The 2016 World Championship group stage will be held at the Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium.

The stadium is built in the style of a Western auditorium, and was once the home of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, hosting many sporting events and major events.

When Chen Yiqiu and the others arrived, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning local time.

Domestic time is 2 a.m.

- Due to the time difference, the S race held in the afternoon of prime time in the United States is in the early morning in the domestic time period.

If the domestic and Korean audiences want to watch the game without falling, they have to get up around 4 to 6 in the morning.

The time can be said to be very underworld, but it does not affect everyone's enthusiasm and attention to the S6 World Finals.

"That's all there is to the crowd in the group stage."

Chen Yiqiu walked into the auditorium, and the place where he entered the eye was dense, crowded with people, and thousands of people were empty.

"It is said that as soon as tickets were sold out in July, the tickets for the group stage were sold out, and now everyone is privately looking for scalpers to buy at a high price, and the highest seems to be 1,000 US dollars?"

"Not only that, I've heard that there are three or four thousand..."

Three or four thousand US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan, is still a conservative estimate, and it is estimated that the infield tickets in the hands of scalpers will only be more expensive.

Is that all there is to it in the group stage?

Chen Yiqiu was secretly surprised, he also thought that it would be at least after the quarterfinals that this kind of 'grand occasion' would occur.

But it's not surprising to think about it, the S7 held in China next year was once as high as 100,000 tickets, and it was difficult to find a ticket, which can be called the happiest day for scalpers.

"A lot of North American spectators have been waiting for this home game for a long time."

Lee Sang-hyuk played the S match in the United States as early as S3, of course, in Southern California, when the group stage and the quarterfinals were played at Riot's official company, how can it be on this scale now?

One stage for one iconic big city.

Everyone talked and laughed, Chen Yiqiu Xiaohei, including Lee Jae-wan, Pei Jun-sik and others, 'have long knowledge'.

Meanwhile.

Behind the scenes.

The three LPL teams that arrived at the venue first 'gathered together', but their mental state was quite sluggish.

- Although it has been half a month since I arrived in the United States, I still have to adapt to jet lag.

Of course, because the game is in front, it does not affect their game form.

"Ha~ It's too comfortable for you to sign this year, this is a destiny sign, right?"

During the chat, Uzi looked at the factory director with envy.

The factory director smiled reservedly and did not speak.

"Hey, good luck, good luck."

The fields bared their teeth, and the pride was overflowing.

"You're not bad, there are few people in Group D who can play, just one Samsung, two to fight for one, just three stars this year, maybe you can be the first in the group."

The sedan chair carries people, and for the 'signing' of RNG, the outside world now generally believes that it is also the destiny of heaven.

In fact, the LPL division is really lucky in this year's S competition.

EDG is in Group C, there is no one who is a son, or a wild card who has never even heard of the name, combined with their unprecedented 16 BO3 wins this summer.

The limelight is unparalleled for a while, and it can even be compared to SKT's record.

Already 'locked' the first place in the group.

And RNG is almost a similar situation, Group D has a wild card and a North American fishing, as far as Samsung can see. But Samsung's promotion this year is too reluctant, and in the hearts of LPL everyone, EDG and RNG are really going to be the S6 championship this year.

Only IM.

Everyone looked at AJ's eyes as if they were looking at a dead doll.

"Big brothers, we're strong, okay?"

The ancient beauty felt the gaze of his brothers and felt that he was despised.

Wu Zi said: "And if we play SKT, we can also prove that we are LPL orders, and we can also give RNG 'revenge', right?" ”

The puppy was stunned.

Xiaohu pouted.

It's called the dog master on the surface, but I don't dare to think about what it's called in private.

Can you lick it better than me? Bah.

"Well, Chen Yiqiu played okay this year, but it's a pity that I didn't meet it."

The puppy came back to his senses, at this time he was still quite characterful, facing the camera in the backstage, and he behaved very seniorly.

Right now.

There was movement in the hallway outside, and then the movement grew louder and louder, turning into a commotion.

"Is there another team here? Such a big move? ”

It is not surprising to everyone that the year-end event is equivalent to the 'martial arts competition', and the heroes from all over the world arrive one by one, and there will always be old friends who have made good personal friends in the previous World Championships, or fans who take a group photo to change team uniforms.

