Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 422 LPL fifth seed, mediocre playoffs
So, the days passed in Abin's wailing.

In addition to Tang Rou occasionally looking for him for solos, during training games, he would also receive care from the top and jungle players of various LPL teams.

Committed to improving Abin's awareness, survivability and combat power as much as possible before the main game.

In fact, due to its somewhat awkward status and position in the LCS region, as well as the "surprise" it brought to the LCS as an outsider, Excellent Era can hardly arrange training matches with strong teams in the LCS.

When the finals were approaching, even the weaker teams were unwilling to play against them.

Xingxin headquarters was willing to play training matches with its own brothers, but at that time Xingxin was preparing for the match against Fanhua. It just so happened that Fanhua's team composition and tactical style were almost exactly the opposite of the current Jia Shi.

If Xingxin practiced too much with Jia Shi, and some unnecessary muscle memory affected their results when playing against Fanhua, then it would be a waste of time.

In addition, during that period of time, Wu Xuefeng also realized that LCS was almost putting all its strength into the region and was determined to prevent Jia Shi from winning the championship.

Therefore, Wu Xuefeng finally declined Xingxin's help.

The result was just as Wu Xuefeng had expected. The obstacles that Jia Shi faced during the following finals were far more than just the inability to play training matches.

Wu Xuefeng personally feels okay about being targeted.

After all, he has lived in North America for several years and is familiar with the local culture. He knows that this situation is most likely the result of LCS officials coordinating behind the scenes.

After all, the NBA next door is an expert among experts in this regard, and they are very skilled in various official superstar whistles.

C9 is already a very strong team, and their individual abilities are slightly better than Jia Shi's. With the support of the entire region, it will be difficult to make up for such a big gap just by relying on the playoffs.

Although it was a pity that the young players from Jia Shi didn't get to win the trophy, they still felt okay about it.

After all, being able to achieve ptsd for the entire LCS has already proved their value.

As for a crappy LCS trophy? It would be great if we had one, but it's not a big deal if we don't have one.

LCS has no right to award us honors!
However, they are not in a hurry, because someone is worried for them.

Although Xingxin headquarters will definitely not blame Excellent Era for not winning the championship, they still have to do the necessary post-war review.

When Wu Xuefeng was making the report, he did not deliberately conceal the fact that he was suspected of being targeted, but reported it directly. In any case, Tao Xuan would not think that Wu Xuefeng was trying to shirk responsibility.

But when he put the report on the table of Xingxin's management, Tao Xuanhong was shocked.

Needless to say, Tao Xuan cares for these guys in his family. It's no exaggeration to say that he cares about them more than the main team of Xingxin.

He thought it was acceptable for the young people to lose the game, as this group of young people with an average age of seventeen still had huge room for growth.

But when Tao Xuan heard Wu Xuefeng say that Jia Shi was suspected to be targeted by an entire region, his temper, which had been suppressed for almost two years, suddenly became a little out of control.

You know, even in the fourth season of Glory, when Excellent Era was striving for its fourth consecutive championship and was planning to officially turn the Glory League into the Excellent Era League, the survival of the league was at stake.
There was no situation where all the teams in the alliance united together to help Tyranny snipe Jia Shi.

As a result, the treatment that Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng didn’t even get back then was now being enjoyed by a group of half-grown children?

Tao Xuan was so distressed. His own young talent went out to make a living and did not lose out on personal ability, but instead missed out on the championship because of such targeting?

I immediately couldn't hold it anymore.

Soon, the news spread from him to all members of Happy. It just so happened that Happy was discussing the next tactical ideas with other world championship teams these days, so they would meet each other sooner or later.

Then it quickly spread to the four teams participating in the World Championship, and even to other strong teams practicing with them.

In other words, the players and management of the entire LPL basically know everything.

Then the contestants got angry.

Again, it is really too disgraceful to use such targeted methods against a group of children who are no more than 18 years old.

The many hidden malices contained in this behavior are not something that children like them who are just starting their careers should be exposed to.

This time it was okay, because the children had already developed big hearts, and Wu Xuefeng was there to guide them promptly.

If a few members of Jia Shi really become autistic because of being targeted, then the status of LCS will instantly surpass LCK and LEC and become the only mortal enemy designated by the LPL region.

