You are number one in the world, do you have to be obsessed with the whole job?

Chapter 218 The World Finals Advance!Factory Manager: I want to watch them die with my own eyes! 【Ask monthly ticket】

December 2018, 10.

The second round of the group stage of the 2018 Global Finals, a decisive battle related to the life and death of [-] teams from all over the world, officially kicked off the prelude.

After the foreshadowing and fermentation of the first round of the group stage, there was another crazy momentum during the offseason.

Now that the second round of the group stage has just started, the weather and atmosphere presented far surpassed the first round of the group stage.

Reached the peak of a historical node!
On the first day, there was an EDG game.

They take on AFS again.

Their most feared opponent in Group C.

But no matter how strong the opponent is, they will be inferior in front of EDG, which is even more imposing and state-of-the-art.

In the eyes of hundreds of millions, EDG defeated AFS for the second time and achieved a perfect record of 4/0.

Tongtian and LPL team RNG also won, and IG was not far behind.

The teams from the LPL division all worked together, and on the grand stage of the first day of the group stage, they showed their unique demeanor of the Chinese team.

On this day, all the people in the country reveled, boiling all night!
On the second day of the second round of the group stage, EDG took TL again and won easily, bringing the record to an unprecedented 5/0.

10 month 17 number.

The last day of the second round of the 2018 Global Finals group stage.

It is also the final closing day of this year's S competition group stage.

On this day, the heat and attention of the group stage surpassed the previous S matches, broke new records, and the data set a record high.

On this day, IG, which has always been strong, finally lost to KT and failed to complete the record of winning the group stage.

Fortunately, they played very well in the previous games.

In the end, with a record of 5/1, he ended his S8 S game debut.

IG's magnificent record exceeded everyone's expectations.

Before the start of the game, no one dared to think that this year's No. 5 seed in the LPL division, the little-known IG in the past, and even such a team that many people have never heard of, could actually get a 1/[-] score!
This once caused an uproar among countless audiences and commentators.

As a result, IG became the number one in Group D.

KT ranked second in the group.

The situation is similar for several other groups.

Not surprisingly, RNG also advanced to the quarter-finals with a score of 5/1, ranking first in Group B.

The most watched group C, the last game of the EDGS group stage, is the most watched and watched battle by everyone.

There are three representative teams in the LPL division, and the results of two teams have been determined.

Both failed to complete the group stage with a record of 5/1.

Currently only EDG is 5/0.

If EDG can win this last game, then they will create the history of the group stage of the LPL team, winning 6/0 and qualifying!

This is a feat that no one has ever achieved in the 8 years of LPL!

Countless people watched and looked forward to it.

The final final battle has finally begun.

In this game, EDG played against MAD.

This was originally a game without any suspense.

If TL and AFS still have the ability to fight EDG, then MAD, the wild card big brother that everyone has never even heard of, is really a baby with experience in Group C and can only give points.

really.

There have been many miracles and upsets in the history of the S game.

But not everyone, not every team, has the capital and strength to be upset.

MAD is clearly not one of them.

In the closing battle of the last group match of S8, EDG played smoothly like never before, amidst the cheers and excited shouts of countless people.

They flattened MAD's crystal base at exactly 10 minutes!
Won the last victory in the group stage.

It also drew a perfect end to my trip to the group stage of this year's S competition.

6/0 all wins to qualify! !
The group's first position has long been unshakable.

6/0, a total of six games were played in the group stage, and EDG did not lose a game!
This is an unimaginable feat, and it is also the proof and guarantee of EDG's own strength!
All of a sudden, the commentators and audiences in the competitions around the world were in an uproar.

At the moment when EDG flattened the MAD crystal base, various domestic and foreign media forums and hot search public opinion set off a terrifying storm.

The hot search list on Weibo is dominated by EDG.

Congratulations to Qiqi, the big UP master of station B.

The cover of the live broadcast platform such as Fighting Shark has become an emoticon package of EDG6/0.

Hupu... Zhihu... Douyin...

Various media forums.

Including foreign countries, it is also rare for EDG to dominate the rankings on Twitter, and the official media of the mouse station even made a statement that EDG is a super team that can rival SKT...

Everything was sensational because EDG6/0 advanced to the quarterfinals of S8!
And as the initiator of all this, the parties involved.

