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Chapter 260 Little Peanut: I am the version!
After the name "LGD" was mentioned.

A short video began playing on the large screen at the venue.

The content details LGD's journey to the finals of this year's MSI.

After the short film finished playing, the lights on the left side of the main stage came on.

It illuminated the open space in front of the players' bench on the left.

At that moment, there were seven people standing there, under the lights.

It is none other than the five starting players of the LGD team, as well as the substitute player on the LGD team's roster for this MSI trip - Funny, the "King of the Mage"!

And LGD's head coach, Dgc.

The host then began to introduce the seven members of the LGD team one by one.

Each time someone's ID was read out, the audience erupted in a huge cheer.

This Brazilian host, when speaking English, has a really strong Spanish accent with a rolled "r" sound.

These were all IDs of LGD players. Zhou Dian could barely make out who the host was talking about.

If they were calling out the IDs of other team players, Zhou Dian would definitely have a hard time distinguishing them by sound.

However, it was also possible to bring substitute players and the head coach, who are usually less likely to be in the spotlight and receive applause from the audience, onto the stage.

Come and experience the atmosphere of the opening ceremony and enjoy the cheers of the audience.

In this regard, the organizers considered the design of the opening ceremony for this MSI finals.

It's quite humane.

After introducing the relevant members of the LGD team.

Next up is the other team participating in this final – SKT.

When the short video of SKT's advancement process was played on the big screen at the venue.

The noise from the audience was noticeably louder than when the LGD short film was shown earlier.

It was time to introduce the SKT players.

The cheers from the audience were even louder than when the LGD players came on stage.

It can only be said that SKT truly deserves to be the League of Legends team with the most fans worldwide and the widest fan base.

Wherever he goes, he has a large number of fans.

And when the host called out the name "Faker".

The volume of the audience reached its highest point of the day.

After all the players from both sides in the final took to the field.

That concludes the brief opening ceremony for this MSI finals.

In the LPL official live broadcast room.

The live broadcast then shifted from the main stage back to the commentary booth.

"Okay, what you just saw was the opening ceremony and the team entrance!"

After a pause, Changmao turned to look at Guan Zeyuan on his left and continued:

"To be honest, I've been to four World Championships, including this one, and three MSI Mid-Season Invitations."

"This is the craziest fan I've ever met, the most enthusiastic audience ever!"

“Yes!” Su Xiaoyan nodded repeatedly. “What you may not know is that the audience members here today arrived more than an hour early.”

"In the hour or so before the match started, there was actually nothing else in the venue to watch or kill time!"

"But all of these audience members spontaneously organized themselves to do things like the human wave, and they had a really great time!"

“That’s right, the audience at the scene in Brazil left the deepest impression on me this time!” Guan Zeyuan added.

The people of Latin America are naturally passionate, outgoing, and fond of singing and dancing.

Not to mention in Brazil, a football powerhouse.

In Brazil, whenever there is a major sporting event, regardless of the event itself...

It would be impossible for the audience not to get excited.

"Okay, let's get back to the main topic. When watching the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, you can..."

Next up is a classic feature of LPL official match broadcasts – how many minutes of commercials can be read?

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"Okay, that concludes today's pre-broadcast promotion!"

Longhair put down the cue cards and calmly took a breath.

Clearly, reading the advertisement at a high speed for several minutes straight had exhausted him.

At that moment, Changmao had only one thought.

Damn it, Guan Zeyuan always likes to interrupt when he's doing commentary!
Why didn't he just take over and do that job?
Let's get back to today's match!

After Changmao finished speaking, the three commentators began a discussion about pre-match analysis.

Of course, the discussion focused more on comparing the statistics between the two players.

After all, the data is there for all to see.

Talking about data will never lead to mistakes, and you won't be proven wrong after the game.

It's often said that professional commentators dare to make predictions in advance.

However, in an environment like the LPL, very few commentators dare to make predictions before a match.

Because if you make a wrong judgment, you're guaranteed to get criticized.

Why bother!
Why not just report the stats before the match?
After a long discussion in the comments section, it was almost time to leave.

The final is about to begin.

Immediately afterwards, the live stream began playing the promotional video for this MSI tournament.

When the promotional video finished playing and the live stream camera returned to the scene...

It's already been given to the official LPL commentary booth.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational Finals, I'm Wawa!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Miller!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Rita!"

During this period, when LPL broadcast the finals of all major tournaments, the official commentary lineup almost always included the golden duo of Wawa and Miller.

The selection of the third commentator is not fixed.

However, they usually pair up with a female commentator, just to be a decorative figure and provide visual appeal.

