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Chapter 542 The first LPL team to go to the S9 World Championship is born! Regular season MVP award ceremony!

Of course, even if Doinb really did have the joke of finishing first in the regular season of both the Spring and Summer Splits this year, only to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs after only one BO5 series.

Most viewers will probably just laugh it off and move on.

It's unlikely that a classic will last forever.

Of all the jokes that LPL teams have made so far, the ones that have become classics and will be remembered forever are the jokes they made at the World Championship.

For example, the quarterfinal match between RNG and G2 in 2018, which is always ranked number one on the LPL joke list.

There are also examples such as the factory manager's 4396 and Wei Shen's reverse Q, etc.

The laughs from the S-series tournament will be forever remembered and unforgettable by the audience.

As for the others, the jokes at MSI are hardly worth mentioning, let alone the jokes in domestic leagues.

Once you've had a laugh, it's over!
However, this is how it is for the audience.

The psychological pressure is completely different for the athletes themselves.

Even just looking at LPL matches, in the last two years, there was the time when Rookie broke down in tears after IG's 18-game winning streak in the Spring Split ended up being upset by RNG in the semifinals of the playoffs.

Then there was this year's Spring Split, where FPX finished first in the regular season, but after being upset by JDG in the semifinals of the playoffs, Doinb collapsed in his chair and couldn't get up.

The pressure of being upset is always very difficult for players to bear.

This pressure is especially immense for players who have high profiles but no titles.

With the precedent of CJB, these well-known players without a title are all afraid of being labeled as CJB by the audience.

Therefore, Doinb is currently under the most pressure within the FPX team.

He knew very well that if FPX suffered another upset today...

Regardless of who is truly the one causing trouble in the team, the audience will definitely be criticizing Doinb.

It’s hard to bear!
Under such immense pressure, Doinb's performance in the first game was somewhat poor.

BLG, on the other hand, won the first game of the semifinals thanks to the outstanding performances of their two Korean imports, mid laner and top laner.

As fellow Korean imports, Kuro directly faced off against Doinb and won the MVP award in the first game.

So, after just the first game of the BO5 semifinals, those waiting to see Doinb make a fool of himself couldn't help but start firing off online.

Kuro truly lives up to his reputation as the mid laner who only lost to Faker in the past. He's the runner-up mid laner in the World Championship and has many years of experience in the World Championship.

It's normal for Doinb, a mid-laner who has never even played in a World Championship, to lose to Kuro.

Comes with its own system? Comes with a first-round exit? Comes with no playoff hopes?!

The biggest advantage of a mid-laner is actually their shot-calling ability; that's basically being a freeloader!

And so on, a private seat in the conference room has already been arranged for Doinb.

They're just waiting for FPX to lose two more games before dragging Doinb into the meeting room for a month-long public reprimand.

In short, Doinb's past failures at crucial moments, and FPX's recent disastrous performance in this year's Spring Split...

After BLG won the first game, the majority of viewers online were optimistic that BLG would defeat FPX today and advance to the Summer Split finals.

It turns out that the real dark horse in this year's playoffs wasn't LNG, but BLG!
However, this time Doinb didn't pick a hero like Cassiopeia or Viktor under pressure, which was more of a carry role than a carry.

He chose to go all out and take a gamble.

In the second game, Doinb picked Qiyana and carried the team strongly.

In the third game, Doinb picked Pantheon mid, a champion that only he could play in the LPL. He took off, revitalized both side lanes, and won the game.

In the next game, FPX, having already secured match point, were brimming with confidence and unleashed their true strength as the top team in the regular season. Using their signature style, they steadily won against their opponents, maintaining complete control of the game's tempo throughout.

In the end, FPX won three consecutive games, coming back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat BLG 3-1.

By advancing to the LPL Summer Split Finals, FPX also became the first LPL team to qualify for the S9 World Championship.

Whether it's the first or second seed depends on the final result of the Summer Split.

When FPX defeated BLG, Doinb jumped up from his seat and unleashed a flurry of monkey punches.

It seems like they want to unleash all the pent-up emotions they've had over the years.

Of course, it's inevitable that I'll get some criticism.

It's just getting into the World Championship, why are you making such a fuss!

