Chapter 196 Coach List!
In this kind of life where everyone is actively preparing for war, time flies.
The 2017 League of Legends Global Finals is getting closer and closer.
During this period, major competition areas have entered the offseason, which has made LOL viewers who like to watch games feel uncomfortable for a while.
Therefore, everyone pays close attention to the news about the S7 finals that spreads on the Internet from time to time.
One second there may have been a heated discussion about players from a certain World Championship team reaching the top of the Korean server, but the next second the clichéd post about TSM being invincible in training matches is once again trending.
Everyone knows that TSM is a concept god who pulls their hips as soon as the main game comes, but they can't help but have fun, and they can give everyone something new every year.
“We defeated LZ 3-0 in the training match. TSM said this is the LCK championship?”
"The senior brother said that as both the No. 1 seed, it is obvious that WE has over-realized its reputation."
"Oh, TSM is looking forward to meeting TES in the main game of the World Championship, of course, provided they can pass the play-in round."
"TES is like a chicken, with a winning rate of less than 30% in front of my e-sports cult."
Regarding the above online comments, Lin Shuyang did not prevent players from browsing.
Inside the TES base.
Watching the interviews of the e-sports editors with the TSM team, everyone in the training room who had just had some rest had their faces changed into those of the old people on the subway.
"No, is there something wrong with TSM?"
"Which professional team plays seriously in the training matches? Just play tactics. There are also first-level team fights." Daan said he didn't understand.
"After all, the e-sports cult, they probably want to defeat us in the training match, and then they will have corresponding advantages in the main match..."
“But they are eliminated in the group stage every year!”
No one can remember the top 16 unless he is in the top 16 every year. This sentence is dedicated to Doublelift and TSM.
"But there are many new faces in the world's participating teams this year."
Discussing the daily posts about TSM training matches online, able once again paid attention to the participating teams in this year's World Championship.
The Garlic Bastard fiddled with his cell phone and said: "This year, CLG, a long-established and strong team in the North American division, was forced to stay in their hometown, and IMT took their place."
"There is also an MSF in the European division. Like us, we entered the World Championship just after joining the EU this year."
"But I didn't expect that JT was eliminated." Jin Gong discussed the opponents he encountered in the LPL intercontinental competition.
In the LMS division, except for the first seed Flash Wolves and the second seed AHQ, two evergreens in the world, the third seed is not JT, but was intercepted by HKA. The LMS division, which has been boasted for a whole year, is the strongest in the world. I don’t know how many glasses were broken by Sai’s refusal.
"It's normal. In the LMS spring split, JT lost to AHQ in the playoffs and only finished third. In the summer split, they only finished fourth. According to the LMS division's points rules, such a result did not earn enough points. In order to directly qualify for the World Championships”
"Then, in the first round of the bubble competition, HKA gave them a long vacation with a score of 3-1." 694 added information.
"Does this count as capsizing in the gutter?"
"Forget it, it must count."
At this point, everyone shuddered involuntarily. Thinking about JT's experience and thinking about themselves, they didn't want to experience the feeling of overturning in the finals.
"The drawing ceremony is about to begin!"
694 greeted everyone, and then sat down next to Lin Shuyang, who was already sitting on the sofa in the training room.
Several others found their own seats and crowded in front of the big screen. Although they could also follow the results in real time in front of their own computers, it felt more real to watch them together at this time.
The screen in the live broadcast room lit up, and after the host's brief opening remarks, the grouping rules for the finals were introduced.
There are a total of twelve teams in the qualifying round. The twelve teams are randomly divided into four groups. Three teams in each group compete in a BO1 double round-robin format. Then the top two in each group can advance to the second round, which is a BO5 knockout round.
It is worth noting that in the second round of the qualifying round, the BO5 knockout round determines the outcome. The winner advances to the group stage and the loser goes home directly.
The matchup standard is also very simple, that is, the first player plays against the second player in a different group.
Of course, during the first round of grouping, Riot Games set up a No. 1 seed pool, which separated the No. 3 seed teams from the four major regions to ensure that they would not be assigned to the same group. On the big screen at this moment, it was the logo of their TES team and the logos of the other three teams being put into the No. 1 seed pool.
LMS division HKA, LCS.EU’s FNC, and North American Light C9!
[After looking around, I feel that the finals are all rotten and rotten. It doesn’t matter which group TES is placed in. 】
[Don’t be too arrogant. The BO1 format is easy to overturn. We have forgotten how to win the intercontinental competition in the LCK. 】
[I believe you when you say other teams will expand, but I don’t believe it at all that TES, coached by its head coach, will expand. 】
[Jie Jie Jie, the strength of this year's LPL division is really terrifying, otherwise TES would not be able to reach the third seed no matter how good it is. 】
[The most pitiable ones should not be me, EDG and OMG. They just won honors for the region in the Intercontinental Championship, but in the end they didn’t even make it to the World Championship. 】
[Hey hey hey, brothers, you have bought your tickets, let’s go and watch TES kill everyone in the finals. 】
Bullets flew across the screen of the official draw ceremony.
Three large glass containers were placed on the semi-circular booth at the scene. Soon, the guests responsible for drawing lots appeared on the scene.
[I am shocked that the person who came to draw today is actually AJ. Is he such a good player? 】
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
[Is it possible that this year’s World Championship will be held in our region, so the draw guests are basically players from the LPL region...]
[That makes sense. 】
AJ walked to the stage, and the white shirt he pulled out from nowhere barely managed to maintain a sense of formality.
AJ's chubby face smiled silly at the camera, and AJ turned the ball in the glass with a solemn expression.
After wandering back and forth for three or four seconds, AJ picked out the one that was more pleasing to the eye, then opened the ball and took out the ribbon with the team's logo printed on it.
"I knock, are you so lucky?"
AJ grinned and raised his hands.
The barrage in the live broadcast room was empty, and the eyes of countless viewers suddenly focused on the ribbon in AJ's hand.
The words TES are clearly printed on the ribbon.
"I knock, we are the first one!"
"AJ is so fierce."
In the TES base, everyone's hearts suddenly dropped to the ground.
It's not that I'm worried about grouping or anything, but it's about my opponents, and I always have some expectations.
Now that the first one has been taken out, there is no need to wait there anxiously.
After a while, the groupings for the qualifying rounds were settled.
Group A: TES, LYN, GMB!
Group B: C9, ONE, DW!
Group C: FNC, YG, KLG!
Group D: FB, HKA, RPG!
Lin Shuyang raised his eyebrows and almost had a stress reaction when he saw the name of the team in Group A.
But fortunately, GMB is not GAM, otherwise he would really doubt whether this team really has some bad relationship with his own club.
Not many people cared about the grouping format of the finals, and it did not cause much discussion. However, a list released by Riot Games immediately made e-sports fans who paid close attention to the finals an explosion.
"Let me tell you, this year there are not only the top 20 players, but also a ranking of the top 10 coaches?"
(End of chapter)