Two thirty and five minutes in the afternoon.

The magic capital set sail, and the Shandong Airlines passenger plane that landed in Seoul took off on time.

The players of the three teams of LPL who participated in the League of Legends S8 World Championship and the relevant personnel of the club are all on the passenger plane.

As for the official commentary of the LPL, it will go to the Great Cold Underworld in the next few weeks according to the schedule.

"Wuhu."

"I'm so tired!"

The tickets officially purchased by the LPL for the players are all business class.

However, after EDG and IG got on the plane, they all walked to the first class.

That's right.

They're upgraded!

Both Edzhu and Principal Wang showed their love in this way when they learned that their team players were about to compete in the World Championships.

Edju can watch a training match through a pain session.

And Principal Wang is obsessed with Yingying Yanyan, in the summer and spring, before the arrival of IG's key events, he will never go to the Great Cold Netherworld.

If you go to the Great Cold Netherworld in advance, it must be your new girlfriend who wants to travel abroad.

"What a coincidence"

After the sister sorted out the position, she found that the IG people also came over, and her eyes lit up.

"Haha, I guessed you'd be here too!"

During this year's mid-season championship game.

After Edzhu won the championship in EDG, he marketed himself as a good boss.

When EDG returned from Europe, it flew in first class on an Emirates plane, and a ticket cost twelve W's.

This incident was publicized by major marketing accounts for a while at that time.

And Principal Wang also happened to see the news while surfing the Internet.

He dared to speak, and he also commented directly below Weibo:

"If IG can win the championship, they will play the game and fly and I will cover the first class."

After IG defeated the JDG team and confirmed the identity of the third seed in the LPL, Principal Wang also directly made the decision to upgrade the players.

"RNG what about them?"

Looking at the IG people in the back passage, there were only IG people in white uniforms, and the sister couldn't help but ask.

"Uh、、、" Yu Wenbo, the elder brother with a great personality, was still thinking about how to make the RNG crowd decent, and the straightforward King Ning said happily:

"Already lying down in business class."

"I saw that no one loved the little tiger eye mask when I wore it, and I started to take a nap."

"Business class? Didn't their boss give them an upgrade? Hae Sung-min asked a nonsense.

The rest of EDG, who knew the virtues of the opposing club's management and team managers, all laughed.

reputedly

The RNG youth team has also appeared, allowing players to raise funds to buy teammates, and then give money to the club to play the results.

Isn't it normal to fly in business class in the world race?

The total journey is only 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Forbearance will soon pass.

"Hey."

"Pity Uzi and Gesture, these two are so big."

"It's so uncomfortable to lie down in business class."

While listening to the conversation of several people, the factory director took off his shoes and put on disposable slippers very comfortably, and lay on the chair to enjoy the laziness of the whole body.

Jiang Zhun didn't have time to feel sad for everyone in RNG, but opened the folded small poster announced by the official staff of LPL before getting on the plane.

I have to say,

This year, after the League of Legends is unified, the LPL official is no longer the grass platform team like before.

The preparation of the team for various competitions is quite sufficient.

Today's small poster is actually an overall introduction to the entire World Championship schedule.

In the past, the players didn't have this treatment!

When you go out to play, a lot of things are led by the coach or the club.

Official?

It's none of your business, hang high.

Anyway, the domestic game is monopolized by Wo Fujii, and League of Legends is the time when the popularity continues to be stable.

Still need to be afraid that the audience won't watch it?

[Seoul - Busan - Gwangju - Incheon]

Look at the 4 locations marked on the small poster, and there are pictures of esports venues underneath the locations.

Jiang Zhun knows that this corresponds to the four competition venues of this year's World Championship Play-in Group Stage, Elimination, Semi-finals, and Finals.

"I hope to see you in Incheon."

"Haha, it's impossible for three teams to make it to the finals."

Looking at the encouragement words marked above the official production poster, Jiang Zhun couldn't help but laugh.

The situation of this year's World Championship is really much better than in previous years.

First of all, it is because EDG won the world championship last year, and the S8 mid-season championship is also an EDG team.

