League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 343 Group Stage Draw!

Chapter 342 Group Stage Draw!

Chen Dongqing opened the leaderboards for the three games in order and viewed them one by one.

But I was shocked when I saw it.

In League of Legends, his ranking remains stable, probably because the gap is too large and the ranked games have been going on for too long. Doinb doesn't seem to be in the mood to climb the ranks during this time and has gone to play on a smurf account to practice new champions.

However, when Chen Dongqing logged in, a message popped up saying that his victory points were about to decrease, and he needed to play two games for maintenance.

As for DOTA2 and StarCraft, it's hard to say.

In DOT2, the player behind him, Refuse, has top-notch ranking ability, managing to reach 9463 points, surpassing Chen Dongqing by 20 points.

Meanwhile, in StarCraft, the second-ranked player on the Korean server, Rouge, had already lost his composure and has now dropped to fourth place.

The current runner-up is a barcode scanner, whose score is very close to Chen Dongqing's, with a difference of only a single digit.

Barcode characters are a unique feature of StarCraft. These IDs are composed of barcodes in various formats, such as the number 1, lowercase L, uppercase I, etc., making them chaotic and unrecognizable.

The main significance of this is that players don't want their tactics to be analyzed, so they use this ID to conceal their identity.

Chen Dongqing didn't know who the second-place winner was, but he did know that the opponent was a Zerg player.

In the current version of StarCraft, the Zerg have a certain advantage over the other two races.

Whether it's ranked win rate, tournament win rate, or player performance, the Zerg are slightly better than the other two races.

Chen Dongqing, who could consistently defeat the Zerg through skillful maneuvering, became the biggest beneficiary.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing immediately started playing StarCraft ranked matches. After winning three and losing one, and even playing a game of League of Legends in between, he finally encountered the barcode man.

Chen Dongqing has now mastered the Terran tactics to perfection. In order to play it safe, he no longer uses two ships of infantry. Instead, he sets up a city-like fleet of buses. With perfect infantry-tank coordination and reasonable construction, he easily neutralizes the Zerg's wave attack and wins with ease!

One side +12, the other -70.

The barcode reader worked hard for half a month and finally closed the gap to single digits.

But Chen Dongqing only needed one game to easily widen the score gap back to one hundred.

I wonder if this guy's mentality has collapsed.

With both LOL and StarCraft stable, Chen Dongqing remained calm and started playing DOTA2 ranked games.

This time, Chen Dongqing was lucky; he was matched with the rejecter on his first try, and the person on the opposite side was right there!

As soon as he entered, he saw that Electric Dog, Meepo, and Invoker were all banned.

Although he hasn't played ranked games for half a month, his legend is still circulating in the DOTA2 community.

Chen Dongqing remained calm and immediately locked onto the Queen.

I play these high-difficulty heroes because they are the ones that give me a challenge.

You don't really think I can't play traditional strong mid laners, do you?

The Queen has always been synonymous with a strong mid-laner. Her first skill, Poison Dart, can slowly poison a person's health by throwing it at them. It's simple and brutal!

The second skill allows for a long-range blink, making it invincible for controlling runes, chasing, and escaping.

The third skill is similar to the Iron Magnetic Whip of later generations. Pressing it once will trigger an AOE attack centered on the user, making it simple and brutal for pushing lanes.

These three skills alone are enough to keep this hero firmly in the top mid-lane position.

Chen Dongqing initially hoped that the Refuser would be tougher and choose another mid-lane player to solo against him, but unfortunately, this time the Refuser chose to play his preferred carry position, and Chen Dongqing was facing off against a high-ranking random player.

Faced with such an opponent, Chen Dongqing showed no mercy and easily made his move, first relying on the Queen's laning ability to suppress and whittle down the opponent's health by last-hitting and denying.

Once he had accumulated enough experience, Chen Dongqing reached level six and, with the help of a double experience rune stored in his magic bottle, soloed the tower dive!

Chen Dongqing also understood the game. He knew where the key point was. He then devised a Violet that could silence the enemy and chased after the Refuser, killing him twice in a row. After that, the game was basically over.

Following that, Chen Dongqing only needs to play steadily and snowball the Queen hero's momentum, and victory will be a sure thing.

In 32 minutes, thanks to the Queen's economic dominance, a perfect ultimate control followed by a crazy auto-attack output, the game was easily won!

Chen Dongqing has achieved a +25 rating, regaining his position as the number one DOTA2 player in China!

Seeing himself back in first place, Chen Dongqing helplessly lay back in his ergonomic chair and sighed, "That's it? I thought they were going to give me some challenges."

