Chapter 525: The top eight groups, hexagonal warrior Li Luo!
"It's not easy, it's not easy!"
Guan Zeyuan in the commentary box was filled with emotions.
To be fair, when FNC won T1, not only Guan Zeyuan, but at least more than 90% of the audience subconsciously believed that FPX had no chance.
For FPX, this is a day of hopeless life!
"Today is believed to be the most unforgettable day for the FPX players in their careers. We can see that when everything was settled, player doinb cried very hard. This was the first time he entered
World Championship.”
Under the camera of the director, doinb sat on a chair and burst into tears.
He did it.
They did it.
Perhaps in the history of the LPL, there have been teams that were eliminated in the group stage, and those teams were at best watched and criticized by domestic trolls for a while and then walked out.
But the environment FPX operates in is different.
This is the strongest era of LPL.
The Thorn Birds and EDG are so good. As the third seeds, they have fought all the way through the high-intensity competition of the bubble tournament to get here. If they really fall in the top 16, I am afraid they will be defeated by the teams that lost in the bubble tournament.
Fans eat it up.
Language is the most vicious knife in the world.
For people with poor mental endurance, if they are really besieged for a period of time, neurasthenia and depression will be mild.
Among the teams that lost in the bubble game was IG, which had won the first LPL championship.
There is LPL popular evergreen tree RNG.
The fan base of these two teams is so exaggerated.
And doinb also said in an interview before that they will advance to the knockout rounds without losing.
Now, FPX has won, and they have successfully advanced to the knockout rounds as second in the group.
The result is good, what doinb said is no longer important.
But if FPX fails to qualify, then doinb’s words will become a lost cause!
"My dear, if they break through this wave, they won't have to rise directly, right?"
Inside the temporary base, Xiangguo smacked his lips and said.
As they discussed before, there are no problems in FPX's training matches. Even if the Thorn Birds show their full strength, they can feel the real pressure.
They just didn't play well in the game.
Today's FPX has gone from nirvana at the beginning to rebirth at the end.
Xiangguo knows very well that this kind of ups and downs has a terrible impact on the mentality of the players. Some teams may be completely reborn because of such an experience.
Now that FPX has a strong foundation, will they... be reborn?
"It's not impossible."
Li Luo said slowly.
Next comes the draw ceremony for the knockout rounds.
FPX is in such a state, if they can get a Korean team to accompany them...
Thinking of this, Li Luo sighed.
His idea is unlikely.
Although all three LCK teams successfully qualified, except for the SKT team, the other two teams all qualified second in the group.
According to the rules of the S competition, the second place in the group can only meet the first place in the group of other groups.
There is no way for two teams in the same group to be assigned to the same half. If they can still meet, it will only be in the finals.
Therefore, there is absolutely no way for FPX to encounter the Korean team in the 8-to-4 knockout round. Even if they do, it will be in the semi-finals.
If... they can really take that step.
"There won't be a civil war in our LPL division, right?"
At this moment, Brother Holy Spear said abruptly.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little silent.
Liu Qingsong opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say that Brother Shengqiang had a bit of a crow's mouth.
But then I thought about it...
Judging from the current qualifying situation, even if the LPL is not in the top eight, there is a high probability that it will meet in the top four.
This probability is really too high.
"For the competition area, civil war is not a bad thing, but..."
Zhu Kai was midway through his words but did not continue.
Everyone knows what he means.
Soon, the drawing ceremony began.
The top team in each group will be drawn first.
This round of drawing lots is mainly to divide the half zone.
The first to appear was the SKT team.
Next up was G2.
Li Luo narrowed his eyes.
Good guy, the first grudge game has appeared.
At this year's MSI, the Thorn Birds failed to meet SKT in the finals because SKT was defeated by G2.
Now the two No. 1 seed teams are in the same half.
As long as both of their teams can defeat their opponents at the same time and advance to the semifinals, it will be equivalent to a perfect replica of MSI's knockout schedule.
Interesting, so interesting.
But this also means that EDG will be in the same half zone as the Thorn Birds.
As the team logos of the Thorn Birds and EDG appeared on the other half of the big screen, many spectators at the scene sat up slightly.
The main event is here.
Especially for European audiences.
Now all they have left is G2.
Let’s look at the four second-ranked teams in the four groups...
The majority are those who are not easy to mess with.
If possible, they certainly hope that their team's luck will be better.
Just when countless viewers were thinking this, the first team from the second team pool in the group took the lead.
DWG.
"DWG...Is this going to lead to a civil war in Korea?"
In the commentary box, Wawa was overjoyed at first, but was quickly interrupted by Miller beside him.
"No, that's not right. Because DWG is in the same group as G2, they cannot be placed in the top half. In other words..."
Under the spotlight, DWG's team logo moved horizontally to the other half of the area, which is... the side of the Thorn Birds.
The first matchup of the knockout rounds is out.
Thorn Birds vs DWG!
Temporary base.
The expressions of everyone at DWG were a little dull.
