It is worth mentioning that the EDG players are now in a special lounge.
After all, it is a game played on home turf, so it is very easy to contact the special lounge in advance.
While everyone was watching the draw ceremony, the team's photographer was holding a camera and faithfully recording the reactions of the EDG players.
Xu Yuan sat in the middle of the sofa, glanced at the camera, and his expression looked a little weird.
Drawing lots, photography.
Putting these two things together always reminds him of the famous Xiaohu Erduan laugh.
But he doesn't care.
Isn't it enough as long as we win?
Who will have the chance to whip your corpse if you win?
"Draw the number one seed first, right?"
Mingkai asked casually while holding a bottle of iced black tea.
"Well, it depends on which group you go to. There is still a principle of avoiding the same group. Unfortunately, we can only play against one Korean team in the group stage."
Xu Yuan doesn't care about the way,
His face was full of pity.
It would be great if there was no group avoidance and we could just do the Swiss round.
Wouldn't it be exciting and tense to have a group match like KT? If they win, it will be the most valuable episode.
Xu Yuan is not afraid of the South Korean team.
This is not because he thinks he can definitely beat the South Korean team.
It's not good to say it before the game. Even if they beat SKT in MSI, Xu Yuan doesn't think they will definitely win the World Championship against SKT.
Just because his goal has always been to win the championship.
If you want to win the championship, you must fight until the end.
Since we have to fight anyway, what is there to be afraid of?
Let’s fight with real swords and guns!
Today's draw participants are players from LPL.
To be more precise, it is the person who used to play top lane in EDG, AmazingJ.
Abbreviated as AJ, or sharp hook.
Xu Yuan really wanted to laugh when he saw that he still looked so young.
Even if he were to guess it himself, it would be hard for him to guess that he would later become the Tiger Fang Four Dogs, right?
The current posture is still the clamp, Brother Shuijing still gives people the impression of being tragic, AJ is still honest and upright, and Baiyun is still calm and not good at speaking.
Perhaps this is the passage of time. No matter how powerful the disguise is, its true form will be exposed in the face of time.
AJ put on a shy smile and reached out to dig among the four balls in the No. 1 seed pool.
The barrage is much more tense than EDG's.
"Who will be in Group A? I hope to see EDG first now, so I don't have to keep waiting."
“Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent!”
“I hope EDG’s draw will be better!”
As a fan, it is normal to hope that the home team has better luck in the draw.
AJ dug around for a few times and finally took out the first small ball.
LPL has always been very clean during this kind of draw ceremony. There is no shady practices. Whatever you draw is what you get.
This is also the grandeur passed down from our ancestors.
I don't bother playing those particularly insidious games.
So there is definitely no such thing as hot or cold balls.
AJ opened the ball, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and then he pointed the note at the camera.
EDG!
"Gui Gui, is EDG really the first choice? My heart can't take it right now!"
"AJ is awesome, is EDG going to Group A?"
"Not bad, it's good to know EDG's group earlier."
Unlike the original EDG, the current EDG carries more hope.
Because they won MSI, and they were defeated head-on.
The 3-0 victory in the summer season also demonstrated their strength, making them an absolutely top-notch team in the LPL.
Coupled with Xu Yuan's sudden rise, there are now far more people supporting EDG than those supporting other teams.
"We are the first ones?"
Mingkai was stunned.
He really didn't expect AJ's draw to be so accurate.
"It depends on whether LCK will have the second or third seed. It will be a big loss anyway."
Xu Yuan put his hands behind his head and was not particularly nervous.
Even if he drew SSG, the original champion, he would not be particularly worried.
Because SSG's performance in the group stage was actually not very good. They were slowly evolving in game after game and completely adapted to the version.
Finally became the champion.
Even RNG had defeated Samsung twice in the group stage.
So to say that Xu Yuan is really afraid of SSG, that’s not the case.
Some attention, but not much.
The remaining three teams from B to D are:
The No. 1 seed from Group B of LCK, LongZhong Team.
