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Chapter 225 Good luck!EDG was eliminated in the group stage, and RNG was eliminated in the quarterfinals! G2’s script is written
"Dark, stop training, come here and watch the lottery ceremony with us!"

It's nine o'clock in the evening Korean time and two o'clock noon in Berlin time.

Logically speaking, the G2 team has already started its daily afternoon training at this time, but the situation in the training room today was a bit strange, because just as Mingrui was waiting for his teammates to start the training match, he turned around and suddenly discovered that The teammates all gathered in front of the TV in front of the training room.

After asking, I finally learned that what attracted the attention of my teammates was the draw ceremony for the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals that was about to begin!

This made Mingrui's eyes light up immediately, because he had actually been looking forward to this lottery ceremony for a long time.

After all, if the lottery guests of the S8 World Championship are enough to "give face", the G2 team is quite likely to meet a "perfect script" similar to last year this year!
Of course, the "perfect script" Mingrui has in mind is not to avoid strong enemies all the way, easily reach the finals and win the S8 world championship.

Instead, like last year's S7 World Championship, we eliminated enough LPL teams along the way, and then won the S8 World Championship championship trophy again in front of them!

"coming."

"Who is this year's lottery guest?"

"Can you give us a little more effort and draw an LPL team for us in the group stage?"

"We eliminated the WE team in the group stage last year. In this year's group stage, we'd better eliminate an LPL team again."

Mingrui moved a small bench, walked to his teammates with a smile and sat down, his eyes full of expectation.

"There is only one guest in this year's draw, called Flame. You may not know much about him, but he is actually a well-known Korean veteran who has played in the LCK, LPL, Europe and even North America."

"As for what Dark is looking forward to... I can only say that our G2 has a very high chance of meeting an LPL team in the group stage!"

"After all, you also know that this year, except for NA, our four major competition regions all have four participating places."

"According to the principle of avoiding the same division in the group stage, the four groups of ABCD will have at least one team each from the EU/LPL/LCK division, unless the fourth seed from the LPL or LCK division fails to advance from the play-in round to the main draw. "

"But the probability shouldn't be very high, right?"

Perkz proudly introduced to Mingrui that after all, he had been studying the possibility of grouping in the S8 World Championship whenever he had free time in the past two days.

As for the results of the study?
It's very simple, that is, no matter what the final grouping situation is, G2 will definitely be able to sweep their opponents all the way and become the last defending S8 world champion!

"Then I hope the team assigned to our group is EDG or IG. I don't want to eliminate JDG in the group stage. After all, Toothpaste has entered the World Championship for the first time this year. If I were eliminated in the group stage, , that guy will definitely have to ask me for an offline solo after I go back."

Mingrui said in a dumbfounded way that although Zeng Qi was definitely no match for him in the game, in real life, even if ten of him played together, they would not be half Zeng Qi's opponent!
"It's started, it's started, the draw for the finals has begun!"

"This year, TSM and SKT, two veteran teams, have to start from the play-in stage. If I were a spectator, I would definitely think that this year's S8 World Championship will be more exciting!"

At this moment, Caps said excitedly that he was looking forward to playing against the "North American Cult TSM" team on the stage of the World Championship.

"Haha, if TSM and SKT didn't even make it to the group stage, wouldn't it be even more exciting?"

Hilisang also got excited, which immediately made everyone laugh out loud. They thought, Hilisang, this guy is really just watching the excitement and it’s not too big a deal!
The draw for the play-in stage is irrelevant to everyone in the G2 team. After all, only 12 teams out of the 4 teams in the play-in stage can advance to the group stage, and there is a high probability that they will be old faces from global audiences, so there is nothing worth paying attention to.

So amidst the laughter and laughter of everyone, the draw guest Flame also quickly completed the entire process of drawing the finalist teams and divided them into four groups ABCD.

Group A, FW team, INF team, DW team.

Group B, JDG team, KMB team, SUP team.

Group C, TSM team, GMB team, DFM team.

Group D, SKT team, PVB team, KLG team.

The qualifying stage is also divided into group stage and knockout stage.

