Soon, after the on-site staff were ready, the draw ceremony for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship officially began.

First of all, the draw ceremony for the play-in tournament that few people paid attention to, after all, the third seed in the four major regions except the LCK is basically an all-round crushing for the teams in the wild card region.

Of course, this sentence is not 100% correct, after all, in the S6 World Championship last year, the EDG team in the LPL division lost to the INTZ team in the samba region, which can be regarded as creating a historical record in the five major regions.

Therefore, this year's play-in tournament is also full of highlights, after all, the third-seeded teams in the four major regions may be eliminated by the wild card team, and then directly stop at the top 32 of the World Championship!

So after the continuous draw of AmazingJ players, the grouping of this year's S7 Play-in Tournament was officially released.

Group A: WE, GMB, LYN.

Group B: Team C9, Team ONE, Team DW.

Group C: FNC, YG, KLG.

Group D: HKA, FB, RPG.

At first glance, the first place in each group can basically make it out consistently, but esports is a place full of miracles in the end, so who will have the last laugh will depend on how well they play in the S7 play-in stage.

The draw for the play-in round is over, and it's time for the group stage draw that the global audience has been waiting for for a long time!

Before the start of the group stage draw ceremony, the host once again solemnly introduced the important rules of a group stage draw.

That is, the principle of circumvention in the same division!

The simple meaning is that teams from the same region cannot appear in the same group, so as to avoid fraternal teams from the same region from "killing each other" in the group stage.

Once the basic rules are determined, the next thing Rookie players have to do is to take out the balls with the team's name from the seed pool in succession.

The first part of the group stage draw is also not interesting, because it is simply the four No. 1 seeds are grouped into ABCD groups.

Rookie did just that.

Group A, EDG team.

Group B, Team LZ.

Group C, Team G2.

Group D, Team FW.

The next draw for the second seed pool will be the most important of all the draw ceremonies tonight, as it will officially determine the specific group stage of the S7 World Championship!

So, with the global crowd holding their breath, Rookie drew the first No. 2 seed...... Team SKT!

Then the next moment, the entire LPL competition area suddenly fried on the spot!

"Damn, why is it SKT?"

"Hey, the SKT team should be in Group A, does it mean that they are going to play EDG in the group stage?"

"Oh my god, shouldn't this World Championship be so exciting......"

"Brothers, be confident, isn't it SKT, the second seed in the LCK? We are the No. 1 seed in the LPL! ”

"Our EDG will definitely be able to qualify first in Group A!"

"It's okay, it's okay to meet SKT in the group stage in advance, because in this way, EDG wants to touch SKT again after qualifying for the group stage, and they will get the final."

When the names of the EDG team and the SKT team appeared in Group A at the same time on the big screen at the scene, the LPL audience, especially the fans of the EDG team, immediately gasped on the spot.

Although they had beaten SKT in the distant 2015 MSI, their fear of SKT continued unabated.

After all, the SKT team, led by Faker, is the two-time champion of the S5 and S6 Worlds!

This year, they are going to sprint towards the three consecutive championships belonging to the SKT team to achieve the honor of four crowns!

However, despite the fear in their hearts, EDG fans hurriedly comforted themselves, firmly believing that this year's EDG team will not let them down again!

But for Mingrui, this result is a little unpleasant, because he is really worried that the EDG team will directly dive into the top 16 this year and be eliminated in the group stage.

And then in this way, the G2 team will not be able to complete the triple kill against the LPL team!

And just as Mingrui was thinking, Rookie also completed the draw of the second No. 2 seeded team...... SSG Clan!

It stands to reason that the SSG team should appear in Group B, but because the No. 1 seed in Group B at this time is the LZ team in the same LCK region, the SSG team's position was directly postponed to Group C according to the principle of avoiding the same division.

In other words, in the same group as G2!

"Beautiful!"

Seeing this result, the G2 teammates wore masks of pain on their faces, because although the SSG team is the third seed in the LCK region, as the "successor" of the former world champion SSW team, the strength of the SSG team should not be underestimated!

Only Mingrui was extremely excited, because in this way, they already had the potential to become the group of death.

As long as Riot officially gives him a face and puts the RNG team in their Group C, then Mingrui's dream will come true!

As the words fell, the third No. 2 seed team was released, which was the IMT team in the North American region, and was placed in Group B.

Then there's the fourth second-seeded team, AHQ in the LMS region, who went straight to Group A after avoiding the Lightning Wolves in Group D.

As a result, all LPL viewers and EDG fans breathed a long sigh of relief, because with the last team in Group A bound to be a wild card, their EDG team has already qualified for 100% of the quarterfinals.

After all, Team EDG fans don't think that the AHQ teams and wild card teams in the LMS region pose any threat to their EDG!

This was followed by the fifth second-seeded team...... Team TSM!

"Fack!"

