Chapter 368: Group of Death!
In the next week, while people from other regions have not yet come, the three teams that have qualified for the S competition in the LPL, EDG, RNG and WE, began to make appointments with each other for training matches.
At the same time, in order to put together four teams so that everyone can play training matches at the same time, we were also called.
WE's strength is a little weaker than EDG, RNG, IG, but it's a good training object.
At the same time, EDG's champion skin was also launched, and the first day of launch happened to be the weekend.
It was because of the launch of the champion skin that it set the highest number of online users this month.
Not only that, but the store page even went out of the way because of this! Rendering the player inaccessible.
This incident alarmed TX, after all, this is a great opportunity to make money.
After half an hour of emergency repair, this bug was solved!
So everyone suddenly realized that it turned out that solving the bugs in the game could be so fast!
In the past, when there was a bug in the game, it usually took several days, or even ten days and half a month, for someone to solve it.
Now it's okay, and the money will be done directly in half an hour.
Everyone has learned what it means to be "rich to make ghosts grind".
Now that the new version has been released, after a week of training, the LPL crowd is feeling the pressure!
This pressure doesn't come from the strength of the opponent or anything like that, but from the version!
Chen Luoyang is actually ready to be targeted by the official, after all, every time the version is changed, it will be aimed at the champion of the previous session.
But I didn't expect that this time the official was so excessive, and many heroes who were good at LPL couldn't play directly.
The most notable is Kree, whose basic attributes have been cut a lot, and now no one can beat the lane.
If you can't stabilize the line at all, then don't think about support or anything like that.
There is also Qinggang Shadow, which has just come out for a long time, and now many passers-by are still practicing, and they are not familiar with it, so they just cut it down with a knife.
The official weakens the heroes, and many times it is to watch the game in the field.
And some heroes, especially those with relatively high operational difficulty, may perform diametrically opposite to each other.
Qinggang Shadow is such a hero, since it was developed by Chen Luoyang to play on the road.
It is very popular in the arena and rank, but the difficulty of this hero's operation is here.
So the win rate of Rank has always been quite low.
But the game is different, after all, it is operated by top professional players.
Coupled with Chen Luoyang's style of play, it has provided them with a template, resulting in Qinggang Shadow's winning rate in the game being very high.
So the official cut it down with a knife and scrapped it directly.
Chen Luoyang used it in the training match, and found that the line couldn't be played at all, and the opponent couldn't make up for it if he was a little stronger.
The encounter between Kree and Qinggang Shadow is just a microcosm, and the heroes that LPL is good at have been cut all over.
In the name of the game, it is said to be for the balance of the game, and it directly wants to increase the difficulty of the LPL.
For a competitive game, if the championship is monopolized by a division for a long time, it is not good for the development of the game itself.
For the official, they naturally think about the development of the game as a whole, and as for which region can win the championship, it is not their concern
There is no way, the three LPL teams can only choose to develop a new version of the play by themselves.
The current version of the top lane has been greatly strengthened, and the middle and top lanes have been greatly weakened.
The equipment that is strengthened on the road is tank equipment, and the heroes who are strengthened are also tank heroes.
The mid lane is a little better, and traditional mages can play.
Of course, Galio, Marzaha, and Fan Ma, who are biased towards functional and auxiliary midlaners, have also been strengthened.
This has a great impact on EDG, although Ah Shui's Kerry is also very capable.
But he is not stable enough, whether it is playing in a group or on the line, he can often play wonderful operations, but there are also many mistakes, and if he doesn't do it, he will send a big wave.
In this way, it will be difficult for EDG to put all the bets on Ah Shui.
After all, you can't look at Ah Shui's state in the whole team, and you must find a way for Kerry to play in the upper and middle lanes.
Especially for Chen Luoyang, now there are all tanks on the road, and the tank hero is not impossible to compete with Kerry.
Rather, the difficulty is several levels higher, and the effect is much worse.
It is not only the middle road that is affected, but also the factory director who is also very popular.
The new version of the strong jungler is all tank type, and even the barrel is out of meat, not out of the barrel.
If it had been the former director, he would have been pleased, this seems to be his version.
But now the situation is different, and now the director has become accustomed to the carnivorous style of play, accustomed to attacking.
At this time, let him play development, and he really didn't get used to it in the later stages of playing.
