In the next few days, TES will have a holiday. They will rest for a few days and go through the procedures to go abroad. The group stage will be in Southeast Asia.
A few days passed quickly, and everyone at TES gathered at the airport and set off together.
After several hours of flying, everyone finally arrived at their destination.
After getting off the plane, find a place to have something to eat and experience the local customs.
Now, whenever Chen Yiqiu goes to a place he has never been to to play a game, he will walk around and look around, treating it as a trip.
After having something to eat, everyone came to the hotel to check in.
Go to the front desk to go through the formalities first, and then go up with your room card.
The environment of this hotel was not bad. Chen Yiqiu found his room, opened the door with his room card, and packed his luggage after entering.
Chen Yiqiu was sorting things out when his cell phone rang suddenly.
I came over and took a look, and sure enough, it was news from the SKT group.
Bang: "I'm here to find you. You should be here."
Before departure, Chen Yiqiu sent the departure time and arrival time to the group. This was Wolf's request.
Reaper: "Here we are, at the hotel."
Bang: "I'll arrive in the evening."
Wolf: "And I will come to pick us up at the airport. I'm so scared. I've never been here before."
Of course, Chen Yiqiu couldn't pick him up, so he took a taxi and came over.
And he is not the host. It is his first time here and he is not familiar with it.
Wolf: "Have you met GRF? Are you scared to death by them?"
Reaper: "I haven't seen it, it depends on luck."
Peanut: "GRF? They're just a group of kids. Speaking of which, I'm their senior. They should take the initiative to say hello when they see me."
Soon, it was evening, and Bang and Wolf came over in a car.
After arriving at the hotel, he called Chen Yiqiu directly and asked Chen Yiqiu to go out and accompany them to the night market.
Chen Yiqiu thought that he had nothing else to do tonight, so he called his teammates and coaches to go shopping together.
Arriving outside the hotel, Chen Yiqiu took the lead and saw Wolf and Bang at a glance. Their figures were quite eye-catching.
"Brother Yiqiu!" Wolf rushed towards him. Chen Yiqiu was frightened and quickly dodged.
So Wolf hugged the little peanut.
Little Peanut wanted to push Wolf away: "Li Zaiwan, you hugged the wrong person!"
Unexpectedly, Wolf rolled his eyes and said with a sinister smile: "Hahaha, you didn't expect that Wolf is here to catch you!"
"Ah? Let go!" Xiaohua became anxious.
Chen Yiqiu went over to say hello to Bang: "Pei Junzhi, long time no see."
"Brother Yiqiu, long time no see."
The two shook hands and hugged, and then Faker also came over to say hello.
"Here, let me take a photo with the two world champions." Bang took out his mobile phone.
So the three of them took a photo together.
Chen Yiqiu asked: "Why are you here?"
Bang replied: "Because our team didn't win the championship, we had an early vacation and had nothing to do, so I just wanted to come here to join in the fun."
Chen Yiqiu nodded: "It seems that the competition in the North American region is quite stressful."
Bang smiled and said: "It's not that the pressure of competition is high. For people like us who go to provide for the elderly, our own strength declines quickly, so..."
Chen Yiqiu introduced other people from TES to Bang. In fact, except for Meiko, they all knew each other, but they rarely met and it would feel awkward if they didn't introduce them.
"Let's go, let's go to the night market." Under the leadership of Wolf, everyone set off.
The night market economy here is also quite developed, and there are a lot of delicious food, especially seafood, many of which are raw and pickled.
Hongmi reminded: "I suggest you not to eat raw food. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. It will be bad if it affects the performance of the game."
Everyone nodded repeatedly. Although everyone wanted to try it, they chose to give up.
Then Wolf suddenly started to act weird. He went to buy some pickled crabs and showed them off in front of Little Peanut:
"Well, it tastes delicious! It melts in the throat, with horizontal lines. This feeling, wow! It's so refreshing!"
Little Peanut rolled his eyes: "Li Zaiwan, have you never eaten anything good? Does eating crabs make you so excited?"
"Hmm! It's so delicious. Raw pickled crab is more delicious, it has a natural flavor!" Wolf continued to tease.
Little Peanut clenched his fists and stopped talking because he didn't want his saliva to flow out.
"Pei Junzhi, try it, it's delicious." Wolf also shared it with Bang, but showed the little peanut how to do it.
Fortunately, everyone quickly found a seafood stall, which contained a variety of fried and boiled seafood. In short, it was cooked, so there would generally be no problems.
