Wuhan Sports Center.

Although the opening ceremony of the group stage did not officially start until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, as early as 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the square outside the Wuhan Sports Center was already crowded.

Countless LPL fans from all over the country and countless League of Legends players from all over the world gathered here today to witness the official opening of the S7 World Championship group stage.

It's just that as far as the eye can see, the entire square is full of LPL spectators holding the flags of RNG, EDG and WE teams, or wearing the uniforms of the corresponding teams, compared to the three local teams in the LPL region, the number of fans of the other teams in the region can be said to be only a handful.

If the three teams in the LCK division still have a considerable number of Chinese fans, then the Chinese fans belonging to the EU division are almost a drop in the bucket!

"Dark, you really said it, our G2 team really doesn't have Chinese fans!"

"I'm speechless, I've just seen the fans of the FNC team, but I just haven't seen the fans of our G2 team."

"What's the matter, is Ou Cheng more handsome than me? Why does he have fans and I don't?! ”

On the way to Wuhan Sports Center by bus, all G2 staff naturally saw the crowd at the moment.

In addition to lamenting that the Chinese audience is full of people and enthusiasm, Perkz and others are more complaining.

Because apart from a few white faces, they really haven't seen a single Chinese audience willing to become fans of their G2 team!

As for the reason, you can figure it out with your toes, it's all because of Duck, the big demon king!

"Haha, don't worry."

"Although I have a grudge against the LPL region, there are many LPL viewers who don't like us G2."

"But you still don't know the audience of LPL, they seem to be very united on the surface, but in fact, they are just a plate of loose sand, and they will fight inward when it is time to fight."

"And what I can guarantee you is that in this S7 World Championship, if our G2 can really eliminate three LPL teams in a row, we will definitely attract a group of Chinese audiences and become fans of our G2 team!"

"Because the strength of e-sports speaks, if the LPL region completely disappoints the LPL audience, then a large number of them will become fans of our G2 because of hatred."

"You can understand the logic of this, right?"

Mingrui smiled and explained to everyone, of course, he actually wanted to say that black fans are also fans, but it is obvious that what G2 teammates want is true love fans!

"Understand, since that's the case, then we have to beat the LPL team well."

"By the way, I also beat up the team that beat the LCK, and it also attracted a wave of fans on the LCK's side."

"After all, next year's S8 Finals will be held in Incheon, the country of sticks, and I don't want to go to Incheon by then, because we still have few G2 fans."

G2 said with a smile on their faces, then took the bus into the parking lot of the sports center, and then rushed to the temporary lounge for each team in the stadium to rest.

After a period of waiting, everyone finally received the news that the opening ceremony of the group stage of the S7 World Championship is about to start!

……

When Huaxia time came to three o'clock in the afternoon, the extremely lively viewing scene, with the end of the countdown on the big screen on the scene, with the sudden dimming of the lights on the scene, the audience instantly became silent.

The next moment, in the center of the big screen at the scene, there was an animation effect of a fist breaking glass, and then the official "Riot" logo of Riot was unveiled.

And its appearance also means that the promotional video of the opening ceremony of the group stage of the World Championship has officially begun to be broadcast!

I have to admit that the quality of Riot's official promotional video is still very good.

As soon as it came up, the video gave the global audience a panoramic view of Wuhan, traditional buildings, and a beautiful picture of the Yangtze River Bridge on Parrot Island.

As the camera moves down, as the BGM of the League of Legends S7 World Championship theme song "Legends Never Die" sounds, the back of a player wearing an EDG team uniform and a "Clearlove7" ID slowly appears!

And this person is the most representative player in LPL, one of the most influential League of Legends professional players in the world, the captain of the EDG team, and the factory director's promise!

"If I play in Wuhan, there will definitely be a lot of fans from Wuhan who will come and support me."

"With their encouragement, I will definitely play better and better, become the pride of Wuhan players, and at the same time, I will definitely lead the EDG team to represent the LPL region and win the first S championship!"

In the promotional video, the factory director took the lead in announcing the goals of their EDG team for the S7 World Championship.

Then, in the video transition, Riot officially lifted Ou Cheng, a player from the FNC team who successfully defeated the EDG team 4-0 in the S5 World Championship.

"I've always thought that the best thing about the World Finals is that no matter what happened before, you have to speak with the results you have now."

But what's even more funny is that Ou Cheng seems to have been instigated by the EDG team, and said such a statement that all EDG team fans deeply agree!

