103. Chapter 102 Three consecutive losses on the first day? This is the home advantage of LPL
Chapter 102 Three consecutive losses on the first day? Is this the home court advantage of LPL? (Requesting monthly votes)
Wuhan Sports Center.
Although the opening ceremony of the group stage did not officially start until three o'clock in the afternoon, as early as twelve o'clock at noon, the square outside the Wuhan Sports Center was already crowded with people.
Countless LPL fans from all over the country and countless League of Legends players from all over the world gathered here today to witness the official opening of the S7 World Championship group stage.
But looking around, the entire square is full of LPL spectators holding the flags of RNG, EDG and WE, or wearing the corresponding team uniforms. Compared with these three local teams in the LPL division, the rest
The number of fans of the teams in the competition area can be said to be very few.
If the three teams in the LCK division still have a considerable number of Chinese fans, then the Chinese fans in the EU division are almost a drop in the bucket!
"Dark, you really got it right. Our G2 team really has no Chinese fans!"
"I'm speechless. I just saw the fans of the FNC team, but I just didn't see the fans of our G2 team."
"What's wrong, is Ou Cheng more handsome than me? Why does he have fans and I don't?!"
On the way to the Wuhan Sports Center by bus, all members of G2 naturally saw the huge crowds of people at this moment.
In addition to lamenting that the Chinese audience was so crowded and enthusiastic, Perkz and others made more complaints.
Because except for some white faces, they really didn’t see any Chinese audience willing to be a fan of their G2 team!
As for the reason, you can figure it out with just a few clicks of your toes. It’s all because of the big devil, Dak!
"Haha, don't worry."
"Although I have a grudge against the LPL division, many LPL viewers don't like us G2."
"But you actually still don't understand the LPL audience. They seem to be very united on the surface, but in fact they are just a mess. They will fight among themselves when they should fight."
"And what I can guarantee you is that in this S7 World Championship, if our G2 can really eliminate three LPL teams in a row, we will definitely attract a group of Chinese audiences and become fans of our G2 team.
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"Because e-sports strength speaks for itself, if the LPL division completely disappoints the LPL audience, then a large number of them will become our G2 fans out of hatred."
"Can you understand the logic of this?"
Mingrui smiled and explained to everyone, of course, what he actually wanted to say was that anti-fans are also fans, but it is obvious that what G2 teammates want is true fans!
"Understood, if that's the case, then we have to beat up the LPL team."
"By the way, I also beat the teams in the LCK and attracted a wave of fans from the LCK."
"After all, the S8 finals will be held in Incheon, the country of baseball, next year. I don't want to go to Incheon by then. We still have very few fans of G2."
Everyone in G2 said something to each other with a smile, then took the bus into the parking lot of the sports center, and then rushed to the temporary lounge provided for each team in the venue to rest.
After a period of waiting, everyone finally received the news that the opening ceremony of the S7 World Championship group stage is about to begin!
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When Chinese time came to three o'clock in the afternoon, the extremely lively scene was filled with excitement. As the countdown on the big screen ended, and as the lights suddenly dimmed, the whole place instantly became silent.
The next moment, an animation of a fist breaking glass suddenly appeared in the center of the big screen, followed immediately by Riot's official "Riot" logo.
And its appearance also means that the promotional video for the opening ceremony of the World Championship group stage has officially started to play!
I have to admit that the quality of Riot’s official promotional videos is still very good.
As soon as it came up, the video gave global viewers a panoramic view of Wuhan, traditional architecture, and beautiful pictures of the Youtiaozhou Yangtze River Bridge.
As the camera moves down, as the BGM of the theme song "Legends Never Die" of the League of Legends S7 World Championship sounds, the back of a player wearing an EDG team uniform with the ID "Clearlove7" slowly appears!
And this person is the most representative player of the LPL, one of the most influential professional League of Legends players in the world, the captain of the EDG team, and the director of the factory Yan Yan!
"If I play in Wuhan, there will definitely be many Wuhan fans coming to support me."
"With their encouragement, I will definitely play better and better and become the pride of Wuhan players. At the same time, I will definitely lead the EDG team to represent the LPL division and win the first S championship!"
In the promotional video, the factory director took the lead in announcing the goals of their EDG team for this S7 World Championship.
Then, the video transitioned, and Riot officials made some trouble by bringing up FNC team player Ou Cheng, who successfully defeated EDG 4-0 in the S5 World Championship.
"I have always believed that the best thing about the global finals is that no matter what happened before, the current results must speak for themselves."
