Before the start of the World Championship, there was a long offseason, and the audience was quite bored.
When I'm bored, I like to pay attention to some off-site things.
Su Can's fishing operation has aroused a lot of enthusiasm.
How powerful are the anchors now? The next day many people went out to live stream fishing.
It's just that Su Can's live broadcast content looks simple, but the actual operation is not that easy.
Fishing is easy, just buy the equipment you need.
The problem is how do you retain people? If you can't catch fish, the audience's patience will be limited.
You can't just find someone wearing a diving suit to force assists from underneath.
Su Can participated in the game the next day as usual.
It was so great to fish there yesterday. Su Can felt it was a good place and there was no reason not to go there.
The problem is that it was so popular yesterday and after the attention got high, the place was picked out.
It was originally a small game, and the location was limited to the vicinity of the Magic City, so it was easy to find.
After Su Can arrived at the scene, he realized something was wrong. Many fans came to Gank him.
Su Can is not opposed to meeting fans offline, but the occasion is just not right.
It is definitely not a good thing for many people to gather in a fishing place.
If there are more people, you can't guarantee that everyone will be quiet, and it will inevitably become noisy.
Many people are not here to watch fishing at all. For example, those female fans have no interest in fishing.
Before some people could even say a few words, their hands were almost on Su Can's chest muscles, which made Su Can feel very painful and had no choice but to leave early.
The owner of the fishing ground also knew that Su Can was doing live broadcasts and was very popular.
Su Can's live broadcast yesterday made his fishing spot famous in a small area.
When he saw Su Can was about to leave, he quickly gave away all the championship rewards.
Based on the traffic Su Can brought, according to the market quotation, even ten times the reward for the champion might not be enough.
There is nothing wrong with it being determined in advance that Su Can is the winner before the game is over. Su Can's results are very conspicuous.
In the time since I came here today, Su Can has caught dozens of kilograms of fish again. Adding in yesterday's fish, there is basically no suspense.
Others wouldn't have any objections. After yesterday's operation and today's operation, the contestants on the scene still recognized Su Can's skills.
After winning the championship, Su Can was ridiculed for a while.
Some people are destined to win the championship. They have only been playing LOL for less than a year and have already won almost all the championships they can. It seems that there is a high probability that they will still be short of the last championship this year.
During the break, he came to play with snakes and participate in fishing competitions, and he actually won the championship. It was simply unbelievable.
After leaving the fishing ground, Su Can felt that the temperature today was even higher than yesterday, so he was too lazy to continue looking for a place to fish, so he simply took a taxi back.
Two days later, the official World Championship draw ceremony was held.
The participating quotas for each major competition area have basically been determined, and the LPL side is considered slow.
After the quotas are determined, the most concerning thing before the start of the game is the grouping situation.
When the draw started at 8pm, it was also broadcast in China, and there were special commentators hosting it. After the draw was over, there was inevitably a wave of analysis.
This World Championship is held in South Korea, so the draw guests are also players from South Korea.
There was only one person in the draw, Flame, the top laner who had played in LGD before, nicknamed "The Princess".
His professional prowess is average, and his reputation is not very high either.
It seems that the selection of guests in this lottery is based on appearance.
Among professional players, he must be considered handsome, because the general appearance in this industry is not good.
Korean players may not be that good, but they know how to take care of themselves better.
For example, many domestic players in the LPL may not even be able to wash their heads when playing games.
As for spending time researching on skin care and the like, it is even more impossible. There seems to be only a few that are more sophisticated in this area.
Let’s draw the play-in group first, which is not interesting. If IG enters the play-in group, it will basically be random killings. Those wild card teams will suffer a lot.
However, when Su Can saw IG drawn into a group with the INF team in the Brazilian division, Su Can recalled the first blood.
I glanced at the factory director not far away for a moment. Now the entire EDG team gathered together to watch the lottery ceremony, and there were people carrying cameras to record it.
The factory director's expression changed. He knew what Su Can wanted to say, but he ignored Su Can.
EDG, the unstoppable team that won the domestic championship in S6, was beaten in the first game of the World Championship, and they were playing against this Brazilian team.
The Brazilian holy monk said that he was a fan of the factory director, but ended up chasing him and kicking him.
Then the draw for the main draw begins, and this is the focus.
