After returning to the hotel, the team members all came to the training room.
Since there is no training match scheduled today, plus they are not familiar with the place in Busan, and Riot's management of players is too strict this time, the team members' entertainment activities are only in the training room or in their rooms.
Regarding today's game, Kkoma and Mafa simply mentioned a few words and asked the players to play the qualifying match on their own.
Since they are the kings of the Korean server in their own ranks and have their own accounts, they don’t need to try to raise their ranks like they do in Europe and the United States.
Li Nian was lying on the ergonomic chair waiting for the queue. At the same time, he was holding on to his mobile phone to read back the news from his friends and relatives one by one.
Now Li Nian has become a celebrity in his village.
Whenever there is any trouble in the grass, the village's district is the first to come out and show concern.
Especially when Li Nian's father learned that his son had actually become a member of the establishment, he couldn't help but show off everywhere.
It’s even worse now. The village chief has added WeChat to express his condolences.
After replying to the message, Li Nian opened the e-sports forum and prepared to see how many lumps he could see in the toilet today.
In the headlines on the front page.
Hot discussion on Korean net: IG and the opening match.
Li Nian glanced at the screen and saw that the qualifying time had reached 3 minutes, and it was probably still a while before he could enter the queue.
He casually clicked on the post.
After all, these are domestic posts, all of which are complaining about Samsung, and the translation is Xinyada, which still has that very familiar smell.
——Moving, so here are all translations from the Korean forum.
Screenshots + manual notes.
"This is it? Defeat SKT and GRF, but in the opening game, someone used Juggernaut to cut down Bei until he couldn't find Bei. We laughed to death. If we asked us to choose a stone man, we would win."
"When I think about KZ at the moment, I always feel that they were taken advantage of. They basically killed randomly during the Spring and Summer Splits, only to suddenly die and disappear."
"It's really a civil war fantasy god. Whether it can appear or not is a question."
"Actually, after all, today's IG lineup system and the strength of the players are at their peak. Samsung is still immersed in the old thinking of operations, but it is still a bit rare to be eliminated at the beginning."
"In the home game in Busan, we were beaten by 20 people in the opening game, resulting in a financial gap of 1.5W. How about we just withdraw from the game?"
"We will probably lose to TL next, and then lose to VIT by the way. We will definitely be eliminated in the first round."
Li Nian smiled and said nothing.
The Korean Open is still less aggressive than the LPL.
However, it can also be seen that the audience in each major competition area actually has a lot of opinions on SKT's failure to participate in the global finals this time.
Although SKT's dynasty has come to an end, even so, the number of fans is not comparable to that of SKT.
Li Nian continued to browse the posts, and at this time, the Korean server rankings were also opened.
After two hours of fierce fighting, it was time for dinner in the hotel.
Since the last power outage, the staff at Riot headquarters have also strictly monitored the hotel situation.
If there is any trouble, there will be alternative plans to ensure that the competition is conducted fairly.
Li Nian and Jack came to the restaurant together.
Although Korean food tastes good, it's okay to eat two meals occasionally. Li Nian really can't stand it if he eats too much.
So he simply made bibimbap and ate it in the restaurant before going back to the training room.
However, the training team issued an order that players cannot eat meals in the training room, but snacks are okay.
The main reason is to avoid the incident of diarrhea in Xihuang last year. If they can eat in the training room, then some players will order takeout.
When the player has a physical problem, it will be a bit troublesome.
After finishing his meal, Li Nian returned to his seat and prepared to continue queuing to maintain his hand feeling. He also took a look at the last game of the day.
The match between TL and VIT in Group B has come to an end.
As SKT's first champion top laner, Impact's conscience Han Yuan is still very dominant in the LCS division at this time, and now he has also shown his corresponding strength when facing VIT.
During the laning phase, I got Thain and got a solo kill.
In the end, TL won their first victory in the group stage, tied for 1st and 2nd place with IG, and slightly behind VIT by one point.
The duel between other groups has also ended.
All three LPL teams won their first victory on the first day of the group stage, and RNG even defeated G-REX in the LMS division with a crushing force.
EDG, who was assigned to Group C, faced G2 for the first time. The top and jungle combination of Khan and Karsa gave the newly formed G2 a decisive victory.