It's just that this time the movement is extraordinarily big.

Everyone only listened for a moment, and they knew that there was a high probability that it was SKT, or that ROX had arrived.

Really.

When I walked out of the door, I saw that the SKT people dressed in red had been surrounded by various blue and blue people.

G2, C9, AHQ, ANX, and INTZ, except for the teams that have not yet arrived, almost all of them have come out.

Among them, Ah P hugged Chen Yiqiu tightly, gave a thumbs up to the camera, and smiled proudly "This is my brother".

There is also the jungler of INTZ, who said to Little Peanut very admiringly: "I am a fan!" ”

"Uh..."

The factory director's face darkened.

If memory serves, not long ago, the jungler, who had never heard his name at all, said the same thing to him.

INTZ… Isn't the Brazilian wild card team just the 'experience baby' in the same group as them?

Okay, you still like Peanut, right, I'll teach you how to be a man today.

The corners of Ming Kai's mouth are hooked, I don't know if he knows that someone is the most annoying spicy fragrant pot, and radical junglers like Little Peanut?

Hum.

It wasn't until the noise cleared that the three LPL teams came out pretending to take a look at SKT and ROX passing by.

"Yiqiu, come on."

After all, he is also a 'former teammate', and he will still be polite, nodding his head.

"Come on."

Chen Yiqiu glanced at many star players in the LPL, and found that he was almost unfamiliar, so he nodded politely.

SKT and ROX are even less familiar, and they pass by after politely greeting each other.

"Wow... It's crazy, they're crazy. ”

"Are you familiar with Reaper?"

"It's an old teammate after all, haha."

The first sentence is AJ's daily abstract work, and the last few sentences are puppy questions.

"It's okay, he used to sit on the water cooler, right next to me... next to it. ”

Liu Shiyu recalled for a while, and when he saw that everyone in SKT had already walked into the lounge, he smiled and said, "I often call him." ”

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

"Xiao Chen, pour water."

"Hahaha."

"Don't do it, be careful that people will blow you up when they encounter you, and forget that MSI was captured by five?"

"It's okay, I can't meet in the group stage anyway."

Everyone giggled, and their words were quite ridiculous.

In fact, for such a person who used to be unknown in the LPL division, but now he is thriving in the LCK... He has even grown into a superstar around the world.

The LPL's internal circles are very interested, and they talk about this topic a lot in private.

I'm a little curious about Reaper.

In this way, the conversation was opened, and until the opening ceremony began, everyone was discussing the topic of this year's SKT and Chen Yiqiu.

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The opening ceremony of the 2016 World Finals officially began.

The opening ceremony of this year's S competition continued the special effects of the ground screen with good MSI effects, and because it was held in the United States, a rare 'new live broadcast technology' was carried out at the same time.

Live stream on Youtude with 360° multi-camera footage, including the player's personal view, top-down camera view, commentary and director view, and even the front-row audience view.

With all the bells and whistles, I tried my best to show the charm of the players on the stage to the extreme, which was very nice.

After Xiao Peanut learned about this, he asked Chen Yiqiu in private: "If I sing on stage, will the audience hear it?" ”

Chen Yiqiu's answer is: "Just this year's scene show, you are just farting on stage, I guess everyone knows it." ”

“……。”

Speechless.

Half an hour later, the opening ceremony ended ceremoniously, and the first opening match of the group stage officially began.

In the opening game of the S6 group stage, it was naturally arranged in C9, which has the home advantage in North America, against SUP.

This opponent is good, the No. 3 seed in Europe, and the 'partiality of the fists' is overflowing.

The results are also happy, and the C9 team is also full of metaphysics, and they can always survive the S game in the case of their mediocre league performance, and support them to the end.

The North American division got off to a good start, and the atmosphere exploded, with countless blonde and blue-eyed spectators chanting the name of C9.

Then the second game, G2 vs. ANX.

This game was unexpectedly flat, and it was even the biggest upset on the first day of today's S game.

ANX, which was originally considered a wild card weak chicken, continued to work hard, and the overall strength was strong, and the European No. 1 seed G2 was defeated one after another, full of interpretation of the famous saying "There is no weak team in the S game", and successfully won his first victory in the S game.