Of course, their current status isn't much better.

Originally, everyone studied some LCS videos and found that their overall technical and tactical level and the individual strength of the players were really nothing good.

Compared to competitive leagues like LPL and LCK, LCS has a serious problem of players slacking off, and most players do not train enough.

Even in LEC, which has similar problems, the situation is much better than in North America.

In addition, the team's own competition and training level has not improved, and the overall strength gap with the other three major regions is getting bigger and bigger.

So the conclusion everyone came to at the beginning was: let LCS jump around and don't bother with them.

But now that Excellent Era has encountered such an incident, and the anger of LPL has been ignited, the consequences may not be pleasant...

At the beginning, the first way that LPL thought of was to provide special training to Excellent Era and let them take revenge on the stage of the World Championship.

But after careful consideration, they discovered an embarrassing fact:

Excellent Era may not be able to meet the other two teams in LCS.

According to the competition system, Excellent Era does not have to play in the qualifying rounds, and because of the avoidance relationship between the same division, it will not be placed in the same group with other LCS teams in the group stage.

Therefore, if Jia Shi wants to take revenge, they will have to wait until the quarterfinals at the earliest, before a civil war in LCS is possible.

But the question is, based on the combat strength of LCS, can it really guarantee that two or more teams will enter the quarterfinals?

To be honest, it's very difficult. Let's not talk about others, just talk about Excellent Era itself. According to the careful analysis of Ye Xiu, Yu Wenzhou and others, their strength is such that they will have to work hard to enter the quarterfinals.

It is not difficult to guess the composition of the other two LCS teams.

Therefore, as long as the situation is slightly not right, Excellent Era will most likely not fight with the teams from its own region during the entire World Championship, and naturally there will be no question of revenge.

Since the opportunity to regain their ground on their own has basically gone, they can only ask the other big brothers of LPL to help them regain their ground.

such as……

"Don't worry, Brother Bin. I guarantee that we'll beat them in the qualifying round so badly that even their own mothers won't recognize them!" Guohao guaranteed it while patting his chest as he looked at his younger brother Abin, who was also from Beihu Province.

He is definitely older than Bin, but that doesn’t stop him from calling Bin “Brother Bin”.

It’s not that he admires Chen Zebin so much, it’s mainly because the entire LPL likes to call him that now.

After Excellent Era became famous in North America, it naturally attracted a lot of attention in China.

In addition to the game content, clips of him being interviewed in North America were also dug out bit by bit.

Then everyone had fun.

Abin is a person who speaks very straightforwardly.

He spoke in a non-standard Chinglish and dared to say some extremely childish and harsh words in the interview.

Things like "we Team is best" coupled with a thick Chinese accent are hilarious no matter how you look at them.

When these interviews were released, North Americans felt that this little fat guy was really courageous and not afraid of the stage, which was different from their stereotypes of those Asians who were always timid. In addition, Brother Bin’s strength was there, and his performance was also impressive enough, so his personal popularity was naturally good.

After being exported and sold domestically, fans think this b...bin is extremely interesting and full of the second-year syndrome.

He is so arrogant and has the potential to be a super top laner, so everyone respectfully calls him "Brother".

It just so happened that someone had previously ranked the generations of the current LPL players, and one of them was the "Brother Generation/Sister Generation", and the position was not low. Powerful players like Tang Rou, Zhao Yang, etc. were in this position.

Abin has an LCS runner-up title, which is a little less honorable, but still barely qualified.

So the name "Brother Bin" spread.

No matter how thick-skinned Abin is, he can only blush when faced with the whole region calling him brother.

Zeng Guohao is not only older than him, but also led his LGM brothers to win a BO3 against them in the previous practice. Although there was also the situation that Abin and his brothers had just returned and were not used to the local environment, it also proved the opponent's outstanding hard power.

"Thank you, Brother Guohao." This call of brother was not just a joke, Abin called him with all his heart.

"What are you thanking me for? You are the fifth seed of LPL. We will definitely get this place back for you!" Zeng Guohao was very confident.

"Come on, the fifth and sixth seeds all made it directly to the main draw, but you guys still have to play in the play-in rounds to get a spot. Isn't that shameful?"