But what is even more troublesome is that Ou Cheng seems to have been instigated by the EDG team to rebel, and he said such a statement that all EDG team fans deeply agree with!
The third person to appear in the promotional video is another most representative player in the LPL division, the RNG team, Uzi!
"From the first time I entered the World Championship to now, it has been four times in total."
"I've won the runner-up twice, but I feel like I'm just a little bit behind each time."
"So this time, I will not miss the opportunity to win the championship at home!"
Uzi said loudly, everywhere he looked was filled with blazing fire.
The last professional player to appear in the finale is the mid laner from the LCK division, triple crown champion SKT team, Faker!
"People say you can become a legend as long as you beat me, but I don't think that's the case."
"From the time I defeated Ambition in my first appearance, I have maintained the number one position for a long time. This is why people regard me as a legend."
"So, to become a legend, you have to beat players like me many times."
"Now, let's invite the next talented mid laner!"
When Faker's stern face appeared, a momentum belonging to the defending champion burst out.
But at the next moment, Riot officials showed their unconvinced eyes with a very "deliberate" look from the factory director, and Uzi's perseverance in vowing to win the championship was revealed. Then, the representative figures from other divisions showed up again.
So, with the S7 theme song sung again, the promotional video for the opening ceremony of the group stage ended.
As for why no members of the MSI champion G2 team appeared? The answer is self-evident.
At this moment, the live broadcast screen finally switched from the promotional video to the scene, and the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause and cheers, welcoming the eyes of global League of Legends players, focusing on China and Wuhan at this moment!
"Okay, this is Wuhan, China! Welcome everyone to the League of Legends 2017 Global Finals!"
"Hello everyone, I am the host Ren Dong!"
As the live broadcast footage freezes on the stage, host Ren Dong begins his opening speech.
"After a season of competition, 16 top teams from all major competition areas in the world will meet here and once again launch an attack on the S7 world championship!"
"Now, all the teams are ready."
"Then let us welcome the team to the stage!"
There is no performance in the opening ceremony of the group stage, only the team's debut ceremony.
But this is still the part that audiences around the world are most looking forward to!
First up is the Group A team SKT.
Why SKT?
Because as the S6 world champion, the SKT team needs to be the first to appear and at the same time return the League of Legends world championship trophy.
Only when the S7 World Finals ends and a new world champion is officially born, will this championship trophy have a new owner!
"SKT! SKT! SKT!"
So, when the SKT team came on the stage, part of the audience burst into cheers, which was enough to show that the SKT team's popularity in the LPL is terrifying... After all, not only is Faker the devil in the entire LPL, but the entire SKT team is also
It’s the inner demon of the entire LPL!
Perhaps in order to shorten the duration of the entire team's appearance, when the SKT team came on stage, Ren Dong did not introduce any players and announced the second team to appear, the AHQ team from the LMS division.
Then there is the 1907 Fenerbahce FB team from the Turkish Division.
Finally, there is the local team from the LPL division, the EDG team!
"EDG! EDG! EDG! EDG! EDG!"
When the five members of the EDG team came on the stage, the entire audience immediately burst out with the most enthusiastic cheers, allowing other teams in Group A to truly experience the small shock of what "fighting at home" means.
Group A has finished taking the stage, followed by Group B.
The North American IMT team that first appeared in Group B and the Vietnamese GAM team were not very popular, and the response on the scene was mediocre.
Even the LZ team, which defeated SKT in an upset, did not receive much cheers.
On the contrary, when the FNC team came on stage, there was a burst of sparse cheers. After a closer look, as expected, none of the cheering fans were EDG fans.
The next appearance ceremony of Group C, Group of Death, was a bit lively.
Although the TSM team that debuted first was not considered the favorite to win the championship, because TSM is a cult in North America and the LPL audience is already very familiar with the player Doublelift, a grand cheer of "TSM" immediately erupted from the scene.
Next, when the SSG team came on stage, the cheers were also loud, especially a certain commentator in the commentary box, who was even more excited to dance.
Then came the appearance of the local team WE, and once again the most powerful noise broke out on the scene.
But when the G2 team, the last team in Group C, came on the stage, the powerful noise immediately turned into a burst of "boos" that resounded throughout the audience!
"Xu..."
"Get down!"
"The rubbish G2 team is out!"
"Trash Dark, get out of China!"
When the audience booed, not only the G2 players on the stage were a little embarrassed, but even the host Ren Dong who was standing aside was a little embarrassed.
