Chapter 745: The Qualifiers Begin
Half a month after the KPL Autumn Finals, the KPL Spring Qualifiers finally officially kicked off, and the venue of the competition was located at the KPL's resident competition venue, the Magic City Jing'an Sports Center.
There are a total of 11 teams participating in the qualifiers, of which nine teams have tickets from the minor leagues, and the other two are the last two relegated teams in the history of the KPL.
After this KPL qualifier, the KPL will completely close the relegation channel, and all teams that enter the KPL league will receive permanent seats. That is to say, even if there is a team that does not win a game in the regular season of the KPL and is recognized as a send-off team, it does not need to face relegation, but will only get minus points in the subsequent comprehensive evaluation.
It is said that when the overall score reduction reaches a certain value, the club will be kicked out of the KPL league, and if it wants to enter again, it can only play through qualifiers or public bidding.
Of course, the word "supposedly" itself is equivalent to gossip, and the league hopes that all teams can make the cake bigger together, so that everyone can get a high enough benefit, and play an important role in the comprehensive promotion of the KPL event.
Because of the closure of the descending channel and the shrinking of the ascending channel, this qualifier will be the last qualifier in name.
Starting from next year, four teams will be decided in the first half of the year, four more teams will be decided in the second half of the year, and eight seeded teams will compete for the KPL permanent seat at the end of the year, hitting the permanent seat quota that will only be released once a year, in addition to one permanent seat will be determined by public auction each year.
The original four promotion places a year have been reduced to one a year, and you can imagine how fierce the competition will be next year.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people who know the inside story, the two KPL teams that have been relegated this year, each of them can be called a tragic figure, and it is natural that they can rely on this KPL qualifiers to return to the league. There was no way to predict it.
And this tragic KPL relegation team is the Too team and the NB (No Bad) team.
These two teams belong to the veteran teams of the KPL, and the NB team has been unable to adapt to the change of version, so they have uncontrollably started the losing streak mode, even if they have tried a lot of changes later, but the mentality of everyone in their entire club has collapsed, so they were unfortunately eliminated in the relegation match in the end.
On the other side, the Too team, the situation is even worse than the NB team, the whole club is in chaos, several players even have a mutual attack on Weibo, the most outrageous thing is that even the club's official Weibo when the punishment of the players is announced, there is a very serious bias, and the attitude is obviously not to solve the problem. On the night of the relegation of the team, their head coach Xi Xiao directly announced his departure from the Too club, and said that he would no longer set foot in the realm of Honor of Kings. Many people speculate that Xixiao is heartbroken for the Too Club, but in fact, the reason why Xixiao said that he will no longer set foot in the field of Glory of Kings is because he has switched to the AOV field and struggled towards the direction of AOV-related international events. However, although others are gone, the Weibo he announced to the public has pushed the Too team to the forefront, making a group of netizens criticize the Too club, and the scene is very chaotic.
Although the NB team and the Too team are the old powerhouses of the KPL, it has to be said that people in the circle are not optimistic that their two teams can break through in the qualifiers, on the contrary, everyone is more optimistic about the new teams that only play from the secondary league. Of course, as a veteran team, the number of fans of these two teams is still quite large, so the schedule on the main stage is mainly based on the matches of these two teams.
In addition to the two teams that were relegated from the KPL, the remaining nine teams are: Team Hope and Team Kuaizhun who completed the breakthrough from the TGA and qualified for the promotion, Team FD (Fly Dream) and Team Five Tigers who completed the breakthrough from the WGC and qualified for the promotion, Team TK, Team Aoshi and Team Vc who completed the breakthrough from the QGC and qualified for the promotion, and Team Wild Wolf and Team Five Doors who completed the breakthrough from the KOC and qualified for the promotion.
These nine teams, which can be said to be from Tiannan and Haibei, have passed all the way among hundreds of teams across the country, defeated strong opponents one after another, and finally qualified to enter the KPL qualifiers.
Although the intensity of confrontation and team strength in the secondary league are not as good as the KPL as a whole, according to the performance of the new teams in the previous KPL regular seasons, the teams that have played from the secondary league are very strong, and even the last KPL Spring Tournament was completed by a new team to complete the triple jump and finally won the KPL championship.
Among these nine teams, there is no doubt that the most favored is the TK team that has entered the KPL qualifiers for the third time, and the most concerned by the majority of summoners is undoubtedly the Wild Wolf team, because it is lonely in it.
The schedule for the first day of the KPL qualifiers starts at 5:30 p.m. and will run until around 10 p.m.
As the opening match, in order to attract enough attention, Saifang specially arranged the TK team with the highest overall rating to face the KPL veteran powerhouse Team Too. This game was promoted and warmed up by the competition party through various channels before the start of the qualifiers, and it was called the Double T War.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the teams arrived at the scene to complete the sign-in and rehearsal for the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the qualifiers is much simpler than other events, mainly with the captains of each team holding the battle flag on the stage.
