They apparently forgot about Fnatic.
I did not.
I said of Splyce, "Shape up or go home. Show us you at your best form, and you deserve to move on. Don't, and you deserve to go home."
The same could, and was said, about Fnatic. They needed to shape up or go home--and just like Splyce, they shaped up and delivered. I said the entire time how Splyce and Fnatic both had the same thing happen: week one, they both underperformed. They both lost matches they had no business losing and even their wins were shaky.
For them to secure a spot at worlds, they'd have needed to up their game. Both teams were much much much better than what they showed on week one. So they needed to show us "Hey, remember how we fought G2 to five games? Remember that version of us? WE CAN STILL GIVE THAT PEOPLE!"
And give it they did.
I said in my predictions pretty much precisely what happened. SKT first, Fnatic second but not by much, RNG third. Because Fnatic at their best could beat RNG at their best. They just needed to be at their best...and they were. So they earned their spot.