Everyone in EDG is still immersed in the excitement of 6/0 in the group stage at this moment, and they don't realize what kind of achievements and feats they have accomplished with this record.

"Brothers, you are so awesome!"

"6/0, I'll just ask who else is there?"

"Turtle... With this momentum, we won't really be able to win the second S championship trophy this year, right?"

Meiko said this.

Hearing this, everyone else in EDG was suddenly breathless.

The second S race championship trophy...

In fact, the outside world has long been speculating on the gimmick of defending the double crown.

Especially after EDG advanced to S8, this kind of momentum does not need to be promoted by anyone. Countless viewers and fans will naturally have such thoughts and expectations in their hearts.

But as the parties concerned, everyone in EDG has never really thought about this idea.

It's not that they're not self-motivated, it's not that they don't have self-confidence...

But...

too difficult.

There are 7 teams that have won the S championship in history.

But there is only one who can defend the double crown!
That is SKT!

These teenagers in EDG, they have gone from being a joke in the eyes of everyone in S7 to being saviors and heroes in the LPL division.

Even in the past year, they couldn't recall this identity.

At this time, you let them think about defending the double crown...

This is a bit too unrealistic, right?
嗏

When they really won the group stage 6/0 after qualifying.

This kind of impracticality seems to gradually become solid... Gradually touchable.

They have hope!

Just stay where you are now and win a few more games...

They can really defend the double crown!

Just thinking about this is a great achievement that is enough to make people tremble! !

"Double Crown..."

"If it's really possible to achieve the double championship...that is to let me retire on the spot on the night of winning the championship, and I am willing to do so!" Scout said lamely.

Since he started playing professionally, his only idol is Brother Li.

And Brother Li's highest record is just the two defending S championships.

That is the so-called double crown.

If they are alive, they can really do this step.

So what's the point of retiring in place?

After all, he was in No. [-] Middle School.

"Well... add me, and I am willing to retire at the speed of light."

Meiko said: "Double champion, retired at the speed of light at the peak, how much is he worth?"

"At that time, eating meat muffins, sitting on a gaming chair, and broadcasting live broadcasts for two hours a day, easily earning millions a month... Wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Meiko outlined a beautiful blueprint for everyone.

That is, after retirement, they live a carefree life like salted fish.

And if they retire at their peak, it can be predicted that no viewers and fans will hack them...

I will only cherish and remember them infinitely when I lose in the LPL division...

At that time, the most commonly used sentence pattern should be: "If XXX hadn't retired at that time, we would have won the championship long ago..."

"If XX hadn't retired, would we still be beaten by the LCK? Now the LPL is full of rotten fish and shrimp!"

tsk...

Although this scene is very immoral, I don't know why...it's quite beautiful when you think about it.

"Cough cough..."

Xu Cheng next to him finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He coughed twice, and said, "Guys, let's not say that we haven't finished the game yet, and we haven't won the double crown... Even if we really won it, can people pursue it a little bit?"

"What is the double crown? After the triple crown, you are retiring. Isn't this three times... no, five times the happiness?"

"Super double, a comfortable batch!"

"Uh?"

Everyone was stunned.

triple crown?

What Cheng Zi said... seems to make sense...

Nima…

This is the triple crown?
If we continue to chat, isn't it the Ten Crowns?
Or Twelve Crowns?
Really Nima can talk!
Abu made a rare swearing, with a speechless and desperate expression on his face: "Guys, can you see where this is?"

"This is the S8 group stage, this is Busan, OK?! Please don't daydream here, can you do a good job of the game in front of you first."

"If you lose the next match, you won't be able to go anywhere. Don't be a double and triple crown. You may never have a second chance to defend your title in your life!"

Uh……

A word to wake up the dreamer!
Abu's words are not cruel.

One sentence broke the beautiful fantasy of everyone in EDG and brought them back to the real world.

"Now let's predict who we will meet next..."

Abu withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at these unlucky children.

The coaching staff over there has already started to predict EDG's top eight opponents one step in advance.

The group match schedule has officially ended and the curtain has come to an end.

But the same.

On the night of the end of the group stage, the draw ceremony to determine the next month's peak matchup schedule of the eight strongest teams in the world will also officially begin.

This link affects countless player teams, fan commentators, and even the official mind every year.

