1st October.
This day was a grand occasion for LOL players all over the world.
The annual World League, which symbolized the highest honor in League of Legends, had begun.
Paris.
Pullman venue.
Early in the morning, under the guidance of the official staff, the sixteen participating teams had gathered backstage.
Xu Dan was no different.
Suddenly.
As the host outside muttered in English, the stadium began to countdown with a uniform cheer.
“10，9，8，7……”
“3! 2! 1!”
The countdown ended, followed by the host's opening speech…followed
by the appearance of all the teams.
"Let's go up. Cheer up!”
Pyl, who was the team leader, walked in front and clapped his hands to encourage his team members.
“LGD!”
“LGD!”
“LGD!”
The moment he stepped onto the stage, Xu Dan heard the deafening cheers of the audience.
He casually glanced at the crowd and saw many flashing lights cheering for Team LGN.
Many fans would specially sit on the plane and cross the ocean to support their favorite team, cheering and cheering.
For a moment, Xu Dan seemed to understand why so many players would make mistakes on the big stage.
This feeling of being anticipated by thousands of people or even more people would give people a sense of accomplishment, but the pressure it brought was unimaginable!
Not long after, the sixteen squadrons and the four squadrons from the four groups all took the stage.
Group A:
North American NAC Division: Team CCG (seeded).
Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Taiwan's LM Division:
LCK Division: Team KO Tigers.
Wild card zone: PVP team.
Group B:
European Union Division: FMC team (seeded).
LPL Division: IG.
Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Taiwan's SSS Division: Team AHQ.
North American LCS Division Team: Team C9.
Group C:
LCK Division: SKMT1 Team (seeded).
Europe, H2K team.
LPL: Team Edg.
Wild Card Zone: BMT.
Group D:
China LPL Division: Team LGN (seeded team).
LCK Division: MT Team.
North America's NAC Division: Team TSM.
Europe, OG team.
According to the schedule, these four groups would have two rounds of matches in the next two weeks. The top two teams in each group would enter the top eight, and the remaining teams would end their journey to the World Competition in the group stage.
Without waiting for long, after the group presentation, the first battle of the day popped up. At the same time, it was also the opening battle of the S5 World Finals...
"FMC!"
“FNC!”
“FNC!”
“IG!”
“IG!”
“IG!”
As the strongest local team in Europe this year, the number one seed, FMC's opening match was against IG in the LPL!
"Do you guys think we can win IG later?”
Backstage, the LGN members started discussing in their lounge.
"It's a little difficult. FNAC is the king of Europe, the No.1 seed.”
"It's hard to say. IG isn't weak this year either. I remember that in the third place match of the summer competition, they won 3:1 against Edg.”
"As long as Kid doesn't start at the bottom lane, we should be able to win.”
"Yes, IG's jungler combination is the best in the world after all. Let's see how much of an advantage we can get in this round.”
Xu Dan listened silently at the side, but in the end, he could not help but shake his head and sigh.
The kid that the LDG players were talking about was the ADC player in IG's bottom lane. He was above average, but because he would occasionally make some unimaginable moves, he was usually considered to be IG's weakness.
He opened his phone and casually logged into the Chinese Tieba forum.
Despite the difference in time zones, it was still afternoon in Paris, but it was already night in China. However, the passion of the World Cup still made many people willing to stay up late.
"I still have the confidence that IG will win against FMC!”
"The European and American teams have a terrible winning rate against the LPL division, right?”
"It's time to prove that Europe and the United States are rich again!”
"Kid, you can do it! I've been a dog son for so many years. I want to make a comeback!”
"It's National Day. I'll win it as a gift from my motherland!”
Dog son was the nickname of IG fans. It was originally a derogatory term, but over the years, it had gradually become a self-proclaimed nickname for IG fans.
There was no doubt…
whether it was a professional player or a domestic audience player.
At this moment, the outcome of IG versus FMC was relatively optimistic.
On the one hand, the strength that they had displayed in the IG summer competition was also extraordinary.
On the other hand... it
was because in the past few years, when the LPL faced the European and American divisions, they were basically...
overpowered!
It was pure slaughter.
In the S3 World Championship, the LPL team, OMG, even had a weird lineup. The bottom lane was a support from the Panther Lady AD, and they could easily lead by 20,000 gold, crushing the European teams.
In the S4 World Championship Championship, the Royal SHR team that represented the LPL, the AD player Uzi at the bottom lane, had casually jumped over them when he used his cannon. With three shots and a big move, he had instantly killed the North American overlord, TS·M's full health mid-laner…It was almost like killing a cannon soldier. So much so that when people mentioned TS·M's mid-laner, Pearson, they would be asked if he was the mid-laner who was killed as a cannon car.
Therefore, the obvious difference and crushing of the two consecutive years of the World Championship caused the LPL audience to always use the term "European and American scoundrels" in disdain when mentioning the European and American divisions.
This was the crushing effect of the glorious battle records over the years. This was the pride that had been forcefully fought out!
Naturally, at this moment, when the S5 World Competition had just begun, many people thought…
FMC?
European No.1 seed?
So what?
It wasn't difficult!
“IG! Good luck!"
“IG! Good luck!"
“IG! Good luck!"
Therefore, when the competition began, many fans from China cheered with all their might.
All the Tieba and forums were thriving, shouting,"”
Even the live commentators, two veteran IG players, PDD and Xiao Xiao, were agitated.
"The match has begun! Let's look forward to what kind of surprise and performance IG will bring us in this match!”
In the end, it was dead silent after 30 minutes.
October 1st, the first day of the S5 World Championship, the opening match, National Day.
A team from the LPL region chose to surrender against a team from the European Union region.
PS: The first chapter is very late. There are two chapters that should be finished by 9 or 10.
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