Volume 1 Chapter 42 Come on, WE!
"Are you confident?"
In the dim corridor, Abu smiled and patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder.
"Um."
The handsome yet calm young man in EDG team uniform nodded slightly.
Abu raised his head slightly and watched him walk into the brightly lit stage.
Time flies, and now EDG is about to play in the semi-finals.
This is also related to the current LPL competition system.
Since the establishment of LPL in 2013, the LPL competition system has undergone many reforms.
The biggest impact was the competition system reform from 2015 to 2016.
The rules for the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs are that the eight playoff teams will first be ranked according to the order of 1st against 8th (Group A), 2nd against 7th (Group B), 3rd against 6th (Group C), and 4th against 5th (Group D).
Divide into 4 groups to compete, the winners enter the semi-finals and the losers are eliminated directly.
The semi-finals will be between the winner of Group A and the winner of Group B, and the winner of Group C and the winner of Group D. The winning team of the semi-finals will advance to the finals, and the losing team of the semi-finals will participate in the third place match.
All matches adopt a BO5 single-elimination system.
But this playoff system has loopholes.
For this reason, in the second half of this spring regular season, in a crucial battle that affected the playoff rankings, in order to avoid meeting the strong team EDG early in the playoffs, IG and LGD staged a classic BO5.
That was the "wonderful" "Oscar night".
This has also made the competition system controversial.
It was precisely because of this loophole in the competition system that the official League of Legends event immediately launched a new playoff system in the 2015 LPL Summer Season.
That is, the weight of the regular season ranking for the playoffs is increased, and the regular season ranking is used to directly determine the team's schedule and difficulty in the playoffs, thereby motivating mid-ranked teams to perform well in the regular season.
The purpose is also very obvious, which is to prevent some teams in the middle of the league from avoiding meeting strong teams early in the playoffs through so-called "reasonable" means, so that the team can achieve a better ranking in the playoffs.
Specifically:
Tencent Esports: Don’t hesitate to start the regular season games, just play well!
This rule has also continued to the current 2017 Spring Season.
The current playoff teams are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B. According to the regular season rankings, they are divided into A1 to A4 and B1 to B4. The smaller the number, the higher the ranking.
They fight in staggered shifts and advance gradually.
For example, A3 beats B4, and A4 beats B3.
The winner will then proceed to the next round with A2 or B2, until finally playing a BO5 semi-final against B1/A1 who started from the semi-finals, and the winner will advance to the final.
After the losers of both semi-finals play in the third-place match, the winners will start the final.
And there is a rule that many people think is outrageous:
【Let one set】
That is, the team that has a ranking advantage in the regular season will get one point by default in the first game of the playoffs, and the game will start from 1:0.
This is also to force the teams to pay more attention to the regular season and prevent the recurrence of something like "Oscar Night" that makes the audience laugh and cry.
Now the sudden rise of EDG has changed the current LPL grouping.
RNG, which was originally supposed to be in the same group as EDG, was assigned to another group, and WE was assigned to the same group as EDG instead.
EDG did not have any competitions in the early stages of the playoffs and could go directly to the semifinals.
The only game to watch out for is WE's, as that game will determine EDG's opponent.
After defeating this opponent, we directly entered the finals. This is the advantage of being in the top two in the regular season.
Of course, the teams that finished the semi-finals need to take a break, so there is another equally important game before the finals:
Promotion and relegation!
In a sense, this game is more important to some teams .
Because according to the ranking, the last two teams ranked in the LPL must participate in promotion and relegation matches with the runner-up and third-place teams of the secondary league LSPL.
The loser will be relegated to the LSPL, which means the team owner has wasted the money spent on buying the quota.
As for the LSPL champions? They don't have to play promotion and relegation, they will directly enter the LPL.
The promotion and relegation is very cruel.
Because the gap between LSPL and LPL is so huge, the popularity is basically non-existent, and the salary gap between players is also ridiculously large.
The current contract fees for LPL's top players are basically between 30 and 10 million per year, while LSPL players can earn 30,000 per month, which means they are valued by the team.
Some low-level LSPL players earn 5,000 yuan a month.
Therefore, for LSPL players, entering the LPL is a must, because that represents money and fame.
You can imagine how hard they tried.
Xu Yuan also planned to watch this game carefully, because there was a team in this game that he was more interested in.
YM.
A... "magical" team.
On January 1, 2016, MGB manager announced the acquisition of LD.A e-sports club and officially changed its name to YM e-sports club to start the 2016 LSPL .
Their ranking is not low every season, and they can basically reach the LSPL finals and qualify for promotion and relegation.
However……
From the establishment of the team until the cancellation of promotion and relegation in the LPL league.
YM just couldn't make it from LSPL to LPL.
The most Dayu could do when controlling floods was to pass by his home three times without entering.
Wow, YM has been promoted and relegated seven times in total, and lost all of them!
This is the seventh time that I have failed to enter the LPL.
The most important thing is that this team’s configuration is not only not bad, but also very strong.
Ning, Tian.
The only two FMVP junglers in LPL are both from YM.
The famous future warrior, the golden left hand Knight, is also from YM.
Even RNG’s “not for sale” Titan Wang Xiaoming is from YM.
What kind of configuration is this ?
You're telling me we can't win over a small promotion or relegation?
The opponent is just the bottom team of LPL.
Are you kidding me? (Cat Emperor question)
Let me explain this to those who don’t understand:
It's probably equivalent to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi being on the same team, and then the two of them going to play in China's A-League, and then not winning.
It's just crazy.
So many people feel that YM is not very "clean".
In simple terms, it means that the game was fixed and the team lost on purpose.
The purpose is to eat spinach.
After all, there are too many fake greyhounds in LSPL.
Xu Yuan was equally curious.
This has puzzled him for a long time, and he must watch the promotion and relegation.
certainly……
What is more important right now is to beat WE and enter the final.
Face the winner between RNG and JDG!
He stood quietly on the stage, but people couldn't take their eyes off him.
"OK!"
"Welcome everyone to the 2017 League of Legends semi-finals between ED G and WE!"
"EDG won the first match and made it to the finals."
"Or will WE overcome the difficulties and defeat the arrogant EDG?"
"Now, the game begins!"
Miller in the commentary booth was passionate.
Below the stage, the audience was full of anticipation.
On the stage, the young man raised his eyebrows and chuckled.
