[LOL] chase light

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The League of Legends World Finals kicked off on time on the morning of September 29th, local time in the United States.

Sixteen teams from six divisions will compete for the eight group spots in their first matchup in San Francisco.Only half of them can stay, make it to the quarterfinals, and go to Chicago to participate in the quarterfinals of the first round of the knockout round.

Sixteen teams are divided into four groups, ABCD. The group match adopts a double round-robin system within the group, with twelve BO1 games. The two teams with the highest final score will qualify. If there is a tie, there will be an extra match.

For many years as one day, the fairest and simplest rules.

The only one who can decide their fate is themselves, instead of humble longing for miracles.

The opponent in the first match of the PND group stage is the SINCE team from the LCK.Since the MSI, this will be the second head-to-head match between the two teams on the world stage.

Even if it's just a group stage where both sides have reservations.However, the qualifying situation is so precarious, with SINCE eyeing the tiger in the front and Group B with AG mantis catching cicadas in the back, who can say that they really won't move at all?

On the day of the competition, everyone from PND came to the scene early in the morning and started training with the machines on site.The atmosphere in the lounge was not as anxious or tense as the outside world guessed, but rather relaxed.Ah Qi did not draw conclusions prematurely, but simply checked the rank records of the SINCE players in the US server, combined with the training games they played during this period, prepared a few sets for PND that were quite mediocre. The system used in the game.

Riot Games provides full-level US server accounts for all non-local players.Qi Rui is one of the few exceptions. He used his old account in the past—although it is no different from a blank account because it has been idle for a whole year, but after it went online, many past acquaintances sent messages one after another, asking if it was him. I was still hacked.

After learning that it was me, they all regretted that the difference in rank was too great, otherwise they would be able to line up together.

There is nothing particularly complicated in the training before the game, they are all routine items to maintain the touch.As the competition time approached, Ah Qi didn't demand more from them, but told a few jokes to make them happy.

In front of PND, SBM, also from LPL, has made a good start in the first battle against SWG.So many domestic media and commentators put their attention on them, wanting to see a different PND after four months of hard work.

But no matter how much others look forward to, they are the only ones standing on the field.

"nervous?"

When it was their turn to play, Ah Qi suddenly asked them all a long-lost question, and even Gu Lin couldn't help but look back at him.

Qi Rui still remembers that when he first came to LPL, Ah Qi would always ask them if they were nervous when it was their turn to play.From the eyes of Gu Linjun and others, he knew that they all remembered the same thing.

"No, I feel very good."

Hearing such an answer, Ah Qi smiled.He patted the shoulders of this group of young people, and said a second-year line that was a bit inconsistent with his age.

"I wish you prosperity in martial arts in advance."

Because it was only a group match and it was still a working day, the auditorium was not full, but there was still a small commotion when the players from both sides took the stage.Surprisingly, PND's local support rate is slightly higher than that of SINCE, and SarieL and PND's LED signs and hand-painted standboards can be seen everywhere.

"Probably thanks to the blessing of our former No. [-] in North America."

The debate about who is the No. [-] mid laner in North America between SarieL and Scorpions has been brought to an end forever with Qi Rui's departure.Now the well-deserved No. [-] mid laner in North America is LMT's Scorpions, and behind him, SarieL's successor Stump and LAC's Viva, two young players are sometimes called juggling mid laners for no reason.

There is something wrong with Gao Xiaoyang's equipment, it seems that the mouse is not in good contact, and he is communicating with the staff how to solve it.

Soon they didn't have time to talk about such insignificant topics.

With everything ready, the first confrontation between PND and SINCE in this world finals officially began.

In the 45 minutes of the game, PND made a serious mistake: After a cautious test by both sides failed, for some reason, PND's retreat order was not implemented in time. SINCE caught this mistake, and the top laner Dragon Turtle, who had all gone to the bottom lane to lead the line, immediately teleported around and taunted the three of them, and then the rest of the group control skills immediately followed.The PND, which had used its key skills in the previous waves of trials, was caught off guard, and Gu Linjun's mouse was instantly killed.

PND, which lost a main output point, quickly showed a tendency to collapse. Only Qi Rui's clockwork tried his best to replace the opposing jungler before dying.

After a wave of four-for-one team battles, the 1-minute resurrection time basically means that PND has gone far.

SINCE, who was the only surviving top laner in the aspect of splitting manpower to harass PND, made a decisive decision. Taking advantage of the huge advantage of the pawn line, he flattened PND's main fort in a wave, won the game, and also won his position in the standings. A point was scored.