In the group stage of the qualifying round, the four groups will compete in a BO1 double round-robin competition within the group. The top two teams in the final group points will advance to the knockout stage of the qualifying round.

In the knockout stage of the qualifying round, we will be divided into four groups again according to the first vs. second grouping method, and then through the competition of 4 B05s, we will fight for the qualifications to advance to the last four S8 World Championship group stage!
If nothing else, the teams that can finally advance to the group stage from the play-in rounds should be FW, JDG, TSM and SKT.

When the draw ceremony for the qualifying stage ended, all members of the G2 team, who had been laughing and joking before, instantly became slightly serious.

Because they all know very well that the next S8 World Championship group stage draw will be crucial for the G2 team and the other 11 teams that have directly entered the S8 World Championship!
Because the strength of their opponents in the group stage will greatly affect their chances of advancing from the group stage to the quarterfinals!
So, when the host announced on the TV that the group stage draw had officially begun, and as the draw guest Flame reached into the No. 2 seed pool, not only the G[-] team, but all League of Legends viewers around the world were so nervous that they held their breath!
G2 team!

The next moment, Flame completed the first draw of the group stage, and it was quite lucky for the G2 team. It was drawn first and was placed in the first seed of Group A of the group stage.

It was only then that the audience finally realized that they were nervous too early, because the drawing of the No. [-] seed pool was only to determine the basic grouping of the No. [-] seeds in the four major regions.

The subsequent drawing process of the second and third seeds is worth their nervousness!

Flame seemed to know what the audience wanted to see and didn't want to see, so it immediately sped up the subsequent three draws and successively drew the LPL No. [-] seed RNG team, the LCK No. [-] seed KT team, and the NA Division No. [-] seed TL team.

At this point, the "basic plan" of the four ABCD groups in the S8 World Championship group stage has been finalized.

The G2 team in Group A, the RNG team in Group B, the KT team in Group C, and the TL team in Group D.

Then, the global audience became nervous again, because the next draw of the second seed will determine which team will directly encounter the extremely powerful and terrifying defending champion of the world championship, the G2 team, in the group stage!
FNC team!

The next moment, Flame completed the first draw of the second seed pool, and it was the FNC team. This made the viewers in the LPL and LCK regions immediately ecstatic. They thought that the European region would directly compete in the group stage. Ushering in a division civil war.

But these viewers obviously have not studied the lottery rules. Due to the principle of avoiding the same division, it is impossible for the FNC team to directly stage a division civil war with the G2 team in the group stage as they wish.

Therefore, the FNC team can only "regrettably" be assigned to Group B and become one of the RNG team's strong opponents in the group stage!

After FNC's grouping was determined, Flame immediately completed the second draw of the No. [-] seed pool.

VIT team!

It is a European team again, so it can only avoid G2 in Group A and go to Group C to become the opponent of the KT team.

So the next moment, LPL fans and LCK fans who were ecstatic just a few minutes ago became so nervous that their hearts beat faster.

Because next, no matter whether the team Flame draws is the AFS team or the IG team, they will directly face the behemoth G2 team in the group stage!

"We must draw the AFS team."

LPL fans, especially fans of the IG team, gritted their teeth and prayed sincerely.

"We must draw the IG team."

The same is true for fans of the AFS team in the LCK division.

Then, Flame completed the third draw amid the "mutual pushback" from fans of both teams.

AFS team!

The AFS team, the second seed in the LCK division, successfully got the opportunity to directly play against the defending champion G2 team in the group stage!
"Hahahaha, we're lucky, our IG was assigned to Group D."

"Team TL is the weakest team among the four No. [-] seeds."

"If nothing else, the IG team's place in the top eight should be guaranteed with a high probability."

"Flame I love you like a mouse loves rice!"

When the AFS team was assigned to Group A and the IG team was automatically assigned to Group D, fans of the IG team were all pleasantly surprised.

Although they are very confident in their complete IG team, they are still extremely unsure if they go against the G2 team in the group stage.

After all, the complete IG team has never even beaten the RNG team, but the G2 team is the only designated father of the RNG team in the world championship. Oh no, the strongest father among many fathers of the world championship, so according to the basic Logically, the G2 team is far stronger than the IG team.

