733: The draw is finalized, and the war in the World Championship resumes!
Accompanying Shi Senming is the incense pot.
After Liu Shiyu listened to Gu Xing explain the logical relationship, the CPU became confused and almost overloaded and overclocked.
His not very shrewd little mind was stuck for two seconds before he could react, "Doesn't that mean Shi Senming wants to invite Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang?"
"Yes!" Gu Xing gave a thumbs up.
Jack knocked on the table, and Monkey urged, "Don't worry about so much... let's eat first!"
"Come on! Let's have a king crab first, and then some snowflake beef. I have to have a good time today!" Lin Weixiang is so smart that he still doesn't know who is paying. Anyway, just make sure you don't have to pay the bill yourself.
I immediately put my mind at ease and started ordering.
Putting down the menu, he couldn't wait to learn from his friends, "By the way, what should I pay attention to when entering the World Championship for the first time?"
Next to him, Liu Qingsong, who was also entering the World Championship for the first time, listened carefully.
Gu Xing organized the answer in his mind, "It's just that the venue is bigger and more lively, and there are more crooked nuts from Europe and the United States. The playing style is different from ours. You have to adapt to the opponent's style in advance..."
"In addition, if you want to catch the version, don't use your old way of playing in the battle. The World Championship is completely different from the LPL. You must practice the new system, otherwise the upper limit will be extremely low and you will definitely not be able to reach the end," Gu Xing said frankly,
"So don't care too much about the results of the training matches. Winning or losing is irrelevant. Just make sure that you and the team can improve in the process."
He was citing the lessons learned from EDG. During the first two World Championships, Guodian simply used training matches as a tool to increase their winning rate. They never practiced the version system and only played the lineup they were most familiar with.
The result is that Guodian is very strong in every training match, but when everyone figures out the answer to adapt to the version of the World Championship, EDG can only follow other teams and learn from others' understanding, one step at a time, step by step, as long as the speed of copying is not enough.
If you hurry up, you will suffer a loss!
This is also the reason why Guodian ranks among the top eight every year.
Teams that can stand out from each knockout round need to have the ability to adapt to the version. However, EDG, which only plays training matches to win, cannot understand the competition environment at all. The defeat is understandable!
"I understand... Brother Duo Jie Xing!" Liu Qingsong burst into tears of gratitude.
He could feel the sincerity in Gu Xing's words.
"It's okay." Gu Xing waved his hand and didn't take it to heart.
Even if he doesn't say these words himself, IG head coach Jin Jingzhu will still emphasize them.
That person has participated in two World Championships with Edgar, and even made it all the way to the finals in the S7 Global Finals.
Samsung relied on the top lane single belt system that was realized in the knockout round. The True Eye Sea gameplay was able to fight a way out from the siege of many powerful enemies. As a person who has experienced it, it is impossible for Jin Jingzhu not to know the truth about the evolutionary enlightenment in the World Championship!
"Oh, by the way, you'd better prepare a few more team uniforms," Shi Senming added next to him, "At the World Championships, players from other teams will come over to exchange signed uniforms. If there are not enough clothes, it will be embarrassing."
Lin Weixiang interrupted him with excitement on his face, "I know this. I saw Brother Xing posted pictures two years ago, and there was a whole cabinet full of other people's team uniforms!"
"Wow, my brother is going to find Faker to get his autograph later. Brother Xing, you have to help me matchmaking, otherwise I'm afraid that Li Sang Hyuk will ignore us." Lin Weixiang couldn't help but get excited when he thought about it.
"Faker can't come this year, why do you want his autograph?" Jack thought at first that Big Eyebrow was insinuating that Lee Sang Hyuk couldn't come to the World Championship. But when he saw that Lin Weixiang was confused and didn't seem to be faking, he was immediately confused, "He bubbled up to compete.
You didn’t qualify, and you didn’t even know that?”
"I can't come..." Lin Weixiang's voice sounded weak.
When the LCK played the bubble game, IG was also fighting fiercely.
Lin Weixiang was focused on preparing for the bubbling competition and wanted to launch a sprint towards the World Championship that he had never touched before. Naturally, he had no energy to pay attention to the situation in the Hanguo Division.
