Riot's iconic fist appeared on screen, and the 100-member orchestra above the stage played the theme song "Ignite" from this year's World Championships.

"The music produced by this fist is very good," Chu Ge, who was standing in the waiting passage, lifted the curtain and looked out, "The feeling of a live instrument ensemble is more comfortable than listening to it with headphones." ”

"Didn't you say it all," Rookie snorted as well, "Riot is the music company that was delayed by the game, and Blizzard is the film company that was delayed by the game. ”

Chu Ge nodded slowly.

Riot's theme song for each year is very good, and it fits the theme of that year's World Finals just right.

As the melody plays, holographic projection of a hexbox and key appear in the center of the stage.

The next moment!

The chest is opened, and the light blooms!

The center stage of the entire municipal hall was shrouded in a halo of light, forming a circle of enchantment-like walls of light, and suddenly the League of Legends universe appeared as if summoned from the void.

Two worlds were formed with the whole venue.

After the performance, the screen also played S1's Fnc, S2's TPA, S3's SKT, S4's SSW, and S5's SKT.

The Wolf Stick Combo holds the Summoner Championship Trophy in its hand and puts it at the forefront.

Last year's World Champion returned the trophy in 2016, and Riot was only a simple ritual.

At this moment, a North American host with a beard and short white hair, RIF, appeared on the screen with a long tail note.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

"Welcome to the League of Legends World Championship 2016!"

"This is San Francisco, and we're going to kick off the first step of this hot summer in this municipal auditorium, and over the next month, we'll be witnessing the excitement and excitement of the esports world, let's witness this audio-visual feast together!"

"Next, let me invite the 2014 and 2015 World Finals champions, .SSG and SKT from the LCK team!"

The lights above the stage converge in the center of the stage.

The head coaches and players of Samsung and SKT have made appearances.

In fact, Riot's original intention was to invite the world champion clubs from S1 to S5 to appear in turn, but unfortunately the European and American glory FNC did not compete and failed to enter the world championship.

S2's Assassination Star Club was disbanded, and the bloodline of the Doudi was distributed among the LMS teams, and in the end, only two clubs, Samsung and SKT, appeared on the stage.

The Samsung Club didn't have many fans, and the North American audience was quite perfunctory, with a few cheers and cheers coming to an abrupt end.

However, the appearance of five SKT people in front of everyone's eyes instantly caused a tsunami-like cheer from the North American audience at the scene, forming a pitiful thick barrier with Samsung.

It's not at home, it's better than at home!

After several seasons of strong performance, SKT has attracted a lot of fans in all major regions, and the strong psychology of European and American audiences is vividly displayed at this time.

Especially Faker!

His popularity is among the top in the world, and in the era of pride in beating Faker, it would be a top achievement for any midlaner to be able to solo him in a match.

It is worth leaving a strong mark on the resume of your career.

Especially Xiaohu.

It is definitely a bit of a statement to be able to stand out under the influence of Wutian and Buddha as a domestic mid laner with high hopes from LPL fans.

In addition to leading the team to defeat EDG in RNG to win the Spring Tournament, it was he who killed Faker's Tsar on MSI to kill Faker in the Natal Enchantress Yue Tower.

This is the first time in three years that fans of the LPL have been binge-watching again.

The last time was back in the S3 period, and it was known as the fox who used Syndra to kill Faker alone, but at that time, most people didn't realize how strong Faker was.

It can only be said that from the perspective of later generations, Cool was really the world's No. 1 shockwave level figure at that time.

When the host introduced him, Lee Sang-hyuk, the second teenager in S5's tactical rolling, after experiencing 'bitter wine hurts in his throat, you are Eunjing and robbery', he has long sealed his heart with cement and turned into a god of war with undeniable feelings.

It's just a pity that under his gaze, there is no figure of Ma Datou, otherwise Faker in this year's World Championship is estimated to be crazy.

After introducing Wolf, who resembles a 'very 6+1', the host once again said aloud, "Next, warmly welcome Rox Tiger, the No. 1 seed from the LCK region!" ”

The host's high-pitched voice kept shouting the names of the other teams.

"Let's welcome the No. 1 seed from the 2016 LPL Summer, Invictus Gaming!"

The big screen shows the IG panda-colored team logo!

Under the illumination of the live lights, Chu Ge stood at the front of the team and led his teammates to the center of the stage together.

