The '16 MSI is still called the Mid-Season Championship Tournament, not the Mid-Season Invitational Tournament, because the teams that come are the champions of the major leagues, and there is no expansion of the number of places as later.

The matchup in the knockout round is also very simple, the first to play fourth, the second to play third, the first group has no substantial benefits, unlike the later MSI Mid-Season Invitational, the group leader can actively choose to play first or later.

Combined with the final group standings, the opponents that TOP will face in the semi-finals are the biggest sufferers in the LPL region and the most successful clubs led by the most successful professional players in the world at this stage.

SKT!

I didn't expect the confrontation between China and South Korea to be staged directly.

This is a bit similar to the S6 World Finals before Li Hansheng's crossing.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that SKT and Roxtiger are the two best clubs, but due to the format, the two teams met in the semi-finals early.

This semi-final, which is known as the most classic in history, is also regarded by many as the finals of S6 in advance.

This is not fair to Samsung, which made it to the finals, but at least in the eyes of the vast majority of people, it is such a perception.

Now it's the same thing.

W and CLG in the bottom half, no matter who makes it to the finals, the outside world will not think that they will be able to cause an upset in the end.

BO1 and BO5 are not one-dimensional games at all.

It is very easy for the MSI group to qualify, and almost no one in BO1 will deliberately make targeted tactical arrangements, but more of a situation of SKT experimental tactics.

So upsets are almost exclusively in BO1 games.

The duel of BO5 minimizes the chance of winning and losing, and tests the overall strength of both sides.

When the opponent was confirmed, members of the coaching staff such as White Crescent began to be busy, but they really had a headache when it came to the invitations to the training match......

The invitation to the training match must match the intensity of the team itself or even slightly higher than its own strength, so as to have a training effect.

Playing a training match against a team that is not as strong as you is a waste of time.

In terms of TOP's current strength, let alone finding a team whose overall strength is above them, it is difficult to find a team that can match them.

Looking at the world, the teams that can match the top in the strength level are estimated to be in the LCK......

The two teams in the lower half, CLG and W, are obviously inferior to the top in strength, and they also have obvious strength defects.

But it's better than nothing, these two teams are at least not fish belly teams, and the intensity of training matches with them is still slightly higher than the normal Hanbok rank.

However.

Bad news followed.

Faced with the TOP's invitation to a training match, W directly refused and turned around to play a training match with SKT.

Generally speaking, refusing a training match is nothing more than two reasons.

One is simply that I think you are too good, and I can't get improved in training matches with you, which is a waste of time.

TOP was bloodied in the group stage, obviously not because of this.

Another reason may be that W regards TOP as the opponent to win the championship, thinking that the final winner in the first half of the region will be TOP, and refusing to play the training match is for the sake of the finals, so as not to leak the tactics.

Can......

Judging from the fact that W and CLG won and lost each other in the group stage, why does W think that he will definitely beat CLG?

"Gan, you are still compatriots of the same culture and species, why did you reject us?" Ah Shuitou is very big, and I can't figure it out at all.

"Could it be ......" Condi immediately thought of a reason and couldn't help complaining, "Are you so careful?" It's not good to be pure. ”

Li Hansheng is actually a little puzzled, you must know that there are two crooked people in the TOP coaching team, Firefox and Gouba.

Just bend the posture of the e-sports circle, it shouldn't be so faceless.

After communicating with W's people, Dog Eight and Firefox gave a 'crying and laughing' answer.

"Gan, it's north, the barbecued pork is really three-eight." "He said that he was afraid that MMD would be affected by Hansheng's psychological shadow and affect the performance of the semi-finals, so he simply rejected us." ”

"I don't understand, is MMD's psychology as fragile as Sauce Zi?" Firefox was also speechless, but he could understand char siu somewhat.

The head coach is thinking about how to get the team to go further, closer to or even win the final championship title, and naturally everything has to be taken into account.

"Gan! Brother Hansheng, I'll tell you about it! When you play games in the future, start lightly, don't be fierce, you see! Now everyone is afraid of you, so we don't have a training match. "Ah Shui deliberately learned the tone of the fire fox and the dog eight, don't say it, it has an internal taste.

"Yu Wenbo! You're really shitty. Li Hansheng was not to be outdone, and immediately replied, "I've always been purple in my games, so I'm so brave, blame me?" ”

As soon as the two of them put aside this live treasure, they directly made everyone laugh, and Gouba and Firefox immediately laughed and scolded, "You two are enough!" ”

The crooked tone is interesting about this, obviously a serious expression of his anger!

You can say it through their tone, which makes people feel like they are coquettish.

It's no wonder that they all want to find a crooked girlfriend, who doesn't like to pinch the coquettish girls.

