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Chapter 115: Draw of lots for the qualifying round, target Madrid!

"not bad!"

Looking at his new image in the mirror, Li Dao was quite satisfied.

Grandma Hui, with a face that has gradually lost its immature youthful temperament after working for more than half a year, has quite the air of a youthful and high-spirited person.

"Come on, come on, let's enjoy it."

The elder brother pushed forward, showing off his red hair and new skin.

Red hair... wasn't a good sign for them.

However, seeing how much his brother liked him, Li Dao also had the sense not to say anything sarcastic, otherwise he would have to spend a few more hours to get Teacher Tony to change him back according to his virtue.

The three of them finished it first, and played with their mobile phones on the sofa for a while. Deft and CUZZ finally finished. Brother A asked Teacher Tony to put it last.

He wanted to see the effect of dyeing by Li Dao and others before he was willing to try it.

After the gray version of Grandma Li Dao's skin came out, Brother A sat on the barber chair with satisfaction.

"I said Wen Youzan, what are you covering up there? You've dyed it all to open the eyes of the audience."

Brother Zi opened the live broadcast on his mobile phone. I have to say that with his personality, the effect of being an anchor would be very good even if he didn't have a career.

As soon as he finished dyeing his hair, he opened the live broadcast room while sitting on the sofa.

The camera was pointed at CUZZ. Unlike other brothers who were admiring the new skin, Brother Thief felt very guilty, as if he was alienated from the existence above his head.

Hmm... Mainly because Teacher Tony recommended Golden Retriever to him?

Since ancient times, Golden Retrievers have lost their temper...ahem!

A large wave of barrages flooded the screen in Ge Zi Ge's live broadcast room.

[2333, all members of KZ actually dyed their hair, please listen to the advice. 】

[Laughing, what the hell is CUZZ’s image of a blond loser? Coupled with this disgusted expression, it’s a bit of a stronghold to lock up men. 】

[Brother, you don’t want to dye your red hair. Come back quickly. 】

[I am the only one who is paying attention to coach A, but he is also under the claws of Teacher Tony’s perm. What on earth did you use to threaten brother A (funny)]

Looking at the barrage, I was very surprised, "Is it weird to have red hair? I think it's very handsome."

TusiN was also watching the barrage. As a standard two-dimensional player, he solved his doubts for me, "Red-haired characters usually don't end well in the animation industry. Simply put, they are unlucky."

[Hahaha, I dyed my hair red before going to the World Championships. Are you planning to sacrifice yourself to win a championship for your team, right? 】

[Ouch, Little Plum is so handsome today! 】

Soon, the audience's discussion target turned to Li Dao's exquisite makeup.

The elder brother put his arm around Li Dao's shoulders and said, "Hey, this is our brother. He's handsome. Text two more handsome words on the screen. I'll send you his private photos when you get back."

Li Dao:......

【Establish written evidence! ! ! ! 】

[Rascal Oppa, I have to say, you are also very handsome today...so please send two more private photos of Free. 】

The audience in the live broadcast room was very impressed, and soon the screen was filled with the word handsome in various colors.

Some viewers asked, [Free, the bubble game is over, doesn’t the club plan to let you start a live broadcast? 】

[That’s right, starting a live broadcast to compete in ranking will not affect your usual training. 】

[Xiao Lizi, start the live broadcast now, I will reward you with a big sword. 】

After staying in Korea for several months, Li Dao, who is interested in communication that is not limited to verbal communication, can understand most of the Korean language.

Faced with the kindness of the audience in the live broadcast room, he expressed his gratitude and explained: "Sorry, sorry, the live broadcast cannot be started for the time being. Since my contract is with both WE and KZ, it will be at least until the end of the World Championship. The live broadcast can only be started after that, and most of the focus during this period will be on preparations for the World Championship."

It is said that it is related to the two teams, but in fact it also involves the issue of naming rights of one team.

KZ has bought it from WE, but compared to the current broadcast, the club's operations department prefers the end of the World Championship.

After all, the reputation of the third seed in the bubble competition can never compare to the honor of the mid laner of the top eight or even the top four teams in the World Championship.