So the entire LPL division is a little confused, and if Nakakamino's style of play is to fit the version, it will almost have to be changed from head to toe.
It's too much work to do, and the current style of competition is not formed in a month or two.
At least after about two years of accumulation, it is what it is now.
It is simply impossible to change it in a short period of time.
With the arrival of the LEC and LCS regions in the LPL, the situation has changed again, and now it is necessary to arrange training matches with teams from their regions.
This is also a good opportunity for Chen Luoyang, maybe these people in the European and American divisions who like to work together can play some new tricks.
At the same time, the news that the training match on the LPL's side was not going well, and the coaching staff was anxious has spread to the whole network.
That is naturally going to be ridiculed, after all, now that LPL is gaining momentum, LCK fans have been suppressed for more than two years.
Finally seized a chance, they didn't even need to verify the authenticity of the message, and just started celebrating.
At the same time as the LPL came out with unfavorable news, on the LCK side, the good news continued.
This time, the coaches of the three teams representing LCK, GRF, DWG and SKT have said that this is LCK's version, and they feel that their region is the biggest dark horse.
In fact, there is nothing in itself to say such words, which can be seen as an encouragement.
However, this remark "coincidentally" appeared after the unfavorable news came out on the LPL's side, and the situation was different.
However, the LPL side didn't want to fight with them for such a meaningless thing, so there was no response.
If LPL doesn't respond, LCK fans are even crazier, and in their opinion, this is an admission!
A month passed quickly, and the S race was approaching, because this time the competition was held in China, so EDG people were not in a hurry, that is, a few hours by car.
A week before the start of the tournament, the draw ceremony began.
The draw was to determine the group stage grouping.
Chen Luoyang, as a representative of the LPL division, was arranged to participate in the draw.
This time he really wanted to refuse, after all, he had already been there once.
The first time this kind of thing is fresh, the second time is trouble.
Chen Luoyang originally wanted to give the opportunity to the factory director, but the factory director said that he would not go.
There was no way, Chen Luoyang could only go alone.
At the same time, the European and American divisions also sent representatives, Cap King and Pilsen.
As for the representative of the LCK division, Chen Luoyang originally thought it was a faker, but he didn't expect that this time he was replaced by a newcomer, Chaowei!
Although GRF is the LCK's summer champion, SKT has won the S championship after all.
LCK's approach made Chen Luoyang feel very surprised, and he estimated that LCK was really determined to cultivate new people without the need for old people.
This is also understandable, after all, these old people have already made LCK lose two S championships.
Coming to the lottery site, Chen Luoyang also dressed up today, wearing a suit and leather shoes, handsome and compelling!
Coming to the backstage lounge, Chen Luoyang saw three familiar faces as soon as he walked in the door.
I saw that the Hat King and Pilsen were sitting opposite each other, and Chaowei was sitting between the two of them.
The three didn't talk much.
The European and American divisions have always regarded each other as their biggest competitors, even feuds.
And Chaowei is too young, although he has played MSI, but MSI's influence is relatively small.
In addition, he is the kind of cold character, and he doesn't seem to get along with the other two.
After Chen Luoyang entered the door, he originally wanted to find a place to sit down and wait for the staff to arrange for him to play.
As a result, before they could take two steps, the Cap King and Pilson turned their heads at the same time.
Seeing that it was Chen Luoyang coming in, the two walked quickly.
"Master! Hello. The Hat Emperor greeted Chen Luoyang in Chinese, who was not fluent.
And Pilson was not to be outdone: "Master, I'm your fan." ”
Chen Luoyang saw that the two were so enthusiastic, and even learned Chinese to greet them, and was a little embarrassed.
"Hello."
"Hello."
Chen Luoyang greeted and shook hands with the two respectively, and then came to the sofa next to him and sat down at the invitation of the two.
However, after sitting down, Chen Luoyang found that they seemed to have learned to simply greet each other, and they didn't really know Chinese.
The hat emperor and Pilsen seemed to want to chat with Chen Luoyang, but seeing that Chen Luoyang didn't understand, they danced and danced, and their body language was arranged.
But it didn't work, everyone still didn't understand the language.
There was no way, after some attempts, Pilson and the Hat King had no choice but to give up.
However, although there was no chat on this day, the fact that the relationship between the three of them was very high can be seen at a glance.
