Cloud9's Best and Worst Case Playoff Scenarios

FLOATING ON CLOUD 9 SCENARIO:

C9 wins both games and finishes season with a 12-8 record.

Team DIG wins against CLG, but loses against Team Liquid.

CLG loses to both TSM and DIG.

C9 ends the split in the 3^rd place spot behind IMT and TSM.

As the 3^rd seed, C9 will face the 6^th seed during the quarterfinals (1^st round), Envy.

If C9 make it to the semifinals (2^nd round), most likely TSM will be their opponent.

CLOUD 9’S NIGHTMARE SCENARIO:

C9 loses both matches against Envy and Echo Fox, finishing with a 10-8 record.

Envy wins both matches against Immortals and C9, finishing with a 10-8 record.

C9 vs. Envy match up on Saturday is extremely important because it can determine who is the 5^th and 6^th seed. If Envy wins both matches and C9 loses both matches this weekend, Envy will be 5^th seed because they would have won both matches against C9 during the season.

C9 will face the 3^rd seed during the quarterfinals (1^st round), most likely CLG. Cloud 9's match record against CLG during the season was 0-2.

As the 6^th seed, C9 will face the 1^st seed if they make it to the semifinals (2^nd round), most likely TSM. Both teams split the season matches and went 1-1.

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