Because his schedule had not yet been adjusted, Chen Dongqing fell asleep at three o'clock in the morning Rio time, but in order to ensure that the jet lag could be reversed quickly, he woke up directly at nine o'clock in the morning.

Chen Dongqing woke up the incense pot in the same room as agreed, and then the two of them washed up and ran downstairs to the restaurant to take a look.

Coincidentally, as soon as I arrived downstairs, I met KT's neat five-person group.

ROX Ueno, EDG double C, and then there is another mata who has never been to LPL because of Chen Dongqing's rebirth.

"Yo! Hello! Deft and Pawn, two who can speak Chinese, immediately began to wave and greet Chen Dongqing as soon as they saw him.

Little Peanut also greeted Chen Dongqing with a smile when he saw it.

Because of last year's experience, Little Peanut has a good impression of Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing also went up and said hello with a smile, and the two teams went to the restaurant together to prepare a breakfast, and then sat at the same table and nibbled with relish.

Breakfast in Brazil is nothing more than bread and milk, and Chen Dongqing can only reluctantly accept this kind of breakfast, at least it can fill his stomach.

After everyone finished breakfast, Little Peanut came up and squeezed his eyebrows with Chen Dongqing, indicating that he was about to play a training match.

Chen Dongqing also readily agreed.

It's the best thing to have KT as a training opponent.

If you play a training match with other teams, you might as well start a custom practice routine by yourself.

To put it bluntly, this year's MSI, QG and KT will only treat each other as competitors.

As for what Europe and North America, what bends Vietnam, I really don't know it, just accompany it.

This year, MSI has added a new play-in tournament, which is no longer a direct group stage for the six major regions.

Instead, the three regions with the best results in last year's MSI and World Championships, namely LPL, LCK, and Europe, will directly enter the group stage, and the remaining three seats will be determined by the play-in round.

The Play-In Tournament consisted of a total of 10 teams from the Bend, North America, Vietnam, and other seven Wild Card regions.

Just one day before QG arrived in Brazil, the winner of the play-in tournament had already been contested, and in the end, it was the North American TSM, the bend FW, and the Vietnamese GAM teams that successfully advanced to the group stage.

It can only be said that this short-entry competition was lonely

After eating, Chen Dongqing returned to the training room to sit and debug the equipment, and after a while, the rest of the teammates also sat over, and Chen Dongqing explained to Coach Cui about the KT training match.

Coach Choi is of course gladly accepting.

Today, QG entered a busy training session.

I have to say that as the defending champion team, QG is the brightest star of this MSI.

As a result, the other five teams were all squeezed out of the way and wanted to play training matches against QG.

Even the Brazilian team, RED, which was eliminated in the play-in round, had the idea of playing a training match with QG.

Coach Cui has never fought such a rich battle, he picks and chooses, and every time he chooses the strongest team to play, basically it is either KT or G2, often after playing with G2 in the afternoon, and playing KT in the evening, what Vietnam, what bends, you can only think about it when you have nothing to do.

In fact, on the surface, MSI's version 7.8 has not changed much, and for QG, which won the regional championship in version 7.7, this version seems to have nothing worth studying.

But in fact, the cup is far from being as simple as it seems, with the research of each team, all kinds of black technologies will appear, and it is very likely that at the end of the cup, there will be a completely different situation between BP and the early stage.

Take last year's S tournament as an example, when the wild card was played, it was Karma who assisted and wreaked havoc on the lower road, but in the group stage, Zyra came out again and fought against Kalmar.

Zyra's domination was broken by the female gun in the semifinals, all of which were one ring and one ring.

But in the early days of the S game, you would never have thought that there would be such a weird game as a female spear to assist against the lane Zyra!

This year's MSI, the devil knows what other black technology will appear.

So. It's still necessary to play more training matches and explore more.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is May 13th.

Brazil is actually in a similar time zone to the United States, so it is not friendly to domestic audiences, and it is the early hours of the morning in the country.

