Sending Xiao Kai away, Lin Feng completed another life achievement.

I heard that this child has gone back to school, and his enthusiasm for playing Dota is not as strong as before.

In this regard, Lin Feng felt very gratified.

In the days that followed, it was training, solo platoon, and playing games......

There is also a video chat with Li Xiaoge.

Fast forward to June 17th.

"Good news, good news." Wu ran into the base with a jump and shouted to the crowd.

"Another salary increase?" Pillow was the first to ask.

There is no better news for migrant workers than a wage increase.

"No, no." Wu Yong shook his head desperately.

"Niu Shaoga?" Chubby asked.

After hearing this, Wu Yong gave the other party a big roll of the eyes. Thinking about how miserable his boss was, the team members were looking forward to him one by one.

"The TI direct invitation is out." Wu Yong saw that he couldn't sell it, so he said it directly, and said, "V Society just announced. ”

As he spoke, he took out his phone and handed it to the pillow.

"We've been invited." Wu Yong's excitement was obviously not over, and a smile appeared on his face as he spoke.

"Isn't that great news?"

At this time, Lin Feng had already seen the corresponding news.

Every year in June, V Club will announce the list of direct invitations to The International.

Teams that receive direct invitations do not need to play regional qualifiers, but can directly enter the TI main event.

You know, the qualifiers for the region can be described as hellish difficulty.

Every year's qualifiers, there are big dark horses coming out. Similarly, there will be big favorites going out.

Every regional team doesn't want to play the qualifiers, so it's every team's dream to get a direct invitation.

And just now, the list of this year's directly invited teams was officially released.

This year, there are a total of 6 direct invitations.

Thinking about it, Wu Yong has been paying attention to the information of V Society for the past few days, so as soon as the news came out, he knew about it. Then he ran over to report the good news as soon as possible.

Team Phoenix is the Asian Invitational champion, Kyiv Major champion, and Manila Masters champion......

Since Lin Feng joined the team in February, they have won almost all the championship titles in offline competitions along the way.

With such a dazzling performance, there is no reason why V Society should not give a direct invitation.

Therefore, there is no dispute about the selection of Team Phoenix.

In addition to the Phoenix team, only the NB team has obtained a direct invitation spot in the region. They have also been good enough this season to deserve an invitation.

The European region also occupies two spots, namely OG and Liquid.

Direct invitations from the CIS region were given to the VP team.

The North American region was still given to the American overlord - Team EG.

As for the Southeast Asia Division...... Not a single one.

Overall, the teams that won the direct invitation this time are well deserved. These six teams are arguably the best performers of the season.

He is also a representative of the world's top teams.

The teams that get a direct invitation spot are lucky.

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Other teams will have to go through a tough battle if they want to compete in The International this year.

Especially in the divisions.

June 27th.

The regional qualifiers in China have officially begun.

There are a total of 10 teams that have made it to the qualifiers this year, and only three spots have been selected.

Among them, there are old strong teams such as IG, LGD, VG, etc.

There are also new teams that are mainly old teammates, such as IGV, VGJ, etc.

Whether it's the old team or the new team, only those who fight to the end can go to TI.

The 10 teams will play a round-robin round robin in BO1 first.

At the end of the round-robin round-robin, the team with the highest standings will be the first to receive a spot on TI.

Teams placed third through fifth will have to play a double-elimination tournament for the final two spots.

Eventually, the regional qualifiers ended.

The IGV team topped the group and qualified first.

In the knockout stage, LGD and LFY, two teams from the old godfather line, both advanced and won the last two places.

As for the other teams, they will have to wait until next year.

In this regard, many people feel very sorry.

Because among the eliminated teams, there are many popular teams. For example, VG and VGJ, as well as EHOME, an old team.

But that's the way it is in qualifying, there are only so many places, and there are always people who have to go first.

In fact, this is not only the case in the region, but also in the qualifiers of other regions.

In the North American region, the NP team and the DC team will advance together.

The Odd team, which was composed of a number of famous veterans such as Lu Xun of Switzerland, W33, and Misery, only ranked fifth in the qualifiers in the end, and completely missed this year's TI.

In the European region, the secret team and the HR team qualified for the qualification. And the old team Allia I3 champion is long gone.

There was only one qualifier for the CIS region, which was won by the Imperial team.

Similarly, the veteran teams Navi and Gambit both left the game.

