The Mid-Season Championship lasts for almost three weeks. The first week is the group stage, the second week is the confrontation match, and the third week is the knockout stage. Every week is more exciting, more cruel, and more lonely every week.
The champion is always lonely. The one who defeats all opponents is the final champion, and there will definitely be teams leaving one after another along the way.
It's like all kings are lonely, because only the one who defeats everyone and is above everyone is the king. Anyone who is like you is not a real king.
Many people will miss the time when they were just starting out when they finally rule the world, because there were many people like you at that time, and although you had to fight with them, it would be really lively.
The group stage was very lively. Several teams competed in a day. Different players could be seen competing in each game. The styles were constantly changing. The fierce battles made the audience hooked.
The main reason is that except for the teams in the four major divisions and the division that was once the fifth division and was canceled and merged have ambitions to enter the knockout rounds, the main idea of the teams in other divisions is to show off themselves.
They know that there is a huge gap between themselves and the four major regions, and they just hope to show their style as much as possible in the World Championship.
This will allow more people to remember them, more people will watch their live broadcasts, more endorsements will come to them, and their teams will be able to find more sponsors.
Every World Championship is a feast, and not only the champions get a share of the pie. Teams that had no intention of winning the championship, but unexpectedly played exciting games in the end, can also get a lot of attention.
For example, in the era when the LCK was dominated, a team from the LEC almost overturned the LCK Triple Crown. Although they lost the game in the end, their creation and hard work left a deep impression on everyone.
Every year, in every World Championship, there will be such a team, and there will always be a star player emerging from such a team. Although he is in the wild card competition, he still leaves a deep impression on the audience and gets a lot of endorsements. and attention, and then become a representative of the competition area.
That way, even in the wild card division where there is not much attention, they can still do well.
And they generally will not leave their own competition area, because they know that there is still a gap between their strength and the four major competition areas. When they arrive in the four major major areas, they may be ignored by everyone. Only in their own competition area can they have strong competitiveness. Those teams The boss will also spend a lot of money to retain these star players.
Under such circumstances, the group stage can be said to be very exciting. All the wild card regions are trying their best to show themselves, and they have come up with all kinds of strange tactics.
As long as they can overturn a team from one of the four major divisions, they will become famous.
But in this case, the fight will be a little impatient, and it will be easy to find flaws...
CR has shown a strong competitive level from the first day. Although it is the World Championship, the pressure it can put on them is actually not great.
The pressure on them from the teams in the wild card division was not as high as in the LPL, so Li Shuyao and the others had a lot of fun in the group stage these days. They won 6 consecutive games and won the first place in the group without losing a single game.
And almost every game was close to a massacre... Jingyi played the same hero for six games, playing the same routine for six games, with no intention of changing tactics.
But even so, it was still six easy wins.
Like CR, LCK's DF are undefeated. Their team also showed extremely strong strength. LCS and DF, which are both in the four major regions, are in the same group, but DF still defeated the opponent twice in a row.
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On the day when CR's Group A match ended, many anchors commented on CR's performance:
"Today, we congratulate CR for successfully entering the competition. In fact, I thought from the beginning that this record was quite normal for CR," Jiutu said with a smile during the live broadcast. As the anchor of Hero Lian Mo who first met Li Shuyao, He always felt that he had watched others grow up.
Based on this simple emotion like an old father, he will reward Li Shuyao every time he plays, and his name is almost always on the fan contribution list.
However, he always couldn't get the first place, and even the top three was not easy. Ma Dan's top ones were all the same. There was no way. Li Shuyao's own videos and live broadcasts were already quite big. , the eldest brother of her family is really endless.
"Yes, CR can be said to be one of the few very dominant spring champions in the LPL in recent years. Don't look at Li Shuyao's first time coming to the arena. From the beginning, the audience knows how good she is. powerful."
The wine pot chuckled and said:
"Let me tell you, her online suppression power is not only the strongest in history, it is also one of the best. Really, I am not bragging. Look at her in this group stage, she has more than 100 opponents in every game. With a single kill, it’s as if there is no top laner on the opposite side. This suppressive power reminds me of Brother Shai from S8.”
"Haha, yes, yes, one person surrounds five people. Look at these few times, Li Shuyao has been a little too relaxed and has been killed several times. This actually needs to be reviewed. When it comes to the competition and knockout rounds It’s time to suffer.”
It's normal for Jiu Pot to know Li Shuyao's name. When the roster is distributed, ID and real name are distributed together. For such star players, many people like to call them by their first names.
This seems very friendly.
"I believe CR and the others also know this, so there is nothing to worry about..."
"I saw a point of view that you should lose once so that you will be more cautious when entering the competition. I don't agree with this point of view."
"The opponents in the group stage this time are all from the wild card division. Losing a game will hurt their morale too much, and domestic public opinion will explode directly. It is definitely impossible to lose."
"The first time you go to the World Championships, the more you need to build confidence in the early stages. At this time, winning streak is exactly the stage of building confidence. Many times it is a question of whether you dare to fight or not. If you dare and charge, you will win. If you don't dare, then you lose... We just don't dare to play those games where we lose by a big advantage."
"Of course, there are risks in daring to fight. If you don't fight well, it will easily explode. So courage and strength are indispensable. Only by balancing both can you win the championship."
"Now CR has the courage of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and also has the strength to aspire to win the championship. I think... well, at least it will be okay to enter the finals."
Jiugan was still a little conservative and didn't directly talk about winning the championship. After all, this thing still needs to be a little more reserved. It's only the group stage now. If the competition overturns, it will explode.
"We still have to give them enough confidence. Three people in the team are participating in the World Championship for the first time. I feel that they have performed well enough in the first week. Even if they lose a few games in the next match, as long as they can Entering the knockout rounds, they will definitely be able to show their strong fighting power.”
"Okay, okay, we have watched today's game. The fight was really brutal, haha, let's wait for the match, wait and see the collision between CR and DF."