The third person to appear in the promotional video is another of the most representative players in the LPL region, the RNG team, Uzi!

"From the first time I went to Worlds, it's been four times."

"I've been runners-up twice, and I think each time it's a little bit off."

"So this time, I won't miss the chance to win the championship on my doorstep!"

Uzi said loudly, and as far as the eye could see, there was a raging fire.

The last professional player to appear in the finale is the mid-laner from the LCK region, the triple crown champion SKT team, the big devil of Faker!

"People say you can be a legend if you beat me, and I don't think that's the case."

"From beating Ambition on my first appearance, I kept the number one position for a long time, and that's why people see me as a legend."

"So, to become a legend, you have to beat a fighter like me many times."

"So now, please invite the next genius to hit the laner!"

When Faker's scornful face appeared, a wave of momentum belonging to the defending champion erupted.

But in the next moment, the unconvincing eyes of the factory director and Uzi's determination to win the championship were then shown, and then the representative figures of other divisions were shown again.

So, with the S7 theme song sung again, the promotional video of the opening ceremony of the group stage ended.

As for why there weren't any members of the MSI Champion G2 team in attendance? The answer is self-explanatory.

At this moment, the live broadcast screen finally switched from the promotional video to the scene, so the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause and warm cheers, welcoming the eyes of League of Legends players around the world, focusing on China and Wuhan at this moment!

"Okay, this is Wuhan, China! Welcome to the League of Legends 2017 World Championship! ”

"Hello everyone, I'm the host Ren Dong!"

As the live camera froze on the stage, the host Ren Dong began his opening speech.

"After a season of competition, 16 top teams from all regions of the world will meet here and challenge for the S7 World Championship again!"

"Now, all the teams are ready."

"Then let's welcome the team!"

There was no performance at the opening ceremony of the group stage, only the team debut ceremony.

But this is still the most anticipated part of the global audience!

First up is Team A SKT.

Why SKT?

As the S6 World Champion, the SKT team needs to return the League of Legends World Championship trophy while making the first appearance.

And only when the S7 World Finals is over and a new world champion is officially born, will this championship trophy have a new belonging!

“SKT！ SKT！ SKT！ ”

So, when the SKT team debuted, some of the audience at the scene erupted in cheers, which is enough to see that the popularity of the SKT team in the LPL is terrifying...... After all, not only the Faker Demon King is the demon of the entire LPL, but the entire SKT team is the demon of the entire LPL!

Probably in order to shorten the duration of the entire team's debut, Ren Dong announced the second team to appear without introducing any players, which was the AHQ team from the LMS region.

Then there is the 1907 Fenerbahce FB team from the Turkish region.

Finally, there is the local team from the LPL division, the EDG team!

“EDG！ EDG！ EDG！ EDG！ EDG！ ”

When the five members of the EDG team appeared on the stage, the audience immediately erupted in the most enthusiastic cheers, which made the other teams in Group A really feel a little shock of what is called "home battle".

Group A is complete, followed by Group B.

The North American IMT team that debuted first in Group B, the Vietnamese GAM team, was not popular, and the response was mediocre.

Even the LZ team, who beat the SKT team in an upset, didn't have much cheering.

On the contrary, when the FNC team appeared on the stage, there was a sparse cheer at the scene, and when I looked closely, sure enough, all the cheerers were not EDG fans.

And the next debut ceremony of Group C of the Death Group was a little lively.

Although the TSM team that debuted first was not considered the favorites to win the championship, because TSM is a cult in North America, and the LPL audience is already very familiar with the player Doublelift, there was a grand cheer belonging to "TSM" at the scene.

The cheers of the SSG team when they appeared next were also not small, especially a commentator in the commentary seat, who was even more excited at this time.

Then came the debut of the local team WE, and once again the scene erupted into the most powerful waves.

But when the G2 team, the last team in Group C, appeared on the stage, this powerful voice suddenly turned into a burst of "boos" that resounded throughout the audience!

"Appeal ......"

"Let's go down!"

"The garbage G2 team is out!"

"Garbage Dark, get out of Huaxia!"

When the audience booed, not only the G2 players on the stage were a little embarrassed, but even the host Ren Dong who was standing on the side was a little embarrassed.

Although they had already expected that when the G2 team debuted, the audience at the live LPL would react greatly, but they never expected that their reaction would be so strong!

But on the other hand, in the G2 team, there was still a person with a hippie smile at this time, and even waved his hand vigorously in the face of the boos of the audience!

