Chapter 248 The spirit of the youth, the expedition ceremony
After five rounds of hard work, we ended the qualifying match bo5 with edg with a very dramatic steal, and got the last ticket to the lpl division to participate in the s7 global finals.
For WE fans, personally blocking the factory director from the World Championship, even though a long time has passed since then, it still feels like a sigh of relief.
Fans from both sides have become even more aggressive in criticizing each other on the Internet.
But these have nothing to do with Lu Chen. He is currently backstage at Wukesong Stadium, waiting with his teammates to go to the main stage to participate in the final S7 World Championship departure ceremony.
After the expedition ceremony, the sixth anniversary of Penguin Game League of Legends is completely over.
There is still some preparation work to be done at the front desk, and they have to wait a little longer in the background.
At this time, a staff member brought the uniform uniforms that the players need to wear when participating in the expedition ceremony.
It's very simple, just a coat.
Lu Chen picked one up casually and hugged it away.
Damn it! Who designed this? It’s really not good.
But fortunately, the overall design is quite simple, and there are no fancy clothes on it, so it’s not ugly at all.
Just, very ordinary! And why does it feel so familiar?
After a while, the staff came in to inform everyone that they were ready to go on stage.
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On the main stage.
Zhu Zhen, who was responsible for hosting all the work during the entire anniversary celebration, was talking about the lyrics.
"We will bless the three teams that are about to attend, and let us look forward to omg, rng, and we achieving more impressive results!"
The camera stayed on the auditorium for a few seconds, then panned upward.
Three huge flags were hung in the stadium, with the team logos of the three teams participating in the S7 World Championship this time.
The regular main players of the three teams walked out from the player channels on both sides of the stage.
We came to the center of the main stage and stood there. Fifteen people stood in a row.
Fifteen people were all wearing the same style of clothing.
When he saw the rng team members, Lu Chen finally remembered why he felt so familiar watching this conquest.
This looks so similar to the rng team uniform!
The person who designed this conquest was too lazy.
The black coat has several gold edges on the shoulders and upper arms, and a gold team emblem is embroidered on the left chest.
The uniforms worn by the members of the three teams were embroidered with their respective team emblems, all in gold.
No wonder Lu Chen didn't feel any disobedience when he saw rng and the others walking towards him.
It's like they're wearing their own team uniforms.
This is outrageous and the designer is too lazy!
Lu Chen was unable to complain.
The rng team members and we team members standing on both sides zipped up the conquest.
On the other hand, the five OMG people standing in the middle, at Lu Chen's suggestion, did not zip up their clothes and kept their coats open, revealing their team's logo in the middle of their short-sleeved uniforms.
The camera slowly panned in front of the three team members. Along with the exciting background music, a deep and deep male voice sounded from the scene.
This is playing the pre-recorded campaign speech.
"The wind is high and the clouds are vast, the autumn is easy to pass, and the iron horse and the golden sword point at the general's platform!"
"The talent is as high as ten thousand men, and the army is strong when it comes to horses and horses!"
"Study hard and study hard in the military, and you will be able to fight against the enemy on the battlefield with a rainbow of energy!"
"Heroes are not afraid of the high mountains. They work together to persevere and persevere!"
"Unite and work together to defend the glory of our home court!"
"In the 2017 League of Legends Global Finals, follow your heart's desires, be fearless and let the world see Zhongguo Hong!"
The powerful campaign speech ends here. On the four large screens at the scene, there are five-clawed cloud dragons on both sides, and in the center are a few large characters - "See you in the global finals".
Bang!
Fireworks were sprayed out around the stage, and golden sequins slowly fell from the air, many of which landed on the heads of the team members.
No one went to collect the debris above their heads, and the three teams stood on the stage in silence for a long time.
There was a determined look in everyone's eyes.
At this moment, an inexplicable emotion lingers in everyone's hearts.
Standing in the middle of the stage, Lu Chen also felt the strong sense of honor of defending the home court.
My heart is filled with boiling blood.
Countless spectators in the audience were roaring: "Come on lpl!"
At this moment, Lu Chen was not fighting alone, nor was it just the three team members standing on the stage.
Rather, they are fighting with the hopes of all Chinese server players and all LPL viewers.