The QG crowd took a bus to the Rio Olympic Stadium.

As the name suggests, this venue is extraordinary, as a former Olympic venue, this place can seat up to 60,000 people!

To be honest, this is the first time that QG has played in such a large arena, and even the backstage lounge is a lap larger.

Shi Senming sat on the chair, slightly apprehensive, ", there are a lot of people, a little nervous." ”

"What's so nervous about MSI?" Chen Dongqing said with a smile: "According to my experience, the intensity of MSI's group stage is not as good as LPL, you can just play with confidence." ”

Xiangguo said on the side: "But there are indeed many audiences today, I took a look when I entered the venue, and the 60,000 seats are almost full!" ”

"60,000 seats can be filled?" Shi Senming was quite surprised, and then became even more nervous.

"That's the case in Brazil." Linko laughs: "Their passion for the game is beyond their imagination. ”

As a football powerhouse, Brazilians love to watch all kinds of games, and now MSI is held here for them, although their own team did not even make it to the group stage, but this did not delay them from coming to watch the games.

At the same time, there are fans from other regions who come with the home team, and the stadium of 60,000 people is nothing.

"Where is this?" Linko said with a smile on the side: "When we enter the finals of the S competition at the end of the year, it will be in the Bird's Nest!" When the time comes, let you feel what the gold content of 100,000 viewers is! ”

At this time, the staff came and knocked on the door of the lounge, signaling the QG people to prepare for the stage.

At two o'clock in the morning domestic time, the lights in the stadium suddenly went black, and a ten-second countdown began to appear on the big screen.

The audience burst into applause, and the applause reached a peak when the countdown reached 1!

The big stage suddenly lit up with a beam of light, and a Brazilian woman appeared under the beam.

She had a war drum hanging from her waist, and the two drumsticks in her hand were beaten rhythmically and continuously with the background music of the scene, and the Brazilian audience in the audience applauded.

Immediately after that, the female drummer stopped waving her arms, and the lights of the venue turned blue, spun rapidly in the center of the field, and then the countless lights that were combined suddenly dispersed and distributed around the stage!

In every light, there stood a Brazilian man with a war drum on his waist.

Immediately afterwards, countless drum beats sounded in an orderly manner, like a storm, full of excitement!

"Knock knock, knock, knock!"

The applause of the Brazilian audience under the field is getting louder and louder, and the atmosphere of the game is extremely strong for a while!

Admittedly, if you are not Brazilian, you may not be able to understand this simple drum music, but this section does not need to be understood by outsiders, it is for your own people, and the enthusiasm of the Brazilian audience will help the organizers ignite this venue!

When the drumbeat came to the end, the water drop screen on the scene suddenly lit up, and the promotional video of this MSI began to be played!

The first thing that catches your eye is a "2015".

And then there's a piece of history.

In the 15 Mid-Season Championship, EDG and SKT met at the top for the final showdown.

In the end, EDG defeated SKT 3-2 and won the first MSI championship trophy in history.

As soon as the camera panned, it switched to KT's victory, and the pair of Pawn and Deft appeared in the frame, and the two looked directly at the camera, as if they wanted to defend their MSI championship content.

And then, the picture turned again, and the Chinese commentary that I remembered was suddenly inserted.

"Welcome to the 2016 Mid-Season Championship in Shanghai! Let's congratulate QG on winning the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational with a 3-1 victory over SKT! ”

QG everyone lifted the trophy in the picture, it was their first crown on the world stage!

The picture suddenly changed, and it was another scene, this is the picture of QG winning the cup in Nanjing a few days ago.

This time it was the voice of the doll: "Next, QG will represent our LPL and continue to go to MSI Brazil as the defending champion, I hope they can continue to defend the title successfully!" ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a picture of the other four teams holding cups.

All the people who can come to this stage are the champions of each major region, they all have their own honors, and they all want to make this honor go further!

