NACS 2016 Summer Playoffs

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2016 NACS Summer Playoffs
League Information
Organizer:	Riot Games
Rulebook:	Link
Server:	North America
Event Type:	Offline
Country	United States
Format:	Single Elim. Playoffs
Prize Pool:	$ 25,000
Start Date:	2016-07-12
End Date:	2016-07-20
Spoiler-Free Schedule:	Link
Results
Winner:	Cloud9 Challenger
Second:	TL Academy
Third:	Nova eSports  Dream Team

Overview

The 2016 NACS Summer Playoffs will determine who will join the 2017 LCS Spring Promotion.

Format

• Top four teams from Summer Season
• Single elimination bracket
• All matches are best of five
• First and second place will qualify for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Promotion
• NA Challenger Series 2016 Summer Official Rulebook
• All playoff matches are played on patch V6.13.

Prize Pool

$ 25,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	Prize (%)	Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	Qualification	Team
1	40%	$ 10,000	€ 9,080	NA LCS 2017 Spring Promotion Qualification Round	Cloud9 Challenger
2	28%	$ 7,000	€ 6,356	NA LCS 2017 Spring Promotion Elimination Round	Team Liquid Academy
3-4	16%	$ 4,000	€ 3,632	-	Nova eSports
					Dream Team

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on July 20, 2016, as follows:

• $ 1 US Dollars = € .908 Euros

Participants

Rosters

See here for match-by-match roster breakdowns.

Cloud9 Challenger  Balls  Contractz  Hai  Altec  LemonNation  Thinkcard Dream Team  Chorong  Akaadian  Pekin Woof  Massacre  Norskeren Nova eSports  Flaxxish  k0u  Ablazeolive  Rikara  Ken TL Academy  Solo  Moon  Goldenglue  Piglet  Stunt  Varsix

Results

	Semifinals				Finals
	TL.A	3
	Nova	0
					TL.A	2
					C9C	3
	C9C	3
	dT	0

Controversy

In the last game of the finals between Team Liquid Academy vs Cloud9 Challenger, Piglet failed to lock in a champion had Rammus selected randomly. Team Liquid Academy were not offered a remake. The relevant rule states:

8.8.5 Selection Error. In the event of an erroneously-selected Champion pick or ban, the team in error must notify a CS official before the other team has locked in their next selection. If so, the process will be restarted and brought back to the point at which the error occurred so that the team in error may correct its mistake. If the next selection is locked before the team in error gives notice to a CS official, the erroneous selection shall be deemed irrevocable.

However, in this case it was ruled that the rule did not apply as no pick was locked in. RiotTiza stated:

In this case, an "erroneous pick" is locking in an incorrect pick (e.g. misclicking on a ban, quickly locking before realizing the selection was wrong). Running out of time while hovering the wrong champion is not an erroneous pick, but time expiring as normal.

We determined that* Rule 8.8.5 does not apply to a champion picked automatically due to time expiring, as any team could use a timeout as an excuse to buy time in champ select. It is expected that teams complete their picks within the allotted time.

Relevant Links & Discussion

• Spoilers - C9C vs TLA Unintentional Pick reddit
• Galen Holgate's Tweet Twitter
• Moon on Twitter- "according to the rules we should have been able to redo draft? we told ref immediately" reddit
• By Riot's rules TLA should've been offered a remake of champ select. reddit

Schedule/VODs

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PDT	CEST	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Semi	TL.A  vs  Nova	3:0	2016,7,13,01,00	2016,7,13,01,00	18:00	03:00	10:00	13 July 2016 01:00:00 +0000-	123	Reddit
Semi	C9C  vs  dT	3:0	2016,7,14,01,00	2016,7,14,01,00	18:00	03:00	10:00	14 July 2016 01:00:00 +0000-	123	Reddit
Finals	TL.A  vs  C9C	2:3	2016,7,21,01,00	2016,7,21,01,00	18:00	03:00	10:00	21 July 2016 01:00:00 +0000-	12345	Reddit