Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

“Two towers less in North America?”

“Tian, ​​you’re going too far!”

Caps, with a face that looks prematurely aged, said in a serious voice: "I hope you don't joke about 911/. I lost my uncle in that disaster... He was the best pilot in the Middle East."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"

"Hahahahaha!"

“OMG!”

"You will go to hell if you do this, and even Jesus can't reach out and pick you up."

"Is it because there is a hole in the palm of Jesus' hand that Jesus can't reach Tian and Caps?"

"Oh, No!!"

Everyone in G2 almost laughed themselves crazy.

Ever since Ye Tian started the hell joke mode with soap, the G2 club, which was already famous for its pranks, has to come up with something new every day. They also record some jokes that do not hurt the feelings of the group and post them on the official Twitter, expressing the close relationship between Ye Tian, ​​the all-knowing guy, and others.

The reason why the atmosphere is so relaxed is not only because G2 itself is very optimistic, but also because this year's World Finals is held in Europe, and the first stop city happens to be Berlin, Germany, where the G2 club is located.

The play-in matches were broadcast at the LEC studio in Berlin.

The group stage will be held at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin.

In other words, before advancing to the knockout stage, G2 will be playing at home. Not only do they not need to travel on a bumpy road or adjust to jet lag, they also do not need to adapt to a completely new accommodation and training environment. They can just lie down in the base and wait for the opportunity.

A few days after the World Championship version was released, teams that needed to participate in the qualifying round on October 10 arrived one after another.

Compared with last year, the scale of this year's qualifying round has not expanded. It is still composed of seven wildcard teams and the bottom teams of the five major regions of South Korea, Europe, North America, Vietnam, and LMS.

The teams from the five major regions are South Korea's DWG (Big Turtle), Europe's SPY (European Snake), North America's CG, Vietnam's UOL (Unicorn) and LMS's HKA (Hong Kong Attitude).

The wildcards are DFM (Tofu Demon) from Xiao Ri Zi, MMM from Oceania, ISG from Latin America, UOL from CIS, FLA from Brazil, MEGA from Southeast Asia and RYL from Türkiye.

That's right.

It is the team with the same name as the old Royal Club.

To be more precise, he should be a little fan of the old royal family.

Not only does this team have the same name as the old Royal Club, it also uses a crown team logo and publicly stated that the reason for using this name is to replicate the old Royal Club's previous world runner-up record.

only.

Slogans are slogans, strength is strength.

This team, which has the same name as the old Royal Club and is jokingly called the Royal Club-Turkish Division King, suffered three consecutive defeats in the first three qualifying matches at the hands of DWG and Brazilian FLA.

Although they tied with FLA in the fourth game and advanced to the next round by virtue of the tiebreaker, they were immediately defeated 3-0 by North American CG without any resistance and were eliminated from this World Finals, greatly disappointing the audience who were looking forward to a good show.

In addition to the other three qualifying teams from North American CG, namely HKA, SPY, and DWG, although Vietnam was moved up a level by Riot Games and won a direct spot in the group stage, the strength of the second seed LK still has a certain gap compared to the old regions.

The play-in round is over.

The staff went onto the main stage and prepared the props needed for the drawing ceremony.

The first thing played on the big screen was the new opening credits produced by Riot Games.

The first thing that rose was a scarlet crescent moon, and then the entire picture was lit up. In the plain surrounded by mountains, a column of light shot up into the sky.

Four dark shadows meandered forward, entwined around the pillar of light, gradually merged into one, and rose like flames.

The flames gathered into a fist, and with a powerful move, they struck the camera before gradually dissipating.

The large RIOT logo and the small word GAMES are revealed at the bottom.

"The League of Legends World Championship returns to Europe after four years. For the LPL region, the experience of the last expedition to Europe is a scar that is difficult to heal in the hearts of every witness."

"In early 2015, LPL rose rapidly with the wave of recruiting players, won the championship in the middle of the season, and was in the limelight. However, it suffered an unprecedented painful defeat in the world finals, which cast an indelible gray curtain."

"After that, we spent three years settling down, and finally restarted and returned to Europe. We defended our glory as the defending champions, and kept in mind the lessons of the past and maintained the humility of the challengers..."

What LPL viewers saw was a short film carefully produced by Tencent.

but.

The vast majority of viewers did not buy it.

[Defending champion? Where is the defending champion? ]

[Isn’t the glory on Brother Tian? Is Fenghuangji going to help Brother Tian win the championship this year? 】

[It would be much better to just use the fist promotion, but they had to be so smart and come up with such a disgusting line]

[If it doesn't work, go to Tieba to find the copywriting, don't be funny]

[Tell a joke, last year FNC missed the championship with 35 million, this year FPX repeated the same mistake with 35 million]

[No matter how much FPX offers, it’s useless. The principal offered 1.5 million, but Brother Tian didn’t go. The Europeans offered small goals.]