Little Peanut ran in first and ordered frantically, wanting to try all the items.
Everyone had no choice but to go in together and sit down with Little Peanut.
"Order so much? Then we don't need to order anymore." Chen Yiqiu muttered.
At this moment, three strange men suddenly came over, and one of them said in broken English:
"Are you a Reaper? TES, Reaper?"
Chen Yiqiu responded: "Yes, hello."
"It's really Reaper, I am your fan, we are all your fans!"
These three people have darker skin and look like locals. They are all dressed more plainly and look like they are in their twenties.
One of them took out his mobile phone and asked tentatively: "Is it okay to take a photo?"
"No problem." Chen Yiqiu nodded.
So Chen Yiqiu took a photo with the three of them.
The three of them cheered as if they had won a jackpot.
Chen Yiqiu and Chen Yiqiu exchanged a few pleasantries and then left. The main reason was that their English was not very good, let alone Chinese, and they could not understand the conversation.
After Chen Yiqiu sat down, Wolf said with envy: "Wow, you have fans here, you are so popular."
Chen Yiqiu responded: "Actually, as far as I know, I have a lot of fans here, and they actually watch LPL games."
"Really? They actually still watch LPL?" Wolf felt a little curious.
Chen Yiqiu continued: "Look, there are many people watching. Of course, I also read what they said online. This is what they said."
After a while, the waiter began to serve the food, and everyone began to eat.
After eating supper, they needed to go out for a walk. It wasn't until late at night that everyone returned to the hotel.
As a result, everyone bumped into a group of people in the hotel lobby.
Carrying bags, they seemed to have just arrived here. They were all young people, and they looked like a professional team. One of them was a tall man, about 1.9 meters tall, handsome in appearance, and a little immature.
There is also a boy wearing glasses following behind. Although he looks young, he is very stable, mature and has a good temperament.
Griffin's midfielder, Chovy and Tarzan.
In addition to the two of them, other Griffin players are also there, including coaches and support staff.
"GRF!" Wolf suddenly exclaimed.
Chovy glanced over here, and others looked over one after another, and then whispered, as if they didn't know whether to come over and say hello or something.
However, Wolf had already hurried over and greeted everyone in Griffin.
After all, Wolf is the senior, and everyone in GRF respects Wolf quite a bit.
"Let's go over and have a look." Chen Yiqiu took his teammates there with him. After approaching, Chovy took the initiative to greet:
"Reaper-senpai."
Chen Yiqiu responded: "Contestant Chovy, have you just arrived?"
"Yes, we just got here." Chovy nodded.
The two shook hands.
Chovy greeted Faker next to him again: "Senior Faker."
He seemed quite polite, and Chen Yiqiu had a good impression of him.
After the two teams said hello, they parted ways. After all, the other party had just arrived, so they couldn't let others stand and wait.
After everyone in GRF left, Wolf smiled and said: "How is it, do you feel the pressure? This is the strongest combat power of our LCK now."
Little Peanut asked back: "You LCK? Are you still in the LCK? You are no longer in the LCK, so give it back to your LCK."
Wolf was unhappy now: "Although I'm not in the LCK, my heart is for the LCK!"
After hearing this, Little Peanut said: "I'm just waiting for your words, and I want to tell your current team!"
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Wolf smiled: "Don't worry, my current team has no chance to compete in the World Championship. They can't meet the LCK team."
"Huh? Hahaha." Little Peanut laughed miserably.
Finally, Wolf and Bang checked in together and chose to stay in a hotel with TES.
The next few days will be the play-in stage. Naturally, TES does not need to enter the play-in stage. Every day is training, watching games, and eating delicious food.
Soon, the play-in competition ended.
The teams for the main competition are determined.
There are six teams in total, G2, GRF, TES, TL, FW, and PVB.
Now FW has been classified into the wild card division, so they need to enter the playoffs.
The level of their team, at least in the past few seasons, is not that they cannot beat other wild card teams.
Of course, it’s hard to say in the future, maybe when they will be assimilated.
After the teams are determined, the schedule will be released.
In the opening game, G2 faced TES.
This was something Chen Yiqiu didn't expect. He originally thought he would arrange a fight with Griffin.
After all, LCK is the second division, and Griffin is now their spring champion.
But think about it, if you put it around the world, G2 is definitely more popular than GRF.
GRF is a new team that came up from the secondary league and is not very popular yet.
As for TES, it goes without saying. As long as there is a TES game now, TES will definitely take the lead.
