Yu Hui boarded a flight to Vietnam early the next morning, where the qualifying and group stages of the MSI Mid-Season Invitational will begin.
The promoted teams will eventually move to Chinese Taipei for the knockout rounds and championship game.
Including Rookie who returned from South Korea, all ig players went this time, a total of seven people, five starters plus two substitutes, King Ning and 369.
Because ig does not need to participate in the playoffs, they have plenty of time to adapt to the environment.
This year's qualifying round is also full of highlights. Although the wild cards are not as strong as those in major competition areas such as lck and lpl.
But in terms of the excitement of the battle, it is even better, and the program effect is sufficient.
There are Japanese teams, Brazilian teams, British teams, Vietnamese teams, etc. In a sense, their operations are generally spread out, and they are more like happy yuppies playing games.
There are still strong players among these wild card teams. Vietnamese Buffalo PVB and VEG from Russia stood out in the chaos, and faced the goalkeepers FW and TL in the knockout rounds.
However, in the next two knockout games, the two BO5s of pvb and veg only took one point from FW's mouth, sweeping them easily.
The last promotion spot still had to be decided between the two teams. In the end, the Vietnamese Buffalos narrowly defeated PVB 3-2 to advance and get the last MSI main draw spot.
After the qualifying round, the official finally began to gather all the participating teams in the MSI group stage to take makeup photos. This was also the first meeting between the ig team and other teams in the competition area in so many days since the start of the competition.
"Brothers, I'm a little nervous..."
369 sat in his seat and twisted his body uneasily, feeling as if he was a cute new husky wandering into a pack of wolves.
Xiangguo patted his shoulder and comforted him: "There's nothing to be nervous about, it's just like that after seeing it too much~"
"...Okay~"
"If you are still nervous, then I will teach you a way~ You just need to remember one thing. All the top laners in all the teams you can see in this MSI have been beaten by your master~"
Prince Ning hugged 369 and said with a smile. Yu Hui on the side glared at him but didn't say anything. Prince Ning was telling the truth.
369 thought so. He also watched the world-class LPL games in the previous two years.
For example, FW's Hanabi, TL's Ohki Impact, SKT's Khan, and G2's Wunder were all beaten up by Asuna, some more than once or twice.
The newly promoted PVB top laner Zeros did not receive a severe beating, but he was about to get beaten. Chunchun's subordinates were defeated in the concentration camp.
Rookie, who had just come back and was still getting used to it, also came up and said with a smile: "Everyone can just talk about this in private, others also want to save face."
"hey-hey"
"Jie Jie Jie"
Several people laughed tacitly when they heard this. KKoma in the front row shook his head and unconsciously put a smile on his face.
A figure with a melon rind on top of his head flashed through his mind, and he began to become a little excited, muttering: "Xiang He, let me see how much progress you have made."
At this time, all other teams in the venue except ig have arrived at the venue, only ig has not arrived yet.
Many people couldn't help but curl their lips when they saw this scene, secretly complaining about ig's arrogance, even having to appear in the finale for taking pictures.
Faker, who had been taking photos with the professional players gathered around him, had been paying attention to the entrance of the venue intentionally or unintentionally, silently waiting for the two people he wanted to see the most to appear.
Not long after, the sound of car engines rang from the entrance of the venue. A bus slowly stopped at the edge of the venue, and the ig team members got off the bus one by one.
The first person to get off the bus was KKoma. Like a gentle big sister, he stood at the door waiting for everyone to get off the bus, then gathered them together and led them towards the venue.
"coming!"
"IG's?"
"ohhh! I saw asuna!"
"Hurry over and get an autograph!"
"Dude, wait for me! I'll be ready soon!"
Faker, who was getting a little irritable while signing autographs and taking photos, suddenly felt his eyes light up, and even the air became fresher. The team members who had gathered around him to sign autographs and take photos had long since disappeared without a trace.
"..."
He shook his head with a wry smile, only that woman could steal his limelight so easily.
His eyes also followed the large army to the focus of the crowd: "Well...it's even more beautiful~"
KKoma also saw the iconic melon skin head. After dealing with the mess with a smile, he strode towards Faker, spreading his arms and hugging him halfway.
"Hey Yigu~ I haven't seen you for so long, but your hairstyle is still so strange~"
Faker scratched his head when he heard this: "This is the cheapest... Coach Jin... We will have dinner then, can you come with us?"
kkoma raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Do you want me to bring someone? Are you treating me?"
After being together for so many years, how could he not understand Faker's personality? He wouldn't treat him unless something happened.
faker said with a heavy heart and blood: "....Of course!"
kkoma continued to joke: "You won't buy a big bottle of Coke, right? I want to drink cans!"
"....Can!"
"Two cans!"
"OK..."
"..."
Coach Jin Jingzhu also smiled and hugged everyone at ig, and the scene suddenly became a little strange.
At this time, the coaches on both sides ran to the other team to reminisce about old times, and the players of ig and skt also had a strange feeling.
Seeing the familiar Jin Pangpang, Yu Hui was also happy and hugged him gently.
A subtle feeling arose in Jin Jingzhu's heart, as if he had finally reunited with the female goose he hadn't seen for a long time.
He gently rubbed Yu Hui's furry head: "I watched every game after your transformation, and you performed very well!"
Yu Hui raised his face and said proudly: "That's natural! Either don't do it, or do your best!"
Jin Jingzhu said cheerfully: "Okay, okay! I'm looking forward to the next head-to-head confrontation with you."
"Me too!"
The two of them separated without exchanging pleasantries for too long, and the crowd who had been watching eagerly suddenly swarmed around them:
"Asuna, I'm your fan! Sign me your autograph!"
"I come first, I come first! I'm an Asuna fan for ten years!"
"Yu...I am your fan! Please sign your autograph for me!"
"..."
"Wow! It turns out that Asuna is the one who can cure SKT's arrogance!"
"I also want Asuna's autograph. What should I do? I like all the songs she sings. Every time I listen to them, I feel like I can kill ten of them!"
"Go and line up if you like! Let's go!"
"Count me in, I'll go too!"
The g2 people looked at the messy scene in the venue with smiles, and got in all at once. If they didn't join in the fun, they wouldn't be g2 if they didn't do something.
Even the people from SKT are eager to give it a try. South Korea is more influenced by entertainment, and chasing stars is not a strange thing for them.
And because Asuna is essentially a player in the e-sports circle, her favorability to them is much higher than that of celebrities in the entertainment industry.
Yu Hui was already used to being surrounded by people, so he naturally took the other person's pen and signed the book he handed over.
What is different from before is that now everyone generally requires her to sign two names, one for the game ID and one for her real name. What's more, she is also asked to write down Serafani's ID, saying that only in this way can she be the most complete.
When Yu Hui heard it, he thought it was very reasonable. After that, he signed three letters in a row, and his writing hand became numb.