After the game, all the ANX members were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, and the bearded single Smurf 1.85 meter big man actually cried on the spot, the picture was very abstract for a while, and it had a bit of the unique charm of the S race.

This is the S game, for these wild card regions, winning one game in the group stage has proven itself, and it is worth a thousand words.

By the third scene, the domestic jet lag also came to eight o'clock in the morning, and a large number of spectators got up and couldn't even take care of breakfast.

Without him, the main event is here!

The first match of the S match of EDG, the No. 1 seed in the Chinese division, against the Brazilian wild card of INTZ, who had never even heard the name before the game.

Chen Yiqiu was also watching the game with great interest backstage, and he was not sure if there would be a classic in his memory.

And then...

It's still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste.

In the pre-match trash talk, Brazilian jungler Revotta adored Clearlove as his jungler idol.

As a result, the director of the factory seemed to be really moved, feeling sorry for this fan on the other side of the ocean, who was shy like everyone waiting to leave the boudoir for the whole game, and the version of competing for resources in the early and middle stages, he didn't take the initiative to find a rhythm once.

In front of the three opponents, he handed over all his displacements, and the wild area got lost and took the initiative to move and eat the ice ultimate.

highlighted one of the most 'favorite fans' character, perfectly matched with his fan Brazilian holy monk, and completed several roundhouse kick operations that are enough to go down in history.

Successfully let fans reach the top and win their first win in the wild card region.

After the game, the Brazilian monk Revotta was moved to tears, and his eyes were red because of the director's indulgence in treating fans.

As a result, EDG took the first defeat and lost to the Brazilian wild card, which made countless LPL viewers who got up early in the morning to wait for the victory stunned and completely confused.

"Haha, Le, this male gun, take the initiative E to take over the control, what kind of operation is this?"

Bae Jun-sik watched with Chen Yiqiu backstage, not long ago he didn't understand why the other party 'valued' this game so much, and EDG and them were not in the same group.

Could it be because EDG is the No. 1 seed in this year's LPL, and at the World Championships, Yiqiu is concerned about his hometown?

As a result, now that he knew, it turned out that he was having fun.

"Don't be embarrassed, the jet lag hasn't been reversed, EDG has always been slow to heat."

Chen Yiqiu stopped Bae Jun-sik's ridicule.

"It's true that the EDG team is still very strong, including Clearlove, and we have played against each other before."

Lee Sang-hyuk is an honest child, commenting: "I just don't know why, when it comes to the World Championships, he seems to be extraordinarily 'cautious' and nervous." ”

"Hmm..."

Chen Yiqiu was silent.

"Come on, boys, the first battle of the S game, it's our turn, get ready to prepare."

Kkoma clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to come over.

Today's third game is SKT vs. IM.

As the first game of this year's S6, SKT, a strong team that strives to win the cup at the end, certainly thinks of a good start.

"The IM team is still very strong, although they are the third seed in the LPL, they can triple jump a year, which should not be underestimated."

"Yes, and their style of play and tactics are very biased towards Samsung, and I think that's what everyone needs to pay attention to."

Kkoma tells the team about the notable points.

Chen Yiqiu and the others listened carefully.

The IM team is a miracle in S6.

Maybe it's because of getting out of the second team of EDG, even in the current version, IM's tactical play and hero selection are still extremely biased towards last year's bladder game, that is, the big tree system.

The style of the whole team is probably to choose a set of big late development lineup, mix with AJ in the upper lane in the early stage, continue to drag it in the middle lane, and then let Athena in the middle lane and Golden Horn Double C in the bottom lane take over the game, relying on excellent team battle cooperation and support to win the game.

To sum up, it is - drag, just drag.

Samsung is known as the old turtle, and IM is known as the little turtle.

The LPL has the longest average game record this year, which is maintained by them.

"A weakened version of Samsung."

Chen Yiqiu commented: "I think it's okay to play normally." ”

"If you have the opportunity, an online breakthrough is the best choice."

The best way to play this weakened version of Samsung is to crush the opponent online and play a great personal advantage, so that they have nothing to drag.

"Well... That's it, in addition, in the autumn, AJ is the top single, you have to pay attention, this year IM can be promoted to S6 to create a miracle, and he is a great contributor. ”

Before going on the field, Kkoma followed Chen Yiqiu's side and reminded him not to be careless.

