The results of the quarter-final draw.
It can be said that except for the LPL division, the other three divisions can accept it.
Roxtiger faced off against EDG, who was in poor form, and they were almost guaranteed to secure a spot in the semifinals; SKT was almost guaranteed a spot in the semifinals against ANX, and the LCK was almost at a loss.
For SSG, if they choose among the top three teams in the group, they definitely want to choose RNG. After all, SKT and Rox will almost definitely win against them.
However, the two most discussed players on the Internet are Looper and Mata, two three-star players. They will not be stable and filial when facing their old clubs, right?
RNG originally struggled a bit in the group stage, and until the end of the group stage, it was a bit unclear who its core was.
The roaming that Mata is best at cannot be played in this version. Braum, which he often used in the summer split, cannot be used at all, and Zyra, who mainly plays in the lane, is even worse.
Uzi couldn't get Jhin, and Han Bing was robbed. He only had Sivir as a hero to choose from, and there was a big problem in the hero pool.
After all, the e-sports Louvre has now begun to liquidate EDG and RNG. Except for rational fans, few fans have any hope for them.
IG, the only one who could take action, got the most difficult script in the last round of lottery ceremony.
Originally a team that only started to show its strength in the latter part of the summer split, the pressure it faces now has increased exponentially.
If you can win the championship.
This IG team has won the first LPL championship, and they will become gods with one championship!
While having dinner at the hotel, Chu Ge also found some free time to watch group discussions in the post bar. Unexpectedly, the number of posts exploded.
[The script has been written. SSG will eliminate RNG, SKT will eliminate EDG. Even if IG can defeat LMS by chance, the top four will be sent away by Rox. Otherwise, they will lose directly and the three teams will swim back together. 】
[It would be good to reach the semi-finals. Last year, the best was the semi-finals]
[What kind of bullshit is that, Director Dow? If you want, Rox Tiger will just slap you in the face. The top four will come back.]
[Still winning the championship? It's so funny, if RNG and EDG can score 3:1, it will be considered a success, right? Rox double-killed the LPL team, which sounds pretty good]
[Sima Hanza, where did you get your face from? It’s because you dislike me, Director Dow, for not hitting you in the face often enough, right? 】
The forum was filled with chaos, and a group of tough Krdogs came out of nowhere to speak against the will of the gods, making Chu Ge a little confused.
Why did the number of people without horses increase overnight?
"Everyone, eat quickly, the bus is waiting downstairs!" Zhu Songsong patted the team members' tables, "We have to go to Chicago to check in and familiarize ourselves with the environment tonight."
This time, Vincent does not need to coordinate the arrival time of the three LPL teams. Instead, Riot headquarters will arrange charter flights for the eight promoted teams to Chicago.
San Francisco is still quite far away from Chicago, about 3,432 kilometers away. It takes at least 34 hours to drive, and even the plane takes about 4 hours in the air.
It is equivalent to a journey from the western United States to the middle of the United States. Although it is relatively long, it is still much better than staying on a plane for more than ten hours.
After boarding the plane, the players from each team found a seat at will, but for the convenience of management, the managers were not allowed to visit each other.
After the plane landed, Chu Ge immediately felt a bit of cold wind coming, and he could even feel the coolness. He couldn't feel the heat of October autumn at all.
Mainly because Chicago has a temperate continental climate. Due to the influence of Lake Michigan, the special terrain causes the cool lake breeze to constantly blow into the city. Even in the dog days of summer, the average temperature is around 22.8°C, and the average temperature in October is around 22.8℃. It is 11.4℃.
So it is also known as the "Wind City".
Another reason.
Vincent told Chu Ge that there is another source of Windy City, which is because politicians born here always like to talk (A bag of wind)!
Chu Ge quickly took out his team uniform jacket from his bag, and while following his teammates to get their luggage, he checked the situation in Chicago.
Good guy.
Nothing else popped up, but the background of San Andreas, the prototype of GTA5's vice city, was introduced.
But when Chu Ge came outside the airport and saw the skin colors of the people wandering on the street, he understood why the GTA production team named this city "Sin City"!
Da Zhangwei has no negative fans!
They quickly got on the bus and checked into a hotel next to the Chicago Theater under the arrangement of Riot Games.
By the time the eight teams arrived, the team's training room had already been decorated. It was probably because of the small number of teams that Riot arranged a much better room than San Francisco.
The training room was renovated from the presidential suite, and the team members' rooms also had luxurious bathtubs for bathing, but this thing was a bit useless for two men.
The players immersed themselves in training once they arrived in Chicago.
I don’t have the heart to go to the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf to collect scenery and eat like I did in San Francisco. Maybe I will be attacked by a group of cotton machines when I arrive on the street.
Another situation.
The schedule of the group stage is generally long, and the rhythm is not so tight. Even if you lose a game, there is room for adjustment, and there will not be a suffocating tightness.
But the quarter-finals are Bo5, and the adjustment time for each match is only 10 minutes at most. Everyone is in an ALLIN state, fighting to the death with a bayonet. Not to mention the adjustment, even if you squat in the toilet for a while, you will be called out.
In the following days, in addition to training, each team will collectively familiarize themselves with the competition venue and shoot some promotional content.
The venue for the quarterfinals is the Chicago Theater, one of the three major theaters in the United States. The venue can accommodate 4,000 people, which is still smaller than the Municipal Auditorium in San Francisco.
By this time, the theater had long been converted into a League of Legends-themed clubhouse by Riot Games, and the large screens on site had also been installed.
Only the computer table in the center of the stage has not been equipped with equipment. I heard that the new computer needs to be unpacked and assembled the day before the competition.
The main reason is to fear that someone will sneak into the venue and install built-in plug-ins and the like in the computer to prevent cheating.
Chu Ge’s game is scheduled for October 15th.
The four games in the quarter-finals were not played in order, but were also held alternately according to the group stage format. The first half of the game was between SKT and ANX, and the next day it was IG and FW's turn.
Therefore, the rest time left for IG players is not as abundant as EDG and RNG, and in the first day of the game, IG could not study too much about SKT's situation.
After all, ANX's strength is a bit too weak.
On October 14, the quarter-finals finally started.
The first two teams to start the match are SKT and ANX in the top half. This matchup can be the least suspenseful among the four.
In the end, the big Russian brothers failed to continue their good luck and were easily defeated by SKT 3:0. They refused to be upset and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
October 15th.
The game comes to the second half, IG vs. FW!
Chu Ge woke up early, woke up Ning Wang and asked this guy to go to the restaurant to have breakfast to fill his stomach. As a result, this guy took out instant noodles and was going to eat them in the room.
Breakfast in North America is really too simple. The sandwich, bread and eggs became a bit boring after two days in San Francisco. It is not as flavorful as instant noodles.
(End of chapter)
