Chapter 347-Chinese Dragon, Glory of the Division!

When the results of the game were finalized, the LPL region was confirmed as the first in the group and jumped directly to the finals, and the outside world was already crazy!
Not long after the game ended, all the major teams in the LPL region, without exception, sent out congratulations on Weibo. The official Weibo account of League of Legends even said: "The ambition of the dragon, the LPL region, is building its own era on a global scale. The major hosts and commentators were also excited.

After two days of intense competition, the LPL region had both wins and losses in this year's Intercontinental Championship, but the final result was good!
On Weibo's hot searches, #Asian Confrontation#, #LPL Division Group 1#, and #LPL Division Advance to Finals# dominated the list!
Because of the MSI championship, the LPL competition is already attracting much attention, not to mention the international competition played at home. The attention has reached the highest level since the Intercontinental Championship was held. On major forums, netizens were jumping for joy with excitement.

"No.-! First to qualify!"

"The rotten fish and shrimp of Taiwan and LCK are so funny."

"Is this the first division final? "

"IG is really awesome! How can they be so awesome!"

"IG is the big brother of LPL this year. They won both games. It's awesome!"

"No, no, it's too early for the first division. The finals haven't even started yet."

"I don't understand why EDG can qualify for the Intercontinental Championship. They are really inferior..."

"Han Za, you're here? Where are you at in a disadvantageous situation?"

Although the LPL region is a whole, a competition like the Intercontinental Championship is different from any other international competition. It highlights the overall strength of the teams in the region.

However, after all, they compete as individual teams, which is different from the All-Star Game where players are selected from various teams to form a team.

There are also differences in strength between the competition areas.

For example, if the four teams from different regions are combined into one, but one team wins and the other loses, the result will be very embarrassing. If the other three teams all win, but you lose, then is this team embarrassed?
Not only are you holding yourself back, you're holding the entire region back!
As the saying goes, everything is afraid of comparison, but comparison is everywhere...

This has resulted in IG, the representative team of the LPL region this year, winning two consecutive games. In recent days, its reputation and fame in the outside world have surpassed those of the other three teams, and it can be said that it is in great glory.

However, many people also think that this is the performance that IG should have.

Who made you the four-time world champion and the best team in the world?

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

With achievements, naturally the outside world’s expectations will be higher.

IG will naturally be recognized by global players and audiences as the leader of LPL!
As for the other teams, RNG and EDG have a strong foundation, remarkable performance, and good reputation.

As for WE, this veteran team has impressed many viewers.

RNG and EDG have both appeared in the World Championships in the past two years, but WE has not entered the World Championship since S2.

Four years have passed, and some people still remember that WE team.

The group stage ended these two days. After two days of watching the game, LPL viewers have already divided the three major divisions and twelve teams into three levels: upper, middle and lower.

This is the fun of the Intercontinental Championship, Tian Ji’s horse racing, the highlight is fun.

First of all, in the LPL region, IG has been undisputedly selected as the top horse.

Even commentator Wawa said in public when the LPL region advanced to the Asia Challenge Finals with the first place in today's game: "Top-grade horse? No, I think IG is now a Hummer, right? Or a Ferghana horse! Big brother of the LPL, do you have any doubts? When the younger brothers fight, I, IG, sit back and relax. Whoever bullies my three brothers? I will smash you to pieces when I get out of the mountains!"

Although these words were said in jest, they also expressed the thoughts of everyone outside, including the four LPL teams!
Various funny emojis such as big brother playing cards and big brother smoking were photoshopped and instantly became popular on the Internet!
As for the mid-level horses in the LPL region, they are RNG, EDG, and WE.

No inferior horses!
Regarding WE's level, the most controversial issue is that they have been hovering between the upper and middle levels.

But EDG and RNG do deserve the title, because their performance in the Intercontinental Championship is definitely not as good as IG.

Among the four participating teams from the LCK region, LZ and KT were both rated as top horses.

Samsung and SKT, on the other hand, are ranked in the middle.

Because Samsung played two games, facing IG and RNG respectively, and lost both games.

SKT was also in a miserable situation, as they met IG and EDG and also lost 0-2.

LCK also has no inferior horses, and even has one more superior horse than LPL!
The LMS region is also divided.

It is worth mentioning that the LMS region played in the Intercontinental Championship. Because the performance was so poor, someone photoshopped a group of horse emojis, which looked very shabby. On the other hand, the LCK region was full of sports cars, highlighting a gorgeous crushing victory!
As for LPL, it is a train with three sports cars, which is much stronger than LCK!
As soon as this picture came out, the whole world burst into laughter. It was even uploaded to the Internet and directly posted on Twitter.

There were also many interviews, funny emojis, and the show was explosive. In just a few days, everyone knew about the unique atmosphere of the Intercontinental Championship!
In this atmosphere, July 7th.

This is a lucky day for Seven, but unfortunately the LPL audience is very "disappointed"

After all, they jumped directly to the finals. Our team won't be playing in the semifinals today, right?
The reverse taunting ended, and LCK and LMS began the battle for the last spot in the finals.

