Chapter 646 The first battle begins, the fateful showdown CPvsSKT
"It's begun, it's begun~"
"I hope you draw a good lot."
Xiaohu clasped his hands together and kept worshiping in front of him, as if seeking the blessing of the Bodhisattva.
Xiye echoed from the side: "Yes, I hope to be assigned to a better group~"
By drawing lots, a relatively weak group will be easily promoted, while a strong group will be more competitive.
After all, there are only two teams in a group that can advance. Xiye is coming to the World Championship for the first time. He very much hopes to go further. Naturally, he hopes that we will enter a relatively weaker group so that we can break through.
The three teams sat together to watch the lottery ceremony. There were not many taboos among the players, and everyone was happily discussing it.
Uzi smiled and said: "I think it's okay, as long as you don't encounter CP, it's the best sign~"
Judging from several competitors, Uzi believes that CP is the strongest.
The only one in lck that deserves warning is lz, but after all, this team only suddenly emerged in the summer split, and its background is a bit poor.
Uzi himself is also confident in defeating Xuan Ming and Xuan Ming in the bottom lane. This version is an ADC version, and he is still very confident.
As for skt, a combined analysis of the regular season and playoffs will reveal that their state is not stable.
Although they defeated the strong enemy kt, they were almost swept by lz in the finals, which also explains some problems.
To be honest, Uzi is still more afraid of kt. The overall strength of that team is really strong.
Pawn is an old rival, and I was taught a lot of lessons by them when I was at edg.
Deft in the bottom lane has never lost against him, and he can overwhelm him regardless of laning or team play, so Uzi is really a little afraid of facing deft.
The good news is that ktt has been blocked from the World Championship, and Uzi's most feared opponent is gone.
As for ssg?
Uzi is really not afraid. In his opinion, the reason why SSG was able to defeat kt was because of kt himself.
It’s not that SSG is so strong, it’s that KT is too arrogant!
BP kept playing Kalista, causing the players to lose two games in a row and their mentality exploded. The coach must bear the primary responsibility.
If Kalista were to play for him, he believed that kt's first game would be over in less than 60 minutes.
"That's okay." Xiaohu said with a smile: "We can't meet CP in the group stage~"
Everyone knows that if we fight to the end, we will definitely have to face a battle with CP.
However, for now, everyone is still "teammates."
In the group stage, it is impossible for teams from each division to meet in advance, and they will have to meet in the quarterfinals at the earliest.
For example, Uzi is worried about encountering CP. In fact, he is not talking about the group stage, but the quarterfinals.
If the top eight encounter cp, it means that there is a civil war between the two lpl teams, and one team must go.
If you're lucky, you won't be in the same half zone as CP.
In this way, if the two sides meet, it will only be in the finals. This is what Uzi meant.
He doesn't want to be assigned to the same half zone as cp.
If all three LPL teams can advance from the group stage, it means that there must be two teams in the same half zone and will meet in advance.
With any luck, there will be a civil war among the top four.
If you are unlucky, there will be a civil war in the top eight.
The we and rng players present here do not want to have a civil war, but hope to go to the other half.
"It depends on Lao Song's luck." jackeylove said.
Today's lucky draw guests are azingj and rookie.
The group stages are also drawn by lots.
Everyone's fate is in the hands of these two people.
"Welcome everyone to the draw of the 2017 Global Finals..."
The host's voice is sonorous and powerful.
Ren Dong has a tall and straight posture and a loud voice.
At this year's MSI, the scene of Ren Dong interviewing Faker went viral, earning him the nickname "Immortal Grip".
In the world, apart from Chen Lang, only Ren Dongxiu looks like a faker.
"Invited guests for this lottery ceremony, rookie and azingj!"
The first thing to do is the draw for the play-in round. The third seeds from the four competition regions of South Korea lck (ssg), Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan region LMS (hka), and North America (c) are divided into four groups.
The play-in tournament is of little use to LPL viewers, after all, there are no LPL teams in the play-in tournament.
However, the two teams fnc and ssg were like hungry wolves entering the sheep herd in the qualifying rounds. Qualification was not a problem and they steadily obtained a spot.
The teams entering these two groups means that only one team can advance.
For wild card teams, it is a good draw if they do not enter the group of fng and ssg.
No one paid much attention to the wild card draw, and everyone chatted about other things together.
Then, when they entered the group stage drawing environment, everyone silenced their voices and began to watch carefully.
The group of No. 1 seeds will be drawn first, and the No. 1 seeds in each division will occupy a group, and the opponents drawn subsequently will be classified into the ranks of the groups.
The first ball drawn by azingj, when opened, displays the cp team logo.
This means that cp has entered group A.
On the big screen behind the stage, cp appeared in group a.
Then, cp’s past began to be played on the big screen.
