Chapter 166 AJ: I’m kidding, Brother Chen, EDG: Oops, I met a fan
The specific venue of the 2016 Global Finals group stage is the Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium.
The venue building is full of the style of a Western auditorium. It was once the home court of the NBA Golden State Warriors and has hosted many sports events and large-scale activities.
When Chen Yiqiu and others arrived, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning local time.
Domestic time is 2 am.
——Due to the time difference, the S game held in the afternoon during prime time in the United States was in the early morning in China.
If domestic and Korean and other Asian audiences want to watch the game without missing a beat, they have to get up around 4 to 6 in the morning.
Time can be said to be very short, but it has not affected everyone's enthusiasm and attention for the S6 Global Finals at all.
“There are only so many spectators in the group stage.”
When Chen Yiqiu walked into the auditorium, he saw that it was densely packed with people and empty.
"It is said that the tickets for the group stage have been sold out as soon as ticket sales started in July. Now everyone is privately looking for scalpers to buy them at high prices. The highest price seems to be 1,000 US dollars?"
"It's not just that, I heard There are three to four thousand..."
Three to four thousand US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan. This is still a conservative estimate. It is estimated that the infield tickets in the hands of scalpers will only be more expensive.
Is this the level of the group stage?
Chen Yiqiu was secretly surprised. He thought that such a 'grand occasion' would not happen until at least the top eight.
But it’s not surprising when you think about it. The final tickets for S7 to be held in China next year were as high as 100,000, and it was hard to get a ticket. It can be called the happiest days for scalpers.
“Many North American viewers have been waiting for this home game.”
Lee Sang Hyuk had played in the S game in the United States as early as S3, of course, in Southern California. At that time, the group stage and quarterfinals were all played at Riot Games, so how could it be as big as it is now?
Change to an iconic big city at one stage.
Everyone was talking and laughing, Chen Yiqiu, Xiaohei, including Li Zaiwan, Pei Junzhi and others were ‘knowledgeable’.
at the same time.
In the background.
The three LPL teams that arrived at the venue first were ‘happy together’, but their mental state was quite depressed.
——Although it has been less than half a month since I arrived in the United States, I still have to adapt to jet lag.
Of course, since the game is ahead, it does not affect their game status.
"Ha~ This year your signing is so comfortable. Isn't this a destiny signing?"
During the chat, Uzi looked at the factory director with envy.
The factory director smiled reservedly and said nothing.
"Hey, good luck, good luck."
Tian Tian bared his teeth, and his pride was beyond words.
"You're not bad either. There aren't many people in Group D who can compete. There's only one Samsung. Let's guarantee the second place and fight for the first place. With Samsung's performance this year, maybe you can qualify first in the group."
The Flower Sedan Man Literally, regarding RNG's 'luck fortune', the outside world now generally believes that it is also the destiny fortune.
In fact, the LPL division was really lucky in this year's S competition.
EDG is in Group C, and there is no single player, either their own son or a wild card whose name they have never heard of. Combined with their unprecedented 16 BO3 wins in this summer split, they won the championship.
The limelight was unparalleled, even comparable to SKT's record.
Already 'locked' to be first in the group.
The RNG is almost in a similar situation. There is a wild card in Group D and a North American player. Only Samsung can look at it. But Samsung's promotion this year was too reluctant. In the minds of everyone in the LPL, EDG and RNG are really aiming for the S6 championship this year.
IM only.
Everyone looked at AJ and the others as if they were looking at scapegoats.
“Brother, we are very strong, okay?”
The handsome old man felt the eyes of his brothers and felt that he was being looked down upon.
Wuzi said: "And when we play SKT, we can also prove it for our LPL top laner, and we can also 'revenge' RNG, right Master Gou?"
The puppy was startled.
Xiaohu curled his lips.
On the surface, he is called Master Gou, but I don’t dare to think about what he is called in private.
Can you lick better than me? Pooh.
"Well, Chen Yiqiu's performance this year was pretty good, but it's a pity that I didn't meet him."
The puppy came back to his senses. At this time, he still had quite a character. Facing the people in the backstage The lens shows the style of a senior.
At this moment.
There was movement in the corridor outside, and then the movement grew louder and turned into a noise.
"Has another team arrived? Such a big news?"
