The day of the competition is approaching day by day. After the draw, players from all major competition areas gathered in Jianghai for the shooting of the promotional video for the S competition.
The theme song for this World Championship is called "Dynasty".
It took about half a day to shoot, and after I took a look at the semi-finished product, some of the details were quite amazing.
In the last scene of the promotional video, Faker and Li Xiufeng were standing on the edge of two cliffs with their hands on their chests.
Eye to eye.
In the middle is a bottomless ravine.
Obviously, there is only one dynasty.
Prior to this, even if KG won the S Championship last year, when everyone mentioned dynasty, the first reaction in everyone's mind was still the SKT dynasty founded by three world championships.
But this year, with KG winning the Olympics, he once again came to the world stage of the S competition as the top seed.
The old dynasty has decayed.
The new dynasty is beginning to take shape.
Whether it is earth-shaking or whether it is getting stronger with age, the end of the promotional video firmly locked the heartstrings of all viewers.
After the promotional video ended, the qualifying rounds for the league's eighth-year S competition began.
The teams that want to enter the playoffs are such as MAD, TL, PSG, INTZ, UOL... etc. Most of them are teams from unknown competition regions, and some may be Internet cafe teams.
But don't underestimate the words "Internet Cafe Team". There are dark horses every year, but there is no real top dark horse yet.
The ten teams that need to participate in the qualifying round are divided into two groups and conduct a three-day double round-robin competition to determine the four teams that can participate in the group stage.
There are now twelve teams in the group stage, plus the four teams from the qualifying round, and the competition will last for nearly a month starting from October 4th.
Li Xiufeng also watched the chaos of the demons in a few qualifying matches. The DFM in the LJL division, which is also the Japanese division, is very vigorous, and the Tianchi ruler players are making an appearance again.
After three days of competition, the final teams are MAD, TL, DFM and V3. Now comes the much-anticipated group stage.
It has to be said that the organizers of the S competition are very good at arranging the schedule.
In the group stage, KG was drawn and placed in Group A. The first game of the opening game was KG playing the Korean team DK.
The predecessor of DK is DWG, Big Turtle.
In the Olympic Games half a year ago, DWG was severely beaten by KG in Incheon, South Korea's doorstep, with countless hopes.
After the Olympics, maybe it was to prevent being criticized for being autistic. After all, Korean netizens are almost as ferocious as those who resist pressure.
DWG quickly changed its name to DK, and exchanged top laners with China's FXP team. Niu Bao came to LPL, and Khan, the original top laner of FXP, returned to South Korea to join DK.
There is a saying on the Internet that DWG removes "WG" and adds a "K". Could this K be renamed to welcome "Khan"?
Of course, these are all hearsay.
Naturally, it won't have much impact on today's opening match of the group stage.
The group stage competition venue is still at Jianghai Stadium, and the finals will be moved to the Mercedes-Benz Center, but this cannot stop the enthusiasm of young fans from all over the country.
Especially after learning that the first game of the group stage was KG playing DK, the tickets at the venue today were in great demand, and many people from out of town bought their tickets from scalpers at short notice.
What? Too expensive? You don’t want it?
One thousand more!
Some people want it!
The game started on time at four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was no opening ceremony for the group stage. Players from both sides sat in the soundproof room.
The ones responsible for the commentary today are Yuan Ze and Wang Shao Shao.
Yuan Ze was like an old-school Korean, and he supported DK to score the first point today, perhaps for the sake of program effect. Naturally, Wang Shao Shao supported KG.
The two groups analyzed the situation for a while on the stage.
In DK's game room, Khan was also analyzing with the coach.
Some time ago, he watched Li Xiufeng's live broadcast every day, how to fight at level one, how to insert eyes at level two, and how to move at level three...
I can recite it in my mind like a stick, and I can tell you exactly what position to use as soon as you stick your butt out.
Coach DK originally planned to go on the road to avoid his sharp edge.
He is actually the old coach of DWG. He was beaten up by KG in the Olympic Games half a year ago. He almost lost his job after the game, but several old DWG players saved him.
The man Nuguri couldn't defeat before.
You, Khan, didn’t win in the LPL either.
Why are you so confident about returning to LCK?
Khan seemed to have guessed what coach DK was thinking, and shook his head, indicating that it was different.
The specific differences are up to you to decide.
DK coach Yipin, I understand.
That’s okay!
What do you want to play?
Khan smiled slightly and said that I wanted to play with snakes.
So in this game, DK was on the blue side and KG was on the red side. Once the lineup for the top lane was selected, those who didn't know thought that the mid laner was on the road.
That’s right, Khan’s top laner is the snake girl.
Li Xiufeng is the hero who holds the back, not giving up an inch, and uses Catalina.
The remaining lineups of both sides are:
Blue side DK:
The jungle digger, the mid laner Sword Girl, the bottom lane Senna and Tahm Kench.
Purple square KG:
Jungle Widow, mid laner Galio, bottom lane Yasuo and Grain Barrel.
...
"Oh! Good job!"
On the commentary stage, Wang Shao Shao felt like shit when he saw it.
When he first saw the snake girl in the top lane, he felt perverted. Then when he looked at Tamsena in the bottom lane on the opposite side, he complained that the Koreans had stolen my brother K's Wishena routine.
Wait until we take another look at KG's bottom lane duo.
That's okay.
Are Yasuo and Barrel here?
Yuanze rubbed his chin, looked at Li Xiufeng, Carter and Khan's snake girl on the road, and suddenly asked a question.
"Carter's ultimate move is spin, right?"
"yes."
"Snake Girl's ultimate move is to petrify those who face her."
"Yes, you mean..."
Yuanze clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Then I have a question. When Carter uses his ultimate move, how is the snake girl's ultimate move petrification determined?"
Mr. Wang was stunned when he was asked.
It seems to be true!
When a snake girl is laning, she is most afraid of her opponent's snake-skin positioning. For example, SKT's Li Ge will never be petrified.
Every time you try to outsmart him, his head goes crazy with "tactical swings."
Sometimes it faces forward, sometimes it faces backward.
What about Carter?
It's all swinging like a top!
If Snake Girl's ultimate move is to turn to stone, it must not be like a lottery draw.
After hearing the two commentators, many spectators at the scene were also stunned, as if this was really happening.
The lineups of both sides are locked, and the first game of the S series group stage begins.
But when the fight started on the road, everyone discovered that it was completely different.
Khan's Snake Girl used her ultimate attack on Li Xiufeng several times, but none of them interrupted Li Xiufeng's petrification. They only dealt a single damage and it was over.
gradually,
The audience in the audience also had some memories.
For Carter during Snake Girl's big spin, it doesn't depend on his spinning state, but whether he is facing Snake Girl or with his back to Snake Girl before releasing his ultimate move.
Li Xiufeng's Carter's hand speed was too fast, and everyone couldn't see clearly where he was moving in front of him.
But when the dragon group ended at 16 minutes, the director started a slow motion play, and everyone discovered that Li Xiufeng actually turned around every time he entered the arena to enlarge his moves.