Therefore, in the LPL region where the EDG club is located, none of the three teams participating in the World Championship this year need to play in the play-in tournament.

In contrast, Samsung, the third seed in the LCK, will have to fight their way through the play-in tournament that starts three days later in order to advance to the group stage.

In this way, to a certain extent, it is avoided that some of the LPL teams may go home in the top 16.

In addition, the overall strength of the opponent is weak.

Just like the meeting held by EDG the day before yesterday, this year's competitive opponents in each major region at the Worlds have lost to EDG teams in all competitions this year.

In this way, it is no surprise that EDG has become the biggest favorite to win the championship in this World Championship.

Even, it's a lot higher than the Dragon Ball team's call at the time of S7.

"G2, Samsung, C9, this year's play-in competition looks a little more intense than in previous years."

Jiang Zhun recalled the list of play-ins and found that several of the teams were not weak.

Then he turned to the second small page of the poster.

[The initial prize money for this World Championship is $2,250,000, and 25% of the proceeds from Kazik's Champion Predator Skin and 2018 Champion Guardian Skin will go to the 2018 World Championship prize pool]

[37.5% of the winners, a total of $843,750]

[In addition, the champions will also receive a share of the global sales of the champion skins]

Jiang Zhun looked at the information on the poster.

Suddenly slap the brain!

He almost forgot that he still had a lot of money to pay!

In the spring, Jace's appearance rate in the LPL and even in various major regions around the world was not low.

Therefore, many players in the game have also purchased the champion skin of the Black and White God King.

"You can at least buy a better house in the Southwest, right?"

Jiang Zhun's estimate is conservative.

This is mainly due to the fact that Riot's share of the proceeds to the champion is only one year for the sales of the global champion skin.

Otherwise, his imagination could have been a little bigger.

Of course, Jiang Zhun is not a primitive person who does not surf the Internet.

On the contrary, he enjoys watching the news online.

He remembered that the king pesticide next door had a lot of skin sales exceeding 10 million, or even 100 million.

Although the spending power of League of Legends players is not as strong as that of the game that has gradually evolved into a social nature, and even the daily activity is far inferior to that of the other party.

But

Jiang Zhun clearly knew that the money for the champion skin he could get was likely to be far greater than he expected.

Now the goal is set for the first point.

When the time comes, if the income is far higher than you expected, it will be a very happy thing.

It's like when you play a match, the team may only aim for the quarterfinals, but they unexpectedly win the World Championship.

How excited must that be?

"Hey."

"This year I have to win the championship."

"There are so many people in the outside world who are optimistic, and the players in the club and even the team are also full of confidence."

After the excitement, Jiang Zhun actually felt a little lost in his heart.

He's under a lot of pressure right now.

Although the opponent in this year's World Championship may be the most favorable for the LPL region, the game is always full of variables, and a small change may even trigger a chain butterfly effect.

In fact, the changes made to Riot's version of the Worlds seem to be beneficial to teams like EDG, which play in the middle and stabilize the road.

But if you take a closer look, if as long as the team's ability in all positions is not bad, and there is always a team that can stand up in the game, it will also be very delicious in this World Championship.

For example, IG.

Jiang Chengzi, broiler, Yu Wenbo is called the trident.

And the strength of the engine Ning Wang is also quite good.

After looking through the poster again.

Jiang Zhun found that there were many precautions written on it.

For example, don't go near the mold base in the Great Cold Netherlands.

For example, don't go to places where people gather.

Of course, the most eye-catching and most prominent prompt in the font is "Please don't eat out!" In particular, raw and cold foods such as kimchi are avoided to avoid adapting to water and soil."

Putting this small poster into his backpack, Jiang Zhun also followed the example of the factory director and others and began to rest.

The plane takes off

……

LCK's official live broadcast room.

At this moment, Bang, Faker, Little Peanut and other LCK players are sitting together.

They are participating in the "LCK Canteen" organized by the LCK official.

