In the last regular season game with JD.com, the boss Liu Zijian also went to the scene to watch it in person.

After the game, Liu Zijian invited all the staff of the entire club to set up a table in the hotel, which was counted as the team's celebration banquet.

The LPL Summer Season had a 13-3 regular season record, not only winning the first place in Group A, but also ranking the highest among all teams.

This is also their best regular season result in the LPL Pro League since the establishment of the team, setting a new high in team history.

In this regard, Liu Zijian is quite satisfied.

"Like...... We're already in the bubble game now, right? ”

Liu Zijian asked with a smile.

Coach Zhou nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

In this year's spring competition, they ended up finishing third.

And now they are in the playoffs with the top result in the group, starting from the semi-finals, at least the semi-finals, that is, the guaranteed palace.

According to the points rules, they will at least qualify for the World Championship Regional Trials.

"Yes, yes! Then I'm relieved! Liu Zijian patted his chest, "Anyway, I hope our team will at least enter this year's World Championships." ”

"Wow, Brother Liu, your expectations for us are too low, right?" Hao Ren smiled bitterly, "Anyway, we also won the runner-up last year...... That's all you can ask of us? ”

"No, no." Liu Zijian shook his head again and again, "I mean, guaranteed...... Well, I'm mainly worried about spells or something...... It's hard to say that there is such a thing as metaphysics. ”

The "curse" he refers to is that some teams achieve relatively good results in the first year of the S competition, but the second year is quite sluggish, and they cannot enter the World Championship, and so on.

Yes, and there are quite a few.

After all, there will always be ups and downs in the state of a team, from the players to the whole team, there will be peaks and troughs, and it is very difficult to maintain a very high level of competition and condition for a long time.

"Brother Liu, you don't have to worry so much."

Lin Han chuckled lightly and said, "If you are really powerful, you are not afraid of any metaphysics...... And we've been in good form lately...... In the playoffs, we will do our best and we will not let up. ”

"Well, that's good!"

After Liu Zijian listened to his words, his heart suddenly became settled, and he suddenly felt very stable.

As the backbone of the team, Lin Han has always led the team forward, and Liu Zijian only has unconditional trust in him.

"Of course, I'm sure I want you to get better results as well."

Liu Zijian said with a smile: "Last year, we only finished fourth in the summer competition, and we are third in the spring competition this year...... So improve this time and come back with a league title! Hahaha..... Isn't it too inflated to say that now? ”

The crowd laughed.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you swell it up."

Han Xin said with a smile: "If you don't have a dream, it's no different from a salted fish." ”

"Actually, that's what we think too." Qin Tianyu said, "If you win a championship in the summer competition, you will definitely enter S7, steadily!" ”

They have discussed this issue many times before, and if it really gets to the point of playing bubble matches, it will be quite tiring to play more play-in tournaments later.

So, as much as possible, you still have to go directly through the first seed or the second seed.

This year, however, there are a lot of changes to the Worlds points rules.

Even if they finish runner-up, they may have the same number of points as the other teams, and they may still have to compete for a place in a play-off.

Therefore, the safest way is to win the league and qualify for the World Championship as the No. 1 seed.

In addition, the overall state and strength of their team this year have improved a lot compared to last year, and the SSR Summer Season regular season points have been at the top of the list, and in the eyes of many, their chances of winning the championship are also very high.

Besides, putting aside other issues, the champion of the LPL, let's ask, for them professional players, which one is not dreaming of this?

To win the championship in the top professional tournament of LOL in China will be a huge honor in anyone's career.

This is also Lin Han's goal all the time in their career.

"Okay!"

Liu Zijian nodded, raised his glass, and said with a smile: "Then I will be here first, wishing you victory...... I hope you all succeed in winning this year's Summer Championship! ”

"Thank you, Brother Liu, for borrowing your auspicious words!"

As soon as the cup was touched, everyone drank the tea and drinks in the cup in one gulp.

......

In the past month or so since the continental competition returned, due to the tight schedule and the full schedule of the competition, everyone has not had any time to rest.

Every day is either training or playing, and daily life is basically spent in the base and the competition venue.

Tired and boring.

Playing a career is not so easy and beautiful, and every industry has hard work that outsiders can't imagine.

So, on the second day, the club gave all the players a full day off to rest and recuperate.

Of course, this is also because their competition starts in the semi-finals, on August 25th, and there is still about a week to go, so there is plenty of time.

If you want to start from the front, then there is definitely no room for them to rest.

So, this is also what they have earned for themselves.

And on the day of their holiday, the regular season game also ended just right.

Then, the dust settled, and all the playoff spots were confirmed.

The teams that qualified from Group A were: SSR, WE, IG and Snake.

The teams that qualified from Group B were: RNG, EDG, OMG and NB.

......

On August 22, the 2017 LPL Summer Playoffs officially began.

The rules and situation of the game are similar to those of the past.

The format is BO5.

The lower-ranked teams play the higher-ranked teams, with the winner advancing to the next round, and then going head-to-head against the higher-ranked teams, and so on.

The first game of the playoffs was played by OMG against Snake.

Looking at the performance of the whole summer tournament, OMG is much stronger than Snake overall, and in most people's opinion, OMG should have a better chance of winning.

In the end, OMG defeated Snake with a score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the next round.

Then, the second game began.

IG vs. NB.

And for this game, everyone basically thinks that there is not much suspense, because the difference in strength between the two teams is too obvious.

On the surface, IG is in third place in Group A, while NB is fourth in Group B, which doesn't seem to be a lot worse, but it's not.

Team IG has been on a winning streak in recent matches, and if it weren't for the fact that they lost more in the first half of the schedule, they had every chance of replacing WE as second in the group.

The final result did not surprise everyone.

IG defeated NB with a score of 3:0 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.