Even Su Can wanted to see which teams he could meet this time.
It’s no longer interesting to fight these domestic teams, so it’s more fun to go to international competitions.
Compared to MSI, there are many more participating teams in the World Championship, which is really interesting.
First draw lots from the No. 1 seed pool, and the first one drawn is EDG.
"Oh, we are in Group A again."
The first one to be drawn must be Group A, Tian Ye couldn't help but say.
EDG participated in the World Championship, and it seemed that they were placed in Group A quite a lot. It seemed that there was God's will.
Before he could see who his opponent was, Su Can could feel that the atmosphere seemed a little heavier.
It is estimated that these people have thought about how they played in the previous World Championships, and they are somewhat stressed.
Su Can doesn't care about this. Anyway, he has never participated in those embarrassing games before. Now he is more concerned about which teams he will encounter.
The lottery at Riot Games is basically random, unlike the lottery in football matches, which has been done behind closed doors for many years.
After the first round of drawings, the second round is the focus.
In the second seed pool, after Flame took out the first ball, it turned out to be another LPL team.
When they saw RNG coming out, everyone was stunned for a moment, but the commentator immediately became ecstatic: "It's beautiful, RNG and Flash Wolves are grouped together."
The group stage has the principle of avoiding teams from the same division, and teams from the same division cannot be divided into one group.
Everyone is watching the World Championship, and the last thing they want to watch is definitely a civil war, so this rule is set.
However, after qualifying from the group, this principle no longer exists, so we often see civil wars.
Because Group A had EDG, RNG was directly postponed to Group B.
The No. 1 seed in Group B is Flash Wolves, the weakest of the several No. 1 seeds.
Going to Group B is the best choice. The remaining two teams, KT and FNC, are both capable.
The Flash Wolves have played in the World Championships for so many years, and everyone knows exactly what level they are at.
Every time they are the No. 1 seed, and then it is difficult to qualify in the group stage.
How else could it be ranked as the "Civil War Fantasy God" alongside EDG.
In the BO1 match in the group stage, the Flash Wolves were okay against the Korean team, but their winning rate against the LPL team was actually not high.
As long as he can beat the No. 1 seed in the group, it can be said that he has basically locked in a qualifying spot. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a good draw.
Basically, you don’t need to read the last two groups.
IG still has to compete in the playoffs, and they don't have anything to do for the time being, so now we only need to look at the two groups AB.
The second one to be drawn was the North American champion 100T team, which went directly to Group A. It was Su Can's first confirmed opponent in the group stage.
Seeing this sign, no one in the commentary said it was okay.
They say that the North American division is relatively rubbish, but this is the North American champion after all, so it still has some strength.
The Wanwan division is still there, so it stands to reason that it is still the top five divisions.
With only four groups, one division champion is destined to go to the second seed pool.
MSI in North America played poorly, even worse than the Flash Wolves, so the No. 1 seed was treated the same as the No. 2 seed in other regions.
"Wow, this is a bit uncomfortable."
The most uncomfortable thing was that the third spot was drawn to three stars and entered Group A. When they saw this, many people were completely uneasy.
Samsung, as the defending champion last year, has been very good in the LCK this year.
They didn't even make the top four in the spring split, and their performance in the summer split was mediocre.
As a result, it became very popular in the bubble tournament, directly overthrowing teams such as SKT and KZ, and won the third seed, worthy of the title of "King of the Bubble Tournament".
The Korean team can be said to be the focus of everyone's attention. No matter what seed it is, it must be strong.
Thinking back to last year, Samsung also came from the bubble game, and the third seed participated in the World Championship.
Before the game started, who would have thought they would win the championship?
After the group stage, no one dared to think so. At that time, they were double-killed and zero-blocked by RNG.
As a result, they reached the knockout round and won the championship with an invincible attitude.
This team is a bit unsatisfactory, and this is what everyone is worried about.
The fourth spot is not yet certain and will not be known until the play-in rounds are over.
The fourth spot in Group A is likely to be G2 or the Wanwan GRX team.
If GRX is okay, this thing will steadily give points in Group A.
If there is another G2, it will be really full at once.
Think about EDG's previous performance in the World Championship. They always overturned at the beginning of the group stage, so everyone has to worry.