And Ah P has gradually matured.
After losing the game, there was no crying scene like last year. Li Nian couldn't help but shake his head after watching the game.
——
"Brother Nian's blind monk successfully hit Senior Brother with the Q-Sky Sound Wave!"
Doublelife was startled by the elusive blind monk, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
He was concentrating on the laning, and his vision of the river basically blocked all possible positions where the blind monk could come to gank, but he never expected it.
However, the blind monk appeared directly from the grass on the line.
When did you come?
He couldn't avoid the Tianyin Wave that came immediately. When the blind monk's second stage Q touched his face, he was immediately knocked out by 1/3 of his health.
"Bao Lan controlled Luo Yong's E and ran to the blind monk. Senior Brother's Lucian decisively DFed the second company and also handed over the sliding step to avoid being knocked away by Luo!"
But he suddenly discovered it!
In his eyes, his blind monk also touched eyes + flashed, and appeared directly behind him. The R Shenlong swung its tail and directly hit the W skill that Luo should have used.
At this moment, Big Brother's assistant Bronn finally reacted. W stepped forward to save his teammates and raised the security door to protect the dog's life.
But Jack didn't give him a chance!
Q skill + barb not only took away the last trace of Lucian's health, but also tied Braum in place.
Seeing Bronn handing over Flash, the IG trio decided to spare his life.
"When did this person come?" The senior brother carefully recalled the situation of the military line and found that the blind monk had no angle at all.
The auxiliary player's eyebrows drooped.
Just because the elder brother couldn't figure it out doesn't mean he can't figure it out.
It is very likely that the blind monk got stuck in the grass at the bottom and came over at the moment when the eye position disappeared, and Baolan happened to make a move at that time.
I relied on it before and was beaten by Lucian AEQAA.
Although he had the advantage in blood volume, the hatred of the red side's minions was also attracted by Lucian.
The troop line will naturally push in the direction of TL.
Although this time will not be too long, the support players feel relieved when they recall Li Nian's elusive and super-sensitive ability to see.
After the explanation was completed, the senior brother shook his head helplessly.
Look at the 13:0 head score in the upper right corner of the screen.
They had no intention of defeating IG, let alone gaining an early advantage over a group of reckless players.
It can only be said that the strength gap between the two sides is still a bit large.
Now that the game has just entered 9 minutes, all four lines are in a state of collapse.
If Jace, Enchantress, and Blind Sin, the three invincible heroes in the early and mid-term, gain the advantage, then the game will not be far from over.
20 minutes.
TL base was bulldozed!
When shaking hands after the game, Senior Brother originally thought that Li Nian would be a little gentler because of the personal relationship.
I didn’t expect that this guy specializes in hitting acquaintances!
24:0.
His head was shaved directly, and TL's head was shaved.
The senior brother's mentality has always been very good. Although he had a sullen face, he was not too depressed.
"It's not a big problem!" Li Nian patted Senior Brother on the shoulder and smiled, "If you can win, you still have a chance to qualify."
After all, TL now has one win and one loss, and will face VIT in the same group in the next game.
Judging from the strength on paper, basically there is no problem for Samsung to securely qualify.
After hearing Li Nian's consolation, the senior brother immediately laughed, "It's no problem to win three stars!"
Impact heard the conversation between the two.
Still a little confused.
You were first shaved by IG, and now you feel you can do it?
The senior brother didn’t explain much.
But when Samsung faced VIT, the home audience in Busan felt that although Samsung could not beat IG, it should still have no problem facing European and American competition.
Even those in the LES competition area next door think the same way.
Just kidding, if the world champion runner-up in S6 adds a new jungler, will he not be able to win the second seeded VIT?
As a result, jungler Haru was exploded at level one!
VIT is very rigorous. At level 1, it was stuck at the 1 minute and 30 second node. It invaded Samsung's jungle area and caught Haru by surprise.
Tianhu started in the early stage.
However, Samsung has started the shrinking tactics they used in the LCK fake game before, that is, they will not join your team with VIT.
Various operational pulls constantly brought back the early disadvantages, and both Xiaolong and Canyon Pioneer were in hand.
It directly makes VIT unable to pick up groups in the later stage.
