733: The Draw Is Finalized, and the Battle for the World Championship Is Reignited!

Accompanying Shi Senming is the incense pot.

After Liu Shiyu listened to Gu Xing explain the logical relationship, the CPU became confused and almost overloaded and overclocked.

His not very shrewd little mind was stuck for two seconds before he could react, "Doesn't that mean Shi Senming wants to invite Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang?"

"Yes!" Gu Xing gave a thumbs up.

Jack knocked on the table, and Monkey urged, "Don't worry about so much... let's eat first!"

"Come on! Let's have a king crab first, and then some snowflake beef. I have to have a good time today!" Lin Weixiang is so smart that he still hasn't figured out who is paying. Anyway, just make sure you don't have to pay the bill yourself. , immediately relaxed and started ordering.

Putting down the menu, he couldn't wait to learn from his friends, "By the way, what should I pay attention to when entering the World Championship for the first time?"

Next to him, Liu Qingsong, who was also entering the World Championship for the first time, listened carefully.

Gu Xing organized the answer in his mind, "It's just that the venue is bigger and more lively. There are more crooked nuts in Europe and the United States. The playing style is different from ours. You have to adapt to the opponent's style in advance..."

"In addition, if you want to catch the version, don't use your old way of playing in the battle. The World Championship is completely different from the LPL. You must practice the new system, otherwise the upper limit will be extremely low and you will definitely not be able to reach the end," Gu Xing said frankly, "So don't care too much about the results of the training matches. Winning or losing is irrelevant. Just make sure that you and the team can improve in the process."

He was citing EDG's mistakes. In the first two world championships, Guodian simply used training matches as a tool to increase their winning rate. They never practiced the version system and only played the lineup they were most familiar with.

The result is that Guodian is very strong in every training match, but when everyone figures out the answer to adapt to the version of the World Championship, EDG can only follow other teams and learn from others' understanding, one step at a time, step by step, as long as the speed of copying is not enough. If you hurry up, you will suffer a loss!

This is also the reason why Guodian ranks among the top eight every year.

Teams that can stand out from each knockout stage need to have a certain ability to adapt to the version. However, EDG, which only plays training matches to win, cannot understand the competition environment at all. It is reasonable to lose!

"I understand... Brother Duo Xingxing!" Liu Qingsong burst into tears of gratitude.

He could feel the sincerity in Gu Xing's words.

"It's okay." Gu Xing waved his hand and didn't take it to heart.

Even if he doesn't say these words himself, IG head coach Jin Jingzhu will still emphasize them.

That person has participated in two World Championships with Edgar, and even made it all the way to the finals in the S7 Global Finals.

Samsung relied on the top lane single belt system + the true eye sea gameplay that was realized in the knockout round to fight a way out from the siege of many powerful enemies. As a person who has experienced it, Jin Jingzhu cannot not know the truth about the evolutionary enlightenment in the World Championship!

"Oh, by the way, you'd better prepare a few more team uniforms," ​​Shi Senming added next to him. "At the World Championships, players from other teams will come to exchange signed uniforms. If there are not enough clothes, it will be embarrassing."

Lin Weixiang interrupted him with excitement on his face, "I know this. I saw Brother Xing posted pictures two years ago, and there was a whole cabinet full of other people's team uniforms!"

"Wow, brother, I'm going to find Faker for his autograph later. Brother Xing, you have to help me matchmaking, otherwise I'm afraid that Li Sang Hyuk will ignore us." Lin Weixiang couldn't help but beam when he thought about the excitement.

"Faker can't come this year, why do you want his autograph?" Jack thought at first that Big Eyebrow was insinuating that Lee Sang-hyeok couldn't come to the World Championships. But when he saw that Lin Weixiang was confused and didn't seem to be faking, he was immediately confused, "He bubbled up to compete. You didn’t qualify, you didn’t even know that?”

"I can't come..." Lin Weixiang's voice sounded weak.

When the LCK was playing the bubble game, IG was also fighting fiercely.

