Chapter 138 [Lottery Ceremony]
The second guest wearing red lipstick is CPTJACK, the familiar Captain Jack, the grandfather of Korean LOL e-sports. He won the first spring championship of the OGN League and is currently the ADC player of Longzhu Gaming.
He is familiar to the LPL audience because of the grievances between him and Faker. If they meet in Rank, they will definitely get into each other's mentality.
The third boy with facial paralysis is Weixiao. Facing the camera, the king remained expressionless, as if no one in the world could make him laugh, appearing extremely reserved.
The fourth one looks a bit like Ge Yan, SCARRA. This is a famous North American player with a long history. He is the oldest Dharma King and the legendary mid laner in North America.
"Let's take a look at the situation of the seed pool first."
Pool 1: FW, TSM, ROX, IG
Pool 2: AHQ, CLG, G2, H2K, EDG, RNG, SKT, SSG
Pool 3: ANX, C9, INTZ, Splyce (European Snake)
There is no qualifying round for the S6 Global Finals. After all, Riot Games is officially incorporating other wild card regions into the system.
"It's started, it's started!" Xiaohu, who was not wearing tactical goggles, was always more funny. He pinched his fingers and said, "I hope CLG won't encounter us again this time, otherwise I will twist his head off!"
At this year's MSI, RNG led 1W6 in 25 minutes but was overturned by a team called CLG.
"You're not a waste," Chu Ge threw the potato chips into his mouth and said vaguely, "If you lead 1w6 and change the dog, you can win the game!"
"Indeed," Uzi sighed, "If I had been here at that time, I would definitely have won!"
"Jane is proud!"
Wang Cheng looked unhappy, "You mean I can't do it anymore, I will strangle you to death!"
Seeing the two people struggling together, Chu Ge shouted repeatedly, "The drawing of lots has begun. We will discuss our grudges later."
MSITANK stood in front of the glass basin. Inside were four palm-sized gray balls. He reached out his hand and stirred it a few times, then took out one and opened it.
The ribbon with the team's logo was unfolded and presented in front of the camera, and the black and white team logo appeared in front of them.
"RoxTiger!"
"The Tigers became the first team to be drawn out of Group A!"
After ROX's video replay, the second team from the No. 1 seed pool was drawn, and the Flash Wolves came to Group B.
"We are in Group C!"
Chu Ge raised the corner of his mouth and shouted to Prince Ning, "Do you know how I did multiple-choice questions when I was studying?"
Gao Zhenning shook his head, "I usually use four paper balls to draw lots, and choose whichever one is drawn."
"Tsk," Chu Ge shook his head and waggled his fingers, "Brother, I am different from you. When in doubt, I choose C. I have never missed it in these years. This group C is my lucky group!"
The host team TSM was assigned to Group D.
The teams in the No. 1 seed pool have been allocated.
However, everyone knows that the No. 1 seed team will not have much impact on the grouping, and the selection of the next team is the top priority.
After all, the No. 2 seed pool is full of talent.
Captain Jack came to the glass basin of the No. 2 seed pool, and after stirring it habitually, he drew the first Easter egg and it showed that it was G2.
It was obvious that the players of EDG and RNG were relieved.
ROX is the No. 1 seed in the first division.
Neither of these two teams hope to meet in the group stage. After all, being in a group with such a team means that by default, three teams in the same group will compete for one qualifying spot.
With the rapid development of alliances and professionalism, expecting a well-disciplined LCK team to perform abnormally like MVP Ozone during the OGN era is simply less likely than RNG to win the championship.
From S2 to this year, that is, during the S3 period, did Samsung White overturn in the group stage? Other teams have steadily advanced to the knockout rounds.
The second one is RNG.
"Lightning Wolves and RNG are old friends," Ren Dong said with a smile, "The duel at MSI is once again on the upswing!"
The drawing of lots is still going on.
The third gray ball was unfolded again.
EDG.
"Damn it." Ning Wang, who was not very familiar with the rules for the first time in the competition, laughed, "Isn't this a coincidence? This year's victory over EDG will be 7:0!"
"Get out!"
Mingkai scolded rudely, "You want to die! Do you understand the principle of avoiding the same division? We are in Group D!"
"Huh?"
King Ning scratched his head and tilted his head just in time to see EDG's team logo being assigned to Group D. "No, what are you two opponents? What about your luck?"
Now, 3 of the 8 teams in the No. 2 seed pool have been drawn away, and there are still two LCK teams outside. The probability of being drawn into Group C is 2/5.
In other words, among the three teams, there will be one team that cannot meet the LCK team in the group stage. For the three teams in the LPL, this is equivalent to steadily entering the knockout stage.
So Prince Ning was naturally a little unhappy.
