So CLG got second place at MSI and finished 4th so they went to worlds when TSM won. Why? Why did it matter if TSM won or lost, i am a bit confused as to why did it matter if TSM won finals or lost. Why couldn't they go to worlds if C9 won for example?
View this: http://lol.gamepedia.com/2016_Circuit_Points#NA_LCS TSM had a lot of championship points. If the got 2nd place in summer, they'd have 140 points, while CLG would've had 130. In other words, TSM was going to worlds no matter what, as they would've gotten the 2nd seed on champ points if they lost to C9, but that would've bumped CLG to the 'final boss' of the gauntlet (where immortals ended up). Since TSM won, their points don't matter, leaving CLG the highest for 2nd seed. If CLG had beat immortals in the 3rd place match, they'd have gotten 2nd seed no matter what with 160 points.
Riot made the Spring split and the whole YEAR matter instead of having a Spring split being 100% USELESS and only having the Summer Split matter for Worlds.
So which ever team performs best overall the full year gets credit instead of just a team that pops off during the Summer split.
CLG won the Spring Split. While C9 lost in the first round. Immortals lost in the second round. CLG didn't win Summer Finals but unlike C9 the previous split they weren't eliminated in the first round in the Summer Playoffs. So overall the full year CLG went further than C9 and Immortals.