However, as compensation, the five KZ players later squeezed into Ge Zi Ge's live broadcast room to answer some curious questions from the audience.

After chatting for about half an hour, Brother A’s perm was finally over.

"How...how is it?"

Leaving his chair, Acorn tried to ask the team members for their opinions.

At this time, he felt extremely regretful. How could he listen to the advice of these gangsters and follow him into the barber shop as a coach?

Brother A: "Si Guoyi, Brother A, you are my male god."

Li Dao: "It looks good, and the temperament matches perfectly."

deft: (Old Man Li’s exclusive gesture!)

CUZZ: "The coach is the face of KZ."

After hearing a series of exaggerations, especially the affirmation from deft and CUZZ, two people who were basically not naughty, Acorn felt a little calmer.

"Wuhu, coach, you are so handsome. A real man wants a COS blond man!" TusiN rushed forward.

Not to mention, Brother A, who was originally smiling and friendly, took on a bit of a deflated temperament after dyeing his hair blond.

The KZ team club immediately regarded the team's new image as a hot spot for World Championship promotion.

Under the photos of gold, red and gray, countless fans have given their own ratings.

[Rascal and TusiN have five points, no more! 】

[Laughing like crazy, CUZZ has such a sly look on his face, brothers, I think it’s not too much to give him a six. 】

[If you really want to change your temperament by dyeing your hair, you have to look at my brother A. He went from the smiling neighbor next door to a bad gangster in the blink of an eye. 】

[Suck, am I the only one who wants to lick the screen of Alpaca and Free? The two grannies really poke my taste. 】

[Jimei ladies, who are these two little brothers? They are so handsome! 】

[Hey, hey, the saliva in front of you, please pay attention to your saliva. 】

[Joke, the title of Alpaca E-Sports Succubus is in vain? Now with the addition of a small plum, the power is even greater. 】

[Ten points, must be ten points! 】

There is a lot of discussion from the outside world, but most of them stop there.

KZ did not go too far to drive traffic to avoid being criticized for being a No. 3 seed marketing all day long. The backlash of traffic is fatal to KZ, which does not have any great honors today.

As for the club, except for a certain brother who clamored to cut off the netizen who gave him a five-point score and did not understand the charm of red hair, everyone, led by the new shareholders of the club, ran to the hotel for a luxurious K-dinner. After the meal, life got back on track again.

Recently, the only person who is a little depressed may be Li Dao himself.

"Wow...who exposed my WeChat account?"

Li Dao was speechless as he saw a bunch of red dotted WeChat IDs every time he turned on his phone.

Playing a bubbling match, people seem to be known to the whole world, and everyone will be involved regardless of whether they are relevant or not.

There are simple ones that are close to each other.

There are also relatives who are out of reach who come to borrow money. When my parents were buried, except for the people from the village committee who helped organize the funeral, there were no relatives like you.

……

Of course there are even more outrageous ones.

The mailbox is filled with hot works of art one after another. Seoul in September is as hot as Tokyo, so the clothes on the girls' bodies are cooler than the others.

"What kind of evil trend is this? Criticize! Must criticize!"

As a man who looked up to Old Man Li, Li Dao did not hesitate to delete the contact information in the email and save the photos.

Ahem... When you are idle and bored, you can still criticize the topic of whether Seoul is hot or not.

As for falling in love, Li Dao has not thought about it. After all, at the age of sixteen, who doesn't long for a sweet love?

It's a pity that people in the e-sports circle he currently lives in really don't dare to have the slightest idea.

LCK is still better, wait until we return to LPL...

Hey, Comrade Giant Divine Soldier left home, a certain anchor was cuckolded, and a certain jungler experienced the lessons learned from his girlfriend's transfer period. Each one was worse than the other.

After retiring, assuming that the aura of improved learning ability of [Ascension to the Gods Long Stage] is still there, I can return to school, take the college entrance examination, and then go to the university campus to make up for the lack of love life. How wonderful.

Thinking of this, Li Dao quickly put aside the troubles caused by the beauty in the mailbox.

……

Soon, a few days later, the summer competition schedule in each major competition area had just ended, and the S9 lottery ceremony had officially begun.

