This year's MSI group stage will be held on May 11.

After arriving in São Paulo, SKT did not rest for long and quickly devoted himself to intense and rigorous training.

It lasted until the opening on the 11th, which was a slight relief from this crazy special training state.

Of course, this is not because of the kindness of the SKT coaching staff, but the timeline has come to the official opening day of MSI.

On the 11th, at six o'clock in the morning local time.

SKT went downstairs to eat, and met LPL and others again in the restaurant downstairs.

This is not the first time they have met the LPL crowd.

Because the official hotel rooms are very close to each other, and the hotel is on this floor is a restaurant, so in recent times, not only SKT and LPL, but also players from all major regions around the world will often meet here.

After several encounters, the LPL people, who originally had a great curiosity about SKT, gradually got used to and adapted to the existence of this legendary team.

"Yiqiu, play well in today's game, the first battle of MSI's debut."

Letme waited until everyone else went to eat, and then took the time to come in front of Chen Yiqiu.

After a few days of getting along, the two have returned to the original mode of getting along.

In general, even Chen Yiqiu occasionally spoke venomously to Baiyun, and Baiyun listened stupidly, but he didn't dare to refute.

"Come on, too... I'm sorry, RNG didn't make the cut this year, so let's do more WE. ”

Chen Yiqiu nodded with a smile.

Letme：“？ ”

"Yiqiu, although I don't have much affection for RNG management, is it really good for you to say it in front of me."

"Not good, not good... By the way, do you eat fritters? The two days I talked about it were all bought from Chinatown. ”

Chen Yiqiu sandwiched two fritters and gestured to Baiyun.

"I don't eat it, I've been a little constipated lately, and I don't want to eat those things that are too oily."

Letme shook her head sincerely.

"That's a pity."

Chen Yiqiu was thoughtful, the two of them cooked well, found a place to sit down together, he raised his head and asked, "By the way, how is the effect of your special training in the past few days?" ”

"So many LPL teams help WE special training together, the effect should be good, right?"

"Are you trying to 'find out about the enemy' from me?"

Letme smiled, quite proud.

"Do you think WE will be our opponent?"

Chen Yiqiu asked rhetorically.

Letme raised an eyebrow: "This doesn't have to be, Yiqiu." ”

"If you said so before, I would have admitted it, but this time our LPL has gathered the resources and strength of an entire region, and WE is not a weak chicken, and they lost RNG 3-0 in the spring game this year, which is the same as your record and honor in the LCK."

"I think you've got to be careful, brother... Although I don't have the opportunity to train with them, I look at the effect of WE's current strength and backup tactics... That's a lot. ”

Chen Yiqiu nodded, it was really enough to stop, and he didn't continue to inquire about these things.

"Oh... There is one more thing, brother needs to remind you. ”

Letme is a good brother, seeing that Chen Yiqiu didn't ask much, he thought of another very important thing, looked left and right, and found that no one was paying attention here, before he lowered his head and whispered: "Recently... There may be people who 'harass' you, so be more careful yourself. ”

"Sao... Harass? ”

Chen Yiqiu was stunned and didn't understand the meaning of Letme for the first time.

"Hey... It is... You get the idea. ”

Letme scratched her head anxiously, and then said directly: "Do you really think that this LPL is spending so much effort just to win the championship?" ”

“… In other words, in addition to trying to defeat you, there are other purposes attached. ”

“…… What do you mean, it has something to do with me? ”

Chen Yiqiu understood.

"That's all I can say, and I won't be able to mix it up if I say anything more."

Letme sighed, her tone sad, a little sad: "One autumn... As the saying goes, home is a safe haven, but LPL has always been your home... Everybody wants you back. ”

It is clear that at this point, if Chen Yiqiu doesn't understand it again, it will be strange.

LPL has always been your home, and everyone wants you back.

It seems that this LPL official is determined to take advantage of this rare international competition to have more contact with Chen Yiqiu head-on.

Not to mention letting Chen Yiqiu come back immediately, at least the possibility of a new season must be retained.

Otherwise, as Chen Yiqiu continues to go higher and higher, the pressure on the official side of the LPL will gradually become unimaginable.

