The full name of the Continental Tournament is the League of Legends Continental Series.

Riot's new esports event for 2017 is the Continental Series, an international tournament comprised of a series of regional matches. Teams from each region will be divided into a number of matches, facing their enemies in the Summoner's Rift, competing against their main opponents, breaking old and new hatreds, and competing for the honor of the strongest region in the region.

The number of invited teams, venues, and formats will vary for each match, but all matchups will be played against each other in different zones, and there will be no confrontation between two teams from the same region.

A few months ago, the League of Legends tournament officially announced that this year's continental series will be the last in history, and the annual continental series will be discontinued from next year, and the continental series will become history.

In the first three years of the continental competition, the champion of the first two years was the LPL, and the third year was the Korean division. This year marks the fourth year.

It's really a coincidence that the Cult of Lying Win is in time, the regional exchange tournament is the only one, and the continental competition is also the last. But that's good.

Because during the regional exchange match, there were a large number of Korean players who resisted the pressure, and felt that it was not worthy of the world No. 1 place in the world to win the Divine Cult without playing with the Korean division. Well, now, it's just time to play together in the continental competition.

However, the continental tournament is not a one-man competition, but four teams from each region form an alliance and compete against each other.

The quota for this confrontation is decided according to the spring competition. Therefore, the last teams to participate in the continental competition are also ranked according to the spring competition.

Lie down to win the first place in the Divine Cult, the second place in JD.com, the third place in Taobo, and the fourth place in FPX. That's it, these four teams.

This year, because of the sudden rise of the Lying Win God Cult, it occupies the first place. Otherwise, IG can also participate.

The continental competition is held in China. Because at present, only the Celestial Empire has the best epidemic situation in the world, so of course I don't have to think about this location, it must be domestic.

However, this year's continental competition, in fact, there is another change.

In previous years, the intercontinental competition was divided into several major competitions, namely: Asian competition, South American competition, European and American competition, Russian-Turkish-Vietnamese confrontation, and Pacific confrontation.

Asian Matchup: Celestial Empire LPL, South Korean LCK.

South American Match: Northern Latin American LLN, Brazilian CBLOL, Southern Latin American CLS.

European and American matches: North American LCS, European LCS.

Pacific Rivalry: GPL Southeast Asia, OPL in Oceania, LJL in Japan.

Russia-Turkey-Vietnam Match: CIS LCL, Turkey TCL, Vietnam VCS.

However, the division of the competition area is actually a little different every year, such as the Vietnam division, which did not participate in the first year, and joined the confrontation between Russia and Turkey in the second year, so the Russian-Turkish confrontation became the Russian-Turkish-Vietnamese confrontation.

In the third year, because the two major regions of China and South Korea were too strong, the Vietnam division and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan divisions were combined into an alliance, so the Asian competition became the LPL, South Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan alliances.

Now in its fourth year, the division of these major competitions has changed again.

Because Riot no longer wants to hold continental tournaments, from the third year onwards, except for the Asian tournament and the European and American tournaments, all other tournaments have been cancelled.

This is the fourth year and the last intercontinental race. For the third year, there are only Asian competitions and European and American competitions. All other matches have been cancelled.

The Asian Confrontation Tournament, because the Celestial Empire, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan LMS has been canceled and merged into the Southeast Asia Division. The current competition and the Vietnam competition are divided into other competitions, and the strength is not even, so there are only two divisions participating in this year's Asian competition: Celestial Empire LPL and South Korean LCK.

To put it simply, this Asian Confrontation is essentially a confrontation between China and South Korea. After all, the dominance of China and South Korea in the League of Legends project is not of the same magnitude as other regions, so Riot can only do this.

However, it also happened that Riot's original plan was that if the epidemic was too severe to hold a mid-season tournament this year, then it would hold a separate China-South Korea match to attract the attention of the world.

Later, the mid-season tournament was held as scheduled, so the mid-season cup of the confrontation between China and South Korea was shelved. Now the continental races have made that plan perfect.

As soon as the quarantine on the side of the Lying Win God Sect ended, he was invited to a meeting by one of the other three teams. Just study the strategy when the time comes.

Each team has strength and weakness, and there will even be mutual restraint, so the core of the continental race is more like a Tianji horse race.

The format of the continental competition is very simple and crude, which is a BO5.

Four teams from each region will compete in turn, and whoever wins three games first wins.

In the first four rounds, four teams from each region played one game each. If it's the fifth game, then choose one of the four teams and play the tiebreaker.

The teams participating in the continental competition on the Korean side are Team SKT, Team DWG, Team Samsung, and Team DRX.

And the three teams of JD.com, Taobo, and FPX are so anxious to discuss with the Lying Win God Sect because now, the Lie Win God Sect is the signature team of the LPL, and it deserves to be the first class horse. If in the end, if you really want to play the fifth game, then it will definitely lie down and win the Divine Cult to play!

However, the order of the first four teams is a secret and will only be revealed on the day of the competition. Now that's the issue, let's talk about the order of play.

This matter was discussed by the coaches of the four teams, and Song Qianqian was fully responsible, and discussed various analyses and discussions with the coaches of the three teams of JD.com, Taobo, and FPX for a whole day, and finally came up with a current order of decision.

In the first game, the Lying Win God Sect is now very strong in strength and momentum, and it can put a lot of pressure on the other side. Therefore, winning the opening should be nine out of ten, which will also have a great impact on the momentum behind. And if you really want to play the fifth game, you can also give the Lie Win God Cult time to rest in the middle, which is also a consideration.

The second game is a Taobo, the third is JD.com, and the fourth is the FPX finale. If there is a fifth game, lie down to win the Cult of God and then go on.

On the other hand, in Seoul, South Korea, the coaches of the four teams of SKT, DWG, Samsung, and DRX are also meeting at this moment, and they are also trying to weigh up for the next continental competition.

Because the limelight of the Cult of Lying Win in the mid-season and regional exchange matches is so great that all the League of Legends teams in South Korea are under tremendous pressure.

If they lose again in the continental competition this time, then these four teams must kowtow and apologize when they return to South Korea. It's not a joke, and with the stubbornness of Koreans, it's nothing. Previously, the Samsung team had lost to the LPL in the World Championship, and when they returned to South Korea in front of countless media, the five players knelt down to apologize!

In order not to kneel down and apologize, these Korean coaches have also tried their best. But they really don't know the bottom in their hearts.

JD.com, Taobo and FPX teams, they all still have the idea of fighting hard, but they are lying down to win the team of the Divine Cult, which is a complete headache.

From the mid-season to the present, the Cult of Lying Win has never lost. The pressure on people from this strength is too great. And the competition system is not very good, lying down to win the Divine Cult meets the Korean team, and the probability of winning is not small. Therefore, this requires that the teams that play JD.com, Taobo, and FPX must all win. Otherwise, if you really play the fifth game, the Lying Win Divine Cult will definitely play, and at this time, no matter which team in SKT, DWG, Samsung, or DRX is dispatched, it will be difficult to compete with the Lying Win Divine Cult.

In the face of this complex situation, several Korean coaches have a headache. I still remember a few years ago, not far away, that is, three years ago, although I didn't win the continental competition at that time, it was not as difficult to make a choice as it is now, because at that time, the Korean division still suppressed everything.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, such a monster team has emerged in the LPL, and there are endless strong teams, so that when facing the LPL again, I didn't know what to do.

Lying down to win the Divine Cult with the momentum of the championship, now it is really unbeatable.