W doesn't accept training matches, so you can only find CLG.

But after two games on CLG's side, he said that he wouldn't play anything, although the reason was not directly stated, but it was actually similar to W.

They are also afraid of their own top laner Darshan being beaten by Li Hansheng in a training match.

Fortunately, there are only three days between the group stage and the semi-finals, and it will take time to cooperate with the official to prepare promotional materials for the semi-finals and shoot the trash talk session.

There's not a lot of time that can actually be used for training matches.

The semi-finals of the first half of TOP and SKT were held on May 13, and one night, on the 12th, the official released promotional footage of the semi-finals and some 'trash talk' from both players.

Saying that it is 'trash talk' is actually that the official prepares some questions and asks the players in the form of interviews, but some of the questions are more acute.

Like what.

Among them, the official asked AKER a question, "The top team led by the talented top laner NOOB this season defeated you twice in a row in the group stage, will you be worried about being eliminated if you meet again in the semifinals?" ”

Facing the camera, Aker replied expressionlessly, "The group stage is a process of testing each other, TOP is indeed very good, and the NOOB players are also very talented, but in my career in the past few years, I have defeated and sent too many talented teams, and this time is no exception, and the winner who will win the cup in the end will be me!" ”

Mad!

But today's AKER has crazy capital!

With two S-game championships in hand, he is a well-deserved GOAT in the League of Legends professional circle at this stage, especially combined with his entire career experience.

He also debuted as a genius, became world-famous in the first season, won the S championship smoothly, suffered Waterloo the second year, and was sanctioned by the Samsung duo, but he did not sink and degenerate, but when a large number of high-quality Korean players left the LPL and various major regions en masse in S5, in the face of LPL's sky-high salary invitation, he adhered to LCK, and won the championship again under great pressure after MSI lost to EDG!

When you understand this experience, you will understand why there are so many AKER die-hard fans in the LCK division.

Because of S5, before the final championship, the world, including LCK itself, was not optimistic about itself, and felt that in the face of LPL's money offensive, LCK might be completely finished.

As a result, SKT led by AKER won the championship, defending LCK's supremacy in the League of Legends professional circle and the title of the first division.

And Li Hansheng was not to be outdone in an interview.

"Against AKER's SKT, will you feel extra pressure in the semi-finals?"

Li Hansheng looked very disdainful, "Pressure? It was us who won twice in the group stage, and you should ask if SKT would be under pressure to meet us in the semi-finals, AKER has a big name and a lot of honours, but that's all in the past, the days of SKT's dominance are over, and I don't mind stepping on SKT's corpse to reach the top. ”

These two interview clips were released, which immediately caused a lot of discussion at home and abroad.

Shengbao is so handsome! It's too domineering! 】

Is it true that the ability of professional players to talk is linked to the level of the game? 】

Director: I'm already working on MSI's opponents? 】

Hahahaha, this stalk can't get by, right? Little b, your number is gone! 】

If you don't blow it or black, the melon skin is still a little more aura, after all, the honor is there. 】

If you don't understand, just ask, what kind of champion is Li Hansheng? Dare to touch porcelain with melon skin? 】

Krdog is spicy? Come on, come on! Eat the grandfather's ancestral dog stick, specializing in krdog! 】

There are endless debates in China, and in the final analysis, the honor of AKER is too hard and too solid!

The S tournament champion is the top hard currency in the League of Legends professional circle, and the league champions are all secondary goods, how can the secondary goods be compared with the top hard currency?

If this time riots out of a League of Legends Hall of Fame.

Aker stood at the entrance of the Hall of Fame, glanced at the Hall of Fame sign, strode in, and the security guards didn't dare to stop him, and shouted quite confidently, "Hall of Fame, will you let me in!" The judges at the bottom didn't dare to breathe, so they could only laugh.

Although AKER seems to have a bad attitude, he can't stand up to the top hard currency of others, and he is a two-time S champion.

As for Li Hansheng's current stage, it is a league champion, and the honor is really lackluster, so he may have to carry a box of fruits by himself, and send them to the judges' bench one by one, the weather is a little hot, and eat more fruits.

When the judges ate it, they thought it was very sweet, and they thought that you kid would come to something, so they gave you a sentence of 'go back and wait for news'.

It's pretty much the case of Sauce Purple.

As for abroad?

Reddit netizens also posted many hot comments after seeing the interview clip.

This MSI has refreshed my perception of LPL top laners, and NOOB may be the strongest top laner in the world, there is no doubt about that! 】

Aker deserves respect, he is thegoat in the LOL realm. 】

Obviously, people are looking forward to the picture of the new king being crowned more than the old king maintaining the existing order. 】

Noob is so cooooool! He is different from previous LPL players, he is very confident and has personality! I declare that I am a fan of NOOB! 】

As for South Korea's own side, there are all kinds of cynicism.

