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

Chapter 86: Good sign, why is it a good sign?

"Welcome to the 2020 World Championship Knockout Stage Draw!"

After the group stage concluded, the knockout stage draw ceremony followed. Host Yu Shuang returned to the stage to open the ceremony. "After fierce competition in the group stage, the eight teams have shown their prowess. What awaits them next is the even more brutal knockout stage!"

There are two glass tanks on the stage at this moment, Pool No. 1 and Pool No. 2.

"Next, let's invite the LPL region's Finals MVP players—IG.Ning and FPX.Tian—to the stage to assist us in completing the draw!"

The brothers Gao Zhenning and Gao Tianliang slowly walked onto the stage, both of them with expressionless faces.

Being able to participate in the draw means that they are not contestants in this year's World Championship.

For the two FMVPs, this is not a glamorous thing.
But the money had been collected, and what had to be done still had to be done. Uncle Gao Zhenning put his hand into pool No. 1 and rummaged around for a while, then quickly took out a rubber ball, opened it, and displayed the banner inside.

TES.

The JDG players had not yet left the venue and were watching the draw in the backstage lounge.

They are second in the group, and the current Pool 1 is not important to them. The only thing they can focus on is which half of the zone DWG is in.

There is no rule to avoid the same division in the knockout stage draw, and civil wars are allowed at this stage.

At this stage, there is only the principle of avoiding the same group half. For example, DWG and JDG, the two teams that advanced from Group A, will not appear in the same half, ensuring that the two teams will not meet before the finals.

If you are drawn into the same half, you will automatically be moved to the other half.

After Top Esports, Gao Zhenning continued to draw lots and then drew G2 into the upper half.

"So DWG can only be in the bottom half?"

After seeing this, the JDG players immediately understood that their opponent in the quarterfinals could only be one of TES and G2 in the upper half of the group.

"In the top half, let's play against G2." Toothpaste hugged his knees, "It's better not to have a civil war."

"really."

Everyone in JDG nodded.

Even without considering the civil war factor, TES is a more difficult team than G2. It will always be okay to play the easy ones first.

"But this is difficult." Ming Jing looked at the group and said, "The probability of drawing Top Esports is very high."

Needless to say, those who are drawn into the Top Esports group will be assigned to teams directly; at the same time, according to the half-zone avoidance principle, if they are drawn into the lower half, they will be directly postponed, and will still be postponed to the Top Esports team that is first in the upper half.

In other words, if you want to avoid Top Esports, you either have to draw directly into G2, or you have to wait until TES has an opponent and then postpone it, so that you can postpone it to G2.

Several teammates only reacted at this time and their faces became serious, but after two seconds they returned to their previous state.

"It doesn't matter." Zoom remained confident, "Top Esports is just as good."

As they were chatting, Gao Zhenning had already drawn the third lot, GEN, the first in Group D.

The remaining DWG was naturally assigned to the last position in the lower half.

Under Yu Shuang's guidance, Second Uncle Xiaotian also started his drawing of lots.

This first draw is to assign an opponent to TES, the first in the upper half.

Everyone on JDG stared at the screen intently. Lvmao couldn't help but put his hands together again and said, "Give me some strength, cousin drew such a bad hand last time, shouldn't Second Uncle give me a better draw this time?"

Ming Jing found this a bit strange.

What family lottery?
Second uncle Xiaotian had a blank expression on his face as he opened the ribbon in his hand.

FNC.

"Wuhu!" JDG's Green Hair immediately applauded and cheered, "What a great draw! It has to be Second Uncle!"

Good sign, why is it a good sign?

Because this draw did not trigger the half-zone avoidance, TES will be paired directly with FNC!

Now that the TES pit is full, no matter where JDG draws next, they will only fall into the G2 group!
With a one in four chance, you actually won!
Playing against G2, good thing!

Green Hair slapped his thigh and wanted to stand up to celebrate, but he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately restrained his joy and sat back in his chair.
At this time, my second uncle drew the second lot.

I can only say that the FMVP jungler has an accurate sense. This signing was good for JDG and they were directly drawn into the G2 group.

Of course, this signing is not very meaningful, after all, the result has already been determined.

Looking at the completed pairings in the upper half of the area on the screen, Ershu still had no expression on his face and started drawing quickly.

The next suspense is where SN will be drawn.

With two Korean teams leading the lower half, SN is bound to face a battle between China and South Korea.

But in comparison, it is obvious that GEN is much better than DWG.

As if sensing the call, Xiaotian twitched her jade hand, it was SN!

Seeing this sign, Ning on the field smiled.

Oh my god, are you so good at smoking?

The last remaining DRX will naturally join the DWG group.

In order to ensure fairness, the second uncle still drew the last lot, and the knockout match was determined!
Top half: TES vs. FNC; G2 vs. JDG
Bottom half: GEN vs SN; DWG vs DRX
"Not bad!" Zoom, looking at the draw, narrowed his eyes. "This draw is telling. First, we'll play the European number one seed, then the LPL number one seed in the semifinals. If we win, we'll probably play the LCK number one seed again!"