Lin Weixiang was focused on preparing for the bubbling competition and wanted to launch a sprint towards the World Championship that he had never touched before. Naturally, he had no energy to pay attention to the situation in the Cold Country Division.

"You really didn't make it to S8?" Lin Weixiang asked again unwillingly.

Gu Xing answered seriously, "I really didn't make it. SKT was sent away by Samsung...GEN."

The BO5 bubble match was an unprecedented battle, and the process highlighted one ups and downs.

Faker first won two games in a row on his own and took the lead in getting the match point.

Everyone thought that SKT would advance to the next round. Who would have thought that GEN would actually start to fight back in a desperate situation and let the audience know with their actual performance what the king of the bubble game is!

Cuvee, Leader An, and Chi Di took turns to exert their strength, and one person was the MVP of the game. They forced two to chase and three to carry GEN through the danger!

No matter how strong Lee Sang Hyuk is, he still cannot cope with the encirclement and suppression of several world-class players.

There is still no one around him who can stand up and share even a little bit of responsibility. The once famous wolf-stick combination is now no longer majestic and can only barely maintain the balance of power in the line. Not to mention the two brothers Ueno, pure and simple in the high-intensity duel. It's a hindrance.

SKT had no choice but to swallow the defeat with regret!

Lin Weixiang sighed.

He has always regarded Faker as his idol, and he felt uncomfortable when he thought that he would not be able to see Lee Sang Hyuk in the global finals.

Da Mei had no choice but to turn his attention to the disemboweled king crab in front of him, turned his grief and anger into appetite, and devoured it heartily.

"So in the LCK, KT, KZ and GEN will participate in S8?" Liu Qingsong took a sip of soup to warm his stomach and casually chatted.

"No, GEN didn't participate in the bubble game," Liu Shiyu teased his greasy bangs, "Griffin sent them away."

If GEN proved its authority as the king of bubble games in the BO5 against SKT, then the battle against rookie Griffin will interpret what version targeting means with fate.

The weakening of True Eye Sea + Green Jungle Knife and Eye Stone will first hit GEN!

In comparison, Griffin will be much more comfortable.

Mid laner Showmaker has benefited from the strengthening of Syndra. His proficiency in the ball girl is not worse than that of top operators such as Song Yijin and Faker. After getting Syndra, he almost broke through the crown in a single line!

The bottom lane showed the difference in hero pools vividly.

Although Ruler's playing style is different from Uzi, he made the same mistake.

He has too much AD soul.

I won't play if it's not Eddie!

Mage core?

Go away, just a few games of slackers!

Because of his hero pool problem, GEN had to abandon the bottom lane mage cores such as Ziggs and Taliyah.

But Viper can be used.

Not only can he be used, but his proficiency is quite terrifying.

Relying on the tough laning strength of the mid lane + the hero pool advantage of the bottom lane, Griffin, who won 70 points in the bubble match by winning the third place in the summer season and was well prepared to defend the title, finally defeated GEN with a difficult 3:2 and got the last world championship ticket in the LCK region!

"Griffin? Their jungler is Tarzan, right?" Lin Weixiang laughed out loud, "Ning Wang usually doesn't like him."

This summer, a rhythm that had nothing to do with VG happened.

Ning Wang first revealed the approximate results of the training match between IG and Griffin in the live broadcast, and after the slice was broadcast, it triggered verbal criticism from Griffin.

They believe that the training match should be kept secret from beginning to end, and no information should be revealed to the outside world. What if the intelligence is intercepted by potential enemies?

The two sides have a grudge since then, and Tarzan claimed in a public interview that Ning Wang is a very ordinary jungler.

Gao Zhenning is so arrogant that he was furious!

Gu Xing had no intention of intervening in the dispute between the two parties. He simply lowered his head and picked up his phone to see what the maggot babies in the forum were discussing.

When he opened the anti-bar, the screen was full of discussions about today's bubble game.

In the scoring post, the friends were as aggressive as ever.

