From EDG's winning of the LPL Summer Championship to the official start of S7, there was an offseason of more than three weeks in between.

However, in order to prepare for the S competition, the IG people did not rest for too long, and after relaxing a few days ago, they soon entered the normal training rhythm again.

During this time, teams from all over the world have also come to the mainland and settled in the official hotel in Wuhan.

All of a sudden, in order to maintain the feeling of their respective training, as the highest level of game servers in China, the top of the canyon, a large number of professional brothers began to pour in.

Suddenly, the domestic high-level anchor brother and professional brother frequently collided, and the program effect was full, and the entire top of the canyon became extremely lively during this time.

Then, in such a lively atmosphere, time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, the play-in tournament for S7 began.

As the No. 3 seed in the LPL, the RNG schedule has officially begun.

Six days later, the play-in tournament was announced to be over as the final teams were decided.

And from the audience's point of view, the RNG game in the past few days, if you have to describe it in one word, that is.

Fish pond fried fish.

Yes, that's right!

RNG's performance in the play-in tournament was like a vicious shark that strayed into a fish fry farm, using his terrifying huge body and sharp teeth to ruthlessly tear apart all enemies.

In the end, he successfully advanced to the group stage with a complete victory.

Although it was only a play-in match, in these days when there was no competition to watch, it really made countless suffocated viewers watch it refreshed.

At the same time, the other three teams that advanced together with RNG in the play-in tournament are:

C9, FNC, and FB.

On September 29, after the play-in round, the group draw for the group stage of the entire World Championship was also completely determined.

Group A: Ig, SKT, AHQ, C9

Group B: LZ, IMT, GAM, FNC

Group C: G2, SSG, EDG, FB

Group D: FW, MSF, TSM, RNG

As soon as the group stage group was completely decided, viewers around the world couldn't help but get excited.

Especially the big brothers in Europe and the United States, they soon started tweeting and doing the whole work.

In the LCS-NA division, the owner of the TSM club tweeted in seconds that night.

"oh~~ Such a perfect grouping, it is no exaggeration to say that I have begun to struggle with what skin to choose after TSM wins the championship."

A well-known commentator in the LCS-EU competition area responded.

"Hahaha, I have to say that the optimism of the NA division is something we can never learn, and I can't dare to fantasize about the championship skin when I can't get out of the group."

The classic eu and na pinched each other, and it was staged wildly directly on Twitter.

At the same time, at the major forums in China, the biggest focus of this group is invariably placed on Group A, which has the same group as SKT and IG.

On the homepage of the anti-stress bar, various posts are in full swing about this group discussion.

[When I saw the grouping, I laughed out loud for the first time, and waited for the king of SKT to come and easily shatter the unrealistic winning streak fantasy of a certain team]

[Bad thing, IG is actually in a group with SKT, the situation is not good, brothers]

[Hit SKT? Is the number one seed curse going to be repeated? 】

[Nima's, at the beginning of the game, he played the Triple Crown Demon King, which feels like a sign for IG]

[Come on, brothers, come up and do it first, it's time to test the true strength of IG! ] 】

[Is there a possibility that this SKT is completely restrained by IG?] After all, Rookie S4 was also the first OGN championship in his life when he stepped on Feike's head]

[Hahaha, the dog sons are flustered, IG's winning streak is going to be crushed by SKT himself]

【……】

It can only be said that at the end of the darkest era of S7, because of the continuous fiascos in the past few years, the domestic audience really had a little bit of fear for the Korean team.

When 'Koreanophobia' is deeply rooted, even if IG's domestic record is already extremely dazzling, SKT on the opposite side is only the second seed of LCK.

But when it comes to the real matchup, everyone is still inevitably worried in their hearts after all, and most people don't have much confidence in the showdown between IG and SKT.

At this point, even in the anti-pressure of LPL fans, the support rate of the two sides is tied.

Not to mention the many backpots, LCKs, and fakers of Korean miscellaneous...... and other forums, which are even more optimistic about SKT's occupancy of the vast majority.

In the eyes of those people, even when the group came out, it was already tacitly assumed that SKT had appeared first in the group, and IG would definitely be ruthlessly beaten by SKT.

Even before the game started, many fans of the Korean team couldn't help but take the lead in taunting, and made a comparison chart of the ability values of the five positions.

All of a sudden, the Korean miscellaneous forces that were originally severely suppressed when IG won the championship suddenly made a crazy restoration and seized a lot of outlets on the front page of the anti-pressure bar.

