Do you think Schalke will ever get to Worlds?
Let's just start with summer 2020, I think "ever," is a bit too hard for me to predict.
This is hands down the best split for any EU team to make it to worlds. The extra seed is a big deal. But as mentioned in the podcast FNC and G2 are basically locked in for worlds short of a total disaster, OG seem likely for one of the remaining seeds. So now you've got one spot and MAD/MSF/RGE/S04 fighting for it. (Obviously XL VIT and SK could surprise but let's take it one step at a time)
With that competition, we will need to see huge growth from S04 if they want to make it to worlds. You can call them a dark horse but it would take a lot of big upsets for them to make it.
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