[Lang Xing? Bank! It's just like IG's ATM. Whenever you need money, go to the top lane to withdraw money]

[Question Mai Bo, understand Mai Bo, become...surpass Mai Bo! I finally understand why Smeb didn't perform well in the finals. It turns out that Mai Bo's performance is decent. Lang Xing is pure filial piety. He has no ability to resist at all and is simply ravaged! ]

[I feel sorry for Xiao Huasheng. If the top laner wasn't too bad, he would definitely meet with Xingge Xiaoyang in the cold country this year. Alas...]

[Peanut: Who was my top laner before? Mai Bo, Khan, now you give me a bank, how can I win? 】

[A BO5 set many precedents: EDG missed the World Championship for the first time in its history, and it was also the first time in Peanut's career that he did not enter the global finals. It was also the first World Championship trip for the four-man team of IG except Rouji]

[Cold knowledge: Peanut is the real friend of LPL. He entered the World Championship twice in his career, and both times the LPL won the championship. Without Peanut this time, it is hard to say whether we can win the championship]

Apart from the scoring posts, there are many posts in the anti-bar such as [Rational discussion, is the VG+RNG+IG expedition team the strongest in LPL history this year? ]

Gu Xing found a few interesting discussion posts and saved them for later reading. Hearing that the topic had changed during the meeting, he reconnected and joined the discussion.

The six people were friends who met before they became famous at a young age. They have been fighting in the LPL league for the past two years and have kept in touch. After opening the conversation box, they all became chatterboxes, talking about everything from club anecdotes to teammates' embarrassing stories to daily life trivia.

After the dishes were served, everyone was full and satisfied. Gu Xing suddenly had an idea and took the initiative to take a group photo.

"Can I post the photo on Weibo later?" He expressed his thoughts, "There are group photos from previous dinners in my gallery, so you can post them for comparison."

At this time, the advantage of Gu Xing as a photo storage master was reflected. He naturally saved all the good jokes he encountered, and he also did not miss the previous gatherings. For this reason, he specially opened a cloud disk membership for fear that the storage capacity would not be enough.

"Okay," Lin Weixiang burped, and he did not object to eating people's mouths. "Go ahead and take photos."

Gu Xing asked the waiter to help take the group photo, and the fans who recognized his identity got two autographed posters for free.

The six people were close to each other, showing bright smiles in front of the camera. This scene was frozen and recorded by the mobile phone.

Gu Xing posted the freshly baked group photo together with the old photos he had saved on Weibo, and added a line of text - [See you at KR, brothers! 】

The number of his saved pictures is enough to fill the entire nine-square grid.

The first time the six members of the Septwolves team got together to fight in the professional arena was in September 2016. At that time, Gu Xing, Jack and Xiang Guo, who were about to go to the United States, were full of vigor and enthusiasm. Just from the pictures, you can see the high spirits of the young people; while the remaining three were fighting in the secondary league. Shi Senming, who missed the hope of advancing to the LPL again in YM, and Xiangsong, who had just knocked Tanchi Sa down, had melancholy and confusion about the future on their faces.

At the 2017 gathering, all six players were on the LPL stage. Gu Xing, who was already a world champion and achieved his first Grand Slam, was much more mature and stable. Shi Senming and Xiang Song, who were beside him, finally had a stable and rewarding job. They took root in the league step by step and gradually became the backbone of the LPL. The confusion in their eyes gradually dissipated when they took group photos, and was replaced by ambition, wanting to create a world in the LPL league.

By this year, all six players had advanced to the global finals. In addition to the comfort in the group photo, there were more ambitions!

Although everyone belonged to three teams, their goals were extremely consistent, aiming at the Summoner's Cup!

After the nine-square grid was posted on Weibo, Gu Xing went to check out, and then went to the toilet and came back in just ten minutes, and the comment area exploded!