Although they had already expected that the LPL audience would react greatly when the G2 team came on stage, they never expected that their reaction would be so strong!
But looking at the G2 team, there was actually one person who was smiling playfully at this time, and even waved vigorously in the face of the boos from the audience!
As a result, the commotion in the whole place became even greater.
Because this person is clearly the Dark Demon King that everyone is unanimously targeting, G2.Dark!
But even so, he is not ashamed, but proud!
"Dark! Get lost! Dark! Get lost! Dark! Get lost!"
The LPL audience became more and more excited and angry as they watched, so much so that under the guidance of someone, they actually gave Dark a "cheer" as well.
But in this situation, Mingrui became even happier.
Because these anti-fans are not only their living providers of dark value, but also provide themselves with enough "soil for revenge"!
"Haha, just shout, the louder the better."
"The louder you shout, the harder it will be for you when I eliminate the LPL team."
“I’m really looking forward to it just thinking about it!”
Mingrui chuckled softly, and then left the field with the C group team.
Something suddenly occurred to me and I laughed even louder, because the scene just now definitely made the LPL officials very worried.
After all, Huaxia adheres to the etiquette of "it's a pleasure to have friends from far away". Although they are not considered "friends from far away", for LPL officials, these "willful" LPL viewers must also
It brought them great trouble.
If I wait a while and issue a scarf myself to question, without even having to issue a scarf, maybe LPL officials will take the initiative to apologize!
I just don’t know if these LPL viewers will regret their “quick time” at that time.
After Group C comes on stage, the final Group D comes on stage.
When C9 and MSF came on the stage, there were almost no cheers. When the FW team came on the stage, the cheers were quite loud. It was obvious that all the LPL spectators at the scene hoped that they would use their cheers to make the provincial team feel "home"
warmth.
When the last local team, RNG, made its final appearance, the cheers of the audience once again reached an unparalleled level, but it was still difficult to tell from the decibels whether it was the EDG team that had more fans or the RNG team that had more fans.
"Hero, aspire to become a legend!"
"The 2017 League of Legends Global Finals begins now!"
When all 16 teams in the group stage were on stage, and when host Ren Dong made the announcement in his loudest voice, the S7 World Championship, which lasted for a full month, officially ushered in the first round of the group stage.
A game day!
The schedule for the first day of the group stage is full of careful thoughts from LPL officials.
Because there are six games a day in the group stage, and only three groups can appear every day, Group B, which does not have an LPL team on the first day of the game, loses the opportunity to appear.
Moreover, in order to boost the overall morale of the LPL division, LPL officials specially arranged three must-win games among the three LPL team games today!
They are the upcoming opening match, the match between EDG team and AHQ team.
And the third game, the RNG team C9 game.
And the sixth game, the match between Team WE and Team G2!
LPL official Sima Zhao's heart is already known to everyone.
Because they clearly want the EDG team and the RNG team to win two group stage points from the two underdogs in the world championship, and then let the WE team defeat the G2 team, and in one fell swoop let the LPL division win on the first day of the group stage.
Won a 3-0 victory record, and at the same time made the entire LPL division feel proud on the first day of S7!
The small calculations in the LPL division can be said to be crackling.
But they clearly missed an important point that is clearly visible to everyone.
That is, the teams in the LPL division, the tradition of civil war between insiders and outsiders, is really not something that is blown by words, but is built with strength!
Therefore, following the intercontinental tournament on July 7, the entire LPL experienced a national humiliation in e-sports, and on October 5, when the whole country was still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the National Day holiday, the LPL team once again brought great success to the entire LPL region.
The second national humiliation of e-sports!
After the opening ceremony of the group stage, at 3:30, the S7 World Championship group stage ushered in the opening match on time, the EDG team played against the AHQ team.
Amid the cheers of the entire audience, all LPL viewers believed that it was impossible for the EDG team to lose to the provincial team AHQ.
The EDG team, as expected, did not disappoint again in terms of disappointing people!
In the opening game of this game, although the EDG team played very hard in the early stage, when the fierce battle reached 50 minutes, the EDG team still led temporarily with a head score of 11 to 7, and the economic lead was also a full 8,000 yuan!
But with such an advantage, the game time was 52 minutes and 25 seconds. The mid lane hero Lucian chosen by Scout was directly killed by the aircraft chosen by AHQ mid laner Ximen Yehui, and the remaining four EDG players were eliminated.