"You really didn't make it to S8?" Lin Weixiang asked again unwillingly.
Gu Xing answered seriously, "I really didn't make it. SKT was sent away by Samsung...GEN."
The BO5 bubble match was an unprecedented battle, and the process highlighted a series of ups and downs.
Faker first won two cities in a row on his own and was the first to get the match point.
Everyone thought that SKT would advance to the next round. Who would have thought that GEN would actually start to fight back in a desperate situation, letting the audience know with their actual performance what they are like the king of the bubble game!
Cuvee, Leader An and Emperor Chi took turns to exert their efforts, one person was the MVP of the game, and the two chased the three to carry GEN through the danger!
No matter how strong Lee Sang Hyuk is, he still cannot cope with the encirclement and suppression of several world-class players.
There is still no one around him who can stand up and share even a little bit of responsibility. The once famous wolf-stick combination is now no longer majestic and can only barely maintain the balance of power in the line. Not to mention the two brothers Ueno, pure and simple in high-intensity duels.
It's a hindrance.
SKT has no choice but to regret the defeat!
Lin Weixiang sighed.
He has always regarded Faker as his idol, and he felt uncomfortable when he thought that he would not be able to see Lee Sang Hyuk in the global finals.
Da Mei had no choice but to turn his attention to the disembowelled king crab in front of him, turned his grief and anger into appetite, and devoured it heartily.
"Then on the LCK side, KT, KZ and GEN will participate in S8?" Liu Qingsong took a sip of soup to warm his stomach and casually chatted.
"No, GEN didn't participate in the bubble game," Liu Shiyu teased his oily bangs, "Griffin sent them away."
If facing SKT's BO5, GEN proved their authority as the king of the bubble game, then the battle against rookie Griffin used fate to explain what the version is.
True Eye Sea Green Jungle Knife, the eye stone is weakened, the first one to bear the brunt is GEN!
In comparison, Griffin is much more comfortable.
The mid laner Showmaker reaped the benefits of Syndra's strengthening. His proficiency in ball girl is no worse than that of top operators like Song Yijin and Faker. After getting Syndra, he almost broke through the crown in a single line!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The bottom lane clearly shows the gap in the hero pool.
Although Ruler's playing style is different from Uzi's, he made exactly the same mistake.
It has the soul of AD too much.
If it’s not Edici, I won’t play!
Legal core?
Go away, you pure bastards!
Because of his hero pool problem, GEN had to discard the bot lane cores such as Bomberman and Rockbird.
But Viper works.
Not only is it usable, but its proficiency is terrifying.
Relying on the tough line-up strength in the middle and the hero pool advantage in the bottom lane, [Griffin, who gained 70 bubbling tournament points with the third place in the summer and waited for his hard work, finally defeated GEN 3:2 with difficulty and won the last place in the LCK division.
A ticket to the World Championship!
"Griffin? Their jungler is Tarzan, right?" Lin Weixiang chuckled, "Prince Ning usually dislikes him."
There was a beat happening this summer that had nothing to do with VG.
Ning Wangxian revealed the approximate results of the training match between IG and Griffin in the live broadcast. After the slice was broadcast, Griffin's side was criticized.
They believe that training matches should be kept secret from beginning to end, and no information should be revealed to the outside world. What if the information is intercepted by potential enemies?
The two sides have now formed a feud, and Tarzan claimed in a public interview that King Ning is an average jungler.
Gao Zhenning was so arrogant that he was furious!
Gu Xing had no intention of getting involved in the dispute between the two parties. He simply lowered his head and picked up his phone to see what the maggot babies in the forum were discussing.
Let's start a fight, the screen is full of discussions about today's bubble game.
In the rating thread, the friends were as aggressive as ever.
[Wolf Bank? Bank! It is simply IG’s ATM. Whenever you are short of money, you can go and withdraw money]
[Question Maibo, understand Maibo, become... surpass Maibo! I finally understand why Smeb performed poorly in the finals. It turns out that Maibo's performance is decent, while Langxing's pure filial piety, without any ability to resist
No, just being ravaged!】
[I feel sorry for Little Peanut, if it hadn’t been for Tai Cai, I would have decided to join forces with Xing Ge Xiaoyang in the Winter Congress this year, alas...]
