Pops_I did not do a great job of explaining the situation but I think Midas got it right. Invite wouldn't have worked logistically and many of our players, including myself, don't have the time or will to play invite. Plus mason, mustard, and phantom hit the nail on the head about scrimming / rosters that have been together for weeks, which we have not. We could very easily place outside the top 5.
My only goal was to resurrect the Faint roster to finish the season to completion.
To add on: my only reason for playing is to finish the season out for Faint, as they deserve that much. I don’t even expect top 4, given how we haven’t scrimmed in weeks and I haven’t done anything besides play osu and drown in schoolwork for the past month. There’s lots of good teams this season in IM and any of the top 5 or so could win.