In addition to the increase in the number of participating teams this year, it is worth mentioning that MSI has also adopted a double-elimination format.

The double-elimination format can only be said to have pros and cons.

MSI can be regarded as a test of the waters.

After all, now all major regions have basically begun to try the double-elimination system.

Even the LCK division has started this year, and they are relatively slow to follow up.

Fist tried MSI on this side, and it didn't seem to be a problem.

However, as we all know, MSI looks at it almost enough, and it is unlikely that the double-elimination format will be adopted in the S match.

If the S match uses a double-elimination format, it will be a little less exciting and exciting.

The champions of the S race, in addition to their absolute strength, also have a lot of strength and luck.

Without that bit of luck, you may not be able to make it to the end.

Of course, if you only have luck and don't have the strength, luck can take you to the runner-up position at most, and don't think about the champion.

Another important reason is that there are more teams participating in the S competition.

There are 16 teams in the main competition, and more than 20 teams in the play-in rounds.

There are a lot of games in itself, and it takes more than a month to play in total, and the schedule is long enough.

Add to that a double-elimination format, and the devil knows how long it will take.

However, this year's S race has also been changed, and the Swiss round will be used.

If you only watch League of Legends games, you definitely don't know much about this mechanism, and you still don't know the gold content of the Swiss round.

On the day they arrived, the play-in rounds were all over, and the eight teams that entered the knockout rounds were also decided.

In this year's knockout round, after eight teams played in pairs, the lower bracket and the upper bracket were divided.

Then the loser's bracket and the winner's bracket each fight each other.

The first round of the knockout round is protected and there is no possibility of a civil war.

Like Chen Ke, who directly entered the knockout round as the No. 1 seed, the opponents in the first round of the draw could only be the four teams killed in the play-in round.

The only team that is relatively strong is the second seed T1 team in the LCK.

But for V5, they don't matter, it's the same for whoever draws.

Having won T1 so many times, Chen Ke doesn't mind refreshing the winning record more.

On the contrary, it is the T1 fans who pray that they don't encounter V5 too soon.

Although there is still a chance to make it back from the lower bracket after losing to V5, it is clear that there will be a certain amount of difficulty.

If it's easier, who wants to make it more difficult.

Playing this kind of game, reasoning should be more difficult the further you go.

The hardest one at the beginning is somewhat unreasonable, and it is likely to affect the overall mentality of the team.

The draw looks more conventional, and there is no war between China and South Korea.

Basically, China and South Korea are fighting Europe and the United States.

You drew C9 like JD.com, although you are the No. 1 seed in North America, but no matter how you look at it, it is not enough to play.

It is the easiest No. 1 seed in several regions.

The V5 team drew an old acquaintance, the PSG team over there.

As soon as I saw the V5, PSG was like a ghost.

At the MSI the year before last, how they were humiliated by Chen Ke in various fancy ways, they naturally won't forget.

Although the team has changed a lot, the PSG lineup of S11 has long been disbanded, but the management has always been there.

They have a heartfelt fear of Chen Ke.

When I saw the results of this draw, the whole team was directly numb.

If you draw the most difficult opponent, you will be numb to anyone.

It's okay to meet the big boss.,The key is that the big boss is still hostile to you.,Maybe there will be a bonus when you meet someone.。

Although two years have passed, it has been a long time since the reasoning.

The main personnel on the V5 side are still there, which means that this festival has been going on.

Since S11, every time they play World Championship or MSI, what they are most afraid of is running into V5.

Other teams can say that the V5 team really holds grudges and is not human.

In previous years, MSI really couldn't help it, and it was almost certain that it could be encountered.

Because after the play-in round, six teams play the knockout rounds, and each team has to take turns to play BO1 twice.

If you don't want to run into V5, you can just don't get out of the play-in, but you're all coming to the competition, how can you deliberately lose?

With PSG's strength, it is not a big problem to play out of the play-in.

Although they are not in the four major regions, they have really met European and American teams, and they really have a fight.

After the restructuring this year, it does seem to be quite far from V5, and the chances of encountering it are not great.

As a result, the 1 in 4 chance is still met by them, and it can only be said that this is a bit like fate.

Fortunately, PSG's leaders had an emergency meeting with the management.

It means that if you fight a team like them, Chen Ke will most likely not be on it, and it will be good for them to face it normally.

The opponent is very strong, even if Chen Ke is not there, it is still a very strong existence for them.

Don't have any pressure, just try to give full play to your strength.

If Chen Ke is not there, the others are not so terrible.

And this was the first game since V5 came to London, and they hadn't played in a while.

If the real hands are relatively cold and they don't find the state for a while, they may be able to gnaw down a small game or two.

If you want to kill V5 directly, it's really a bit unthinkable.

Because this is a Bo5 race, a rollover is unlikely.

After coming up and being stolen by you, you will quickly adjust.

It's really not good, Chen Ke can still play.

……

After Chen Ke and their side knew that the opponent was PSG, everyone was impatient.

It doesn't have much to do with the PSG team, but I haven't played for a while, and I will look forward to the first game of MSI this time.

You know, this could also be the first MSI game of some people's careers.