As Jack teleported and pulled out the fourth gray ball, IG's training team became obviously nervous. After seeing the AHQ team logo, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The three LPL teams are back on the same starting line!
Smile took over from Captain Jack and came to the No. 2 seed pool to start a new round of drawing ceremony
"Brother Mingkai, I hope the goddess of luck can come to you!" Chu Ge closed his eyes and made a prayer gesture, "Truman, GodBlessyou!"
"God bless you!"
Uzi also imitated Chu Ge's moves, which made Ming Kai roll his eyes and yelled, "You two little brats, Smile is my old teammate! Isn't this a backdoor?"
"Oh?"
Chu Ge raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't let you go through the back door in the finals. You didn't even use this relationship, and you still expect to smile!"
Mingkai was speechless.
The gray ball was unveiled on the fifth floor. The NALCS team CLG was assigned to Group A, which caused Meade to hammer the table and scold Team B for being so lucky.
The drawing of lots continues.
H2K in the EULCS division was assigned to Group B, and the RNG players immediately cheered. The remaining No. 2 seed pool teams of SSG and SKT will fall into the CD group.
Let EDG and IG take over the battle.
With a smile, the seventh gray ball was opened, and the entire conference room held its breath. No one wanted to encounter SKT in the group stage. The risk of being double-killed was very high.
The easter egg was slowly unfolded, and Wang Boqin and Zhu Songge also clenched their fists.
The letter on the curled ribbon in front of the camera is S, but both teams are teams starting with S, so it’s not hard to tell.
The next moment!
"SSG!" Listen to Ren Dong read this voice loudly.
The conference room suddenly burst into laughter from the IG team members.
"It's okay, okay, we beat the weakest Samsung," Wang Boqin patted his chest, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, "Brothers, we have a great chance of qualifying!"
On the other hand, the EDG players were lying on the table with dejected faces.
EDG did defeat SKT in the MSI of S5.
But everyone knows that the mid laner of that SKT team is Hou Ye, and the devil Faker is on the bench. This year's SKT team can be said to be the strongest combination of the K team and the S team.
SKT in the World Championship has a kind of terrifying magic.
The subsequent draw for the No. 3 seed was quick.
ANX is in Group A, Splyce is in Group B, C9 is in Group C, and INTZ is in Group D.
Rookie narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "Is this really a reincarnation of fate? This is basically the same as Group B we were in last year!"
Chu Ge also discovered Hua Dian.
Except for FNC not coming this year, AHQ and C9 were both teams that eliminated IG from the group stage last year.
Don't look at C9 being in the third seed pool.
But looking at their performance in recent years, they can be regarded as the wolf warrior team of the North American Division, guarding the bottom of their division.
C9 seems to have a script written in advance every year.
In the Spring Split, he was transformed into a fish belly and was taught by the major teams in turn. In the Summer Split, he began to gradually wake up, and the closer he got to the World Championship, the better he performed.
Anyway, it is much better than TSM, the king of scrims.
"Are we going to get back everything we lost?" Chu Ge didn't feel too much. After all, he was still eating at EDG last year. "I have to pull off Mr. Omu's skin now!"
C9's top laner is none other than S3 world champion top laner Impact Tony Ohki, who came to North America to retire. I heard his hand speed is so fast that it can beat people
The final grouping situation has also been determined:
Group A: ROX, G2, CLG, ANX
Group B: FW, RNG, H2K, Splyce
Group C: IG, AHQ, SSG, C9
Group D, TSM, EDG, SKT, INTZ
The screen switched to the LPL commentary live broadcast room, and Ren Dong smiled and said, "Actually, there seems to be no so-called death group in this lottery ceremony. If nothing happens, RNG will basically be eliminated in the knockout round."
"For IG, this lottery is okay, and the pressure to qualify is not very high."
After TAB (Assassination Star) was disbanded, AHQ became the absolute overlord of the LMS division in the two seasons of S4-S5. It was crushed in the league every time. It was not until this year that it gradually declined, and was taken away from the No. 1 seed by FW. .
Samsung's current team, after experiencing the "Samsung Ten Sons Come to China" after winning the S4 championship, even the coaches of the white team and the blue team left the team, leaving only the head coach Edger to personally take charge and carry the banner again.
Rescued Samsung from the edge of the cliff.
And Group D.
EDG specializes in single-core teams like TSM.
Bjergsen is indeed strong, but he is still a bit underwhelmed in front of Scout. As long as TSM is pressed to death in the middle, TSM will lose both arms.
It doesn't matter if SKT wins or not.
Anyway, there are weak teams like INTZ in the wild card division that can deliver food steadily.
Losing, it is impossible to lose.