[That's before tax. After paying nearly half of the tax, there will be 80 million left. If FPX is willing to pay 60 million, Brother Tian might be able to stay and help LPL win the third championship]

[It’s not that easy. Faker was nerfed the first time he won the championship. He didn’t make it to the world championship in S4. He only came up to reap the fruits in S5. It wasn’t until S6 that he recovered a little. Tian Ge was nerfed twice in a row. He may not be able to stand out this year.]

[Rio has strengthened the system that Tian Ge is best at, right? If G2 replicates EDG's tactical system, they will definitely play better than EDG last year]

Watch the discussion.

Some people behind the water army company have come up with a new idea.

——Rio Entertainment deliberately strengthened Ye Tian’s rhythm. Even if it didn’t have any practical effect, it could disgust both sides.

Inside the LPL studio.

Ze Yuan and Jiede brought the cat emperor who had not retired but was just unwanted by everyone to analyze how to group the teams to the best advantage of the LPL region, what kind of performance the G2 team that invited Ye Tian to join would have, and mentioned the combat power ranking of this year's World Championship.

This year's ESPN Poisonous Cheat List ranked the G2 team, which made a big investment to invite Ye Tian, ​​first in combat power.

The second is SKT, which won the summer championship after the reorganization and advanced as the No. 1 seed of LCK.

The unprofessionalism of ESPN can be seen from this order. When making the rankings, ESPN first considers not the strength of the teams but the star players. I am afraid there is also a certain intentional intention to make things happen.

The third is FPX.

As the No. 1 seed of LPL, it makes sense for Little Phoenix to be placed here.

Something is not right with RNG which is in fourth place.

RNG's decline this year is extremely obvious. Even though UZI has performed unprecedentedly well, the last few games in the playoffs can even be regarded as an enhanced version of the peak Bang - they are more ferocious in laning, have a stronger ability to drive the rhythm, and their stability in team battles is not much weaker.

But apart from UZI, the other positions of RNG can only be described as disgraceful.

Let's use Zac's passive as a comparison.

UZI is the unshakable center, and the other four players are four pieces of shit surrounding the center.

FNC is fifth, GRF is sixth, TL is seventh, DWG is eighth, and it is IG's ninth place. Even though IG did lose ugly in the mid-season tournament, this ranking is still too low.

In contrast.

Riot Games hand-picked two commentators to rank the players’ abilities, and the recognition was much higher.

The first is Ye Tian.

The second is Faker. The third is Doinb.

The fourth is UZI.

Below are Clid, Tarzan, Xiaotian, Cpas, Chovy, LWX, The shy, Nuguri, Perkz, Showmaker, Jankos, JackeyLove, and Rookie in that order.

The list includes both veterans who once dominated the world, as well as new faces such as Nuguri and Showmaker. From a certain perspective, it can be regarded as a change of eras.

S1-S2 belong to the ancient times.

At that time, League of Legends was in its infancy, with a small number of players. Many of the players competing in professional competitions were veterans who had transitioned from other e-sports.

The players who emerged during that period did not necessarily have superhuman talents; most of them were just lucky.

of course.

It must be acknowledged that this group of players played a role in paving the way.

The cosmic smile who laid the foundation for the saying that LPL is rich in AD, the pioneering soldier-farming devil Froggen and ALEX who defeated him with a barrel, the North American Best Riven NA who developed Riven's light-speed QA, the support god Madlife who made everyone re-recognize the status of supports, the Moscow Five (M5) who used new tactics one after another, and so on, have all provided solid shoulders for future generations of players.

Next, are the players who became famous in seasons S3-S6.

After the exploration period, what emerged is commonly known as the golden generation. These are the geniuses who emerged when players' enthusiasm was at its highest. Of course, some of them became mediocre after using up their talents, but those who stayed were all the backbone.

At their peak, they could almost be said to be all-around players who were in the first echelon from operations to awareness to laning to team battles. Even UZI, a special case who was caught at level 2 and restrained for his entire life, knew he would be caught but refused to leave, rather than being completely unaware.

The players that emerged in S7-S9 are the silver generation.

Compared to the golden generation, the silver generation can only fight in an environment where players are gradually leaving and the competitive state is not so enthusiastic due to age factors. They often have certain defects and it is difficult for them to grow into true hexagonal warriors.

Players who are the same age as the golden generation but became famous in the silver generation are pseudo-silver. They could only become stepping stones during the golden generation, and only managed to make it into the top class by relying on much more experience and training than the silver generation. Their flaws are more obvious and irreparable. No matter what their results are, there is no possibility for them to further improve their personal strength.

In the future, League of Legends events will gradually become a stage dominated by the silver generation and the pseudo-silver generation, but at this moment, the golden generation still exudes enough dazzling brilliance. Except for Ye Tian, ​​Faker, Doinb, and UZI are all true golden generation players.

When VIT team's mid laner Jiizuke and coach Yamato Cannon were invited to the scene, the draw ceremony officially began.

Coach Yamato Cannon, tall and straight, wearing a long woolen windbreaker, stood behind Pool No. 1. He reached out and took out a small silver ball. After twisting it open, he unfolded the rolled-up paper and showed it to the audience.

"G2 was the first to be drawn!"

