"Dark, stop training, come and watch the draw with us!"

Nine o'clock in the evening Korean time, two o'clock in Berlin time.

It stands to reason that at this time, the G2 team has already started their daily afternoon training, but the situation in the training room today is a little strange, because when Mingrui was waiting for his teammates to start a training match together, he turned his head and looked at it, only to find that his teammates had all gathered in front of the TV in front of the training room.

After asking, I finally learned that what attracted the attention of my teammates was the draw ceremony for the upcoming 2018 League of Legends World Championship!

This made Mingrui's eyes light up suddenly, because he had actually been looking forward to this lottery ceremony for a long time.

After all, if the S8 Worlds draw guests are enough to "save face", there is a good chance that the G2 team will welcome a "perfect script" similar to last year's "perfect script" this year!

Of course, the "perfect script" that Mingrui had in mind was not to avoid strong opponents all the way, easily reach the finals and win the S8 world championship.

It's like last year's S7 World Championship, knocking out enough LPL teams along the way, and then lifting the S8 World Championship trophy again in front of them!

"Here we are."

"Who is the guest of this year's lottery?"

"Can you give us a little bit of strength and draw an LPL team in the group stage."

"We eliminated the WE team in the group stage last year, and in this year's group stage, we had better eliminate an LPL team again."

Mingrui picked up a small bench, walked to his teammates with a smile and sat down, his eyes full of anticipation.

"There is only one person in this year's draw, called Flame, who may not be familiar to you, but he is actually a well-known Korean veteran who has played in the LCK, LPL, Europe and even North America."

"As for what Dark was looking forward to...... All I can say is that our G2 have a very good chance of meeting an LPL team in the group stage! ”

"After all, you also know that this year, our four major regions are all four places except for NA."

"According to the principle of avoiding the same region in the group stage, each of the four groups of ABCD has at least one team from each of the EU/LPL/LCK regions, unless the fourth seed in the LPL or LCK regions fails to enter the main match from the play-in round."

"But this odds shouldn't be very high, right?"

Perkz triumphantly said that after all, he has been studying the possibility of grouping the S8 World Championship whenever he has time in the past two days.

As for the results of the study?

Quite simply, regardless of the final grouping, they will be able to sweep their opponents all the way to G2 and become the last S8 World Champions to defend their title!

"Then I hope that the team assigned to our group is EDG or IG, I don't want to eliminate JDG in the group stage, after all, toothpaste entered the world championship for the first time this year, if I was eliminated in the group stage, that guy will definitely have to find me offline solo after I go back."

Mingrui couldn't help but laugh and said, although Zeng Qi is definitely not his opponent in the game, but in real life, even if ten of them are together, it is impossible for half of Zeng Qi's opponent!

"It's started, the play-in draw has begun!"

"This year, TSM and SKT, the two old powerhouses, have to start from the play-in tournament, if I were a spectator, I would definitely think that this year's S8 World Championship is always exciting!"

At this moment, Caps said excitedly, looking forward to being able to fight the "North American Cult TSM" team on the world stage.

"Haha, wouldn't it be even more exciting if TSM and SKT didn't even make it to the group stage?"

Hi Lisang also got high, and immediately made everyone laugh, and said in his heart, Hi Lisang, this guy, is really not a big deal to watch the excitement!

The draw for the Play-In stage is inconsequential for the G2 team, as only 4 of the 12 teams in the Play-In will make it to the group stage, and most likely they will still be old faces from the global audience, so there is nothing to keep an eye on.

So in the midst of everyone's laughter, the lottery guest Flame also quickly completed the entire selection process of the play-in teams and divided them into four groups of ABCD.

Group A, FW, INF, DW.

Group B, JDG, KMB, SUP.

Group C, Team TSM, Team GMB, Team DFM.

Group D, SKT, PVB, KLG.

The play-in stage is also divided into group stage and knockout stage.

In the group stage of the play-in round-up, the four groups will compete in the BO1 double round-robin competition within the group, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the knockout stage of the play-in round.