How can the bird's nest of the imperial capital allow outsiders to hold the cup?
The audience in the audience were shouting crazily:
"Come on rng, come on we, come on omg!"
"Come on lpl, come on!"
"Fuck the lck stick team hard!"
"..."
Host Zhu Zhen’s voice resounded in the stadium: “We see that omg, rng, and we shoulder the great trust of all LPL teams and are also the expectations of all players. They will set higher goals for the 2017 Global Finals. launch their charge."
"While I wish them well, I would also like to thank everyone again for attending the League of Legends 6th Anniversary Carnival."
"Our activities are all over here, let's meet next year! Goodbye~"
The exciting background music was playing, and the audience cheered even louder.
"Wairui, it's finally over!" Lu Chen thought to himself.
At this time, Lu Chen no longer had the exciting and majestic mood he had when he heard the speech.
Why?
The flashlight above my head made my glasses hurt.
From the moment the marching words were announced, colorful flashlights began to flash on the stage.
By this time, when Zhu Zhen announced the end of the anniversary celebration, the team members on the stage had their heads slightly lowered, almost unable to withstand the "laser" damage.
Lu Chen, who was standing in the middle of the stage, suffered the most serious "light pollution".
‘Where can I find a lighting engineer? It’s ridiculous!’
"So all the friends who came to the scene today, please leave in an orderly manner!" Zhu Zhen said: "I also hope that we can leave more unforgettable memories and stories in Summoner's Rift in the future!"
“Thank you everyone!”
The audience began to leave, and the members of the third team also came off the stage, finally escaping the flash attack.
After a total of fifteen members from the three teams came off the stage, the background music suddenly changed, from exciting to brisk.
A group of long-legged girls in short skirts, each holding a folding fan, performed an inexplicable "fan dance".
Off stage.
"Let's go, let's stop looking. Stop looking! Pack your things and go back early." As Lu Chen said, he pulled an icon with his left hand and a small five with his right hand.
The two of them were watching the girl dancing on the stage with great interest.
"Ahem!"
"Ahem!"
Pulled by Lu Chen, the two of them coughed twice, then reluctantly turned around and followed their teammates backstage.
But actually what Lu Chen was thinking was: "nnd, I want to see it too, but my eyes are blurred by the flash and I can't see clearly!"
What man doesn’t like to see those long white legs?
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After the expedition ceremony, the three teams returned to the backstage, cleaned up briefly, and then returned to their respective hotels.
It's getting late, and according to the team's arrangement, everyone has to rest in the Imperial City for one night and return to the team's base in the Magic City tomorrow morning.
Since he had to leave early for the airport the next day, Lu Chen also took a shower early that night and lay on the bed.
Thinking about the World Championships in one month, Lu Chen has longing, yearning, and of course endless determination.
Other regions around the world have been suppressed by the lck region for too long.
The counterattack of the LPL division begins with this locally held global finals!
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On September 4th, all OMG personnel who went to the Imperial Capital this time returned to the Magic Capital base.
In the evening, OMG team base.
The owner of the club, Boss Hou, rushed to the training base. He first congratulated the players and the coaching staff, and then affirmed and highly praised the efforts of all the team members in winning the LPL championship this time.
Then he took everyone out to attend the celebration banquet that had been prepared.
After the celebration banquet, which lasted for several hours and had a jubilant and lively atmosphere, Boss Hou took everyone to the club to have a look around and see the world.
The day after the celebration ceremony, Lu Chen and his teammates returned to intense training.
The league championship is just the starting point, there is still the peak of the global finals waiting for them to climb.
There is less than a month until the S7 global finals begins.
To be more precise, there are only less than twenty days left.
In this global finals, Riot Games has added a play-in tournament for the first time, instead of starting directly from the group stage of the main event.
The first round of the qualifying round will start on September 23.
Different from previous global finals, the final 16 teams started from the group stage. Up to this time in this global finals, although the summer games and s7 qualifying matches of each major competition area have been completed, the s7 world championship has not yet officially started.
Only 12 teams have been confirmed for the competition stage.
The previous global finals consisted of the first, second, and third seeds from the five major regions, a total of fifteen teams, plus one wild card team, making up the 16 teams participating in the global finals.
The champions of each wild card division will compete for a spot in the global finals before the start of the s competition.