With one day left, everyone at TES made some preparations, and then the opening match began!
At the competition site, everyone from TES got off the bus and bumped into G2 who was about to enter the competition site.
Everyone in G2 deliberately waited at the door for TES to pass by.
After Chen Yiqiu approached, Caps became excited: "Reaper! Faker! Hello."
Chen Yiqiu and Faker came forward to say hello.
Caps and Faker are sympathetic to each other and seem to like each other quite a lot.
G2 top laner Wunder looked at Chen Yiqiu warily, as if he was worried that Chen Yiqiu would do something outrageous.
This is a bit baffling, so let it be.
"Reaper!" came a voice.
Chen Yiqiu looked over and saw it was Perkz!
Esports comedian!
In terms of show effect, Perkzj is definitely better than Bi Xiaohu.
"Hello, Perkz." Chen Yiqiu greeted.
"You know what? Reaper, you are my idol. Your performance in the spring split was great, really great!" Perkz shook hands with Chen Yiqiu very excitedly.
Chen Yiqiu didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he felt something wasn't right.
However, the current G2 can definitely be called the strongest G2 in history!
If Chen Yiqiu remembers correctly, G2 was supposed to win the MSI championship this year, and they won it by eliminating T1.
It's a pity that after T1 lost Faker, it was impossible for T1 to come to MSI.
Similarly, with the existence of TES, the G2 championship is not easy to win.
The two groups walked inside together, then split up and headed to their respective lounges.
Entering the lounge, Chen Yiqiu put down his things, and Little Peanut came over and said:
"What do you think of G2? It's meaningless to watch their league games. They always kill indiscriminately in the league."
Chen Yiqiu responded: "G2, the strongest in history, is stronger than ever before."
Hearing this, Little Peanut was stunned.
He doesn't seem to understand how strong it is.
After all, the previous G2 was basically at the top eight level of the S competition, which is the highest level.
So, if it is stronger than this, it depends on how much stronger it is.
After all, the top eight are also different. The top eight is a range of strength, and the upper limit and lower limit are quite different.
Chen Yiqiu responded: "Let's put it this way, without us, G2 might have won the MSI championship this time. The chance is not small."
Little Peanut exclaimed: "Brother Yiqiu means, can they beat Griffin?"
Chen Yiqiu responded: "Perhaps in terms of personal ability, GRF is a little better than G2, but after all, GRF has no experience. Unlike G2, there are endless routines, so the possibility of GRF losing to G2 is not small."
Everyone else looked at it and seemed to find Chen Yiqiu's statement a bit novel.
It's rare to hear someone say that the LCK league championship will be lost to a team like G2.
Chen Yiqiu continued: "In short, G2 is not a team that can be underestimated, especially in the knockout stage. In the group stage, their playing style may be relatively ordinary, and then they will relax, but in the knockout stage, they will definitely get serious and show their meticulousness. Prepared routine ”
Hongmi agreed: "The G2 team does have a lot of tricks. They like to research and study, and they can often make a blockbuster success."
Little Peanut nodded: "It seems we have to prepare carefully, otherwise the chain may fall apart."
Chen Yiqiu took out his mobile phone and saw that, as expected, what netizens are most concerned about now is GRF:
[Let's just let Griffin and TES play a BO5 first and see who is better, who will be the champion. 】
[I think there’s nothing wrong with it. The other teams are all here to compete for third place. 】
[Yes, this saves time. I don’t need to read the next game. 】
[You guys are a bit underestimating other teams. I think G2 is pretty good this year. 】
There are also a few people who seem to have watched G2's league games and think G2 is quite strong.
However, these voices were quickly drowned out, and most people were still concerned about LCK and LPL.
On the other side, in the LPL division commentary box at the game site, Wawa and Miller were ready.
Zhijianwawa explained: "What is about to be held is the opening match of the 2019 League of Legends Mid-Season Championship Invitational. The two sides are the Spring Split Champions from the LPL Division, TES, and the Spring Split Champions from the LEC Division, G2!"
Miller had already begun to laugh: "G2 can be considered an old friend of ours. They are regulars in S games and MSI, and we can often see them. But so far, they have only been running with us and have not yet obtained results to prove themselves." .”
"This time we meet TES again in the opening game. I can only wish them good luck."
Players from both sides began to appear, starting with G2.
There were not many people cheering for G2 on site.
However, when it was TES’ turn, the audience immediately became excited:
"Taobo! Taobo! Taobo!" (End of Chapter)