Li Nian looked a little confused.
Although VIT is also a team that focuses on the early and mid-game, their players are still too young.
Facing a pure operations team like Samsung, we really have to be cautious. If they are given the opportunity to play more with less, then the follow-up will be all kinds of pulling and pulling.
"No way." Jack muttered, "VIT is a good card and it's been played badly. Why are you hesitating? If you just fight to the end, you'll win?"
Li Nian shook his head and continued to watch the next day's game.
The LPL team continues to maintain first place in the group with a complete victory, while AFs and KT also have 2 wins now.
In tomorrow's game, RNG and EDG will face the Korean team respectively.
On the third day, the upset finally came.
TL will compete with each other to compete for second place in the first round of the group stage.
But it was unexpected.
TL seemed to have learned from the experience of the same team, and began to use a lineup system that killed the old master with random punches, directly killing Samsung in 25 minutes.
The senior brother who won the game looked at Teacher Omu with a smile on his face, his expression seemed to say - look, what I said yesterday was right.
In the first round of the group stage, TL ranked second in Group B.
IG easily defeated VIT and stabilized at the top of the group with a strong record of 3 wins and 0 losses.
Everyone in GEN was completely submerged in the criticism on the Korean website.
They couldn't understand why they, who were invincible in the fake competition before, were in such a bad state on the world stage.
They were easily defeated by IG, but they later exposed their tactics with VIT to win. However, when they played against a team like TL, they could still continue to lose.
If they cannot maintain a complete victory in the second round of the round, they will not even have a chance to enter the knockout rounds.
The teams in the LCK region have never been eliminated in the group stage since the global finals.
If they lose.
Then it will completely refresh the worst record of LCK.
And the other side.
When KT faced EDG, although they successfully won the game, the process was not easy.
After all, the player strength and lineup of this EDG team look very different from before.
Especially after eliminating the factory director's mark, Khan showed his strength as a top top laner under the protection of Casa.
The young player IBoy's strength is still very stable, and he can even slightly suppress KT in the bottom lane.
this game.
It is also called the competition between the old and new EDG Edici by domestic forums.
However, IBoy is still a little inexperienced when facing alpacas, and his performance in subsequent team battles is still slightly worse.
EDG swallowed a bitter pill.
Group A is the most outrageous.
When facing the other three teams, AFs actually lost consecutive games, even without a win.
The first round ended with a score of 0:3.
The African team is completely in ruins. Their qualifying situation is even worse than that of Samsung. Even if they win in the second round, they still have to see whether other teams will show their face.
If Flash Wolves and Baidu Cloud C9 don't give face, then the African team will be completely sent back to their hometown, and they won't even have to take a plane.
The bus goes home.
The viewers of the Korean network were completely angry.
"LCK is really finished."
"Samsung and AFs only won one out of six games."
"The most embarrassing moment in the history of LCK, even in our own country, it's really a high school."
“It’s impossible to judge these two teams.”
The upset in the first round turned the group stage into a complete mess.
No one knows which team will qualify.
KT, IG, and RNG all seemed to win with complete victory.
After a brief rest, the second round of the group stage officially started two days later.
this time period.
It will be even more tense than the first round, if the team is not in good condition, or even has too few preparations to adjust.
All three games will face severe tests.
The tense atmosphere spread again in Busan on October 15th. The first thing that will be held is Samsung vs. IG.
——
"Welcome to the live broadcast of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals, I am a doll!"
"I'm Miller!"
The Haier brothers finally solved the visa problem and now appeared in the LPL commentary box.
Wawa first performed a series of oral broadcasts, reciting all the advertising slogans of the sponsor's father, and then brought the topic to this game.
"The second round of the group stage has finally begun," Miller said with a smile. "In the previous four days of competition, we can see that the current situation in the LCK is not ideal."
"That's right!" Wawa smiled happily, "If Samsung cannot win IG in this game, then they will completely lose the chance to advance."
The two commentators present are both loyal fans of LPL.
Now seeing that the team of the old rival LCK is so disadvantaged, it is natural to start the downwind output.
"But."
Wawa looked embarrassed and said, "If we don't show our trump cards in this game, it may be difficult to win against IG who are in hot form."
(End of chapter)