Although it is not the first time that Luo Tian has appeared on the stage of the KPL qualifiers, as the only female captain among the eleven teams, she still attracts a lot of attention.
She didn't care about the eyes of the people around her, and she never felt that she needed to make a name for the female players, and she didn't need to carry too many meaningless burdens. When she came here, the only thing she had to do was to lead her teammates to complete the breakthrough and enter the KPL main event. She doesn't want Team TK to make it to the qualifiers three times and fail in the qualifiers three times.
This time, though, one thing caught her attention.
"Where's Candy?" Luo Tian noticed that the Wild Wolf Team was missing the tactical core support, and at the same time, she also noticed that everyone in the Wild Wolf Team was worried, and she faintly realized that there might be some very bad things going on with this brother team.
Chang Junyu and the others, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke, and in the end, all of them turned their eyes on the soldiers. This detail made Luo Tian more sure that there must be something wrong within the Wild Wolf team.
Although there is no so-called brother team in the KPL qualifiers, only opponents who fight hard, Luo Tian still hopes that the Wild Wolf team can play their true strength, and even if they meet, they hope to defeat the highest level of the Wild Wolf team.
The soldier coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "There is something wrong with his family, he is back in Jiangbei now, and he can't catch up for the time being." ”
"Will it affect the rest of the game?" Luo Qian asked with a frown.
After a moment of silence, the GI shook his head with a wry smile and said nothing.
With such a big thing happening at Ning Yu's house, and the fact that he hasn't participated in any training for more than a week, I'm afraid that even if he rushes back, he will have to go through a period of adaptation and adjustment before his mentality and state can meet the conditions required for the official competition.
Chang Junyu changed the topic and said: "Luo Tian, today's double T battle, do you have the confidence to kill the Too team?" ”
Luo Tian saw that all the members of the Wild Wolf Team didn't want to mention Ning Yu's matter, so he didn't continue to ask, and followed Chang Junyu's topic: "I can't say whether I have confidence or not, as the opening game, we just need to play at the level we should have, and let all the members enter the game as soon as possible, and that's it." As for victory or defeat, I don't force it. ”
"Anyway, come on!" Chang Junyu barely squeezed out a smile and said.
"Thank you!" Luo Tian smiled and nodded, said goodbye to everyone in the Wild Wolf Team for the time being, and returned to the TK team.
Chang Junyu looked at the back of Luo Tian leaving, and was really depressed in his heart. Although he knew very well that Ning Yu had to stay by his family's side now, and it was impossible for him to rush over and lead everyone to continue the battle, he still sincerely hoped that Ning Yu's body could improve soon, and that Ning Yu could return to the team soon. Without Ning Yu's mad wolf, it wouldn't be complete at all!
At this time, Ning Yu was sitting in the stairwell outside the hospital ward, holding his mobile phone horizontally, looking at the login interface of Glory of Kings in a daze.
He's been sitting here looking at this interface for a long time, but he hasn't clicked into the game, because he really doesn't have the shape and the mood to train now.
My father has been completely out of the danger period and has been transferred to a general ward for almost a week, but because of multiple fractures on his body and serious brain damage, he has been lying in bed all day long, and has not yet spoken a complete sentence.
The attending doctor told Ning Yu's mother and son not to worry, saying that as long as the follow-up treatment is guaranteed, they will definitely recover gradually, but the reason why Ning's father can't speak is whether the frontal lobe language center is damaged or a psychological disorder still needs follow-up observation, and it is impossible to fully determine it now.
Although Ning Yu kept telling himself in his heart that his father was able to pick up a life after the ghost gate was closed, it could be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. But seeing his father lying on the bed eating, drinking, and Lazar couldn't take care of himself, and couldn't even speak, which really worried him.
The last time they separated, he was still such a tough man, but when they met again, he was already lying on the bed and became like that, Ning Yu really couldn't accept this reality, and even couldn't afford to expect that what he had encountered now was just a nightmare, looking forward to everything returning to its original appearance after waking up.
"You're here." Tang Tang's voice suddenly sounded from behind Ning Yu.
Ning Yu turned his head to look at Tang Tang, and reluctantly squeezed out a tired smile and said, "It's been really hard for you for a while." ”
Since learning the news of Ning's father's accident, Tang Tang will come to deliver food to Ning Yu's mother and son every day, and sometimes even come to replace Ning's mother at night and accompany Ning Yu to take care of Ning's father.
In just over a week, Tang Tang, who was already very thin, actually lost weight again, and the extra two dark circles under her eyes made her look tired and haggard. But Tang Tang didn't care about his condition, he only hoped that Father Ning could get better soon, that Ning Yu could cheer up again, and that everything could get back on track.
But the reality is that it always backfires, making people miserable and desperate.