Chapter 46: The First Day of the S8 World Finals
The intense training camp life lasted for a long time among the three teams of IG, RNG, and RW.
It wasn't until September 15 that the RW players officially set off from the club and headed for Seoul, South Korea.
The S8 World Championship was held in South Korea.
The play-in tournament will be held in Seoul, the group stage and the 8-4 match will be held in Busan, the 4-2 semi-final will be held in Gwangju, and the finals will be held in Incheon on November 3. The IG team and the RNG team are still in China, because the No. 1 seed team and the No. 2 seed team do not need to play the play-in tournament, and they will wait until mid-October, and then it will be OK to fly directly to Busan.
The RW team is a little bit miserable, and they have to go to Seoul to play a play-in round first.
However, in addition to the RW team, other third-seeded teams from Europe and the United States, such as G2 and C9, also need to play in the play-in, and their opponents are some teams in the Wild Card Division. For example, DFM in Japan, INTZ in Brazil, and so on.
The audience in the LPL region has always ignored the wild card area, because the difference in strength between them is too big.
Many professional players in the wild card region have LOL ranks that are only about the level of Hanbok Platinum.
After arriving in South Korea, Chen Zige and Doinb have repeatedly set off bloody storms in the double row of Hanbok, and many professional players have overturned in their Nakano combinations, so that such a rumor began to circulate in Hanbok during this period of time.
"Can you still lose when you meet the midfield combination of Vae7 and Doinb in qualifying? How many dishes are you? β
And more importantly, Chen Zige and Doinb rarely use the same heroes in the rankings, a total of twenty rankings, and they use sixteen different midfield combinations. It's breathtaking.
As of September 23, before the draw for the play-in round, Chen Zige and Doinb are two people, the former is ranked 17th in Hanbok, and the latter is ranked 12th in Hanbok.
After the play-in quota was confirmed, the RW team was placed in Group A against two teams, INF and DW.
However, on the day of the competition, that is, on the afternoon of October 1, the National Day.
Chen Zige and Doinb are still in a double row.
While Doinb was on the live broadcast, he called Chen Zige: "Come to the middle to support!" Zige, why don't you come to the middle lane yet, I will carry you in this game!! β
At this time, a figure suddenly came out of the room behind them, it was Sima Lao Thief.
Brother Ma looked like he had just woken up: "You two are still playing ranking?" β
"We seem to have a game today, right? Didn't the steak tell us to get ready to go to the venue? β
When Doinb and Chen Zige heard Sima Lao's words, they also suddenly realized.
"it!"
"Really."
"I'm going to play the play-in tournament today."
In Doinb's live broadcast room, a series of question marks also popped up at this time.
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"Can you forget the time of the game?"
"You're the one who is talented but not virtuous, right?"
"RW Rush Rush!"
"Does Brother Chen Zige have a girlfriend? I can give you the chickens to pet every night before going to bed. β
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But no matter what kind of disturbance the barrage was, Chen Zige and Doinb glanced at each other, and decisively chose to speed up: "Brother Ma, you go down first, and we will come down after this qualifying." β
"You guys, I'll talk to the steak." Sima said the old thief.
Doinb and Chen Zige worked together to finally end the top 50 qualifying match in Hanbok in 23 minutes. Doinb didn't even turn off the live broadcast, and said to his audience: "Brother Meng, you wait for me for an hour, and I will come back to broadcast live after the game." β
The Play-In format is simple.
First, the round-robin BO1 will be played in each group, and then the team at the bottom of the points will be eliminated, and the remaining eight teams will play the knockout round, and four places will be selected to reach the round of 16.
And in each group, basically the first place plays the second place.
As long as the RW team does not meet the G2 and C9 teams in the knockout round, then there is basically no problem in qualifying for the play-in round.
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October 1, 5 p.m.
National.
Team RW's first match was against Team INF in the Wild Card Zone.
It's off the door.
Doinb didn't disappoint his audience at all, and in this game Doinb chose his signature hero, Victor. Chen Zige played a nuclear bomb flow prince, and in the end, Doinb killed nine heads, and Chen Zige's nuclear bomb flow prince directly killed twenty-one heads.
Outright abusive bureau.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Doinb took Chen Zige to an Internet cafΓ© not far from the competition venue, and then started the live broadcast again.
"Manly man, an hour is an hour." Doinb said to the audience.
"I'm a turtle turtle, Brother Coin deserves to be a big man, and he really does what he says."
"Warm wine chop INF, beef pie!"
"This wave, this wave is the little dragon girl love carving, carved a batch."
"No one really thinks that Team RW can't even beat the play-in, right? No, no, no, no, right? β
"Nima is outrageous, these wild card teams can't even beat the provincial team, you actually think RW is going to lose?"
"You can't even beat our county brigade and district team, why should you fight our independent regiment?"
"Doinb: This game is not as stressful as qualifying."
"Okay, although INF was beaten, I think we should still comfort our foreign friends: I secretly told you that this is only the third seed in our LPL region."
"That brother upstairs, are you the devil?"
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In the live broadcast room, Doinb bragged to the audience: "It's not for me to say, with my level of Victor, it's not a problem to open up with Faker at all." β
"The strength of the INF team is not very strong, so it's normal for me to play at this level."
"Sprinkle water, normal operation, don't six, all sit."
Doinb's eyebrows fluttered.
Chen Zige beside him was quietly demolition: "Brother Coin, I wonder if you don't seem to have as many heads as me, right?" β
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Why did he forget that there was a Chen Zige by his side?
Doinb coughed slightly, and subconsciously changed the topic: "Zige hurry up and get the number, let's get the first place in the Hanbok before the start of the group stage." β
Doinb is an iron slave.
The title of Hanbok No. 1 may not be a big deal for professional players, but Doinb actually values it, and it's more or less an honor anyway. In the future, I may be able to add an extra line to my professional resume.
Standing in front of you now is the 2017 regular season MVP, the 2018 regular season MVP second place .......
You can add one more line, and the Hanbok will be the first in October 2018.
Thinking of this, Doinb's face also showed a happy smile.
But by Doinb's side, Chen Zige showed an embarrassed look: "Brother Coin, the Hanbok you mentioned is the first...... Are you on it? Or am I on? β
"One thing to say, I also want to play with a Hanbok first."
Chen Zige looked at Doinb, very sincere.