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As the 2019 Intercontinental Championship ended with the LPL division being defeated by the LCK division, countless LPL viewers began to eagerly look forward to the upcoming S9 World Championship. They all wanted to see with their own eyes whether this year's LPL division could continue to be bad. To what extent.

But what countless LPL viewers never expected was that they didn’t need to wait for the S9 World Championship to start, or even the end of the 2019 LPL Summer Regular Season. When the first-instance verdict of mlxg’s lawsuit against the RNG team came out, they Then I directly "enjoyed" an "early access"!
  Because just when everyone believed that "it is natural to pay back debts" and "the wages of migrant workers must not be owed", the lawsuit between Mala Xiangguo and the RNG team ended temporarily with Mala Xiangguo losing the case. !

Because according to the court's verdict, although the court admitted that the RNG club owed Mala Xiangguo wages, it did not owe wages maliciously, so it ruled that the RNG club won the case and Mala Xiangguo lost.

And not only that, after RNG won the first instance, they immediately countersued Mala Xiangguo for "infringement of reputation rights" and other reasons, demanding that Mala Xiangguo compensate the RNG club for economic losses of up to 5000 million!

As a result, the LPL audience who heard the verdict immediately went crazy because they never expected that RNG, the "Shangrao Pizza Hut", could be so cunning and evil.

Not only did they owe Mala Xiangguo RMB 300 million, but now they even asked Mala Xiangguo to compensate them RMB 5000 million, and even directly froze Mala Xiangguo's bank card because of this!

So suddenly, names such as "Yin Yang Contract" and "RNG Contract Team" became popular again, allowing all LPL viewers and even netizens who were not League of Legends players to know that besides "Nanshan Pizza Hut", there were also "Shangrao Pizza Hut" is such a master!
  But even though all the LPL viewers were scorning the RNG team and scolding him endlessly, the RNG team after winning the lawsuit did not pay attention to the criticism from the outside world at all. Instead, they sent out several scarves in succession, claiming that they would be in the next During the game, they will no longer care about things outside the game and prepare to concentrate on the playoffs and world championships.

With the RNG team so "arrogant", the temporary goal of the LPL viewers has become to hope that other teams can work together before the end of the regular season, and then block the RNG team from the playoffs. .

It's a pity that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although this year's RNG team no longer has the same dominance in the LPL league as in previous years, they are still able to complete the blood suppression of most LPL teams as they are experts in civil war!
  So much so that when all the games of the 8 LPL Summer Regular Season ended on August 18, the RNG team not only successfully advanced to the playoffs, but also completed the promotion with third place in the regular season!

At the same time, all eight teams that have advanced to the 2019 LPL Summer Playoffs have been finalized.

The first place, the FPX team, has a record of 14-1.

Second place, TES team, record 12-3.

The third place, RNG team, has a record of 12-3.

Fourth place, BLG team, record 11-4.

Fifth place, EDG team, record 9-6.

Sixth place, IG team, record 9-6.

Seventh place, LNG team, record 8-7.

Eighth place, SNG team, record 8-7.

Although the WE team, which was once one of the three royal teams, also had a regular season record of 8-7, it unfortunately missed the playoffs because it lost to the SNG team and the LNG team in the small round.

At the same time, because the spring split runner-up JDG team did not perform well in the summer split, only ranking tenth with a record of 6-9, so with insufficient points throughout the year, the JDG team also officially announced that it would not qualify for the S9 World Championship. .

So this means that while the LPL division still has four qualifications for the S9 World Championship this year, they will all be among the eight playoff teams this year.

In other words, at this time, the RNG team has become the most popular team in the entire LPL region, and it still retains a huge opportunity to enter the S9 World Championship this year!

Therefore, with countless LPL viewers desperately hoping that the RNG team would die soon, the summer playoffs of major competition regions around the world and the competition for the S9 Global Finals Qualifying Tournament began collectively in late August.

