You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

Chapter 66 Death Group!

As Mingkai drew the first lot, there was a reaction on the big screen behind him, and the JDG team logo appeared behind DWG.

"Ahhhh! Holy shit!" Green Hair's face turned pale instantly, "How come it just happened to be a giant turtle! Is this okay, cousin?"

There is no doubt that DWG, which showed overwhelming dominance in the LCK Summer Split and even beat Faker, is one of the biggest favorites for this year's World Championship. They will definitely occupy a qualifying spot.

This means that JDG needs to compete with the other two teams for the second spot, and the tolerance rate drops sharply.

If another strong team is drawn later, the group of death will be confirmed!
"But there are some benefits." Zoom laughed. "As long as we advance from the group stage, we won't face them until the finals."

"What if they don't qualify?" Green Hair couldn't help but ask helplessly, "Didn't the second-seeded RNG last year face SKT in the group stage and get eliminated in the round of 16?"

LPL always has some fun at the World Championship every year, and last year's fun was almost all from RNG.

In other words, they were all made by Xiaohu.

Akali Qiyana.gif, 2200 Ryze, 5500 Mercy in 35 minutes. Anyway, there were not many games played in the group stage, most of which were classics. They forced the second seed RNG to sink into the Atlantic Ocean.

With the lessons of the past in mind, JDG players have to be on guard.

If they make a last-minute roster change before the World Championship and then get eliminated in the round of 16, their careers are almost over.
During the discussion, the factory manager also drew the remaining picks one by one. DRX was drawn into the TES group, FLY was drawn into the G2 group, and FNC was drawn into the TSM group.

I can only say that the factory director knows how to draw lots. He drew lots with four hands and drew two groups from China and South Korea, and two groups from Europe and the United States. The audiences from all four directions were satisfied at once!
Even the factory manager himself couldn't help laughing and reluctantly started the next round of drawing lots.

Green Hair began to pray again, hoping for a weak one.

Now that we have China and South Korea, the next opponents can only be Europe, America and wild cards. It would be best to draw the third seed from Europe or America, or the CIS UOL, to reduce the competitive pressure.

But it seems that Murphy's Law is still in effect, and the factory manager's every move is a heavyweight.

MCX.

The origin of this club is also very simple. It is the number one seed in the Southeast Asia region and is from Taiwan.

As a former major competition region, although Taiwan has been relegated, it is still the number one seed after all. Among a bunch of number three seeds in Europe and the United States, it still stands out!

Among a bunch of European and American losers, the factory manager accurately picked out the tough ones.

The green-haired people were dizzy.

What kind of signature is this?
Is there anything more difficult than this?
"There's nothing we can do." Zoom also smiled and shook his head. "It seems like this group stage is destined to be very intense."

The drawing of lots had progressed to this point, and everyone no longer had any desire to pay attention. They just watched the factory director draw the next lots one by one.

Soon, the group stage matchups were finalized.

Group A: DWG, JDG, MCX (Bay 1), TL (US 3)

Group B: TES, DRX, FLY (US 2), RGE (EU 3)

Group C: G2, SN, PSG (Bay 2), UOL (Russia)

Group D: TSM, GEN, LGD, FNC (Europe 2)

All in all, the competition is relatively fierce in Group A and Group D. Not only is there a matchup between China and South Korea, but there are also other strong teams, which makes the qualifying situation a little confusing.

In comparison, groups BC are much simpler.

In Group B, where Top Esports is located, China and South Korea have basically secured their qualification, and it is just a matter of competing for first and second place.

Group C is even more exaggerated. Neither China nor South Korea can get together. Two wildcards are drawn together. It is pure BabyBus. SN is the beneficiary.

This made Green Hair feel sour.

They are all teams from Pool 2, so why is SN so happy?

Unfair! Redraw!

"Alright, let's practice! The harder the group, the harder we have to train. We still have a lot of problems!" Hongmi called out from the front. "Today's practice match is going to be tough."

"What team?" Kanavi asked.

"GENG." Hongmi chuckled, "The third seed of LCK."

Redmi is a coach from the Samsung system and has some connections with Samsung.

This year's GEN still demonstrated its concept of being the king of the bubble match and once again won the third seed competition. The team's double Cs, BDD and Ruler, are the absolute core figures of the team.

This training match is a test for Toothpaste and Mingjing.

Ming Jing was not afraid, and even rubbed his hands, eager to try.

But the toothpaste was a little numb, and I sat crookedly on the chair.
The mid laners in this year's World Championship are too strong, it's a bit hard to beat them.
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In the next few days, Ming Jing still maintained a high-intensity state of ranking and training games. Due to the urgent time of the World Championship, Ming Jing even temporarily stopped studying mathematics.

Because Ming Jing could feel that although he had made great progress in the recent training matches, it was still far from enough if he really wanted to win the championship.

Mingjing has always heard that LPL is the top league, and he has always had a preconceived notion that TES and JDG should be the teams with the strongest competitiveness to win the championship.

But judging from his recent training match experience, that may not be the case.

So, you still have to practice.

