Major League Championship Series, Summer 2013

GeeForcer, on Jul 30 2013 - 21:17, said: I'd like clarification on this. I thought this way as well, but rereading the rules I now am convinced there are 2 tournaments:
1. Top 8 teams are seeded based on regular season rank - placing in this tournament (the playoffs) determines gold and top two spots to WGLNA.
2. Teams placing 3rd - 6th are seeded into a second tournament based on playoff placement then regular season rank to determine 3rd and 4th invitations to WGLNA (this means only 1 battle per team in this second tournament). It also means that the bottom two regular season ranked teams who are knocked out in the first round of the playoffs will not get a second chance at WGLNA.
Couple reasons for this:
In the rules, they call the two teams auto advancing the finalists - top two finishers in the season are not finalists. Also, final league standings are based on progression through the playoffs before taking regular season rank into account. While I appreciate the second chance type dynamic, it's still strange to me that they don't just promote the clear top 4 teams (from the playoffs)


Unker, on Jul 30 2013 - 21:27, said: Pretty sure it works like this:
1. Top 8 go to playoff for gold payouts. This is one tournament.
2. Top 2 advance automatically to WGLNA. (What's not clear is if this is the top 2 from step 1 or top 2 from the regular season)
3. Teams finishing in 3rd to 6th (4 teams) will play in a tournament vs. bottom 4 from WGLNA. Top 2 advance to WGLNA.