Alliance: Let you buy the top order, you buy an old man?

Chapter 243 The First Ticket

On August 8, the semi-finals began

Like the previous eight-to-six and six-to-four games, the semi-finals will also feature two BO5 games in one day. The schedule is extremely tight, which can leave ample preparation time for the World Championship.

In the first two years of the World Championship, we suffered a lot due to version understanding issues. Today's LPL attaches great importance to this aspect.

But the most important thing is that the LPL is still on the rise, and the traffic is not that big; when the traffic really explodes, as the organizer of the LPL, Tengjing will not give you any more time to prepare for the World Championship, it is impossible.

Everything is moving towards traffic monetization. Each BO5 game gives you a week to build momentum, all on the weekend to cater to the audience’s rest time!
In the afternoon, everyone in EDG got into the club's special car. The BO5 match between them and RNG was scheduled for the second game, but there was no harm in arriving at the venue early so that they could adapt to the game environment in advance.

When I arrived at the scene, I met the IG team members who had just entered the venue. Today, Broiler, iboy and others seemed to be in high spirits and quite determined to win.

Although they lost to WE in the regular season, Li Mufan's evaluation of these IG players is that they have unlimited possibilities. The key depends on whether the management has given them some tricks during this period.

For IG, which has a very high operating limit, what has always been criticized is that their tactical system is in a mess and their operations are completely out of order. This situation seems serious, but as long as they are given a knowledgeable and strict coach After a period of discipline, you can improve a lot.

On the other hand, if a player has a problem with his operation, no one else can help him, and the situation is much more serious than theirs.

Back to IG, now IG has made it to the semi-finals, but the distance between them and the World Championship is a bit far away. The reason is that their points in the spring split are too low.

The quarterfinals of the Spring Split are so few that they can almost be regarded as non-existent.

In this case, their path to entering the global finals with the highest points in the year, except for the No. [-] seed, simply failed after RNG and WE made it to the semi-finals.

Zero probability, not true at all.

Therefore, IG can either win the championship and enter the World Championship as the No. 5 seed, or they can only play in the bubble game. There is a high probability that their bubble game will also start from the first round and win two BO[-] games in a row before they can enter the World Championship.

No matter which path is taken, it is actually full of dangers, so although IG has a good record now, it is the most difficult team among the top four to enter the World Championship!
In such a situation, if IG just sits back and waits for death, it is basically the same as giving up.

What Li Mufan said about opening a small stove was that EDG had privately discussed the most likely solution for IG to solve their current situation, which was to hire foreign aid, secretly.

Now that the league regulations have become more standardized, it is a bit difficult to find a free agent and capable head coach during the non-transfer period to help them improve operations and tactics.

At this time, you can't be too stubborn. If you can't find it openly, you can find it privately. If you can't officially join the team to be a BP, you can just do tutoring at the base.

For example, Hongmi, the head coach of VG during the S5 period, would often go to Lao Ganfather's base to provide tactical guidance.

One time, Wei Shen was made to cry because of his disobedience to discipline. Team jungler Taobao Quan also said in a later interview that Wei Shen was so confident at that time that no one would accept it. I went my own way when it came to hero selection, and in the end I almost missed the championship.

It can be said that Redmi also had part of the credit for Lao Gan Daddy’s final victory in the summer split.

Li Mufan feels that now IG can imitate the old godfather at that time. Their own competition and training team is not strong enough and they can hire foreign aid if they have nothing to do. As long as the money is available, what can't be done?
When we arrived backstage, the people from WE were in place early, and they obviously attached great importance to today's game.

Seeing the people from EDG approaching, Kangdi and Xiye smiled and said, "You are going to win today, beat up RNG!"

"I'm going to work for you, right? Yes, I'll give you a meal for sure!" Jack rubbed his hands and leaned over with a shy face.

Several people gathered together to discuss some evil plan, and finally burst into laughter.

"If we win today, will we already get a ticket to the World Championship?" The factory director touched his head and couldn't figure out the points for a moment.

"Absolutely. We won today. The guaranteed points are Spring Crown + Xia Ya. In theory, the only one who can be higher than us is Xia Guan, but Xia Guan is the No. [-] seed, so we can at least get a No. [-] seed!" The bright-minded girl Kaka gave the factory director a calculation, and finally came to the conclusion that if she wins today, she will enter the World Championship.

"But the lottery pools for the No. [-] seed and the No. [-] seed in the World Championship are different!" Li Mufan put his hands behind his head and said with a smile: "In order not to encounter the No. [-] seed from other regions in the group stage, we Let’s try our best to be number one in this division!”