Half a month has passed, and he is still number one in the three servers. Isn't that infuriating?

The audience, however, were already used to this scene and showed no particular expression.

Tree Bro, that's normal.

After finishing a game, Chen Dongqing casually took off his headphones and looked around.

It's 7 PM now, and the deadline for the team to wrap up has arrived.

Chen Dongqing looked at the scene and smiled with satisfaction.

According to Coach Park's rules, there is a fine of two thousand per person for returning to the team late.

When it was 7:01, the four teammates rushed into the rest room, panting heavily.

The four of them simultaneously pulled out their phones to check the time, and then let out another groan.

"Holy crap, we're a minute over!" Xiao Ming's eyes widened, and he turned to Coach Park next to him.

Park Unryong remained calm and said, "Two thousand each, transfer it to Linko's account now."

Since Linko usually pays for the club's meals and other expenses, the fines were also paid into his account.

Upon hearing this, Linko immediately chuckled: "Wow, you made eight thousand without doing anything!"

Meanwhile, several QG players wore bitter expressions, took out their phones to transfer money via WeChat, and then sat down in their seats.

Seeing Uzi and Xiangguo sitting on either side of him, Chen Dongqing first muted his live stream microphone, then cheerfully asked, "How did the battle go today?"

Chen Dongqing saw several teammates arranging Texas Hold'em in a WeChat group this morning; it looks like this afternoon will be a fierce battle.

Uzi was beaming, clearly having made a good profit. He said casually, "It's alright. Basically, it offsets the fine with what I earned today. I didn't lose out."

Meanwhile, Xiangguo's face was gloomy: "Double the amount today."

"Hesitant." Chen Dongqing patted Xiangguo on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I suggest you play this thing less often in the future."

Xiangguo uttered the classic line of a gambler who has lost money: "I'm never playing cards again."

Chen Dongqing remained calm: "OK."

I don't believe you for a second!

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then asked, "Are there any outsiders playing cards today?"

"No, I just called for a smile and also called for a WE manager, but he didn't come." Uzi turned around and asked, "What happened?"

Chen Dongqing said solemnly, "We should be careful with this. It's best to keep it to ourselves and our family. Don't bring outsiders along. If word gets out, it could have a bad impact. The Asian Games are next year, and this represents the country's honor. You don't want to lose your Asian Games qualification, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Uzbekistan immediately nodded solemnly.

He never invited anyone outside the team to play cards again; at most, the four of them would play mahjong together.

"Okay, I'm turning on my mic now, so be careful."

"it is good."

After speaking, Chen Dongqing restarted the microphone for the live stream and greeted the audience again.

At this moment, the live chat was filled with question marks, asking what Chen Dongqing was secretly gossiping about.

Chen Dongqing didn't answer, but simply clicked on Douyu's live stream.

The reason for the requirement to return to the team at 7 p.m. today is that there is a very important ceremony scheduled for this afternoon.

S-Series draw.

Today we will draw the draw for both the qualifying rounds and the group stage.

When Chen Dongqing opened the live stream, he saw that the qualifying round draw was nearing its end.

Of course, this draw has nothing to do with the LPL.

According to the new rules of this year's S-series, the third seed from the region with the best performance in international competitions in the past two and a half years does not need to play in the play-in stage and will directly advance to the group stage.

Therefore, according to this rule, the LPL, which has won one World Championship and three MSIs in the last two and a half years, naturally all advanced to the group stage, so they have nothing to do with the play-in stage.

At this point, we can see that the teams for the qualifying rounds have been assigned.

SSG, FNC, C9, and HKA from the last LMS region each occupy a top spot in their group and will begin their battle for group stage qualification on September 23rd.

However, based on past patterns, the five major regions still have a strong enough dominance over wildcard teams. Even the third seed can easily dominate in the play-in stage. Basically, the four spots will go to these four teams, with the LMS team being the only one in a bit of a precarious position.

After the qualifying rounds draw, the big one finally arrived.

Chen Dongqing sat in the chair, intently watching the scene before him.

The first guest to draw lots for the group stage was Flandre, the top laner for Snake Esports.

As the third seed of the LPL last year, Snake once reached the semi-finals, which can be considered as living up to the expectations of the people of Jiangdong. Therefore, they have been invited to play as guests.

Saint Gun grinned at the camera, revealing his uneven teeth, then reached into the No. 1 seed pool, stirred it for a while, and finally opened the rubber ball in his hand, revealing the banner inside.

It's none other than this year's home team and defending champion, QG!

