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Chapter 332 Does reaching the semi-finals count as success? Then let your left hand feel the fear of being dominated by Dark!
  When the name of the JT team appeared after the name of the TL team, even though there was only the last small ball left in the No. [-] seed pool, the lottery guests symbolically completed the drawing and put the paper in the ball. The article is officially displayed in front of the camera.

TES team!

As a result, the scene that all TES team fans and the majority of LPL fans least expected to see happened.

That is, as the fourth seed TES team in the LPL division, they actually want to directly challenge the defending champion G9 team in the first round of the Swiss round of the S2 World Championship!

So for a while, all the LPL viewers were a little unable to hold their nerves.

"Wow, is this Swiss round draw so exciting? The fourth seed directly plays the world champion in the first game. Isn't this inappropriate and waiting for abuse?"

"I originally thought that under the Swiss round rules, all four teams in our LPL division would have a chance to advance to the second round with a score of 1-0, but I didn't expect that the TES team would be hit hard when they came up!"

"What a bad way to draw guests. Can't you draw JT team to G2 team, and draw TES team to TL team? Knight9 must be good at playing North America, but I am really afraid of gold. My left hand was beaten into a golden coward again."

"What are you afraid of? Isn't this the best opportunity for Left Hand to prove himself? Even if the TES team loses this game, as long as Left Hand beats Caps in the line-up, it means that Left Hand's strength is the best in the world, and he is the best in China. Strong mid laner!"

"Win the laning? Come on, Dark is not a freeloader. He will definitely target the left hand. Although both of them are from Pingxiang, Dark is really merciless when he goes up against his fellow countrymen. ah!"

"No wonder Toothpaste didn't enter the World Championship this year. It turns out he was scared of being beaten by Dark, so he didn't dare to come!"

When the draw results for the No. [-] seed and the No. [-] seed were locked, countless LPL fans laughed and cried.

Although he said that he hopes Knight9 players can show their style and value in the next game, they know very well that it is still very difficult to achieve this.

After all, among the five members of the TES team, except for the player Knight9 who may not be much different from Caps in terms of hard power, the matchup strength of the other four positions is basically very different!

Therefore, the only thing that LPL fans hope for at this time is that the TES team will not lose so quickly. If they can delay losing until 30 minutes after the game time, that would be great.

In the helpless mood of the majority of LPL fans, the drawing and matching of the second seed and the third seed ended quickly.

The RGE team selected the DWG team as their first-round opponent.

The GRF team selected the GAM team as their first-round opponent.

The FNC team selected the IG team as their first-round opponent.

The RNG team selected the S04 team as its first-round opponent.

And when the lottery results came out, the most vulnerable fan group was the IG team.

Because they never expected that the IG team's luck would be so bad, and they were directly drawn to the FNC team, the strongest among the second seeds. At the same time, they never expected that the RNG team's luck would be so good, and they were drawn to the third seed. The weakest S04 team among them!

This made the fans of the IG team break the defense on the spot and cursed the "unfairness" of the Swiss round draw.

But for the fans of the RNG team, while they had playful smiles on their faces and said "luck is also a part of strength", they breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts.

Because after determining their opponents in the first round of the Swiss round, this means that they have a high probability of getting a good start in the Swiss round and successfully advance to the 1-0 group!
  At this point, the quarterfinals of the first round of the Swiss round of the S9 World Championship have all been determined.

SKT team vs AHQ team.

Team TL vs Team JT.

FPX team vs C9 team.

G2 team vs TES team.

RNG team vs S04 team.

FNC team vs IG team.

RGE team vs DWG team.

GRF team vs GAM team.

……

"Hahahaha, left hand, I didn't expect you to be like this!"

"This year is your turn to feel the fear of being dominated by Dark, hahahaha!"

Just when the lottery ceremony was over, Dark's cell phone ringtone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that the person who sent the message was Toothpaste who was in the "Pingxiang Three Heroes" group chat!

"Brother Rui, you must be merciful. It's best not to come to the middle lane for gank. Let Caps and I slowly do solo in the middle lane, okay?"

The left hand was obviously watching the live broadcast of the lottery, otherwise he would not have responded to Toothpaste’s Aite in the first place.

However, Dark, who saw the two speaking, was really dumbfounded, so he immediately typed.

"That's not possible. This is your first time entering the World Championship. I have to give you a good welcome ceremony."

"Didn't your ID change this year to Knight9? Then it shouldn't be too much for me to catch you nine times, right?"

Dark said with a smile, which immediately made both Left Hand and Toothpaste look scared at the same time. After all, they knew very well what Dark's so-called "welcome ceremony" was like. It was really a welcome to death!
  "It's a bit excessive, but it doesn't matter. Just play normally. It just allows me to feel the intensity of a world championship and a world championship."