In the knockout stage of the play-in round, they will be divided into four groups again according to the first-to-second grouping method, and then through the competition of 4 B05s, they will strive for the qualification of the last four S8 World Championship group stage finals!

If nothing else, the teams that will make it to the group stage from the play-in rounds will be FW, JDG, TSM, and SKT.

And when the draw ceremony for the play-in stage was over, all the members of the G2 team, who had been laughing and laughing non-stop, instantly became a little serious.

Because they all know very well that the next S8 World Championship group stage draw will be crucial for the G2 team and the remaining 11 teams that have already made it straight to the S8 World Championship!

Because the strength of the opponents in the group stage will greatly affect their chances of success in advancing from the group stage to the quarterfinals!

So, when the host announced the official start of the group stage draw on the TV, as the draw guest Flame reached into the No. 1 seed pool, not only the G2 team, but all League of Legends viewers around the world were so nervous that they held their breath!

Team G2!

The next moment, Flame completed the first draw of the group stage, and it was quite lucky for the G2 team, as they were drawn first and placed in the No. 1 seed in Group A.

It was only at this point that the audience finally reacted, and they were nervous too early, because the draw of the No. 1 seed pool was only to determine the basic grouping of the No. 1 seed in the four major regions.

The subsequent selection process of the second and third seeds is worth their nervousness!

Flame also seemed to know what the audience wanted to watch and what they didn't want to watch, so they immediately accelerated the speed of the next three draws, and successively drew the LPL No. 1 seed RNG team, the LCK No. 1 seed KT team, and the NA No. 1 seed TL team.

At this point, the "basic plate" of the four groups of ABCD in the group stage of the S8 World Championship has been finalized.

Group A G2 Team, Group B RNG Team, Group C KT Team, Group D TL Team.

Then, the global audience was nervous again, because the next second seed will be drawn to determine which team will meet the incomparably powerful and terrifying defending World Champions of G2 in the group stage!

FNC Team!

The next moment, Flame completed the first draw of the second seed pool, and the FNC team came up, which made the audience in the LPL and LCK regions ecstatic, and thought that the European region would directly usher in a regional battle during the group stage.

However, the crowd apparently did not study the draw rules, as FNC teams were not likely to have a direct intra-regional battle with G2 in the group stage as they would have liked.

Therefore, the FNC team can only be "regrettably" divided into Group B and become one of the fierce rivals of the RNG team in the group stage!

As soon as the FNC grouping was determined, Flame completed the second draw of the No. 2 seed pool.

Team VIT!

It's a European team again, so I can only avoid G2 in Group A and go to Group C to become the opponent of Team KT.

So the next moment, the LPL fans and LCK fans who were ecstatic a few minutes ago suddenly became so nervous that their hearts were beating faster.

Because in the future, regardless of whether the team drawn by Flame is AFS or IG, they will directly face the behemoth of G2 in the group stage!

"You have to draw the AFS team."

LPL fans, especially IG team fans, gritted their teeth and prayed from the bottom of their hearts.

"You must draw the IG team."

In the LCK region, the same goes for fans of the AFS team.

Then, Flame completed the third draw in the midst of the "mutual blame" of fans of both teams.

AFS Team!

AFS, the second seed in the LCK, has successfully won the opportunity to play the defending champion G2 team directly in the group stage!

"Hahahaha, luckily, our IG was actually placed in Group D."

"The TL team is the weakest of the four No. 1 seeds."

"Not to mention anything else, the top eight seats of the IG team should be stable with a high probability."

"Flame I love you like a mouse loves rice!"

When Team AFS was placed in Group A and Team IG was automatically placed in Group D, IG fans were pleasantly surprised.

Although they are very confident in their own complete IG team, if they go to play against the G2 team in the group stage, they are still extremely uncertain.

After all, the IG team has never even played the RNG team, but the G2 team is the only designated father of the RNG team in the World Championship, oh no, the strongest father among the many World Championship fathers, so according to the basic logic, the strength of the G2 team is far stronger than that of the IG team.

That being the case, every small step forward for IG to avoid G2 in the group stage and reach Worlds again after many years will be a huge step for IG teams!