No one is surprised. The year-end event is equivalent to the 'Martial Arts Competition'. Powerful players from all over the world arrive one by one, and there will always be personal friends from the previous World Championships. Good old friends, or fans gathered around to take photos and change team uniforms.
However, this time the movement was particularly loud.
Everyone only listened for a moment and knew that it was most likely SKT or ROX.
Sure enough.
When they walked out of the door, they saw everyone from SKT dressed in red being surrounded by all kinds of blue and blue people.
G2, C9, AHQ, ANX, and INTZ, except for the teams that haven’t arrived yet, almost all have come out.
Among them, Ah P hugged Chen Yiqiu tightly and gave a thumbs up to the camera with a proud smile saying "This is my brother".
There is also the jungler of INTZ, who said to Xiaohuatiao with great admiration: "I am a fan of You!"
"Uh..."
The director's face darkened.
If I remember correctly, not long ago, this jungler whose name I had never heard of said the same thing to him.
INTZ...Brazilian wild card team, isn't it just the 'experience babies' who are in the same group as them?
Okay, okay, you still like Peanut, right? Today I will teach you how to behave.
The corner of Mingkai's mouth curled up. I wonder if he knew someone who was most troubled by aggressive junglers like Mala Xiang Guo and Xiao Peanut?
snort.
It wasn’t until the noise subsided that the three LPL teams pretended to come out and met SKT and ROX who were passing by.
"Yiqiu, come on."
After all, he is considered a 'former teammate', so he can still be polite and nod.
“Come on.”
Chen Yiqiu took a look at the many star players in the LPL and found that he knew few of them, so he nodded politely.
SKT and ROX were even less familiar with each other, and they passed each other after polite greetings.
"Wow...they are so crazy."
"Are you familiar with Reaper?"
"We are old teammates after all, haha."
The first sentence is about AJ's daily abstract work, and the next few sentences are about the puppy asking questions.
"It's not bad. He used to sit at the water dispenser, right next to me..."
Liu Shiyu recalled it and saw that everyone in SKT had entered the lounge before he smiled and said : "I often call him."
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
"Xiao Chen, pour some water."
"Hahaha."
"Don't do it, be careful if they meet you later and beat you up. Have you forgotten that MSI was captured five times?"
"It's okay, we won't meet you in the group stage anyway. . ”
Everyone was laughing and joking, and their words were quite teasing.
In fact, for such a player who used to be unknown in the LPL division, but is now thriving in the LCK... and has even grown into a superstar around the world.
The LPL's inner circle is very interested and talks about this topic in private.
I am somewhat curious about Reaper.
This started the conversation, and until the opening ceremony started, everyone was discussing the topic of SKT and Chen Yiqiu this year.
Twelve noon.
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Global Finals officially begins.
The opening ceremony of this S competition continued MSI's effective ground screen special effects. At the same time, because it was held in the United States, a rare "new live broadcast technology" was simultaneously implemented.
Use 360° multi-camera live broadcast on Youtude, which includes the personal perspective of the players, the perspective of the overhead camera, the perspective of the commentator and even the perspective of the front row audience.
It’s all very fancy and does its best to show the charm of the contestants on the stage to the extreme. It’s very nice.
After Little Peanut learned about this incident, he asked Chen Yiqiu privately: "If I sing on stage, will the audience hear it?"
Chen Yiqiu's answer is: "Just this year This shot shows that you just farted on stage, and everyone probably knows it.”
"..."
Speechless.
Half an hour later, the opening ceremony ended grandly, and the first opening match of the group stage officially began.
The opening match of the S6 group stage is naturally scheduled to be played by C9, which has the home court advantage in North America, against SUP.
This opponent is great, the third seed in Europe, and the "partiality" of the fist is beyond words.
Everyone is happy with the result. The C9 team is also full of metaphysics. They can always explode in the S game and last until the end even when their league performance is mediocre. The North American division got off to a good start, and the atmosphere at the scene exploded. Countless blond and blue-eyed spectators were chanting C9's name.
Then the second game, G2 vs ANX.
This game was unexpectedly mediocre, and could even be called the biggest upset on the first day of today’s S game.
ANX, which was originally considered a weak wild card player, has continued to work hard and has a strong overall strength. It defeated Europe's No. 1 seed G2 one after another, fully interpreting the saying "There is no weak player in the S game" Famous words, successfully won his first S game victory.
