Am I illiterate or did Riot not follow their rule set?

ploki122·10/9/2015, 12:35:14 AM·4 votes·1,178 views

According to the rulebook, there should've been a tie breaker between paiN Gaming and Counter Logic Gaming at the end of the day to break the tie. The rule set clearly state that if 2 teams are equal in wins, their head to head is first used to determine seeding (1-1 in this case), and otherwise they have to play a match at the end of the day of the group... So why wasn't there a tiebreaker?

Taken from the rule set :

If two teams are tied after the Group Stage, head to head record will be used as the first tiebreaker. If the two teams have an identical head-to-head record then the teams will play one tiebreaker game to determine final standings. Tiebreaker games will be played following the final game of the Group Stage for the respective group. Tied teams will compete against each other until there is a winner.

Side selection for all tiebreaker games will be determined by cumulative times of all the victories for the individual teams, even in a two-way tiebreaker. The superior seed will be given the selection.

EDIT : Final verdict is that we got robbed a game... Proof

15 Comments

YCitizenSnipsY10/9/2015, 12:39:42 AM2 votes

Pretty sure there was no tie breaker since neither can make it out of groups. Whats the point in having an extra game between two teams that ultimately means nothing an neither would be seen in the tournament after anyways.

Garlyle Wilds10/9/2015, 12:42:30 AM2 votes

With regards to CLG vs Pain, I'm pretty sure it's because regardless of who's third or fourth, it ultimately doesn't matter - neither of them could possibly proceed out of Groups.

Xantak10/9/2015, 12:39:46 AM1 votes

And it doesn't say anything about how only tiebreakers come in for knockout stage seeding...There was no fine print, no last minute errata...WE'VE BEEN ROBBED OF A MATCH!!! How do we get a red name to post in here with his/her response? I call shenanigans...

xJLx MCHammer10/9/2015, 4:13:42 AM1 votes

Since CLG lost to pain they are considered fourth

Old Man Teeto10/10/2015, 10:27:08 AM1 votes

Tie Breaker matches only occur if it affects top 2 to get out of the group stages.

Has been like this in previous worlds.