"And this year is the Swiss round. You only need to win three opponents to advance to the quarterfinals, so I'm not panicking. Even if I lose to you in the first round, I should still have a better chance against other teams in the future."

"Besides, my goal for this year is actually not high. As long as I can reach the semi-finals in the end, it will be considered a success!"

In the group chat, Zuo Zuo said with a confident smile, seeming to think that "top four" was already an incredible achievement.

Although for Dark, the left hand's speech made him a little dissatisfied. After all, from his perspective, the ultimate goal of any professional player should be to win the championship.

But after thinking about it, I understood Zuo Zhi's idea. After all, in this year's S9 finals, I and Faker agreed to meet in the finals. If the G2 team and SKT team have already booked the qualifications for the finals, then for TES For the team, the top four is indeed their limit!

"Haha, come on."

"Prepare carefully these two days and try to cause us some trouble when the time comes."

Dark gave his left hand a golden thumbs up emoticon and ended the chat. Then he sat up straight and slowly looked towards the front of the training room.

Because immediately after the draw ceremony ended, the G2 coach had already prepared his next speech.

"Everyone, the opponents for the first round of the draw have been announced. The opponent we are going to face is the TES team, the fourth seed in the LPL division."

"The overall strength of this team is not particularly strong, so it shouldn't be difficult for us to win the first game."

"But what we need to pay attention to is actually not the first game, but every subsequent game!"

“Because under the rules of the Swiss round, the opponents we encountered in each round were opponents with the same record as us. To put it simply, after we defeated the TES team and got a 1-0 record, in the second round The opponents we encounter will also be 1-0 teams, and the third round will be 2-0 teams.”

"At the same time, since the opponents in each round are completely random, this makes it impossible for us to make targeted preparations for the next opponent in advance. We can only make temporary targeted preparations after each round of drawing."

"But the effect of temporary preparations is not good enough, so in my opinion, we should prepare a lot of tactics before the game so that we can deal with various situations that may arise at any time."

"In this way, our G2 team will have a chance to win a complete victory and advance to the quarterfinals, but the training volume will be relatively large and tiring."

"But even so, I still hope you can grit your teeth and persevere, because if we want to win three consecutive championships, we must work harder than others!"

"So, are you willing to do your best to compete for the final three consecutive world championships?!"

As the G2 coach spoke, his tone suddenly became impassioned. Under his leadership, all members of G2 were naturally excited and proud!
  "Of course I would!"

“If I don’t win the Three Crowns, I will never be a human being!”

"Let other teams once again feel the fear of being dominated by our G2 team in the World Championship!"

The G2 players each waved their fists and shouted loudly, their tone and eyes full of determination to win.

Therefore, with this belief in mind, all members of G2 once again entered into preparations for the Swiss round.

The same is true for the other fifteen participating teams in the S9 World Championship. In order to get their own good start, they all must go all out in the final three days of preparation!

And while the global League of Legends audience is anxiously waiting, October 2019, 10, the start of the 12 League of Legends Global Finals, has finally officially arrived!

If it were the World Championship in previous years, then the LEC division as the host this year would definitely arrange the opening game as a game between the G2 team and the TES team.

But unfortunately, this year's competition format is the Swiss round. Both the order of appearance and the right to choose sides in the game are decided the moment the draw results are released.

Therefore, amidst the high expectations of global League of Legends audiences, the first battle of the Swiss round of this year’s S9 World Championship can only officially start between the SKT team and the AHQ team.

The result of the opening game was almost without any suspense. Although the AHQ team entered the World Championship again after many years, the AHQ team did not fight back in front of the MSI runner-up and the SKT team that won the LCK playoffs. Power.

1-0, the SKT team successfully advanced to the 1-0 group in the second round of the Swiss round. At the same time, the AHQ team was not directly eliminated, but fell into the 0-1 group.

In the second game, the LCS champion team TL faced the PCS champion team JT.

This game didn't attract much attention, but the two teams played back and forth, which was quite anxious.

Fortunately, the TL team finally succeeded in defeating the JT team with a wave of team battles, otherwise the LT team would have become the shame of North America again.

In the third game, the FPX team faced the C9 team. It was the most watched game in the entire LPL today.

Because if the TES team is bound to lose after a while, only the FPX team can successfully win the C9 team in this game, and they can barely bring a glimmer of hope to the LPL division.

But what makes all LPL fans extremely angry is that the performance of the FPX team in this game is almost completely different from their performance in defeating the RNG team 3-1 in the LPL Summer Finals to win the championship!

Not only was they completely defeated by the C9 team in terms of BP, but the players' state during the game was even more eye-catching.

If jungler Tian hadn't successfully snatched a baron from the C9 team, the FPX team would have been pushed away from the base crystal before 25 minutes.