Unconsciously, six flags slowly fell from the top of the venue and appeared in the audience's field of vision.

The host appeared on the stage, he held the microphone and shouted: "First of all, let's welcome the 2016 Mid-Season Champion, 2016 World Championship Champion, 2017 LPL Spring Champion, QiaoGu!" ”

The sound of the knocking of the cheering stick was endless, and tens of thousands of spectators in the audience erupted in earth-shattering shouts at the same time, which was a huge volume that Chen Dongqing had never felt!

For the Brazilian audience off the field, all the teams are teams from other regions, so who they will support depends purely on which team wins the most championships.

As for the audience in Brazil, in addition to the teams from their own region, they know two teams from outside the region.

One is SKT and the other is QG.

And now SKT has not been able to come here, then QG is the absolute king of popularity!

Chen Dongqing, who was holding the trophy, was poked by the incense pot behind him, and he immediately stepped forward and slowly descended to the stage from the corridor of the audience next to him.

In the process of leaving the stage, the host introduced the members of QG one by one.

"First of all. QG Order! illllllllllllex！ ”

It is said that Brazilians can play their tongues, this is not a lie, this host deliberately changed the pronunciation rhythm of Chen Dongqing's ID, just to add tongue flicking skills to it, this feeling of tongue flicking and lengthening, as if Ronaldo played a hat trick on the green field!

The camera also gave Chen Dongqing a close-up.

The handsome guy in the white spring jersey was holding the MSI championship trophy in his hand, slowly walked to the center of the stage and placed the trophy on the pedestal.

QG has nominally owned the trophy for a year, and now that it's back on the stage, the districts will be chasing it again!

From this moment, the cheers from the audience exploded instantly!

Chen Dongqing enjoyed this feeling very much, and waved happily to the camera.

Immediately after, the host pronounced the IDs "mlxg", "GodV", "Uzi", and "Ming" in turn.

Immediately after, the host waved his right hand, "Next, it's the spring champion from the LCK, KT Rolster!" ”

Compared to QG's terrifying momentum, KT's side is obviously much smaller, and their cries are even inferior to "TSM".

It may be that the name of the TSM team is very easy to pronounce, and it is very imposing when it is pronounced in unison, or it may be that the North American cult is too powerful.

Anyway, this team can enjoy home treatment in places other than Europe.

Big Brother and Pilson, the North American Phantom God Double C, stood in the center of the stage and waved vigorously to the audience.

This was followed by G2, GAM, FW.

Members of each of the six teams occupy a corner of the stage, with the championship trophy at the center.

"Okay, welcome to Brazil!" The host spoke in Portuguese, which Chen Dongqing did not understand, "The 12-day championship battle officially starts now!" ”

The rules of the MSI group stage are still the same as before, adopting a double round-robin format in the same group.

Six teams play six games a day, which means that each team plays two games a day for a total of five days.

At the end of the five-day schedule, the top four advance to the knockout round, and the bottom two go home.

Because there was no host this time, the order of the matches was also random.

The first thing that started was the war between Europe and the United States.

Brazil is closer to the time zone of Europe and the United States, so the European and American matches are more advanced.

The remaining four teams left the field, leaving G2 and TSM on the field.

The classic G2 vs. TSM, this time, the MSI organizers can be said to have served a big dish to the audience at the beginning!

For the Brazilian audience off the pitch, it is clear that they are more supportive of TSM.

With so many years of experience in S races, this team is also quite famous in other divisions.

And the excitement of this game is needless to say.

When these two teams meet, there is always some show effect.

In the first 40 minutes of the game, there was no wave, and TSM firmly controlled the rhythm of the game with a head-to-head ratio of 16-6 and an economic advantage of 10,000.

But inexplicably, in 43 minutes, TSM everyone collectively returned to replenish, and G2 decisively seized the opportunity and directly stud the dragon!

Forty minutes is already the late stage, and the big dragon is like a paper paste, and he was killed by G2 in an instant!