The number one seed in Group C from Europe, G2 Esports.
The number one seed in Group D from Taiwan, FW Team.
Today's North America is completely incomparable to Europe. There is no doubt that EU＞NA.
They didn't even qualify as the No. 1 seed.
Next, it is the turn of the second seed pool.
"To be honest, I hope to get SKT."
Xu Yuan spoke softly,
"I only played against them once in the Intercontinental Championship, and to be honest, it wasn't very satisfying."
"Since MSI, we have only met them twice, right? Once at MSI and once at Rift Rivals. It would be nice if we could meet them in the group stage of this World Championship and beat them again."
He spoke with extraordinary confidence.
The other members of EDG had no objection either, because they had great confidence in playing against SKT.
No matter how afraid people are of the South Korean team, they will not lose all confidence after winning twice in a row.
Today, EDG's confidence has reached its peak.
Xu Yuan watched the drawing without blinking.
He was not sure whether there was such a thing as the butterfly effect.
If everything goes well, it should still be SKT.
This is his favorite script.
On the contrary, EDG fans don’t really want to draw SKT.
The reason is actually very simple...
"Don't come to SKT! Get into the quarterfinals first!"
"If we want to play against the Korean team, we have to play in the quarterfinals. If we reveal our tactics after playing against SKT and get outwitted by SSG or LZ, that would be a huge loss!"
"I believe EDG can beat SKT, but I don't want them to meet in the group stage!"
In a word, they think EDG can beat them.
But it's not necessary.
Facing SKT in the group stage is likely to expose their tactics, which is something they don't want to see.
However, the opposite happened.
After hesitating for a moment, AJ reached into the No. 2 seed pool and pulled it out.
The moment he opened the ball, a helpless smile appeared on his face.
The next moment, the note was displayed in front of the camera.
SKT!
EDG fans are having a hard time.
If you really don't want to see something, then it will happen.
“It’s really SKT…”
"That's stinky! If this hand was used on Europe, America or LMS, wouldn't it take off immediately?"
"I have confidence in EDG, but won't EDG be exposed too much in the group stage?"
And most of the LCK audience are actually... quite happy!
"Good draw! Why do I say it's a good draw? I just want SKT to play more of EDG's stuff and clear some obstacles for LZ and SSG to win the championship. Of course, winning is even better."
"Yes, if LZ meets EDG in the semifinals or even the finals, and defeats EDG to win the championship, then SKT will have three points of credit for this championship. I am a LZ fan, a rational fan."
"As for SSG? It depends."
Why do you say most of them are quite happy?
Because SKT fans are not happy!
"Wow! EDG!!!"
"Chebai! We must win, SKT, FAKER!!!" These are the praying SKT fans.
“An~right…this is not what I want to see!”
These are sad SKT fans.
We were defeated twice in the MSI group stage.
We were defeated 3-2 in the final and there is no excuse for that.
We met in the Intercontinental Championship and lost again!
This year, SKT really suffered a lot from EDG.
To the point that now when SKT fans see EDG, they shudder all over and their PTSD is directly triggered.
Painful memories, revived!
Even the Korean commentators couldn't hold back, "Ahahaha, it's SKT again!"
"It can be said that their duel with EDG is a fateful one!"
"It's okay. This time SKT will definitely learn from the previous two times and successfully defeat EDG!"
"SKT, especially the SKT in the S League, is not an easy opponent to deal with! SKT has evolved!"
"Yes! We will definitely win!"
This is because Xu Yuan didn't hear what the Korean commentator said, otherwise it would have been quite hilarious.
Fateful showdown?
Brother, in all the times we've played against each other, it seems like you only won two games, right?
If you haven’t won any big games, who would want to fight you in a fateful duel?
Who are you?
It was just like Meng Huo had been captured for the second time, and then he said to Zhuge Liang in all seriousness, "Prime Minister, we are evenly matched!"
Kong Ming would probably be laughed to death by Meng Huo.