[Peanut: Who was my previous top orderer? Maibo, Khan, now you give me a bank, how can I win? 】
[A BO5 set many precedents: EDG missed the World Championship for the first time in the history of the team, and it was also the first time in Peanut's career that it did not enter the global finals. It was also the first time for IG's four-member team except Broiler to go to the World Championship]
[Trivia: Little Peanut is the real friend of the LPL. He has entered the World Championship twice in his career, and both times allowed the LPL region to win the championship. There is no peanut butter this time. It’s really hard to say whether we can win the championship]
Putting aside the rating posts, there are many posts in the counter forum such as [Discuss rationally, is this year's VG RNG IG team the strongest in LPL history?].
Gu Xing found a few discussion posts that he was interested in and saved them for later reading. The topic had changed during the meeting, so he reconnected and joined the discussion.
The six of them were friends who met before they became famous when they were young. They have been fighting in the LPL league for the past two years and have kept in touch. Once they started chatting, they all turned into chatty chatters, talking about everything from club anecdotes to teammates' embarrassments to daily life trivial matters.
After the five flavors of the dishes were finished and everyone was full and full, Gu Xing suddenly had a sudden idea and took the initiative to take a group photo as a souvenir.
"Can I post the photos on Weibo later?" He told his thoughts, "My brother also has photos from previous dinner parties in his gallery. I can post them for comparison."
At this time, Gu Xing's advantage as a master of saving pictures came to light. He always saved all kinds of good memes when he came across them. Naturally, he also didn't miss the previous gatherings. For this reason, he opened a cloud disk membership for fear of insufficient capacity.
"Sure," Lin Weixiang burped. The short-tongued man did not object, "Slap, shoot, shoot."
Gu Xing invited a waiter to help him take a group photo, and by the way, a fan who recognized his identity gave away two signed posters for free.
The six of them hugged each other closely, facing the camera with bright smiles. This scene was captured and captured by mobile phones.
Gu Xing posted the newly released photo together with the old picture he had saved on Weibo, with the previous line in the text - [See you in KR, brothers!]
The number of pictures he has saved is enough to fill the entire Jiugong grid.
The first reunion of the six members of the Septwolves competing in the professional arena was in September 2016. Gu Xing, Jack and Xiangguo, who were about to leave for the United States at that time, were in high spirits. You can see the high spirits of the young people just through the pictures; while the remaining three
Shi Senming, who struggled in the secondary league, and once again missed the hope of promotion to the LPL in YM, and Xiangsong, who had just knocked Greedy Sa out of the league, were full of melancholy, restraint and confusion about the future.
At the 2017 party, all six people appeared on the LPL stage. Gu Xing, who was already a world champion and achieved his first Grand Slam, was much more mature and stable, while Shi Senming and Xiangsong beside him finally had a stable and rewarding job.
, took root in the league step by step, and gradually became the backbone of the LPL. The confusion in his eyes gradually dissipated when taking a group photo, and was replaced by ambition, wanting to create a world in the LPL league.
As of this year, all six players have advanced to the global finals. The group photo shows not only comfort, but also ambition!
Although everyone belongs to three teams, their goal is very much the same, aiming at the Summoner Trophy!
After Jiugongge was posted on Weibo, Gu Xing went to check out, and within ten minutes of returning from going to the toilet, the comment section exploded!
[Spicy beef is really hot, what kind of group gathering is it? 】
[I’m just writing a cool article here. The six people here must be among the top players in their respective lanes this year. They were actually in the same group back then...]
[I have already said that the power of group friends is endless. Some of the guys who are in my group should reflect on yourselves. Why is it that you are not the one who goes on stage to compete? 】
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! [I really couldn’t stand the first picture in 2016. Was Lin Weixiang so big at that time? 】
[My evaluation is not as good as Liu Qingsong. He seems to be polite, elegant and easy-going. When he criticizes people during the live broadcast, he is really fierce.]