TSM jungler Svenkeren also wanted to flash into the dragon pit to grab the dragon, but instead put his life into it!

Immediately after, the game unfolds in an eerie direction.

Relying on the big dragon BUFF, G2 pushed the two outer towers of TSM in a row, narrowing the economic gap to 7K.

OK, you have a big dragon BUFF, you can understand.

However, after the dragon buff disappeared, G2 was still extremely brave, and he was stunned to destroy the middle and lower highlands of TSM one after another.

This wave is obviously a little weird.

When it comes to the lineup, there is obviously no gap between the two sides, and TSM is obviously also ahead of 7,000, but it is pushed to the high ground in two ways!

Then, in the 49th minute of the Ancient Dragon Regiment, G2 had an idea and decisively asked his own Uenosuke to drag time head-on, and Double C drove the mid lane super soldier line to steal the house directly!

The TSM crowd was suddenly like ants on a hot pot, although they took down the ancient dragon, they obviously didn't dare to stay longer, and quickly returned to the city to guard.

One incisor tower, two incisor towers.

TSM only has a bare crystal left, but fortunately, at this time, TSM has landed on the single TP top road tower on the road, and this is a Rambo with extremely superior equipment.

The ultimate was put down, flashed close, and relied on Rambo's terrifying damage to make Ah P's Sindra almost instantaneous.

At this time, the TSM people had also walked home, and Zven's Lucian was also successfully dealt with.

Only a third of the crystal's blood remains!

And at this time, the three of G2 Uenosuke also rushed up, and they had only one goal, that is, a crystal with little blood!

Just when everyone thought TSM was going to lose the game, a miracle happened.

The three of G2's Uenosuke are all stupid meat, and the speed of demolishing the tower is too slow, even if the crystal only has a third of blood left, they have to dismantle it with extra difficulty.

TSM's hearts were beating fast, but in the end, they still kept the crystal to the limit.

In the end, it was revealed that the crystal still had 404 blood left.

After holding the crystal to the limit, TSM everyone pushed all the way, and they were stunned to reverse G2.

A game that should have been won a long time ago, but it turned out to be such ups and downs, you can't tell if TSM is too good or G2 is too good

However, if the show is effective, it will be enough.

After the appetizer and a short break, the second race was quickly underway.

This time it was Vietnam GAM against the bend FW.

The popularity of these two teams is not high, and I thought it was just a middle dish this time.

But in this game, something unexpected emerged.

GAM top laner Stark pulled out a Kenan top laner in this game.

This choice immediately attracted the attention of the major teams.

Because Kennan, the hero, is actually very average in this version, far from the dominance of the S6 World Championship.

Because of the terrifying pictures of Smeb and Chen Dongqing, the two B's Kenan in the S competition, the designer felt that it was too uncool.

So in the early days of S7, Kennan went through a round of nerfing.

Kenan's ultimate mechanic is that the initial damage is low, but it gradually increases with multiple hits from lightning.

Obviously, this knife was quite heavy.

Because Kennan, a hero, understands everything, and what he pursues is the instant explosion of R flash W.

After all, professional players are not stupid, and the few hits with high damage in the back can't be electric at all!

This version of Kenan, the appearance rate is not high, and he belongs to a hero who can only be played by a unique brother.

957 took Kenan in the LPL spring duel, and was knocked into a muggle by Chen Dongqing's barrel, not to mention the Vietnamese team?

But this time, the Vietnamese team really taught a lesson to the audience around the world.

Their Kennan didn't follow the usual path at all.

Stark follows the style of outfit of the ruined ice hammer, and the main thing is to be invincible with a single hand!

In this game, the bent top single Mimi Dan also wants to emulate Chen Dongqing's gameplay in the LPL finals and use a one-handed AP wine barrel to fight against Kenan.

But this time, the AP barrel is not good.