The first thing played was the recent Summer Split championship. All five members raised the Silver Dragon Cup together in the center of the stage. All the shining lights shone on the players, as if they were covered with a layer of brilliance.
After that, it was the perfect teamfight coordination in the game that defeated the opponent.
A scene of trash talk appeared on the screen, and there were also Chen Lang's bold words about winning the triple crown.
azingj continued to draw the black ball. After fidgeting with the ball in the cylinder for a few times, he volleyed the ball from above and finally hit a black ball. He took out the black ball that was hit and opened it to lz.
azingj himself didn't pay attention and directly lifted the lz that was lying upside down, causing a farce.
"666, the lottery for ancient handsome men is OK~"
"It's really not bad. The teams in the wild card group A are just bad guys, so there's no challenge."
Although CP is not afraid of challenges and will not be afraid of any opponent, it is definitely better to see a team without risks from the audience's perspective.
The wild card group A was very weak, so the audience praised azingj for his good luck.
"Reverse draw?"
"Is it implying that lz overturned?"
"azingj is a metaphor that lz will be eliminated, so he released the team's logo in reverse~"
"It's interesting. Is this a [blessing] from the eliminated team?"
"How could lz be the champion of lck's summer split? How could he be eliminated early? At worst, he would be at the bottom of the semi-finals, right?"
When I saw some people saying that azingj’s actions were a metaphor that lz might be eliminated in the group stage or the quarterfinals, many people laughed.
According to the results of last year's S competition, the lck team had one runner-up and two semi-finals.
Putting aside the championship won by cp, the average strength of lck is stronger than that of lpl.
Moreover, skt and rox both advanced by stepping on the edg and rng of the lpl, and the two sides also faced each other head-on.
Therefore, Danmu does not think that this year’s Summer Split champion lz will be eliminated very early.
After the lz team was drawn out, the big screen also played the picture of this team.
Five people met together and won the championship in the first season.
It feels a bit like the protagonist of an online novel, and the members of the team are all gathered from various teams, which is very inspiring.
Soon, the four groups were determined.
lz is in group b, g2 is in group c, and fw is in group d.
After the No. 1 seed pool is drawn, it is Rookie's turn to draw the No. 2 seed pool.
Rookie is dressed more formally than azingj, wearing a handsome suit.
But he didn't wear a coat, just showing his white shirt.
"Lao Song's look is okay~" jackeylove joked when she saw Rookie appear.
"It's indeed a big change." Xiaohu nodded and said, "It's really not a joke to rely on clothes."
These days, Rookie plays training games with them, wearing short-sleeves and big pants every day, and his hair is messy.
Now, in front of the camera, Rookie is dressed in formal attire, and his hair is carefully styled, giving him a completely different look.
Except for this face, which they recognized, everything else was completely different from usual. It looked like the two of them.
In the hotel, Rookie is a loser, and on stage Rookie is a handsome guy.
"He would be more handsome if he were thinner." Chen Lang looked at his chin and commented.
Rookies 5 came to lpl, and at that time he was still a little fat guy.
He didn't change much in the past two years, but this year he started to lose a lot of weight, obviously trying to lose weight intentionally.
Professional players generally don't lose weight too much during competitions, as that will affect their condition. Rookie's slow and steady diet is the most correct approach.
"Obviously you can rely on your appearance to make a living, but you have to rely on your strength." Xiaohu sighed.
Uzi's face darkened. He also wanted to test his appearance and earn a living, but his strength didn't allow it!
Rookie smiled and walked forward to draw the lots. With a nervous smile on his face, he covered his chest with one hand and reached into the glass jar to touch the ball with the other hand.
He opened the black ball and then pulled apart the huddled seals, and a winged team logo suddenly appeared on it.
And this draw directly caused everyone watching the game around the world to take a breath!
"This, this, this..."
"This move is so awesome!"
"Oh my God, I have a hand..."
"Should I say yes or no?"
"Rookie, this is too memorizing, isn't it? You rushed directly to SKT, this group A is so worried!"
"The remaining two teams are sad. Didn't they break out and come to Group A just to be abused?"
"Wonderful, we can see the showdown between cp and skt again in the group stage~"
"The old enemies met again, and they said they wanted to see skt and rng in a group for revenge. Unexpectedly, skt met cp directly. Isn't this going to be beaten again~"
The rookie drew directly and won skt!
He himself didn't expect to get this lottery, and his expression was a little embarrassed.
Host Ren Dong shouted loudly: "SKT has been assigned to Group A, which puts a lot of pressure on other teams."
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if skt's condition is not very good, judging from the results in the world championship, it is not bad.
Moreover, skt is not inferior in terms of honors in the past year.
Champion in the Spring Festival, runner-up in msi, runner-up in the summer competition...
Let’s not talk about the intercontinental competition. After all, it is a group honor, not a single club honor.
