Chapter 251 The results of the grouping are not very optimistic
"Brother Lu is right, he's afraid of a hammer!" world6 shouted after Lu Chen: "How can our No. 1 seed be afraid of his No. 2 seed?"
"There's nothing wrong with that, Yutian!" Lu Chen said with a smile.
At this time, icon also said: "Indeed, when the time comes, watch me kill Feike alone!"
"I don't believe it!"
"You can kill me alone and wash your socks for half a month!"
"So cruel?"
"..."
The teammates were joking with each other, and the atmosphere became lively again.
No matter how many fears there are in the heart, when a group of young people are together, once one person takes the initiative, at least the momentum of everyone's words cannot be lost.
Having said that, the reason why everyone in the training room is so relaxed is that even if there is a strong opponent like SKT in the same group, after all, there are two spots in the group, so the whole team is not worried about qualifying.
Back to the drawing site, the drawing is still going on, and then the second team of Group B will be drawn.
Rookie took out a black ball and opened it. The scroll inside said [ssg].
The third seed of lck.
However, Group B already has the LCK's No. 1 seed Longzhu Team. According to the principle of group avoidance in the same division, Samsung will automatically fall into Group C, in the same group as G2.
Continue to draw the second team from Group B.
The rookie was covering his chest with his left hand and messing with the lottery pool with his right hand, looking like he was under a lot of pressure.
SKT and OMG were drawn into the same group as soon as they started. Rookie is really a little afraid of being drawn into the same group as RNG and Dragon Ball.
The team drawn this time is the imt team, the second seed in the North American division, falling into Group B.
The rookie also seemed to be relieved.
Then the second team from Group D was drawn. At this time, a large number of viewers on the barrage began to use rng.
I hope I can draw rng this time, and if I fall into group D with the Flash Wolves, to be honest, there will be no pressure to qualify.
It's a pity that the only team in lpl that has not yet been selected at this time - rng, has not been drawn this time.
The one drawn this time is ahq, the second seed in the LMS division.
Both ahq and Flash Wolves come from province 4v. According to the group avoidance principle in the same division, ahq cannot go to group d, so they push forward and fall into group a.
Then the three teams in Group A are all settled, and the fourth team will have to wait for the results of the play-in rounds.
omg in the training room.
When Lu Chen and his teammates saw ahq falling into Group A, they had no emotional fluctuations.
This draw is neither good nor bad. The threat ahq team can pose to them is limited.
The drawing of lots continues.
Rookie then drew the msf team, the second seed from the European Division.
The msf team is nicknamed the Rabbit Team, mainly because their team logo is a rather cute rabbit.
However, since there is still only one team in Group D, Flash Wolves, the RabbitMsf team has fallen into Group D.
Rookie on the stage has already started to draw lots with his eyes covered, because there are only three teams left in the draw pool, leaving RNG with fewer and fewer choices.
Open the black ball again, and the paper scroll inside says [gam], a team from Vietnam.
gam fell into Group B.
On the barrage, lpl viewers expressed their pity.
Because only rng and tsm are left in the lottery pool, these two teams will fall into group c or group d respectively.
Take a look at the current teams in Group C, including G2, which has won four consecutive championships in the European Division, and Samsung, the runner-up in last year's S Championship. They are all in a death group no matter how you look at them.
Choose one of the two, the probability of rng falling into the death group has reached 50%.
The third team in Group C will be drawn now.
There were only two balls left in the lottery pool. Rookie covered his eyes with his left hand, but his right hand waved in the lottery pool for a long time. He picked up one and put it down again, hesitating.
He was also afraid that this hand would be drawn out rng.
But, what are you afraid of?
Unscrew the black ball and open the paper roll. What is written on it is [rng].
rng falls into group c, in the same group as g2 and Samsung.
In the S6 Global Finals, rng was in the same group as Samsung. This was the second consecutive year that the two teams were drawn into the same group.
"Wow, this group seems a bit difficult to handle!" host Ren Dong said.
The live broadcast room is also full of barrages such as "Idiot", "I am" and "I'm a bit unlucky".
After rng was drawn into Group C, the last remaining number one seed in the North American Division, TSM, automatically fell into Group D.
At first glance, Group D contains two No. 1 seeds from the five major regions, Flash Wolves and tsm.
But in the eyes of LPL viewers, they don't think this group is very competitive at all.
Because of the 4v division and the North American division, among the five major divisions, these two brothers are always at the bottom.