Before the game, everyone thought that LMS was slightly inferior to LCK, but after all, they are known as the magical region that is the pioneer in the fight against Korea. With FW, the anti-Korean hero, there is still hope of victory.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectations. The LCK region, whether it was the coaching think tank or the strength of each team, was obviously stronger than the LMS region.

Although the B05 in the Intercontinental Championship was a disguised BO1, LMS still failed to defeat LCK.

In a simple and clean 3:0, LMS was eliminated without even having a chance to play against LCK's top seed, LZ.

With the LMS region being crushed and eliminated, the finals spot for the 2017 Intercontinental Series Asia Challenge has been completely confirmed!
As expected, it is still the old rivals LPL and LCK!
Also because of the names of these two divisions, overseas attention instantly increased.

In everyone's opinion, this intercontinental competition is more like a battle for the title of "No. 1 Division".

Since the S5 World Finals, LCK has not performed as well as LPL in international competitions, but they have a strong foundation. Before S5, it was their era!
Having also dominated the world championship for two years, LCK is more like a veteran master with profound experience.

And LPL is the new world number one.

The fist is afraid of young men, and the stick is afraid of old men.

Who is the first division is still up for debate.

In the previous international competitions, each team fought on its own, which did not reflect the strength of the region.

This intercontinental competition is the best stage for the LPL region to prove itself!
Whose era is it now? Everyone is waiting with attention!

Who is the first division?
With the official end of the 2017 Intercontinental Series Asia Showdown knockout round, the two rival regions, LPL and LCK, met again, and this topic was quickly remembered by everyone.

There have been too many debates about the topic of the first division.

Unfortunately, there are winners and losers in competitive arenas, but outside of the arena, it is difficult to tell who is better.

In the end, no matter how much you exaggerate, you still have to let the actual results speak for themselves!
It is also proved with fists and strength.

E-sports, strength is everything!
Except for IG, other LPL teams have lost more than they have won when encountering LCK teams in recent years. This is an indisputable fact.

Now, LCK fans can only criticize LPL for the two points of LPL's introduction of Korean players and overall strength, and they still insist that LCK is the real number one league.

Shortly after the game ended, all major media outlets have focused their attention and spotlight on LPL and LCK, the two powerful regions that are advancing to the 2017 Intercontinental Series Asia Showdown!
LPL viewers were collectively excited, but also somewhat disappointed.

“LMS is just this?”

“That’s it, that’s it?”

"No way, no way, no one really thinks LMS can beat LCK in a BO5, right?
"Bring Onmyoji? GKD!"

"This BO5 is outrageous. We were crushed the entire time. It really is a secondary division..."

“LMS is no different from a wildcard. The top five regions should have been removed from the list long ago.”

"To be honest, LCK is really not weak. Did IG's performance in the World Championship give you a false impression... made you think that LCK is full of noobs and anyone can win?"

"It turns out that I'm not the only one who thinks so. The intercontinental competitions in the past few days have shown that the strong team is not LPL, but IG. The other teams' status and strength are still a little behind LCK, at most they are about the same..." "Now we can only rely on IG... But I'm afraid that other teams can't hold on. It's useless for IG to play once!"

There are all kinds of discussions. In the eyes of onlookers, outsiders, and even foreign audiences, tomorrow's Asian Challenge Tournament Finals will be a battle between the first division and a fierce battlefield of dragons and tigers fighting each other. Tomorrow, the two major divisions currently recognized by the world will surely create different sparks.

But for domestic LPL viewers, including team players, playing against LCK in the finals is not good news.

After all, from anyone's perspective, there is a qualitative difference between playing against LMS and LCK in the finals. Even if the strength is similar, just looking at the name, you will think that the LMS team is easier to play against, mainly because there is no psychological pressure.

on Weibo.

Similar titles such as "The decisive battle at the top of Asia, who will win the title of the first division?" have already topped the hot search list.

After the finals spots were confirmed, all major media outlets began to hype the event like crazy. There was a lot of discussion on various forums, Weibo hot searches, and other platforms. All eyes were focused on tomorrow's Dian Yang competition!
Click.

Kaohsiung, in the lounge.

Abu turned off his phone with a tired look on his face, threw it on the table, and couldn't help cursing: "Isn't LMS too bad? It would be fine if they could just do something. With this level, they should just merge with Southeast Asia."

"As for LCK...can we beat them?" Feng Ge, the coach of RNG, frowned and looked a little worried.

Except for IG, which can definitely win, the other three teams are not sure of winning against LCK.

Theoretically, the best matchups are definitely IG vs. KT, RNG vs. Samsung, WE vs. SKT, and EDG vs. LZ.

This gives an 80% chance of winning three games.

If RNG faces SKT, the winning rate will be only 50-50.

In fact, at this moment, the LPL think tank has no intention of watching the fun, but only faces the pressure of strong enemies.

First of all, IG must kill a high-quality horse from LCK and cannot let them sacrifice their low-quality horses.

Secondly, the three LPL teams will have to face opponents that are restrained by their own team style, which is really not easy.