Even if we can qualify, it will be quite uncomfortable if we qualify second in the group.
But this year EDG's momentum is too strong, and the commentators who analyzed there did not dare to question it. They just said that Group A was indeed the "group of death."
After Su Can read it, he knew that someone was talking about the group of death.
Judging from the experience of watching games for so many years, in fact, after drawing the lottery every time, it is said that the team is in the group of death, but it is not.
Only when the fight started did I realize that some groups seemed to have no suspense, but turned out to be the group of death.
Even in Su Can's opinion, this grouping is quite simple.
Samsung Team, the biggest threat on the surface, is actually not good at all.
This year's Korean teams, except for KT, the remaining two are very weak.
Not to mention the North American champion, no matter the No. 1 seed or the No. 2 seed, there is no threat.
On the contrary, the strong one is the third seed, C9 who also wants to play in the bubble game.
"Is there any pressure when facing such a grouping?"
After watching the lottery, the operations lady from the EDG team came over and asked.
A few questions for the shoot.
After the team's performance and popularity increased, in order to protect fans, VLogs were posted very frequently.
Including this draw, I will go back and edit it, and I can post a new video tomorrow.
Su Can smiled and then said: "There is no pressure. They should be the ones who should be pressured."
Before this, whether in formal or informal occasions, everyone had expressed their determination to win this World Championship.
A team that wants to win the championship should not care who its opponent is.
It would seem a bit unnecessary for Su Can to be more modest when faced with problems.
Of course, Su Can also knew that if the car really overturned, his answer would definitely be whipped to death.
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On October 7th, the entire EDG team set off.
The qualifying round and group stage are held in Seoul. It only takes less than two hours to fly there, which is very fast.
Of course, South Korea is such a big place, so flying to any city will not be slow.
After arriving and getting ready, EDG also entered the training rhythm.
After coming to Korea, I have to play the Korean server. It happens that LPL players usually play the Korean server. This is convenient, and they don’t have to start from scratch.
For European and American players, playing in the Korean server can increase their intensity.
Usually the strength of their server rankings is indeed a bit low.
Coupled with the distance issue, it is usually difficult to schedule training matches with China and South Korea, so the overall level must be lower.
As the favorite to win the championship, many teams have invited EDG to training matches, except for Flash Wolves.
EDG is still the same, bringing Ray over and dealing with it normally.
Coupled with Su Can's crazy snake-playing since the start of the summer split, it becomes even more necessary to bring Ray.
If something happens in a foreign country, there can't be no one to play the game.
Su Can is also the same as before. When my teammates train me, I perform poorly, and when my teammates rest, I still perform poorly.
It's a pity that you can't go fishing in South Korea, and Su Can, who is unfamiliar with the place, has nowhere to go.
I can only pass the time by playing chicken.
This time I will be here for a short time. I will come here on the afternoon of the 8th to settle in.
It was just a day off on the 9th, and the first day of the 10th group stage, there was an EDG game.
So I haven't had any exchange activities with other teams for the time being. Su Can just took the time to meet his good brothers from his TL team.
The group stage starts at 4pm, which is a relatively friendly time.
The time difference between the two countries is one hour, and it is 5 pm here in South Korea.
For professional players, just follow their normal schedule.
The order of the games was not in the order of the groups. Instead, the opening match was played by the KT team from Group C.
As the host, South Korea is also very good at making arrangements.
In the opening game of the group stage, KT, the Galaxy Battleship and the strongest team on their side, was arranged to play North America's second seed TL.
It doesn't sound like much difference, but it's actually pretty easy to handle.
The opening game must be won to be fun. Koreans also pay attention to a good start.
This opponent is easy to win, and it can also give KT some practice.
EDG's game will be at 7pm domestic time.
Although I know that this kind of time is planned, it is impossible to start on time, and there is a high probability that it will be later.
However, seeing the time of seven o'clock, fans are still relatively relieved.
The first opponent is the third seed in the European division and the fourth seed of the LPL team, G2!
After the playoffs, G2 was assigned to Group A, which turned Group A into a group of death as many people guessed.
Before the game started, Abu told everyone earnestly: "Everyone just play normally. We are definitely stronger than them."
"But don't be too relaxed. In the first game, you must play steadily and don't mess around!"
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(End of chapter)
