LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 251 Riot World Championship Top 20, the first LPL player to reach the top
The group stage draw is over, and there are still five days until the start of the qualifying round on September 9, and more than two weeks until the start of the group stage on October 23.

EDG is not in a hurry to go to Wuhan and will train in the club until at least early October.

Unlike European and American teams that have already started their journey to China, LPL teams can all wait and see. This is the advantage of playing at home.

Lin Ruo opened Twitter after a long time because the person he followed had posted something again, and more importantly, he was tagged by the person he followed.

That’s right, it’s the crazy Ah P who goes crazy every day.

At this time, A-P and his teammates, who were on a plane to Shanghai, saw the draw results and immediately started making a fuss on Twitter.

"EDG's draw is so good! I envy your luck. Unlike us G2, it's another day where we need to defeat a strong opponent."

European and American audiences in the comment section usually don’t buy it.

You know guys, the last time Perzk was this confident was before the Season 6 World Championship, and we all know what the result was.

[Although I don't want to admit it, according to this draw, our great G2 may be eliminated in the round of again, so don't worry, I will pray to God at the right time before the game starts, hoping that he can save us.]

I'm already expecting G2 to be eliminated early, and for Perzk to show off his Yasuo without any regrets.

[It's okay. After being eliminated from the World Championship, G2 will come back and vent their anger on their own people.]

Feeling humiliated, the MSF official blog left an angry emoticon in the comment section.

Isn't this just a disguised way of saying that G2 is easy to bully?
Although it was not long since they were defeated 3:0 in the summer finals, MSF could not make a strong complaint.

Lin Ruo, who was watching the show online, quickly came to the comment section and left a comment.

Yes, G2's luck in the draw was terrible, but I still hope you can finish first in your group and advance. I believe Perzk will also leave an unforgettable scene for the audience at this World Championship.

Perzk was about to fight back against Lin Ruo with some dirty talk, but he was stunned when he saw the comments.

It looks so serious, like it was sent by Lin Ruo’s public relations team.

Dude, are you changing your route?
Ah P silently left an intriguing expression in the comment section, and then said: "Yes, I will definitely leave a memorable scene in this World Championship. Thank you, my good brother."

[Oh, guys, look at how sincere Lin Ruo's blessing is. He is showing us the quality of the Chinese people.]

[I just said that the slices I saw on YouTube were all fake. Whoever told me that he was arrogant and domineering, I like his face.]

[That's what MSI is like, otherwise I wouldn't be a fan of him.]

[Oh my god, Lin Shen, if you were threatened privately by Perzk, could you please shout it out in the comments section?]

If Lin continues to be so polite, I think I will stop being a fan very soon.

Yes, it would be unreasonable not to wish Perzk a happy holiday and a happy return home.

People in Europe also don't understand it at all, it feels like their idol has collapsed.

I like you because of your strength and arrogant personality, but now you tell me that you want to be a humble and low-key person who likes friendly communication.

Ai Loli, who originally thought that Brother Lin was going to say some dirty talk, had the same idea at this time.

Take off your pants and show me this.

"What's up? Is playing Go good for your character and moral integrity? Brother Lin."

"What do you know? I'm laying the groundwork. I can't give up long-term fun for a moment of fun."

Lin Ruo spread his hands out of habit.

It is normal that others do not understand him, because only he knows the famous scene of Ah P shedding tears on the field when the group stage ended a few days later.

Coupled with his own predictive remarks, how can it not be considered a classic that is passed down?

It’s fun to think about it.

Ah P was the one who started it, but it had nothing to do with him.

In the following period, all EDG members who had finished their vacation devoted themselves to training.

Because the World Championship is held at home, LPL has entered the most popular episode.

The audience's expectations for winning the championship were all transformed into attention on the three participating teams.

Even each player's daily ranking record, win rate and hero usage will cause considerable discussion among LPL viewers.

Of course, Lin Ruo, who doesn't play ranked games, is an exception.

Not to mention the training match win rates announced from time to time by those who claim to be insiders.

However, EDG and RNG have had no training matches to play in the past few days.

Because the group stage is still some time away, teams from other major regions are still on the road and in the process of recuperation. They can't just come and play against the teams participating in the qualifying round.

If you want to feel good about bullying someone, just say so.

Among the three LPL teams, WE is actually the only one that plays a small number of training games every day.