After PND stepped down as a loser, He Hu, who had been waiting in the audience, didn't say much.

His first reaction was indeed to comfort this group of young people who were frustrated in the first battle, but the moment he saw them, such thoughts disappeared.With no frustration or anger on anyone's face, they calmly shook hands and left the stage.

The failure did not leave a shadow on them, but like a belated shot of stimulant, it awakened their desire for victory.

They really don't need consolation from others, because they haven't lost everything yet.

On the last day of September and the second day of the first week of the group stage, PND celebrated the birthday of their support Yang Zhuoxi.

Because they are about to face the European powerhouse AG in the third game to come, they can only simply celebrate in the lounge.

But for a simple celebration, cake and candles are still essential.It's rare that Gu Linjun still remembered some of Yang Zhuoxi's performances on Qi Rui's birthday a long time ago, and specially asked He Hu to buy strawberry cake.

"I didn't expect you to have a conscience... Over there, what are you doing? Please do me a favor, I'm going blind."

Yang Zhuoxi, who was immersed in a rare touch, glanced casually and saw Qi Rui sitting on Gu Linjun's lap at the other end of the room.Qi Rui, who didn't notice anything wrong with them at all, was watching the broadcast of the game outside. Gu Linjun, who was being used as a cushion by him, put one arm around his waist, and stretched out one hand to poke his face. It's hard to play alone. It's fun.

"Do you have any opinion?"

In the not-so-big lounge, cakes were placed on the table, and the remaining few chairs were either filled with celebratory items such as crackers and fireworks, or had people sitting on them.Thinking that Qi Rui can't be allowed to stand still, there is really nothing wrong with Gu Linjun doing so.

Gu Lin, who was pointed at by Yang Zhuoxi for a long time, asked him casually, while the others looked like they were turning a blind eye.

"……No."

Yang Zhuoxi, who was deeply defeated by the lower limit of this group of people, sighed, and also set his sights on the competition.

The SN game was going on outside. Sean's female policeman moved extremely elegantly. She found the best output position under the siege of the opposite side in a few waves, and then directly took out FFD's ADC with a passive snipe.

"Okay, don't bother you guys, come here and blow out the candles and cut the cake."

At the end of the first game, He Hu finally called out for them to come and cut the cake.

In the lounge with the lights turned off, the dim and warm candlelight illuminated everyone's faces, and Gao Xiaoyang took the lead in singing a birthday song that was not very tuned.Surrounded by his teammates, Yang Zhuoxi, who is a birthday star, almost couldn't remember how he spent his last unhappy birthday.

He vaguely remembered that at this time last year, they were preparing for the group stage in Paris. The atmosphere in the team was extremely bad. If they hadn't been assigned to the lucky group, it would have been extremely difficult to qualify.

At that time, although He Hu also wanted to whitewash the peace, Li Cheng and Liang Xin were unwilling to give him face in a foreign country.Finally, there were Gu Linjun, Gao Xiaoyang, He Hu, and Ah Qi. The five of them celebrated his birthday at a local high-end restaurant.

Then the series of disasters happened, which caught them off guard.

This year they stand at this place.

Not everyone has the opportunity to recover from regrets.

When he was distracted, half of the candles on the cake were burned, and everyone was urging him to blow out the candles and make a wish.

——If I still have one wish.

Kazuki, who was wearing a DSLR specially for this moment, raised his head with a shout, and took pictures of everyone's slightly shocked expressions.

Because there is still a match to come, they all restrained the prehistoric power in their bodies while holding the cake, and they smeared cream on each other's faces without a word of disagreement.

Until the end of the first round of the group cycle, PND's performance was not too good, and even the entire group B was repeating upsets: PND lost to AG, and AG lost to MIC, and PND was once rumored in China. Not even a wild card sound.

At present, SINCE has three points in the Group B standings, which has confirmed the possibility of qualifying for the group, while PND, AG, and MIC all have only one point. Anyone may fall into hell, and similarly, they may also enter heaven in one step.As for who is the last lucky one among them, it depends on how they will perform in the second round of the group stage after a break.

Among the next-door teams, SBM continued to beat their opponents in Group A and led the standings, while VE was battered by SF and SN.Especially SN, this team, which suddenly exploded with amazing strength in the last few weeks of the summer split, maintained the fiery feel of the local battle, showing absolute dominance in Group D.

Meanwhile, SINCE's head coach made a point of talking about their goals in an interview after they maintained their first-round record against MIC from Turkey.

As the team that has the greatest chance of winning the championship other than KBT, there seems to be nothing wrong with such lines being uttered by them.

"I hope this year can be a year of SINCE."