"Fack!"

"Fack!"

And when the fifth team drawn by Rookie players was confirmed to be the TSM team, the entire G2 team up and down, including Mingrui, rang out with the sound of "Fack"!

Because according to the principle of avoidance in the same division, if the North American team IMT has entered Group B, then TSM, the North American team, can only directly enter Group C!

In other words, Group C at this moment has become a real group of death!

They are, Team G2, Team SSG, and Team TSM!

But this result is extremely uncomfortable for Mingrui, because although he also admits that Group C at this time is indeed the group of death, but the way it "dies" is different from what he imagined?!

"No, what about RNG?"

"Why can't you draw RNG to our Group C?"

"Riot official, are you really engaged in black-box operations?"

"Is this the LPL official afraid that RNG will be eliminated by our G2 in the group stage in the group stage, so he specifically signaled Rookie to separate us from RNG?"

"Ahh

At this moment, Mingrui was really a little nervous, after all, he had been patient for a long time if he wanted to take revenge on the RNG team.

But seeing that he will soon succeed in his revenge in the S7 group stage, why did Riot officially postpone his revenge for at least ten days?!

"Ahem, Dark, don't get excited...... You must not send a scarf in this sentence, otherwise you will be fined by the fist official again. ”

"Let's just say, is there a possibility that in fact, the Riot official is quietly on your side?"

Seeing that Dark's reaction at this time was much more intense than that of the other players, the coach hurriedly comforted, and at the same time, his brain was running rapidly, and then he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up immediately!

"How is that possible? If he's on my side, he'll give us the RNG! ”

"Then our G2 and SSG teams will join hands to qualify, and at the same time, we will eliminate the RNG team directly and go home!"

Ming Rui said angrily, if it wasn't for the coach to stop him, he really wanted to directly send a scarf to question the official of the fist.

"We really don't have a chance to be in the same group as RNG, but we still have a chance to meet WE."

"Think about it, what's going on in our Group C now? Europe, LCK, North America, then the fourth team must only be LPL, LMS or wild card team. ”

"If Team WE can give a little bit of effort, they have a 50 per cent chance of going straight to our Group C...... After all, RNG waits for a while, whether it goes to Group B or Group D, the WE team only has two options. ”

"So Dark, be happy, it's the same when we eliminated Team WE in the group stage, after the MSI ended, didn't their WE team always be unconvinced, and always felt that our G2 team won the championship by luck?"

"Then let's take the opportunity of the S7 group stage to tell him WE with real strength, we can win them, whether it depends on luck or not!"

The coach said solemnly to Dark, and the 17-year-old was really a little anxious.

"It seems to be the same."

The coach's analysis finally made Mingrui happy, but he was only a little happier, after all, the LPL team he wanted to eliminate most in the group stage was RNG after all.

It's a pity......

"Forget it, let's just let them RNG live for two more days."

"It's Team WE, you can give some effort, advance from the group stage, and then come to our Group C."

"In this way, our Group C can be regarded as a group of death in the true sense!"

Mingrui pouted, a little frustrated and forced to accept the grouping result.

However, when the grouping of the last three second-seeded teams was announced, when Team GAM joined Group B, and Team RNG and Team MSF joined Group D, Mingrui's mood gradually became happy again.

Because according to the current grouping, the chances of the EDG team and the RNG team advancing to the quarterfinals are really a bit big!

What will be the final group stage grouping?

Group A: EDG, SKT, AHQ.

Group B: LZ, IMT, GAM.

Group C: G2, SSG, TSM.

Group D: FW Team, MSF Team, RNG Team.

It can be said that as long as the EDG team and the RNG team play normally, then they can avoid the fate of being eliminated in the group stage, and then, they will have the opportunity to meet the G2 team in the quarterfinals draw!

At that time, if you can crush the RNG team 3-0 in the BO5 battle in the knockout stage, then the pleasure you will get at that time will obviously be more than the pleasure of eliminating them in the group stage!

"If you think so, it seems that Riot officials did help me operate in the dark."

"But I'm afraid that the LPL team is too rubbish, and this year it really fell in the group stage."

"That way, even if we G2 finally win the championship at the Bird's Nest, the process will be much less interesting!"

Thinking of this, Mingrui became nervous again, and then without waiting for the host on TV to announce the end of the lottery ceremony, he immediately opened his scarf and released a "blessing" message.

“@G2. Dark: The S7 World Championship grouping situation is out, although we G2 were unlucky and didn't manage to meet the RNG team in the group stage, and lost the chance to make RNG to the top 16, but it doesn't matter, it's the same to eliminate you in the knockout stage. ”

"So I take this opportunity to solemnly ask the three teams in the LPL region a few words, please remember and fulfill."