However, when the fans of the IG team celebrated excitedly, the faces of the fans of the EDG team all became solemn in an instant.

Because of the principle of avoiding the same competition area in this "dog day", while the IG team gets lucky, it means that the probability of the EDG team's bad luck has been increased to 1 in 2!

After all, if there is RNG in Group B, you can't go to IG in Group D, and as the third-seeded EDG team in the LPL region, the only groups you can go to next are Group A and Group C!

"Flame, please, let EDG go to Group C, KT and VIT are definitely much better than G2 and AFS."

"Yes, if you go to Group C, the EDG team will have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals, and if it is Group A, it will be a bit hanging."

"Let JDG go to Group A, please, it doesn't matter if the fourth seed makes it to the quarterfinals or not, if EDG doesn't make it to the quarterfinals this year, the factory director may really retire!"

When Flame, the guest of the draw, finally put his right hand into the No. 3 seed pool, all the EDG fans widened their eyes, held their breath, clenched their hands, and all of them kept silently chanting the name of "C9", hoping that the C9 team could become a substitute for the EDG team.

But, what should come, still comes.

EDG！

The next moment, as Flame unfolded the note in his hand and showed the names of the teams to the global audience, all the EDG fans felt like they had been hit by a bolt from the blue.

The EDG team was really placed in Group A!

Flame didn't even give them a buffer to see how the GENG or VIT teams were grouped first, and threw the EDG team directly into Group A and to the side of the G2 team!

"Huo, did you really get EDG?"

And just when EDG fans were fainting on the spot or wailing, in the training room of the G2 team, Mingrui was instantly overjoyed and ecstatic.

Because he never expected that Flame would be so powerful, he would really assign the EDG team to G2 and himself!

"It's great, it's amazing."

"If it's Team IG, there might still be a chance to beat Team AFS and advance to the quarterfinals."

"If it's the JDG team, I might still feel guilty about Brother Paste when I eliminate them."

"But if it's the EDG team, then I don't have any pressure!"

Mingrui laughed, and so did his teammates.

"I remember last year when our G2 team eliminated the EDG team in the quarterfinals, right? Then this year, they were eliminated in the group stage when they had a chance. ”

"Dark, what's that phrase you've been repeating? The top four, the top eight, the top sixteen, are getting stronger and stronger year by year? ”

Although Wunder didn't come to the G2 team last year, he is very clear about the bits and pieces of last year's S7 World Championship.

Therefore, when he saw that Dark had the opportunity to teach the EDG team another lesson, he also felt excited and looking forward to it for Dark!

"Yes, the top four, the top eight, the top sixteen, every year is stronger and stronger!"

"This year's S8 Worlds is the time for Team EDG to have the best moment of their careers!"

"It's also just time to take the EDG team and let the entire LPL region take a good look at how rubbish they are!"

Mingrui sneered, although the group stage of the S8 World Championship will not officially start until October 10th, but at this moment, he can't wait to make the S8 World Championship start directly now!

And with the grouping of the EDG team determined, in fact, the next three hands of the No. 3 seed pool do not need to be drawn.

Because MSF teams can only go to Group D without the European region, GENG teams can only go to Group B without LCK regions, and C9 teams can only go to the last remaining Group C.

As a result, with Flame going through the process of the entire draw ceremony, the preliminary grouping of the S8 World Championship group stage has finally been officially finalized!

Group A, G2, AFS, EDG.

Group B, RNG Team, FNC Team, GENG Team.

Group C, KT, VIT, C9.

Group D, Team TL, Team IG, Team MSF.

Seeing the final grouping, not only the global teams and spectators, but even the players of the G2 team themselves, couldn't help but gasp.

Because all four ABCD groups are the group of death!

First up are Groups C and D, because once JDG and SKT make it through the Play-In, the only groups they can go to are Groups C and D.

Group C is obviously the deadliest, because with the KT team likely to lock in a group qualifier, VIT, C9 and JDG will fight for the second group qualifier.

Group D, while slightly less fatal than Group C, was also very fatal.