Although LPL audiences always say that Europe and the United States are better than each other, G2, the number one seed in the European division, eliminated the LPL Spring Championship champion we in the semi-finals at this year's MSI Mid-Season Championship held in Brazil.
At that time, the LPL audience all said "G2 should be given a holiday", but in the end, G2 gave everyone a blow and beat the entire WE team "back from swimming in Brazil".
Eu is greater than na, which is actually the consensus of the vast majority of viewers.
However, as the number one seed in the North American region, tsm is particularly unique.
That is, it has never missed a World Championship so far. From S1 to S7, it has participated in seven consecutive global finals.
Not to mention his performance in the global finals, at least this record... is very difficult to break.
The group stage draw ends here, and the camera cuts back to the studio.
Ren Dong said: "Then, the draw for the group stage has been settled!"
"Wow, this person who was drawn by lot feels... like a heavy punch after coming up. It makes people feel that the atmosphere today is very tense."
"Then let's review the group stage draw."
The final group status of this global finals was shown on the big screen.
Group a: omg, skt, ahq.
Group B: Dragon Ball, imt, gam.
Group c: g2, Samsung, rng.
Group D: Flash Wolves, msf, tsm.
"Then you can see that there are actually four vacant positions at the back, which are the qualifying rounds of the first draw we just held."
"Whoever can break through the siege will be shortlisted for the group stage."
"Okay, thank you to all the viewers in front of the screen for watching the finals and group stage draw ceremony of this global finals. On September 23, the finals competition will start in Jiangcheng."
"Goodbye everyone!"
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After the drawing ceremony is over.
That night, the results of the draw immediately aroused widespread discussion in League of Legends-related sections on the Internet.
On the lpl side, no one has discussed the grouping situation at all.
Because no lpl audience will think that we will encounter any obstacles if we play in the playoffs.
Look at the qualifying rounds, except for the other three teams that also come from the five major regions, the other wild card teams are just rotten fish!
Under this situation, even if we lose a small game in the playoffs, we will probably get a lot of criticism.
The focus of the discussion was still on the grouping situation of the group stage.
LPL fans generally feel that the LPL team's luck this time is not good.
The grouping of omg can only be regarded as makeshift. After all, they are placed in the same group as triple crown champion SKT.
As for rng, everyone feels that they are trapped in a death group.
Neither g2 nor Samsung are easy to deal with. It is not impossible to say that the team cannot make it out of the group.
After we made it out of the qualifying round, according to the principle of avoidance of groups in the same division, we could only go to Group B or Group D.
These two groups look okay, but the qualifying situation is actually clearer than Group A, where OMG is, and Group C, where RNG is.
Especially for Group B, except for the LCK No. 1 seed Longzhu, the other two teams have already been classified into the bad fish and rotten shrimp category in the minds of the LPL audience.
Therefore, group b is the group with the most obvious polarization in strength, and group d seems to be more balanced in strength.
No matter we end up in group B or group D, our fans will accept it.
On the other hand, rng fans have begun to cry out, worried about rng's group qualifying situation.
Of course, that's just worry.
If you really can't tell what the line is like, then that's not enough.
Anyway, the LPL division's bottom line in the global finals group stage was completely lost as early as the S5 World Championship.
In the s5 global finals, ig surrendered on National Day, then LGD’s No. 1 seed group did not show up, and then EDG’s Bo5 was beaten 4-0.
Anyway, in the past two years, the LPL audience has already seen the various lower limits of the LPL in the S competition.
How much worse could it be?
On the contrary, omg fans are quite confident about their team's prospects in the group stage.
First of all, the progress and strength shown by the entire team during the summer split is obvious to all.
Secondly, OMG fans really don’t hate SKT.
As early as four years ago in the S3 Global Finals, OMG was in the same group as SKT.
Although later in the knockout round, omg was eliminated by the royal family, and skt won the final s3 championship.
But in the group stage, OMG defeated SKT to qualify for the first place in the group, and their records were one win and one loss.
In the knockout stage of the S4 Global Finals the following year, omg also had the experience of defeating the Hanguo team 3-0.
It is certainly not advisable to believe too much in "metaphysics", but "metaphysics" can often bring people a lot of psychological relief.
After watching the lottery ceremony, Lu Chen and his teammates went back to their computers and played ranked games as usual.
At this time, in the training room of the rng base, the entire rng team also watched the lottery ceremony.