Since there are no direct invitations in the Southeast Asia region, in order to balance the number of participants in each region, V Club specially gave 3 qualifier places.

provoked the indignation of other teams: why does a fish belly division occupy 3 places?

After the qualifiers, the three teams of TNatic and Exe were the lucky ones to get a chance to participate in TI.

The Faceless and Mineski teams, which have been doing well, ended up out.

Veterans, Sanbing, and Mushi will not appear on the TI stage this year.

As for the South American region...... Anyway, they are all teams that can't be named, and no one cares at all.

So far, all the teams participating in the 7th Dota 2 International have been announced.

18 teams gathered for the ultimate honor, the Immortal Shield.

In the time that followed, everyone's actions revolved around this goal.

Lin Feng's daily life has become extremely boring and boring.

Train, compete, rehearse heroes, and urge teammates to practice heroes.

According to his idea, one more hero in the hero pool will give you one more option in the game.

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In a game with diverse tactics like dota2, one more option will give you an advantage in BP.

......

Fast forward to the end of July.

With visas and tickets ready, the Phoenix team set off for their final destination, Seattle.

This is where this year's TI will be held.

Looking at the white clouds outside the window, Lin Feng's thoughts wandered around with the wind outside the window.

As a pro, you're about to have one of the most important events of the year.

Aegis of Immortality.

A sign of the highest honors.

It also means the highest prizes.

This year's book is selling very well, and it is said that the prize money for the championship has reached more than 10 million US dollars.

Once again, it has set a new record for the total prize money of esports events.

But none of that matters.

Lin Feng chose to take a leave of absence to enter the professional circle, in order to have that dream in his heart.

He wanted to find another possibility in his original step-by-step life.

Now, this "possibility" is getting closer and closer to him, and the vision of the original Mohu Lake is becoming clearer and clearer.

The next ten days of competition will be very important for him.

When you arrive in Seattle, you don't have to worry about jet lag and familiarity.

Soon, the schedule for this TI was released.

Like other Dota 2 events, TI events are divided into two stages: group stage and knockout stage.

18 teams, divided into two groups: A/B.

After the group stage, the top four teams advance to the upper bracket of the knockout round; The teams ranked 5th to 8th advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.

Beep Pavilion

The team with the lowest number of points will be eliminated directly.

Therefore, the matches in the group stage are equally important.

Getting to the knockout bracket, in addition to having two lives, also means a more favorable schedule.

Ideally, you can play four rounds and win the championship.

Group B, where Team Phoenix is located, brings together a kind of strong team.

There are NB teams and LFY teams from China; There is also the VP of the CIS, the OG team of Europe.

In addition to these strong teams, there are also C9, DC, Exe and HR teams.

As can be seen from the group members, V Club is also deliberately balancing the distribution of teams between the two groups. The whole group looked strong and weak, so as not to have a situation where strong enemies were gathered.

......

August 3rd.

The TI group stage has officially begun.

At this moment, all the players who love Dota around the world are sitting in front of the screen, waiting for this annual game feast.

The group stage matches will be played in the hotel as usual.

Only when it reaches the knockout stage will it enter the offline venue.

It's very much in line with the tone of Dota 2 competitions.

The group stage is very intensive, with each team having to play 8 BO2s, which is a single round-robin within the group, and then the points are calculated.

The organizers had a good eye and ranked the Phoenix team race first.

It seems that the organizers also know who the big favorites are in this competition.

The first opponent of Team Phoenix is Team DC from North America.

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"Hello everyone." Commentator Yuno looked at the camera and smiled.

"You're tuning in to The International 7, and today is the first day of the group stage, with the very familiar Phoenix and DC teams coming first."

After she finished speaking, her partner Feng recalled the opening remarks before the start of the game.

This was followed by a general introduction of the two teams and the various honors they won. In this regard, Phoenix has undoubtedly crushed the opposite.

All the viewers know that the strength of these two teams is not at the same level at all.

The only thing that raises the question is how Team Phoenix will win their first TI match.

Inside the Phoenix Squad room.

Lin Feng completed the debugging of the equipment and the pre-game preparations, and was holding his chin in his hand at this time, waiting for the game to start.

It's a bit dreamy, and TI, which I thought was out of reach, is about to start.

This was my first TI game and the beginning of my ultimate goal.

