If the Chinese stream commentary box focuses on the possible encounter between RNG and KT, then the English stream is more focused on the upcoming opening game.
The LEC commentary box is very real, and they never show mercy to the NA team.
Especially today’s guest commentator is the notoriously loud-mouthed Vitius.
"NA's team is rubbish! I predict that C9 will be defeated by KT today!"
"I can't think of anything that compares to KT... What C9 should consider is the later games. It's more realistic to score points on DFM and INF."
Not only are the European commentators not optimistic about C9, but even the North American commentators are also negative about the champion of their own region.
The senior brother was very pessimistic: "I swear I don't have any personal grudges in what follows... But in fact, Perkz has made a lot of money since coming to North America this year, but his words are still as tough as ever."
"He even said before the game that he wanted to teach Chaowei a lesson! I think he will be silenced after the game."
"Perkz was very good last year but was lucky enough not to meet KT head-on. This year, if he meets Cheng, he will be killed miserably! We all know that Cheng is a stingy guy."
"Compare Fudge with Cheng?"
"I'm sorry! I think it's insulting to Cheng! Like you asked me to compare Perkz to Faker."
Senior Brother has often had verbal disputes with Ah P throughout his career, and he always said it without any personal grudges, but his words in the commentary box made it difficult for people to believe that he came into the arena without any personal grudges.
On the other hand, no one criticized him in the barrage, and the European and American audiences were happily playing with various jokes.
Lin Cheng's game style is very popular in Europe and the United States. For them, C9 is considered a success if they don't get zero shutouts.
TSM fans are even looking forward to the scene where C9 is beaten violently.
Korean commentary box.
Today's commentator is Yoon Soobin, and the guests are KT legend Kuro and Lin Cheng's iron fan Jin Jihyun.
Yin Xiubin: "Here we come! Making his debut after a month! KT's story begins in Iceland. What do you two think of this battle?"
Kuro: "I also played a training match with C9 when I was in KT last year. Although their personnel has changed a lot this year, I think KT is definitely more dominant in terms of personal ability."
After a pause, Kuro added: "Furthermore, Summit's inability to come to Iceland this time also had a great impact on C9. Originally, he had the opportunity to hold Lin Cheng's line up, but Lin Cheng was not always able to completely suppress him in our training games last year.
Summit.”
Summit, who originally moved to C9 this season, performed well, but due to the language barrier, he was always out of touch with the team. As a result, C9 still chose to trust Fudge in the most important stage of the playoffs.
Although Fudge's single-line ability is a little worse than Summit's, the victory lies in good team communication, and Fudge's performance in the playoffs is really outstanding, much more stable than the arrogant Ah P in the middle.
So C9 finally made up their mind and didn't even bring Summit to Iceland.
Kuro's comments were relatively objective and conservative, while Kim Ji-hyun was much more straightforward: "I think as long as KT's players don't get acclimatized, it's impossible to lose the opening game...even though the version may have changed a lot from a month ago, but
As long as the top laner still has enough influence on the game, KT will always be a top team."
"Because we have the best top laner in the world!"
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While chatting in the commentary box, the broadcaster finally released the promotional video for this MSI.
After the Riot Games logo appeared, Iceland’s volcanoes, white snow, waves and other natural scenery emerged one after another.
The camera turned and the exciting music came to mind.
The picture is of an empty street in Reykjavik, with five cool and stunning figures walking side by side.
“MAD is unstoppable!”
Armut's burly figure is very domineering, but the style of his painting is a bit stiff even though he has to wear a cotton-padded jacket under the bright sunshine.
Humanoid is tall and stylish. As long as he doesn't play cards and doesn't play cards, and he faces Larsson in the finals, he will be the best mid laner in Europe.
Carzzy looks down at the camera.
"A new era has arrived and we are now the kings of Europe."
Then, Elyoya, the new European wild king, punched the camera.
The screen turned and showed PSG's five-man team.
Doggo, the little Shiba Inu, spoke very modestly, "If they despise us, we have a chance to defeat any opponent."
Next, it was C9's turn to appear, and the scene was a bit hellish.
In the green mist, the faces of the five people could not be seen clearly. It was indeed a bit like the underworld in Chinese legends.
"I am recognized as the best mid laner in the Mid-Season Invitational!"
Although he couldn't even see people clearly, Ah P could still say this without forcing himself on his face.
Before the game even started, he represented the global audience and declared himself the number one mid laner in MSI.
There are too many teams in the mid-season, and the short promotional video can only give one scene to each, but the lines of each team are very domineering.
"Everyone should be afraid of Brazil! They don't know what kind of opponent they are facing."
The speech of the Brazilian team PNG player made the Chinese-language barrage unstoppable.
"Damn it! Does this mean that the more you talk, the more slutty you are?"
"PNG: They should be scared because no one knows what we are capable of. (Funny)"
"These dishes are more showy than the other. Brother Cheng, why don't you go to heaven?"
The pictures of each team flashed one by one, and RNG Xiaohu made a very classic pistol pose.
"I have only one goal, and that is to let RNG win."
Then KT came on the stage, and after his teammates disappeared in a flash, Lin Cheng stood in front of the camera.
"I am coming!"
He looked down at the camera, his expression indescribably serious.
"Can you...please kneel down in front of me?"
It was originally a death angle, but Lin Cheng, who was wearing a short-sleeved team uniform, was tall and strong. His lowered expression was calm and refreshing, and paired with his voice, he looked domineering.
"Fuck! As expected of you! You have that taste."
"Lin Cheng: God is here! Come and bow down!"
"Why do you have to let him say this kind of criticism behind RNG? Is it aimed at me, RNG?"
"I have to say, brother Cheng is really good-looking, handsome from every angle."
"You can obviously rely on your face to make a living, but you always look like you don't need a beating, 2333."
After Lin Cheng's words, there were two more profound scenes.
One is the confrontation between C9 and MAD players. NA and EU have been mortal enemies of each other for a long time.
The other is the confrontation between KT and RNG, which foreshadows the confrontation between the two major regions of LPL and LCK.
The promotional video ended and the broadcast screen cut to the competition venue.
On the big screen behind the stage is MSI's classic logo, which looks a bit like the Summoner's Crystal Nexus wearing a cape.
The championship trophy was placed in the center of the stage, and a host with an alpaca hairstyle stood beside it.
"Welcome summoners from all over the world to Reykjavik, Iceland, where the strongest kings from each competition area will be crowned."
"The next two teams will start the first match of the group stage. The first one to appear is the strongest player from LCK, world champion KT Rolster."
The music suddenly became passionate, and Lin Cheng took the lead and walked out of the entrance channel.
As soon as he took the stage, Lin Cheng saw the MSI championship trophy in the center of the stage at his first glance.