Commonly known as-

Quarterfinals draw ceremony!

This year's draw ceremony is different from last year, and the rules have been changed.

The major teams did not send their own representative players to the front stage, but everyone sat in the background, facing the camera.

The LCK officially sent the most prestigious player in the league, none of them Faker Lee, to draw for the quarter-finals alone...

In the midst of all the attention, Brother Li, dressed in a black and white team uniform, walked onto the stage.

I haven't seen him for a year, and he seems to have lost a lot of weight, but his spirit has returned to the state before S7.

It seems that the haze of S8's failure to advance to the S game and the loss of S7 has dissipated.

In the coming year, he will definitely be able to advance to the S competition, return to the throne, and set foot on the top!
In the explosive and tense atmosphere, Brother Li first made a brief self-introduction in Korean, and then started the lottery ceremony without any nonsense.

One super strong team after another was drawn and divided into major groups and half divisions.

RNG drew the G2 team.

IG drew AFS.

When it came to the third lottery, everyone had already held their breath, and their nerves and emotions were all extremely tense.

Everyone knows that EDG's opponent, who has attracted the most attention and attention this year, will be announced soon!

At present, among the top eight, four teams have been drawn.

The remaining four teams are:

FNC, EDG, KT, GEN.

Among them, EDG and FNC are both the first in the group, and the two teams have already been divided into different half regions.

At present, the draws are for KT and GEN.

No matter which team is drawn next, the other remaining team will be the opponent of the last team!

What everyone is most concerned about is whether EDG's opponent is Samsung or KT?

The two teams to be drawn today are both South Korean teams.

But in terms of strength, as well as the sparks and enthusiasm after the collision with EDG, it is obvious that KT crushed Samsung.

Everyone in the world wants to see the duel between EDG and KT!
At the beginning of the group stage, they fantasized about this. The grievances between EDG and KT even once topped the Weibo hot search list!

Everyone originally thought that these two teams, known as the favorites to win the S8 championship, would eventually meet in the final, or at least the semi-final.

No one thought...the two teams would very likely meet each other in the quarter-finals.

This is really Mars colliding with the earth... The needle point is facing the wheat...

The unimaginable war of the century!

Can we meet?

Compared with the outside world watching the excitement, it is different from the global audience players who like to watch exciting games and look forward to the collision between EDG and KT.

Both EDG and KT really don't want to meet each other in the quarterfinals...

The reason is very simple.

Both sides regard each other as the strongest opponent, if they meet in the quarterfinals, then... neither of them can guarantee that they can win 100%.

Once eliminated, wouldn't it be a blood bomb?
嗏

Sometimes the world is so strange.

Maybe God has arranged it long ago, or maybe there is really 7 intentions in the dark.

A certain ancestor who had already retired from the world sat cross-legged at the base, clasped his hands together, and performed silently...

Since I can't accomplish this goal...then...

Orange, wait for me to kill the enemy, one EDG traitor with one blow!

on site.

A third lot was drawn.

Brother Li's expression froze, and he announced the results to the public.

FNC drew the GEN (Samsung) team.

Then there is no need to draw the remaining lot.

The quarterfinals of the 2018 Global Finals.

EDG vs.

KT! ! !

confirmed!
Whoa!
It's like a drop of water dripping into an oil pan, or like a volcano that has been accumulated for hundreds of years suddenly erupts.

For an instant.

The entire scene in Busan was covered by terrifying noises.

Surprised, stunned, excited, nervous...

A wide range of emotions.

After seeing EDG and KT collide, they all burst out.

The whole of Busan was blown up! !
"Wow!! EDG, it's confirmed, EDG's opponent in the quarterfinals is KT!!"

"The roster has appeared... KT has come to the bottom of the EDG team, it is really confirmed!"

"Wow, the lottery result is too unexpected. EDG and KT meet, I believe everyone is going crazy now?"

Wanwan commented on the char siu with a mouthful of mouthfuls, and his tone was indescribably excited and exaggerated.

In fact, his words are not exaggerated.

"Unbelievable! Known as the biggest favorites to win this year's S competition, they actually met in the quarterfinals of this year's S competition!"

"And... looking at the schedule, EDG and KT turned out to be the first BO5 in the quarterfinals? They will play in the opening match?!"

