After MSF defeated TSM in the extra round, the eight qualifying teams have been determined, and the draw ceremony for the knockout rounds will begin soon.
Right now Tian Ye is teaching his experience backstage to Yang Yi, who is about to attend the ceremony on behalf of EDG:
"Actually, there is nothing to pay attention to. When the lottery starts, you will stand on the stage. When EDG is drawn, the camera will be pointed at you. Just smile at the camera or wave your hand until you determine who your opponent is.
, then go over and shake hands with the other person and that’s it.”
"I know the general process. We rehearsed it yesterday, but I don't understand why I was asked to go. Wouldn't it be over if you or Ming Kai went?" Yang Yi wondered.
It's understandable that Klin won't go. After all, this year is likely to be the last year of his career. As Meiko is the designated flag of the next generation of EDG, the management will also consciously increase the exposure of the other party. Usually this kind of ceremony is
Tian Ye came forward to participate.
"Hey, don't mention it. Every time my friends go up to draw lots, EDG's grouping is not very ideal. It's either a civil war or ROX, which is completely unbeatable..." Tian Ye explained.
He feels that the addition of Yang Yi has brought many different things to EDG, and it should have the same effect in terms of drawing lots.
Yang Yi was a little speechless after hearing this. Who the hell can you blame?
In last year's global finals, EDG initially drew the top lottery in the group stage. At that time, their opponents in the same group were Brazilian wild card INTZ, LMS division 2 seed AHQ, and Europe division 2 seed H2K.
It cannot be said that all these teams are noobs. Being able to enter the World Championship shows that these teams must have something. However, in the eyes of LPL viewers, even the number one seed in the European and American divisions is just a bad guy.
Rotten fish and shrimp should be fine.
With the other three LCK teams having a high probability of ranking first in the group, if EDG can advance to the knockout rounds as first in the group, then they will have a high probability of encountering a weak team in the quarterfinals. To put it in an exaggerated way,
Directly sent to the semi-finals.
Everyone knows the result. EDG lost to the wild card in the first round, and then lost to H2K in the second round. In the end, they failed to adjust their form in the playoffs, and could only qualify as second in the group, and finally lost in the quarterfinals.
They directly met the top RoxTigers who could compete with SKT for 300 rounds, and were sent to the top eight by Little Peanut.
In the final analysis, this is not a question of whether the draw is good or not. The top three groups that EDG could draw at that time were SKT, ROX and SSG. Which of these three LCK teams couldn't beat last year's EDG?
So the only thing to blame is that EDG played too badly in last year's group stage. Let alone letting Tian Ye go up to the platform, even if they let Guan Zeyuan go up, EDG would still be destined for the quarterfinals in the end.
As they were talking, Mala Xiangguo, who seemed to have not washed his hair for three days, suddenly came over:
"What are we talking about here?"
"Nothing, just tell him to come up later and stop causing trouble."
"Oh, I understand, Xiao Yang's emotional intelligence is indeed too low."
What the hell?
Yang Yi, who was about to interrupt and praise the spicy hot pot, was stunned.
It’s understandable that others say I have low emotional intelligence. Why does Mala Xiangguo say that I have low emotional intelligence?
Who gave you the confidence, Rejoice?
But you, too, use Rejoice to wash your hair!
If someone else talks like this about him, Yang Yi would definitely have to fight him off and break his defense on the spot, but he still admires Mr. Guo.
In the Prince's game against Samsung, Mr. Guo's reverse EQ really made him wet. He told Klin on the spot that you should learn from others, which made the old guy very angry.
In fact, it is not that Clint Dance doesn't have some pretty good moves, but everyone's impression of him basically remains on all kinds of outrageous moves, such as the blind monk RQ empty, the horse and the horse stepping on the flying arrow, and the most outrageous one is the horse stepping on the flying arrow.
He actually won that one.
When the piggies praise the factory director, they usually say that he is experienced and has good awareness. No one will brag about his awesome operation. If he really brags about it, the fans themselves will first label him as a liar.
The fragrant pot is different. The shot of the prince using reverse EQ to pick off the cannon has been considered by many to be on the top 10 list of wonderful moves in previous global finals.
Yang Yi liked the aggressive jungler Xiangguo very much. It was rare to meet him at this time, so he kicked him:
"Teacher Guo, have you considered changing to another team next season, such as EDG or something like that?"