[Three S8 expedition teams have two people each, right? They are really neat and tidy?]
[Has been held! Brother Xing is creating small groups within the LPL to eliminate dissidents. Anyone who does not join the Seven Wolves will be kicked out of the S competition. Bully Gu Xing! 】
Gu Xing saw that there was a picture accompanying this comment. He clicked on it and took a look, and almost stopped.
Netizens don’t know which game the picture was taken from. At that time, Gu Xing was probably discussing BP lineup selection with his teammates and coaches. He put his elbows on the table, stretched out his index finger and pointed at the monitor in front of him, with a posture similar to
The emoji of a husky pointing at someone is similar.
As a result, netizen P wrote, "Kick the people on the opposite side out of the S competition list." The meaning completely changed.
The members of the Seven Wolves each had something to do, so they parted ways after the dinner. They briefly hugged each other before leaving the bungalow hotpot.
"Everyone is the enemy in the cold country," Shi Senming rubbed Jack's big head vigorously, "See you on the field!"
"Your sense of worry is a bit ahead of its time. At least in the group stage, everyone has to schedule a training match," Gu Xing interrupted with a smile, "Of course, Shi Senming, if you don't want to, we will only make a schedule with IG."
"Okay!" Liu Qingsong smiled.
"Don't mention me, please don't mention me," Shi Senming quickly apologized and changed his tone, "Brothers, please help each other when you get there. We have to help each other!"
After everyone laughed and joked for a while, they said goodbye, and Gu Xing returned to his hometown in Zhenhai with his suitcase the next day.
At home, except for sleeping, he just binge-watched movies and TV series. It was rare for him to touch the computer again. This summer, Gu had a busy schedule and all the matches were full. He was really exhausted and just wanted to stay away from League of Legends for a while.
Gu Xing is now extremely glad that he decided to retire after this season, otherwise he would have been really overwhelmed by the intensity of the schedule.
When the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives, my girlfriend's sister finally returns from vacation in the imperial capital, and the family spends the festival happily in their new home.
Gu Xing was immersed in joy and couldn't extricate himself. In the evening of the next day, he received a call from Jack.
"Hello?" He was interrupted from his business and was a bit angry.
"Ouch, what are you doing?" Yu Wenbo was very unhappy, "Brother, I took the initiative to call you and you have this attitude?"
"... Just tell me if you have something to say," Gu Xing coughed twice, "I'm busy here."
"What are you busy with?" Jack continued smoothly.
"Busy about studying mathematics," Gu Xing said in a high-sounding tone.
Then he was hit with a moderately critical blow on the top of his head.
Turning his head to look, he saw Shen Guanshan next to him with red cheeks and a pair of clear eyes staring at him.
"Wow, are you really good at it?" Jack couldn't believe it, "Wow, wow..."
He thought he was shocked by Gu Xing's answer. After a long silence, he said, "Brother, I just called you to remind you that there is a lottery ceremony today. If you are interested, Lao Gu, you can take a look."
Gu Xing was really interested. After all, it was closely related to which group his team was assigned to and the future of the S competition.
He clicked on the live broadcast platform on his mobile phone and saw the link to the World Championship draw ceremony pushed on the homepage. When he clicked on it, he saw the familiar setting in the Los Angeles LCS live broadcast hall. Captain Jack Sparrow from KR was in a suit and tie, and he often had a smile on his lips.
"Hey, it feels a little comfortable..." Gu Xing occasionally hummed.
Shen Guanshan was neatly dressed and kneaded the muscles of her boyfriend's back with both hands, "Isn't your Herman Miller chair very useful? Why is your back still sore?"
"How much maintenance can that chair do? At most, it just makes me feel more comfortable when I sit on it." Gu Xing narrowed his eyes slightly, "Besides, that chair didn't even sit on it for a few days this summer. It was all running outside. Already."
The two training camps for the Asian Games alone took more than half a month together. Taking into account the main game, intercontinental competition, and LPL playoffs, the entire summer season was cut into pieces. Gu Xing was exhausted and consumed during the journey. After sitting for a long time, the trapezius muscles in the back are a little hard to bear.