The audience's reaction was very flat, although it was not a library, but it was even a lot more than the previous momentum of Samsung, if it weren't for the majority of international students and Chinese, there were still a lot of tourist people to help shout and cheer, it is estimated that IG really suffered Waterloo today.

Chu Ge didn't care too much.

They are not well-known in themselves, as can be seen from the ranking of Riot's North American website, and they are not treated at home, which is actually normal.

But the rest of the teammates obviously couldn't hold their faces.

They all gritted their teeth and rubbed their hands, as if they were ready to fight with the audience below in the next second.

"Guess why they don't like to bark?"

Wang Cheng leaned over to Gao Zhenning and whispered.

"We're not famous."

"No, no, no, it's because they don't like to bark by nature!"

As soon as the words fell, the host's demonic voice resounded throughout the audience again.

“TSM！”

“TSM！”

“TSM！”

The cheers in the Municipal Auditorium were deafening, even two degrees higher than the previous wave of SKT, a treatment that even the same hosts, CLG and C9, did not enjoy.

There is no way, the charm of the North American cult is like a 100,000-year-old soul ring with the blessing of the main field, and the power is huge.

As the host and the No. 1 seed in Group D, many well-known figures in the North American forum have recently revealed that the TSM training tournament has abused all teams except this group, including ROX and SKT.

Many North Americans, as well as the audience, have been given high hopes by the North American cult.

After the opening ceremony, the opening match of the World Finals officially began.

The official deliberately put the No. 1 seed G2 in Europe and the No. 2 seed CLG in North America on the stage, and both of them are almost all home teams.

These two teams can also be regarded as a grudge game.

The CLG sanctioned G2 on MSI, and this 'European and American war' has been constantly building momentum with fists, and the audience at the scene has long been excited.

Although the EU and NA regions are always at loggerheads internally, fans still know how to take advantage of their home field in international competitions like the World Finals.

G2-8 defeated the magic capital!

As European upstarts, they have not yet inherited the spirit of the optimistic family, and the living DNA in their bodies has not yet risen.

For LPL viewers, G2 is still a member of the European and American fishing competition, and few people even know the names of their players.

In this game, it is estimated that CLG has the home advantage, crushing G2 throughout the whole process, ending the game in a wave at 33 minutes and winning the S6 opening ceremony.

It can only be said that the host competition area will find soft persimmons to pinch, which made a good start for the North American competition area, and aroused the excitement of nearly 7,000 spectators at the scene.

"It's coming, it's coming! The Tigers' World Championship debut! Wang Cheng, who was sitting in the lounge watching the game, shouted excitedly, "Let's see if the Russian woolly bear team can pull teeth!" ”

The first day of matches was played A, C and D first, and the schedule of Group B was scheduled for tomorrow.

After participating in the opening ceremony, IG's training team stayed in the lounge and waited for the 10 teams in front of them to finish playing before it was their turn to play against C9.

At this time, the second game was also ANX vs. ROX in Group A.

As a fighting nation, the combat effectiveness under the line naturally has nothing to say, but in e-sports, it belongs to the wild card division, and the forums of the five main competition areas all say that Mao Zi is more like he came to accompany the exam.

"Still pulling teeth?" Gao Zhenning said disdainfully, "Just look at the results of the wild card area in the last two years, he can win the ROX and I'll wash your socks for a month!" ”

"Don't you want to die, play so big?" Chu Ge exclaimed.

The strength of the wild card region is increasing year by year, and Riot is constantly investing resources in the layout and development, and the strength has become stronger and stronger in the past two years.

Although there is still a lot of gap with the strong teams, and the World Championship is a background board every year, they dare to fight!

As a traverser, Chu Ge knows a lot about the overturning of the strong teams in the main competition area.

For example, being beaten into the team by Vietnamese bean curd

In the face of ROX, which is the main advantage of the LCK in the early and middle stages, ANX is full of firepower, and they even held the rhythm point in their hands in the early stage, and Gao Zhenning, who was in a hurry, almost regretted it.

It's not that he can't afford to play.

It's a big bet!

Wang Cheng's foot odor is well known in the base.

According to the group of the operation department, the nine days of the moon can be discussed, and the young ladies who can talk about the five oceans catching turtles can be retelled.

Wang Cheng asked his sister to eat high-end Japanese food.

The two of them were in a private box.