It is even possible that Jin Yibo was dismissed by Penguin Headquarters.

"Okay, I see, thank you, Junze."

Chen Yiqiu could sense the risk of Letme saying this, and thanked him very solemnly.

"Hey, what are you and I polite about, you don't know..."

Letme's tone was elated, and a little inexplicably excited trill: "Since we met before, everyone knows that I am so close to you... Oh, the one who grabbed me and asked me questions made a 180-degree turn in his attitude towards me. ”

"Buddies didn't have this treatment before, even Bai Laodeng was a lot more polite to me, just say it, brother has a long face."

"Hehe, I can come a few more times if you need to."

can make Letme feel better, Chen Yiqiu is not stingy with help.

Again... Didn't you just say a few more words to him in front of the crowd?

The importance that LPL attaches to himself is really beyond his imagination.

To be precise, it should be that Chen Yiqiu still lacks a certain degree of awareness of his current status in the international arena and in the LPL region.

After all, it has been a year and a half since he left the LPL, and half a year has passed since the turn of winter.

For half a year, his impression of LPL, as well as his various comments and popularity in the LPL division, were still half a year ago.

But in half a year, in the e-sports circle that has been updated so quickly, he can't understand it very specifically.

It's really inconvenient to be in a foreign country.

Besides, he is so busy with training and competitions, and he doesn't have time to study these things carefully.

The two talked for a while, and after breakfast, someone from SKT had already come over to call Chen Yiqiu.

It's about the same on the LPL side.

It's time to go.

Chen Yiqiu said goodbye to Letme and returned to the team, and then everyone stepped on the bus to the venue of this year's MSI group stage.

……

The 2017 MSI Mid-Season Championship Invitational, like the Play-In Tournament, was held at the CBLOL studio in São Paulo.

After arriving at the venue, SKT people entered the backstage lounge in a low-key manner.

Despite this, along the way, it was captured by many foreign fans who had already blocked outside the stadium in advance, and the cheers and screams never stopped wherever they passed along the way.

In contrast, the other teams from the same region do not have this treatment as SKT.

As the most popular, honored, and popular team in the league today, SKT has unparalleled dominance overseas.

This can be seen from the fact that there are so many SKT fans in the LPL region.

To put it bluntly, most people in this world respect the strong, and if this strong man can maintain his dominance forever, then their fans will increase more and more, until they become a real historical dynasty team.

The current SKT is actually considered to be at this level, but if they lose one game after another and lose the S championship trophy, the edifice will collapse, and it may be in an instant.

This is why Lee Sang-hyuk has always said that it is easy to win the championship, but it is difficult to defend the position.

"This is SKT, awesome."

"It's this treatment everywhere you go, and it's the home field wherever you go."

The LPL people on the bus behind SKT saw this scene and were all emotional.

"Yiqiu is really awesome now, when will I be able to get to this point."

Yan Junze looked at the SKT people who seemed to walk with the wind and walked into the passage without looking back.

"Hehe, what honor is the level of others, what level are you, don't you really have an AC number in your heart."

When Uzi heard this, he felt very harsh inexplicably, and couldn't help but reply.

“……”

Letme didn't dare to talk back to Uzi, since the puppy joined RNG, the original core of the team, Xiaohu, has long since taken a back seat, not to mention Letme, who was just brought up this year.

The same goes for the spicy fragrant pot.

It can only be said that the past was before, and the present is now.

Times have changed, the core has become a tool man, and the bottom lane AD is the big daddy of the whole team.

"It can't be said that Chen Yiqiu also relied on winning an S championship to get his current popularity? We LPL haven't won the S championship for so many years, and whoever gets the first one will definitely be second to him in an instant. ”

"Especially this year's S competition is held in our country for the first time, everyone, we will give you a sample today, we will win!" ”

"I'm super, I'm scared!"

“6！”

"If you say this, I will give you a thumbs up!"

When everyone in the carriage heard the sound, they immediately felt a lot of relief.

No one wants to look up to someone all the time, especially one of their compatriots, and it would be nice if SKT were all Koreans, but it's clear that Reaper is the core of the core in this historic SKT team right now.

"Let's go, get out of the car."