When Jack called just now, Gu Xing was begging his girlfriend to give him a massage.
Shen Guanshan increased his strength, his hands were slightly sore, and he couldn't help but complain, "If it doesn't work later, I'll give you the whole massage chair... By the way, how did the draw go?"
"The number one pool has just been drawn, and the suspense hasn't been revealed yet." Gu Xing glanced at the screen of his mobile phone.
The five major regions still have four seed pools, except for the North American Summer Split champion Liquid. Due to the poor results of MSI, they were forced to be assigned to the second pool.
This means that TL must be assigned to the same group as one of the No. 1 seeds from the other four divisions. The situation of qualifying is extremely difficult!
In the end, KT was ranked in Group A, G2 was in Group B, VG stayed in Group C, and Flash Wolves were assigned to Group D.
"The first one in Pool No. 2... oh, it's hard work up here!" Gu Xing sighed, which attracted the attention of Shen Guanshan, who was concentrating on kneading his boyfriend's back.
Captain Jack pulled out the ribbon from the black ball, and the familiar black and gold team logo showed the identity of the visitor.
RNG!
If the same division avoidance principle is not triggered, RNG will be in the same group as KT!
"This is a tough battle..." Shen Guanshan felt that the future of the royal family was not optimistic, "Is Deft the Tiankewuzi?"
"You're right. Kim Hyuk Kyu's move in the LPL back then was very serious, but we don't know how the version direction of the World Championship will evolve yet," Gu Xing said vaguely, "Maybe RNG can find the answer again. It's hard to say who will lose and who will win. But anyway, it should be fun to watch these two teams fight."
While the two were chatting, Captain Jack had already pulled out another ribbon.
liquid.
TL is assigned to Group B where G2 is located. The two European and American hegemons will cause a bloody storm in the group stage!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, okay, Riot understands, there is no shortage of topics for this year's group stage external network designation!" Gu Xingxi smiled.
It was the turn of VG's first group stage opponent. When Gu Xing saw Captain Jack with a wry smile on his face, he knew something was not going well.
Sure enough, KZ's blue team logo appeared in front of us!
"Ah?!" Shen Guanshan couldn't help but increase his strength and heard Gu Xing wailing. He didn't know whether it was because the draw was too bad or because he was pinching himself.
"Guigui, this should be regarded as the most powerful team in the second pool, right?" Gu Xing couldn't laugh or cry, "It seems that this fortune is quite average."
"It's okay," Shen Guanshan tried to comfort her boyfriend with a brisk tone, "Are you still afraid of Dragon Ball? Isn't it your defeat last year? I don't know how many times I won!"
"Look at Captain Jack's crying face, you should be confident!" his girlfriend encouraged.
"That's true..." Gu Xing saw that Lightning Wolf's Group D drew the second seed FNC of the LCS.EU, and he sentenced Lightning Wolf to death in his heart.
Imp once revealed to him the general situation of the European division. FNC is considered the leader and has challenged G2's throne more than once this year.
This traditional giant with the new generation mid laner Caps as the core is flourishing again after three years of silence. The strength of the lineup should not be underestimated. In terms of paper strength alone, it should be second only to KZ in the second pool.
Flash Wolves are unlikely to win!
In the third round of drawing, Captain Jack was happy when he came up.
A majestic red bull is used as the team logo. Uninitiated people may think that it is the Chicago Bulls, but it is actually Phong V? Buffalo, the leader of the Vietnam Division!
When you hear the name of the competition area, you will know that it is purely a point-giving baby, used to slightly reduce the smell of gunpowder in Group A.
Captain Jack drew again and saw the names of 100 thieves.
This team belongs to North America, and Liquid in Group B triggered the avoidance principle in the same division, and moved one place laterally to Group C where VG is located!
"Nice!" Gu Xing said proudly, "I said something wrong before, but Captain Jack's stroke is really good!"
With more North American fishing ratios, the difficulty of qualifying will be drastically reduced!
