Only sixteen teams will make it to the knockout rounds, which also means that with the group stage over, one team from both groups AB will end their TI journey.

The group stage was held in the hotel, and due to the lack of strength, the Infamous team in Group A and the HR team in Group B unfortunately became the first two teams to leave the TI stage and failed to enter the main tournament venue.

And the sixteen teams, in addition to Infamous and HR, will enter the holy land in the hearts of Dota 2 players after a day's rest -

Key Arena Seattle!

According to the pre-match arrangement, the team that enters the upper bracket as the group leader has the right to pick its opponent in the first round of the upper bracket, which is a big advantage.

What is a little surprising is that when serenity has the initiative, the opponent selected is the third VP in Group B, instead of the fourth IG team.

Such a choice has taken Serenity's already good reputation to a higher level!

Why?

From the perspective of Chinese players, IG should be a better choice from a rational point of view; From the traditional thinking of the Chinese, they subconsciously want serenity to face the VP and try to avoid civil war.

Because of this, serenity's initiative to fight VP perfectly met their expectations, and even raised it to the level of righteousness.

However, Serenity has considered this factor, but it is nowhere near as great as these fans think. In competitive sports, the winner is king, and the club as the unit of the event, naturally with victory as the first goal.

Through the analysis of the video footage of the group stage matches of each team, Jingzhun and several people reached a consensus, that is, IG has found a direction to adjust, and the state has also picked up, out of the previous quagmire.

Although the VP's record is better, in the eyes of Serenity, they are still the same VP as before. You know, VP, like OG, has never won even a small game against Serenity.

So in the eyes of serenity, VP is actually better than IG to deal with.

But the domestic audience doesn't think so!

Unlike the highly acclaimed Serenity, it has once again suffered from the unjustified disaster. They had a mediocre performance in the group stage of this year's TI, finishing sixth in the group.

In previous years, it was nothing to fall into the lower bracket, but the embarrassing thing is that only one of the six Chinese teams fell into the lower bracket, and the remaining five all entered the upper bracket.

As the first team to stand out from the China qualifiers, it instantly became a typical representative of "insiders in the civil war, outsiders in the foreign war", and was attacked by many fans of other clubs in China who failed to qualify for TI.

Among them, the most fierce rhetoric is the fan of a certain filial son who has been defeated many times.

……

Approaching 0:00 domestic time on August 8, Key Arena in Seattle.

The players of the sixteen participating teams have lined up in the order of entry for the upcoming opening ceremony, and in front of everyone, there are two opening hosts.

Both hosts have interviewed Kyung Joon, one of whom is a die-hard fan of Wings and has always been known for his humor. And his appearance today is also perfectly in line with the character, and he is a crystal maid!

"This B is disgusting...... even though he has seen it a few times, Charles, who has seen it again without paying attention, still can't bear it, and doesn't turn his face to whisper.

Kyung Joon nodded sympathetically.

When Fang just greeted Kyung Joon with that outfit, even if Kyung Joon had a good cultivation, the embarrassed and polite smile was just the result of his best efforts.

The unsolved fat (physical) ice girl is too spicy to the eyes, and a cos costume is full of stocky figures, and it is thanks to the exquisite workmanship that the line is not opened!

In comparison, the other host looked much more normal. Sheever, the hostess dressed as an all-powerful knight, can also be regarded as a victim of interviewing Charles.

In fact, Sheever was diagnosed with breast cancer in May and said goodbye to the competition for a while, but after battling the disease for several months, she still returned in time, and it was not an easy task for her to participate in the opening ceremony of TI7.

In the middle of Sheever is a pony standing, and the big screen is playing a short story of Sheever traveling through the Dota 2 Atlas and then returning to the scene with the help of the messenger, and the ponies are exactly the same as the messengers in the short film.

As the short film was played, the scene sounded passionate background music. The music was also a signal, and when Sheever heard the sound, she immediately lifted the curtain in front of her and led the pony out together.

“wow！”

The tsunami-like cheers suddenly reached the backstage, making all the players who were exhausted by waiting and their patience cheered up together!

It's finally here!

After a brief opening remark with Sheever, the band played the Dota 2 theme song, and the main stage screen shifted to holographic projection technology.

The entire scene was transformed into an underwater world, and then with the skill effects of the morph elf wave form, the five heroes appeared in turn.

Anti-Mage!

Elder Titan!

Axe King!

Guardian of the Light!

Batrider!

"Ahh!!h

The audience, which had been temporarily quiet to enjoy the band's performance, was boiling again, because these five heroes formed the lineup of TI6 tiebreakers!

“ings！”

Although the players waiting to appear could not see the scene of the scene, their voices were clearly heard.

This cheer was extremely familiar to Kyung Joon.

Last summer, when Wings won the cup, Kyung Joon was also there, and even at this moment, he can still clearly remember the mood called envy at that time!

Looking around at the opponent, quietly, a bit of murderous aura quietly appeared in Jing Zhun's eyes.

After the hero left the scene, the scene once again sounded a majestic voice:

“Wele to the ！ Let's welcome these world-renowned Dota 2 teams! ”

“Team Exe！”

“Team Liquid！”

“Team y！”

……

The first few teams didn't have any titles, but simply introduced their names and went through the motions. And when it came to the last few teams, the style of painting suddenly changed.

"The International 2012 Champion, Invig!"

"Shanghai Major Champion, Team Secret!"

"International 2015 Champion, Evil Genius!"

"Eintracht Frankfurt Championship, Manila Major, Team OG!"

"The International 2014 Champion, Team NewBee!"

The title represents their illustrious history and gives these teams a lot of cheers from the pioneers. One by one, the opponents walked out of the backstage until the last remaining serenity.

"Boston Major, Asia, Kyiv Major, Team Serenity!"

With a long list of titles, it's hard to believe that Serenity is a new army that's been around for less than a year. But it was precisely such a new army that dominated the entire 16-17 season, and the opponents were all feared!

"I'm back again." Kyung Joon said something secretly in his heart, and then exhaled lightly to gather his thoughts.

Lifting the curtain in front of him, Kyung Joon turned his head to look at the group of teammates who reassured him, and a confident smile appeared on his face again: "Let's go!" ”

The top place in Group A, serenity, who won all the promotions, is officially debut!