This year, in order to increase the number of competitions and give more opportunities to the wild card division, Riot Games has established a new play-in tournament.
In addition to the lck division, the third seeds from the other four major divisions, the lpl division, the European division, the North American division, and the 4v division must participate in the qualifying rounds.
The reason why the third seed in the LCK division does not need to participate in the qualifying round is mainly because the LCK division has been the undisputed first division in the past few years, and some preferential treatment is normal.
The third seeds from the four major regions, plus 8 wild card teams, a total of 12 teams will participate in the playoffs to determine the four main draw spots.
At this time, among the 12 teams that have been confirmed to participate in the main competition of the S7 Global Finals, there are three teams from lck, and a total of 8 teams from the other four major regions, No. 1 and No. 2, which adds up to 11 teams.
There is also a gam team from the Vietnam Division.
In this year's MSI Mid-Season Invitational, gam left a deep impression on audiences around the world with its outstanding performance in the MSI Play-Ins. At the same time, it also won the Vietnam Division a place to directly advance to the global finals.
In fact, in the past few years, the strength of the wild card division has gradually improved a lot.
In the S6 Global Finals, the anx team formed by the Maozi brothers defeated clg and g2, two teams from the old European and American competition regions, to qualify for the group stage, becoming the first team in history to qualify for the group stage in the global finals.
Moreover, in the two-round round robin of the group stage, Brother Maozi also defeated the then new LCK champion and the No. 1 seed ROX team in the LCK division.
In that fierce battle for 67 minutes, the long-haired support of the anx team also made the world know him with his gems.
In the end, at the end of the group stage, both anx and rox had a record of 4-2, and extra games were needed to determine the group leader.
In the extra round, anx lost to rox and finished second in the group.
Although anx lost to h2k from North America in the knockout round and stopped in the quarterfinals, they gave themselves the title of "the strongest wild card".
Although defeated, it is still glorious!
In this year's mid-season tournament, the Vietnamese brothers also left a deep impression on the global audience, especially their jungler Levi, nicknamed "Soldier Commander".
Of course, Vietnam's reputation as a jungler was established as early as 2016 by the Snakes' Vietnamese foreign aid SOFM.
In addition to their performance, what is even more impressive is that they used keyboards and mice worth less than double digits in the mid-season championship.
In fact, as early as the S3 period, we lost to the Saigon Clown Team from Vietnam in the main game.
Vietnamese players still have something good!
The third seeds from the four major regions and eight wild card teams will determine the four main draw spots from these 12 teams.
Generally speaking, people would think that the four third seeds from the four major regions can easily get these four spots.
However, due to the miraculous performances of the two teams anx and gam in the past, many viewers have begun to expect that in this year's finals, a wild card team will break through and enter the main game of the S7 Global Finals.
If a wild card team makes it to the playoffs, then there will inevitably be a third seed from the four major regions who fails in the playoffs.
Of course, viewers who don’t have lpl will worry that we won’t be able to make it out of the playoffs.
With our strength, we can break through the finals easily. Even if we lose a small game in the finals, we will probably be criticized.
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In the few days after returning from the imperial capital, there were no other training arrangements for the omg team. Lu Chen and his teammates just played ranked games every day.
The S7 Global Finals will use version 7.18. At this time, the Korean server is still version 7.17, not to mention the Chinese server which is slower than the Korean server.
In version 7.17, a new hero Ornn is launched.
Although he is a tank hero, he is really fierce.
When Lu Chen just came back from the imperial capital, he played Ornn for a long time, and then the head coach Mingzhe said to him:
"Lu Chen, why are you playing Ornn so hard? Ornn is banned in this year's global finals!"
"Ah?" Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.
In fact, Riot Games announced this news a week ago.
After repeated discussions with Riot designers, they felt that since Ornn has a brand new weapon forging system, they need more hero data to support balance testing, and before the S7 World Championship, there was no game data for Ornn.
Because all major regional playoffs are using version 7.16, and Ornn was only launched in version 7.17, they decided to directly ban Ornn in the S7 World Championship.
At that time, Lu Chen was immersed in training before the LPL finals and didn't even pay attention to this matter.
But even after knowing it, Lu Chen continued to play Ornn again.