All I can say is that I understand everything. Apart from C9, the North American division is basically not much better than the wild cards.
When 100 Thieves comes to Group C, it is destined that there will be no Baidu Cloud team in the group!
Good sign!
Gu Xing looked at the lottery results.
Group A: KT, RNG, Phong V? Buffalo
Group B:G2,TL,MAD
Group C: VG, KZ, 100 Thieves
Group D:FW,FNC,IG
There are four remaining teams - G-Rex from the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan divisions, VIT from the European division, C9 from North America and Griffin from the LCK. They have to participate in the play-in rounds with other wild card teams, and they can only break into the group after fighting. race to compete for the remaining seats.
It's just that according to last year's practice, except for the doubts about the places in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan divisions, the other three teams are basically guaranteed to qualify without any suspense.
From this point of view, those assigned to Group C are either wild cards, G-Rex, or VIT Bees, and their strength is not too high.
As long as VG doesn't get sick, it won't be difficult to qualify first in the group.
Very quickly, Gu Xing jumped into the Kangba bar and started surfing.
As the LPL Bubble Tournament has come to an end, all major competition regions have entered a long off-season, and there will be no play-in matches until half a month later. This has resulted in Kangba netizens having nothing to do, and they are particularly interested in the lottery ceremony.
, there are so many discussion posts!
[I can only say that RNG’s draw is as bad as it gets. How do you play if you are assigned KT? Doesn’t Mr. Dai specialize in dog-fighting sticks? 】
[It’s almost done, HZ is still cheap and good, and it’s not enough to give you a Vietnamese team. Unless Baidu Cloud comes to the fourth pool, won’t RNG be stable in qualifying? 】
[There is a hammer to qualify for, and the top eight will beat the first place in the other three groups. I don’t even know how to win!]
[One thing to say, both VG and IG did very well this time. It’s not a dream to win the first place in the two groups if you perform normally, folks! 】
[Haha, I think of the script of the S5 World Championship. At that time, IG also played FNC, and their posture was smashed by Huni's Riven. Will IG 4.0 make the same mistakes again? 】
[No, no, no, no, at least we won’t be playing on National Day this time, and we won’t surrender on the field. IG’s performance will definitely be better than in 2015]
Apart from these posts discussing the lottery results, more netizens are still expressing their opinions on the overall strength of the three teams participating in the LPL.
[Li Tao, is this considered the golden age of our LPL? All three teams can be called strong teams. How about we strive for three of the top four? 】
[Then being beaten to pieces by a team in succession? This script seems interesting]
[It’s a pity that Faker didn’t come. This guy can’t participate in every competition held in the cold country. Does he have some eyebrow pencil attributes? If Faker comes to participate this time, I guarantee that he will never come back and even be in the top four.
You can’t even get it!]
[Can you hold back the champagne before the game? I’m so scared. The plot of 15 years will repeat itself again, and the dark age of LPL is about to come again]
[Does anyone still believe in metaphysics? Let me put it here, LCK will definitely not even have a team that can enter the finals this year, otherwise it will be over if you stand on your head and eat the little fool, come back to dig my grave! 】
Gu Xing was made to laugh by Tieba netizens, but he was full of expectations for the upcoming World Championship.
He rested at home until after the National Day, then packed his bags and headed to the Imperial Capital. He packed up equipment such as spare mice and keyboards at the VG base, and then brought two piles of team uniforms with him and the staff of the training department.
Depart for Busan.
Sitting on the plane, Gu Xing did not forget to turn on his mobile phone to take a look at the results of the qualifying round.
This time the LMS division was quite strong. G-Rex was not eliminated and managed to survive the dangers and advance to the main stage. The other teams in the major divisions did exactly what Gu Xing thought and won the remaining seats with overwhelming force!
After a brief draw and supplementary ceremony, VG ushered in its last enemy in the group stage.
It is the little bee VIT.
RNG did not have good luck in the draw and was assigned to Baidu Cloud C9. According to the principle of avoiding the same division, Group B can only be G-Rex, and Group D can only be Griffin.
Time has come to October, and the World Championship war has officially started!