In the Worlds patch, the designers made some subtle changes to the bottom lane, nerfing strong AD carry champions like Caitlyn and Ashe. Instead, they buffed late-game carry champions like Sivir and Aphelios. This clearly shows the designers' determination to prioritize the jungler, eliminating any factors that hinder their early-game carry potential.

For ADC, just choose a late-game core, develop, and wait for the team fight.

This also made Ming Jing feel helpless.

Is it really fair that a team of designers can just casually decide on this kind of change that could determine the outcome of the game, or even who wins the championship?

But this is the version, Ming Jing can only obey. He has recently adapted to the version in training matches and added Sivir and Aphelios as hero choices, mainly focusing on the positioning of pressure-resistant and late-stage carry.

Mingjing actually feels that this position cannot bring out his full strength. He is more comfortable playing laning suppression, but he has no choice. After all, whether from the perspective of the version or the status in the team, Mingjing has no competitiveness.

Time passed the National Day and came to October 3rd, when the group stage schedule officially began.

Ming Jing got up at noon, played a quick qualifying game to warm up, and then got on the bus to the competition venue with the team.

Due to some well-known reasons, all the matches from the qualifiers to the semi-finals this year will be held in the form of live broadcast in the Shanghai Xinyefang SMT Cloud Innovation Space. This venue was once the home of the Overwatch Shanghai Dragons.

While sitting on the bus, Ming Jing took out his mobile phone and replied to the messages on it.

Knowing that Mingjing has a game today, there are quite a lot of messages, including from his parents, cousin, and Wang Hao.

There were even messages from Peng Lixun and other youth training friends.

As teammates in the youth training camp, these people were the most saddened when they learned that Ming Jing had entered the World Championship.

They were clearly players in the same circle not long ago, so how come Ming Jing has already started studying his opponents in the World Championship after just one month?
Whether they can enter the LPL next year is a question mark!
"Keep going, Jingshen!" Several old teammates continued to encourage, "Let's see your performance!"

"OK, no problem."

Ming Jing replied to all the messages and then opened the forum again.

Influenced by the impact of public opinion some time ago, Ming Jing has now developed a habit of watching and watching the anti-corruption movement when he has nothing to do.

It’s actually quite interesting.

After watching it more, Mingjing actually roughly understood the underlying logic of the resistance bar.

It’s nothing more than bragging when winning and criticizing when losing?

After asking teammates, I learned that my cousin Mingkai and Uzi, with whom I had played against before, both dominated the anti-bar public opinion for a period of time, which is actually the same as the current JackeyLove.

At this stage, the anti-corruption bar often becomes a one-man show that does not tolerate any dissenting voices.

Like the huge public outcry Mingjing suffered a few days ago, it was mainly because of the sentence "50-50 with JackeyLove" that touched their sore spot.

But the voices of opposition are not absent; they are just suppressed and cannot emerge.

The greater the force of suppression, the more hidden opponents there are.

Based on past experience, as long as these players who dominate public opinion lose the key game, this long-accumulated opposition force will instantly backfire on them and trample them from heaven to hell.

This was the case with my cousin in 16 and Uzi in 18.

As for whether JackeyLove will be the next, no one knows.

At this time, the anti-event forum has cleared out all the spam posts unrelated to the event as usual. The entire page is filled with competitions, and many people are still discussing this year's group stage divisions.

[To be honest, JDG's group is really a bit disgusting]

[Indeed, the top seeds from South Korea and Taiwan are in the same group. Will JD.com be eliminated in the round of 16 like RNG last year?]

[They have to leave. If JDG doesn't leave, who will make up for the missing program effects? ]

[To be honest, it feels a bit dangerous. There is a reason for the BO1 in Taiwan.]

If it was the summer season roster, I don't think so, but after the roster changes, I can't say for sure. I think it will probably be sent, and then Loken will be brought back honestly.

[The water ghost is really messing around. Isn't it just a 50-50 fight with JackeyLove? Why is he chasing and biting me until now?]

[Haha, Shuigui is really afraid that JDG will win after reinforcements, after all, the summer season was also a close win]

I'm dreaming again, and I'm still thinking about winning. Can JD.com win today's match first? Don't let Taiwan bully you. If we lose today, we'll really be in the round of 16.

The LPL has a round of 16 every year, so how could you not see enough? As long as someone wins the championship, that's fine. This year, the championship will go to Top Esports. I can't say anything about the other teams.

In fact, the people in the resistance bar are a bit embarrassed, and the pressure of today's game is not that great.

After all, this year's World Championship is played at home, and LPL has the ability to arrange the schedule.

In order to get off to a good start, the LPL team will definitely not encounter the strongest opponent in the group today, mainly for the sake of good luck.

So in the opening game, TES faced the third seed in Europe, RGE.

TES fans are very confident about this game and believe that there is no reason for their home team to lose.

Can TES lose to the European losers? What a joke!
Being in a low-difficulty group, TES fans have even started studying their opponents in the knockout stage.

JDG is facing MCX, and this battle is relatively crucial. MCX is the main competitor for the second qualifying spot. The outcome of this game may directly determine the ownership of the qualifying spot!
If JD.com loses this game, everyone can start laughing in advance.

(End of this chapter)