The fourth division really looks like a clown, give them some color and see! 】

This group of West Eight Cubs doesn't really think that SKT is serious about the group stage, right? 】

NOOB is a typical representative of the LPL division, hard-mouthed, arrogant, and actually a piece of shit, and it is really a garbage when it comes to life and death. 】

A group of losers in the face of LCK can actually dominate in the LPL, and this division is really useless except for money, after all, it is the fourth division. 】

Regardless of the evaluation of the outside world.

The effect that Riot wanted has been achieved.

This much-anticipated confrontation between China and South Korea has not officially started, and the attention has already been full!

"Wow! Why did SKT and TOP meet in the semi-finals? Wen Wen complained, "SKT is too weak, isn't it, isn't it the champion of S5?" How did you fall to fourth? ”

"What's the way that person is the fourth?"

"If we knew that we would have bought tickets for the semi-finals, we would have worked so hard to grab tickets for the finals, in case we ...... What do you say if Lee Han-sung loses? Let's go to the scene to see a loneliness? ”

"There's only one winner, so why can't it's him?" Huang Xin asked rhetorically, "I think TOP has a bigger chance of winning, you can relax." ”

"Cut." Wen Wen pouted, "I don't know which one said not to chase stars, just watch the game, and the result is more active than anyone else in grabbing tickets." ”

"............" Huang Xin was pierced with caution, his face turned red, and he quickly changed the topic, "What about Luo Feng?" Isn't he going to take you to a game? ”

"Say no more." Wen Wen gritted his teeth and complained, "I'm angry when I talk about this, isn't it just a few tricks for him, he actually told me that his roommate found a cat in the playground who could do a backflip, and he wanted to go and see it, and then he ran away!" ”

"Poof...... Huang Xin covered her mouth and laughed, "Do all boys like to use this reason?" I remember...... It seems that when you first fell in love, he told you that his cat could do a backflip? ”

"Death to you!" Cover her best friend's mouth warmly and shamefully, and then chat, but it's the content that can't be watched without spending money, "The most annoying thing is!" Within five minutes of him telling me, I saw that his number was in the game!

”

"Hahahaha."

"Humph!" Warm and puffing out his bun face, a pair of beautiful eyes staring at his good girlfriend.

Huang Xin was a little uncomfortable stared at, and always felt that something bad was about to happen, "Xiaoxin, what do you think I'm doing?" ”

"You like to laugh, don't you?" The warm smile was unusually 'bright', "If you're so happy, then let's do something happy." ”

"For example?"

"It's a sweet ...... that has to be done by two people, and it has to be done in bed."

Half an hour later, Huang Xin was lying on the bed with no love, and when he looked down, he could see the dazzling scarlet.

"Woooooooo

"What are you doing?" Not far away, Wen Wen, who was also lying on the bed, complained angrily, "Isn't it just a pit that loses you to a position, as for this." ”

The reason why that touch of scarlet is so dazzling is because Huang Xin has been lucky recently, he has won nine consecutive victories, and when he checks his record, he has a green page, and the result is not dazzling.

The reason why they could see it when they looked down was because they had placed a small computer desk on the bed in the dormitory, and the notebook was placed on it.

"Come, come, come! My aunt and grandmother don't believe it, and they can still lose all the way! "Warm and ready to continue to do a great job!

Huang Xin immediately shook his head, "I still have something." ”

As soon as Wen Wen looked up, he saw Huang Xin staring down at the phone screen, letting out a low chuckle from time to time, and her slender fingers would also tap on the screen.

"Hmph, I'll play by myself!"

But five minutes later, when I saw that Huang Xin's number was also displayed in the game, Wen Wen couldn't hold back any longer, "Ahhhhhhh Huang Xin!

”

…………

On the bus to the race site.

Li Hansheng, who has nothing to do, simply browsed some related posts on the Internet.

As a high-intensity Internet surfer, Li Hansheng is very concerned about the comments of Sha Wither netizens on him.

Everyone is a normal person, and when you see someone praising yourself, you will smile, and when you see someone scolding yourself, you will occasionally have the urge to reply, so you can learn from the old 1.5 trumpet every day on the Internet with high intensity and line with people.

"MD, I obviously didn't play much, why are these sand withered netizens always chasing me and spraying?" Ah Shui on the side glanced at the mobile phone twice and almost broke the defense, fiddling with the 'helmet' irritably.

He has always had a good mentality, but every time he is sprayed for no reason.

is mainly also a part of the 'mother fan', who likes to blow him embarrassed.

