Just after Lin Shuyang's post-game interview ended, the second agenda item after today's knockout rounds followed closely.
The draw ceremony for the 2017 League of Legends Global Finals.
"Haha, everyone!"
Backstage, everyone from WE who had also arrived at the sports center said hello.
When Lin Shuyang entered the door, Xiye rushed forward impatiently, "Okay, okay, you just ran to the World Championships to compete without saying a word. As you said before, you can't win..."
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"Go, go, no matter how big or small, do you talk to your master like this?" Mika gave Su Wangzi a kick.
"Hey, Lao Lin is in great shape. Wouldn't it be nice to get back to the top?"
"Brother Yang!"
"Brother Yang!"
"Yangguo..."
Jiang Chenglu, who was at the end, scratched his head in embarrassment. He was still not very used to such crowded situations.
"Sit down, all sit down." Lin Shuyang didn't even ask how they came to TES's backstage. Anyway, the relationship between the two families was here, and they often went to each other's rest area during LPL games.
If you can't find someone near the game, go to the opponent's room and prepare to catch the lost guy.
"Where are RNG and the others?"
Lin Shuyang looked around. When he just came back, there was also a team from the North American Division in the next room, but there was no one from RNG.
Jiuwuqi replied: "It seems that he went to accept the pre-match video."
"It's begun, it's begun. Watch the lottery ceremony and stop chatting."
Missing, who was squatting next to the computer screen in advance, reminded everyone.
Wow!
There was a loud noise, and all the team members stood up and came forward.
Lin Shuyang did not push forward. From where he sat, he could just see the large screen on the side of the scene through the transparent glass.
This is still the warm-up stage of the draw ceremony, which is to broadcast the highlight moments of the sixteen teams that entered the group stage.
"Okay, welcome to the Chinese live broadcast of the draw ceremony of the 2017 Global Finals group stage. Hello everyone, I am Ren Dong." After the edited team highlights were played, the two Riot Games hosts stood on the main floor of the Wuhan Sports Center. On the stage, the footage of the live broadcast room seen by the LPL audience was transferred to the studio where Ren Dong was located.
"Hello everyone, I am Li Chun!"
"Hello everyone, I am Eleven!"
The two people beside Ren Dong are LOL game balancer Li Chun and the new official commentator Eleven.
As the main person in charge of field control, after briefly introducing the two guests beside him, Ren Dong began to introduce the lottery rules.
The first is the composition of the sixteen teams in the group stage. Among them, LCK, as the championship region of four consecutive global finals, three teams have direct quotas to enter the group stage. The remaining teams are from the LPL, Europe, North America, and LMS regions. The top two are the No. 1 seed in the Southeast Asia region who performed well in MSI and won a single spot, and the four teams that got the final tickets through the knockout rounds in the playoffs.
The rules of the competition are the same as those of the play-in round, which is a double round-robin BO1 points competition, and then the top two will advance directly to the quarterfinals. The basic principle is to avoid each other in a group stage, that is, teams in the same division will not meet before the quarterfinals.
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"The guest of the lottery seems to be that guy AJ again today, and Rookie is also here."
"It seems like we have to draw the four teams from the qualifying rounds first."
"Well, that's right, I just hope we don't draw the two groups with LZ and SKT."
"Silly Que, if you don't touch in the group stage and meet the Korean team in the knockout stage, it will be even harder."
In the minds of the players, AJ's fat face appeared in front of the camera.
His right hand drew twice on the fiberglass and picked up one of the balls.
The camera is locked between AJ's hands.
"Orange is not our team."
None of the three LPL teams have orange team logos.
Sure enough, after unfolding the lottery strip, the words FNC appeared on the big screen.
FNC—Group A!
However, before TES could discuss more grouping ideas for a few hours, the black and gold lottery strip was taken out of the second sphere by AJ in the next second.
"TES?"
"We are Group B!"
"I hope that guy Lao Song will be merciful next time and give us some normal teams."
