With the LPL Spring Split champion announced, the list of participating teams for the 2017 MSI Mid-Season Championship Invitational has been officially finalized.
They are, LCS.EU champion G2 team, LCS.NA champion TSM team, LCK champion SKT team, LPL champion WE team, LMS champion FW team, and many spring champions of the wild card division.
In addition to the champion teams from the five major regions that can directly advance to the MSI group stage, all champion teams from the wild card regions need to participate in the play-in rounds to compete for the sixth place that can advance to the main round of the group stage.
But who the sixth team is, Mingrui doesn't care at all. After all, in his opinion, the wild card team is just here to make up the numbers.
Of course, it may not be the case. After all, wild card teams have defeated some LPL teams in the World Championship.
From this perspective, the LPL region seems to be the real wild card region!
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The official start date of the 2017 MSI Mid-Season Championship Invitational is the day after the LPL Spring Finals.
On April 29, the MSI qualifying round started at Samba Sao Paulo, but because the group stage started on May 11, the G2 team still had enough time to stay at the club base to continue training.
However, five days later, on May 3, the G2 team still had to leave for Rio, Samba Country a week in advance. After all, the time difference between Europe and South America was still quite large. They had to arrive in advance to adjust the time difference and the local environment.
Adaptation to dietary and other situations.
If you accidentally eat something you shouldn't eat, such as beef noodles, then things will be bad!
After arriving in Rio on May 4, all G2 members began their final adaptability training.
But in fact, there is not much training time at all, because in the days before the group stage is about to begin, Riot officials will invite each team to shoot some promotional videos every now and then for the promotion and promotion of this MSI group stage.
Warm up.
Especially on the 8th, after the finals of the 7th qualifying tournament were completely over, and the last team to advance to the MSI main event, the GAM team from the VCS division was officially finalized, Riot officials directly transferred all six teams to the main event.
We gathered together and started shooting another large-scale promotional video!
It was also during the filming of this video that Mingrui finally met the WE team from the LPL division and its five players.
"Why are you taking videos again? Why are you taking videos every day?"
"Isn't this too unfair to us, WE?"
"Originally, our LPL Spring Split ended late, so we had less time to train for the new version. But after coming to MSI, we had to deal with jet lag and shoot videos. How could we still have time to train?"
"If we really lose to SKT then, the domestic audience will probably criticize us!"
"Forget it if we lose to SKT, if we lose to G2 or to that guy who faked the game, we are afraid that we will be sprayed to death by the domestic audience!"
At the filming site, during the break, all members of the WE team gathered in a corner and complained repeatedly, with expressions of annoyance on their faces.
After all, after they arrived in Rio on May 1, excluding the two days of jet lag, the remaining time available for training for the new version was only a full week.
But after just four days of training, I had to cooperate with Riot officials to shoot a promotional video!
If the situation of all participating teams is the same, then Team WE has nothing to say, but among the six teams present, except themselves, the other teams have all prepared for a whole week longer than them!
This is definitely a very unfavorable situation for the WE team!
But just when the five members of WE were furious, they suddenly looked up and suddenly saw the G2 team standing not far from them.
Among the G2 team, there was a person who was looking at them with a serious smile. He was clearly a thorn in their side, the fake game brother, Dark!
"Damn, Emperor Kang, I told you, you must not speak out loud when you come to such an occasion, and you must keep your voice down,"
"Fortunately, the fake brother didn't hear it. If he had, he might have issued a scarf again and scolded us WE!"
After seeing Dark's smiling face from a distance, Xiye hurriedly said to Kandi.
But just as they hurriedly avoided Dark's eyes, a calm and unruffled voice suddenly sounded behind them!
"Unfortunately, I have already heard it."
"But don't worry, I won't be handing out scarves this time. After all, I'm actually only targeting the LPL division and LPL teams, and it has nothing to do with you LPL players."
"Of course, except for those RNG players."
"In addition, I have already said that the LPL is a garbage region, but you still don't believe it."
"If the LPL wasn't rubbish, they wouldn't have postponed the finals for a week just to sell more tickets to the finals."
"But the good news is that after you lose MSI, you will have an excuse to defend yourself. After all, you have very little training time."
