NSG Tournament - Qualifier (2020-10-26 to 2020-10-30)
2020-10-26 Round of 128 & 64
2020-10-27 Round of 32 & 16
2020-10-28 Quarterfinals
2020-10-29 Semifinals
2020-10-30 Finals & 3rd Place Match
First Strike North America - NSG Tournament (2020-11-04 to 2020-11-08)
2020-11-04 Group A & B - Opening & Elimination Matches
2020-11-05 Group C & D - Opening & Elimination Matches
2020-11-06 Winners' & Decider Group Matches
2020-11-07 Quarterfinals (to qualify) & Semifinals
2020-11-08 Finals (Bo5)
In the decider 2020-11-07 Quarterfinals (to qualify):
Cloud9 Blue (7-0 & 2-0) L vs Renegades (3-1 & 2-1) W
Complexity (3-1 & 2-0) L vs Team Envy (6-1 & 2-1) W
Sentinels (4-1 & 2-0) W vs T1 (4-1 & 2-1) L
TSM (5-1 & 2-0) L vs 100 Thieves (4-1 & 2-1) W
Note: after Round of 32, all those matches didn't matter. finishing 1st or 2nd didn't really matter as long as you won the Quarterfinals in the NSG Tournament.
Proposed Changes
NSG Tournament - Qualifier (2020-10-26 to 2020-10-30)
2020-10-26 Round of 128 & 64
2020-10-27 Round of 32 & 16 (results divide into Top 8, Bottom 8 )
2020-10-28 Bottom 8 play Bo3 (loser is 13-16th, while winner waits)
2020-10-29 Top 8 play Bo3 (winner is 1st-4th, while loser waits)
2020-10-30 Winner of Bottom 8 vs Loser of Top 8 (winner is 5th-8th, loser is 9th-12th)
"Seeds"/"Pools" directly correlate to the double-elimination bracket for the NSG Tournament
First Strike North America - NSG Tournament (2020-11-04 to 2020-11-08)
2020-11-04 Bottom 8 start in Lower Bracket (loser is eliminated)
2020-11-05 Top 8 start in Upper Bracket (winner is in Top 4)
2020-11-06 Winner of Bottom 8 vs Loser of Top 8 (loser is eliminated, winner is in final 8)
2020-11-07 Winners of the above match play Bo3 (loser is eliminated, 2 winners wait)
& Top 4 play Bo3 (winner qualifies, while loser waits)
2020-11-08 Winner of Lower 4 vs Loser of Top 4 (winner qualifies)
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