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[theprodigy]

That is extremely unlikely, considering TSM has the Spring split 1st place and an extremely high chance of placing 4th or higher. Unfortunately, C9 was the 2nd place finisher in the last split (and thus the ones most able to challenge them on championship points), but we know how that turned out.

The reason this matters is because Impulse, for example, only has 30 CP to TSM's 90 (and CLG a measly 10), meaning these teams almost have to get 1st to qualify. You basically need for TSM to come in 5th place or lower for them not to qualify, and if they have a first round bye...

That said, all of those teams can potentially make it, just that specific combination is absurdly unlikely.

CLG 1st, Liquid 2nd, TIP 3rd, TSM 4th, then in the Regional Qualifier TSM fails

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yeah ok this is incredibly unlikely

 

[Stone Ocean]

Eh I actually see this split as improving for NA. TSM dominated 2 fucking splits without ever doing anything close to dominant or special play and now their bullshit doesn't work.

Lol NME.

No it's just that TSM is just as bad as everyone else now

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Yeah, I'd rather play in a very competitive league than a one team dominate league.

Like SKT lost against CJ Entus, and that's probably the best thing for them because they'll face CJ again in the playoffs and need to make mistakes earlier to fix them for the playoffs.

 

[Stone Ocean]

CLG 1st, Liquid 2nd, TIP 3rd, TSM 4th, then in the Regional Qualifier TSM fails

Spoiler

yeah ok this is incredibly unlikely

4th place is for one of the Curse teams

It is their destiny

 

[idlewild_]

TSM getting 5th/6th is a pretty real possibility. Whoever wins the TL/TIP game is guaranteed top 3. CLG is playing T8 tomorrow and should win and secure top 3 as well, GV plays TDK and should win and get a top 3 spot. That means TSM is almost guaranteed to play the loser of TL/TIP in the first round of the playoffs. At the current moment, I'm not sure they can beat either even with the whole Gate situation with TIP.

 

[Imperfected]

CLG 1st, Liquid 2nd, TIP 3rd, TSM 4th, then in the Regional Qualifier TSM fails

Spoiler

yeah ok this is incredibly unlikely

Yeah, it obviously depends a lot on how the brackets get sketched out whether or not it's even possible for the scenario to occur. (As you might have CLG playing TIP too early in the brackets, for example.)

The painful part about a league without a lot of competition is honestly more in scrims than active play. A team with strong competition can test out compositions (and counters to compositions) against those teams. You can't really do that effectively against teams that are significantly worse than yours, because you end up with the obvious questions: did our composition actually work, or are our scrim partners just bad? Was our strategy sound, or do our opponents simply not know how to punish it properly?

Edit: And now it's time to see if the zombie-claw of TDK drags C9 down into the grave with them.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

C9th done

Majin Buu on the field

 

[Imperfected]

I appreciate Ninja playing Zed, but if Seraph was going to carry top, he missed a chance to troll on Kayle.

 

[Fracas]

Cloud 9 no

not like this

don't do this to me

 

[Prototype Viktor]

C9 deserves everything it gets to let a pretty much all AD team win on them

 

[Shining Sunshine]

C9 ahead in gold even though TDK destroying them.

This is a good day of LCS.

 

[Imperfected]

TDK, why don't I see a Black Cleaver? If you're going to do this thing, do it right.

 

[Ambition]

Jesus. TDK deserves to get relegated

 

[Imperfected]

Man, you can tell this is just off-the-cuff and not a thing they've been keeping in their back pocket well-practiced or planned. Smoothie, build a Zeke's, maybe even an Ardent Censor since you're on Thresh.

C9, you just keep feeling bad about yourselves and what you've done.

 

[sleepykyo]

What the hell is this game?

 

[Ambition]

RIP C9

 

[Shining Sunshine]

C9th! C9th! C9th! C9th! LOL!

 

[Fracas]

jesus christ

oh yeah there are 4 tdk dudes right next to you but let's go for baron anyway yesssss

C9 is my favorite team but they deserve relegation

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Wish TDK was full roster to start. Sad to see them go.

Seem like they have a lot to bring to LCS.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

So did tsm lose?

 

[Ambition]

So did tsm lose?

nop

 

[AcridMeat]

Today was hilarious. Lots of fun games. I wish we could relegate C9, they're looking as crippled as Lemon's hairline.

 

[Kotetsu534]

C9 still have a chance if T8 lose to CLG, but their fate isn't in their own hands any more. Happy to see TDK get another win - they really did not deserve to share the all-time worst split record with Coast.

 

[Bacon]

Crazy turn of events for C9. Going from runner up spring split to relegation summer split. Weird ass team

 

[Stone Ocean]

Crazy turn of events for C9. Going from runner up spring split to relegation summer split. Weird ass team

From being considered the only NA team worth anything in an international stage to losing to a 1-15 team running a for funsies comp

 

[BreezyLimbo]

nop

Dammit people need to play more aggresive and not give them any quarter.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Dammit people need to play more aggresive and not give them any quarter.

If it's any consolation I don't think they have a shot at getting to worlds

 

[NSESN]

C9 deserves relegations, how can you lose to a full AD team?

 

[Stone Ocean]

lol

 

[23qwerty]

C9 deserves relegations, how can you lose to a full AD team?

They lost really hard early and it snowballed from there. That's basically the only way to lose to a full AD team.

 

[Bacon]

lol

Holy shit. They really rely on bjerg

 

[Shining Sunshine]

They lost really hard early and it snowballed from there. That's basically the only way to lose to a full AD team.

C9 was up for a lot of the early game with more or even gold, but they just kept getting picked out by Rush while Impact drew them with split push.

It was an awesome strategy.

Then TDK had so much money that they just bought all the armor pen.

 

[thestopsign]

C9 was up for a lot of the early game with more or even gold, but they just kept getting picked out by Rush while Impact drew them with split push.

It was an awesome strategy.

Then TDK had so much money that they just bought all the armor pen.

Too bad Rush and Impact aren't on TDK.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Too bad Rush and Impact aren't on TDK.

Wait wtf am I thinking about lol.

 

[Blizzard]

Thanks for another fantasy season everyone, I did awful this time but it's still a cool thing to play.

 

[AcridMeat]

I just started watching Fnatic's Life of Legends series. Really enjoyable, haven't watched TSM's version because I don't really like their team. Love this Fnatic squad though.

 

[Imperfected]

lol

Normal AP Kog scoreline. #notatalltoxic

 

[Makareu]

For those interested, the LMS finals between AHQ and HKE are live right now.
Toys vs Westdoor is a pretty tight matchup.

 

[Kotetsu534]

So I guess HKES's early game plan went a bit awry when their Corki ends up with 23cs at 10 minutes.

 

[Makareu]

meh, was expecting a better serie overall.

 

[sleepykyo]

Riven v. J4 top? I guess I'll watch this.

 

[Stone Ocean]

On one hand, yay a Riven pick
On the other hand it's fucking Flaresz

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Hope there are a lot of tiebreakers.

 

[Fracas]

NA RIVEN

 

[Shining Sunshine]

CLG hype!

 

[Fracas]

gg

 

[sleepykyo]

Top lane snowballing going to be a trend today?

 

[Stone Ocean]

Tierbreaker boys

 

[Shining Sunshine]

TDK to beat GV
C9 to beat TSM (lol)
TIP to beat TL

 

[TomShoe]

CLG won what a surprise