As a result, the riots in the whole audience became even greater.

Because this person is clearly the Great Demon King of Dark, who is unanimously targeted by the audience, G2. Dark！

But even so, he was not ashamed, but proud!

“Dark！ I don't care about you! Dark！ I don't care about you! Dark！ I don't care about you! ”

The more LPL audiences watched it, the more angry they became, and the more they thought about it, the more angry they became, so much so that they didn't know who drove them to give Dark a "cheer".

But in this situation, Mingrui became more and more happy.

Because these black fans are not only their own living dark value providers, but also provide themselves with enough "soil for revenge"!

"Haha, shout, the louder the better."

"The louder you shout, the more uncomfortable you will be when I eliminate the LPL team."

"I'm looking forward to it!"

Mingrui chuckled softly, and then exited with the Group C team.

suddenly thought of something and laughed louder, because the scene just now has definitely made the LPL official anxious.

After all, Huaxia pursues the etiquette of "having friends from afar", although they are not considered "friends from afar", but for LPL officials, these "willful" LPL audiences must have brought them great trouble.

If you wait a while and send a scarf to question, you don't even need to send a scarf, maybe the LPL official will take the initiative to apologize!

I just don't know if these LPL viewers will regret their "momentary speed" at this time.

After the end of Group C, it will be the final Group D.

When C9 and MSF debuted, the cheers were also almost non-existent, and when the FW team appeared, the cheers were quite loud, and it was obvious that all the LPL viewers on the scene hoped that they would use their cheers to make the provincial team feel the warmth of "home".

When the final local team, RNG team, made its finale, the cheers of the audience reached an unparalleled level again, but it was still difficult to tell from the decibel level whether there were more fans of the EDG team or the RNG team.

"Heroes, Legends!"

"The 2017 League of Legends World Championship starts now!"

When all 16 teams in the group stage have finished their debuts, when the host Ren Dong made an announcement in his most high-pitched voice, the main match of the S7 World Championship, which lasted for a whole month, officially ushered in the first match day of the group stage!

The schedule for the first day of the group stage can be said to be full of LPL official thoughts.

Because there are only three groups per day in the group stage, there are only three groups per day, and in the first day of the game, Group B, which does not have an LPL team, will lose the opportunity to appear.

Moreover, in order to boost the overall morale of the LPL region, the LPL official specially arranged three must-win games in today's three LPL team games!

They are the upcoming opener, the match between Team EDG and Team AHQ.

and the third game, the match of RNG team C9.

and the sixth match, Team WE vs. Team G2!

LPL's official Sima Zhao's heart is already known to passers-by.

Because they clearly want the EDG team and the RNG team to win two group stage points in the hands of the two weak teams in the World Championship, and then let the WE team defeat the G2 team, so that the LPL region will win a 3-0 record on the first day of the group stage, and at the same time let the entire LPL region raise their eyebrows on the first day of S7!

The small abacus in the LPL division can be described as crackling.

But they clearly miss an important point that is clear to everyone.

That is, the teams in the LPL division, the tradition of being an insider in the civil war and an outsider in the foreign war, is really not blown out with their mouths, but played with strength!

As a result, following the intercontinental competition on July 7th, the entire LPL ushered in an e-sports national humiliation, and on October 5th, when the whole country was still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the National Day, the LPL team once again brought the second e-sports national humiliation to the entire LPL region!

After the opening ceremony of the group stage, at 3:30, the group stage of the S7 World Championship ushered in the opening match on time, the match between the EDG team and the AHQ team.

In the cheers of the audience, all LPL audiences thought that it was impossible for the EDG team to lose to the provincial team AHQ team.

The EDG team, as expected, did not disappoint again in terms of disappointment!

In the opening game of this game, although the EDG team played very hard in the early stage, when the battle reached 50 minutes, the EDG team's head score was still 11-7 temporarily, and the economic lead was also a full 8,000 yuan!

But with such an advantage in hand, with a game time of 52 minutes and 25 seconds, the mid-laner hero Lucian selected by Scout was directly killed by the plane chosen by AHQ mid-laner Simon Yeshuo, and after crippling all the remaining four members of EDG, the AHQ team successfully won the big dragon that laid the foundation of the game!

As a result, after 54 minutes of gameplay, the AHQ team successfully overturned EDG with a head-to-head score of 12-11 and won the start of this S7 World Championship!

