LOL: Serve the country with loyalty, I have full attributes to resist Korea

Chapter 321: Good draw! Top 20! The battle for the World Championship is reignited!
After the LPL departure ceremony, all S12 teams in all regions are ready.

According to the official announcement, the draw ceremony will be held at 9 o'clock in the evening on September 12, which is also the time when the major teams will set off for North America.

A few days after the summer finals, Cheng Ming returned to Huzhou University in a low-key manner and applied for day school admission.

With the admission policy for outstanding athletes and the honor level of the Asian Games gold medal, the missing credits in daily life are not too much of a problem. He only needs to spend some time every year preparing for some professional subjects to ensure a minimum level.

In addition to the academic affairs teacher who had received Cheng Ming last year, the admissions director was also standing next to him. He was very enthusiastic in simplifying the procedures for Cheng Ming. Before leaving, he even cheered Cheng Ming for his upcoming S12 journey. He seemed to be someone who understood the competition.

"I really can't believe that he's a liberal arts student in the Chinese department, and he looks like a good student, but he's so good at playing games." The academic affairs teacher couldn't help but sigh as he watched Cheng Ming leave.

"Pay attention to your choice of words, Teacher Lin. Cheng is a top professional athlete, not a gamer." The admissions director whispered with a hint of reprimand.

"Sorry, sorry, Director, I don't mean anything else. My daughter is his number one fan, otherwise why would I be so embarrassed? I just asked Cheng for this."

The academic affairs teacher quickly waved his hand to prove it, waving the autographed photo he had just asked for.

Just then, the two heard excited screams coming from downstairs in the Academic Affairs Building, and then they smiled at each other.

Although Cheng Ming was low-key enough when he left, almost wrapping himself up like a mummy, he was still unable to defend against the ganks of several fans who were hiding in the grass and guarding the goal. After a few screams, he was surrounded in an instant.

The school had already publicized the fact that Cheng Ming was selected for the "Outstanding Alumni List" at the first opportunity, and with the momentum of the Asian Games that just ended, it can be said that he has won a lot of honor.

It is estimated that the school admissions will raise the score line by a few points this year. After all, the age group that applies for admission is the target audience of e-sports.

After that, he stayed at home with his mother.

It has become much more convenient since the home stadium was built. Cheng Ming has not left home since returning from the Asian Games. If he has nothing to do in the future, he can even go to the campus during the regular season and off-season to experience the nostalgic campus again.

Due to the changes in the schedule this year, the time between the Summer Season and the World Championship is very short, so the WE players did not go home. The entire team was directly preparing for the World Championship at the home base with extremely complete equipment.

"Ha, what the Korean netizens said was right! How come DRX became the fourth seed directly in the summer finals without Cheng Ge's system?" After finishing training, Bin took out his mobile phone to surf the Internet.

"That's true. After they lost MSI, Korean netizens kept saying that they were a fake strong team relying on our system." Angel at the side also recalled the reposted post he saw at the time.

The reason why the newly formed DRX team was able to defeat T1 and Samsung to win the spring championship was because they were the most adapted to the popular funnel system and were also the best Korean team in mastering and redeveloping it.

By the summer season, the funnel system was not completely unplayable, but its power was undoubtedly greatly reduced, and after half a year of exploration, everyone roughly knew how to deal with it.

DRX's journey to adapting to the new version was not smooth, and it finally stumbled all the way to the playoffs, until it finally earned a ticket to the S game, but it also had to start from the bubble game and fight with the wildcard regions.

"It's quite sad. Didn't Dai Pu Te say that this is his last year? As the fourth seed, I feel that this last year will not be perfect." Jack Ai sighed.

But this statement actually has some basis.

Since the concept of "fourth seed" first appeared in S10, the two fourth seeds of LPL, one became a wildcard in the qualifying round, and the other only stopped in the group stage. It can be said that both of them were in trouble.

Even SN, known as the biggest dark horse in history, was only the third seed in S10.

If the fourth seed wins the championship, I wonder what a dark horse it will be.

Cheng Ming silently glanced at the LCK's world championship team this year, but found that there was a big deviation from his memory.

LCK has experienced four consecutive years of losses. This year is the real "gathering of strength from all regions" to form four galaxy battleships in S12. It can indeed be called the "most promising year".

Obviously, LCK is also very clear that if they lose again this year, if LPL really wins five consecutive championships and becomes the first triple crown winner.

That would really mean tearing off the last bit of fig leaf of LCK!

Before, they could still barely keep their mouth shut. Everything LPL is doing now, they had already done a few years ago, wasn’t it just winning four consecutive championships in the region!

But if we lose again this year, obviously everything will be overturned.

This is why it is said that this year will be a year that completely changes the world pattern.

