Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 428 Drawing Lots
"Hey, did AHQ actually take down that group of guys?" In the lounge of Fanhua, Sun Zheping joked as he watched the DFM players hugging each other crazily after winning their spots.

"It's true that the spirit and energy are completely different from during MSI..." Zhang Jiale murmured.

"Speaking of that guy called EVI, it seems like he has completely turned into a fan of Lao Zhao after being beaten by us once? Now that the fans have entered the World Championship, what do you think?"

Sun Zheping said nothing and turned to look at Zhao Yang.

During the previous MSI, the two teams representing their respective regions did not do enough homework on each other.

They don't even have a clear understanding of each other's strength, let alone some personal habits.

So on the day when the two teams met for the first time, when EVI habitually gave his signature thumbs up to the people of Fanhua,
His original intention was to express friendship and encouragement, but he was mistaken by everyone in Fanhua as an arrogant provocation.

In Zhang Jiale's words: "Who knew that guy was just being friendly? His thumb was raised almost like the mortar gunner's distance gauge, which made me want to beat him up."

You can't blame Fanhua for making a big deal out of it. After all, at that time, DFM didn't have a clear idea of ​​its own positioning, and the overall atmosphere was indeed a bit impetuous and arrogant.

So that day, as some "exaggerated" things gradually exploded in my mind, the whole flower suddenly fell into a murderous state.

At that time, the gap in hard power between the two teams was much greater than it is now.

So the DFM was completely abused that day.

Especially in the top lane, Zhao Yang, who usually had a good temper, was rarely angered, and the suppression force he erupted was so strong that EVI was beaten like a stray dog ​​on the roadside and ran away in panic.

After the game, DFM was still wondering, it was okay that the opponent was much stronger than us, but why did they play so fiercely?
After checking, I found out that it seemed that there was a misunderstanding.

So on the day EVI found out that he had caused the misunderstanding, he went to Fanhua to apologize with a sincere attitude and earnest words.

It turns out that the Japanese are at least quite good at apologizing.

EVI himself is a sincere and cheerful person. He took all the blame for the previous misunderstandings on himself.

Fanhua and a few others went to check and found that EVI was indeed the typical person who would give a thumbs-up as soon as he saw the camera, and he had this habit since he started playing professionally.

I felt a little guilty about it to begin with, and then there was the other party's attitude. Most importantly, at that time, the entire LPL fans started to turn their attention to praising the LPL as the invincible region.

It was just a misunderstanding in the first place. Since the other party had already taken such an attitude, it was natural for the Fanhua generals to take advantage of the situation and back off.

What is worth mentioning is that, perhaps because they are both pillar players of the team who can carry and fight, and their personalities are quite compatible, Zhao Yang, who was beaten the hardest by EVI during the game, actually got along well with EVI after the game.

It is no exaggeration to say that EVI is the friend from outside the competition area that Zhao Yang gets along best with at MSI.

"By the way, is there a rumor that he was invited by an LEC team? Why did he refuse? He only has a few years left in his professional career, right?" Zhang Jiale became interested.

"One person, one city is not necessarily a good choice. I also thought about transferring to a powerful city back then."

In other words, he saw something familiar in EVI.

As the leader of the division, he sticks to the small division, but cannot go further due to overall strength. He is familiar with this script!

As one of the representatives of CN Honor One Person One City, he is not very favorable towards this term.

"That's not the case. He actually doesn't mind going to other regions to compete. On the contrary, he actually wants to bring more advanced things to LJL in the last few years of his career."

"But if I remember correctly, he wanted to achieve certain results in DFM and prove his future and the future of the LJL region before considering entering the LEC."

"Then he has realized his dream this time." Zhang Jiale nodded.

Seeing his opponent almost crying in front of the camera, and his teammates hugging him ecstatically the moment he entered the finals, Zhang Jiale felt somewhat touched.

"Speaking of which, now that the game is over, should we start the live draw right away?" Xiye was not so concerned about the mutual respect between these veterans. He was more concerned about what the results of the next grouping would be.