According to their thinking, the opponent they most hope to encounter in the knockout round is actually EDG.
The opponent you least want to encounter is the Thorn Bird.
SKT still has to be ranked behind the Thorn Birds.
This Xibal'er is really unlucky!
In fact, DWG is quite satisfied with its state in this World Championship.
Their strength is in a stage of steady increase.
If they don't let them encounter too strong opponents in the eight-to-four game and give them a buffer, then they have reason to believe that they can take a further step.
Time is the most precious thing in this world championship.
But now, they have no way out.
Some immature tactics must be trained intensively in the past few days, and strive to overthrow the Thorn Birds.
These guys from DWG want to win the championship!
In contrast, in the temporary base of the Thorn Birds Team.
"Oh, this one-third chance can still give us a chance."
Xiangguo said with great interest.
In the past, beating sticks was a headache for incense pots.
But now Xiangguo kind of likes this feeling.
With Li Luo in his pocket, he can do whatever he wants.
"It's half. There is no way for TL to be in the same half zone as us, so we can only encounter DWG and FPX."
Liu Qingsong stretched beside him: "It's okay, as long as it's not a civil war. To be honest, I don't really want to meet that monkey from FPX."
However, just when Liu Qingsong finished speaking.
FPX, however, appeared in the hands of the drawee.
Liu Qingsong's yawn stopped abruptly in the middle of his yawn.
Half zone avoidance principle, FPX cannot be in the same half zone as SKT.
so.
They...will have a civil war with EDG.
This means that the three LPL teams are in the same half zone.
"This sign... I can't say for sure, but it's definitely not good."
At the commentary table, Guan Zeyuan frowned slightly.
The next two teams are also coming out one after another.
Fortunately, the LCK side is not going well either.
SKT is going to have a civil war with Griffin.
The European audience seemed very excited.
Their G2 will face North American TL.
What a win.
The best lot was drawn by them!
It deserves to be a home game, and it feels comfortable.
"In this case, all four games in the knockout rounds will be announced."
Miller slowly said: "First, SKT will play against GRF, G2 will play against TL, Thorn Birds will play against DWG, and EDG will play against FPX."
After finishing speaking, Miller, who pondered for two seconds, continued to add: "In general, the LCK's luck is actually worse. One of the three teams has a civil war, and one has faced our Thorn Birds..."
"In terms of objective strength, our second half is relatively stable. I am very confident in the Thorn Birds. As long as the Thorn Birds can win DWG, then our LPL division will be sent to the finals."
"No matter how life-and-death the top half is, it won't have much to do with us before the finals."
"Yes, so the key battle for the eighth to fourth place is between the Thorn Birds and DWG. Before this, the two teams had no record of playing against each other. This is the only thing that makes me uneasy."
Guan Zeyuan was a little serious.
He had thought of a script.
That is, once the Thorn Birds lose to DWG, the second half may be penetrated by DWG.
Of course, this probability is very small. As the third seed of LCK, DWG wants to overthrow the first seed of LPL. It is not ordinary difficult.
When thinking about these contents in his mind, Guan Zeyuan seemed to realize something, and quickly shook his head to divert his attention.
Can't think about it, absolutely can't think about it.
…
After the lottery ceremony ended, the S9 group stage officially came to an end.
But it is worth mentioning that the audience did not leave the venue in a hurry.
Because the organizer added a new data this year.
Those are the five people who performed best in this group stage and will be listed.
Their statistical rankings in the group stage will also be presented to all viewers.
First, let’s go to the unit.
In this position, the player given the MVP in the group stage is Wunder from the G2 team.
After the LPL viewers saw this data, there was obviously a commotion in the barrage.
A large piece of "shady footage" floated out along with the barrage.
Fortunately, the three people in the commentary box are all relatively professional.
After Guan Zeyuan looked at Wunder's gorgeous data, he explained: "Actually, domestic viewers don't have to worry too much about this issue. Data cannot represent everything. The reason why Wunder's data can take the first place is first of all because they
The team’s style of play is quite bloody.”
"Secondly, in the group they are in, except for DWG's top laner, the top laners of the other two teams were beaten a bit miserably by Wunder. Wunder also played some carry-type heroes, and the statistics were gorgeous.
It’s a matter of course.”
"In comparison, among the three teams in our LPL, only Holy Spear Brother played two Ravens, which can be regarded as a relatively carry role. However, the average game time of the Thorn Birds in the group stage was too short, which resulted in both sides being serious.
We don’t play in groups much, so Holy Spear Brother is naturally weaker in terms of damage data.”
Guan Zeyuan's explanation relieved many viewers.
And soon, the MVP of the jungle appeared.
As expected this time, it’s Thorn Bird’s MLXG.
The Thorn Birds' fast-break style of play in the group stage can be said to be almost the whole team playing in conjunction with the incense pot.
The 89% dragon control rate is indeed a bit exaggerated.
In the audience's impression, those uncontrolled dragons were not fought over just because the Thorn Birds made tactical changes.