The opponent is IG, which is making free contributions to China's e-sports industry and wants to practice JK.

In the five days leading up to the play-in tournament, the only interesting thing that happened was Riot's annual Top 20 rankings before each World Championship.

Among the 20 players on the list, 7 are from LPL, which is a large proportion compared to previous years.

They are Mystic at Top 19, Condi at Top 18, Uzi at Top 14, and Xiaohu at Top 11.

There are also three people from EDG.

Tian Ye ranked top 9, Scout ranked top 8, and Lin Ruo ranked first in the additional list.

As soon as the pre-heating list came out, Tieba was plunged into a turbulent discussion.

The bad-ass list is here again. Last year, Deft and Zzitai were third and fourth respectively. Everyone knows how bad the World Championship was.

[Milk, give me some venomous milk! Lin Gou is least afraid of others praising him.]

I feel like Faker is the worst off. Last year, he was overpowered by Semb, and this year, he was overpowered by Lin Ruo again.

【It was really unreasonable to be beaten by Semb last year, but it is normal to be beaten by Lin Ruo this year.】

Uzi's rating is actually too high. He didn't have any outstanding performances in the summer season.

Only Lin Ruo is in the top five, the rest are all from LCK, so it's a matter of saving face.

While the issue is being hotly discussed in China, Korean netizens are also paying close attention to it. However, compared to the LPL side, Xiba fans feel more humiliated.

[Xiba, actually let a Chinese person reach the top, what a shame. We must find our factory again at the World Championship. Please have a civil war at the Bird's Nest. Thank you.]

[Based on their performance this year, there's no doubt Lin Ruo will reach the top, but LPL shouldn't get too cocky. The World Championship is always the most important competition. Remember SKT's performance at Worlds in Season 5 after they lost the MSI title?]

[Hehe, even if SKT doesn't perform well, I believe LZ can still beat EDG. The team that can dominate the LCK must be the undisputed world number one.]

Don't worry, LPL will never make a scene at the World Championship. Last year's EDG ended up like that year's EDG. Wait for a library.

"Have the rankings come out? Let me take a look."

In the LZ base on the other side of the ocean.

During the lunch break, Khan, who was sitting with everyone, ate kimchi while taking out his mobile phone and started browsing.

Ignoring the subsequent data, Khan confidently set his sights on the top five rankings.

Given his strength, if his ranking is not high, then this list will definitely be a fake list.

Top05-Bdd.

Comment: KDA players rarely come with praise and admiration, but Bdd exemplifies what a KDA player should be. This player knows how to control lane, how to roam, and how to create opportunities in side lanes. And he's nearly unmatched in this area.

"Pucheng, you made it into the top five, that's pretty impressive."

"Really? That's fine." Bdd, who was eating, didn't seem to care and just casually replied. Khan continued to look down, his face slightly gloomy. He was only ranked fourth, far below the expectation of at least the top two.

As the MVP and kill king of the LCK Summer Season, he single-handedly defeated SKT in the final and led the team to win the championship.

Khan was naturally very dissatisfied.

However, after seeing the official evaluation, Khan's mood improved slightly.

Comment: The reason why we don't have many top laners on this list is because this position is generally not responsible for carrying the entire game. Except for Khan.

There are not many words, but the praise is very well-written.

Khan, overjoyed, continued to scroll down. He wanted to see which valuable items were in the top three and could actually be ranked ahead of him.

Top03-GorillA.

Comment: GorillA has proven that no matter what style of support he plays, he can do it and perform at a higher level than anyone else. GorillA always pushes his limits and always appears in the right position.

"The support is actually ranked third." Khan glanced at the person beside him calmly.

I was secretly wondering what the official meant. Isn't it just short of saying that the support is the most important part of LZ's entire team?

Where to place him as the first top laner.

It is obvious that he is the key person who led LZ to victory.

Khan was a little angry, but they were all teammates, so any ranking was a good thing.

Looking further down, Faker is clearly on the list.

Top02.

Comment: Although SKT performed poorly in the summer, Faker still regained his mentality and once again proved that he is the strongest player in the world. Without him, there would be no SKT entering the World Championship.

"Knowing he didn't perform well in the summer season, they still ranked him second. Where's the promise of looking at a player's performance in recent months? That doesn't make sense. Does Riot also like to rank players based on seniority?"

