"Have faith?"

In the somewhat dimly lit aisle, Abu smiled and patted Xu Yuan's shoulder.

"Hmm."

Dressed in an EDG uniform, the handsome but calm young man nodded slightly.

Abu tilted his head slightly, watching him walk into the stage in the light.

Time flies, and now EDG is about to play the semifinals.

This is also related to the current format of the LPL.

Since the inception of the LPL in 2013, the LPL's format has undergone many reforms.

The biggest impact was the 2015-2016 format reform.

The rules of the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs are that the 8 playoff teams will first be ranked 1st vs. 8th (Group A), 2nd vs. 7th (Group B), 3rd vs. 6th (Group C), and 4th vs. 5th (Group D).

Divided into 4 groups for the competition, the winner advances to the semi-finals, and the loser is eliminated directly.

The semi-finals are Group A winners vs. Group B winners, Group C winners vs. Group D winners, the semi-final winners advance to the finals, and the semi-final losers compete in the third-place round.

All competitions are played in a BO5 single-elimination system.

But there are holes in this playoff format.

For this reason, in the second half of the regular season of this spring season, in the key battle that affects the playoff rankings, in order to avoid an early encounter with the strong team EDG in the playoffs, IG and LGD also staged a classic BO5.

That was the "Oscar Night" of "Wonderful".

This has also made the format of the competition controversial.

It was this loophole in the format that caused the League of Legends tournament to immediately launch a new playoff format for the 2015 LPL Summer Tournament.

That is, the weight brought by the regular season ranking to the playoffs is increased, and the regular season ranking is used to directly determine the schedule and difficulty of the team in the playoffs, so as to motivate the teams in the middle of the ranking to perform well in the regular season.

And the purpose is also obvious, that is, to prevent some teams in the middle of the league from meeting the strong teams in the playoffs in the playoffs in a so-called "reasonable" way, so that the teams can achieve better rankings in the playoffs.

Specifically:

Tengjing: Don't swing the regular season a few times, play hard!

This rule has also been carried over to the 2017 Spring Season.

The teams in the current playoffs are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, which are divided into A1 to A4 and B1 to B4 according to the regular season rankings.

Staggered two by two, and gradually advanced.

For example, A3 plays B4 and A4 plays B3.

The winner then competes in the next round against A2 or B2 until the final BO5 against B1/A1, which starts from the semi-finals, and the winner advances to the final.

After the losers of the semi-finals on both sides play the third-place match, the winner will start the final match.

And there is another rule that many people think is very outrageous:

【Let's set up】

That is, the team that has a ranking advantage in the regular season will win one point by default in the first game of the playoffs, and the game will start at 1:0.

This is also to force the teams to pay more attention to the regular season and prevent the recurrence of "Oscar night" that makes the audience feel ridiculous.

And now the sudden emergence of EDG has changed the grouping of the current LPL.

RNG, which was supposed to be in the same group as EDG, was assigned to another group, and instead WE was placed in the same group as EDG.

In the early stage of the playoffs, EDG does not have an event, and can directly play the semifinals.

The only thing to watch out for is the match of WE, as that match will decide the opponent of EDG.

Defeating this opponent will go straight to the finals, and that's the benefit of the top two in the regular season.

Of course, teams that have made it past the semi-finals will naturally need to take a break, so there is an equally important match before the final:

Downgrade or downgrade!

In a sense, the importance of this game is even higher for some teams.

Because according to the order, the first and second teams in the LPL ranking must play relegation matches against the runners-up and third teams of the minor league LSPL.

The loser will fall to LSPL, which is equivalent to the team owner's money spent on buying a spot.

As for the champion of LSPL? They don't need to be relegated or relegated, and they will go directly to the LPL.

Upgrading or downgrading is brutal.

Because the gap between LSPL and LPL is too big, the popularity is basically equal to nothing, and the salary gap between players is ridiculously large.

The current contract fees of LPL first-line players are basically between 300 and 10 million a year, while LSPL players can get 30,000 yuan per month, which is important to the team.

The LSPL players at the bottom have five thousand a month.

Therefore, for LSPL players, it is a must to enter the LPL, because that represents money and fame.

You can imagine how desperate they are.

And Xu Yuan is also ready to take a good look at this game, because there are teams he is more interested in in this game.

YM。

A team that ...... "magical".

On January 1, 2016, with the MGB manager announcing the acquisition of LD.A Esports Club, and officially changed its name to YM Esports Club, it began to compete in the 2016LSPL.

They are not low in ranking every season, and they can basically reach the LSPL finals and qualify for relegation.

However......

From the establishment of the team, until the LPL league canceled relegation.

YM just didn't get from LSPL to LPL.

Dayu's water control is at most three times through the door without entering.

Good guys, YM has played a total of seven relegations and relegations, and all of them have been defeated!

This is already seven times that the LPL has not entered.

The most important thing is that this team is not only not bad, but also very strong.

Ning，Tian。

The only two FMVP junglers in LPL are all from YM.

The famous future warrior, the golden left-handed Knight, is also from YM.

Even RNG's "not for sale" Titan Wang Xiaoming is also a YM person.

What kind of configuration is this?

You told me you couldn't win a small relegation?

The opponent is just the bottom team of the LPL.

Are you kidding me? (Elvis question)

Explain it to those who don't understand:

It is probably equivalent to Ronaldo and Messi on the same team, and then the two went to play in China's first division league, and then they didn't win.

It's that crazy.

Therefore, many people feel that YM is not very "clean".

In layman's terms, it is a fake game and a deliberate loss.

The purpose is to eat spinach.

After all, there are too many fake greyhound racing in the LSPL.

Xu Yuan was equally curious.

This is also something that has puzzled him for a long time, and he will definitely look at this promotion and promotion.

Of course......

At present, the more important thing is to win WE and enter the final round.

Face the winner between RNG and JDG!

He stood quietly on the stage, but people couldn't take their eyes off it.

"Okay!"

"Welcome to the 2017 League of Legends semi-finals EDG vs. WE!"

"In the end, EDG won the first battle and successfully reached the finals."

"Or will WE go against the wind and defeat the invincible EDG?"

"Now, it's time for the game!"

Miller in the commentary seat was impassioned.

Offstage, the audience was full of anticipation.

On the stage, the young man raised his eyebrows and chuckled.