"@WE E-sports Club: Although your bubble match is very rubbish, and you almost can't come to S7, but you are MSI runners-up, and you still have some strength, so I hope you will play well in the play-in stage, and don't die directly in the top 32.

"Then after the play-in tournament is promoted, you must come directly to our group C, anyway, our G2 is determined to eliminate an LPL team in the group stage, since RNG is lucky to avoid it, then this unlucky ghost can only be you WE now."

"@RNG eSports club: Seeing the results of this draw, you RNG must be snickering, right? It doesn't matter, anyway, in my opinion, your RNG is just a grasshopper after the autumn, and you can't jump for a few days, but I still hope that your RNG can fight for your grandfather and get out of the group, which shouldn't be as difficult as winning the championship, right? ”

"@EDG E-sports Club: To be reasonable, if you look at the strength on paper, your EDG has a good chance of qualifying, but if you look at it according to the historical record, I really doubt that you can beat AHQ and wild cards?"

"Why don't you doubt SKT? So do you still need to be suspicious? You won't be able to beat it! So I also hope that you can fight for your grandfather, don't lose wild cards again, otherwise this year will be the top 16! ”

In the face of these three "uneasy" LPL teams, Mingrui earnestly entrusted, for fear that if they made a mistake, they would not be able to write the script they wanted in the end.

Fortunately, although the strength of these three LPL teams is not good, their self-confidence is as strong as ever, so after Mingrui released this scarf, they also released a scarf with the same content at the same time.

"In the 2017 League of Legends World Championship, our EDG/RNG/WE team will definitely win the first world championship trophy belonging to our LPL in the Bird's Nest!"

"Please wait and see!"

LPL Yusanjia did not give a positive reply to Mingrui's "entrustment", but announced to the world their ultimate goal in this S7 World Championship.

So the answer is self-evident, for the Dark and G2 teams, LPL Royal Three doesn't care at all, in their opinion, since the ultimate goal is set to be the world champion, then in the process of winning the championship, no matter what team they meet, they will achieve the ultimate victory!

In the face of the response of the LPL royal three families, Mingrui just smiled softly and did not respond again, after all, they said too many big things in the LPL division, but there were few at all that were realized in the end.

So this time, Mingrui can also be sure that the LPL region will still go away with ambition after all.

Because, this S7 world champion, the G2 team has been booked!

……

After the draw for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship, the G2 team is ready to leave for China.

Although the S7 play-in tournament starts early, on September 23, the group stage will start on October 5, and there are still more than 20 days to go.

However, in order to go to China in advance to adjust the time difference, adapt to the environment, and train, the G2 team unanimously decided to leave early after discussion.

After all, in addition to the above reasons, all G2 members hope that they can work with Dark to rush their Top of the Canyon account to the forefront of the king in the shortest possible time!

And in addition to the G2 team reasons, there is another team reason for their early departure......

That is, the three teams in the European region have actually discussed to set off together early, but in the case of the specific time is not decided, the Rekkles player of the FNC team has to rush to set off as soon as possible, and I don't know who he wants to see after he is in a hurry to go to Huaxia, so he can't go to Uzi to ask for an autograph, right?!

So, after a two-day flight, the three teams from the EU division finally completed their transfer in Seoul, the country of sticks, and flew directly to Wuhan, the venue of the S7 play-in round and group stage, in the early morning of September 15th!

……

"In the next two days, everyone will adjust to the jet lag as quickly as possible, adapt to the environment, and then from September 17th, we will enter the state of preparation for the World Championships."

"Do you have any questions?"

After quickly checking into the hotel, Carlos, the owner of G2, asked the G2 crowd.

"Yes, can we hang out? This is our first time in China! ”

The G2 team members immediately asked excitedly, after all, before the plane landed, their previous "stereotype" of Huaxia had been instantly shattered by the dazzling high-rise buildings, which made them realize that Huaxia was not as backward as reported by the Western media, but very advanced and modern!

"Yes, but only on a small scale, and it needs to be approved by the tour leader."

Carlos immediately responded with a smile that although he knew what the players were thinking, it was still risky to "go out", and if something happened before the game, it would be very bad.

"Carlos, our Huaxia is one of the safest countries in the world, not to mention robberies on the streets, not even thieves."

"The only thing you need to worry about is actually the diet, although the Chinese food is very delicious, but after all, you are foreigners, and your stomach may not be very adaptable, so you must not eat bad stomach...... You should know about EDG's beef noodle incident back then, right? ”

Mingrui said to Carlos with a smile, and then through the laughter of his G2 teammates, he made a solemn request to Carlos.

"Carlos, if I can, I would like to apply to take advantage of these two days of rest to go back to my hometown, Jiangxi Pingxiang, it only takes two hours to take the high-speed train from Wuhan, very soon."

"From April to September, I haven't seen my family for half a year, and it's weird."

Mingrui looked at Carlos expectantly, and said with sincerity.

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