However, the division that took the lead in firing the first shot of the playoffs was not the LEC division with the most popular viewing in the world, nor the LPL division with the largest number of spectators, but the LCK division.

On August 8, the first game of the 21 LCK Summer Split playoffs officially started between the SKT team and the AFS team.

Although the journey of the MSI runner-up SKT team in this summer split was not particularly smooth, and even qualifying for the playoffs was bumpy and dangerous, but when it came to the playoffs, they agreed to meet Faker in the S9 World Championship finals with Dark. The Great Demon King is back again!
  2-0, the SKT team defeated the AFS team and successfully advanced to the second round of the LCK playoffs.

On August 8, the first round of the LPL summer playoffs started between the EDG team and the SN team. In the end, the EDG team defeated the SNG team 22-3 and advanced to the second round.

On August 8, two playoff games started, namely the match between the IG team and the LNG team in the LPL division, and the match between the SKT team and the SB team in the LCK division.

Among them, the SKT team once again lived up to expectations by defeating the SB team 3-0 and successfully advanced to the third round. However, what was shocking at the same time was that the IG team lost to the LNG team with a score of 0-3 and directly stopped in the first round of the playoffs!

If the Spring Split champion's points were not high enough, giving the IG team a chance to play in the trials, otherwise this would be another ironclad proof that "LPL sucks"!
  On August 8, after experiencing a whole turbulent summer season, the first round of the LEC summer playoffs officially started. The RGE team defeated the SPY team 24-3 and successfully advanced.

In the LPL division, the EDG team lost 2 to 3 after five fierce games with the BLG team. When they stopped in the second round of the playoffs, they also officially declared the end of their entire journey in 2019.

The ending of the EDG team once again caused a stir in the entire LPL, because it confirmed the trend of the EDG team "getting worse and worse", from the top eight of S7, to the top 8 of S9, and then to the top [-] of S[-]. Can’t make it to the World Championship!
  August 8th, there are competitions in all three divisions today.

In the LEC division, the S04 team defeated the VIT team 3-1.

In the LCK division, the SKT team went 3-0 against the DWG team.

In the LPL division, RNG team 3 to 1 LNG team.

When the SKT team completed the feat of one-to-three, League of Legends viewers around the world lamented the terror of Faker, while looking forward to the fact that the SKT team could finally win the championship.

When the RNG team advanced to the semi-finals and secured at least one qualification for the bubble tournament, the LPL audience began to curse again, thinking that the RNG team, which was expert in civil war, might not be able to enter the World Championship again.

From August 8th to August 26th, there were no games in the three competition areas. So after a short preparation, on August 8st, the smoke of war broke out again in the three competition areas.

In the LEC division, the G2 team defeated the S3 team 0-04 to advance to the finals.

In the LCK division, the SKT team completed a replica of the spring split finals, defeating the GRF team with a score of 3 to 1. While completing the feat of one wear and four, it also officially won the LCK summer split championship and the spring and summer double crown.

In the LPL division, the first place team in the regular season, FPX, continued to show its strong dominance and also advanced to the finals with a score of 3 to 1.

On September 9st, the semi-finals of the LEC division started first. The FNC team defeated the RGE team with a score of 1-3 after five fierce games, and once again joined the G2 team in the summer finals.

In the LPL division, while the TES team had high hopes from all LPL viewers, they failed to intercept the RNG team. In the end, they lost to the RNG team with a score of 1 to 3. They could only watch RNG go away with countless infamy. The team once again reached the summer finals.

After five days of preparation, on September 9, the 6 LPL Summer Finals finally officially started between the FPX team and the RNG team.

Whether the new king of the FPX team will take the throne, or the RNG team will continue to complete its dominance of the LPL division, all suspense will focus on today's final confrontation.

Fortunately, this time the FPX team did not disappoint the expectations of the LPL audience. It successfully defeated the RNG team with a score of 3 to 1. While the new king ascended the throne, it also finally completed a "sanction" against the RNG team.