"Just wait. After the interview is over, we should start drawing lots to divide into groups."

When the topic turned to grouping, the originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became serious.

"Never mind. No matter how we are divided, we will definitely face LCK in the group stage." Lu Liang thought for a moment and said frankly.

"Who told us to play against the third seed in the end?" Sun Zheping spread his hands and said helplessly.

The third seed, this position seems unremarkable, but combined with the grouping system that has been announced for this World Championship, it is a little bit subtle.

There are two main rules for the draw for the group stage of this World Championship: the seed pool system and the principle of avoiding the same competition area.

To put it simply, the sixteen final teams are divided into four seed pools according to their seed rankings. When forming groups, each group draws a team from each pool.

If there are two teams from the same division in the same group, the one drawn later will be moved to the next group that meets the requirements.

For LPL and LEC, where all players enter the main competition, it is inevitable that one team will appear in each of the four groups.

But for LCK, which only has three spots, the three teams are seeds 1, 2, and 4 respectively.

So theoretically speaking, there will indeed be a group that does not include anyone from LCK.

But the problem is that Fanhua happens to be the third seed, which means they are destined to face an LCK team in the group stage.

"To be honest, it's a good thing to touch it early. It's better to touch a stronger one to warm up your hands in advance." Zhang Jiale acted as if he didn't care.

He is still looking forward to the strong dialogue with the LCK team.

"Hey, do you think we have a chance to draw Xiao Li and Xiao Jin?" He suddenly remembered something and laughed.

"It's really possible. They are the second seeds and they may meet us in the group stage." Sun Zheping obviously paid a lot of attention to the two younger brothers with whom he had a good relationship.

"They had a rough summer, and there were a lot of personnel changes. I don't know how they are adjusting now."

SKT, this team has always been on Fanhua's attention list.

But apart from the targeted preparations before the World Championship, they certainly wouldn't spend so much time studying the strength and characteristics of a team from another region.

Just paying attention to SKT's daily news is already a sign of caring about them.

Therefore, the news about SKT that everyone in Fanhua heard seemed a little bit bumpy.

What about the big transfer changes, what about the internal conflicts, what about the creation of gods, what about Faker hitting the wall, what about the liquidation of coaches and the truck blocking the door...

All in all, the main theme is magic.

It even made the old masters of Fanhua couldn't help but worry that the two little brothers who left a good impression on them might really have some psychological problems.
However, if Fanhua could meet those two guys in the group stage, she would be quite welcome.

Although they replaced three players, judging from their recordings of SKT in the summer, their playing style did not change much compared to the spring.

Coupled with the numerous garish negative news that filled their entire summer, and the embarrassing ending of Faker hitting his head against the wall,
It's hard not to wonder how much form they have left.

Playing in the group stage with them would be much easier. And, it would also be a good opportunity to have a good "communication and exchange of feelings" with them.

Especially Xiye, he really thinks that he has a good compatibility with Faker, and when playing against him, Xiye is always in a heroic state.

In addition to him, Sun Zheping also wanted to teach their top laner with the ID Khan a lesson.

He still had a deep impression of this idiot who had been besieged in the national server before.

How to say it, he doubts whether SKT's top laner has any inheritance. How come both generations of top laners have some elements that ask for a beating?

Amid the noisy chatter of everyone, EVI finally ended the interview with him in tears, which made the audience breathe a sigh of relief.

Although DFM's experience is indeed quite inspiring and interesting, everyone can't wait to see the draw for the next group stage.

So, after a brief rest, the guest in charge of drawing lots for the group stage strode forward.

He had regular facial features, but when put together they looked like a happy face. He was obviously a little excited and was jogging all the way.

"Who is this?" Sun Zheping was stunned.

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"It seems to be Zhang Wei from AiX Apartment. His real name is... Li Jiahang?" Zhang Jiale tried hard to recall the familiar face.

"Why did you call him?"

"Who knows? Did the authorities take a fancy to it?"

It’s no wonder that everyone at Fanhua was puzzled. In fact, many fans and viewers were wondering why Li Jiahang was invited to be the guest of the lucky draw.