Ye Xiu joked that the members of the teams had gotten to know each other better these days, so they naturally became more open. LGM had been made fun of by these malicious old men many times.

But he was not wrong. The fifth seed Jia Shi and the sixth seed G2, which has the Chinese top laner Bai Shu, both entered the main competition directly.

Guohao had been fooled by these old guys a lot in the past month, so he became more tactful: "If we don't play in the qualifying round, who will find a place for Brother Bin?"

Although it was a joke, he was not wrong about one thing. He and all the players of LGM really intended to give the North American third seed a good kick in the next qualifying round.

During this period, LGM has undergone a complete transformation.

It's not just that their strength has skyrocketed after being trained by the Big Three in turn, although this is also very important.

More importantly, their original mentality of just getting by has been filled up by An Bixin's... oh no, it's ambition - great ambition in this month.

Guohao now feels that the burden on him is really heavy. Just in this world game, he has countless reasons not to lose.

First of all, from a personal perspective, he wanted to rely on his own and his teammates' performance to find a new sponsor for his team.

The scale of the sponsorship is another matter, but at least the name must sound nice.

He was tired of playing under the Lao Gan Ma name.

When he made it to the world championship, his father, whose relationship with him had almost broken down since he gave up table tennis to switch to e-sports, was very happy and started to try to talk to his son after a long time.

But when she heard that the team her son was currently playing for was called Lao Gan Ma, her face immediately turned green.

How is he going to tell his relatives and friends about this?

Although Ye Xiu and the others also comforted Guo Hao, saying that their team name was good.

After all, for Yizhan, Xuanqi and other defeated opponents of LGM, losing to a team called "Laoganma" could make their humiliation even greater.

But the LGM players are still very determined. They want to change the name, they must change the name!

At least there should be a team name that allows parents to brag about their children's promising future with a legitimate reason!

In addition to this, Yu Gong, Guo Hao has even more things to carry on his shoulders.

Speaking of which, this World Championship really has a connection with Guohao.

The qualifying stage of the World Championship will be held in Hankou.

Coincidentally, the core player of the only LPL team that needs to play in the qualifying round, Zeng Guohao, was born in Hankou.

This is his hometown.

In front of his hometown folks, he really hopes to shine and become the pride of his hometown fans.

On a higher level, playing for the country is a word he thought he would never have the chance to touch again after leaving the table tennis team.

And now, there is one more way to stand up for his good brother.

Thinking of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, Guohao felt his blood boiling.

He can't wait to come up with something in the play-in tournament.

……

As the twelve qualifying teams arrived in Hankou one after another, the much-anticipated qualifying stage finally officially kicked off amid the cheers of countless fans who rushed to Hankou.

For the opening match on the first night, the official also joined in the fun and directly replicated the MSI semi-final format.

LPL fourth seed LGM vs. LCS third seed TL;

LEC fourth seed MAD vs. LCK third seed SSG;

Obviously, the first day's schedule is heavy enough and eye-catching enough.

After all, according to the predictions of most media and platforms, these four teams are the four biggest favorites to enter the finals.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will occupy all four places in the main competition.

As the opening game, the specifications were indeed high and it raised the audience's expectations.

The venue for the qualifying round was not very large, and the few seats for on-site spectators were sold out the moment the tickets were released.

But these two highly anticipated games ended in a way that was more hasty than many people had imagined.

The first is the match between LGM and TL.

Not to mention LGM, their morale and condition are at their peak. Facing LCS, they have an extra buff to find a venue, and they have the help of the coaching staff of the Big Three to make countermeasures.

Looking at Durant...looking at TL, it’s hard to believe, but the biggest player on their team now is the former G2 runner-up top laner, the glorious “glory top laner” Wunder.

This guy has played a lot of games this summer, and his condition is much worse than when he was facing Zhao Yang and Sun Zhe during the MSI.

There was already a gap, and as one side gained and the other side lost, the result was self-evident.

This was an extremely brutal massacre.

But just as the LPL audience was cheering that LPL was awesome, the situation on the other side quietly caused concern among some perceptive people.

SSG also easily defeated the fourth seed of Europe, MAD.

It took less than thirty minutes.

And also, Zero Dragon Tower.

(End of this chapter)