"Who would have thought that by the end of this year it would be DK that would become the Ultimate Galaxy Battleship, it's outrageous~" ON complained out loud.

On the screen in front of Cheng Ming, the No. 1 seed of LCK this year is DK, who killed the bottom lane and regained Niuguli this year. This is indeed quite different from the result in his memory.

And this can be said to be entirely thanks to EDG and Scout.

As the talks between the two sides broke down, Viper saw that the situation was not good and knew that he would definitely have no chance this year, so he ran away very quickly. After not being selected for the Asian Games, he returned directly to LCK to join DK in the spring transfer period, replacing the original position of the Ghost Emperor.

Although DK's replacement deokdam is also the best rookie, it is obvious that the gap and improvement between him and Viper, the top mercenary who just won the runner-up, is huge and visible to the naked eye.

It is because of this that DK jumped directly from the third seed in memory to the first seed.

Due to the playoff draw, Samsung did not play against T1 but DK ahead of time, which resulted in it being sent to the loser group first. It even missed the second seed and fell directly to the third seed!

So except for the result of the fourth seed in LCK, the rankings of the top three seeds all underwent huge changes according to Cheng Ming's memory.

However, Cheng Ming knew that it was this number four seed that shocked everyone in the end.
"Why haven't you started smoking yet?"

At 8:15, the opening ceremony was still going on in the live broadcast room, and Yu Wenbo naturally kicked out a bag of green potato chips from his pocket.

"You just finished your meal and you're eating again." Cheng Ming felt helpless: "Sooner or later you'll be as fat as a steamed bun!"

Yu Wenbo responded with a vicious expression: "You old thief! Stop CPUing me! How can our AD players be C if they're not fat? I'm eating, eating, eating, eating!"

"Brother Shuizi, give me a piece!" Bin used his sense of smell as a top laner and rushed over to share the fruit plate in the river.

But just as he couldn't wait to take a bite, the latter's expression suddenly became extremely strange: "Ugh, what the hell is this smell!"

“It smells like coriander. New product~”

"I'm sick~"

Everyone laughed in unison.

Abin quickly rinsed his mouth, and seeing that the lottery had not started yet, he opened his phone and surfed the Internet for a while.

"Wow, Brother Cheng, you're on the hot search headlines again!"

"Clam?"

Although Cheng Ming has been a hot topic in the past few months regarding his purchase of a house, he has rarely appeared in public in recent days in preparation for the S game. Logically, there shouldn't be anything major happening recently.

However, when he took the phone, he found out that Abin was searching the external network, and the headlines were naturally the hot searches on the external network.

This year's official entry into Asia and winning gold medals has undoubtedly greatly enhanced the influence of League of Legends, and Riot has also carried out its annual World Championship publicity drama in advance.

Cheng Ming has undoubtedly become the main force in external network output and grabbing headlines.

Riot’s official Twitter account pinned the post yesterday: [For every like on this post within 24 hours, the official Twitter account will send a photo of Krd’s wonderful moment! ]

As a result, international netizens on Twitter gave 77.7 likes in one day!

Fist kept its promise and compressed 77.7 photos of Cheng Ming and moments to the extreme, making a huge puzzle.

Through the difference in color and composition, one can even see the words "Krd" through the stitching traces, which shows that a lot of effort was put into it. This simple tweet directly became the number one trending search on Twitter.

This is enough to prove once again how explosive Cheng Ming's reputation is on the Internet now.

This is not just the first time. Riot seems to not post a blog without the keyword #Krd in recent days. If you look at the homepage, you can see content related to themselves almost every few tweets promoting the World Championship.

Even if it is an unrelated tweet, just a daily countdown to the main competition stage, he will specially use his makeup photos or freeze-frame moments to indicate the numbers.
I can only say that Riot understands it very well.

Cheng Ming quickly browsed through the tweets about himself and happily enjoyed the flattery from foreign netizens on Twitter.

Just when I was about to close the video and watch the live broadcast of the draw, a tweet with the latest update appeared.

[Top 12 players in S20 World Championship]

"Wow, the TOP20 comes out so early this year?" Bin, who had been watching and having fun on the side, opened his mouth and screamed.

"Oh, what a smell. Bin, go rinse your mouth again." Cheng Ming felt the charge of the coriander alien.

"Go after you finish watching! Go after you finish watching!"

This TOP20 selection is also a traditional program every year. Although it is just for fun, everyone still comes over to watch with great interest.

Starting from the bottom of the list, the first one is an acquaintance.

"Hey~ Hey~, my brother from Northeast China is really good. He has played no more than ten games in this summer season, and he can still score 20 points!" Abin led the applause.

Although Xiao Dongbei said that he had taken all the money, he looked obviously very happy.