With LPL already having won two S-series championships and three MSI championships, if Doinb really thinks that making it to the World Championship will silence the doubts of the general public, then he's really making a mess of things.

Only the champion can truly shatter doubts.

Of course, for viewers with truly sound values, some contestants won't earn their respect even if they won the championship.

They don't deserve it!
On the day FPX became the first LPL team to qualify for the S9 World Championship.

The neighboring LCK region has also determined its first and second seeds for the S9 World Championship.

The first seed is SKT, and the second seed is Griffin (grf).

After missing the World Championship for a year, Faker has finally returned to the World Championship.

This will be Faker's fifth appearance at the World Championship.

After SKT secured their place as the LCK's number one seed for the S9 World Championship.

Riot Games immediately tweeted their congratulations to Faker and SKT.

After all, for Riot Games, Worlds without Faker is like the West without Jerusalem!

Griffin, the second seed from the LCK region, was actually the first team in the world to qualify for the S9 World Championship.

Back on August 18th, when the LCK Summer Split regular season ended, Griffin had already secured their spot in the S9 World Championship.

This is also determined by the special tournament format of LCK.

The LCK playoffs are a challenger tournament format, with the top team in the regular season advancing directly to the playoff finals.

Griffin finished first in the LCK regular season in both the Spring and Summer Splits this year.

Griffin finished as runner-up in the Spring Split.

When the regular season of the Summer Split ended and Team Griffin finished first, it meant that they would at least be runners-up in the Summer Split.

According to Riot Games' official World Championship points system, in the four major regions, finishing as runner-up in both the Spring and Summer Splits is enough to guarantee a team at least a second seed from their region at the World Championship that year.

Therefore, Griffin was the first team in the world to be confirmed for the S9 World Championship.

Of course, this year's MSI champion G2 actually qualified for the S9 World Championship on the same day as Griffin.

However, due to the time difference, Griffin's last regular season game was a few hours earlier than G2's last game.

Therefore, Griffin qualified for the S9 World Championship a few hours earlier than G2.

After Griffin secured their spot in the S9 World Championship, the subsequent developments were quite interesting.

On August 31st, SKT finally completed their comeback in the playoffs, winning four consecutive games and claiming the 2019 LCK Summer Split championship.

This means that Griffin was the runner-up again.

In addition to last year, he was the runner-up in the 18 Summer Tournament.

Griffin, since joining the LCK, has won the LCK regular season title three times in a row, but has also lost the finals three times in a row, finishing as LCK runner-up each time. It's hard to say whether this team is strong or weak.

You might say he's weak, but he's been ranked first in the LCK regular season for three consecutive seasons.

You might say he's strong, but he's also been the runner-up in the LCK for three consecutive seasons.

Given the LCK format, the fact that Griffin has been the LCK runner-up for three consecutive seasons means that he has not won a single BO5 since he was promoted to the LCK.

They played four best-of-five series, three LCK finals, and one gauntlet final.

They didn't win a single one of the four games.

It's not really fair to say a team that hasn't won a single best-of-five series in a top-tier league is strong.

This is also what makes Griffin's status as the second seed from the LCK region in this year's World Championship so peculiar.

They didn't win a single best-of-five series all year, yet they still made it to the World Championship. That's unbelievable!
This is absolutely unique to Scorpion Poop!

Time comes the next day.

July 9, 1 p.m.

The capital city, JDG's home stadium, the Saviors JDG Esports Center.

The second semifinal match of the LPL Summer Playoffs, between TES and RNG, is about to begin.

However, there was one more thing to do before the match between the two teams started.

"Hello, Summoners here and watching on screen, good afternoon! I'm your host, Xixi!"

As today's host, Xixi, stepped onto the main stage, the barrage refresh rate in the LPL official live broadcast room saw its first surge of the day.

"So, today is the second day of the semifinals, and it's also a highly anticipated match between RNG and Top Esports!"

"When veteran teams meet rising stars, will the veteran teams defend their honor, or will the rising stars write a new chapter? Let's wait and see today!"

"However, before today's game, we also have a special segment to attend, which is the 2019 Summer Regular Season MVP award ceremony. Let's take a look at who it is!"

As the host finished speaking, the screen in the LPL official live broadcast room suddenly changed.

Knight's photo appeared on the live stream screen.

On either side of Knight's profile picture are various statistics from the Summer Split.

