Going from China to Samba requires crossing half the world, so the flight speed is very slow.
However, this also gave Lu Haoran enough opportunities to study his opponents. Almost before getting off the plane, he studied the SKT team and the G2 team, the two teams that pose the greatest threat to LGD.
After arriving at the venue where the Samba group stage was held, Lu Haoran didn't say much and took everyone directly to the hotel arranged by the official, and then began to have a deep sleep.
After all, if they can't get over the jet lag before the official start of the game, they will have to fight against other high-spirited opponents with dark circles under their eyes.
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Since the qualifying round will officially end on the 4th, the lgd team has plenty of free time in the days before arriving in Samba Country.
In order to put the players in a better mood and state to start the next training, Lu Haoran also led the players to spend a day touring the streets and alleys of Samba Country.
Not only did they taste delicious food, but they also experienced the customs and customs of a foreign country. With the exception of Wei Shen, all the players who went abroad to play for the first time experienced the feeling of traveling at public expense.
Of course, Lu Haoran has deliberately controlled his diet and refused to allow the players to eat beef noodles, Xiao Yang Shengjian and other things, otherwise it may affect the players' performance in the competition.
Although this matter is not absolute, even Lu Haoran has to accept the word "metaphysics"!
After a day's rest, all members of the LGD team officially entered the pre-match training and began to conduct targeted training focusing on the new version and the characteristics of each opponent.
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On the night of May 4th, the qualifying competition officially ended!
Because the strength of the teams in the wild card division and the five major divisions are still very large, there is no surprise that the six teams that finally advanced to the MSI group stage are the lgd team, the skt team, the g2 team, the tsm team, the fw team and the gam team.
Immediately afterwards, all six teams gathered in Sao Paulo, preparing to start the fierce competition in the double round-robin competition in the group stage a week later!
While the LGD team continues to train hard, two completely different views have emerged in the domestic Internet environment.
The first one is to believe that the LGD team will definitely win the championship in this MSI competition and wipe out all the humiliations that LPL has suffered in the past two years!
"Brothers, just watch, the LGD team will definitely win the championship. After all, they are a team that can create miracles!"
"Before the start of the spring split, who would have thought that the LGD team could win the spring split championship? But they haven't done it yet! Now even if they face the powerful SKT, they can definitely win!"
"Yes, I think the LGD team has a very good chance of winning, because the SKT team has never seen the five LGD players at all, and they don't even know their playing styles, so they will definitely be beaten until they can't take care of themselves!"
"If rng enters msi, it will definitely lose. After all, rng's Korean phobia is getting more and more serious. On the contrary, it is the lgd team. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. They can definitely win against skt in one hit!"
Netizens who support the LGD team give them unlimited affirmation and encouragement, but in the eyes of netizens who despise the LGD team, these remarks are just arrogance and nonsense!
"LGD still wants to beat SKT? It's just a dream!"
"SKT will definitely not be able to overturn like RNG. They are number one in the world in terms of operations and laning!"
"The five members of the LGD team are taking the lead against the five members of the SKT team? Who are the five members of the SKT team? World champions! What about LGD? What kind of champions are they?"
"Is it cool to win the LPL Spring Split? LGD can win the championship, which shows that the strength of the LPL has declined seriously. Let a team from LSPL win the championship, and the LSPL team will compete with SKT? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
"Faker has already said that helping SKT win the Triple Crown is not enough. He wants to win three consecutive championships this year and become a Quadruple Champion!"
"Has LGD become a champion after winning the Spring Split? How dare they compete directly with SKT? Let me see, LGD can't even beat TSM and G2, and may not even be a match for BayWan Team FW!"
"Hahaha, it's the most promising year for the LPL again, right? You said the same before s5s6 went to the World Championships. What's the result? The top eight every year!"
"Especially this LGD team. Last time S5 went to the World Championship, they chose skins directly. As a result, they didn't even advance to the group stage!"
"Who was the mid laner of the LGD team at that time? Oh, oh, oh, it's Wei Shen! Why is he still in LGD this year?!"
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The firepower of keyboard warriors is very fierce. If others say one word of support, they can say ten words of opposition.
Although Lu Haoran once said on the stage of winning the Spring Split that he hoped netizens would not look down on LGD and hope they could encourage the LGD team.
But it was obvious that those words had no effect. When the LGD team came to MSI and was about to fight against five of the world's top teams alone, they received not only encouragement, but intensified ridicule!
Lu Haoran can actually "understand" these remarks. After all, the LPL has lost too many foreign games, and since the establishment of the League of Legends Professional League S2, the LPL has never won a world championship on the stage of the S2 game!
What makes Lu Haoran a little angry is that even if they don't support their LGD team, what the hell are those people who want to watch the LGD team lose to the SKT team, and even go to SKT's official scarf to give tactical command?
"Everyone, this year's MSI is very difficult for us, because except for Wei Shen, we have never had the experience of a World Series."
"And to be honest, Wei Shen basically has no experience in the World Series, including me. After all, I was just a team manager last year, not a coach."
In the training room of the LGD team, when Lu Haoran read all the comments on the Internet, he wanted to go out and confront the keyboard warriors in person, but after holding back, he stood up and said solemnly to the five players of the LGD team.
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"This year, the skt team is stronger than last year, and it is the number one target we need to pay attention to."
"In addition, g2 and tsm in the European and American divisions should not be underestimated this year. They really like to play some black technology lineups. If we do not respond adequately, we may be beaten and unable to fight back."
"As for the fw team, although they are also very strong, I give you a strict order. You must not lose when playing against the provincial team, otherwise you will embarrass our lpl!"