Considering that everyone's minds would also be affected by it, Brother A simply asked everyone to suspend their training at the beginning of the lottery ceremony. All KZ members gathered around in front of the big screen in the underground training room. In Brother A's words, it can be done even if we are separated. Look, but the main thing that matters is the atmosphere.

"This year's finals will return to Europe, and the schedule actually hasn't changed much." Among the crowd, only Li Dao was a novice, patiently listening to Brother A's explanation.

"However, the number of participating teams will increase this year. A total of twenty-four teams will compete in three stages."

Li Dao nodded. Compared with the decline in popularity of the league in regional competitions in 2024, it is still on an upward trend in 2019.

The three stages are simply divided into the playoffs, the group stage and the knockout stage.

The finals are closely related to their KZ. The twelve teams included are Brazil, Xiaotian, and Southeast Asia. These are all wild card regions. In addition, the third seeds of European and North American LMS compete with them. The third seeds of LPL before S8 also need to enter the finals. In the competition, his old team WE, one of the top four teams in the S7 period, reached the knockout round from the qualifying round.

Also after winning his first regional championship from S8LPL, the third seed was exempted from the requirement to participate in the play-in rounds.

"Ah... in the finals, aren't we just going to play casually?"

"Jin Guangxi!! No. 3 seed, you are so proud."

"Xiba, Park Zhongyi, isn't it? Or are you still planning to lose in the finals?"

"By the way, which team do you least want to encounter when entering the group stage?" In the lottery live broadcast room, the host was taking stock of each competition area. A somewhat bored man asked, touching his red hair.

Although the joke was a joke, he never thought that he would fail in the play-in stage.

"It has to be G2. Those guys were drawn in the group stage. It's really hard to beat them." TusiN put down his phone and his tone was full of resentment.

The former European and American players have become a blockbuster at this year's MSI. Having played many training games with G2, they know very well how strong these fun-loving guys are.

He knows how to organize things, has routines, and is strong.

It is much more difficult to deal with than SKT's rigid operational tactics.

"Xiao Li, you don't want to meet the LPL team, right?" CUZZ, as a good jungler, feels that as a person from China, he shouldn't want to meet his own family.

Um...how to answer Brother Thief?

Li Dao really wanted to say that he really wanted to meet the LPL team in the S9 group stage.

Whether it is the champion FPX or the runner-up RNG, their performance in the group stage was very average. If the Group B where FPX was in the previous life was not too weak in the group, there is a question mark as to whether it can qualify.

Take a look at the magical opponents assigned to Group B, SPY, JT, and GAM!

Then they achieved a 5-2 record and won first place in the group through extra games.

That is to say, after reaching the quarterfinals, the conditions of the two teams LPLIG and FPX slowly improved. RNG?

Oh, sorry, they went home right after the group stage.

After S8 won the championship at home, the teams in the LCK division generally conducted in-depth research on the LPL teams. This also led to the backhand being educated heavily by European and American teams. Therefore, contrary to what Brother Thief said, Li Dao really wanted to be assigned to the group. There are teams in the LPL division.

He neither wants to serve the country with loyalty nor is he a master of e-sports like Wang Jingwei.

Because after meeting the LPL team in the group stage, there is a high probability that they will be separated in the quarterfinals. If you destroy the LPL team in the quarterfinals, resist the angry brother among the fans of the three teams. You must be the one. It's inevitable, and if you were eliminated in the group stage, it's no one else's fault.

Pure dish!

It’s fun to say.

In the LPL competition area, especially on e-sports forum pages such as Kangba Hupu, among the three LCK teams, KZ is almost the LCK team that they least want to encounter, tied with SKT.

I won’t go into details about SKT. So far, their winning rate against LPL teams is astonishingly high. As for KZ, it was just the three Bo5s in this year’s bubble match that beat the fans of the three LPL teams to a pulp.

I had a back-and-forth free game with Mr. Li and Xu Xiu, but my three mid laners might not be able to suppress them.

As for whether KZ will fail in the play-in stage?

Then it is better to consider that there will be three LPL teams in the semi-finals, and then who is more likely to meet in the finals.