"Pull him down. There is a factory manager in your team. Why don't I come over and be his substitute? I don't want to be someone else's substitute." Xiangguo said without hesitation.
Yang Yi just said casually that although the management and Mingkai both wanted to take a break after this year, the matter has not been settled yet.
However, the amount of information in the second half of Xiang Guo’s words is too great:
"Besides, I can't just leave if I want to. The broken contract in our team is too bad. I was young and ignorant at the time, and I didn't pay attention when I signed it. If you want to come to RNG in the future, you must read the terms of the contract.
Be careful..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ming, who was next to him, felt that this topic was dangerous, so he pulled the incense pot back.
"Well, the lottery is about to start. Let's go back to the lounge first."
Yang Yi and Tian Ye looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to evaluate or whether what the other party said was true or false.
But with Mala Xiangguo's emotional intelligence, he probably won't lie, so RNG's contract...
Maybe there is something wrong.
Yang Yi feels more and more that he is very lucky. Well-known LPL clubs like RNG have contract problems. At first, he chose to join EDG out of ignorance, but now it seems that it is undoubtedly the most correct choice.
Soon the staff came to notify them that these player representatives were on stage, so Yang Yi and the players from the other seven teams took the stage separately according to their positions during the rehearsal.
The audience in the audience didn't leave much. Since all the tickets were spent, it was better to watch the lottery ceremony before leaving.
"Summoners on the scene and in front of the screen, what you are watching now is the drawing ceremony of the knockout stage of the 2017 Global Finals. Hello everyone, I am Ren Dong!"
"Hello everyone, I am Yu Shuang!"
These two people are currently the leaders in the male and female hosts in the LPL region. Needless to say, Aunt Yu Shuang made Guan Zeyuan completely uncontrollable, and Ren Dong's business ability has always been recognized by the majority of LPL audiences.
Admittedly, the eternal grip with Faker is also one of the classic anti-bar animations, but it’s a pity that he later lost his job due to drunk driving.
"The twenty-four teams that once had the dream of winning the championship are now down to the last eight. Let us welcome them together!"
"The first is the four teams that qualified first in the group. They are EDG, LZ, RNG and WE!"
All three LPL teams are in this group. When the host read out the names of the three teams, the LPL audience in the audience also expressed their pride and immediately burst into cheers.
"At the same time, let us give warm applause to welcome the second-place team, which are SKT, FNC, SSG, and MSF!"
The number of SKT fans in China is also exaggerated, not inferior to the three LPL teams.
I won’t talk about the other three teams. The Samsung Ten Sons of S4 have a lot of fans, but none of this has anything to do with SSG. At most, the domestic people think the story of leader An is more inspiring, so they are a little bit pleasing to the eye.
a little.
MSF and FNC are both members of the European and American elites. The former was unknown before this World Championship, and even if the latter has fans, they go there because of Ou Cheng's appearance. After all, he is the e-sports star.
Just like Leo's appearance quickly improves when he reaches middle age, Ou Cheng also has a tendency to improve his appearance now, but I don't know if it will collapse as completely as the former.
As if to compete with the support from the previous team, the SKT fans in the audience immediately put all their energy into shouting wildly, as if whoever had the loudest voice would win the championship in the end.
A wave of cheers broke into a 50-50 split.
After once again introducing the lottery rules of a knockout round to the audience, Ren Dong raised the microphone and said seriously:
"Next we will invite the guests for today's draw. Let us welcome the mid laner from the OMG team, Icon!"
Yang Yi couldn't help but look sideways, and saw that Mr. Leng had specially combed his hair to look like an adult today, put on a handsome suit, and walked to the middle of the stage like a dog. He really felt like a rich second generation.
"Next, please Icon move to the No. 1 seed pool and start drawing lots from the No. 1 seed pool!"
Mr. Leng walked to the transparent glass basin marked "POOL 1", put his hand in and stirred it around, and then took out the first small ball.
After taking it apart, an earthy yellow R letter comes into view.
The audience immediately became agitated. They naturally recognized which team's logo this was - RNG, the only all-Chinese team in the top eight, the pride of the Chinese!
