October 15, 2018.

The second round of the group stage of the 2018 World Finals, the decisive battle between the life and death of the world's 16 giants has officially kicked off.

After the foreshadowing and fermentation of the first round of the group stage, there was a crazy momentum in the offseason.

Now that the second round of the group stage has just begun, the atmosphere and atmosphere presented far exceed that of the first round of the group stage.

It has reached the peak of a historical node!

On the first day, there was an EDG competition.

Once again, they faced AFS.

This is their most feared opponent in Group C.

But no matter how strong the opponent is, in front of EDG, which is more explosive in momentum and state, it will be inferior.

In the midst of hundreds of millions of people's attention, EDG defeated AFS for the second time and achieved a perfect record of 4/0.

Tongtian, the LPL regional team RNG also won, and IG was not far behind.

The LPL regional teams worked together to show their unique style of the Chinese team on the grand stage on the first day of the group stage.

On this day, the whole country carnival, boiling overnight!

On the second day of the second round of the group stage, EDG won TL again and won easily, with an unprecedented record of 5/0.

October 17th.

The last day of the second round of the group stage of the 2018 World Championships.

It is also the final day of the group stage of this year's S competition.

On this day, the popularity and attention of the group stage surpassed that of the previous S competitions, breaking a new record, and the data set a record high.

On this day, IG, which has always been strong, finally lost to KT and failed to complete the record of winning all the group stages.

But the good thing is that the games ahead of them have been very good.

In the end, with a 5/1 record, he ended his S8 S game debut.

IG's gorgeous record exceeded everyone's expectations.

Before the start of the tournament, no one dared to think that this year's No. 3 seed in the LPL region, IG, which was unknown in the past, and even such a team that many people had never heard of, could get a 5/1 result!

This once caused an uproar among countless viewers and commentators.

As a result, IG became the first group in Group D.

KT finished second in the group.

The situation is similar for several other groups.

RNG also advanced to the quarterfinals with a score of 5/1 and topped Group B.

The most watched Group C, the last match of the group stage of the EDGS competition, is the most concerned and eye-catching battle for everyone.

There are three teams in the LPL region, and two teams have already determined the results.

None of them finished the group stage and qualified, both of which were 5/1 records.

Only EDG is 5/0 at the moment.

If EDG can win this last game, then they will make history for LPL teams in the group stage, winning 6/0 to qualify!

This is a feat that no one has ever done in the 8 years of LPL!

Countless people are watching and looking forward to it.

The final battle has finally begun.

In this match, EDG vs. MAD.

It was meant to be a no-brainer game.

If TL and AFS still have the ability to fight with EDG, then MAD, the wild card big brother that everyone has never even heard of, is really an experienced baby in Group C, and can only give points.

Really.

There have been many miracles and upsets in the history of the S game.

But not everyone, every team, has the capital and strength to cause an upset.

MAD is clearly not among them.

In the final game of the last group stage of S8, EDG played unprecedentedly smooth, in the cheers and excited shouts of countless people.

In twenty minutes, they bulldozed MAD's crystal base!

He won his last game in the group stage.

also drew a perfect end to his journey in the group stage of the S competition this year.

6/0 Win All!!

The position of the first place in the group has long been unassailable.

6/0, a total of six games were played in the group stage, and EDG did not lose a single game!

This is an unimaginable feat, and it is also a proof and guarantee of EDG's own strength!

For a while, the commentators and spectators in the various competition areas around the world were in an uproar.

At the moment when EDG bulldozed the MAD crystal base, various domestic and foreign media forums and hot search public opinion set off a terrifying storm.

The hot search list on Weibo was dominated by EDG.

Station B's big UP master congratulates EDG.

The covers of live broadcast platforms such as Fighting Shark have become EDG6/0 emojis.

Tiger pounce... Zhihu... Tik Tok...

Various media forums.

Including abroad, Twitter has rarely been dominated by EDG, and the official media of Mouse TV has even brushed out the remarks that EDG is a super strong team comparable to SKT......

Everything is a sensation because EDG6/0 advanced to the S8 quarterfinals!

And as the initiator of all this, the parties.

At the moment, everyone in EDG is still immersed in the excitement of 6/0 in the group stage, and they don't realize what kind of achievements and feats they have accomplished with this record.