AJ is responsible for the team allocation in the finals, while Broiler is responsible for determining the ownership of the twelve teams remaining in the group stage.
Soon the ownership of the remaining two teams was determined, C9 in Group C and FB in Group D! Perhaps because he was afraid that his luck would be too weak, Rookie kept his eyes closed tightly while flipping the lottery ball, and did not dare to take another look inside.
The first person to be drawn from the second seed pool was AHQ from the LMS region.
In other words, AHQ fell into Group A.
Seeing this draw, the audience in the LMS division looked a little solemn. Although the group did not hit the strongest TES team in the finals, FNC, a team that has been able to compete in the top eight of the world competition all year round, still gave them a headache.
[I don’t know what you are afraid of, EDG did not come to participate in the competition this year. 】
【It seems so! 】
There are also LMS players who don't take it seriously. As long as a certain team that has been in the top eight for ten thousand years does not enter the World Championship and often borrows points from them when it has insufficient points in the group stage, then the problem of entering the top eight of the World Championship should not be too big.
"The second team is GAM. Oh well, we are assigned to the Vietnam Division team again!"
Lin Shuyang originally thought that he would not have too much trouble with the established lottery grouping, but when he saw Song Yijin's little chubby hand flipping the name of the team GAM over, he couldn't help but complain.
Depend on!
Do you want to be so metaphysical?
EDG, AHQ, RNG and SKT, even if they are now in charge of TES, will they still love and fight with their Vietnamese brothers until the end?
TaoBo’s magical grouping—absolutely amazing!
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The groups were announced one after another, and the final results were announced on the big screen.
Group A: WE, SKT, AHQ, FNC!
Group B: LZ, IMT, GAM, TES!
Group C: G2, RNG, SSG, C9!
Group D: FW, TSM, MSF, FB!
Once the four teams were assigned, the expressions of the audience in each competition area were different. Some were happy and some were sad.
First of all, Group D was complained by the audience as novices pecking each other. The four teams were so excited that they burst into laughter under the camera of the lottery ceremony.
There is no strong team!
There is no strong team!
Among them, the old guys from TSM were the most excited.
Top eight!
The top eight, is our dream of the top eight finally coming?
In addition to FW's strength online, look at the other two teams. MSF is the second seed in the European division. It's easy to handle.
FB?
Oh, the wild card teams in the CIS region are already strong enough to enter the group stage, okay?
No matter how unrestrained TSM’s smile is, the pain of AHQ fans will be profound.
What a stinky hand you have.
Can you put teams like SKT and WE in the same team?
The champion and runner-up of the mid-season tournament are in the same group, which is a big deal!
Compared with the reaction of the audience in other regions, the fans in the LPL region did not react much to this grouping, which can be considered a good but not a bad draw.
All three teams have Korean teams in their groups, but none of them look like they can't qualify.
If it's a bit difficult, then it has to be TES. One is LZ, the champion team of this year's LCK Summer Split, and the other is North America's second seed IMT. Even the final wild card team is a ruthless character like GAM. .
Many TES fans are a little frustrated.
"Is our TES World Championship journey going to end here?"
"Hey, the start-up team entered the World Championship in the first year, and also won the playoffs all the way. The third seed is almost there."
"We have a bit of bad luck in the group this year. Just show your own style and compete again next year."
"So, if the head of Guang comes out to be beaten, how come you have such luck in drawing lots that you have epic difficulty every year?"
#TESCLUBOSS#
#Guangzhang’s incredible luck! #
#How to break the grouping of hell difficulty in every year. #
No one would have thought that in the e-sports forum, a post complaining about the TES boss’ incredible luck during the group stage draw that night would become a hot search topic.
Xiye: "Thank you, Brother Yang, for not killing me!"
957: "(Laughing and crying) Brother Yang, I really don’t want to laugh, but I really can’t help it."
missing: "I didn't believe it when I was at LSPL, but now I believe it."
Pei Le (sent a big red envelope): "You keep the red envelope. If you enter the top eight, I will send another one to compensate you."
Lin Shuyang:...(End of Chapter)