In this case, the IG team can avoid G2 in the group stage and enter the World Championship again after many years. Every small step forward will be a huge improvement for the IG team!However, while the fans of the IG team celebrated excitedly, the faces of the fans of the EDG team suddenly became solemn.

Because of this "foolish" principle of avoiding the same division, when the IG team gets lucky, it means that the probability of the EDG team being unlucky has increased to one-half!

After all, RNG cannot go to Group B, and IG cannot go to Group D. As the third seed EDG team in the LPL, the only groups that can go next are Group A and Group C!
"Flame, please, let EDG go to Group C. KT and VIT are definitely much easier to play than G2 and AFS."

"Yes, EDG team has a chance to advance to the quarterfinals only if they go to Group C. If they go to Group A, it's a bit of a cliffhanger."

"Let JDG go to Group A, please. It doesn't matter whether the fourth seed makes it to the quarterfinals. If EDG doesn't make it to the quarterfinals this year, the director may really retire!"

When the draw guest Flame finally put his right hand into the No. 9 seed pool, all the fans of the EDG team widened their eyes, held their breaths, clenched their hands, and all of them were anxious and kept chanting " C9" name, I hope that the C[-] team can become the scapegoat of the EDG team.

But, what should come, will still come.

EDG!

The next moment, as Flame unfolded the note in his hand and showed the team names in it to the global audience, all EDG fans felt like they had been hit by a bolt from the blue and heard the bad news.

The EDG team was actually assigned to Group A!
Flame didn't even give them a buffer space to let them see the grouping situation of the GENG or VIT team first, and directly threw the EDG team into Group A and threw it next to the G2 team!
"Huo, did you really get EDG?"

And just when EDG fans either fainted on the spot or wailed endlessly, Mingrui was instantly overjoyed and ecstatic in the G2 team training room.

Because he himself never expected that Flame would be so powerful that he actually assigned the EDG team to G2 and himself!

"Great, great."

"If it is the IG team, there may be a chance to defeat the AFS team and advance to the quarterfinals."

"If it were the JDG team, I might still feel guilty towards Brother Guozi when I eliminated them."

"But if it's the EDG team, then I won't have any pressure!"

Mingrui laughed and said the same was true for his teammates.

"I remember last year our G2 team eliminated the EDG team in the quarterfinals, right? Then this year we will eliminate them in the group stage if we have a chance."

"Dark, what is that sentence you have been saying all the time? The top four, eight, sixteen, are getting stronger every year?"

Although Wunder didn't come to the G2 team last year, he was very aware of every detail of last year's S7 World Championship.

Therefore, when he saw that Dark had another opportunity to personally teach the EDG team a lesson, he felt sincerely excited and looking forward to it for Dark!

"Yes, the top four, eight, and sixteen are getting better and better every year!"

"In this year's S8 World Championship, it's time for the EDG team to usher in the strongest moment of their careers!"

"It's also time to take action on the EDG team and let the entire LPL region take a closer look at how rubbish they are!"

Mingrui sneered. Although the S8 World Championship group stage will not officially start until October 10th, at this moment, he can't wait for the S10 World Championship to start immediately!
With the EDG team's grouping situation determined, there is actually no need to draw the next three moves in the third seed pool.

Because the MSF team can only go to Group D without the European division, the GENG team can only go to Group B without the LCK division, and the C9 team can only go to the last remaining Group C.

Therefore, as Flame went through the entire lottery ceremony, the preliminary grouping situation of the S8 World Championship group stage was finally officially finalized!
Group A, G2 team, AFS team, EDG team.

Group B, RNG team, FNC team, GENG team.

Group C, KT team, VIT team, C9 team.

Group D, TL team, IG team, MSF team.

Seeing the final groupings, not only the major teams and audiences around the world, but even the members of the G2 team themselves couldn't help but take a breath.

Because looking at it, the four groups ABCD are all groups of death!

The first is Group C and Group D, because once the JDG team and the SKT team successfully advance from the play-in rounds, the only groups they can go to are Group C and Group D.

Group C is obviously the deadliest, because with the KT team having a high probability of locking in a group qualifying spot, the VIT team, C9 team and JDG team will fight for the second group qualifying spot.