And it is very regrettable that although the RNG team's points in the spring split are not high enough, because they won the runner-up in the summer split and became the team with the highest points in the LPL division besides the FPX team, the RNG team does not even need to play S9 Bubble. tournament, and successfully advanced to the S9 World Championship as the second seed.

Although the majority of LPL viewers are not satisfied with this result, because they all know that once the RNG team enters the World Championship, it will become a civil war between insiders and outsiders, but there is absolutely nothing they can do about this result.

But soon, the attention of the LPL audience was attracted by the upcoming LEC Summer Finals.

On September 9, the G7 team once again met the FNC team in the finals. This time, the FNC team was rare and was not beaten by the G2 team without a clean sheet. Instead, it successfully won a small game with a score of 2 to 1. The final result successfully won the runner-up in the LEC Summer Split.

Correspondingly, the G2 team naturally became the champion of the LEC Summer Split again and competed in the S9 World Championship as the number one seed. After the competition for the 2019 Global Finals selection rounds in all major competition regions around the world in the next few days, the list of all teams in each major competition region that have qualified for the S9 World Championship has been officially announced!

In the LEC division, the first seed G2 team, the second seed FNC team, the third seed RGE team, and the fourth seed S04 team.

Because the G2 team won the S8 world championship, all four teams in the LEC division did not need to enter the playoffs and directly qualified for the main draw.

In the LPL division, the first seed FPX team, the second seed RNG team, the third seed IG team, and the fourth seed TES team.

In the LCK division, the first seed SKT team, the second seed GRF team, and the third seed DWG team.

In the LCS division, the first seeded team TL and the second seeded C9 team.

As well as the JT team and AHQ team in the PCS division, the GAM team in the VCS division and other wild card teams.

It is understandable that the LCS division only has two World Championship qualifications this year. After all, their results in previous World Championships were really poor.

However, the LPL division still has four qualifications, while the LCK division only has three qualifications, which is completely incomprehensible to the LPL audience. After all, in their view, this year is the most promising year for the LCK division, and it is also the LPL division. The most hopeless year.

But there is no way, because the IG team won the runner-up in the World Championship last year and the third place in the MSI this year. On the other hand, the LCK division was only the runner-up in the MSI this year and the top four in the World Championship last year. Therefore, due to the reason that "MSI is less valuable than the S Championship", LPL The competition area has become one of the only two competition areas with four qualifications.

With the qualifications of all participating teams in the 2019 League of Legends Global Finals finalized, the specific competition rules of this S9 World Championship were also announced immediately that night.

First of all, there are the specific rules of the revised format of this year’s S9 World Championship.

Because this year’s S9 World Championship will feature a Swiss round plus a knockout round, in order to make the competition in the entire Swiss round more intense, Riot officials have simply modified this year’s S9 play-in format to a double-elimination format.

At that time, the fourth seed in the LPL region, the third seed in the LCK region, the second seed in the LCS region, and many teams from the wild card region will compete fiercely in the play-in stage until the final six teams are determined to advance to the The teams in the main competition.

At the same time, because of the Swiss Round, the most anticipated draw ceremony before the World Championship in previous years also canceled the "group stage draw", because only after the qualifying teams have been determined, Riot officials can draw before the start of the Swiss Round. , completing the draw for the first round of the Swiss round.

Therefore, when the lottery results of the S9 World Championship Qualifiers were released, all the teams participating in the 2019 League of Legends Global Finals collectively entered the annual final preparation stage!
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This year's S9 World Championship is very friendly to the G2 team, because this year's World Championship is held in Europe, and even the qualifying stage and the Swiss round are held in Berlin, Germany!
  This gives the G2 team plenty of preparation time, as well as the advantage of being ready to work, allowing them to prepare more tactics and routines in order to achieve their ultimate goal of winning three consecutive S-race titles.

While everyone in the G2 team was preparing for the competition, on October 10, the S2 World Championship Qualifiers finally officially started at the LEC Studio in Berlin.