"That's what you said!" The factory director nodded. He is also a frequent visitor to the World Championships and is very clear about the rules of the World Championships.

According to the draw rules of the World Championship, there will only be one No. [-] seed, one No. [-] seed and one No. [-] seed in each group.

Looking at it this way, if EDG gets the third seed in this division, it is very likely that they will face the encirclement and suppression of two powerful teammates in the group stage. In comparison, the qualifying situation for the No. [-] seed will naturally be much easier.

As for WE, their considerations are not as far-reaching as EDG's. Now WE must first ensure that they can advance to the World Championship before thinking about the number of seeds.

They finished third in the spring split, and RNG was second. RNG currently has higher points than WE.

But as long as WE wins the game today and RNG loses the game, then WE will be guaranteed to get the second place points in the summer split. Even if RNG wins the third place match, at most it will only get the third place points in the summer split.

According to the rules that the weight of the summer game is higher than that of the spring game, WE's Spring [-] + Summer [-] is naturally greater than RNG's Spring [-] plus Summer [-]!

In other words, as long as the conditions for WE to win against IG and EDG to win against RNG are met today, then WE will join hands with EDG to lock in tickets for the World Championship in advance!

EDG only needs to win on their own to advance, but WE, in addition to winning on their own, also has to point to EDG to win as well; so this can also explain why people in WE were so enthusiastic when they saw EDG coming over today.

"But at the end of the day, don't we still want to win? It's impossible to lose on purpose, so that you kid can cheat a meal?" The factory director figured out the clues and suddenly looked at Jack who had returned to the team with confusion.

"Don't you understand this Qi-chan?" Jack shrugged his shoulders proudly: "When a person is feeling proud, and you agree with some benefits and say that it is a help to them, then there is a high probability that he will agree to you. request!"

"You kid is still into psychology?"

By the time everyone had settled down in the lounge, a brief opening ceremony had begun on the stage. Host Ren Dong was introducing the past performances of both teams and the current players.

After years of decline, IG has very few fans, and the few remaining old fans are busy with other aspects of life because of their age.

It wasn't until the playoffs that everyone discovered that IG had reached the semi-finals!
The opponent is still the WE team that tore apart the entire youth with IG!So they all called their old friends to watch the end of youth together. At this time, everyone discovered that except for the mid laner broiler and a helper who had no sense of existence and changed his ID twice, the IG team had three other members. They are all newcomers who only started playing LPL in the summer split!
This performance can be achieved after just one season in the LPL. If IG can maintain this lineup next year, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as having a bright future.

On the other side, WE retained the original team from last year and strengthened the coaching staff for the second year.

They are the most familiar teammates with each other. They are so familiar with each other that sometimes with a hint or a look, they can immediately understand what the other person is thinking. This is especially true for the bot lane combination that lives in the same dormitory.

This is a game between new recruits and veterans, as well as a contest between the strongest spear and the hardest shield in LPL!

"Let's guess the result of this game?"

The factory director pulled his feet on the ground and slid his chair over, sitting next to Li Mufan; "I guess WE can win! The battle between the two teams in the regular season has already demonstrated the problem. IG's strong attack cannot break WE's defense system at all. On the contrary, as long as it is delayed to the middle and late stages, IG's disadvantages of not being good at operations will be exposed!"

"Really?" Li Mufan chuckled and shook his head with a cautious expression: "Although I can't be sure which side will win, the game is definitely not as simple as you said!"

"What should I say?" The factory director tilted his head.

"This is the playoffs, it's about qualifying for the World Championship!" Li Mufan shrugged: "That's the reason!"

Li Mufan thought very simply. Even if IG is a fool and can do well in training matches, it has to cheer up at this juncture, right?
The game started soon, and everyone in EDG sat upright and focused on watching the picture on the big screen.

In this kind of game between the top four, both sides’ understanding of the version and the control of the game trend are all good things to learn from. Many unique skills that are rarely seen in ordinary times and are the best in each team will be used today. Take it out and put it on the field.

In the first game, in the early stage, it was just as the director said. Although IG attacked with ferocity, Ning learned a set of hunger strike and wild zone play styles from Xiang Guo, catching people crazily. The whole game was full of passion, and the audience cheered. On and on!
Even so, IG has never been able to control the rhythm in its own hands.

One side attacks, and the other desperately replaces resources to find the initiative on the field, which is exactly the same as the battle between the two teams in the regular season.