[It's really awesome, what kind of group friends meet up? 】

【I am writing a cool article here. The six people here are all top players in their respective divisions this year. They were in the same group back then...】

【I have said that the power of group members is endless. Some of you guys in the same group with me should reflect on yourselves. Why weren't you the ones playing on stage? 】

【I really couldn't hold back the first picture of 2016. Was Lin Weixiang so milky at that time? 】

【My evaluation is that he is not as good as Liu Qingsong. He looks gentle and easy-going, but he is so fierce when he is broadcasting】

【Three teams will go to S8, two people each, right? Is it really neat? 】

【It has been held! Brother Xing has set up a small group within LPL to exclude dissidents. Those who don't join Seven Wolves will be kicked out of the S game. Bully Gu Xing! 】

Gu Xing saw that there was a picture in this comment, clicked it to take a look, and almost couldn't hold back.

Netizens didn't know which game the screenshot was taken from. At that time, Gu Xing was probably discussing BP lineup selection with his teammates and coaches. He rested his elbows on the table and pointed his index finger at the monitor in front of him. His posture was similar to the emoticon of a husky pointing his finger at someone.

As a result, netizens added the words, "Kick the other group of people out of the S game list for me", and the meaning was completely changed.

The members of the Seven Wolves each had something to do, so they parted ways after the dinner. They hugged each other briefly before leaving the villa hot pot.

"When we get to Han Country, we are enemies," Shi Senming rubbed Jack's big head hard, "See you on the court!"

"Your sense of crisis is a bit ahead of time. At least in the group stage, everyone still has to arrange a training match," Gu Xing interrupted with a smile, "Of course, Shi Senming, if you don't want to, we will only arrange with IG."

"Sure!" Liu Qingsong smiled.

"Don't worry about it," Shi Senming apologized and changed his tone, "Brothers, please help each other when you get there. We have to help each other!"

After laughing and joking for a while, everyone said goodbye, and Gu Xing returned to his hometown in Zhenhai the next day with his suitcase.

At home, apart from sleeping and watching movies and TV series, he rarely touched the computer. This summer, Gu Xing worked non-stop and all the schedules were full. He was really exhausted and just wanted to stay away from League of Legends for a while.

Gu Xing is now very glad that he decided to retire after the end of this season, otherwise he would really be a bit overwhelmed by the intensity of the schedule.

When the Mid-Autumn Festival came, his girlfriend's sister finally returned from the imperial capital for vacation, and the family spent the holiday happily in their new home.

Gu Xing was immersed in joy and couldn't extricate himself. In the evening of the next day, he received a call from Jack.

"Hello?" He was interrupted and his temper was a bit angry.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yu Wenbo was very unhappy. "My buddy took the initiative to call you, and you have this attitude?"

"...If you have something to say, just say it," Gu Xing coughed twice, "I'm busy here."

"What are you busy with?" Jack continued.

"Busy learning mathematics." Gu Xing said in a high-sounding manner.

Then a heavy blow was given to his head.

Turning his head, he saw Shen Guanshan beside him with red cheeks, staring at him with a pair of clear eyes.

"Wow, you really study hard?" Jack couldn't believe it, "Awesome..."

He seemed to be shocked by Gu Xing's answer. After a long silence, he said, "Brother called to remind you that there is a draw ceremony today. If you are interested, you can take a look."

Gu Xing was really interested. After all, it was related to which group his team was assigned to, which was closely related to the future of the S game.

He opened the live broadcast platform with his mobile phone and saw a link to the World Championship draw ceremony on the homepage. When he clicked in, he saw the familiar scenery in the Los Angeles LCS live broadcast hall. Captain Jack from KR was dressed in a suit and tie, with a smile on his face.

"Hiss, it feels a little comfortable..." Gu Xing occasionally hummed.

Shen Guanshan was dressed neatly and used his hands to knead the muscles on her boyfriend's back. "Isn't your Herman Miller chair very useful? Why is your back still sore?"

"How much maintenance can that chair have? At best, it just makes me sit more comfortably," Gu Xing narrowed his eyes slightly, "Besides, I didn't sit on that chair for a few days this summer. I was out all the time."