"God...this is so crazy, is the creator joking? It must be...This kind of situation should only happen in dreams!"

"It happened in a dream? No, I think it was only during the Incheon Finals. I didn't expect it to be delayed by more than a month!"

"Then EDG's BO5 against KT, can it be called an early stage of the S8 finals?"

"Uh……!"

European and American commentators danced and danced, excited and carnival!
"This is too weird...brother."

LPL commentary seat.

Baby Miller and the others were also dumbfounded.

They felt as if they had witnessed a supernatural event.

The relationship between EDG and KT, grievances and hatreds, I believe there is no need to repeat them too much, as long as you have watched the game, you will understand the stalk and the truth.

嗏

Playing meme is playing meme.

Everyone is looking forward to the encounter between EDG and KT, and even staged the most classic "one knife, one EDG traitor..." or "EDG is orthodox in KT!"

That's not how it's played!

There is no doubt that EDG and KT are the biggest favorites to win the 2018 World Championship.

Compared with them, other teams, at least for the time being, are one tier behind.

These are the two strongest teams in this year's World Championship.

As one commentator said.

The stage for these two teams belongs to Incheon... it belongs to the World Finals.

And not... a quarterfinal opener.

Of course, this is not to say that the quarterfinals are not important enough.

Any match in the S match, even a BO1 in the group stage, is very crucial.

Not to mention the quarterfinals, once the BO5 loses, get out of here!

He was eliminated directly.

The importance of the quarter-finals is unquestionable... It can be compared to the strength of the two teams of EDG and KT.

Obviously, the stage of the finals, the peak battle, is the first classic scene in everyone's mind.

The collision that occurred so early can be said to have exceeded the expectations of all audiences, commentators, and even officials around the world...

Confused everyone!

"Oh, it looks good now."

domestic.

EDG Club.

This time, he didn't go to Korea with the team. Seven sauce, who is already retired, originally just brought his girlfriend to hang out at the club.

In a few days, when the quarter-finals start, he will fly to South Korea with his family and girlfriend to watch his teammates play.

嗏

He himself didn't expect that he only cared about the opponent in the EDG quarterfinals, but he cared about it...and found out that the opponent turned into KT!

Isn't this a mess?

"KT...Alpaca and Fatty are both on this team, right?"

The girlfriend next to her thought for a while, and her tone was a little teasing: "Isn't this spark hitting the earth..."

"Who said no!"

Ming Kai also came back to his senses, with emotion and regret on his face.

Alpaca...fat...

The two old teammates he is most familiar with have also been teased by the outside world. Before S7, he had the thickest two thighs and the most fierce two big daddies...

Ever since S6 kicked them out, he "personally" kicked the two big dads away.

And before leaving, the alpaca expressed bitterly: "In EDG, I can't see any hope of winning the S championship."

"Also... Chinese food is really hard to eat, I'm not used to eating Chinese food..."

I still remember the night when these words were first made, it caused an uproar.

Aside from the maliciously tampered copywriting and headlines behind, the previous sentence "I can't see any hope of winning the championship in EDG" is the truth.

Alpaca and Pang have been in EDG for several years, and it can be said that they have stayed in the EDG team in their peak years.

When he said this, it can be seen how desperate and disappointed Mr. Dai was.

Disappointed with EDG.

Perhaps in his opinion, the EDG and LPL divisions are just people with stupid money and a lot of money, so they don't deserve to win the championship.

who would have thought...

They had just left for less than a year, and EDG won the S7 championship...

And in S7, the new team they went to, KT, failed to advance to the S match...

This is awkward.

Thinking of this, the factory director was inexplicably happy in his nostalgic and emotional mood.

With a strange expression on his face, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Hahaha, these two people probably watched our game last year, and they were almost sour."

"Who? They won the championship as soon as they left. Whose problem is it? I don't need to say more, right?"

The girlfriend is Bai Fumei with a high degree of education, but because of the director of the factory, she is also a master of the thirteenth level of anti-stress behind her back.

The first thing you say is old resistance.

"No, I have to go..."

The factory manager thought of something, and said a little excitedly: "I want to personally watch Cheng Zi and them defeat KT!"

"When the time comes, I'll see them wearing a face... Hahaha, just thinking about it makes me want to laugh..."

(End of this chapter)