"Look, if this continues, when my brother-in-law gets the three-piece suit, WE will start to join forces to counterattack!" The factory director crossed his hands and raised his eyebrows as if to say, Brother Fan, you sometimes make mistakes. ?

Li Mufan's expression was calm.

In fact, it's because the two teams are fighting and they don't have much direct interest in him. If EDG wants to enter the World Championship, it only needs to play well between itself and RNG.

Watching the games between IG and WE is mainly to learn whether there are any effective tactics. The result is actually not within the scope of Li Mufan's attention.

With the arrival of the line change period, the brother-in-law took the middle line alone and added the jungle areas on both sides, growing rapidly; during this period, IG also tried every means to provoke several small-scale team battles, but the results were not satisfactory, and that was it. .

Soon, the time came for the brother-in-law's three-piece suit, and as everyone expected, WE began to shrink its formation and get into a team battle posture.

For the starting players in their top team, this kind of game rhythm is still too easy to grasp. After all, when they are on the court, they can easily make correct judgments on the situation even if they only have their own perspective.

Now with God's perspective, it is easy to predict the direction of the game.

However, the direction of the game was indeed predicted successfully, but the factory director discovered that when this 'trend' began to develop downwards, why was it different from what he thought?

WE had two consecutive waves of big dragons forcing the team, and once they were directly resolved by the four people in front of IG. Instead, they lost the second tower in the bottom lane and were almost threatened on the high ground. Then WE directly cleared the field of vision and pretended to fight the dragon to start a team, but the result was ning Bypassing the field of view, he placed a teleportation eye behind WE. Theshy teleported around the back, and the Sword Princess was the brother-in-law in a single second!
Before everyone in WE could react, IG's people had already rushed to their faces, and the group was wiped out without any suspense!

"This?" The factory director pointed at the screen and stammered for a long time without saying anything;

"Is this the type of operation that IG can achieve? We were stunned by WE a long time ago, right?!"

Li Mufan was also a little surprised. He had no mental preparation for IG to achieve this level, although he had thought that IG would definitely try its best to strengthen its shabby training team.

"It was a good fight. It seems that I will win the first IG successfully!" Li Mufan rubbed his chin and clicked his tongue.

"This is not the first one. I think IG has won this BO5!" The factory director rolled his eyes and pointed at the screen and said: "Look at the people in WE who are panicking. They never thought that they would lose 35 Team fight in minutes!”

"If WE cannot come up with an effective tactical system against IG in the next game, WE's BO5 will most likely follow in the footsteps of the Spring Split!"

Afterwards, WE seemed to be stunned. They lost the first game without any resistance. The five people walked off the stage looking a little confused.

Soon, the second game between the two sides began.

Under the camera of the director, everyone in IG who won the first game was in high spirits, with smiles on everyone's faces, just barely standing on their chairs to play the game; while on the other side, all members of WE had solemn faces, serious about their words and prepared for the game.

At the beginning of the second game, WE chose to grab a Kled for the leg brother to increase the team's strength in the mid-term and no longer compete with IG in the late stage.

After returning to the lounge after playing the game, they also reflected on and summarized the problems in the first game. Previously, WE always believed that IG would not play in the mid-to-late game, but judging from the first game, they turned to the late game of team play. He is extremely skilled in tactical training, which is completely different from what the outside world says.

Since IG has the advantage of single belt in the late stage, WE will advance the decisive battle time and have to decide the outcome with IG in the mid-term.

Unexpectedly, this game ended faster; after the first blood broke out in the bottom lane, Ning frequently visited the bottom lane, causing the brother-in-law's lane to explode directly; and WE invested the entire team's focus in the top lane, but unexpectedly Facing the shy Rambo, they would have to pay a heavy price of losing one person every time they went to catch him, making no profit at all!
When it comes to the team fight stage, the development of theshy Rambo is basically the same as in the normal state. In addition, the angle of the big move is always surprisingly good, so the output of the team fight is quite a lot!
But the bottom lane output of both sides is a level different.

In the second game, IG won again!
A scene that no one expected has appeared. Now IG has three match points!

An hour and a half later, WE packed up the peripherals and walked off the field dejectedly.

"Three to one! IG refused to let two chase three, played steadily in its second match point game, and defeated its opponent WE!" Commentator Guan Zeyuan was extremely excited: "This BO5 is so exciting! This team IG Showing us what’s possible with them!”

"Congratulations to IG, they won the first finals ticket of this 2017LPL Summer Split!"

(End of this chapter)