Acorn stopped everyone's excitement and said, "Look carefully. In the next training, we will first consider the opponents in the finals."

All good ideas must be realized to be successful.

The twelve teams in the qualifying round are divided into four groups and play a double round-robin within their respective groups. Then the top two teams in each group are randomly drawn and compete in a BO5 knockout match with opponents from other groups.

As for the rules after the group stage, they are basically the same as those in the previous World Cup.

the other side.

In the room where the lottery ceremony was broadcast, the host in a suit and tie finally handed the camera to the two guests responsible for the lottery.

CIT's afro-headed coach stood on the left and took the lead in reaching his hand into the white spherical glass.

Gulu.

Li Dao and others were also staring at the camera, eager to know which group their team would be divided into and who their opponents would be.

CG!

On the draw sheet, the first team in the qualifying round was revealed.

The CG team may be unfamiliar to many viewers, but top laner Hu Burou is an old acquaintance of everyone.

He has personally achieved the achievement of reaching the World Championship in three different divisions. Being a mercenary as a Hu Ni is worthy of his worth in CG.

You can say that I don’t give away meat, but you can’t question my ability to place orders.

CG's experience is very similar to that of KZ, and even more inspiring. In the spring, these guys once fell to ninth place in the division, unable to get any points. In the end, they counterattacked all the way in the summer split and won six Bo5s. , in the last World Championship where two teams chased three.

"Hu Ni!" The brother's eyes flashed with light. When he went to the Japanese competition area, he might not have imitated Hu Ni's idea of ​​​​going all the way to the World Championships.

TusiN, who knows his brother very well, rolled his eyes. Brother, the teams they are looking for are at least from the five major regions. You go to a country where console games are king to play LOL professionally, and you still want to enter the World Championship. I'm afraid it's not because my brain is showing off.

Some CG competition scenes flashed quickly in the camera, and the subsequent competition teams were also drawn out one after another.

SPY, HKA... and their KZ.

First of all, all the third seeds from the four major regions have been drawn. According to the rules, the four of them will not meet in the group stage.

"We've been assigned to Group D. Let's see who our opponents are."

RYL, FLA!

When the final draw ended, KZ finally got a very good draw result.

RYL from Turkey and FLA from Brazil.

Being able to fight less tough battles in the qualifying rounds will be of great help to them when they enter the group stage and fight for the top eight spots.

"I'll go and draw G2 first. Coach CIT has something to put away."

The draw for the qualifying round was over, followed by the group stage. Brother Zi couldn't help but use Li Dao's familiar hometown mantra.

G2 was assigned to Group A, and FPX was assigned to Group B as usual. The number one seed in Group C welcomed SKT, an old acquaintance of the World Championship, and Group D was North America's number one seed TL.

After the No. 1 seeds were drawn, the subsequent groupings were not much different from the teams Li Dao remembered.

Group A: G2, GRF, C9,

Group B: FPX, JT, GAM,

Group C: SKT, FNC, RNG,

Group D: TL, IG, AHQ

"what!!!"

"Why is it signed like this again!"

"????"

Countless players raised question marks in the barrage.

Once the group stage draw was drawn, I don’t know how many grievances and resentments it caused.

First of all, the three teams in Group A, G2 Griffin and C9, are not easy to mess with. The old friends in the playoffs pray that if they can enter the group stage, they will not be assigned to Group A first.

Next is Group C. SKT, FNC, and RNG, three teams that have been entangled in grievances since S3, can come together. It is really a lucky draw for me.

Brother Gezi couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hey guys, why do you feel like RNG and SKT are running into each other in the group stage every year!"

TusiN: "This is probably love."

deft: "There is also the love between FNC and RNG, but it is a pity that EDG did not enter the World Championship this year."

Mr. Dai felt somewhat regretful about not being able to see his old club in the World Championships.

"I hope we have better luck and both Group B and Group D can accept it." CUZZ made a wish.

Li Dao:......

"Brother Thief, is there a possibility that under the competition zone avoidance system, we can only choose from the BD group?"

CUZZ: "Hey, is there such a rule?"

Brother A covered his face, "This is true!"

(End of this chapter)