After the game, all members of ANX were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. The bearded top laner Smurf, a 1.85-meter tall man, actually cried on the spot. The scene was very abstract at one time, but also had a bit of the charm unique to S games.
This is the S competition. For these wild card divisions, winning one game in the group stage has already proved itself, which is worth more than a thousand words.
By the third show, the domestic time difference also reached eight o'clock in the morning. A large number of spectators got up and did not even bother to eat breakfast.
Without him, the main event is coming!
EDG, the number one seed in the Chinese division, had their first game in the S tournament. They faced off against INTZ, a Brazilian wild card whose name they had never heard of before the game.
Chen Yiqiu was also watching the game with great interest backstage. He was not sure whether there would be a classic in his memory.
Then...
It’s still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste.
In the pre-match trash talk, Brazilian jungler Revolta said with admiration that Clearlove is his jungle idol.
As a result, the director seemed to be really moved and felt sorry for this fan from across the ocean. He was as shy as a lady waiting to leave the boudoir throughout the game. In the version that competed for resources in the early and mid-term, he did not take the initiative to gank once. Find the rhythm.
In front of the three opponents, he handed over all his movements, and when he got lost in the jungle, he took the initiative to move and eat the ice ultimate move.
Highlighting one of the most fan-favorite characters, he perfectly coordinated with his fan, the Brazilian Monk, and completed several roundhouse kicks that would go down in history.
Successfully brought fans to the top and won his first win in the wild card division.
After the game, the Brazilian holy monk Revolta was so moved that he almost shed tears. His eyes were so moved that the factory director treated his fans with pampering.
EDG thus took the first loss, losing to the Brazilian wild card, leaving countless LPL audience commentators who got up early in the morning waiting for the victory to be stunned and completely confused.
"Haha, Le, this male spear took the initiative to take over the control with E. What kind of operation is this?"
Pei Junzhi was watching with Chen Yiqiu in the background. Not long ago, he didn't understand why the other party 'valued' this game so much. , EDG is not in the same group as them.
Is it possible that because EDG is the No. 1 seed in this year's LPL, Yiqiu is concerned about his hometown during the World Championship?
But now he knows, it turns out he was just having fun.
“Don’t be embarrassed, the jet lag is not reversed, EDG has always been slow to gain popularity.”
Chen Yiqiu stopped Pei Junzhi from laughing.
“Indeed, the EDG team is still very strong, including the player Clearlove, we have played against each other before.”
Lee Sang Hyuk is an honest kid, and commented: “I just don’t know why. , when it came to the World Championship, he seemed to be extra cautious and nervous."
"Well..."
Chen Yiqiu was silent.
"Come on, guys, it's our turn in the first game of the S game, get ready."
Kkoma clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to look over.
The third game today is SKT versus IM.
As the first game of this year's S6, a strong team like SKT that strives to finally win the cup must have a good start.
“IM is still a very strong team. Although they are the third seed in the LPL, they can triple jump in a year and should not be underestimated.”
"Yes, and their playing style and tactics are very biased toward Samsung. I think this is what everyone needs to pay attention to."
Kkoma told the players one by one about the points worth noting.
Chen Yiqiu and others listened carefully.
The IM team is a miracle in S6.
Perhaps because of being separated from EDG's second team, even in the current version, IM's tactics and hero selection are still extremely biased towards last year's bladder game, which is the big tree system.
The style of the entire team is probably to choose a late-stage development lineup. In the early stage, top lane AJ will mix it, and in the mid-term, it will continue to delay. In the late stage, mid-lane Athena and bottom lane Golden Horn Double C will take over the game, relying on excellent team battles. Cooperate and support to win the game.
The summary is - drag, just drag.
Samsung is known as the old turtle, and IM is known as the little turtle.
The LPL record for the longest average game time this year is maintained by them.
“Weakened version of Samsung.”
Chen Yiqiu commented: "I think it's okay to play normally."
"If there is a chance, online breakthrough is the best choice."
Playing this weakened version of Samsung, the final The best way is to crush your opponents online and gain a huge personal advantage so that they can't hold you back.
"Okay...that's it. In addition, in Yiqiu, you have to pay attention to AJ's top laner. This year IM can achieve a miracle by advancing to S6, and he takes the greatest credit."