The number one seed pool contains only four teams from the four regions that have had the best performance in the last two and a half years: LPL, LCK, Europe, and LMS. They will be divided into four groups, with the top seed taking the lead.

There's no real matchup in this draw, so there's not much to say. Flandre arranged the teams, putting QG in Group A, SKT in Group B, G2 in Group C, and FW in Group D.

With that, Flandre's mission was over. After he left the stage, a chubby boy with a round face walked onto the stage, combed his hair like an adult, and wore a handsome shirt. It was none other than IG's president, Rookie.

Rookie was in his chubby, round-faced state at the time. He came up with a friendly smile, and when he reached into the pool to retrieve the ball, he covered his eyes with one hand, his whole face scrunched up, highlighting his adorable goofiness.

Seeing this, Xiangguo couldn't help but complain, "Holy crap, is he trying to act cute, Song Yijin?"

At this moment, Chen Dongqing sat up straight: "Quiet down, quiet down, this is crucial!"

According to the rules, this first goal will be placed in Group A, which is their opponent in the group stage!

As Song Yijin slowly unfurled the ribbon in his hand, the team's name appeared on the paper.

EDG.

According to the principle of avoiding teams from the same region, EDG cannot enter the QG group, so they will be moved to the SKT group.

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but squint slightly.

Is what's meant to happen finally coming?

I guess this is just fate.

Ling Shi Road in Shanghai at this time.

The EDG players looked at the draw and immediately let out a wail.

"Huh!?" Abu exclaimed in surprise, "Why were we drawn at the very beginning!?"

For LPL teams, the group stage is actually quite advantageous.

Since they definitely won't be drawn as the LPL's number one seed, the difficulty of the group stage will be greatly reduced if they don't enter the group of the LCK's number one seed.

Two-thirds of the time.

Unfortunately, EDG failed to capitalize on this opportunity.

"It's okay, it's okay!" The factory manager comforted the team members from the side. "We've beaten SKT before, so it's not a big problem. In fact, being drawn against SKT is a good thing, because this way we won't meet them before the finals."

This is the draw rule for the knockout stage; teams that advance from the same group will not meet in the finals.

Hearing this, the EDG players felt a little more at ease.

Also.

SKT? They're just defeated opponents. You've captured them again this time!

As everyone was chatting, Song Yijin in the video had already drawn the second ball.

The results will now be presented.

GAM.

This will be QG's first opponent!

"Damn it, this isn't fair!" iboy started yelling again. "Why are QG's opponents so weak? They didn't even get teams from the four major regions!"

"It's alright." The factory manager shook his head. "The Vietnamese teams are not weak. They perform well at MSI every year, at least better than the second or third seeds from Europe and America."

"Even if they're strong, they're still a wildcard!" iboy retorted. "Who in their right mind would lose to Vietnam? QG really had a blast this time."

Upon hearing this, the factory manager nodded: "Indeed."

QG is inherently strong, and their win rate against any team is extremely high.

The lottery was so easy, it's just outrageous!

QG Club at this time.

Everyone nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this.

Actually, they had thought it through before the draw.

As long as I don't get an LCK team, I'm happy no matter who I get in the second pool!

But they quickly abandoned the idea.

With LMS second seed AHQ and Europe's second seed MSF drawn into Groups C and D respectively, the group stage draw has officially entered its final round.

Song Yijin moved his chubby little hand slightly and drew the third team from the QG group.

TSM.

Upon seeing this choice, the QG members gasped in surprise once again.

How come I forgot about this team?

This is the only major region champion team in the second seed pool, and the ultimate god team that dominates the North American region!

Judging from their record alone, TSM is in no way inferior to the backline teams of LCK!

However, the comments in Chen Dongqing's live stream were dismissive of this.

What's there to be afraid of about Western losers?

[One team from Vietnam, one from North America, wow, QG always gets an amazing draw in the group stage every year!]

[The group stage draw was terrible! How could teams that are truly capable of winning the championship be relegated to the round of 16?]

【really】

Chen Dongqing happened to glance at the comments at that moment, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Actually, it's still acceptable. As long as we don't draw KT, the other teams aren't too difficult."

"Indeed," Uz patted his chest. "The group stage is a piece of cake!"

After the Group A draw was finalized, the QG members looked again, wondering which group FPX would be placed in.

However, Song Yijin kept drawing until the very last ball before finally eliminating FPX, and the team was thus relegated to Group D.

The group stage draw is now complete!

Group A: QG, GAM, TSM.

Group B: SKT, EDG, IMT.

Group C: G2, AHQ, KT.

Group D: FW, MSF, FPX.

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