Author: I really don’t drink coke

Under the "blackmail and extortion" from IG and RNG, Rookie found a relatively high-end restaurant in Busan and treated everyone to a feast.

Of course, none of them ordered anything related to beef.

After the meal, we had nothing to do. Everyone had just arrived in Busan today and were quite tired, so there was no training scheduled, so everyone happily walked around the streets of Busan accompanied by Riot staff.

While walking around, I was still whipping EDG.

"Alas, Mr. Song spent a lot of money today~"

"Where there!"

"It's a pity that EDG can't enjoy this kind of treatment~ My brother Yi Jin doesn't have many opportunities to treat guests!"

"Forget it, the factory director and the others are probably very worried right now. Abu probably scolded them for having a problem with their thinking."

But this year it was clear that the problem was not as simple as they thought. With everyone having different thoughts, the S8 qualifying round finally came to an end.

Contrary to what everyone expected, even though it was just a qualifying round for the S8 World Championship and not even the main round, it was still very popular. After all, with the efforts of Riot Games and Tencent, they had been bombarding the publicity for so many days.

, the e-sports atmosphere unique to S8 has also begun to spread and ferment around the world.

In just a few days, the competition in the playoffs can be said to be at a fever pitch. More than a dozen teams from all over the world are playing like crazy. People's heads are about to be beaten into dog heads. Even EDG can overturn. The intensity is amazing.

Just imagine.

The qualifying rounds went from No. 1 to No. 7, and the final qualifying team did not exceed everyone's expectations.

The eight wild card teams, as well as the third seeds from the four major regions, totaled 12 teams. In the end, four teams, G2, C9, EDG and the DRX team from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces, advanced to the group stage. The other teams could only regretfully advance from S8.

Leaving the World Championship stage.

However, this is not surprising. Although these four teams are all the third seeds in each major competition, their background is much stronger than that of the wild card teams.

The competitive intensity of the players, the training environment, and the capital injection are all not of the same magnitude.

In BO1, wild card teams can still create miracles, but when it comes to the battle for places in BO3, the gap becomes apparent.

Now that the qualifying competition is over, it naturally means that the annual battlefield for Chen Mu and his summoners has officially begun.

Before each summoner arrives on the battlefield, one thing they still need is to divide their respective battlefields, which is the drawing ceremony of the group stage.

Players around the world are paying attention, and the group stage draw ceremony is about to begin.

When local fans pay attention to their own team, they will also learn about the opponents their team encounters, thereby deepening communication in different competition regions, expanding the league's influence around the world, and raising audience expectations.

This year's draw ceremony has received huge attention throughout the league world.

On the evening of October 8th, after dinner, Chen Mu and others sat in the lounge early, quietly watching the lottery ceremony in front of the screen.

Riot Games is also broadcasting the lottery ceremony live, and even the LPL division is broadcasting the lottery ceremony.

Three commentators were also arranged, one is Changmao, one is Guan Zeyuan, and a special guest is Abu from the EDG team who just finished the qualifying round.

“I’m glad that everyone came to the draw ceremony of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals Group Stage, and welcome our special guest, Abu.”

"Here I would like to congratulate EDG for successfully entering the group."

Changmao first made an opening statement.

In order to attract popularity, the LPL also specially recruited Guan Zeyuan, hoping that Guan Zeyuan would continue to use his poisonous properties to "increase the intensity" of these teams.

Abu was also in a good mood, chatting and laughing with the two commentators.

Although there were twists and turns in the finals, losing to a wild card team, which made EDG directly hotly searched, but then EDG became the director of the starting lineup and cleanly defeated the DFM Little Days team, which can be regarded as regaining some popularity.

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Then Abu, Eleven and Changmao sat in the commentary box and talked, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of these sixteen teams.

As of now, all teams from the six major regions competing for S8 have been locked in.

The LCK division consists of three teams: KT, AFS and Gen.

The LPL division consists of three teams: EDG, IG and RNG.

In the European division, there are three teams: FNC, VIT and G2.

In the North American division, there are three teams: TL, 100T and C9.

In the LMS division, there are three teams: FW, MAD and GRX.

There is also a team called PVB, the summer champion of the Wild Card Division with the best results in the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational.

There are a total of 16 teams from all over the world.

These 16 teams are all well-known in the local competition area.

