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Chapter 347 The four LPL teams in the quarterfinals? S9 is indeed the most promising year for LPL!

10月21日，当瑞士轮第四轮的比赛全部结束，当FPX战队和IG战队双双以3-1的战绩晋级到S9世界赛八强，当RNG战队和TES战队双双以2-2的战绩保留了晋级八强的最后希望时……

The long-lost smiles finally appeared on the faces of all the gloomy LPL fans, as if the clouds were parting to see the light!

Although the Swiss round of this year's S9 World Championship has started so far, the competition process has not been friendly to the entire LPL division. From being defeated one after another in the first round, to struggling in the second round, and then falling into desperation in the third round.

Such a "getting worse and worse" performance once made countless LPL fans despair of the four teams, thinking that this year was the least promising year for the LPL and also the worst year for the LPL.

But who would have thought that in this "unremarkable" fourth round of the Swiss round, the four LPL teams would actually realize their shame and then be brave, and fight back!

First, the FPX team finally showed the state that an LPL champion should have, sweeping its opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.

Then the IG team finally showed the style that the S8 world runner-up should have, successfully completed its revenge against the SKT team and advanced to the quarterfinals!

In the end, the RNG team and the TES team finally did not disappoint all LPL fans again. They both defeated their respective 1-2 opponents and advanced to the final 2-2 group at the same time!

In other words, if the RNG team and the TES team can continue to create miracles in tomorrow's fifth round of the Swiss Round, then this year's LPL division is likely to create "four LPL teams in the top eight", which has never been done before or since. There may not be anyone who comes with the best record in the LPL division!

Is S9 the most promising year for the LPL region?

At this point in the game, although LPL fans no longer dare to open the champagne at halftime and insist on this matter in advance, what they can be sure of is that this year is definitely the year with the best luck in the LPL division!

Because just after the fourth round of the Swiss round, in the fifth round of drawings, the LPL division finally ushered in the moment of "the joy comes after all the hardships" and a good draw was drawn!

Because after the fourth round of the Swiss round, the S9 top teams have already included five top eight teams and five eliminated teams, so the fifth round draw has become the final draw of this world championship. One round of drawing lots.

The objects of the draw are the last six teams with a 2-2 record, namely RNG team, TES team, SKT team, GRF team, FNC team and C9 team.

Although some viewers who had not watched the entire Swiss round expressed shock when the SKT team also appeared in today's lottery pool, after all, they must know that the SKT team is the champion team in the LCK division.

But those who have watched the game will know that compared to the LPL division, the luck of the SKT team is extremely poor. First, they met the invincible G2 team in the second round, and then they met the invincible G2 team in the fourth round. The IG team was extremely jealous of their enemies, so they were forced to fall into the final 2- life and death battle.

Fortunately, in the final round of draws, the SKT team finally had their good luck and drew the weaker C9 team among the other five teams, so they basically locked in the top eight for the SKT team. seats.

On the other hand, the two teams in the LPL division also received good draws that belong to them...that is, the RNG team and the TES team, successfully avoiding civil war in the final round of competition!

Although the final draw results are RNG team vs. GRF team, and TES team vs. FNC team, it does not seem to be a 100% matchup that can both advance to the quarterfinals.

But in the eyes of LPL fans, this is God's best arrangement for the LPL division.

Because the GRF team and the FNC team are not absolutely invincible to the LPL division. As long as the IG team explodes a little bit like yesterday, then they will definitely be able to defeat their respective opponents and create a miracle that belongs to the LPL division!

The miracle of the four LPL teams in the quarterfinals!

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October 2019, 10, the last competition day of the Swiss round of the S22 World Championship.

Today's start time is earlier than before, because in order to finalize the last three seats of the S9 quarterfinals as soon as possible, the last three BO2 games of the 2-3 group have all been arranged on the same day.

If all three BO3 games are played, a full 9 rounds will need to be played. Therefore, in order to prevent the game from ending too late, at 3 noon local time, the first BO9 decisive battle will be between the SKT team and the C team. Officially started.

However, the organizing committee still thought more about it, because the C9 team never showed the same dark horse attitude as it did a few days before the Swiss round in front of the SKT team, so that the SKT team, which was determined to win, was beaten by 2 The score of -0 was easily taken away and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the S9 World Championship.

Let us congratulate the SKT team for getting a spot in the top eight, late but arriving!

The next second game is a strong confrontation between the RNG team and the GRF team.

As the runner-up of their respective divisions in the summer season, both teams wanted to defeat their opponents and advance to the quarterfinals. Therefore, in this BO3 decisive battle, the players of both teams used their unique skills to press the bottom of the box and also played This is the best game state since the start of the Swiss round.

Especially the adc player Uzi of the RNG team. In the three fierce games with the GRF team, he almost implemented the phrase "the wind is easy and proud, the headwind is the crazy puppy, and the desperate situation is Uzi".

Won the first game with a favorable wind, narrowly won the second game evenly, and made a desperate comeback in the third game!