Open the post bar and look at it.,Those who know know that the game hasn't been played yet.,Don't know.,I really thought that IG had been eliminated from the game.。

In this way, seeing that time is passing day by day, public opinion on the Internet is becoming more and more intense.

There are even a lot of strange 'betting' posts.

【ig？ The pseudo-strong team blown out by the LPL is just a team, SKT will win 2:0 in the group stage, and I will win one less game and I Song Zhiqiang will do a handstand]

[What bullshit blue brother, just in the LPL a bunch of rookie top singles short and tall, when you meet the real Korean top single, you will be blown up, I bet that the group stage Lancer will be played by HUNI at least once a single kill, yes, one of you calls me a dad, I didn't say to me to call a dad to a person in the building. 】

[Han Za is too arrogant! ] I'm going to make a bet too! If IG can win a small game of SKT, my aunt and grandmother will immediately send everyone a black silk photo! Do what you say! 】

[Lao Tzu can't see Han Za's disgusting face, not neat, as of the end of the group stage, every time IG wins a game of SKT, I will randomly draw 20 brothers in the building and 100 red envelopes per person, except for Han Za! ] 】

【……】

For a while, the game has not yet started, but on major domestic forums, fans on both sides have already been hyped up first, and the smell of gunpowder is full.

In this way, in such a hot atmosphere, the long-awaited S7 group stage finally started.

October 5, 2017.

Wuhan Sports Center.

In the crowded venue, as the opening match of the first game of the group stage, it directly attracted the attention of millions of spectators around the world.

On the huge live broadcast screen, the names of the teams on both sides of the game are prominently displayed.

【ig】vs【skt】

……

On the stage, the teams on both sides have been seated, and on the commentary seat, the three commentators of the LPL home stadium also appeared on the live broadcast screen.

"Hello everyone, I'm Ze Yuan, today's commentator."

"Hello everyone, I'm the commentator remember remember."

"Hello everyone, I'm Rita the Commentator."

On the commentary bench, the three commentators began their routine pre-game analysis, and it was clear that all three of them were full of anticipation and excitement.

At the same time, the IG people sitting on the table saw that the first game was against SKT, and everyone's faces were obviously excited and nervous.

Except for Zhao Yun.

Yes, that's right, when his teammates are more or less nervous, his expression is uncharacteristically calm.

Such a performance is completely different from him in normal times.

In the previous games in the LPL, his teammates were giggling there, and he pretended to be calm, but in fact he was panicked.

But now, when his teammates are nervous about SKT, he doesn't feel any nervousness at all.

Seeing Zhao Yun's reaction, Ning next to him was directly stunned for a moment, and asked curiously at that time.

", it's the first time for everyone to play the World Championship, how can you be so calm, Brother Yunzi! On the other side is the triple crown winner SKT, are you really not nervous at all? ”

In this regard, Zhao Yun directly smiled and asked rhetorically.

"Why should I be nervous?"

"The mid-laner on the other side is a faker!"

"Laugh to death, I'm not on the line with him, mid-laner faker is about my, this is what Rookie should worry about, buddy hit the road."

"I heard that Huni, who is on their list, is also fierce."

"Ass, I don't believe it."

“……”

After a simple communication, the two of them spoke for no more than a minute, but the other four members of the IG team listened to these words, but they were all shocked by the thick domineering that leaked in Zhao Yun's words, although they didn't know why Zhao Yun was so confident today, but after such a while, everyone's tension was reduced a lot.

At this time, on the live broadcast screen on the big screen, the pre-game speeches of both sides were also released.

SKT was talking fake, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a red team uniform, he was still the same as before, and his eyes were still bland, with an imperceptible indifference and arrogance.

"As for the IG team, I didn't go out of my way to get to know them, but I heard that they are the No. 1 seed in the LPL, and they have achieved very good results in the LPL this year."

"What to look out for? I don't think there's anything special to pay attention to, as long as we play normally, we can definitely win. ”

It can only be said that it is a very faker-style speech.

When this pre-game interview was released, even though it was in the domestic live broadcast room, it was still full of blockbuster 'SKT cheering' barrage.

And at this time, in terms of the real-time support rate of the game, IG vs. SKT actually had a 57% to 43% support rate.

And then soon, under the watchful eye of anticipation, BP began.

Just when the first round of banning on both sides ended, and it was the turn of the blue side IG to choose a hero, the other four teammates of IG also suddenly realized why Zhao Yun was so domineering just now.

Because, the first three bans on SKT's side are.

Galio, Tam and Shadow of the Green Steel.

They, no ban barbarian king!

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