As we all know, in the previous LPL, there was such a thing as a No. 1 seed curse.

Often, the more so-called No. 1 seeds, the more unsatisfactory their results in the S tournament will be.

It wasn't until S8's IG won the championship that this law was broken.

Everyone thought the spell was dead.

But today it seems. It probably seems to be coming back?

Berlin at nine o'clock in the evening.

At the same time, it is also the early morning of the country.

After the FPX vs. JT match, the first day of the group stage came to a successful conclusion.

But the game has stopped, but it doesn't mean that the audience's emotions can stop with it!

On the contrary, everyone's mood at this time can be described as extremely high!

Online, a wave has been set off.

#一号种子输外卡#, #JT什么来头#, #IG一如既往原地踏步#等等

There is no suspense, the hot search list is full of the results of the first day of the group stage!

And the most enthusiastic discussion is naturally FPX.

No way, everyone is not surprised at all by the results of the other two teams in the LPL, but FPX is different!

"Lose a wild card as soon as you come up? Make it a little more difficult for yourself, right? ”

"No, you can win IG, and you can still lose to JT?!"

"If you don't understand, just ask, this is what you call the top eight in the Destiny Circle?"

"Is it possible that the state is affected by the lack of adaptation to the soil and water?"

"It's not that you haven't adjusted for so long!"

Obviously, the defeat of FPX has had a huge impact on everyone.

But luckily, it's only the first day of the game.

With the strength of Group B, even if the FPX is not in good shape, it is quite difficult to get out of the line.

So everyone's condemnation is not too strong.

However.

The next day, the group stage continued.

FPX, lost to SPY again!

This is not over, RNG was also taken down by DWG, and it was beaten to the point that there was no power to fight back!

In an instant, the entire LPL seemed to have exploded!

“？？？”

"Is there only one IG left??"

"What are you two fighting? What the hell is fighting! ”

"Understood,FPX is trying to put it to death and then be born.,Same as the S9 theme.,A wave of nirvana (squint smile)"

“.”

This time, the online condemnation suddenly became louder.

In the face of three weak teams, the dignified LPL No. 1 seed can actually lose two games in a row!

If you lose again, wouldn't you really want to be in the top 16?!

But just like no one expected FPX to lose, no one expected that a certain audience's barrage would actually become a prophecy.

Over the next few days.

FPX is really like completing Nirvana, winning all the way!

first double-kill GAM, then revenge JT, and then revenge SPY, from 2-0, to recover 4-2!

Come to the playoffs, fight SPY again, and win again!

From the bottom of the 0-2 group at the beginning, the counterattack was completed, and the 5-2 group was the first to qualify!

It's like responding to the theme of this year's S competition, 'Nirvana'.

FPX, the little phoenix, seems to have really completed its transformation in the group stage.

It was clear to all the spectators that the state of this team had reached an unprecedented peak!

And in contrast.

RNG, which is in another 'Circle of Destiny', has a somewhat ill-fated fate.

Yes, this year's RNG, not to mention the quarterfinals, they don't even seem to be able to qualify for the group stage.

Although against AHQ is a total victory.

But he was double-killed by DWG, and then won another game with TL.

Finally, on the last day, RNG ushered in the play-off and played against TL again!

is under the expectant gaze of countless LPL audiences.

32 minutes.

RNG is defeated by TL and is flattened!

At this point, RNG missed the quarterfinals, broke through the lowest lower limit of the S competition in team history, and fell to the top 16!

And that's not the biggest impact.

The biggest one is. Xiaohu's mid-laner Ruiz, 32 minutes in a game, only hit 2200 points of damage!

You know, Xiao Ming's assistant Lulu has called 3500!

For a while, the entire public screen exploded!

Dense '2200' floats over the barrage!

The three official commentators at the scene were collectively silenced, and could only keep repeating words such as 'pity' and 'lineup play'.

No one talked about the harm.

You can imagine with your toes how terrifying public opinion in the country will be at this time!

If we say that last year's S8, RNG's quarterfinals were sent away by G2, marking RNG's transformation from prosperity to decline.

So this year's S9 probably means that the RNG edifice has really collapsed!

Countless RNG fans in China collectively broke the defense!

The whole network is condemning it on a one-sided side!

All kinds of big onmyoji and grumpy old buddies rushed to leave a message under the RNG official blog.

"Good death! Open champagne~! ”

"I'll come first! Let's point to the S10! (Pride)"

"I thought they were laughing at S9, but I didn't expect it, it turned out to be S10?"

"Don't be embarrassed, it's not certain if you can enter the S10, the top eight and the top sixteen, and the top 32 next year~ (squint smile)"

"Tiger big fish, retire quickly!"

"Shark beep team, disband, waste my expression."

“.”

The overwhelming scolding hit.

And RNG, as the scolded party, can only pretend to be dead.

After posting a 'S9 regrets stopping in the top 16, continue to work hard in the future', he became an ostrich, buried his head in the sand, and didn't pull it out!

There is quite a sense of 'you scold and let you scold, I put it anyway'.

But here's what's interesting.

This year's RNG results are obviously more pulled than last year, but the pace is actually far less than last year's S8.

Scolding and scolding, everyone went to pay attention to the games of the other groups.

Could it be that after experiencing S8, fans' expectations have been infinitely lowered? Or maybe you don't have any expectations for this year's RNG?

All in all.

After a wave of rhythm, everyone's eyes are still back to the group stage that is still in progress.

Group A.

Unsurprisingly, it was almost a show for both G2 and GRF.

The remaining C9 and HKA have completely become tools for the two of them to brush up their scores!

The two teams each won one game against each other, and finally came to the play-off, but GRF was the better one, knocking G2 off the horse and qualifying first in the group!

As for the final death panel.

Group C.

The battle situation here is somewhat unexpected.

To be reasonable, everyone thought that Group C would be the group with the highest intensity of the game, and it was also the group with the most difficult to predict.

But in fact, this year's FNC and SKT are obviously not in good shape.

On the other hand, IG is the hotter it feels!

One is the only one, winning 6 games in a row, and the first group of 6-0 directly qualified!

Almost all the teams felt that sense of oppression again!

However, SKT and FNC are two teams, and they play back and forth.

In the end, it was forced to play the playoffs, and after 38 minutes of fierce battle, SKT won a wave of big dragon group decisions and bulldozed the FNC base to win.

So far.

The whole group stage has come to an end.

The top eight finalists have all been confirmed!

Group A: GRF, G2!

Group B: FPX, SPY!

Group C: IG, SKT!

Group D: DWG, TL!

The intensity of the four major regions is vividly displayed!

Eight teams, not a single wild card!

(End of chapter)