Of course, the RNG team was finally able to defeat the GRF team with a score of 2 to 1 and advance to the quarterfinals. In addition to the RNG team players themselves, the biggest contributors had to give at least half of the victory medals to GRF team's jungler Tarzan. Even two-thirds!

Because if Tarzan hadn't been caught by the RNG team one after another in the final decider and died suddenly before the dragon team, then it would be the GRF team, not the RNG team, who would advance to the quarterfinals!

And with the end of this game, not only the Internet in the LPL competition area is boiling, but also the Internet in the LCK competition area is boiling.

Because while LPL fans were frantically "Thank you Tarzan", LCK fans were also attacking Tarzan excitedly, threatening that "Tarzan will no longer be able to stay in the LCK"!

But obviously, the LPL division is more lively.

Because in addition to the RNG team once again "escaping from death" and continuing their record of "top eight every year", the thing that LPL fans are most concerned about is the final battle between the TES team and the FNC team. !

Although the TES team is only the fourth seed in the LPL division, and the FNC team is the second seed in the LEC division, but FNC team's performance in this year's Swiss round was also disappointing, if they continue to perform poorly but the TES team succeeds if……

Then the LPL division will truly usher in an unprecedented historical moment of four LPL teams in the top eight!

Therefore, just before the final BO3 decisive battle began, what was constantly emerging in the official LPL live broadcast room were countless LPL fans cheering for the TES team.

"Knight9, golden left hand, please don't become invisible today. Please mark Nemesis on the opposite side as weak and beat him up!"

"Knight, I don't ask you to defeat Dark, my fellow Pingxiang fellow, I just ask you to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Championship!"

"You can definitely advance to the quarter-finals. Knight told Dark that reaching the semi-finals is considered a success. If you can't even advance to the quarter-finals, how can you succeed in the semi-finals?"

"369, please shake it to 999 today!"

"Bear, rise up!"

"Loken, you are the adc quality inspector of LPL. You must fuck Ou Cheng today!"

"Qiuqiu! Please!"

For the majority of LPL fans, although they do know that there is a certain strength gap between the TES team and the FNC team.

But after the FPX team, the IG team and the RNG team have all advanced to the quarterfinals and become the division with the most quarterfinals teams, they finally had some illusions about the fourth seed that "maybe something good".

Looking at the FNC team on the other side, their attitude towards this game is also "must win".

Because if the FNC team really overturns in this game, then the LEC, as the world's first division, will face the embarrassing situation of having only the G2 team among the top eight.

So even after the FNC team advances to the quarterfinals, there are only two LEC teams, and they must keep the number "2" instead of letting it become a lonely "1".

So, as the global audience watched eagerly, the last BO9 battle on the last match day of the S3 World Swiss Round officially kicked off!

However, the ending of this game did not go as LPL fans hoped.

Facing the FNC team, a regular in the World Championship and the LEC runner-up, the TES team not only dragged the game into the final decider, they also ushered in a clean ending of 0-2 after two games.

It's not that the golden left hand in this game was made invisible by Nemesis like before, but that when the mid laner was 50-50 open, and even the left hand had a slight advantage, all other opposing TES teams were defeated by FNC. The team was defeated.

On the road, when facing the top laner Bwipo of the FNC team, the dice of player 369 did not even roll to 999, not even 666, but 333 throughout the whole game.

In the jungle, when facing FNC team jungler Broxah, Xiong Xiong didn't want to laugh, but he really couldn't laugh because his performance today was bronze and he couldn't get any rhythm in Broxah's hands.

The gap in the bottom lane is even more obvious. While Loken and Qiuqiu can only come up with traditional bottom lane combinations, Rekkles and Mikyx directly played Galen Cat for two games in a row, making the TES duo doubt their lives!

After all, although Loken is an adc quality inspector, if his opponent pulls out not a shooter hero, but Galen, then he will not be able to handle it and solve it at all!

So, 0 to 2, the TES team, which all LPL fans had high hopes for, fell into the hands of the FNC team. Unfortunately, they fell just one step away from the top eight of the S9 World Championship. They could only watch helplessly. The FNC team got the last ticket to the top eight.

But this time, the majority of LPL netizens did not criticize the TES team for its failure. After all, the word "high expectations" here itself is in quotation marks. What LPL fans really expect from the TES team is actually to win if they can win, and it doesn’t matter if they don’t win.

After all, with the birth of the top eight of the S9 World Championship, the LPL division seems to have once again taken the throne of the world's first division.

Because, among the top eight seats in this year's S9 World Championship, three are LPL teams!

To be more specific, among the top eight seats, the LPL division occupies three seats, namely the FPX team, the IG team and the RNG team.

The LEC division occupies two seats, namely the G2 team and the FNC team.

The LCK division occupies two seats, namely the DWG team and the SKT team.

Occupying a seat in the LCS division is the TL team.

It can be seen that the four major competition areas are worthy of being the four major competition areas. Although there is a huge gap in strength between each competition area, compared with the wild card area, the lead of the four major competition areas is still better.