The two training camps for the Asian Games alone took more than half a month. Counting the main competition, the Intercontinental Championship, and the LPL playoffs, the entire summer season was cut into pieces. Gu Xing was exhausted and spent a lot of time on the journey. The trapezius muscles in his back were a little hard to bear after sitting for a long time.

When Jack called just now, Gu Xing was begging his girlfriend to give him a massage.

Shen Guanshan increased his strength, and his hands were slightly sore. He couldn't help but complain, "If it doesn't work, I'll give you a whole massage chair... How did the draw go?"

"We just finished drawing Pool 1, and the suspense hasn't been revealed yet." Gu Xing glanced at the screen of his mobile phone.

The five major regions still have four seed pools, and only the North American Summer League champion Liquid is not among them. Due to the poor performance of MSI, it was forced to be assigned to Pool 2.

This means that TL must be assigned to the same group with one of the No. 1 seeds in the other four regions, and the situation for qualifying is extremely difficult!

In the end, KT ranked in Group A, G2 was in Group B, VG stayed in Group C, and Flash Wolves were assigned to Group D.

"The first one in Pool 2... Wow, it's a hard job!" Gu Xing said with emotion, attracting Shen Guanshan, who was concentrating on kneading her boyfriend's back, to look at him.

Captain Jack drew a ribbon from the black ball, and the familiar black and gold team logo showed the identity of the visitor.

RNG!

Without triggering the same-district avoidance principle, RNG will be in the same group as KT!

"This tough battle is a bit difficult to chew..." Shen Guanshan feels that the prospects of Royal Club are not optimistic, "Is Deft a natural counter to Uzi?"

"You are right, Kim Hyuk-kyu was very heavy in the LPL back then, but we don't know how the version direction of the world game will evolve," Gu Xing was ambiguous, "Maybe RNG can find the answer again. It's hard to say who will win or lose, but anyway, the fight between these two teams should be very interesting."

During the two people's chat, Captain Jack has drawn another ribbon.

Liquid.

TL was assigned to Group B where G2 was. The two European and American overlords will set off a bloody storm in the group stage!

"Okay, okay, Riot knows, there will be no shortage of topics on the Internet in this year's group stage!" Gu Xing smiled happily.

It was VG's first group stage opponent. When Gu Xing saw Captain Jack's bitter smile, he knew that things were not good.

Sure enough, KZ's azure blue team logo appeared in front of him!

"Ah?!" Shen Guanshan couldn't help but increase his strength. Hearing Gu Xing wailing, he didn't know whether it was because of the bad draw or because he was pinched by himself.

"Turtle, this should be the strongest team in Pool 2, right?" Gu Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It seems that this draw is quite average."

"It's okay," Shen Guanshan tried to comfort her boyfriend in a brisk tone, "Are you afraid of Longzhu? Didn't you lose to him last year? I don't know how many times you have won!"

"Look at Captain Jack's sad face, you should have confidence!" The girlfriend encouraged.

"That's true..." Gu Xing looked at the second seed FNC drawn by Flash Wolves in Group D, and sentenced Flash Wolves to death in his heart.

Imp once told him the general situation of the European division. FNC is considered to be one of the best. This year, it has challenged G2's throne more than once.

This traditional giant with the new generation mid laner Caps as the core has flourished again after three years of silence. The strength of the lineup should not be underestimated. On paper, it should be second only to KZ in Pool 2.

Flash Wolves are expected to have a hard time winning!

In the third round of draws, Captain Jack was very happy.

A majestic red bull is used as the team logo. Those who are not aware of it may think that the Chicago Bulls have come, but in fact it is Phong V Buffalo, the boss of the Vietnam Division!

As soon as you hear the name of the division, you know that it is a pure gift baby, used to slightly reduce the gunpowder smell of Group A.

Captain Jack drew again and saw the name of 100 Thieves.

This team belongs to North America, and it triggers the same division avoidance principle with Liquid in Group B, and moves one place to Group C where VG is!

"Nice!" Gu Xing said happily, "I said the wrong thing before, Captain Jack's draw is good!"