It's just that PSG is mentioned, and everyone will inevitably have to reminisce about what happened back then.

When Chen Ke and them took out their clown masks directly after the game, it was a classic.

So far, the taunts on the field have not been surpassed.

Only V5 can surpass V5 itself.

However, there are not many teams that really dare to jump out to offend V5 in the past two years, and most of them are a little strife, so there is no need to be too ruthless.

Chen Ke and RNG have a slightly bigger pace, but unfortunately RNG has not been competitive in the past two years, and it is difficult to enter international competitions, let alone play against V5 in international competitions.

On May 12th, as the most popular team in MSI, V5 finally debuted.

It was eight p.m. domestic time, and it was Friday night.

It is not too convenient for everyone to watch the game at this point in time.

The starting point was the same as everyone thought, the first opponent was too weak and not challenging at all.

Chen Ke did not make his debut and gave up the opportunity to others.

For Chen, the MSI competition is not important to him, but for others, it is a rare opportunity to show himself.

Fans are looking forward to this match, but it's true that the game is not very exciting.

V5 didn't give the opposite side a chance after not playing for a while, as everyone thought.

In the first game, when Chen Ke was not there, he defeated the opponent in a vigorous and resolute way.

My brother seems to be particularly active today, and he is not soft at all.

I don't know if it's because he was captured by the Vietnamese team last year that made my brother sensitive, but when he plays this kind of wild card team now, he feels very stable.

It's like you've lost something.

After two games in a row, there is no suspense, and I don't even feel like I'm sweating.

With a 2-0 lead, the result of this game is no longer in suspense.

It's about the same as everyone expected, and it's true that no one feels that PSG can be upset.

For the fans, the game feels okay to watch.

It's true that the level of excitement is much worse, but it's okay to be able to win the game and get off to a good start, as a fan, I just want to be stable and happy.

But before the start of the third game, Chen Ke was somewhat unable to sit still.

If it were another team, he might forget it and just wait for the end of the day.

In the face of PSG, Chen Ke felt that he needed to make a move.

PSG's players have indeed changed, and none of the five people in S11 are long gone.

But what really provoked Chen Ke was their management.

To disgust them is to always be vigilant against their management and not to be cheap.

With the cheap nature of this team from top to bottom, if it weren't for Chen Ke's discomfort in the past two years, do you think they would be able to stop.

Maybe for the LPL team, something can be done.

Although V5 also won the first two games, and won relatively cleanly, without giving the opposite side any chance.

Chen Ke still felt a little bit worse.

As soon as they heard that Chen Ke was going to go, his teammates naturally had no opinion.

As the boss of the team, it is already very face-saving for people not to start every day.

……

"Oops, we've got the news that V5 made a substitution in the third game."

"The support player Real will be on the field in place of Wink."

When they got the news that Chen Ke was going to play, the commentators, like the fans, were quite surprised.

In everyone's opinion, today's game is too easy, according to Chen Ke's style in the past two years, he shouldn't be able to play.

Everyone has long been accustomed to Chen Ke paddling in ordinary competitions.

Now that Chen Ke is going to play, it really adds a bit of fun to this game that looks a little boring.

The effect of the show when Chen Ke was present was incomparable to several other buddies in V5.

And Chen Ke came up and went down, which means that Chen Ke will definitely go down.

Everyone's favorite thing to watch is that Chen Ke and his brother are walking down, and there is a high probability that they can see some scientific research things.

The game can definitely be won, and if you don't worry about the result, you naturally want to see something special.

But this kind of special thing can only be sorted out by Chen Ke, and his brother alone can't do it.

He can do it all, but there is no guarantee that he will win in the end.

As soon as Chen Ke came up, the English commentary on the scene and the audience were all agitated.

You can hear from the sound of the scene, everyone is very excited.

This is also one of Chen Ke's intentions on the field, so that fans who come to the scene can see their own game.

Most of the fans who bought tickets for today's game must have come for Chen Ke.

Supporting V5 is one thing, and everyone wants to see Chen Ke's game even more.

Chen Ke came up in the third game, and the fans at the scene were really satisfied.

The only one who is unhappy is probably only PSG.

What they feared the most came after all.

PSG's players were also fully mentally prepared before they went on the field.

It's this one, and you can get rid of it directly after the fight.

According to MSI's format, there is still a possibility that they will meet, but the conditions are too harsh.

PSG has a lot of difficulty trying to get out of the lower bracket, and they have to count on V5 to lose a Bo5 behind them, which is even more difficult.

In the case of losing the previous game, PSG has the right to choose sides and actively chooses the blue side.

Now in this version of MSI, the next road is the world of Jinx and Ephelius, the two ADs.

On the whole, Jinx is better and has a higher priority.

Before coming to the blue side, the hero Jinx may be robbed.

But this time, PSG didn't dare to choose Jinx when they had a chance.

When Chen Ke goes to the next road, you don't know what will be selected on the opposite side, so you have to observe for the time being.

Jinx was selected on the first floor, and the risk was still too high.

It just so happens that Quisanti, the hero, is also the darling of the field, and he is basically in a non-ban state at present, and there is no problem in choosing this hero on the first floor.