"Let's wait and see which teams will be unlucky enough to be in the same group as G2."

The famous Chinese fan Froskuinn (Mao Mao) said in a clear voice: "G2 is the strongest team in Europe that has never been seen before. They won the MSI championship for the first time, which is a world-class achievement. Before the start of the world game, G2 also invited Tian, ​​who has two FMVPs, to join. For the second and third seeds in other regions, G2 is like their nightmare!"

"That's right." Commentator Vedius continued: "The second one we drew was LPL's No. 1 seed FunPlus Phoenix, and the theme MV for this year's World Championship is Phoenix, what a coincidence."

The next two teams are the reorganized SKT and North American TL.

The location of Pool 1 is not important, there will definitely be a pit for each team, what matters is where the team in Pool 2 will end up.

All the teams in Pool 2 are praying that they will be grouped with North America's TL and avoid running into G, SKT, and FPX, three teams that are clearly at the forefront of the world in terms of strength.

VIT mid laner Jiizuke, who was unkempt with rough hair and beard, took a step forward and took out the black ball from the second seed pool. The first one to be shown was... LCK second seed GRF!

[A strong dialogue]

[Group A instantly becomes a death group]

【The good show is coming】

[This year, GRF can really compete with G2]

[One G2, one GRF, both are teams that can advance. Weak teams will die immediately if they enter, and strong teams will have to fight hard if they enter]

[If we get IG or RNG in, they will really take off. Whoever comes last will just be a punching bag]

The audience was talking a lot.

The second one to be picked was JT from LMS.

JT may seem unfamiliar when you look at it alone, but when it comes to its predecessor, old players must be very familiar with it - the JTeam e-sports club was formerly the Assassin Star TPA that won the S2 championship. It was acquired by Jay Chou in 2016 and the team name was changed.

In terms of background, JT is indeed good.

In terms of strength...

To be honest, as a team that emerged after the core players of Flash Wolves FW left, JT is still unable to threaten the Phoenix FPX.

Jiizuke continued to reach out.

FNC fell into Group C where SKT is located.

Since C9 and TL belong to the same North American region, they came to Group A according to the principle of avoiding the same region, competing with G2 and GRF for the qualifying spot.

Seeing this, the C9 players who were waiting for the result in front of the screen covered their faces and wailed.

Follow up.

AHQ fell into Group D.

RNG came to Group C according to the avoidance principle.

IG came to Group D according to the principle of avoidance.

GAM falls into Group B.

The teams that advanced from the qualifying round are: HKA in A, SPY in B, CG in C, and DWG in D.

Since then.

All four teams have been finalized.

Group A: G2, GRF, C9, HKA
Group B: FPX, JT, GAM, SPY
Group C: SKT, FNC, RNG, CG
Group D: TL, AHQ, IG, DWG
Players have conducted a lot of analysis and predictions on the group stage and the qualifying teams. In addition, a large number of rhythm posts have emerged, such as Riot Games deliberately strengthening European and American teams, and Tian's system that he is good at got a BUFF after joining G2.

All major clubs are happy to see this happen and are fueling the trend.

For a time, the rumor that G2 and Ye Tian were taken care of by Riot Games was rampant, and S9 was said to be a customized version.

"Farkle!"

G2 coach Swani was furious in the training room: "Why is it a customized version? Isn't it a common practice for unpopular heroes to be appropriately strengthened before the World Championship? There must be some maggots who see that we have a chance to win the championship this year and are doing something behind our backs."

"That's right, don't let anyone be affected." General Manager Romain Bigeard was calmer: "For us, the most important thing is the world championship. As long as we win this world championship, all doubts will not come to the table."

"But it's really disgusting. We obviously didn't practice those strengthened heroes! Let alone the tactics of EDG!" Jungler Jankos knew that someone was deliberately messing with his mentality, but he still couldn't help it.

What are the qualities of a professional player?
That's right.

It's paranoia + arrogance.

These two characteristics determine that professional players cannot tolerate being injured out of nowhere, and cannot tolerate the honor they have won being tarnished.

"This is simple."

Ye Tian said lazily: "We haven't practiced the enhanced heroes, nor have we practiced the same tactics as EDG. Just spread the news. As long as we don't use it, those rumors will become a joke."

"But if we do that, won't we reveal our tactics?" Caps felt uneasy.

"Small Cap, Small Cap, you are still too young." Ye Tian tapped the table with his index finger to attract everyone's attention before continuing: "Let me ask you a question. SKT has released a message saying that Faker will not choose Ryze or Azar in this World Championship, and will definitely not choose Tristana for a fast push in the bottom lane. Do you believe it?"

"Of course I don't believe it. Anyone who believes it is a fool!" Ah P said firmly.

"Since they said that, I must be more careful to prevent Ryze, Tsar, and Tristana from playing." G2 coach Swani understood what Ye Tian wanted to express and his eyes lit up.

"OK." Ye Tian asked the second question: "Then do you think other teams will believe us if we tell them about the heroes that are not trained with fists and the EDG-style tactics?" (End of this chapter)