’s probably close to a 1000 that are 5/5 (including me)
i think TH have a higher ceiling and a better chance of making future events
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