Both other North American squads, TSM and Immortals, were predicted to climb higher this year at Worlds than C9. After all, both TSM and Immortals had a great year, and C9 was placed into the same group as both SKT and EDG—two historically dominant teams on the international stage. This year's Worlds has proven especially difficult to predict, however, because TSM and Immortals were the ones eliminated and C9 is moving on.
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