"Brothers, Ox Pi!"

"6/0, I'll just ask who else?"

"Tortoise... With this momentum, we won't really be able to win the second S-Race championship trophy this year, right? ”

Meiko uttered the words.

Hearing this, the rest of the EDG suddenly breathlessed.

The second S-Race championship trophy...

In fact, the outside world has long been hyping the gimmick of defending the double crown.

Especially after EDG was promoted to S8, this momentum does not need to be promoted by anyone at all, and countless viewers and fans, naturally, will have this kind of thoughts and expectations in their hearts.

But as the parties involved, the EDG people have never really moved this idea.

It's not that they're not self-motivated, it's not that they're not confident...

But...

It's too hard.

There are 7 teams in history that have won the S Championship.

But there is only one person who can defend the double crown!

That's SKT!

These teenagers of EDG, they have gone from a joke in the eyes of everyone in S7 to a savior and hero in the LPL division.

Even in the past year, they have not been able to regain their sense of identity.

At times like this, you ask them to think about defending their own double crown...

Isn't that a bit too unrealistic?

But...

When they did win 6/0 in the group stage.

This impracticality seems to have gradually become solidified... Gradually, it can be touched.

They have hope!

Just keep it up and win a few more games...

They can really defend the double crown!

This is a great achievement that is enough to make people shudder just thinking about it!!

"Double Champion..."

"If we can really do a double... That is to let me win the night and retire on the spot, I am also willing! Scout said lamely.

Since he started his profession, his only idol is Brother Li.

And Brother Li's highest record is only the defending two S championship championships.

This is also known as the double crown.

If they have a lifetime, they can really do this.

So what's the point of decommissioning?

After all, Shi Yizhong is in the middle.

"Hmm... Add me one, and I'm willing to retire at the speed of light. ”

Meiko said: "Double champion, retired at the speed of light at the peak, how much is it worth?" ”

"When the time comes, I eat meat muffins, sit on the gaming chair, and broadcast live for two hours a day, and easily earn millions a month... Isn't it beautiful? ”

Meiko has sketched out a beautiful blueprint for everyone.

That is, after retirement, they live a carefree, salted fish-like life.

And if it is retired at the peak, it can be expected that there will be no viewers and fans to hack them...

will only remember and think of them infinitely when they lose in the LPL region after the defeat...

At that time, the most commonly used sentence should be: "If XXX hadn't retired at that time, we would have won the championship a long time ago..."

"If XX hadn't retired, would we still be headbutted by the LCK? Now LPL is a group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp! ”

Gee...

This scene, although very immoral, but I don't know how... It's beautiful to think about.

"Ahem......"

Xu Cheng next to him finally couldn't help it.

Coughed lightly twice and said, "Several, let's not say that we haven't finished the game yet, and we haven't won the double championship... If you really take it, can you pursue it a little? ”

"What is a double crown? Isn't it three times more to retire after the triple crown... No, five times as happy? ”

"Super doubled, comfortable batch!"

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned.

Triple crowns?

What Orange said... Seems to make some sense......

Nima...

That's the triple crown?

If we continue to talk about it, wouldn't it be the winner of the Ten Crowns?

Or the Twelve Crowns?

Zhen Nima can pull!

Abu rarely burst into a foul mouth, speechless and desperate: "Everyone, can you see where this is?" ”

"This is the S8 group stage, this is Busan, OK?! Please don't daydream here, can you do the game in front of you first? ”

"If you lose the next game, you won't be able to go anywhere, don't have a double or triple crown, you may never have a second chance to defend your title like this in your life!"

Belch......

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Abu's words were not ruthless.

One sentence shattered the beautiful illusions of the EDG people and pulled them back to the real world.

"Let's predict who we'll meet next......

Abu withdrew his gaze from the hapless children.

The coaching staff there has already started to predict EDG's quarter-finals opponents one step ahead.

The group stage schedule has come to an official end.

But the same.

On the night of the group stage, the draw ceremony that will determine the schedule for the next eight teams in the world to face off at the top of the summit in the next month will also officially begin.

This link affects countless player teams, fan commentators, and even the hearts of officials every year.

Commonly known as –

Quarterfinals Draw Ceremony!

This year's lottery ceremony was different from last year's, and the rules were changed.

The teams did not send their own representatives to the front desk, but everyone sat backstage and faced the camera.