"We are all one now, and we must work together," said Abu.

The others also nodded, but they all sighed in their hearts.

The LPL think tank is now also worried about the issue of the finals.

"It's not bad actually. Now we're all guessing the opponent's lineup. If everything goes well, it would be best if we win the first three games." The EDG analyst said calmly.

The Intercontinental Championship finals are BO5, with a total of eight teams on both sides of the LPL and LCK regions. In the BO5 situation, if the first three teams from the LPL region win the game, then B05 will win -, and the fourth team will win directly.

Naturally, there will be no accidents.

But… speaking of ease, 3-0, who wouldn’t want that? Can it be that smooth? Do you really think the LCK is made of mud?
If the first four games were tied at 2-2, they would definitely want IG to play.

If that time really comes, the chances of winning the championship will be 70%.

So the key issue is that we must at least win two of the first four games.

in other words.

RNG, EDG, and WE must at least win the next game.

"Let's try to let IG and KT play against each other. KT is too strong and none of our other teams can beat them. If IG beats them, we can give LZ a chance and try to win one of the remaining two games. We have a chance!" someone suggested.

Now IG and LCK's KT team, these two teams are the top teams with no defeats in the entire Intercontinental Championship, and are recognized by everyone as the top horses of this Intercontinental Championship.

The problem is that in addition to KT, LCK also has a team called LZ that is equally strong.

Samsung will be at a disadvantage when facing RNG, have a 50% chance of winning when facing WE, and have an 80% chance of winning when facing EDG.

This is determined by the team's style.

EDG, which has been playing Korean-style operations for three years, is obviously no match for Samsung, the veteran top operations team.

IG is the big brother of LPL, and we have to rely on them now.

"Speed ​​up the process and predict the order of LCK's appearance tomorrow. If we guess it right, I think it will be much more stable. I guess LCK is also guarding against us. Now everyone should work harder, the Intercontinental Championship will end tomorrow!"

Everyone had a brief discussion, and as soon as Abu finished speaking, the LPL think tank, which had worked hard for the LPL region in recent days, immediately became busy again. Everyone's face was solemn, but everyone was full of fighting spirit.

Although this finals is still difficult to play, with IG there, the pressure on the LCK side will be even greater!

But if they guess IG's appearance order and let the weakest SKT make the exchange, they will be in trouble.

In another large training room, the four LPL teams, plus substitutes, more than thirty people in total, were training loudly, and everyone looked extremely focused and serious.

Upon learning that four LCK teams had entered the finals, the players from the other three teams, except IG, were not panicked, but they still felt some pressure.

After all, except for IG, none of the other three teams dare to say that they can definitely win LCK.

"Don't worry, it's okay..." Seeing how serious and nervous everyone was after getting the news, Rookie showed his signature smiling expression and comforted everyone with a few words.

"As long as you win one game, it won't be a big problem."

"It's up to you."

Meiko said: "KT I guess only you guys can touch us, we really can't beat them."

They also arranged a training match with KT in the past few days, but except for IG, none of the others can be a match for this LCK galaxy battleship.

"Don't worry, leave it to us." Yuan Shen said.

"Okay, we feel relieved with Yuan Shen's words!"

“IG is awesome!”

In the training room, there were cheers from all the major teams.

At the same time, at nine o'clock that evening, an hour before the game,
At the last moment before the finals, the IG club's official Weibo account took the lead in releasing an announcement on Weibo, similar to the event declaration before the finals: "Looking forward to the highest goals, fighting together! IG cheers for the 2017 Asia Challenge LPL!"

Not long after this Weibo post, RNG also posted: "Never give up, fight together! RNG cheers for LPL in the 2017 Asia Challenge!"

Then the other two LPL giants participating in this intercontinental competition spoke out.

This is the first time that WE and EDG, the two rivals, have joined hands to fight.

No one paid attention to it at first, thinking it was just a joint declaration by the four participating teams before the finals.

But not long after, I saw that within an hour, a total of twelve teams in the new LPL season suddenly sent out Weibo posts simultaneously!
FPX E-sports Club:
"Singing in the fire, fighting together! FPX cheers for LPL in the 2017 Asia Challenge!
LNG E-sports Club: "Only to move forward, unite and fight together! SN cheers for the 2017 Asia Challenge LPL!"

LGD E-sports Club: "The loyalty never fades, and we fight together! LGD cheers for the 2017 Asia Challenge LPL!"

OMG E-sports Club: "The stars are shining at dawn, and we will fight together! OMG cheers for the 2017 Asia Challenge LPL!"

……

There are twelve teams in the entire LPL region, and none of them are absent!
The first four characters of each team are different, and the background of each finals cheering poster is all red and simple black.
These pictures don’t seem to be anything special when viewed alone, and people even think that the scenes on these cheering posters are the same.

But if you put them together vertically, you will be surprised to find that the background image of the finals cheering posters of the twelve LPL teams is like a puzzle, pieced together into a complete, majestic and majestic black dragon!!
Chinese Dragon declares war on LCK!

(End of this chapter)