Hearing this familiar but unfamiliar Mandarin in a foreign country, the five WE people immediately realized something. They trembled all over and hurriedly turned around to look.
The next moment, they suddenly discovered that Dark had appeared behind them with a smile on his face. Also appearing at the same time were the four tall and strong G2 players!
"What are you doing here?"
"Are we familiar?"
None of the G2 members made any further moves, but 957 looked at the five G2 members nervously like a frightened bird. At the same time, as the tallest member of the team, he immediately stepped forward and blocked the other four teammates.
Behind him, Mingrui and Mingrui looked at each other with piercing eyes.
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"Ah?"
"Aren't we familiar?"
"If you're not familiar with me, how could your WE team's official account be the first to represent the LPL and ask me to look good by naming you?"
"But don't be nervous, we G2 are here just to say hello to you, nothing else."
"After all, when I was in RNG, I never faced you WE, so this MSI can be regarded as our first official meeting."
Mingrui chuckled at 957 and slowly stretched out his right hand.
"..."
For a moment, the five members of the WE team were stunned. They never expected that Dark, who regarded the entire LPL as a lifelong enemy, would actually act so friendly at this time.
Is it true that as he said, he only has opinions about the LPL division and LPL teams, and has nothing to do with the players themselves?!
So, after a little hesitation, 957 awkwardly stretched out his hand and completed the handshake with Dark.
As everyone knows, at the moment of shaking hands, Mingrui spoke in confusion again.
"But there is still one thing that is strange about me."
"Even that rubbish RNG has obviously apologized and compensated me, and my suspicion of match-fixing has been completely cleared. Why do you still call me a fake match brother?"
"Why? I really want to know!"
Mingrui's expression suddenly became extremely serious, even a little angry.
After all, as a professional player, "match-fixing" is indeed a crime that can never be washed away.
But the problem is that he clearly did not participate in match-fixing, and even proved it through various methods.
But a month has passed, and I still can't get rid of the title of "Fake Brother"!
It’s okay if ordinary LPL viewers say they are fake gamers. After all, they are a group of keyboard warriors who only disgust people online, but professional players are also calling themselves “fake gamers”, which makes Ming Ming
Rui Wanwan cannot accept it.
Because this is an insult to his personality and a trample on his dignity!
"Netizens all call it that, so we are used to it."
"Actually, we don't have any bad intentions, it's just..."
This question was too sharp, and 957 didn’t know how to answer it for the first time.
So Xiye immediately followed up and explained to Mingrui, but after saying a few words, he became hesitant and didn't know how to continue.
"Haha, you are so fierce online, but so timid offline? Are you unable to even say a word now?"
"You know clearly that I didn't fake the game, but in the end I still faked the game. Is this what you call no malice?"
"But it doesn't matter, anyway, I have been at odds with your LPL for a long time!"
"In the remaining few days, you'd better train more. Otherwise, if you meet our G2 in the group stage and get zero shutout, I'm afraid you will also be expelled from the LPL competition area after you go back!"
Mingrui glanced at the five WE people fiercely, then said an angry word, then turned and left.
And during this whole process, no one among the five WE people dared to reply, which was exactly what Mingrui said just now.
So fierce online, so cowardly offline!
"Grass, what's Niu Bi? Niu Bi."
"Do you really think you can win the game just by howling here?"
"Don't we have to wait two days to see the real results on the field?"
"You still want to give WE a clean sheet? I want to see who is the clean sheet and who is the one!"
After everyone in G2 had left a distance, Kandi cursed and said.
But the voice was not loud, and he did not dare to call Dark a fake brother again.
As for the reason, perhaps only he himself knows clearly.
During the subsequent video shooting process, everyone at WE quickly realized that they had been "cheated".
Although Dark just admitted in person that he had no objections to the LPL players, during the video shooting, everyone in WE suddenly realized that Dark had no objections to them LPL players. He clearly had full opinions.
!
"Leaving LPL and joining G2, I have only one goal, which is to avenge LPL on the stage of the World Championship!"
"I heard that the jungler Kandi of the WE team is the descendant of the dragon? Don't worry, after this MSI is over, I will definitely make him the descendant of the worm!"