This time, they have gathered from all over the world to compete for the highest glory of the League of Legends.

Everyone is curious about which teams will meet in the group stage.

Are there any grudges or grievances, such as the battle between NA and EU, the battle between LPL and LCK for the first division, etc.

Each major team is also staring at the screen at this time, hoping that their team can enter an ideal group.

IG seems to be a lot more relaxed here. The big defeat after a winning streak brings not only flowers and applause, abuse and responsibility, but also the calmness after experiencing strong winds and waves and bumps along the way.

For them, it doesn't matter who they fight, the most important thing is to work hard and win.

As Abu, Changmao, Guan Zeyuan and others chatted, the lottery ceremony at the scene had already begun.

"Next, please ask Flame to pick out the groups of the four No. 1 seeds for us."

Flame is also a handsome guy. He is LGD's former top laner and foreign aid player. He returned to South Korea after retiring and was invited as a special lucky draw guest today.

I saw Flame today wearing a small gray suit and walking towards the transparent glass tank with Pool 1 written on it.

During the live broadcast, Flame put his hand into the glass jar, grabbed a ball with a note hidden in it, retracted from the lottery pool, opened the note and pointed the front of it at the live broadcast camera, FW Flash Wolves.

Then FW Flash Wolf appeared in the first position of the Group 1 group.

As he continued to take out small balls, the names of several teams were also continuously announced.

The first team in Group A, the strongest fantasy god in the LMS division, is the FW Flash Wolves team.

The first team in Group B, this year’s MSI champion, is Uzi’s RDG team!

The first team in Group C, Galaxy Battleship in the LCK division, and the increasingly terrifying KT team.

The first team in Group D, the S1 world champion, the FNC team from Europe.

After the draw for the first pool of Pool 1 ended, the No. 1 seed team of each group was also updated on the big screen.

The draw rules for the S8 group stage are as follows: LPL, LCK, LCS Europe, and LMS Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. There will be a number one seed team in these four regions, ranking first in each of the four groups.

They represent the strongest teams in each major competition area. These four teams will be divided into four groups ABC and D, ensuring that they will not encounter each other in the first round.

As the number one seed advancing to the World Championship, they still have a certain advantage in the group stage.

But as the saying goes, there are no underdogs in the World Championship. There is not much difference between most teams. However, being able to become the No. 1 seed must have merits.

The North American division has had this privilege revoked because it has been too stretched over the years.

The next three places in each group will be drawn from Pool2, Pool3 and the play-in pool and placed into four groups respectively.

Basically all the teams participating in the World Championship are paying attention to the lottery ceremony. After the first round of draws, the following teams are also a little panicked.

After all, the group stage draw is very important, as it determines whether you can advance to the quarterfinals.

If you are unfortunately assigned to the death group, you are really unlucky.

At this moment, many teams are eyeing the three vacant positions at the bottom of Group C.

To be honest, compared to the other three groups, no one wants to squeeze under Group C.

After all, the shadow of a tree is like the name of a person. This season, the KT team is really a bit scary.

Originally, in this year's spring split, they were very inconspicuous, but in the summer split, they were full of firepower. They punched SKT and kicked Samsung. They were like God!

The team's system of senior members leading newcomers has gradually stabilized, and the team members' integration has become increasingly mature.

Which one of Semb, Score, Deft and Mata is not a long-established player?!

All the three heroes of the LPL gathered together, and Riot Games announced that three players were on the poisonous milk list.

Moreover, the top lane version of the World Championship has basically been determined.

Semb is also one of the top three top laners in LCK, and his strength should not be underestimated!

It would be really bad if we meet this team early in the group stage.

If we do a public opinion survey on the other twelve teams at this time, it is estimated that none of these people will want to go to Group C.

Looking at Group A, the eyes of other teams suddenly lit up. The top seeded team in the division is FW from the LMS division.

In recent years, the results of the LMS competition outside the competition have really been outstanding. FW is also recognized as the weakest No. 1 seed team in the competition. Which team doesn't want to pinch the weak persimmon?

Looking at the top seeded team in Group B, everyone's fiery hearts immediately cooled down. It was RNG!

No need to think about it, Group B is a dead group and no one wants to join.

The top seeded team in Group D is FNC from the European and American divisions.
To be continued...