"Although we haven't started this MSI yet, we have already encountered many difficulties, such as the preparation time is too short, the jet lag has not completely reversed yet, and the adjustment of the new version of the game is more beneficial to other teams."
"But despite this, we still try our best to win this MSI championship, so that all those who underestimate us will understand that our LPL era will officially begin from the 2017 MSI World Championship!"
"It is our duty to create the glory of LPL!"
"You guys should understand the specific meaning of this sentence, right?"
Lu Haoran looked at the five players and said righteously, now that they have arrived on the stage of the World Championship, the LGD team will no longer only represent LGD, but also represent the honor of the entire LPL division!
"Don't worry, Manager Lu. I haven't even touched the Heavenly Sword this year. For this MSI, I will definitely play at 200% of my strength. I have to kill Faker ten times alone!"
Wei Shen was the first to reassure Lu Haoran, which also inspired the confidence of the other four teammates.
"Come on, Manager Lu, arrange special training for me. This MSI I will definitely let the junglers in other regions see how good I am!"
Xiao Ning was the second to speak, full of energy, and still had that arrogant and confident look in his eyes.
"I can't guarantee that I can kill the opponent in lane, but I can guarantee that the lane will never be penetrated again. Even if I'm in lane with huni, I can definitely guarantee a 50-50 start."
Wolf Xing behaves solemnly.
"Our bot lane will be easier. This MSI is over. League of Legends players around the world will know that in addition to Smile, Uzi, and Wuxin, our LPL also has a world-leading adc named Sima Laothi!"
Xiao Ming said with a smile, but he said it for old thief Sima.
"There is also a world-class assistant."
The old thief Sima answered the words expressionlessly, but his tone was resounding!
"Okay, as long as everyone has confidence."
"Since no one wants to lose, I will increase the amount of training for you in the next few days."
"Our goal in the group stage is to get first place in the group and qualify!"
Lu Haoran waved his hand and said impassionedly, and then began to arrange the follow-up training plan.
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As the start date of the group stage draws closer, the players of the LGD team are becoming increasingly busy, because in addition to daily training, they also need to cooperate with the official video shooting.
In addition to the MSI event promotional video, you also need to record in advance some things you want to say to a certain opponent before meeting them, etc.
Although it is very tiring, it is actually quite interesting and it also gives the players a chance to relax after training.
And when all the competition matters for the group stage were ready, the time finally came to May 10, 2017!
The official start date of the 2017 msi mid-season championship invitational group stage competition!
On May 10th, Chinese time, and at 2 a.m. on May 11th, Samba country time, the opening ceremony of the group stage officially started.
Before the game officially started, players from the six teams took the stage one after another and appeared one by one.
Then, the official competition on the first day of the group stage officially started!
In the first opening match, the triple crown champion skt team faced the European king team g2.
As Lu Haoran said, and as everyone expected, the g2 team really caused some big trouble for the skt team.
But in the end, the skt team relied on their superior operational capabilities to defeat the g2 team and get the first point of this msi.
In the second game, the North American Light tsm team played against the wild card gam team.
This game is of little interest to lpl viewers, but it is a top priority for European and American viewers because they believe that tsm can easily score a point.
But what I never expected was that in this game, tsm was upset!
Relying on the extraordinary performance of jungler leader Levi, the gam team successfully overturned the tsm team and won its first victory. At the same time, it sounded a warning to all teams in the five major regions that this year's wild card gam is coming!
After the first two games, the most anticipated game of all LPL viewers between the LGD team and the provincial team FW team has finally arrived!
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"Okay! Welcome all the audience friends on site and in front of the screen to watch the live broadcast on time!"
"What we are about to bring to you is the first day of the 2017 MSI group stage, the match between the LGD team and the FW team!"
"Hello everyone, I am today's commentator doll!"
"Hello everyone, I'm commentator Miller!"
In the MSI live commentary box, while listening to the cheers of countless foreign fans at the scene, Doll Miller made his appearance again.
"You must have seen the results of the two games that just ended. The skt team is still playing strong, and the gam team has suddenly emerged. What does this mean?"
"It shows that it is still very difficult for major teams to achieve good results in this MSI!"
"So for the LGD team, every game and every point is crucial, so in the next game against the FW team, I very much hope that they can win and get off to a good start."
From the moment he opens his mouth, he has unlimited support for the LGD team. Although in the LPL league, he may also support other teams, but on the stage of the World Championship, as the official commentator of the LPL, he will support LGD without any reason.
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"Yes, the LGD team will win!"
"But to be honest, it is still difficult for the LGD team to easily defeat the FW team. After all, the LMS division has always regarded our LPL as their number one enemy. They beat our LPL more vigorously than anyone else, so the LGD team still needs to be more careful.
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"Maybe some viewers don't know much about the FW team. Now I would like to formally introduce the five players of the FW team to you."
Miller answered and introduced the five players of Team FW.
Top laner mmd, jungler karsa, mid laner maple, bottom laner Betty, and assistant swordart.
"The core of the fw team is the midfielder, and the mid laner Maple is very strong in the lane. He may pose a big threat to Wei Shen today."
"But what needs the most attention is actually Karsa, the jungler of Flash Wolves. His map control ability can be said to be the best in the world, so Xiaoning must pay attention to the competition for resources today."
"Once Kasa takes away too many jungle resources, it will be difficult for the LGD team to defeat them."
"But I'm not worried about the top and bottom lanes. I feel that whether it's Lang Xing or the old thief Xiao Ming, they can easily defeat their opponents."
Miller said with a smile, as long as the LGD team can despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically, then they will be able to easily win their first show at MSI!
"Okay, we see that the players from both sides have begun to appear!"
"Although we haven't seen each other for less than two weeks, I still officially announce the starting lineup of our LGD team to all LPL viewers!"