Any game, before it starts, is full of unknowns.

"Hmm."

Chen Yiqiu nodded, of course he knew AJ's advantages and disadvantages.

S6's ancient style beautiful man,It's not a clown who did all kinds of clowns in order to rub traffic.,The timing of team battles and support TP is the opponent's strength.。

Online Capabilities...

Before S8, did the LPL top laner have the online ability to reach the level of 'super player'?

Chen Yiqiu, with silver hair and a red dress, walked to the stage with his teammates.

……

Next door, in the ROX lounge, I saw Chen Yiqiu's tall and high-spirited back from the big TV, and with the hairstyle, the little peanut suddenly climaxed.

"Brother Yiqiu, they're on the field!"

"That's what I want."

"Oh~! I can already imagine how effective we will be when we go up in the end, this hairstyle and hair color, the camera is simply handsome. ”

Twitter.

The competition has officially begun.

In the first match, SKT is on the blue side and IM is on the red side.

According to the 6.18 version adopted in the latest S game, as well as the opponent's strengths, SKT banned Big Tree, Bobby, and Zach respectively.

IM's side also tended to the version, but it had to target Chen Yiqiu and cut out Ike, Ruiz, and Qianjue.

Although Ike is no longer a popular list on 6.18, Chen Yiqiu's Ike god-level operations are too much, and IM doesn't dare to put it at all.

Ruiz is afraid that SKT will engage in the middle swing, the legend of the god king and the demon king, and the version has strengthened the redo of Ruiz, so IM must be targeted.

The last hand is pure metaphysics.

- In this game, SKT jungler is the big brother Bengi, but after getting the SKT jungler, the winning rate is surprisingly high, and they don't dare to let it go.

Therefore, under such a target, heroes such as Jace and Kenji have been released.

"Overall, I think IM's thinking is fine."

Scene, LPL commentary seat.

Miller frowned: "But if you release a hero like Jace, you have to think about how to line up with Reaper in the early stage." ”

"AJ has good laning ability, but Jace is a hero who has few natural enemies... And... In this year's S competition, I feel that Jace has strengthened a lot. ”

6.18, although the group stage has only been played for two games, and Jace has not yet appeared, according to the version changes, Carry laners such as Jace, Nar, Kenan, and Rambo have already had a trend of debuting.

Every year in the S competition, the top single must reach the top, which is the unchanging truth of the S competition so far.

But IM and LPL don't seem to understand this all along.

At this moment, seeing the end of the ban, SKT on the blue side decisively grabbed Jace, and IM discussed for a moment, first took the blind monk, and then the mid-laner snake girl.

SKT, on the other hand, took Lee Sang-hyuk's recent training match, Sindra, whose hands were so hot that they exploded, and then ADEZ.

"They are too fierce in the early stage."

The coach looked at the upper, middle and lower SKT, almost all of them were heroes with explosive combat effectiveness in the middle stage, and he had a headache.

"Hit your own stuff and play your own style."

The Golden Horn God on the lower road muttered: "Isn't this the charm of the World Championship? ”

"Coach, what are you hesitating about, it's just the first game, let's choose what we are best at."

Hearing this, the coach could only nod.

Because of the configuration of the team and the style of play of the players throughout the season, they did not prepare anything more, and they could not prepare.

And relying on this set of tactics, they have completed the miracle of the dark horse counterattack this year, who dares to say that they can't beat SKT?

Make up your mind and speed up the selection of IM personnel.

On the fourth hand, IM finally pulled out the top laner.

This is a good choice for the line Jace, according to the perspective of the previous version, even the cost performance is a notch higher than the Jace.

But...

I don't know why.

Looking at the handsome rich and handsome avatar opposite, and looking at the bright SKT ReaperID next to the avatar.

AJ's steady little chubby hand shook inexplicably, and before he knew it, he was already sweating.

"Don't panic, I'll just hold steady, just steady..."

"He's not an immortal, I'm shrinking under the defense tower to line up with him, can I still die?"

"He probably hasn't seen my interview... I'm really kidding, Brother Chen. ”

In the chatter, it has entered the game.

(End of chapter)