After everyone was disabled, the AHQ team successfully won the Baron that set the stage for this game!
So, with 54 minutes of game time, the AHQ team successfully overturned EDG with a head score of 12 to 11 and won the S7 World Championship on a good start!
At the same time, it also gave a head-on blow to the EDG team and the entire LPL division!
"In this game, the AHQ team did better than us."
"But I believe that the EDG team will be able to adjust quickly and win back in the next game."
"At the same time, I also hope that the RNG team and the WE team that will represent our LPL division later will not be affected by the EDG team's loss, but I also use the EDG team's loss to serve as a reminder to the two teams."
"There are no underdogs in the World Championship. Only by preparing carefully for every game can we have a chance to win every game!"
"Come on LPL!"
In the commentary box, the commentator of the opening game once again used his usual "encouragement" commentary, hoping that their encouragement can be useful for the LPL competition area.
But as Mingrui often said before, if encouragement was useful, the LPL division would already be the world champion!
Whether a game can be won or not, the key depends on whether the team is motivated enough!
And obviously, the teams in the LPL division will never give the LPL audience credit!
After the opening game on the first day of the group stage, the second game was between the SKT team in Group A and the FB team.
If the wild card division can create a little miracle in the play-in stage, then in the main stage, facing such a powerful SKT team, there is almost no chance of winning.
Therefore, in just 26 minutes, the SKT team successfully won a good start for the SKT team and the LCK division with a head-to-head ratio of 10 to 5 and a huge economic lead of 12,000 yuan.
Then, next is the game of the RNG team that once again has high hopes from all LPL viewers!
The third game on the first day of the group stage, Group D, the second seed RNG team in the LPL division, faced off against the C9 team, the third seed in the NA division.
Before the game, no one thought that the C9 team could win, including the viewers in the North American region.
After all, RNG is the team that has the world's number one adc player Uzi, and it is the team that C9's adc player Sneaky doesn't even dare to touch Uzi's face!
However, just when audiences all over the world believed that the RNG team "must win".
The C9 team suffered the biggest upset of this World Championship on the first day of the group stage!
In just 27 minutes, the C9 team upset the powerful RNG team with an 11-2 head-to-head ratio, a huge financial difference of 14,000 yuan, and a 3-0 dragon ratio!
Therefore, when the C9 team had a good start in the NA division, it also successfully gave the LPL division two consecutive kneels on the first day!
"I never expected that the C9 team, which entered the group stage from the qualifying round, would have such strong adjustment ability!"
"Facing the powerful RNG team, they selected a very stable lineup, which not only successfully defused the RNG team's offensive, but also used some of the RNG team's small mistakes to slowly snowball."
"Although it is very regrettable, we still have to congratulate the C9 team for successfully winning this game!"
When the RNG team also lost the game, the two Doll Millers in the commentary box suddenly looked frightened, and they instantly thought of something bad.
But the next moment, the doll still pretended to be calm.
"Although they lost, it is definitely a good thing for the RNG team, because they will definitely make better adjustments in the next games."
"At the same time, C9's victory also proves the necessity of holding a play-in tournament, because it does give strong teams an opportunity to practice and warm up in advance."
"In this case, I am even more looking forward to today's last game between Team WE and Team G2!"
"WE is also a team that has entered the group stage from the qualifying stage. When facing the old rival G2 team again, the boys of the WE team will definitely perform wonderfully and win our LPL first place in the group stage.
A good start to the day!”
In the commentary box, Doll Miller said confidently, firmly believing that the third seed in their LPL division could beat the first seed in the EU division.
After all, LPL is the number one division in the world!
As everyone knows, when Mingrui, who was training, heard that the EDG and RNG teams had successfully brought two consecutive defeats to the LPL, he was immediately ecstatic!
"What? Lost both LPL games?"
"The EDG team was overturned by the AHQ team?"
"The RNG team was defeated by the C9 team 11 to 2 with almost zero losses?!"
"Hahaha, God help me!"
"Then we G2 must take this villain seriously no matter what we say today, and send them to the LPL with a three-game losing streak on the first day of the group stage, so that the LPL audience can once again experience what the hell is despair!"
After hearing this "good news", Mingrui laughed and said, "The tradition of LPL civil war where insiders fight against outsiders is indeed well-deserved!"
"Brothers, since our main goal in the first battle is to win against WE, let's play more steadily today."
"Just beat them with a Linglong Tower, and don't set the speed record of 1555!"
Immediately afterwards, Mingrui said decisively.
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