Before playing, Kkoma followed Chen Yiqiu, reminding him not to be careless.
Any game is full of unknowns before it starts.
"Yeah."
Chen Yiqiu nodded, of course he knew AJ's strengths and weaknesses.
The old-style handsome man in S6 was not a clown who did all kinds of things like tiger teeth and four dogs in order to gain traffic. The timing of team fights and supporting TP are the opponent's strengths.
Online capabilities…
Before S8, were there any LPL top laners whose online abilities reached the level of a 'super player'?
Chen Yiqiu, with silver hair and red clothes, walked to the stage with his teammates.
......
Next door, in the ROX lounge, seeing Chen Yiqiu's tall and high-spirited back with his hairstyle on the big TV, Little Peanut immediately had an orgasm.
“Brother Yiqiu and the others are here!”
"This is the effect I want."
"Oh~! I can already imagine what the effect will be like when we go up there. This hairstyle and hair color are so handsome in the camera."< br>
Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp.
The competition officially begins.
In the first game, SKT is on the blue side and IM is on the red side.
Based on the 6.18 version adopted in the latest S game and the opponent's strengths, SKT banned Dashu, Poppy, and Zach respectively.
IM also tended to favor the version, but they had to target Chen Yiqiu and eliminated Ike, Ryze, and Qian Jue.
Although Ekko is no longer a popular top laner in 6.18, Chen Yiqiu’s Ekko has so many god-level operations that IM dare not let him go.
Ryze is afraid of SKT's mid-swing, the legend of the God King and the Demon King, and the version has strengthened the redo of Ryze, so IM must target it.
The last skill of Qian Jue is pure metaphysics.
——In this game, SKT's jungler was their big brother Bengi, but after SKT got Kindred, their winning rate was surprisingly high, and they didn't dare to let it go.
Therefore, under such targeting, heroes such as Jace and Sword Lady have been released.
“Generally speaking, I think IM’s idea is fine.”
Scene, LPL commentary booth.
Miller frowned and said: "But if we release heroes like Jayce, we must consider how to face Reaper in the early stage."
"AJ's laning ability is good, but Jace is a hero who rarely has natural enemies...and...in this year's S game, I feel that Jace has strengthened a lot."
6.18, although the group stage has only been played for two games , Jace has not yet appeared, but according to the version changes, carry top laners like Jace, Gnar, Kennen, and Rambo have already appeared on the scene.
Every year in the S competition, the top laner must reach the top. This is the principle that has remained unchanged in the S competition so far.
But IM and LPL never seem to understand this.
At this moment, seeing the end of the ban, SKT on the blue side decisively grabbed Jayce. IM discussed for a moment and took out the blind monk first, and then the mid laner Snake Girl.
SKT takes another example from Lee Sang Hyuk’s recent training match, Syndra, whose hands were so hot that they exploded, and then ADEZ.
“Their top, middle and bottom teams are too fierce in the early stage.”
When the coach looked at SKT’s top, middle and bottom teams, almost all of them were heroes with explosive mid-term combat effectiveness, and he had a headache.
"Play your own thing, play your own style."
The Golden Horn God in the bottom lane muttered: "Isn't this the charm of the World Championship?"
"Coach, what are you hesitating about? It's just the first game. Let's just choose what we are best at."
Hearing this, the coach could only nod.
Due to the configuration of the team and the players’ playing styles and habits throughout the season, they did not prepare anything more and could not prepare.
And relying on this strategy, they have completed the miracle of a dark horse counterattack this year. Who dares to say that they can't beat SKT?
Make up your mind and speed up IM selection.
In the fourth hand, IM finally took out the top single Gnar.
This is a good choice to line up with Jace. From the perspective of previous versions, the price/performance ratio is even higher than Jace.
But...
I don’t know why.
Looking at the handsome tall, rich and handsome avatar opposite, and the bright SKTReaperID next to the avatar.
AJ's steady little chubby hands shook inexplicably, and before he knew it, he was sweating profusely.
"Don't panic, don't panic, I just need to hold steady, just hold steady..."
"He is not a god. If I huddle under the defense tower and face him, can I still die? "
"He probably hasn't seen my interview...I'm really joking, Brother Chen."
While chattering, he has already entered the game.
(End of this chapter)