Winning two championships and one runner-up in one year is definitely a very good result.
In other words, skt has reached the finals in all competitions, which shows that its strength cannot be underestimated.
...
"Whoops!" Xiaohu burst out laughing when he saw Rookie hit SKT.
This means that if one strong enemy is taken away, the remaining opponents will be much easier to defeat.
For them, their chances of advancing to the group stage are a little higher.
The whole team clapped their chests, and then laughed and said, "Rookie's draw is really good."
“Really good~”
For we and rng, they are happy to hear and see.
As the black balls were drawn one by one by Rookie, the final distribution of the group was also decided.
Group A: cp, skt, gam
Group b: lz,we,tsm.
g,ahq.
Group d, fw, msf, imt.
Everyone was very happy.
Because their team is the best draw compared to we and cp.
CP’s team has SKT, and WE’s team has lz. Both teams are very strong.
Rng's team only has g2 and ahq, and they are not particularly strong.
Even though ssg entered Group C in the qualifying round, they were not afraid of each other.
When Xiaohu was confirmed in Group C, the pressure on him instantly eased a lot, and he smiled with joy.
While he was smiling, he took a peek at Uzi. When he saw that Uzi had no expression, he immediately retracted the corners of his grinning lips and suppressed his smile.
Then, he saw Uzi laughing suddenly, obviously in a very good mood.
So, Xiaohu sat on the gaming chair and laughed again. He even jumped up and patted the armrest of the chair.
Chen Lang happened to see this scene, and he teased Xiaohu: "Brother Hu, just laugh, why do you have to stop?"
Xiaohu pretended not to hear Chen Lang's teasing. He changed the subject and said: "Brother Lang, you are going to play skt again, come on."
"Yes." Uzi nodded in agreement with a smile on his face.
He didn't notice Xiaohu's little movements, but Xiaohu's eyes were secretly looking at Uzi.
Although Uzi is not the "team leader", with Uzi's influence and position in the team, he is the "team leader".
Xiaohu also has a submissive character, so he has learned to observe words and emotions.
He was originally worried that his smile would make Uzi unhappy, after all, it was also a useless behavior.
If you want to win the championship, you cannot be afraid of any challenge, and you will not be complacent just because of which group you are assigned to. This is not the behavior of a strong person.
He was afraid that his gloating expression would be seen by Uzi, but when he saw Uzi smiling too, he felt relieved.
We looked more solemn, thinking that avoiding cp and skt was a very good start.
Who would have thought that they would bump into lz, the lck summer champion!
Even though I think lz is not as big a threat as skt, I still feel very uneasy about being the enemy of lz.
"Is this sign okay~"
rng fans think this result is very good.
"Rookie's luck is really bad, not as good as the handsome old man..."
This is the opinion of our fans.
"Come on, go, go, go!"
This is a fan of cp.
As a team that wants to compete for the Triple Crown, fans of CP think that it is the same no matter which group they are in.
If you are afraid of meeting this or that team in the group stage, then how can you win the championship?
This is the difference caused by the different confidence brought by the results.
After all, it is the first time for we players to enter the World Championship, and most of our fans are also new fans. They will naturally worry that the competition in the group is too strong. If we are not the opponent, we will be eliminated in the group stage.
The last time we entered the s competition was s2. It has been 5 years.
The players have all been changed, and they are all people who have only started playing professionally in the past two years. They have little experience in all aspects, so they are still at a disadvantage in the competition.
rng is indeed a good draw. There are not too strong competitors in the group, so advancing to the quarterfinals is basically no problem.
After the drawing of lots, everyone began a new round of training.
It wasn’t until a week later that the S7 World Championship officially started.
The play-in tournament starts first, but few people watch the play-in tournament. Everyone would rather play two more training games.
The strength of the wild card team is indeed quite different. To put it exaggeratedly, if we find a few thousand-point champions in the first district to form a team and compete, they may not lose.
The main reason is that the overall strength of the wild card division is indeed quite poor, and is far less strong than the four major divisions.
Many players do not have the King rank, and some are in the Diamond rank.
The lowest rank is platinum.
This player is also the lowest ranked among all professional players.
The gap between platinum and king is too big, which is why many viewers believe that a team of several thousand-point kings in a single position in the first region can beat the finals.
Occasionally watch the play-in rounds, and also watch the games between ssg and fnc.
After all, these two teams are from the four major regions, but the third seed had to participate in the play-in round.
We can indeed clearly see the huge gap. The two teams played like a man-machine game and won the game with overwhelming force.
The play-in tournament lasted for a week and then ended.
The four teams finally selected are ssg, fnc, c9 and fb.
The end of the qualifying round is the moment when the group stage begins.
On October 5th, during the National Day holiday in China, the S7 Global Finals group stage officially started!