All I can say is that the Korean commentators are afraid to offend SKT fans, which is a bit euphemistic.
But it’s okay. Although the commentators don’t dare to say it, the players really don’t care.
In the SSG lounge.
When Master An saw that SKT had the misfortune of meeting EDG again, his face immediately became a little difficult to hold in.
He suddenly opened his mouth.
"Ruler, turn off the camera."
Chidi quickly turned off the camera.
Then——
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SKT in the West!!! Die!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Master An couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
Full of joy and happiness!
In a word:
Good death! Open the champagne!
Don’t think that SKT is the eternal god in the eyes of other Korean teams.
Fans and players of other teams also hate SKT.
Because SKT fans are so disgusting.
Even though they are all from LCK, it is not the first or second time that they have disgusted other teams.
Especially SSG, as a team that has always been in direct confrontation with SKT, every time SKT gets a result, SSG will be severely criticized.
As the long-time leader of SSG, Master An certainly doesn't like SKT.
So now when he saw SKT meet EDG again, he laughed heartily.
There was not even a moment of mourning over SKT's death, but instead they smiled.
And the same goes for the LZ team lounge.
“Hahahahaha! They are the unlucky ones!!!”
The LZ team also smiled.
BDD was the one who laughed the happiest.
He has been scolded many times by Faker's fans, saying that he was disrespectful to his predecessors and that he was not careful when shaking hands with Faker.
BDD really finds such accusations hilarious.
It’s simply because LZ beat SKT and they couldn’t win the game, so they started to settle accounts after the game.
Fanatics are like this.
"Ani...you guys..."
Only the current top laner of LZ team smiled with a helpless look on his face.
He is not particularly handsome, but he has a decent appearance.
The most important thing is that the head is quite big.
"It's okay, Qinghuan, laugh if you want to."
pray suddenly spoke.
Marin, the top laner of LZ, was a bit amused. "I am also a top laner from SKT. Even though I transferred from AFS to LZ in the summer season, it's not right to laugh at them now."
In the summer season, after Smeb joined EDG, KT had to look for a brand new top laner and finally chose Khan.
As Khan chose to join KT, LZ failed in the original competition and finally found the top laner who was still in AFS in the spring season and was once SKT's FMVP top laner, Marin.
This is the butterfly effect.
"Moya Yigu, didn't you say you were upset when you said you wanted to return to SKT but were rejected?"
Pray looked ridiculous, "Are you still going to speak for them now?"
"The behavior of the management has nothing to do with the players. I still hope that Xianghe and the others can go further..."
Marin scratched his head and sighed.
His condition was very unstable, so it was normal for SKT to refuse, and he did not blame them.
But it happened to be in the finals.
He played well, using his experience to hold off impatient opponents and helped LZ win the summer championship.
Marin no longer has the terrifying dominance it had in S5, and is starting to make more mistakes.
But that doesn't mean he can't maintain his level as a first-line laner.
The old experience is still very useful.
"Hahaha!"
In the EDG lounge, after drawing SKT, MingKai laughed twice.
But then he felt something was wrong.
Why doesn’t Xu Yuan smile?
He secretly glanced at Xu Yuan beside him.
Xu Yuan: ...
He noticed Mingkai's eyes.
Brother Kai, do you want to replicate this underworld scene?
Come on then!
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Xu Yuan also laughed.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
So Mingkai also laughed.
We can’t be strangled by RNG, we EDG must also have our own second laugh!
"It's really no problem. I drew SKT again. Let me see if Bang's development is normal recently."
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly with a smile on his face.
I vaguely remember Bang once said before MSI, "SKT is your eternal home."
As a result, it was crushed to pieces and became silent.
Xu Yuan is a very vengeful person.
This time, no matter what, I had to beat Bang to pieces, and then patted him on the shoulder and said,
"Little brother, EDG is your home forever! A rubbish league like LCK can't realize your potential!"
When he thought of such a scene, Xu Yuan was so excited!
At this time, SKT...
"Ah, we meet again."