He took a deep breath and threw the distractions behind him. Once you've calmed yourself down, return your attention to the present moment.

At this time, Chubby squinted his little eyes, poked the pillow on the side, and asked, "Are you nervous?" ”

Pillow glanced at the other party, shook his head and said, "I'm not nervous." ”

"Oh?" Chubby laughed, then quipped, "Then why are your legs shaking all the time?" Messed up my computer. ”

After hearing this, the pillow immediately sat up straight and shouted: "Lao Tzu is not trembling! ”

"Lao Tzu is excited!"

After finishing speaking, he also turned against the army and said: "You can fight well in a while, don't embarrass our team." In the first game, you must get off to a good start. ”

"Don't worry, I'm more stable than you." Chubby responded.

As he spoke, Team Phoenix's first TI match had begun.

In this game, Lin Feng chose the Radiant side.

The right to choose BAN first was given to the DC team in the Night Monster.

In the first two hands of the BAN people, the DC team banned Carl and the elves.

"Respect Vigoss!" Wind Memories smiled.

"Team DC obviously knew how powerful the VIP card was, and they banned Carl first-hand. It's right to think about it, in the face of such a strong opponent, they must believe in evil. ”

Then, Team Phoenix's BAN dropped Daredevil and Parker.

The first two hands were chosen, and the DC team took out the Silencer and Xiao Hei.

On the Phoenix team's side, they took out the Blue Fat Man and the Void Mask one after another.

The strategy of the two teams is surprisingly the same, both of them take a big brother and serve a soy sauce.

The next three- and four-handed BAN men, the DC team banned the Prophet and the Musket.

Team Phoenix is the queen of mystery and pain that BAN has lost. Next, they took out the Earth Cat and Batrider.

Team DC took out Clockwork Technician and Shadow Fiend in the third and fourth hands.

"Xiao Hei with Shadow Demon, DC team is a double long-range turret." Feng reminisced and analyzed, and then said: "The clockwork technician was selected to create an output environment for the two big brothers. ”

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The last hand BAN man.

The DC team bans TA. This is to protect the Shadow Fiend in the middle of your home.

Team Phoenix, on the other hand, lost the Mavericks.

The two sides are left with only one last hand to choose.

Team DC came out first, and they ended up with an underdog hero - Windranger.

Windranger and Blackie, the legendary "Black and White Twin Bows" once again appeared on the TI stage. It's just that there's a shadow demon, and this Windranger is obviously a soy sauce bit.

So, this is not black and white in the traditional sense.

Now, only Team Phoenix is left with the last hand.

They are currently missing a mid-laner hero in their roster, and everyone is waiting for the final result.

Everyone wants to see what kind of hero Vigoss, the suddenly rising and dazzling "rookie midlaner", will come up with in his first TI game.

And what kind of effect will it play.

"There are a lot of heroes who can fight Shadow Demon outside now." Yuno analyzed.

In this game, both sides were regular BPs, and there was no focus on taking care of a certain position.

So, Team Phoenix has a lot to choose from.

At this time, water friends are also speculating.

"You can choose the fire cat, this is Vigoss's unique job."

"Death Prophets can too."

"I feel like the blue cat is pretty good......"

"Don't guess, can you still guess the BP of Team Phoenix?"

"It should be said: can you guess the hero pool of Vigoss? Oh no, Vigoss is not a hero pool, it has long been a sea of heroes. ”

In the commentary and the audience's speculation, Lin Feng and his teammates finally gave the final answer.

Underworld wurm.

Also called a poisonous dragon.

"Poison Dragon?" Wind reminiscences felt parted with surprise.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt the beauty of this BP, and exclaimed: "This is one of Vigoss's old three axes." ”

"The Poison Dragon, the Death Prophet, and the Razor, these three heroes were his first few great skills."

"I didn't expect Vigoss to be back to square one in the first game at TI."

"Then let's see how he performs at his first International."

in the room.

Lin Feng chose the poisonous dragon.

Looking at the green skin and the extremely ugly appearance, he actually felt an inexplicable sense of fate.

Before he moved to the mid-laner position, Poison Dragon was his best mid-laner hero.

Of course, at that time, there were only three heroes in his hand.

Fighting the poisonous dragon in his first International tournament can be regarded as a kind of reincarnation.

"Come on, old man."

Lin Feng put on his headphones and shouted in his heart.

.....。