Since Jack Ai came, Xiao Dongbei has played in very few games. He basically only comes on the court when there is a special tactical need, and his replacement positions are both middle and lower.

I think this selection position must have a spring funnel system, and Xiao Dongbei's perfect adaptation has left a deep impression on everyone, coupled with the blessing of the WE team name.

Looking down further, you can no longer see WE.

ON's name didn't appear until the 11th place.

Then there is Angel at No. 9, Jackai at No. 5, and Bin at No. 4.

And the undisputed TOP1.

"We have a great harvest this year!"

"Okay, okay, this year the judges finally opened their eyes!"

"What a pity! If little ON could move forward a little bit, we would have occupied 20 out of and out of the first ! It's all just a face-up!"

The only ones ahead of Bin this year are Faker and Chovy.

Jack's Love has always been highly regarded by foreign audiences, and has been ranked high every year.

Although the TOP20 is not authoritative, there are still many humorous jokes every year.

But at least from this ranking, we can see that this year's WE has a completely different status in everyone's hearts and has become a truly super team in everyone's eyes.
"Don't be so stupid, don't get so jumpy, can you be more mature like me?" A-bin had a face full of emoticons trying not to laugh: "Look at Brother Cheng, he's the same every year, he's numb to it."

Cheng Ming smiled slightly, but the result was predictable. However, he was also very interested in the judges' comments and slid his finger to open them to take a look.

[Krd not only won two consecutive championships, but also achieved the unprecedented double-circle grand slam! Now he is aiming for his third Summoner's Cup, and this is just what he has achieved in his two years and two months of professional career! I think there is no need to use complicated words to describe his strength. Greatness, no need to say more! ——LCS commentator: Ender]

[As long as Krd is not dead, WE still has hope of winning. Perhaps it should be said that no matter which team he is in, that team will be the biggest favorite to win the championship; whether you admit it or not, Krd has become a new era benchmark in the field of LOL and even e-sports, and the most valuable thing is that he is still not satisfied with this after achieving success, and is still actively moving towards his next goal. This is something that deserves everyone's respect - LCS retired player: Bjergsen]

[Even though WE experienced unfavorable factors such as personnel changes and tight schedules this summer, it still couldn't stop them from rushing to dominate the LPL league surrounded by strong enemies. The root of this is Krd. The improvement he brought to the team is far more than just superficial operations. As the soul leader of the team, Krd's role far exceeds that of the other 19 players on the list. This is why I will firmly rank him first - LEC host: Sjokz]

"The evaluations are all so high! They are all praising us, right? Oh my god!" Jack said with a sour tone as he looked at the praises from these European and American celebrities.

"How is it high? This is the evaluation all the time! We should think about whether we have worked hard over the years!" ON pretended to be righteous and refuted big brother AD.

"That's right, I think Brother Cheng and I are on the same list, and we're both wronged!" Abin reacted quickly and immediately followed with his hands on his hips.

"As you know, I have always been a die-hard fan of Brother Cheng. Loyal! Sincere!" Xiao Dongbei only had time to add the last sentence.

Yu Wenbo's eyes widened.

"You two are such a great double licker, awesome!"

Angel, who was supervising the drawing process, couldn't stop laughing, and when he looked at Xiao Dongbei, he showed a "teachable" look.

"The drawing of lots has begun!"

In the live broadcast room, retired senior Doublelift came on stage to conduct the lottery ceremony and reached into the prize pool.

The first thing to do was to draw the qualifying positions, and RNG and DRX were successfully divided into groups A and B, which was the most harmonious grouping.

For the Chinese and Korean regions, there should be few surprises in the qualifying rounds.

But obviously, everyone is waiting for the really important group stage rankings.

Soon, the final draw results came out:

WE (LPL#1), 100T (LCS#1), GEN.G (LCK#3)

DK (LCK#1), JDG (LPL#2), CFO (PCS#1)

G2（LEC#1），T1（LCK#2），C9（LCS#2）

GAM (VCS#1), RGE (LEC#2), TES (LPL#3)

As in previous years, the remaining spot in each group will be filled by a team that advances through the play-in rounds.

"Good sign! Good sign!"

When he saw the last draw in Group D was decided, Jack Ai immediately jumped up and applauded impatiently.

In his opinion, both WE and his old club TES are definitely good draws for both teams!
Most people share his view.

From this perspective, the tough teams are obviously in Group B and Group C, and even if the four teams from the later bubble matches come in, not much will change.

Everyone in WE is very happy, and TES fans are even happier.

Only Cheng Ming was looking at this sign, his eyes vaguely strange, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

The day after the draw, everyone set off.

Heading to their first group stage match—New York City!

The world championship war is reignited!
(End of this chapter)