Chapter 291: Opening Ceremony, Chasing the Legend!
The short film ends with a view of the top of the Wuhan TV Tower soaring into the clouds.
The host Ren Dong walked to the front and began to introduce the sixteen teams in this group stage.
Waiting process.
All EDG members brought the original Summoner's Cup and stood at the entrance of the dedicated channel chatting with WE, RNG, and IG.
The World Finals, the Mid-Season Championship, and even the league trophies are all unique.
Before each competition begins, it will be returned personally by the previous champion.
certainly.
As a winner, in addition to keeping the trophy for one year, you will also receive a quarter-sized replica as proof of the honor you have received.
"Can't they just make a 1:1 replica? That little cup really doesn't feel right at all."
Ah Shui, who was born with supernatural powers, carried the Summoner's Cup by himself without any effort.
I still have the energy to complain.
"If you don't have a good feel for the game, just give it to us. We won't mind!" WE top laner 957 joked.
"We don't mind either!" RNG top laner Letme joined in the fun.
"Don't you care about your reputation anymore?" Xiaohu teased.
"If I can get the trophy, face doesn't matter!" WE jungler Condi said confidently.
"Your face is ugly to begin with, it doesn't matter whether you want it or not. But I'm different, I make a living with my looks." MXLG lied with his eyes open.
"Am I still ugly?" Condi slowly turned his gaze to Ning in surprise.
????
Ning, who only played one summer season for IG, had a genuine black question mark on his face.
Targeting, right?
A bunch of old guys suppressing the newcomers, right?
"Hey, hey, hey, that's enough. Don't bully my junior brother."
Xing Dao stood up and said, "Xiang Renjie (Condi), there is popping candy on your collar. Clean it up and you will be on stage soon."
"Ah?" Condi reached out and slapped off a few small particles, and hurriedly explained: "This... that... ...I took it from my girlfriend's bag. I was bored waiting just now, so I poured two packets into my mouth."
"No jelly?" Xing Dao asked curiously.
"Jelly? We have some... do you want to eat some?" Condi actually took out a few cone-shaped translucent plastic packages.
"The girlfriend you are talking about is the kind that doesn't want a dowry, a car or a house, a diamond ring, or savings, and is gentle and lovely, and only wants 800 yuan each time, right?" Xing Dao had heard of the name of Piao Di for a long time.
"How can it be eight hundred... No!" Condi waved his hands again and again: "That's not true, it's slander, that's all slander."
"Oh——" Xing Dao dragged out the word.
It is certain that Condi at this time still has some dignity and has not evolved into Mr. 91 Kang.
The others also had a knowing expression.
Men are like that.
We understand each other.
If you want to test whether a man is lustful, just put your finger under his nose and feel it for a while.
If there is breathing, we can draw a conclusion.
"That's right."
Before he was about to go on stage, Xing Dao still whispered a word of advice: "Xiang Renjie, you should keep a low profile. This kind of thing can be a big deal or a small one. It will be troublesome if someone gets involved."
"This... I know it's not good, but I just can't change it." Condi scratched his head.
"Go." Xing Dao raised his middle finger.
He took the 32.5KG original Summoner's Cup from A Shui, which was equivalent to half a person's weight, and was the first to walk to the center of the stage.
Cheers and screams rang out at the same time.
Countless red and blue cheering sticks were waved and collided.
The voices shouting out the EDG team name and player IDs were heard one after another.
In last year's World Finals, EDG lost to the wildcard team, but then fought back and won the championship despite being underestimated by everyone.
Next, they won the championships of the Spring Season, MSI Mid-Season Championship, and Summer Season.
In the LPL region and even in the world, it is the most popular.
After the mid-season tournament, ESPN's Poisonous Cheat List has continued to rank EDG as number one. Even the super dark horse LZ team, which ranked first in the LCK regular season and defeated SKT, could only come in second.
This time we have the home advantage.
Almost all the audience burst into enthusiastic emotions.
The Summoner's Cup is placed in the center of the stage, on a base with a black and gold decorative frame and a dragon scale relief.
The ice blue ambient light then lights up.
Combined with the trophy's grooves, it creates an extremely cool light and shadow effect.
After all the EDG members waved to the audience, they stood at the highest point where Group A was located, one step ahead of SKT, which entered the field second.
Following them are the Red Pegasus AHQ and the Light of North America C9.
All members of Group A appeared on stage, and then the members of Groups B, C, and D were introduced in turn.
"Heroes aspire to pursue legends!"
"The 2017 League of Legends World Championship begins now!"
Ren Dong's voice fell.
Inside the venue, most of the spotlights were turned off, and except for EDG and AHQ, the other participating teams returned to the backstage according to the order of their entry.
The camera turns to the commentary booth.
"Hello, everyone, I'm Changmao!"
"Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Cang, and I'm very happy to be here at the S7 Finals!"
"Hello everyone, I'm Joker!"
Two commentators and a special guest appeared together.
"I have seen that the audience was very enthusiastic. When all the teams came on stage, they gave warm applause and cheers, and they also shouted out the names of the teams they particularly supported."
"Then, before the game officially begins, summoners, please lock in..."
It took Changmao nearly two minutes to read the names of the official and major cooperation platforms, as well as the major sponsors.
From this stage, we can see how hot the business atmosphere of LPL is.
"We just watched the sixteen teams take the stage. Everyone must have their own favorite team in mind. The promotion mechanism has been shown before."
Changmao got to the point: "I have one expectation, and that is that I hope all our LPL teams can advance to the knockout stage."
"I think EDG will definitely qualify, and IG is also a good draw." Joker expressed his opinion: "RNG and WE are relatively difficult teams, but as long as they play to their full potential, it shouldn't be too difficult."
"It would be great if we could all take the top four." Xiao Cang was dreaming.
"That... is too difficult." Joker didn't dare to brag: "Today, two teams from our region will be competing on stage, EDG and RNG."
"The first game is the battle between EDG and AHQ."
"What do you think of this?"
"AHQ is the second strongest team in the LMS region after Flash Wolves, but there is a clear gap when compared to EDG." Changmao was quite fair in his evaluation of their strength.
"EDG can't be careless, after all, the LMS region is very good at creating miracles." Xiao Cang changed the concept.
The one who is good at creating miracles is Flash Wolves FW.
And it’s about anti-Korean efforts.
Using "LMS is good at creating miracles" to praise AHQ is probably similar to Koreans using Sun Wukong's weapons to say they are indestructible...
There was really nothing Xiao Cang could do about it.
After all, appearing in the commentary box always makes the audience look forward to the upcoming game.
On the main stage.
The two teams have already checked their equipment and network and entered the custom room opened by the official OB.