In this way, Chaowei is slightly embarrassed.
There was no way, he could only pretend to play with his phone to hide his embarrassment.
Just then, the staff walked in and invited everyone to play.
As a host, the most convenient thing is that the staff all speak Chinese.
Therefore, Chen Luoyang does not need to bring a translator to participate in this kind of activity.
Chen Luoyang led the other three to the field.
Walking to the stage, as soon as Chen Luoyang showed his face, the fans began to cheer.
The host waited until the audience at the scene quieted down, and then began to introduce them one by one.
"Welcome, S5 Global Finals Champion, S6 Global Finals Champion, S5FMVP, S6FMVP, EDG Top Singler, Leader!"
Chen Luoyang's series of titles were read out, and the audience was boiling again.
In this kind of scenario, the champion and FMVP who are not S matches are not eligible to be read.
The cheers continued for more than a dozen seconds before they began to slowly subside.
The moderator continued:
"G2 midlaner, CAPS!"
"Team TSM midlaner, Pilsen!"
"Team GRF midlaner, Chovy!"
In comparison, the introduction of the three people is much quieter.
After all, the fame of the three of them is like this, especially Chaowei, not many people know him.
After the debut session, Chen Luoyang and his party of four were arranged to the right side of the stage.
Then the host began to introduce the rules of the draw.
The current rules are not much different from S6, with four guests, each drawing four balls.
Chen Luoyang was the first, and he was drawn from the No. 1 seed in the four major regions.
The order in which he draws determines which team the four No. 1 seeds will be placed on.
After the host's introduction, Chen Luoyang walked onto the stage and came to the lottery machine.
The audience immediately quieted down, and everyone's attention was on Chen Luoyang.
Chen Luoyang slowly reached into the lottery machine, took out a lottery and spread it out.
“grf!” The moderator read.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Luoyang reached in and took out a spread.
Moderator: "EDG! ”
In this way, EDG was placed in Group B
The remaining TSM and G2 were placed in Group C and Group D, respectively.
After Chen Luoyang finished drawing the No. 1 seed, he walked in the direction he came.
And the hat emperor was arranged.
The Cap King is now drawn from the No. 2 seed pool in each of the major regions.
As with the rules, the order in which he is drawn will determine the group of the second seed.
The hat king took out a lottery and spread it out to take a look, and found that he directly drew FW!
Now FW is a seed in the LMS division.
However, because last year's results were so poor, they played a wild card game with the wild card area to stand out.
And the No. 1 seed in his region can only be put in the No. 2 seed pool, and there is no way to be strong.
Seeing that FW was put into a group with GRF, Chen Luoyang shook his head.
If their group is stronger in the city, then FW may not be able to qualify.
If you can't even get out of the group stage for two consecutive S competitions, then this division is estimated to end here.
At this time, the hat king drew the second lot, ig!
In this way, because EDG is the No. 1 seed in Group B, and IG and EDG are a region, they need to be avoided in the group stage.
So IG was placed in group C, that is, in group with TSM.
Chen Luoyang glanced sideways at Pilson, only to find that Pilson's face was pale and seemed to be frightened.
There is no way, now the LPL is the first division, even if IG is a second seed, the pressure he gives is quite large.
Immediately after that, the hat king pulled out the ahq and gam again.
Chen Luoyang of these two teams doesn't care, they belong to the type that needs to look at the faces of other teams in the team if they want to advance.
After the Elvis stepped down, Pilson walked up.
When the two passed by, the hat emperor didn't forget to give Pilsen a smile.
The smell of this smiley face is very strong.
However, the hat king was happy for only a minute, and something unexpected happened, and Pilson directly drew RNG to the G2 group.
In this way, G2 is uncomfortable.
Chen Luoyang also secretly glanced at the Hat Emperor, and found that the Hat Emperor's reaction was similar to Pilsen just now, all of them were desperate.
Playing against an LPL team means that it will be very difficult for you to win the group.
Once you can't get the first place in the group and qualify as the second in the group, the quarterfinals will be the first place in the group of other groups, which is simply hell difficult.
Of course, this hellish difficulty is relative to them, and for EDG, it doesn't matter who they fight against.
The only idea is to meet the LPL team later, so that the overall results of the division will be better.
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