So does the C9 win mean they auto qualify Gauntlet?

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I'm pretty sure Dignitas is just effed. They probably won't beat TiP. TL and TiP are in the best positions to win the split/get championship points imo.

Cloud9 auto-qualifies, but they will most likely be the last seed, having to be mostly red side, and still having to push their way up the ladder.

They are likely to be 3rd seed is the same spot as last but still.

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Yes C9 auto-qualifies for the regional qualifiers since no scenario in the playoffs will put 4 teams above C9 in points.

5 teams need more or equal to 70 points for them not to qualify not 4. I can't see an possibility of that happening.

There is a scenario where 4 teams can get 70 points or more in the playoffs. It still would need to be 5 teams so it doesn't matter just saying.

In most cases C9 should end up with 3rd seed.

I realized though that C9 gets 2nd seed if

Gravity loses vs TSM (quite likely) and CLG or DIG takes 4th place (not exactly far fetched if either loses semi since they would face TSM/TL for 3rd)

This would put 3 teams below C9's gauntlet point count.

The issues with this are: TIP has a high chance of body-bagging DIG (unless DIG does one of their wacky playoff runs) TSM might go full CLG mode and place below 3rd (possible considering their current state) CLG might not go CLG mode and get 3rd or better (lol) Liquid gets a Curse rebound (forever 4th)

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Huge C9 fan here! TL:DR - C9 is 100% going to the gauntlet for the 3rd spot at worlds!!!

After C9 won the tie breaker and got 7th place, the announcers said that C9 had to get 4th overall championship points to get in the gauntlet to get the possible 3rd place spot for worlds. 4th overall where the first place of the summer split doesn't count, and the 2nd seed (most championship points overall) also doesn't count. Because they already qualify for worlds. There are 7 teams eligible for the gauntlet. 2 of them are going to already qualify for worlds. 4 of them will go into the gauntlet. This leaves out one team. The list below shows the teams that are eligible for the gauntlet and the place that the team has to get for C9 to hold more points then them. As it currently stands, Dig and Impulse are playing each other in the first round. Therefore, one of them will get the 5th-6th point pool and C9 will beat them no matter what!

Here is a layout of the current points of the teams and the place they take in the current playoffs where C9 will still have more points then them, TSM - 90 - Cant beat C9 - 70 TL - 50 - Cant beat TIP - 30 - 5th or worse CLG - 10 - 4th or worse Gra - 10 - 4th or worse Dig - 0 - 4th or worse

http://na.lolesports.com/articles/championship-points-unlocked-and-more-2015-lcs-changes Here is a link to the points and gauntlet and other info.

Wait.. Doesn't every team have 10 less points now because of the points decay?