Although according to the metaphysics of "the big brother must be in the top 16 every year", the competition in Group D may be smaller, but between the IG team, the MSF team and the SKT team, it is really difficult to say which two teams will reach the quarterfinals.

After all, you must know that the combat effectiveness of the SKT team this year is much weaker than in the past, so the IG team and the MSF team really have a chance to join forces to eliminate the SKT and TL teams together!

The degree of death in the two groups of AB will depend on the strength of the teams that will advance to the main event, but if nothing else, the FW team will be able to secure at least one spot in the main event.

And if the FW team goes to Group B, then Group B will be the deadliest group among the four groups, after all, the strength of the RNG team, the FNC team and the GENG team are all very close!

If the FW team goes to Group A, then the G2 team can definitely get a stable group stage qualification, and the AFS team, EDG team and FW team will also fight to the end for the last qualifying spot!

But regardless of the final play-in tournament progression, League of Legends viewers around the world can be pretty sure of the ......

This S8 World Championship will definitely be the best and most exciting World Championship ever!

Of course, the excitement of the S8 Worlds doesn't have to wait until the Play-In Tournament officially starts on October 1 to be revealed.

Just after the draw ceremony, the highlights of the S8 World Championship were immediately presented by the official media accounts of each major team!

The G2 team was the first to book the S8 World Championship on Twitter and the scarf.

"After a glance at the opponents of the World Championship, I feel that no team can threaten our G2 team, everyone, since this is the case, then I'm sorry, this S8 World Champion will definitely belong to our G2 team again!"

If this is just one sentence, then other teams may not feel anything, after all, the G2 team has always been so "arrogant".

But when the G2 team actually added a picture of "everyone here is garbage" under this sentence, the major teams finally couldn't help it, and released their own "S8 Declaration" one after another!

LPL RNG team: "S8, we will get back everything we lost before!" The S8 champion must belong to our RNG and our LPL! ”

LPL EDG Team: "Group of Death? Team EDG's favorite is the Group of Death! The first place in Group A has been booked by our EDG team, and as for the second place in the group, it will be up to you G2 and AFS to watch! ”

Team TL NA: "It's time to break through the Round of 16 curse with Doublelift, and as long as we advance to the quarterfinals, then we will be World Champions!" ”

LKK GENG Team: "Last year's runner-up is our eternal regret, so this year, we will definitely make up for the regret in our hearts with the championship!" ”

LCK SKT Team: "I heard that the G2 team wants to build a new dynasty? Excuse me, to borrow a phrase from the desert emperor Azir...... Worlds, your Emperor is back! ”

Not only these five teams, but almost all 24 teams of the World Championship updated their official media accounts as soon as the draw was over.

And when the major teams were tired of putting cruel words about the S8 World Championship, Mingrui's side also updated a new scarf.

But in terms of content, it is not as broad as the major teams, but extremely targeted!

“@G2. Dark: The S8 Worlds is finally about to begin. ”

"LPL, are you ready for the fear of the G2 team?"

"I've written a detailed script for the G2 team at the S8 Worlds, and I hope you guys are satisfied."

"Eliminate the EDG team in the group stage, so that the EDG team can truly complete the semi-finals, the quarter-finals, and the top 16, and become stronger and stronger year by year."

"The quarterfinals eliminated the RNG team, because the real strength of the RNG team, at most is the top eight of the World Championship, and last year's semi-finals were just because of good luck, but this year it is also possible to go home with the EDG team, after all, in my opinion, the strength of the FNC team and the GENG team is much stronger than RNG!"

"As for Team IG and Team JDG...... Because Ah Shui and Toothpaste are my national team teammates, I hope they can both reach the semi-finals of the World Championship, but I'm sorry, my teammates also have to settle accounts, and the semi-finals are their best rankings. ”

"Although I said before that as long as I am here, the LPL region will never want to win the world championship, but because of the previous Knight player incident, I decided to modify my sentence a little."

"As long as I'm here, the LPL region won't want to reach the World Finals!"

"Because of the LPL, it is only worthy of the top four at most!"

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