"You have to beat the number one seeds from all three regions to win the championship, right?" Ming Jing smiled. "Isn't that quite valuable?"

"That's enough, let's take down G2 first." Green Hair's vision wasn't as far-sighted as that. "Don't lose to G2 in the quarterfinals, that would be a lot of trouble."

"Don't worry, we can't lose." Ming Jing picked up his backpack and prepared to return, his tone full of confidence, "I'm here." Ever since Hongmi decided to change his playing style, Ming Jing has been confident that he can lead the team to higher places.

The quarterfinals is definitely not his end.

When the teammates around heard this, they felt warm and safe.
On the way back, Mingjing also took a look at the comments about the lottery on the forum.

At this moment, the forum was full of jubilation, and everyone was sighing that the two FMVPs were really good at drawing lots!
There are no civil wars in the LPL, and all the Korean teams are in the same half of the zone. It is hard to think of a better draw than this.

It's just hard for Suning to play against three Korean teams
If we can defeat the three Korean teams and finally meet the LPL team in the finals, it will be a decisive victory!

After returning, the JDG team had a quick meal in the hotel restaurant as usual, and then entered training.

The interval between the quarterfinals is not long. JDG's game will start five days later on October 16th, so there is not much time left for everyone to prepare.

Ming Jing did not relax this time. After returning to the city, he immediately asked Hongmi for the video of today's game, and then began to review it silently by himself.

Watching videos and reviewing games is his personal habit, and he feels that this can improve his ranking far more than improving his ranking.

Now that JDG has decided to shift its focus to the lower half of the division, Mingjing naturally has to seize every opportunity to improve himself.

Especially since DWG is on the same path as them and has already moved ahead, they are the best people to learn from.

Once you put all your attention into something, time always passes quickly, which is another manifestation of the flow state.

When Ming Jing stood up again, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

This review brought him a lot of benefits.

DWG is worthy of being the only one in the world today. In addition to strong individual abilities, the close coordination between the mid, jungle and support is also a key link.

In this regard, Ming Jing couldn't find any other team that could compare with him.

But fortunately, through this review, Ming Jing has already noticed a clue.

Again, we can win!

Ming Jing stood up and was about to turn off the lights, wash up and go to bed, but to his surprise, he could still hear the sound of the keyboard and mouse.

JDG's players are actually not very diligent in training. Generally speaking, by this time, there are not many people in the training room, and he is usually the last one to leave.

Ming Jing turned around and saw Zoom still in front of the screen, concentrating on the operation.

"Why are you still fighting?"

Mingjing walked over and said hello, taking a look.

Zoom played Ornn this time.

"I can't help it. I don't have enough talent, so I have to fight." Zoom's attention was still on the lane in front of him, but he still said, "I don't want to be a drag anymore."

Although the tone is calm, the content is extremely heavy.

Generally speaking, those who can reach the quarterfinals of the S-League should be extremely talented. They usually become famous at a young age, and then quickly show their talent and dominate the league.

But this is not the case with JD.com.

Zoom's career has not been smooth. He debuted in 15 and struggled in LSPL for three years before finally entering LPL in 18.

When he first entered the World Championship, it was already 2020, the sixth year of his professional career.

If we count from the time when we first started playing games, this time will be further extended.

Not only him, but also Toothpaste and Green Hair are the same.

Just to enter the LPL, they have experienced ups and downs for several years. Now that they have reached such a height, it is the result of having all the right time, place and people.

Compared to Ming Jing, who made it to the World Championship just six months after starting the game, there is a world of difference.

This is the case with the JDG team.

Except for Kanavi, JDG's top, mid and support players do not have outstanding talents, but only excellent team cooperation. They rely on Hongmi's coaching to work together, with Kanavi as the core to achieve the effect of 1+1>2, and take advantage of the version to climb to the current height with difficulty.

But the problem is that teamwork is not something you can only have.

When it comes to the global finals, when your opponent's teamwork is no less than yours, it's time to compete with talent.

There is often a huge gap between geniuses.

In recent competitions, Zoom may have been the one that suffered the most.

In the match against Nuguri, he was unable to gain an advantage in the advantageous laning phase, and was directly defeated in the disadvantageous laning phase, and his proud linkage was also blocked everywhere.

The most painful thing is that the team chooses to believe in him again and again, and then lets him fail again and again.

In fact, Zoom has long wanted to shift its focus downward.

It's not because of cowardice, but because he knows where his talents lie. Relying on him, they can't beat DWG at all.

Mingjing is the future of this team.

It is very difficult to admit your own weakness, but fortunately Zoom has been working in the professional league for many years. He has worked his way up from the LSPL and has had similar feelings.

Hearing this, Ming Jing couldn't help but pursed his lips.

"Come on, let's win it back next time."

Zoom heard it without saying anything, but just used a set of three fragile moves to complete a single kill on his opponent.

Fortunately, he played Ornn pretty well.

(End of this chapter)