Khan was unhappy, very unhappy.

Especially since he just defeated Faker in the final to win the championship.

He respects the big devil of LCK, but that doesn't mean he has to respect this false ranking.

Top01-Lin Ruo.

Comment: This 17-year-old genius has only been in the industry for less than a year, but he has already won all the MVP awards in the tournaments. This is an unprecedented achievement. He will undoubtedly be the person who will lead the LPL to glory in the future. No audience will be without expectations when they think that they can continue to see Lin Ruo bring excellent performances to the audience at the World Championship.

Seeing this, Khan calmed down a lot.

Deserved.

Although he was very disdainful, no one could overshadow Lin Ruo in this year.

"Then we'll see at the World Championship. I'll knock you down from halfway up the mountain."

Khan was full of fighting spirit. He took a bite of his meal and saw that all the food on the table had been eaten by his teammates.

"Ah, Xiba, are you all such big eaters?"

Bdd scratched his head. “We saw you weren’t eating, so we thought you had no appetite.”

Seeing this, the fat Rat King offered his health secret: "I have a bucket of instant noodles in my room. Would you like some? I'll get it for you, and we'll each have half."

"Why is it half for each?" Khan asked puzzledly.

"Oh, because I'm not full yet, I plan to eat some more later." The Rat King admitted frankly.

Khan gave it a wry smile.

Two people shared a bucket of instant noodles, making it seem like he couldn't afford to eat.

……

as time flows.

Soon on September 9, the prelude to the World Championship, the qualifying round finally kicked off in Wuhan.

WE, representing LPL, was simply attacking from a dimensionality reduction perspective when competing against the wildcard group. The other groups were also roughly not bad, so there was no need to study them deliberately.

Nofe, as a coach, also knows this.

However, he still wants to use the qualifying round to see each team's understanding of the new version.

Lin Ruo dispelled his fantasy: "It's useless to study the play-in matches to find the answer to the version. It's better to wait and see through the training matches with other major regions."

It's a well-known fact.

The qualifying round and the group stage are not on the same level at all.

The so-called version answers for the qualifying round will most likely not be applicable in the subsequent group stage.

There are too many cases to prove this.

For example, jungle EZ is one of the most fashionable choices in the current qualifying round. Under Condi's control, there was even a famous scene where he stole the dragon and led the team to a comeback.

But in fact, in the group stage, few teams will make serious choices.

Therefore, using the performance in the qualifying round to test the true core of the version is the stupidest thing to do.

What's more, the S7 World Championship version is the most unique one.

The difference is that all participating teams will not care about the updated content of the 7.18 World Championship version.

Because there is only one way to win the game from beginning to end, and that is to prepare a strategic layout around the equipment of the censer to win the game.

Even though version 7.18 targeted heroes such as Gnar, Jarvan IV, Kalista, and Tristana and made some minor nerfs to a certain extent.

It will not affect their priority in the World Championship or the slight decrease in their appearance rate.

Ultimately, the playing style of the S7 World Championship was too simple, and only the winning SSG played a novel and unique operation in the version.

In addition, LZ's counter-version play brought them a good result of reaching the quarterfinals.

Nofe felt much more relieved. He was not actually worried that the team would deviate from the version.

With Lin Ruo around, the version content they develop will always be the mainstream of the World Championship.

After 7 days of competition, with the end of the qualifying round, four teams represented by WE, including C9, FNC and FB from the wildcard zone, successfully advanced to the final group stage.

Apart from HKA from the LMS region being eliminated in a surprise, there were some other surprises, but not many.

Since then.

All teams participating in the group stage have gathered.

The unlucky WE did not enter the dominant Group B as 60E fans had expected, but instead came to Group D of the MSI competition version.

With the two major regional champions FW and TSM, plus the three-time champion SKT, WE's entry into the group is even more powerful, forming the final version of the death group.

On the contrary, FNC received preferential treatment and joined the Group B family to fish in troubled waters.

The opportunity to enter Group C fell into the hands of the wildcard team FB. For them, it obviously doesn't matter which group they go to.

In the end, C9 did not choose to enter Group A.

All the teams have assembled, and Wuhan ushered in its busiest season during the National Day holiday in October.

Under the great anticipation of LPL audiences, all EDG members also boarded the flight to Wuhan.

(End of this chapter)