Xi Ye didn't say anything more, and took the lead and stepped off the bus.

After this period of time, with the help of the resources of the entire competition area, as well as the results in the training competition, Xiye is now very much looking forward to this MSI and is extremely confident.

He has never been the kind of person who is cowardly in foreign wars, and the more he competes, the better his form will be.

He didn't believe that there really was such a victorious existence in this world, unless it was a real god, otherwise there would always be a time when SKT would fail, and even the dynasty would be shattered and collapsed.

So since SKT will collapse sooner or later, why can't they be the ones who toppled SKT?

Everyone walked into the backstage of the stadium together.

……

At the same time, another place on the scene.

Having just arrived yesterday, the LZ crowd who had come to watch the game out of their pockets walked together and talked softly.

"Have you heard, LPL seems to be here this time."

"So many people? What are you doing? Do you want to watch the game at your own expense? ”

The Rat King was puzzled.

“NONONO。”

Greila shook her head: "Everyone came over to sparring for WE, and the coaching staff of the whole region worked together, which is really shocking." ”

“…… It's amazing, they're so united. ”

Khan couldn't help but smack his tongue when he heard this: "The LPL is indeed united, how can we LCK not be able to do it to this extent." ”

He is telling the truth, although this is different from the LPL he stayed in before, it is undeniable that no matter whether the LPL division wins or loses this time, the unity spirit of the other divisions is not available on the LCK side for the time being.

This may also have something to do with the fact that the LCK has been dominating most of the international titles.

The competition area is recognized as the strongest competition in the global league, and everyone usually competes fiercely, and they can't wait for people's heads to be beaten into dogs' heads.

Where can we do this kind of heart-to-heart mutual help.

It's nice not to stumble.

Of course, if you want to say whether this unity is useful, or whether the LPL division is really united this time, it will have to wait for the results of this MSI to come out.

"I hope they can give some strength this time, world champion... We didn't have a chance to get it at the beginning, but we hope he can get it and make his dream come true. ”

Although Rat King and Greila have now left the Tigers and come to LZ, the friendship between the Tigers last year will not change.

That's why this time they paid out of their own pockets and came to the scene to support Little Peanut.

If nothing else, I just want to witness the last remnants of the Tigers, who can break through the regrets and shackles of the Tigers and successfully reach the top of the world.

"Definitely, they are so strong in the autumn, SKT... These three letters have always been legendary. ”

Greila whistled, and at this moment, they seemed to switch roles again.

From the position that was once hostile to SKT, to the position of supporters.

This is not contradictory, and only they, who were once SKT's biggest opponents, understand the power and horror of this SKT.

- They will bring a visual feast of dominance to the world.

"Let's go, it's time to enter, let's cheer for Wanghu together."

The LZ crowd looked back and found that there was a crowd behind them, striding into the stadium.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of MSI officially began.

SKT was the finale of the opening ceremony, and unlike other teams, Lee Sang-hyuk held the last MSI championship trophy in his hand, indicating SKT's glory last year.

Last year, the same SKT team won the 2016 MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament, thus beginning their legend of dominance for a whole year.

In the passionate voice of the Brazilian host at the scene, the five SKT starters of this year's MSI appeared in turn, and the spotlight shone in the center of the field, and seven SKT people wearing new black and white uniforms.

Everything was ready, SKT and the rest of the team were off the field, and the grand opening ceremony was over.

Five minutes later, the first opening game of this MSI officially began.

But SKT was not in the sequence of the opener.

This is also understandable, as is the international convention, the opening match will be played by a local team.

And in order to get off to a good start, the host region will always arrange a very weak team for its own home team.

This year's MSI is no exception.

It lasted until the third race of the day, at half past four local time, when SKT's first game of this year's MSI schedule began.

2017 MSI Mid-Season Invitational Championship, SKT First Match, vs. WE.

This showdown, because of the 'special relationship' between Chen Yiqiu and LPL, as well as various grievances and hatreds last year, SKT stepped on the head RNG to win the championship and so on.

It can be said that since the championship of this year's spring competition came out, it has been highly anticipated and watched by hundreds of millions of people.

So when the two teams sat on the bench, the big climax of MSI officially began today.

(End of chapter)