Wolf looked a little unhappy and forced a smile.
SKT's only Li Ge is usually very crazy.
But the situation is not normal now.
The strength displayed by EDG in the summer finals was so strong that even SKT felt a little sweaty.
I can't find the weakness at all!
Although SKT's mid and jungle are still slightly stronger, EDG can easily defeat both the top and bottom lanes.
If the midfielder and jungler are slightly stronger, can it change the overall situation?
Now, it’s not the mid-jungle version!
Wolf now has no confidence when he meets Xu Yuan.
One can imagine how deep the shadow Xu Yuan left on him was.
As a top support, what Wolf is most proud of is creating trouble and difficulties for the opposing AD.
However, he could not influence Xu Yuan at all.
It's normal to feel discouraged.
"...In other words, let's qualify first."
"As long as we can qualify from the group stage, we won't face EDG until the finals. This is the best draw."
Li Xianghe also had a frown on his face and could only comfort his teammates in this way.
Do you want him to say that he has a 50% chance of winning against EDG now?
He doesn't have the confidence.
The main reason is that Riot seemed to be blind and could not do much to target such a powerful censer system.
At most, the value has been slightly weakened, but it is still abnormal.
The Censer version for the World Championship has been confirmed.
In the Censer version, if the AD is very strong, add a very strong solo laner.
SKT will also sweat profusely!
The subsequent group draw was no different from what Xu Yuan remembered.
The only difference is that because WE replaced RNG's group, WE and SSG met in the group stage.
And this time, RNG was in the FW group.
Because the draw was done after the qualifying rounds, the third seed pool was also drawn.
The final grouping is as follows:
Group A: LPL No. 1 seed EDG, LCK No. 2 seed SKT, LMS No. 2 seed AHQ, and LEC qualifying team C9.
Group B: LCK's No. 1 seed Longzone, LCS's No. 2 seed Immortals, Vietnam's GAM which earned a place in the group stage with an outstanding performance in MSI, and LEC's qualifying team FNC.
Group C: LEC's No. 1 seed G2, LCK's No. 2 seed SSG, LPL's No. 2 seed WE, and LCS's No. 3 seed FB [Feuerbach] who advanced from the play-in round.
Group D: LMS's No. 1 seed Flash Wolves FW, LEC's No. 2 seed team MSF [Rabbit Team], North American cult TSM, and RNG who advanced from the play-in round.
"RNG's draw is indeed good. Isn't it a sure thing for them to advance to Group D?"
Mingkai was a little envious.
Although we are not afraid of SKT, we definitely want to take it easy in the group stage.
Group D really looks like a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp.
FW?
What a rubbish team! Ask the LMS audience whether they believe in them?
Flash Wolf? Just Flash Piss Wolf!
A team that relies solely on Karsa to lead the pace is completely impossible to go far. At most, they have a chance to take a bite of the South Korean team in the group stage. But that's all.
TSM is also a well-known weakling in major competitions.
Before every group match, it’s always “Ah, our TSM scrims are invincible!”
Then I sent it off as soon as the group stage started.
Big glass? No way.
And MSF is even funnier.
How strong can European teams be?
The G2 that has been praised all the time is just that B, let alone this MSF?
The icon is still a funny rabbit.
What kind of harm can a rabbit do?
Mingkai thinks that if RNG can’t beat MSF, then he will win!
Does not exist.
Hearing Mingkai's words, Xu Yuan smiled in a somewhat mysterious way.
“It’s hard to say.”
Brother Kai, even a rabbit will bite when it gets angry.
MSF……
This team left a deep impression on him in his previous life.
If RNG didn’t take it seriously enough and didn’t study the opponent.
Then they are on MSF...
It is not necessarily possible to score two points stably!
"There's nothing wrong with that."
Mingkai curled his lips.
"Brother Kai, have you forgotten that you were...?"
Xu Yuan mentioned it suddenly.
Mingkai: ...
Ah, the brain is shaking!
"No, are you really my fan? Why do I feel like you're a hater? You remember the game I lost so clearly?"