But the World Championship actually doesn’t look at this at all. What the audience wants to see most is which division is stronger and which division’s team can win the final world championship!

Therefore, as the top eight seats of the S9 World Championship were finalized, after the game between the TES team and the FNC team, what followed was the most anticipated and nervous link for all League of Legends viewers around the world.

That is the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of the S9 World Championship!

……

"Huo, I didn't expect that this year's Swiss round system would be so exciting. Even regulars such as SKT and FNC, who are regulars in the knockout rounds of the World Championship, almost stopped in the top 16 of the World Championship."

"Isn't that right? I feel that luck plays a larger role in this Swiss round system. Otherwise, it would be a bit outrageous for a team like RNG, which has been in the top eight every year, to reach the top eight again this year."

"Listen to what you are saying. You have already said that we have been in the top eight every year. Why is it so outrageous to have another top eight this year?"

"But to be honest, if the group stage format is still adopted this year, I think the RNG team may still not be able to enter the quarterfinals. At least our LEC team RGE can take his place."

"Dark, why don't you speak? What do you think?"

In the training room at the G2 team base, when FNC team's adc player Rekkles accepted the final post-match interview of the Swiss round, everyone in the G2 team also stopped the training at hand and began to have a lively discussion.

Because they all know that what is about to take place is the quarter-finals draw, and whether the G2 team's knockout process will be very smooth or slightly tortuous depends on the subsequent draw.

"How do I see? Of course I see with my eyes."

Dark, who was forcibly named by his teammates, said dumbfounded, although he also felt that the RNG team did not deserve to reach the top eight of the World Championship again, and only deserved to swoop out of the top 16 like last year's EDG team.

But who can let people have good luck? Besides, according to those LPL fans, "luck is also a part of strength"!

Who are you going to talk to to reason with this?

"However, the RNG team's luck ends here."

"After all, he may not be able to beat any of the teams in the quarterfinals!"

After finishing his words, Dark snorted. He didn't think a rubbish team like RNG could go very far on the World Championship stage, even though RNG was the runner-up in this year's LPL Summer Championship and the second seed in the World Championship!

"It would be great if we can draw the RNG team in the quarterfinals. Then Dark, you can personally send their RNG team home in the quarterfinals."

Hearing Dark's response, Perkz immediately said with an expectant smile, and in addition to Dark's personal reasons, there are also Perkz's personal reasons... that is, he also very much hopes that he can personally defeat Uzi player in every year's World Championship. Eliminated!

"One-third chance, it depends on luck."

"But it's best not to be the SKT team, otherwise they will be too unlucky."

Dark chuckled and said that because this year the Swiss round format was adopted, the rules used in the top eight draw were no longer the random pairing of the first and second seeds in the group in previous years, but a new pairing method.

First of all, the two 3-0 teams will adopt the "same group avoidance principle" similar to previous years, which means that the G2 team and the TL team will be directly drawn into two different halves to avoid being in the finals. Met before.

Secondly, after the positions of the two 3-0 teams are finalized, the opponents of the two will be drawn, and it must be the 3-2 team, in order to highlight the draw advantage of winning the Swiss round.

However, because there are three 3-2 teams, namely RNG team, SKT team and FNC team, so in this link, there will be a lucky team that successfully avoids the two 3-0 teams and goes to fight with the remaining three teams. The 3-1 team draws lots.

"It's started, it's started!"

After Dark briefly went through the rules of the top eight draws in his mind, as the host and the lottery guests appeared on the TV screen, all members of G2 and the players of all the top eight teams instantly became excited and nervous. Everyone began to look forward to the next "fateful arrangement".

"By the way, no matter what lot is drawn later, I hope everyone will stop laughing and stay calm."

"After all, how the RNG team went home laughing last year should still be fresh in your memory."

When the host started introducing the lottery rules, Dark suddenly remembered something and quickly reminded his teammates.

"Don't worry, don't worry."

"sure."

So, in the slightly perfunctory tone of the teammates, the draw ceremony for the top eight of the S9 World Championship officially began!

There is nothing to say about the draw in the first round. In the 3-0 pool, the TL team was drawn first and was placed in the top half, so the G2 team automatically appeared in the bottom half.

The highlight of the second round is the draw, because in the 3-2 pool, which two unlucky guys will directly encounter the two 3-0 teams all depends on the mood of the draw guests.

And while all the viewers around the world were looking directly at it, Team TL’s quarterfinal opponent was announced first...

It’s the FNC team!

The first battle of the quarter-finals turned out to be a direct showdown between Europe and the United States!

Such a strong smell of gunpowder makes all the viewers look forward to the G2 team's quarterfinal opponents even more.

Because if it is an SKT team, then this game is another preview of the S9 finals between the two teams after the second round of the Swiss round!

And if it is the RNG team, then this game will be the fourth grudge showdown between the two teams on the world stage in the past three years!

So, is this battle a confrontation between powerful forces or a showdown of grudges?

It all depends on the “godly hand” of the lottery guests!

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