He has won 15 MVP awards in the Summer Split regular season, the most of any player.

The highest average kills per game among mid laners.

Damage per minute is the highest among mid laners.

Damage share is the highest among mid laners.

Even considering the significant boost in average stats due to playing against weaker teams, this number is still quite alarming.

Backstage at the venue, in the TES team's rest room.

Besides Knight, who was already waiting to go on stage to receive his award, the other TES staff, coaching staff, and players were all watching the live broadcast on the TV screen on the wall in the lounge.

When Knight's avatar and various stats appeared on the live stream screen, Zhou Dian led the applause.

He certainly wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity to unite the team and enhance cohesion.

The difference between a good player and a good leader sometimes lies in some very inconspicuous places.

Zhou Dian took the lead, and the others in the lounge also applauded Knight.

Even though Knight isn't in the lounge right now, he'll naturally know.

As the applause subsided, Knight's Summer Split stats displayed on the live stream screen lingered.

Seeing this, Zhou Dian laughed and said, "What incredible stats! He's number one in every category for the mid lane. It's just like when I won my first regular season MVP in 17!"

The joke immediately sparked a burst of laughter throughout the lounge.

Amidst the joke, White Crescent glanced at Zhou Dian again from behind.

Zhou Dian just mentioned the regular season MVP he won.

That was in the Spring Split of 17, after the LPL officially established the Regular Season MVP award, and the first Regular Season MVP was produced.

Even though White Crescent was coaching in the secondary league LSPL at the time, he still had a very deep impression of Zhou Dian, the regular season MVP.

This is the LPL regular season MVP that White Crescent has remembered most clearly in recent years.

At that time, Zhou Dian's statistics in all regular season games were also number one.

He's not just number one in top lane, he's number one in every position!

In the official LPL live stream, when Knight's avatar and Summer Split stats popped up, very few viewers discussed it.

Most people in the live chat were still arguing about wanting to see the host Xixi's long legs, but the damn director changed the disc!
Immediately, the live stream switched to a highlight reel of Knight's amazing plays during the regular season of this year's Summer Split.

As the highlights played, the discussion in the comments finally returned to Knight.

After the two-minute highlight reel finished playing, the long-legged guy who had been clamoring for more in the chat finally returned to the live stream.

"Let's welcome the 2019 LPL Summer Split Regular Season MVP—knight! Please come on stage!"

As the host's voice rang out, Knight walked to the center of the main stage with a graceful, almost effeminate gait.

In just a few short steps, Knight's extremely uncoordinated movements created a kind of beauty that resembled an underdeveloped brain and a completely undeveloped cerebellum!
It can only be said that most professional esports players do indeed need some physical exercise.

"Knight, please say hello to everyone first!" The host handed the microphone to Knight's mouth.

"Hello everyone, I'm Knight, the mid laner for Top Esports!"

As soon as Knight said that, a barrage of question marks appeared in the official live stream chat.

That's normal. Knight's speech is like raw meat; most people wouldn't understand what he's saying without subtitles.

Within the TES team, during match communications, for Zhou Dian and Xx, the information conveyed by Knight was not as clear as that of the two Korean imports in the bot lane.

Fortunately, Knight is quite good during matches and usually focuses on his gameplay.

During TES matches, the responsibility of conveying various information basically fell on the top laner and jungler, who were the only two people in the team who could speak Chinese relatively clearly.

"I was really shocked when I saw Knight's stats. So, how does Knight maintain such a good level of performance?" The host asked Knight his first question.

"It's mainly because I've been training a lot, and I've been training quite late!" Knight replied.

Another barrage of question marks floated across the screen.

I didn't hear you clearly!

"Alright, let's not waste any more time!" The host was getting a little impatient. She probably hadn't heard clearly and was too lazy to ask any more questions, so she simply moved on to the awards ceremony.

"Next, please welcome Ms. HX, the head of events and broadcasting at Fujisports, to present the trophy symbolizing honor to our regular season MVP!"

"welcome!"

After the award presenter went on stage, he took the MVP award, which symbolized the regular season, from the hostess and handed it to Knight.

Knight accepted the regular season MVP trophy from the presenter with both hands.

As soon as I picked up the trophy, it suddenly slumped downwards and almost fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)