Although since this is the first year, we will definitely not be able to invite the region’s famous players.

But even if you want to invite a celebrity to perform, shouldn't you at least choose someone who is more popular?

Li Jiahang is not a big star, but one of the few things worth mentioning is that he became a League of Legends player shortly after it was launched. He also often posts screenshots of the game, which makes him look like a professional.

However, LOL has such a huge amount of traffic worldwide. In China alone, there are many celebrities who have tried to establish themselves as e-sports boys and girls. Li Jiahang can only be said to be inconspicuous among them.

The comments were noisy:
"Although I like Zhang Wei very much, it still feels strange to invite him here. Is there anything special about him?"

"According to rumors, Zhang Wei has reached Diamond level and truly loves playing League of Legends. He is a little different from those who just pretend to be e-sports characters."

"Really? But I still don't understand. There are a lot of celebrities who really love to play, right? I heard Jay Chou also likes to play a lot, and he has the unique skill of a swordsman?"

"It seems Jay Chou has also invited him, but it's for the later schedule..."

On the stage, Li Jiahang himself was obviously a little nervous.

Just as netizens have dug out, he is a genuine LOL player with very good skills and a good understanding of the game.

God knows how much time he spent in the canyon besides filming.

But he has not marketed these things too deliberately. Even if he did, he could not compare with those big-name companies with huge traffic and overwhelming publicity.

Originally, he also viewed this competition with the mentality of an ordinary player, watching the game and cheering for LPL.

He knew that this kind of event promoted by top domestic unicorn-level companies would be attended by many celebrities who wanted to take advantage of the popularity.

You know, the overlap between e-sports fans and entertainment fans is very low, except for some groups that have not yet fully emerged in this world.

If you can attract a few fans here, or become familiar with others, it will be pure profit.

Li Jiahang didn't think this kind of thing would happen to him.

As a result, just a while ago, his agent suddenly received a cooperation intention from Tencent Esports.

The specific content made him dumbfounded:
They hope that Li Jiahang can participate in the live commentary of a semi-final as a "star commentator".

After confirming that this was not a prank, Li Jiahang just wanted to ask, what had he done to deserve this?
He will never know that all this was earned by him in another world, with his expression of trying hard to hold back tears after a desperate BO5, and his unchanging love for LOL over the years.

The terrified Li Jiahang finally did not dare to take the commentator position, as he thought he did not have the ability.

As a replacement, he became the guest of the group stage draw.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Li Jiahang, standing in front of the lottery device, took a deep breath, and his thoughts inexplicably calmed down at this moment.

He didn't think about how much traffic he could get after this time. He only thought about one thing:

"We must give LPL a good draw."

With this mood in mind, he drew out team names one by one from the lottery pool and put them into the corresponding groups.

until--

"Fanhua! Will be the third seed of LPL and will be included in the group C queue!"

Fanhua was in the number three seed pool, and the third one was drawn.

Everyone in Fanhua who was watching the live broadcast took one look at the top two configurations of Group C and were visibly stunned.

Then, an expression of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh began to appear on his face.

"Brothers, open the champagne at halftime, hold it back." Zhang Jiale forced his facial features to twist into a strange look, and then barely suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth.

"I apologize to Brother Jiahang. From now on he is my big brother, okay?" Sun Zheping apologized sincerely for his doubts just now.

They didn't expect that Li Jiahang actually drew a very good lot for them.

Group C can be said to be a rather delicate group.

The team drawn from the No. 9 seed pool is C. If it were a month or two ago, there would still be controversy over who was stronger between them and KT.

But there is no need to think about it now, they are definitely the bottom of the No. 1 seed.

The second seed is none other than the LCK little brother that everyone in Fanhua had been talking about before, SKT.

According to the principle of avoiding the same region, the fourth seed pool will be the LEC team MAD that made it out of the qualifying round.

Regarding this grouping result, everyone in Fanhua has only one thing to say.

"Good sign, why is it a good sign..."

(End of this chapter)