After a week-long fierce competition, the list of six teams that stood out in the double-elimination format and officially advanced to the S9 World Championship was officially released.

They are the TES team, the fourth seed in the LPL division, the DWG team, the third seed in the LCK division, the C9 team, the second seed in the LCK division, the JT team, the first seed in the PCS division, the AHQ team, the second seed, and the GAM team, the first seed in the VCS division.

With the end of the qualifying round and the official finalization of the top 9 list of the S9 World Championship, the real curtain of this S[-] World Championship means that it has officially begun!

What comes next will be the part that the global League of Legends audience is most concerned about and expects before the start of the S9 World Championship.

That’s the draw for the first round of the Swiss round!

If the group stage format requires each team to play two BO1s with the three teams in the same group to determine whether it can advance to the quarterfinals, then in the Swiss round format, each team may not encounter many opponents in each round. The same, but definitely a strong confrontation.

Because under the Swiss round system, only after defeating three opponents with the same record can you qualify for the S9 knockout round, which is the qualification to become the top eight of S9.

In other words, if you are lucky enough and can draw relatively weak opponents in each Swiss round, then a "weak team" may advance to the quarterfinals.

But if you are unlucky enough and draw a relatively strong opponent in each round, then a "strong team" may be blocked from the top eight!

Although it sounds like the Swiss round involves a lot of luck, for the audience, this format will be extremely exciting!

Therefore, after the host at the draw gave a brief introduction to the "Swiss round format", the staff immediately placed four transparent covers containing balls of different colors on the corresponding pillars on the stage.

At the same time, the list of teams in each of the four seed pools was also displayed on the large screen.

No. 2 seed pool, G[-] team, FPX team, SKT team, TL team.

The second seed pool, FNC team, RNG team, GRF team, RGE team.

The third seed pool includes Team S04, Team IG, Team DWG, and Team GAM.

The fourth seed pool includes AHQ team, JT team, TES team, and C9 team.

After determining the teams in each of the four seed pools, the host quickly announced the draw rules for the first round of the Swiss round.

First, in the first round of the Swiss Round starting on October 10, 12 teams will fight against each other in eight BO1 games.

Second, the eight BO1 matches will be drawn in a completely random manner.

Third, the drawing rules are that the No. [-] seed will draw the No. [-] seed, and the No. [-] seed will draw the No. [-] seed. At the same time, the principle of "avoidance in the same division" will be adopted in the first round of the Swiss round.

When League of Legends viewers around the world learned the detailed rules of "same-division avoidance", they all let out a long sigh of relief.

Because in their opinion, as long as there is no civil war in the first round of the Swiss round, it will be an absolute good thing for their respective divisions!
  So, amidst the high expectations of the global audience, the draw ceremony for the first round of the Swiss Round officially began!
  First of all, there is nothing to say about the No. 2 seed pool. After the draw by the lottery guy, the SKT team, the TL team, the FPX team and the G01 team were drawn one after another and were arranged in the upper left position of the eight B[-] games.

After all, as the No. 1 seeds, these four teams all enjoy the initiative to choose sides in BO[-]!

Next, is the most nervous moment for the four fourth-seeded teams, because they will soon know which powerful opponent they will challenge in the first round of the Swiss Round!
  AHQ!

The first one to be drawn is the second seed AHQ team in the PCS division. As for the opponent they need to challenge, it is naturally the LCK champion SKT team.

C9!

The second one to be drawn was LCS second seed C9. It was supposed to have a civil war with TL, but due to the "same division avoidance" principle, it had to be postponed to become FPX's opponent.

This made LPL fans instantly happy, because although they didn't think the LPL division would be successful this year, it would be good if they could advance to a few more quarterfinals.

For FPX, C9 is an absolute soft persimmon!
  JT!

But the next moment, all LPL fans felt their hearts sink again.

Because as JT becomes TL's opponent, this means that TES, the fourth seed in the LPL division, will challenge the world's strongest G2 team in the first round of their Swiss round! (End of chapter)