Both sides didn't choose the bottom lane hero in the first round, and the only attraction was that the V5 side promoted the Noshou on the third floor.

As soon as the hand was selected, the audience responded quite well, I haven't seen this hero for a long time.

"Here it is, pheasant's no-hand!"

The colonel also commented directly: "This hand is taken out to beat Quisanti, and the pheasant did it when he was in the LPL before." ”

"I can only say that everyone believes in the pheasant's methods, and he really has a saying."

“……”

As soon as everyone saw Nuo Shou, they knew that this game might be about to let themselves go.

is chosen like this on the road, and the selection of Chen Ke and his brother may be even more explosive.

The hero of the Noshou is not a good choice.

First of all, it's not a version of the hero.,Only if you're particularly confident in the proficiency of this hero will choose.,And it still depends on the situation.。

Whether or not it can play the effect is one thing, and this hero also has the problem of sprinting.

If the order is not transmitted, it will definitely have a certain impact on the whole team.

If you make a promise so early, you may have something more explosive in the future.

After the second round of banning people, the fourth floor of the red side has to choose people first.

V5 locked on Rambo on the spot, giving everyone a small shock.

"Here, Rambo!"

"Looks like I'm ready to show off my champion skin."

"Just look at what heroes this Rambo is going to match when he goes down."

“……”

When the commentators saw Rambo, it wasn't very strange.

Chen Ke's skin has been out for a while, and he has never had a chance to use it.

Mainly only played today, everyone can understand Chen Ke's mood of wanting to show off his champion skin.

On this MSI, other skins of V5 have already appeared, but Rambo skins are really not used once.

Because Rambo is a hero, it's still a little difficult to play now.

When everyone didn't choose, Chen Ke could only come by himself.

Whether Rambo can go down the road and what the effect is, there is nothing to worry about.

Chen Ke has played a lot of other heroes, and I believe he is done.

Everyone is curious now, what kind of hero is going to play on my brother's side to cooperate with Rambo.

The colonel also guessed whether it would be a prince or something.

Because the prince's ultimate move and Rambo's ultimate move can be regarded as a more classic cooperation.

After getting the prince, if you want to choose a non-displacement AD like Jinx and Ephelius on the other side, you have to weigh the problem of survival.

The problem is that the prince Garambo has to be powerful in the wave with a big move.

You choose these two to go down, and how to play the line in the early stage is a problem.

Everyone is speculating that it is also possible to let my brother choose a Senna to assist.

The two of them can play their own games, and they don't have to pay special attention to any cooperation, just play the heroes they are good at, and they can defeat the other side through hard power.

However, the last hand will choose the auxiliary, so it is useless for everyone to be anxious now.

PSG simply locked Jinx and Tam on the fourth and fifth floors.

They don't have any special preparations on the next road, and they don't do some routines, so they naturally play something.

Knowing that there is Rambo on the opposite side of the road, I feel that the pressure on the lane is not very great, and there should be no problem for Jinx to choose and match it with a tam protection.

When facing Chen Ke, the opponent will not think too much about the future, and will last through the line period first.

I can't hold on to the line period, and it makes no sense to talk about what to play in a group.

"Huh?"

The colonel and his leg brother had already made a lot of guesses, but when they saw that Aion was selected, they still couldn't hold back.

What the hell is Ion, this thing can still be assisted, what is the effect of cooperating with Rambo?

Ion's mechanic is a standard jungler hero.

Now that Aion is in the jungle, he can indeed take it out and play, in order to protect the double shooter.

The problem is that the V5 lineup has already selected the NIO jungler.

Jungler is definitely not able to go to the jungle, then the only way to go down.

When everyone couldn't figure out what Ion's intentions were, V5 had already started exchanging heroes.

It wasn't until this moment, when they saw that Nuo Shou was on the lower road, that everyone's thoughts were instantly opened.

At first, I was still limited in my thinking, thinking that Nuo Shou was going on the road, and Rambo must have been Chen Ke to go down.

After doing it for a long time, this Rambo was in the hands of the pheasant, but it was the hero that Chen Ke wanted to handle.

The combination of Nuoshou and Ion seems to be a bit cooperative, but it doesn't affect that this is a garbage combination.

But now everyone doesn't bother to think about how to play the lane, and these two heroes can be selected in the game to go down, and they have already won from the fans.

Just look at the barrage now, when the effect of the game is unclear, the effect of the show has been played.

“？？？”

"What does this combination mean, I've watched too much Douyin, right?"

"I can only say that this combination can be selected in the competition, it is quite abstract."

"Whenever they encounter a lower road with a little strength, it is impossible for this combination to come out, it can only be said that they really don't treat the other side as a person."

"These two heroes are selected and put aside to play basketball."

"I sang and danced Rap at the opening ceremony some time ago, and today I started playing basketball again, Chen Ke's ingredient is too obvious."

"Including my brother, neither of them can escape, so let's wait for the lawyer's letter."

"I didn't expect Chen Ke to be like me, both are IKUN!"

"Thousands of troops are IKUN, and IKUN will always love Kunkun!"

“……”

(End of chapter)