Mingkai just thought it was outrageous.
Painful memories came flooding back.
October 5th, opening ceremony!
One team flag after another gradually fluttered above the stadium as the team introductions were made.
EDG is one of them.
As they came on stage, the big screen in the stadium played the footage of their summer season championship.
Among them, European and American commentators are still full of passion.
"EDG! Defeated WE with a score of 3 to 0! They encountered countless strong enemies along the way, but to EDG, WE is just one of them!"
"Now, they will go to the S7 World Finals as the No. 1 seed of LPL!"
"If EDG has proven in the MSI finals that they still have the strength to challenge the world's strongest team, then in this World Championship, their only goal is to win the championship!"
Xu Yuan raised his head and looked at the fluttering flag.
"Um."
He responded softly.
After the opening ceremony, EDG did not continue training.
Because they have a match today.
The opponent is AHQ.
Although the AHQ team sounds a bit humorous, it is not a reason for EDG to relax.
In the first game, WE played against FB.
There is not much to say about this game. [FB] Feuerbach's team did not have much strength to begin with and was just there to make up the numbers.
As the second seed of LPL, WE will have no problem playing against EDG, even though they were defeated at the first touch in the summer finals.
What surprised Xu Yuan the most was that the FB team was also stubborn.
They pressed Skateboard Shoes, but did not press WE's most comfortable Prince Galio system.
Even the Wind Girl was given to WE.
I can only say that it is amazing.
For European and American teams like this, the coach's BP level is basically non-existent.
WE defeated FB without any trouble and got off to a good start for LPL.
In the second game, G2 played against SSG.
This scene is quite interesting.
Although the European and American brothers can often do some cruel things that make people dizzy, Perkz's performance is really good.
Especially after being ridiculed by Xu Yuan before the game, Perkz is now thinking about reaching the quarterfinals and finding a way to meet EDG.
Then send him off happily!
What is the number one seed for Ah P?
It doesn’t matter. I, A P, can do whatever I want.
He wouldn't have any fear.
In the early and middle stages, G2 once had an experience advantage of two to three thousand, which made European and American audiences very excited.
Could it be?
And then nothing happened.
G2's mid-term operations were a mess, the kind that even Lao Ba couldn't eat.
SSG only needs to operate step by step , and G2 will start to give away the points.
SSG won this seemingly thrilling but actually not surprising game, and also helped LCK get off to a good start.
In the third game, LZ played against IMT.
It's also a bully, nothing much to say.
The remaining matches between FNC and GAM were a feast for Xu Yuan's eyes.
Western food really works!
FNC was like a retard. They didn't take any neutral resources. When they had the greatest advantage, they even destroyed one of GAM's front towers.
Then I started to get sick.
During the team fight for the big dragon, the AD was left alone and GAM immediately took the opportunity to kill him.
Then there are constant team battle victories.
FNC fans couldn't believe it.
Fuck! Our teamfight can't beat Vietnam?
It can only be consistent with history.
The Vietnamese guerrillas were quite ruthless, so it was normal that European and American soldiers could not defeat them.
FNC was getting anxious and started fantasizing about stealing the tower.
Then GAM noticed it and killed the people who stole the tower, counterattacked FNC, and directly defeated FNC.
Vietnamese fermented bean curd FNC, come on!
Next is the match between SKT and C9, nothing much to say.
With FNC’s previous experience as a lesson, how could SKT dare to play recklessly?
They lost too many big games this year!
Even in the group stage, we are giving it our all.
In twenty-four minutes, the kill ratio was ten to one, and they were beating C9.
It's a bit disheartening for European and American audiences.
However, after SKT's game, the most interesting game of the day will come.
EDG vs. AHQ.
The point is not whether EDG will lose, but how many minutes it will take EDG to speedrun!
"I'm leaving."
Xu Yuan stood up suddenly, looking calm.
Behind him, his teammates walked towards the entrance with calm expressions.
The steps are steady and powerful!