But even if Xiaotian grabbed a big dragon, he couldn't stop their decline at all. After 30 minutes of hard defense, they were helplessly bulldozed by the C9 team and the base crystal was flattened.

As a result, 0-1, the LPL first seed FPX team lost to the LCS second seed C9 team, fell into the 0-1 group, and lost the chance to win the Swiss round and advance on the spot.

But after the FPX team lost to the C9 team, a faint smile appeared on the faces of all LPL viewers.

Again, their main goal for coming to the S9 World Championship this year is to see with their own eyes how much worse the LPL division can be than before.

And now, when the LPL champion cannot beat the LCS runner-up, known as the North American rival, this year's S9 World Championship has already recouped at least half of the electricity and data costs!
  ……

"it is good!"

"Welcome all the spectators on site and in front of the screen to return to our 2019 League of Legends Global Finals!"

"Hello everyone, I still remember your commentary today."

"Hi everyone, I'm Rita the commentator."

After the short commercial time, the live game signal was transmitted back to the official LPL commentary booth. Immediately afterwards, the commentary partners of Remember and Rita appeared again, but the expressions on their faces were full of bitterness.

"Although I feel uncomfortable, I still have to synchronize the situation of the last game to the viewers who have just started the live broadcast of the game."

"After 30 minutes of fierce battle, our LPL division champion FPX team finally lost to the C9 team and failed to win the S9 World Championship."

I remember saying with regret that after all, the LCK champion SKT team and the LCS champion TL team had successfully advanced, but when it came to the LPL champion, the FPX team actually achieved the first big upset of this world championship!
  "The main reason is that the players of the FPX team are in poor condition, probably due to jet lag."

"But we don't actually need to be too nervous for the time being. After all, in the new Swiss round format, we will only be eliminated after losing three games, and the last one will have to be a BO3."

"So as the LPL champion FPX team, I still believe they can complete adjustments as soon as possible and win back in subsequent games."

Rita encouraged all the LPL viewers with a wry smile, and then changed the topic to the upcoming game.

"But for our LPL division, the next game will also be very difficult."

"Because our TES team will face the defending champion G2 team!"

“The TES team’s chances of winning this game should be low, but I still hope that they can show their own style and learn enough experience in the world championship when facing such a strong opponent as the G2 team. "

Rita said sincerely, remembering to nod solemnly.

"Indeed, the TES team in this game is mainly focused on learning."

"Then as the players from both teams begin to take the stage, I will also seize the time to introduce to you the starting lineups of both teams for this game."

"The first is the G2 team that audiences around the world are already very familiar with. Top laner BrokenBlade, jungler Dark, mid laner Caps, bottom laner Perkz, and assistant Hylissang."

"Then there is the TES team that we LPL viewers are very familiar with, with top laner 369, jungler Xx, mid laner Knight9, bottom lane Loken, and assistant Qiuqiu."

"Although the TES team is definitely not as good as the G2 team in terms of overall hard power, I think that if the five guys of the TES team can play the same state as they did during the S9 trials and directly come up with some strong heroes, then the TES team may be better. There is still a [-]% or [-]% chance of achieving an upset.”

"After all, you have to know that the TES team played with the IG team in the trial match until the final game and lost with a score of 2 to 3."

"So when the G2 team is completely unfamiliar with the new team of the World Championship, the TES team, the TES team really has a chance to beat the old master to death with random punches."

I remember saying with a smile while daydreaming, after all, he himself knew that this possibility was very slim.

"It is true that the G2 team is not very familiar with the TES team, but the Dark player should be very familiar with the Knight9 player. After all, they are both from Pingxiang."

"If the Knight9 player can perform exceptionally well in this game and the other teammates don't collapse, the TES team may have a chance of survival. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for the TES team to face the G2 team."

Rita chuckled and shook her head, not believing that the TES team could create miracles.

Because in her opinion, Dark player is a "big devil" who does not allow any opponent to perform any miracles on himself!
  "Although it is indeed difficult, e-sports always requires dreams."

"Then we see that the players from both teams are ready. Next, let's enter the BO2 match between the G1 team and the TES team!"

With the command I remember, the fourth match of the first round of the Swiss round finally officially started.

Because the G2 team enjoys a higher seed position, they actively choose the blue side when they have the initiative to choose a side.

Cat! Nocturne! Akali!
  The first three bans of the G2 team did not target anyone, they were all version bans, especially the hero Cat. Since it officially landed on Summoner's Rift in version 9.10 this year, it has directly become a regular on the ban list.

Especially in the hands of professional support players, the hero Cat can even become the seventh piece of equipment for adcs!

Kasumi! Syndra! Enchantress!

On the other hand, the first three bans of the TES team were very targeted. They not only banned Perkz's Xayah and Caps' Enchantress, but also banned the hero Syndra who can swing in the hands of the two!
  At this point, the first round of bans is over and the first round of selection begins immediately.

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