He didn't say this at all. He said that as there were already 2 S-Tier tournaments it would create a messy situation to have 3 invitees and leave an odd number in terms of open qualifiers, which is true.I think Nili said that Winter Series "is not really S-Tier"
If Viper had won Steelseries then the second spot would have gone to the Winter Championship. Naturally I'd have liked to see a spot from our event, and think the winner would deserve it. But the logistical reason for not having it happen was rational.