After the carnival, it’s natural to calm down.
It is certainly gratifying to reach the World Championship, but if you are defeated in the playoffs, it will be a lot of fun.
If it really wants to overturn, no matter how high the traffic is now, how serious the backlash will be then!
Although the audience trolls in the LPL may not be as real as those in the LCK, they will just put a wreath and a photo of you at your funeral for you.
But the yin and yang strange energy is even better, and it can still spray you into the soil easily!
So during this period, everyone at IG is constantly playing training matches to practice their skills.
The training targets are mainly three teams: EDG, RNG, and WE.
I also made an appointment with the LCK team, but after all, the two sides were not familiar with each other, and they didn’t play many games. I only had a preliminary understanding of the competition areas of both sides.
Speaking of which, WE is still very particular. Even if they are eliminated, they still don't take a vacation. Instead, they are willing to accompany them to play training games.
After the outside world knew this, there was naturally another wave of likes.
After all, this is a world championship held at home.
If the championship is taken away by another division, everyone will be disgraced.
The entire LPL is united, and all the intrigues in the past, at least for this period of time, should be put aside for the time being!
"Brother Shen, are you nervous?" Ah Shui sat in the training room with a look of excitement and nervousness.
I am looking forward to the World Championship, but I am afraid of losing.
"How can a steady person like me be nervous?"
Lu Chen sat on the chair and glanced at him with a strange expression: "That's right, why are you so nervous? It's not you who is going to fight."
"Am I nervous?" Ah Shui swallowed.
"Nonsense," Lu Chen rolled his eyes: "It's all written on your face."
"Then I'll try my best to control it," Ah Shui took a deep breath, and then said, "I heard that we will fly to Wuhan tomorrow. I don't know how the venues there are like, whether they can compare with Wukesong."
The Wukesong scene of that trial is still fresh in his memory.
The shouts of tens of thousands of people erupted in a venue, reaching into the sky.
It’s really hard to be immersed in that exciting feeling without going there!
"Don't worry," Lu Chen smiled lightly: "The popularity of the S competition is definitely far beyond your imagination."
No matter how popular the regional competition or even other international competitions are, it is impossible to compare with the S competition!
Because it is a stage for audiences all over the world!
It is also the most glorious stage in the entire LOL!
There are even many spectators who don’t watch games at all on ordinary days, but they must watch the annual World Championships!
The next day.
The entire IG club players, coaches, managers, team leaders, etc. all packed up on a plane and came directly to Wuhan.
At this time, there are still three days before the official start of the World Championship.
The upcoming qualifying competition will be held at the Wuhan Sports Center.
Teams from all over the world gradually arrived in this city.
Even spectators who bought tickets from other countries came to the scene.
Some blond foreigners can be seen everywhere on the street.
For a time, the e-sports atmosphere in this city gradually became more popular.
The big screens in major squares, bus stop signs, and even subway stations are all covered with propaganda for the alliance!
Even just a ticket for a regular seat in the finals has been sold online for thousands of dollars!
This shows how popular this S competition is!
A simple qualifying competition will never be matched by other competitions!
As soon as everyone from IG got off the plane, they rushed to the hotel they had booked. After packing, they were ready to continue playing training matches.
Of course, these three days of training matches were mainly with other teams in the finals.
"Is it that simple?"
After winning several games in a row, Prince Ning started to smile, and he couldn't stop smiling: "If this continues, our promotion will be guaranteed."
Although this is very arrogant.
But it’s true.
There is no way, the 12 teams in the finals are from twelve regional competitions around the world.
Simply put, most are wild cards.
The only ones that can cause any hindrance to them are EU's third seed FNC and NA's third seed C9 team.
As for the LCK, since they won the MSI mid-season, all three teams this year do not have to enter the playoffs, but directly advance to the group stage.
It is precisely because of this that IG's journey to the finals seems even less suspenseful.
"You still have to be cautious," Rookie, as the veteran team leader, reminded: "If you don't perform well, be careful not to get criticized even if you win."
After hearing this, King Ning calmed down his somewhat distracted attitude.
really.
There are too many pairs of eyes around the world staring at the World Championship.
Most domestic viewers may only watch games involving IG. After all, IG is the only one participating in the playoffs in their LPL.
A small mistake may be magnified infinitely!
soon.
The time has come to September 23rd.
On this day, the qualifying round of the S7 World Championship officially begins!
Twelve teams from China, Japan, Brazil, Latin America, Turkey and other places, all gathered together!
The entire qualifying round is divided into four groups, with three teams in each group.
The top eight teams in each group advance to the second round.
In the second round, the first team in the group is randomly matched with the second team in the group, and the four winning teams advance to the group stage.
As the opening match of the S game, the official naturally arranged the most popular local team - IG.
The first match against LYN from Latin America!
As soon as he arrived at the scene, Lu Chen could see that the auditorium was already packed with spectators from all over the world.
It was densely packed and full of people!
Of course, most of them are actually Chinese, so who wants this to be their home stadium?
If you look carefully, you can see that most of the support signs held by the rows of fans below read:
'IG come on! '
'Little IG rush! '
'C God! I love you! '
'C God husband will win! '
'Rookie was stunned! '
Even Ning Wang, The Shy, Bao Lan and others also have personal support cards hanging around off the court.
To be honest, the number of IG fans is definitely not that exaggerated.
At least in previous league games, it was impossible to have an entire venue with most of them holding IG support signs.
Don't ask, the question is that there is only one own team like IG in the playoffs.
If you don’t support IG, who else can you support?
"Wow, there are too many people here." Prince Ning couldn't help but swallowed when he looked at the exaggerated scene.
I was so arrogant before the game started, but now I am so nervous.
"Don't panic," Rookie, the only one in the team with experience in the S competition, said in a very experienced manner: "It's just a play-in, we just need to perform normally."
Although he said that, if you listen carefully you can tell that his voice is trembling slightly.
Typical of being calm on the outside, but panicking on the inside!
Although Rookie is always the most stable carry person in the IG team, his mentality is not as stable as imagined.
There are even cases where you forget to buy some outfits!
Finally, the teams from both sides began to enter the arena.
In the official live broadcast room, a comparison of the audience support rates of the two sides also appeared.
There is no doubt that the IG support rate is as high as 99.9%!
On the opposite side, LYN, formed by old Latin American buddies, has a support rate of only a pitiful 0.1%!
An absolutely crushing comparison!
(End of chapter)