AP Stone Man, the core idea of AP Barrel against Kenan is to bully Kenan for lack of recovery, use passive shields or blood recovery to exchange Kenan's HP without damage, and Kenan will have to go home after a few waves.

But this time.

Kenan's return to the city is a vampire scepter, and the consumption of the barrel becomes a joke.

When Kenan made a ruin, the barrel directly became RBQ, allowing Kenan to on top of his head!

This is the case in the professional arena, even if it is the same version, strong heroes can change at any time, but they are missing a hand in development.

Barrel and Kennan, the two heroes have recently changed one in 7.3 and one in 7.1, but these two are now strong singles in version 7.8.

Backstage at this time, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but be afraid for a while when he looked at the picture of Kenan chasing the wine barrel on the field.

Fortunately, it was not me who played in this game.

If he also confidently took out a wine barrel to beat Kenan, and then was countered, wouldn't he lose his face in this world?

Thank you, Mimidan.

Under the advantage of the upper lane, GAM is also quite sensible, and Captain Levi exerted pressure many times in the upper half of the area, and Karsa's wild area was also full of holes!

Karsa had no choice but to go to the bottom half of the zone to seek opportunities.

But another arrangement of GAM emerged.

Their AD in this game is Bomberman.

This team has a lot of ideas.

Bomberman saw no one for the bomb, and his invincible ability to defend the tower made Karsa unable to break the tower at all, and finally collapsed on the road, and the game ended.

This set of system, it is a breathtaking thing to see QG everyone!

Banbazi's hand continued to record on the keyboard, recording the details of the game, and then said to Chen Dongqing: "This Kenan is on the list, you have to pay attention to it." ”

Chen Dongqing looked at the picture, but it evoked some memories.

Only then did he vaguely recall that in 17 years, there was indeed a wave of AD stream Kenan.

Kenan of this genre has almost no natural enemies against the line, and has a strong single-belt ability in the later stage, and has become a big hit in the professional league for a while.

It's just that because LPL was only in the top four in MSI this year, and in the later stage of MSI, the hero Kennan was in the banning position, which caused Chen Dongqing to not recall it for a while.

And then, the game ended, and it was KT's turn to play, and their opponent was TSM, who played in the first game.

And in BP, Smeb even took out a hand of Kenan, and it is also AD gameplay!

Now it's obviously a cat to get tired of.

GAM and KT actually took out AD Kenan's top order that they had never seen in the arena before.

But QG is like an outsider, and he is unheard of about this gameplay.

"Okay, these two teams are teaming up to hide from us, right?" Linko saw this situation behind him and scolded with a smile: "Yin us? ”

Chen Dongqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it possible that we rarely play training matches with GAM, so even if they want to, they have no channel?" ”

GAM was the first team to come up with AD Kenan, and according to the rules, this game must have been the first to come up with it, and KT was just a learner.

The small routines in training matches can also be learned by opponents, but they can only be taken after the developer has taken them out in the game, which is considered a rule between professional teams.

Banbazi's face changed, and he thought a little in his heart, feeling that this was really the case.

QG have been so hot lately that they rarely play against Vietnam

At this point, the third game in the picture has ended.

KT relied on a three-way advantage to win the game easily.

It was QG's turn to play immediately, and their first opponent was none other than the first to pull out the GAM of AD Kenan.

Today's schedule for QG is very heavy, one is to play Vietnam GAM, and the other is to play KT.

On the first day of the group stage, it is necessary to make the excitement full, so Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea must have it.

"And what is this Kennan doing?" Xiangguo said in his voice: "This line is too powerful, I feel like I can't play the regular order!" ”

Kenan himself is the casting of the restrained sword queen, if you play another AD Kenan and continue to strengthen the lane, then QG's opponent will not need to be afraid of the sword queen at all, which will have a great impact on the BP situation.

"It's fine." Chen Dongqing said with a relaxed face: "AD Kennan, just have a hand." ”

See you tomorrow, brothers

(End of chapter)