"I heard that WE team's top laner 957 is the most stable player in the team? Then I hope he prepares a pair of crutches or a wheelchair in advance before the game with our G2, because after the game, he will
My thigh will definitely be broken by me."
"Xi Ye, the strongest mid laner in China? You're laughing so hard. You'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, right? Wait until I twist off his chicken head!"
"Mystic and Ben? I have nothing to say. I originally hoped that RNG would come. It would be interesting to beat Uzi and Ming like this, but with these two people... I really have nothing to say. I just wait to die in the bottom lane and that's it.
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Facing the official footage of Riot Games, Mingrui said a lot of cruel things to the WE team in one breath.
Although I don’t know if they will edit these contents in the end, at least the five players from the WE team present were so angry that their faces turned green and they gritted their teeth when they heard these cruel words.
But when it was the WE players' turn to come on stage and speak harshly, their "harsh words" made Mingrui call them weak.
Because what they said were cruel words such as "We will definitely defeat G2, defeat SKT, and rectify the name of LPL", which is not offensive at all!
"Dark, this is your LPL's usual style, right? Treat people with courtesy, convince them with morality, and so on."
After hearing WE's cruel words, before Mingrui said anything, Perkz asked with a tangled expression.
"Indeed, but from another perspective, it is sanctimonious and extremely hypocritical."
"I obviously want to win in my heart, but I just don't dare to say harsh words. I'm afraid that if I say harsh words but fail to deliver, I will be criticized by LPL fans."
"This is another reason why I have always said that the LPL is a rubbish competition region. With this kind of competition culture, it's a shame that it can achieve results in the World Championship!"
Mingrui said with disdain, causing everyone in Perkz to nod.
Because for them, behaviors such as arrogant words often happen without fear.
After all, if you fail to do what you say, the most you will get is a few words of ridicule from fans, which will not affect their next rant at all.
But for the LPL division...
If you say something arrogant, your fans will yell at you and you will be outraged.
If you speak cautiously, fans will criticize you for not having the will to win!
Anyway, if you play professionally in the LPL, unless you win the championship, you will definitely be criticized!
Of course, there is no such "unless", because G2.Dark will never let LPL win the championship!
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On the 8th, after completing a full day of shooting, the six MSI participating teams finally got a relatively complete training time in the next three days.
And when May 11th finally arrived, the 2017 MSI Mid-Season Championship Invitational finally ushered in the first match day of its first group stage main event!
Early in the morning, League of Legends officials once again announced the schedule for the first day of the group stage.
At 3 pm Samba time and 2 am China time, the opening ceremony of the MSI group stage and the debut ceremony of the six participating teams will be held.
At 3:30, the opening match of the MSI group stage is the highlight, with the G2 team facing off against the SKT team!
The second game is also the highlight for LPL viewers, Team WE versus Team FW!
In the third game, the GAM team faces the TSM team!
In the fourth game, the FW team faces the G2 team!
In the fifth game, the SKT team faces the GAM team!
Game 6, TSM team vs. WE team!
Regarding the schedule of the first day of the group stage, the vast majority of LPL viewers are actually a little indifferent, because they only care about the WE team's game, and in the game against FW in the middle of the night, the LPL viewers think that the WE team can definitely be easily crushed. So they were only going to watch the last game between WE and TSM, after all, that time happened to be 7:30 in the morning.
As for the game between Fake Sai and the G2 team, in the eyes of LPL viewers, it is not worth staying up late to watch. After all, G2 is definitely not the opponent of the SKT team, and it is definitely not the opponent of the FW team, waiting to wake up in the daytime.
Just wear a scarf and mock the fake brother and that's it.
But at noon, after the League of Legends officially released the promotional video for the first day of the MSI group stage, countless LPL fans immediately changed their minds and decided to watch the game between the G2 team and the WE team all night long!
"Fuck, this faker is so arrogant to the extreme. He actually dares to call the WE team trash in front of the whole world!"
"Crap, why is the game between WE and G2 on the second day? Can't it be placed on the first day? I can't wait to see WE brutally bully G2!"
"It's the same when watching SKT brutally destroy G2, and now I only want to watch two things. One is to watch the WE team win, and the other is to watch G2 lose!"
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. SKT and Flash Wolves must give me a fight tonight and smash the fake game brother and G2 to pieces!"