At the same time, it also gave the EDG team and the entire LPL region a slap in the face!

"In this game, Team AHQ did a better job than us."

"However, I believe that the EDG team will be able to adjust quickly and win back in the next games."

"At the same time, I also hope that the RNG team and the WE team that will represent our LPL region in the future will not be affected by the loss of the EDG team, but also use the loss of the EDG team to remind the two teams."

"There are no weak teams in the World Championship, we can only have a chance to win every game if we prepare carefully for every game!"

"Come on, LPL!"

On the commentary seat, the opening game commentary doll once again offered his usual "encouragement" commentary, hoping that their encouragement can bring good use to the LPL division.

But as Mingrui often said before, if the encouragement is useful, the LPL division would have been the world champion a long time ago!

Whether a game can be won or not, the key depends on whether the team is competitive enough!

And it is obvious that the teams in the LPL region will never give the LPL audience a fight!

After the opening match of the first day of the group stage, the second match will be the match between SKT and FB, which are also in Group A.

If the Wild Card Zone can do a little bit of miracles in the Play-In Stage, then in the Main Event, there is almost no chance of victory against such a strong SKT team.

As a result, in just 26 minutes, the SKT team successfully won the opening of the SKT team and the LCK region with a head ratio of 10 to 5 and a huge economic lead of 12,000 yuan.

And then next, it's time for the RNG team's match, which is once again highly anticipated by all LPL viewers!

The third match of the first day of the group stage, Group D, the second seed RNG team in the LPL region, against the third seed C9 team in the NA region.

Before the game, no one thought the C9 team could win, including the North American division's own spectators.

After all, RNG is the team with the world's No. 1 adc player Uzi, and it is the team of C9 adc player Sneaky who didn't even dare to make up for it when he saw Uzi's face!

However, just when the audience around the world thinks that the RNG team is "sure to win".

The C9 team broke out on the first day of the group stage and broke out the biggest upset of this World Championship!

In just 27 minutes, the C9 team defeated the powerful RNG team with a head ratio of 11 to 2, a huge economic difference of 14,000 yuan, and a small dragon ratio of 3 to 0!

So, when the C9 team ushered in the good start of the NA division, it also successfully gave the LPL division two consecutive kneels on the first day!

"I never thought that the C9 team that entered the group stage from the play-in round would have such a strong adjustment ability!"

"In the face of a strong RNG team, they selected a very solid lineup, not only successfully defusing the RNG team's offensive, but also taking advantage of some small mistakes of the RNG team to slowly snowball."

"Although it is a pity, we still have to congratulate the C9 team for winning this game!"

When the RNG team also lost the game, the Doll Miller and the others in the commentary seat suddenly looked frightened, and instantly thought of something bad.

But the next moment, the doll still pretended to be calm.

"It's a loss, but it's definitely a good thing for the RNG team, because they will definitely make better adjustments in the next games."

"At the same time, C9's victory also proves the need to hold a play-in tournament, because it does give the strong team a chance to practice and warm up in advance."

"In that case, I'm even more looking forward to today's last match between Team WE and Team G2!"

"The WE team, which also entered the main stage of the group stage from the play-in stage, will definitely be able to play a wonderful game and win the first day of our LPL on the first day of the group stage when they face their old rival G2 team again!"

On the commentary bench, Doll Miller said confidently, firmly believing that the third seed in their LPL region can beat the first seed in the EU region.

After all, the LPL is the world's No. 1 division!

As everyone knows, when Mingrui, who was training, heard that EDG and RNG teams had successfully brought two consecutive defeats to the LPL, he was overjoyed!

"What? LPL lost both games? ”

"Team EDG was overturned by Team AHQ?"

"The RNG team was beaten by the C9 team 11 to 2 and almost clean sheets?!"

"Hahaha, God help me!"

"Then we G2 have to take this villain to the end for everything we say today, and send them three consecutive defeats on the first day of the LPL group stage, so that the audience of the LPL can once again have a good experience of what is so special and desperate!"

Hearing this "good news", Mingrui laughed and said, the tradition of the inner and outer wars of the inner and outer wars of the inner

"Brothers, since the main purpose of our first battle is to win WE, then let's play a little more steadily today."

"Just hit them WE a Linglong Tower, don't brush the 1555 speedrun record!"

Immediately afterwards, Mingrui said categorically.

Thank you for your support!

S7 has officially begun.,Please all the bigwigs to catch up and monthly passes!

(End of chapter)