Although the degree of death in group D is slightly lower than that in group C, it is still very deadly.

Although according to the metaphysics of "Big brother must be in the top [-] every year", the competition in Group D may be smaller, but between the IG team, the MSF team and the SKT team, it is really hard to decide which two teams will reach the top eight. Easy to say.

After all, you must know that the SKT team's combat effectiveness this year is much weaker than before, so the IG team and the MSF team really have a chance to join forces to eliminate the SKT and TL teams together!
The degree of death of the two groups AB will depend on the strength of the teams that advance to the main draw, but if nothing else happens, the FW team can at least secure a seat in the main draw.

And if the FW team goes to Group B, then Group B will become the deadliest group among the four groups. After all, the strengths of the three teams, RNG, FNC and GENG, are all very close!

If the FW team goes to Group A, then while the G2 team can definitely qualify for the group stage, the AFS team, EDG team and FW team will also fight to the end for the last qualifying spot!
However, no matter what the final results of the qualifying rounds are, one thing that League of Legends viewers around the world can be very sure of is...

This S8 World Championship will definitely become the best and most exciting World Championship in history!

Of course, the excitement of the S8 World Championship does not need to wait until the official start of the qualifying rounds on October 10 to be revealed.

Just after the draw ceremony ended, the highlights of the S8 World Championship were immediately presented by the official media accounts of each major team!

The G2 team took the lead in completing the reservation for the S8 World Championship champion on Twitter and scarf.

"After taking a look at the opponents in the World Championship, I feel that no team can threaten our G2 team. Everyone, if that's the case, I'm sorry. This S8 world champion will definitely belong to our G2 team again!"

If it were just this sentence, other teams might not think it was a big deal. After all, the G2 team has always been so "arrogant."

But when the G2 team actually posted a picture that said "Everyone here is trash" under this sentence, the major teams finally couldn't help it anymore, and they followed closely and released their own "S8 Manifesto" "!
LPL division RNG team: "S8, we will get back everything we have lost before! The S8 championship must belong to our RNG and our LPL!"

LPL Division EDG team: "The group of death? The EDG team likes the most is the group of death! The first place in Group A is reserved by our EDG team. As for the second place in the group, it will be up to you G2 and AFS!"

NA division TL team: "It's time to break through the curse of the top 16 with Doublelift. As long as our TL advances to the quarterfinals, we will be the world champions!"

LCK Division GENG team: "Last year's runner-up is our eternal regret, so this year, we will definitely use the championship to make up for the regret in our hearts!"

LCK Division SKT team: "I heard that the G2 team wants to establish a new dynasty? Sorry, I borrowed a word from the Desert Emperor Azir... In the World Championships, your emperor is back!"

Not just these five teams, but all 24 teams in the World Championship basically updated their official media accounts immediately after the draw ceremony.

And while the major teams were happily making harsh remarks about the S8 World Championship, Mingrui also updated a new scarf.

But in terms of content, it is not as broad as the major teams, but extremely targeted!
"@G2.Dark: The S8 World Championship is finally about to begin."

"LPL, are you ready to face the fear from the G2 team?"

"I have written a detailed script for the G2 team in the S8 World Championship. I hope you will be satisfied."

"The EDG team was eliminated in the group stage, allowing the EDG team to truly complete the top four, eight, and sixteen, and become stronger year by year."

"The RNG team was eliminated in the quarter-finals, because the real strength of the RNG team is, at most, the top eight in the World Championship. Last year's semi-finals were just due to good luck, but this year it is possible to go home with the EDG team. After all, in my It seems that the FNC team and the GENG team are much stronger than RNG!"

"As for the IG team and the JDG team... because Ah Shui and Toothpaste are my national team teammates, so I hope they can both reach the semi-finals of the World Championship. But I'm sorry, my teammates have to settle the score. The semi-finals are them. The best ranking ever.”

"Although I have said before that as long as I am here, the LPL will never win the World Championship, but because of the previous Knight player incident, I decided to slightly modify my sentence."

"As long as I'm here, the LPL region can't even hope to reach the World Championship finals!"

"Because LPL only matches the top four at most!"

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