This is not
Originally, EDG was feeling numb, but after analysis, it seemed that qualifying was basically stable, and they were ready to go out for a good meal.
LPL official live broadcast room——
[Good sign, why do you say it is a good sign? 】
[Group A aside, the LPL avoided the No. 1 seed in the LCK. It seems that there is indeed hope for this year]
[All three teams are okay, I can only say that no one is lucky like Smile. Hey, LPL is stable! 】
[The biggest hope is IG. I was originally optimistic about IG with Dow as the leader, and Huni didn’t come to the World Championship! 】
[Don’t say it too early, the 6.18 version has not been announced yet. I heard that IG was beaten by TSM in the recent training match. It feels very dangerous]
The arrangement of the group stage was quite different from Chu Ge's memory, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
All in all, this is a good draw for IG.
The next training camp will last for 4 days, and then they will leave for the United States to adapt to the time difference there.
On September 15, when the IG players were on the plane.
Riot Games and ESPN announced the officially endorsed ranking list for this year's S-Games, compiled by thesscore, the world's largest e-sports website, and combined with the opinions of Emily, Tim and Mokai.
"The Fifteen Best Players of the 2016 League of Legends Global Finals", "2016 League of Legends Global Finals Team Rankings"
Officials deliberately selected players and teams separately.
In fact, the official may not do such a thing at all.
But Riot still draws on traditional sports methods when competitions are approaching, and uses this ranking method to help warm up for the global finals.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
The E-Sports Louvre is actually a different kind of arena.
After all, no matter how this kind of ranking is done, it is impossible to satisfy everyone. After all, everyone has a personal judgment on the strength and the impression of the players.
There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand spectators.
Even Riot officials will make some controversial remarks on Twitter, allowing fans around the world to actively participate in discussions.
The first is the list of players:
First place: RoxSmeb
"One of the top four top laners in South Korea and the core top laner of the Tigers, Carry. Smeb is currently the best player. He has won two LCK MVPs back to back, and he was also the one who turned the tide in the summer finals between Tigers and SKT. It was difficult for the Tigers to win. If Gorilla is the brains of the Tigers, then Smeb is undoubtedly the commander. ”
Second place: Faker
"As the core figure of the SKT team and the most legendary player in the history of the League of Legends, I believe everyone is too familiar with the big devil Faker. However, Faker's style has changed dramatically in this year. He gave up almost all his assassin heroes. Wanli Sandra, Karma, Tsar, Lulu, and Faker are no longer the assassin masters who "kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace in a thousand miles", but have become more auxiliary mid laners for the team. "
Third place: Deft
"Deft has very good skills in team battles. His keen sense of smell and extremely high operational level allow him to achieve the final harvest in team battles. For team battle games, he is the perfect ADC. . ESPN commented that Deft has outstanding ability in large-scale team battles and will choose a safe position to provide continuous output. Deft’s KDA in the China LPL 2016 Summer Split is 6.10.”
Fourth place: ClearLove
"I believe everyone is familiar with it. EDG has the promise of the factory director, a veteran professional player, and its jungle experience is unrivaled by other teams in the World Championship. A master of anti-crouching and invasion. Strong operation and awareness and excellent Ganking ability and counter-jungling ability make Mingkai a world-class IQ jungler. ”
Fifth place: RoxPeanut
"Peanut is very strong. He has made a qualitative change for the ROX team, but he is still not the top jungler. When he faced the KT team in the summer finals, Peanut was almost as sleepwalking as he was in the spring finals. But the arrival of Peanut made the ROX team His early game abilities have been greatly enhanced, and his jungle path is more complete than in the Spring Split, although there are still some moments of recklessness. ”
Sixth place: IGRookie
"Song Yijin is the most stable presence of the IG team. He is undoubtedly the best mid laner to emerge after Faker. His strong laning and harvesting abilities once allowed him to help the team turn around in desperate situations. I believe Compared with his impetuous style in the spring split, he has become significantly more stable since the summer split, and his cooperation with the team has become more tacit! ”
Seventh place: IGDow
"The most powerful newcomer in the top lane in the history of the LPL, Dow and his IG team caused a revolution in the LPL. Not only did they not abandon the favorite play style of the region, but they also brought their confrontational style to the extreme! Dow used his excellent counterattack His line pressure has made players in other regions around the world see his brilliance. If his career is not too young, we even think he can compete with Smeb for the first place!”
And after this.
8-10 are: TSMBjergsen, EDGMeiko, G2Trick
The 11th to 15th places are: SKBang, RNGUzi, C9Impact, SSGCrown, G2Zven
As soon as the list came out, the audience was completely unable to sit still.
This list has no other meaning. It is called the Poisonous Milk List, and most of the people who are on it are disappointed.
(End of chapter)