Because of the training room seats in the TOP base, Ah Shui and Ming sat on Li Hansheng's left and right respectively, and were nicknamed 'left and right protectors' by Li Hansheng's fans.

When Li Hansheng was live broadcasting, the two often showed their faces in the mirror, and their relationship with Li Hansheng was also very good, so naturally, some fans praised Li Hansheng at the same time, and they also blew the two of them.

It's okay to blow Li Hansheng, after all, Li Hansheng's performance this season has been touted, and others can't refute it.

But Ah Shui?

ming？

Before these two even got into the main position, they were blown by Ka, which attracted the disgust of some people.

As long as you see someone blowing water, you will spray him as a water army.

"Hee-hee." Ming didn't forget to mend the knife on the side, "Yu Wenbo, I heard that you are the head of the 80w navy, when will you call your 80w navy brothers out to have a meal together?" ”

"Get out!" Ah Shuiqi stood up and was about to lock Ming's throat, and the two of them had a fight.

There were two people on the field who were at different frequencies from everyone, Condi and Gu Chengbin, these two people didn't know what they were doing with their mobile phones, so they just giggled anyway.

"When will my Sand Wither teammates get a little more normal?" Li Hansheng sighed silently, turned his head sideways to look out the window, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and couldn't stop crying.

Don't ask, if you ask, you'll be caught by the sun's rays.

…………

"Welcome to the 2016 MSI Championship Division 1 Semifinals! The two sides of today's game are old acquaintances for everyone, the top team in our LPL region and the SKT team that won the S championship twice! ”

Guan Zeyuan did not appear in the commentary seat, and his current qualifications are not enough to play at such an important juncture, but he sat on the analysis table before the game.

"That's right, before the start of the game, we invited everyone's old acquaintances, the director of the EDG Club and Abu, to conduct a pre-game analysis for us!" Wang Lao Er on the side also took over the conversation.

"We all know that TOP defeated SKT twice in the group stage, but according to the experience of the past years, SKT in the group stage and SKT in the knockout stage cannot be generalized.

"Uh......" the director thought slightly, "it depends on the state, the overall strength of TOP is very strong, and if they maintain their own state, they will be able to fight SKT." ”

"In an interview before the race, Aker said that he sent away a lot of talented players, what did the factory director think of Aker's remarks?" Wang Lao Er continued to ask questions.

"In the entire League of Legends professional circle, Aker alone can say such things." The factory director is a little envious, AKER is indeed the ultimate dream of all professional players.

The director of the factory is indeed a person with a dream, although he has not made any achievements, but at least he is working hard.

It can only be said that life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, and many things can not be succeeded by simple hard work.

"What about Abu?" Guan Zeyuan asked again, "From the perspective of the coaching staff, how does TOP beat SKT." ”

"When it comes to playing SKT, I think it's mainly about limiting their double C." Abu's business ability in this area is actually good, he talked eloquently, "SKT is essentially a team that revolves around double C, this season Bengi has taken a back seat, and Marin has come to the LPL, but their record is still very good, relying on the middle and lower double C!" ”

"AKER won't say much, Lee Sang-hyuk's strength is obvious to all, I want to focus on bang, last year's bang actually has some shortcomings, but this season I watched SKT's games, I really feel that this person has no shortcomings at present."

Part of the reason EDG was able to beat SKT on the S5's MSI was that SKT's bottom lane duo didn't play that well.

WOL and Bang played very fascinated, and even so, EDG finally won it after five rounds.

In fact, EDG's idea of building a team is to learn SKT, build a team around the middle and lower double C, and do not pay attention to too many tactics, as long as the disadvantage is delayed, just drag, wait for the double C equipment to form to pick up the group.

That's actually the way SKT plays.

It's just that SKT has better team communication skills, and they are also very decisive in making decisions at critical moments, plus they don't pay attention to the road like EDG, and they can always exchange valuable development space for the team through side pulls in a disadvantaged situation.

It's not like EDG, the disadvantage can only passively wait for the other party to make a mistake, once the other party doesn't make a mistake, it is a passive waiting for death.

borrowed a classic line from "Yongzheng Dynasty".

Eighth Elder Brother learns me everywhere, but he doesn't learn like anything everywhere.

EDG feels a little bit of that way, too.

But......

Anyway, they have also achieved great success at home with this set of ideas, and their achievements at home cannot be negated because of the weakness of foreign wars.

"TOP's double C is not too inferior to SKT's double C, and it's on the road...... They have a huge advantage. Abu continued, "Overall, I'm more bullish on TOP. ”

"Thank you very much for bringing professional pre-game analysis, presumably after listening to the analysis of the factory director and Abu, the audience has a rough judgment on the situation of today's game, without further ado, let's hand over the next picture to the commentary seat!"