The LCK officially sent the league's most famous player, Faker Lee, who did not have one, to conduct the quarterfinals draw alone...

In the limelight, Brother Li, who was dressed in a black and white team uniform, walked to the stage.

I haven't seen him for a year, and he seems to have lost a lot of weight, but his spirit has returned to the state before S7.

It seems that the haze of S8's failure to qualify for the S competition and S7's defeat has dissipated.

In the coming year, he will definitely be able to advance to the S competition, return to the throne, and set foot on the peak!

In the explosive and tense atmosphere, Brother Li first made a brief self-introduction in Korean, and then did not talk nonsense, and directly started the lottery ceremony.

One super team after another was drawn and divided into major groups and semi-districts.

RNG drew the G2 team.

IG drew AFS.

By the time they came to the third draw, everyone was already holding their breath, and their nerves and emotions were all tense to the extreme.

Everyone knows that the opponent of EDG, the most watched and concerned EDG in this S competition, is about to be revealed!

At present, four teams in the top eight have been drawn.

The remaining four teams are:

FNC、EDG、KT、GEN。

EDG and FNC are both top teams in their groups, and both teams are already in different halves.

At present, the lottery is the lottery of KT and GEN.

No matter which team is drawn next, the other team left will be the opponent of the last team!

What everyone is most concerned about is, is EDG's opponent Samsung or KT?

The two teams to be drawn now are both South Korean.

But when it comes to strength and strength, as well as the sparks and heat after the collision with EDG, it is clear that KT crushes Samsung.

Everyone in the world wants to see the showdown between EDG and KT!

At the beginning of the group stage, they fantasized about this, and the grievances and hatreds between EDG and KT even topped the hot search list on Weibo for a time!

Everyone originally thought that these two teams, who were known as the favorites for S8 to win the championship, would eventually meet in the finals, or at least the semifinals.

No one thought ... When the two teams meet in the quarterfinals, it is very likely that they will meet each other.

This is really Mars hitting the Earth... Needle tip to wheat mang...

The unimaginable war of the century!

Can you meet it?

Compared with the outside world watching the excitement, it is different from the global audience players who like to watch exciting games and look forward to what stalks EDG and KT can collide with each other.

Both EDG and KT don't want to meet each other in the quarterfinals...

The reason is simple.

Both sides see each other as their strongest opponents, and if they meet in the quarterfinals, then... None of them can guarantee that they will win 100 percent.

Once eliminated, isn't it a bloody explosion?

But...

Sometimes the world is so wonderful.

Maybe God has already arranged it, or maybe there are really 7 intentions in the dark.

A certain ancestor who has retired to the rivers and lakes sits cross-legged at the base, folds his hands, and silently works...

Since I can't accomplish this goal... So...

Orange, wait for me to kill the enemy, a knife an EDG traitor!

Scene.

The third lottery was drawn.

Brother Li's face froze, and he made the results public.

FNC drew the GEN team.

Then the remaining one does not need to be drawn.

2018 World Championship quarterfinals.

EDG Battle –

KT！！！

It's OK!

Wow!

It's like droplets of water dripping into a pot of oil, or like a volcano that has been accumulated for hundreds of years suddenly erupting.

Moment.

The entire Busan scene was overshadowed by a wave of terror.

Amazed, stunned, excited, nervous...

A wide range of emotions.

After seeing EDG and KT collide together, they all burst out.

The whole of Busan was blown up directly!!

"Wow!! EDG, confirmed, EDG's opponent in the quarterfinals, is KT!! ”

"The list has appeared... KT came to the bottom of the EDG team, and it was really confirmed! ”

"Wow, this lottery result is too unexpected, EDG and KT met, I believe everyone is going crazy now, right?"

Wanwan commented on the barbecued pork, with indescribable excitement and exaggeration in his tone.

In fact, his words are not exaggerated.

"Unbelievable! Known as the two biggest favorites in this year's S competition, they met in the quarterfinals of this year's S competition! ”

"And... Looking at the schedule, EDG and KT turned out to be the first BO5 in the quarterfinals? The opening game is what they fought?! ”

"God... It's crazy, is the Creator joking? It must be... This was supposed to only happen in dreams! ”

"Happened in a dream? No, I think it was a scene that I would only see during the Incheon finals, but I didn't expect it to be advanced by more than a month! ”

"Then EDG's BO5 vs. KT, can it be called an early stage of the S8 finals?"

