This may be a silly question but its something I started thinking about today but what happens in stage one does that select the wild card teams for summer split / worlds? Anything that could help clear this up would be great thanks!
It just selects who plays against NA and LMS for a chance to get into to final 5. Instead of having a wildcard tournament for one wild slot for MSI.
It seems to be to stop the crushing defeat of wildcard teams the whole tournament, this way they lose before they get there.
Play In Stage 1 will feature the Wildcard teams in a double round robin. The teams are split into two groups and only the top placed team of each group will advance.
Play In Stage 2 feature the two top placed teams from Stage 1 facing off against NA (TSM) or LMS (FW) as a random chosen opponent. From here, all 4 teams will basically have 2 chances to get into the Main Event in a few weeks. Win 1 Bo5 from here and you're in with EU, CN, and KR.