Shi Senming also turned his head and said a few words to Mr. Leng with a smile, as if he wanted to ask him to give him an easier opponent to beat later.
Mr. Leng continued to take out the second ball, opened it and saw that the team logo was blue, with a dragon with open wings drawn on it.
"Dragon Ball Team!"
The sponsor behind the LZ team is China's Longzhu Live, so optimistic viewers joke that the LZ team can be regarded as the fourth seed in the LPL division. This year, the four LPL teams all qualified first in the group, which is unprecedented and unprecedented.
However, what netizens don’t know is that Longzhu Live withdrew its sponsorship of the LZ team before the summer split. Even before the spring split, the LZ team had financial problems. The wages of players, coaches and employees were delayed.
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If there is no sponsor after the World Championship, Longzhu, a short-lived flash in the pan in LCK history, will end like Tiger last year.
Even they are worse than last year's Tigers, and they are more legendary than the Tigers.
With no sponsors and no full salary for the entire team, the LZ team worked together to defeat SKT and win the championship in the LCK Summer Finals. This was something ROX failed to do last year.
And can this story, which is more legendary than RoxTigers, get a happy ending?
RNG fans don't know about these problems for the time being. They just think that Leng Shao is really unlucky, and he actually drew the only LCK team among the top four into the same half zone as RNG.
I was as angry as if RNG had already defeated its opponent in the quarterfinals.
But the fans of the other two teams are not happy because of this. WE and EDG are in the same half zone. The top four will not be involved in an LPL civil war, right?
However, if the three LPL teams all reach the semi-finals, no matter how hard Leng Shao tries, civil war is inevitable. It is better to say that most domestic audiences are happy to see this situation.
Because this means that the scene of the top four encircling SKT seems to be really possible this year.
And some RNG fans who thought faster thought of something even more terrifying.
That is due to the principle of avoiding the same half zone. Now EDG and RNG are not in the same half zone, so SKT is destined to be in the top half where RNG is.
This means that RNG has a 50% probability of meeting SKT in the first round of the quarterfinals, just like last year's World Championship.
Countless RNG fans immediately began to pray, hoping that Leng Shao's luck would be better in the second round, at least not facing SKT in the quarterfinals.
However, some things always backfire.
After drawing WE and EDG to the other half, Leng Shao moved to the second seed pool.
This is the highlight of today, which directly determines each team's opponent in the quarter-finals.
In order to draw a good lottery for the LPL division, Leng Shao first rubbed his hands, then touched again and again in the pool, and finally selected the team with the strongest premonition.
It's SSG.
Because the rule that two teams in the same group cannot meet before the finals was triggered, SSG was postponed to the lower half.
"According to the draw rules of the knockout round, their next opponent is..."
Team Dabuliuyi has just completed its first five-year plan!
WE's handsome brother-in-law looked at each other with SSG's top laner.
The two walked to the middle and shook each other's hands in a friendly manner. The brother-in-law was expressionless, while Wither had a little smile on his face.
For the second seed SSG, it will be a blessing as long as they do not draw LZ in the quarterfinals. But now they are not in the same half zone as LZ. SKT is also destined to not be in the same half zone as EDG because of the avoidance principle.
Meet SSG before the finals.
Then isn’t this just a sign?
Thinking of this, the smile on the withered face became more sincere.
WE fans feel offended. You are a team that has been double-killed and zero-blocked by RNG. How can you be happy about being drawn against us, WE?
In the summer split, let’s open WE and RNG on a 50-50 basis, okay?
Mr. Leng's face looked a little unhappy because he now understood his current situation.
If SKT is drawn to RNG, then RNG fans won’t be able to blast themselves?
He closed his eyes, stretched his hand into the No. 2 seed pool again, and at the same time recited the name of the European Rabbids team in his mind.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw an unusually familiar pattern on the note in his hand.
There are a pair of small golden wings on both sides, and in the middle is a red circle with two big characters written on it - T1!
Ren Dong's heart sank, but on the surface he calmly shouted: "RNG's next opponent is-SKT!"
Young Master Leng's face suddenly turned pale.
The remaining two balls have not been drawn yet, but there is no need to open them to see the results. Due to the grouping rules, MSF will become the opponent of the LZ team.
What EDG will face in the quarter-finals is exactly the FNC that Yang Yi said before that he would never encounter.