As a result, halfway through eating, the girl said why the salmon was fishy, and she talked about it for a long time

In the end, the case was solved, and the two broke up unhappily.

Although it was confirmed in the end that it was pure fiction, it still failed to stop the mouths of Youyou, and the jade feet of Wangcheng became famous in a battle.

No one cares how many bowls of noodles you eat, and no one cares about the final result.

"Dude, give me a chance."

Gao Zhenning drooped his face.

As a result, as soon as I turned my head, I saw Smeb's Rambo roasting the four ANX people in the wild area, and the opponent's wave of damage failed to kill Rambo, and was wiped out by the other four ROX people.

"Can you speak louder?" King Ning inherited a wave of classic Sichuan opera and changed his face, "I'll just ask you how the Tiger team lost!" ”

ROX took down the big dragon and used the bonus of the baron buff to advance the high ground of ANX, killing the game in 29 minutes and winning the team's first victory.

After the match in Group A, it was the turn of Group D.

TSM vs. SKT.

It's not that the organizers deliberately arranged the two teams in the third match, but that Group D is really staggered.

Against the wild card region INTZ, on the first day, let a No. 1 seed of his own family bully others, and it is easy to be scolded by people in each major region.

EDG, as a well-known LPL powerhouse, in case TSM loses as the host region, and its face can't be hung up, and naturally it is not considered, the tournament organizers simply line up the two super popular teams on the first day of the competition.

Even if they really lose, North American fans will not blame the North American cult.

After all, the other party is SKT!

It has to be said that SKT's influence is extremely much higher than that of TSM in the face of home advantage.

Not to mention the kills of the two teams, any wind and grass on the TSM field can be warmly cheered by the audience, which highlights an outrageous.

"Home advantage," Chu Ge not only sighed, "Next year's World Championship will land in China, we can probably enjoy this kind of treatment, if the final is selected in the Bird's Nest, our LPL two teams will fight a civil war, it will be too cool!" ”

The 2017 venue has been confirmed in China, and the specific venue has not yet been officially launched, and it will not be officially announced until February next year.

For Chu Ge.

In the previous life, the two Korean teams fought a civil war in the Bird's Nest, which was tantamount to deeply stabbing the hearts of LPL fans and audiences.

S5 swells a year of the World Championship, everyone can continue to comfort themselves next year is the most promising year, S6 even if it loses, in fact, everyone can grit their teeth and get through, but S7 really can't afford to lose.

To put it mildly, losing the game this year almost ruined the LPL, even after five or six years, it is still difficult for many old players to settle down.

"I don't care if I can go to the Bird's Nest or not," Song Yijin grinned, "We can still play together next year with five of us?" I really like the team now! ”

King Ning hugged the broiler with a big grin, and said indifferently, "What do you say, the five of us should at least win the championship of the home field together, you say yes, pigeon!" ”

Chu Ge raised the corners of his mouth, looked at his teammates with a grin, and listened to the monstrous cheers of the audience at the scene and in front of the TV.

I have to say that although TSM is known as the king of training matches, they are still full of firepower in this game against SKT.

Plzen, the French king in the middle, resisted the wave of SKT and let the game not open up the economic gap in the 30 minutes.

"No," Baolan was a little confused, "How do you feel that the Renaissance in North America has started this year, it's a little bit unusual." ”

"How do I feel that SKT is not very suitable for the version," Wang Boqin said, "Nakano and TSM are mixed against each other, and the mid lane Faker has not been able to play to the advantage, and they have lost their previous dominance at all." ”

"The main thing is that Bengi is going to fight the invasion, and there is no one to protect Faker in the middle, so TSM's tactics are very single, and they are all over the world around Plzen." Mafa likewise pointed out the situation on both sides.

They have had training matches with SKT and TSM, and the regular data collection makes it easy for IG's training team to make a judgment.

But everyone didn't pay much attention to it.

Despite TSM's good performance, they didn't take the time to explore the version, relying on their original style of play and the good form and confidence they had accumulated in training matches.

This way, when other teams start to explore the version, they can take the lead in winning the first round.

But the downside of this is obvious, and in the second round, when the other teams fumbled for the answer, they began to languish.

In particular, in the second round, each group will play three matches in one day, and even if they react, they will not have time to adjust.

Tell me the truth.

It's not really important to win or lose a training match, but if you don't even play a training match in the professional arena, it's really too late.

(End of chapter)