"Uh......!"

European and American commentators are dancing, excited and carnival!

"That's weird, isn't it? Brothers. ”

LPL commentary seat.

Doll Miller and the others were also dumbfounded.

They felt like they were witnessing a paranormal event.

The relationship between EDG and KT, grievances and hatreds, I believe there is no need to repeat too much, as long as you have watched the game, you will understand the stalks and truths.

But...

Playing memes is playing memes.

Everyone is looking forward to the meeting of EDG and KT, and even staged the most classic "One Knife One EDG Traitor...", or "EDG Orthodoxy in KT!" ”

That's not how it works!

There is no doubt that EDG and KT are the biggest favorites to win the 2018 World Finals.

Compared to them, at least for the time being, the other teams are a rank behind.

These are two of the strongest teams in this year's Worlds.

It's like a narration says.

The stage of these two teams belongs to Incheon... Belongs to the World Finals.

Instead of... A quarter-finals are unveiled.

Of course, that's not to say that the quarterfinals aren't important enough.

Any game in the S competition, even if it is BO1 in the group stage, is very crucial.

Needless to say in the quarterfinals, if BO5 loses, get out of place!

It was eliminated directly.

The importance of the quarterfinals is undeniable... It can be compared to the strength of the two teams of EDG and KT.

Obviously, the stage of the finals, the pinnacle battle, is the first classic scene in everyone's hearts.

The collision that occurred so early can be said to have exceeded the expectations of all audiences and commentators around the world, and even official personnel......

Confusing everyone!

"Oops, it's looking good now."

Domestic.

EDG Club.

This time, I didn't go to Korea with the team, and 7-chan, who is already in retirement, originally just brought his girlfriend to hang out at the club.

In a few days, when the quarterfinals begin, he will fly to South Korea with his family and girlfriend to watch his teammates play.

But...

He didn't expect that he was just concerned about the opponent of the EDG quarterfinals, but he ended up caring about... I found out that the opponent turned out to be KT!

Isn't that a fuss?

“KT… Alpacas and Fat are in this team, right? ”

The girlfriend next to him thought about it, and her tone was a little ridiculous: "Isn't this Mars hitting the earth..."

"Who's to say it isn't!"

Ming Kai also came back to his senses, with emotion and embarrassment on his face.

Alpaca... Fat...

These two old teammates he is most familiar with have also been ridiculed by the outside world, before S7, he has the thickest two thighs, the two fiercest big dads...

Since S6 kicked out, he "personally" kicked the two big dads away.

And before leaving, the alpaca also expressed very resentment: "In EDG, I don't see any hope of winning the S championship." ”

"Also... Chinese food is really hard to eat, I'm not used to eating Chinese food......"

I still remember that on the night when these words first came out, they caused an uproar.

Aside from the copywriting and headlines that were maliciously tampered with later, the previous sentence "I can't see any hope of winning the championship in EDG" is real.

Alpaca and Fat have been in EDG for several years, and it can be said that they have left their peak time in the EDG team.

When he said this, it can be seen how desperate and disappointed Mr. Dai was in his heart.

Disappointment for EDG.

Perhaps in his opinion, the EDG and LPL divisions are stupid and have a lot of money, and they don't deserve to win the championship.

Who would have thought...

Less than a year after they left, EDG won the S7 championship...

And in S7, the new team they went to, KT, didn't even make it to the S competition......

That's embarrassing.

Thinking of this, the factory director's original feelings of remembrance and emotion were inexplicably a little happy.

With a strange face, I couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Hahaha, these two people probably watched our game last year, and they were almost sour to death."

"Who? They won the championship as soon as they left, whose question is it, I don't need to say more, right? ”

The girlfriend is Bai Fumei, who is highly educated, but due to the factory director, she is also a thirteenth-level big hand in the anti-pressure bar behind her back.

As soon as you open your mouth, it's an old resistance.

"No, I have to go..."

The factory director thought of something and said with some excitement: "I want to watch the oranges and them in person and defeat KT!" ”

"When the time comes, look at them with a batch of faces... Hahaha, I want to laugh just thinking about it......"

(End of chapter)