If there are more North American players, the difficulty of qualifying will be reduced sharply!

I can only say that everyone who understands understands. Apart from C9, the North American region is basically not much stronger than the wildcard team.

And 100 Thieves came to Group C, which meant that there would be no Baidu Cloud team in the group!

Good draw!

Gu Xing looked at the draw results.

Group A: KT, RNG, Phong V Buffalo

Group B: G2, TL, MAD

Group C: VG, KZ, 100 Thieves

Group D: FW, FNC, IG

The remaining four teams - G-Rex from the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan region, VIT from the European region, C9 from North America and Griffin from LCK, will participate in the qualifying round with the other wildcard teams. After fighting, they can enter the group stage and compete for the remaining seats.

It's just that according to last year's practice, except for the doubtful quota of the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan region, the other three teams are basically stable and there is no suspense.

From this point of view, the teams assigned to Group C are either wildcards or G-Rex, or VIT Bees, and their strength is not too high.

As long as VG does not have any problems, it is not difficult to qualify as the first in the group.

Very quickly, Gu Xing jumped into the anti-bar to surf.

With the end of the LPL bubble game, all major regions have entered a long off-season, and the play-in games will be available in half a month. This has led to the netizens in the anti-bar being idle and particularly interested in the draw ceremony, and there are countless discussion posts!

[I can only say that RNG's draw is so bad that it can't be any worse. How can they play if they are assigned to KT? Isn't Mr. Dai a master of dog-beating sticks? ]

[That's enough, HZ is still trying to get something for free. I'm not satisfied with a Vietnamese team. Unless there's a Baidu Cloud in Pool 4, RNG won't be able to qualify.]

[What's the point of qualifying? I don't know how to win against the first team of the other three groups in the quarterfinals!]

[To be honest, VG and IG have good luck in this draw. It's not a dream to get the first place in two groups if they play normally!]

[Hehe, I remember the script of the S5 World Championship. At that time, IG also played against FNC. Zzitai was beaten by Huni's Riven. Will it repeat the same mistake this time?]

[No, no, no, at least this time it's not the National Day, and no surrender is allowed on the field. IG's performance will definitely be better than in 2015.]

In addition to these posts discussing the draw results, more netizens are still expressing their opinions on the overall strength of the three LPL teams.

[Li Tao, is this considered the golden age of our LPL? All three teams can be called strong teams. How about everyone strive to occupy three seats in the semifinals? 】

【And then they were beaten by a team in succession? This script seems interesting】

【It's a pity that Faker didn't come. This guy couldn't participate in every competition held in Hanguo. Is he a bit eyebrow pencil? If Faker came to participate this time, I guarantee that he would never come back and couldn't even make it to the semifinals! 】

【Can you hold back the champagne before the game? I'm so scared. Another 15-year plot will repeat itself. The dark age of LPL is about to come again】

【Is there anyone who believes in metaphysics? I'm saying this. LCK will definitely not have a team that can enter the finals this year. Otherwise, they will stand upside down and eat Lao Ba Xiaoduan, and then come back to dig my grave! 】

Gu Xing was made to laugh by the netizens on the forum, but he was looking forward to the upcoming World Championship.

He rested at home until after the National Day, and then packed his bags and went to the capital. He took spare equipment such as the mouse and keyboard at the VG base, and then took two stacks of team uniforms, and set off for Busan with the staff of the competition and training department.

Sitting on the plane, Gu Xing did not forget to open his phone to check the results of the play-in round.

This time, the LMS region was quite powerful. G-Rex was not eliminated and advanced to the main competition stage. The teams from other major regions were exactly the same as Gu Xing thought, and won the remaining seats with overwhelming force!

After a brief draw ceremony, VG welcomed its last enemy in the group stage.

It was the little bee VIT.

RNG was not lucky in the draw and was assigned to Baidu Cloud C9. According to the same region avoidance principle, Group B can only be G-Rex and Group D is Griffin.

It's October, and the world championship war has officially started!