Regarding the draw result in which rng was stuck in the group of death, rng's players knew that this group was difficult to beat, but they did not feel too worried.
Any team with high aspirations will not regard the group stage as a real obstacle.
If you can't even make it out of the group stage, then you're just a loser.
There are no excuses!
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On September 13th, the national server updated the version used in the S7 World Championship - version 7.18.
Lu Chen also logged into the top of the canyon, which he had not played for a long time, and started a live broadcast that he had not played for a long time.
Although it has not been broadcast for a long time, Lu Chen has maintained exposure and highlight in the professional arena.
Not only has the popularity not declined at all, but it has increased significantly.
After playing a ranked game since the show started, its popularity has jumped to the top five in the Shark TV version of League of Legends.
You know, Lu Chen did not sign a long-term contract with the platform, and the platform did not add any false popularity to his live broadcast room.
Ranking in the top five depends entirely on the huge number of barrages and the number of "live people" in the live broadcast room.
After playing another game, an old acquaintance [Jak Chong] whom I hadn’t seen for a long time also came to the live broadcast room.
As soon as the Insect King came to the live broadcast room, he immediately became super popular with five shots.
After watching the barrage, the people who were eating melons were crazy about "rich people asking for support".
Because [Jak Chong] is one of the rare true "emperors" of Shark TV, he can get money for the gifts he earns.
Unlike those protocol "emperors" who belong to the guild, the gifts given by those account swipes are just a bunch of data, which cannot be taken seriously.
After thanking the Insect Emperor for his gift, Lu Chen continued his ranking.
Nowadays, Lu Chen's popularity in the League of Legends circle is not what it used to be. If he calls [Huaguo Forestry University] now, almost everyone will recognize him and ask for his friend status.
The water friends were too kind to refuse, so Lu Chen had to filter a little by saying "If you win this round, you will add" every game.
I don’t know if his teammates are fighting for his friend status, so their fighting power exploded. Within a few hours of the broadcast, Lu Chen didn’t lose a set.
Naturally, there is also a long list on the friends list.
Don't look at Lu Chen's account, which automatically went into hibernation and dropped to Platinum 5 because he hasn't played for a long time. However, the top ten hidden points in the previous national server are still there, and the people ranked in the rankings are quite high. It's not that easy to win consecutively.
The call lasted until around three o'clock in the morning. When Lu Chen turned off the live broadcast and went offline to go to bed, the number had already been dialed back to Diamond Five.
After all, the hidden points are too high. If you win a set, you will gain more than 30 points. You don’t need to play in the small promotion competition. You can skip the promotion directly. You only need to play in the large promotion competition.
At least until you reach the master level, the speed of getting points on this account will be very fast.
Of course, with Lu Chen's level, if he doesn't practice heroes, his score will still be very fast even after he reaches the master level.
But that wouldn't be very interesting. His main purpose of playing ranked is to practice, and getting points is just incidental.
For him, getting higher scores has never been the goal, and ranking scores are of little use.
When Godv was ranked three, he didn't just casually abuse Knight, who was number one in the Korean server at that time, in key matches.
Of course, the main reason is that the bonus set by the club for ranking first in the Korean server is too small, and the bonus cannot be obtained repeatedly due to bugs.
So Lu Chen was too lazy to spend so much effort on improving his points.
Basically hanging around in the top 100 range of the Korean server king, wouldn't it be nice to do some big things in the rankings from time to time?
He is also worthy of his reputation as "Hanbok ghosts see sorrow".
Many high-level players have said that with Lu Shen's activity frequency in ranked, he can still be in the top 100 in the Korean server. If he really wants to score points, he will probably be in the top ten in the Korean server. It is not impossible to be the first in the Korean server.
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Two days later, Lu Chen returned his Chinese server account to the master rank.
In the past few days, the audience in the live broadcast room has been watching his work. Basically, all the shooter heroes have been played by Lu Chen on the top lane. The audience shouted, "Marco's position is not guaranteed, and he may face a crisis of being a substitute!"
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At this time, there is only one week left before the start of the qualifying rounds, and teams participating in the qualifying rounds continue to arrive in the Magic City.
First stay in the Magic City for a few days, and then go to Jiangcheng, the venue for the finals.
After these foreign players arrived in the Magic City, they immediately obtained the super number given by Penguin Games and began to play at the top of the canyon.
Soon, they will experience the exclusive features of the top of the canyon!