The host Roaring Emperor was the first to speak:

"The main aspect of our canteen this time is about what strong opponents KT, AFs, and Geng teams will face in this World Championship!"

The LCK Canteen is a program organized by the LCK region after the loss of last year's S7 season to discuss the situation in other regions before international events.

In each canteen, the program team will invite popular players in the LCK region or well-known players who have retired to analyze.

The whole canteen has been held for two phases, and the response has been very good.

It's just that what makes it a little difficult for the program team to accept is that in the mid-season championship and the continental competition, the LCK region is really similar to what these players predicted - they didn't get the desired results!

"What can I say about that?"

"EDG is still our biggest rival."

"The second strongest enemy is RNG!"

"Then came the FNC teams in Europe."

Bang was the first to speak on behalf of the contestants.

"After winning the championship last year, this veteran team of the LPL has been dominating the entire League of Legends league with a strong force."

"Coupled with this year's version changes, it has become more favorable to a team like EDG with a strong advantage in the field, so he is still the strongest opponent in our LCK region, both before and now!"

emm, sure enough, it's EDG!

Although the Roaring Emperor had known about this result for a long time, he still pretended to be thoughtful and said:

"Yes, they've won everything they can in this year's tournament."

"I watched the short video of the LPL region, and all the players of EDG are proud to say that they will continue to win the championship at the World Championship this year, and then complete the achievement of the Grand Slam throughout the year!"

Grand Slam all year round!

Hearing the words of the Roaring Emperor, many players sitting in the LCK canteen couldn't help but be slightly moved.

Even the three-crown winner Faker couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth.

Even he who currently has the most individual honors in League of Legends has not achieved the achievement of a full-year Grand Slam.

Ay!

I thought that I didn't even make it to the World Championships this year.

Faker's heart became even more uncomfortable.

On the contrary, it was wolf, another player from the SKT team, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth.

With two world champions, he is now the world number one supporter in the current honour.

Even if EDG can win the World Championship this year, in terms of honor alone, Meiko will have a tie with him at most.

"Do you want to go to the LPL league to retire?" Wolf had a funny thought in his mind.

If he is lucky enough to win an LPL league championship, then his status as the world's No. 1 support will become even more unassailable.

At the same time, the barrage in the live broadcast room of the Korean network is also constantly rolling:

[Assiba, it's EDG again, I knew it was it! 】

【EDG？ Is it the same team that Deft has been to? Why is it that when Deft is in the team, the team's performance is so average, but as soon as Deft left, he immediately won so many championships! 】

[In my opinion, RNG is the biggest opponent, and RNG created a lot of pressure on us at last year's Worlds. 】

[RNG, are you kidding? Uzi doesn't have as many championships as EDG in a season, so with a team that doesn't have any major championship track record, do you think it can do well in the Worlds? It's a cannibalistic dream! 】

【LCK canteen?】 Why do I look like an SKT canteen? 】

[Hahaha, except for Ueno, all the others are SKT players, etc., Han Wanghu also played in SKT last year, so in addition to being on the road, they are all famous names of SKT! 】

[Hey, don't open this broken canteen, open the LCK once and lose once in the World Championship.] 】

……

"For the team that threatens the second most in our LCK region, it is still the team in the LPL region."

“R—N—G——”

"Old acquaintances."

"EDG, RNG, AND WE are known as the three royals in the LPL region, but although this year's WE has maintained the original team of last year, the team's performance has plummeted due to the coach going to the JDG team."

"There was a brief comeback in the summer, but it was quickly back in the playoff goalkeeper position."

The Roaring Emperor told the story of the LPL division.

And the professional players sitting in the LCK area also listened carefully to his analysis.

After all, when it comes to the performance of the teams in the LPL region, they are sometimes not as clear as the old commentator who often goes back to explain the LPL Han Wenliu.

"Why is RNG the second team we need to pay attention to, Wolf player, please share your opinion."

The LCK canteen was actually rehearsed.

Therefore, the little wolf is not surprised.

After putting away his hippie smile, he began to say seriously:

"RNG could be the biggest upset of this Worlds!"

(End of chapter)