Anyway, we don't expect female commentators to say much or do much during the game.

This year's MSI Mid-Season Invitational in Brazil.

For the LPL commentators, only Su Xiaoyan and Rita were present.

Su Xiaoyan is in the commentary booth during the finals.

Rita naturally appeared in the commentary booth for the finals.

"Okay, the three commentators have just given us a preliminary introduction to this final."

"Of course, as everyone knows, SKT is a dynasty team that has won three consecutive international championships, and today they are striving to win their fourth consecutive LOL international championship!"

"Facing such an opponent, our LGD team will undoubtedly face a tough battle today!"

"But, as LGD's players and head coach have shown, they are fearless!" the commentators were saying.

The live stream camera then shifted to the main stage.

Both teams were already seated in their seats.

Both head coaches were holding notebooks and pacing back and forth behind their players.

He would occasionally speak to his teammates and give them a few instructions.

However, it is clear that Dgc is pacing back and forth very quickly.

In just a few steps, I walked from the far left of the LGD players' bench to the far right.

Therefore, Dgc was trying his best to suppress his nervousness and constantly adjust his mindset during the game.

However, some of his body language inadvertently revealed his inner tension and worry.

In contrast.

On the other side is SKT's head coach, KkOma.

They were pacing back and forth.

However, KkOma's gait appeared very leisurely.

He exuded a calm and composed demeanor.

All I can say is that a treble-winning coach is a treble-winning coach after all.

The MSI finals are nothing special!
Soon, the BP interface appeared on the large screen at the venue.

The audience began to cheer.

It finally started.

Even if Brazilian audiences are enthusiastic and self-indulgent.

But we've already been inside for an hour or two.

If this drags on any longer and we don't start...

I can't take it anymore!
"Alright, we've moved on to the draft phase for the first game of today's best-of-five finals!"

"LGD, who had the first-choice side in the first game, chose the blue side, while SKT chose the red side!"

Because LGD ranked higher than SKT in the group stage.

Therefore, in this BO5 final, LGD will have one more game with the priority to choose sides than SKT.

BP starts.

First round of BP.

LGD banned Lulu, Karma, and Kog'Maw.

SKT banned Jayce, Fiora, and Twitch.

"Hey, SKT actually banned Fiora this game!" Wawa said with a smile.

“Then it absolutely has to be banned!” Miller added.

"Everyone knows that Zhou Shen's Fiora shouldn't be allowed to be played. In the second round of the group stage, SKT played against LGD, but SKT didn't believe it and let him play. They were eliminated shortly after!"

"Having learned their lesson from that game, SKT has no choice but to believe in bad luck now!"

Miller adjusted his glasses and continued:

"Then, the two marksmen with the strongest teamfight damage output in this version, Kog'Maw and Twitch, were banned by both sides!"

"LGD will probably first pick Graves!"

As soon as he finished speaking, LGD revealed Graves on the first floor of the blue team.

However, after much hesitation, they were unable to make a decision.

The countdown to the selection process is about to end.

The blue team's first-floor Graves was suddenly replaced by Ivern.

Then the Emerald God was locked down.

"Oh, LGD didn't choose Graves for jungle, they chose Ivern for jungle instead!"

"Okay then! The Emerald God is more functional!"

"Anyway, both of them are Tier 1 junglers in the current version. Graves is more focused on farming and dealing damage, while Ivern is more focused on controlling the pace of the game and being a utility player for his teammates!"

“Actually, at LGD, I think Eimy might be better suited to playing champions like Ivern!” Miller said.

Miller didn't say it explicitly.

However, many viewers understood the subtext.

In a game, it's impossible for everyone on your team to be a carry.

Someone always has to sacrifice themselves to play support or be a utility player.

The ADC position can have functional roles, but it shouldn't be a pure utility player.

Usually, it's one of the Ueno, Nakano, or Orochi players who goes to be a "tool" (or "support").

Sometimes, two of them will be used as tools.

Of course, that's usually the version where the mid-lane carries are dominant.

Both the top and mid laners are used as support roles, since the mid lane carry has enough damage output anyway.

At other times, it's usually one of Nakano or Ueno who acts as a tool.

Anyone can.

It depends on who among the three has the strongest carry ability and who has a relatively weaker carry ability.

Miller meant that...

Among LGD's top, mid, and jungle players, top laner Zhou Dian's carry ability is clearly the strongest.

Secondly, there's Wei Shen in the mid lane.

Eimy, as a jungler, is relatively the weakest at carrying games with damage-dealing champions.

Therefore, it is naturally most suitable to let Eimy play the role of a tool.

Let Eimy play Graves, a jungler champion who needs to be played as a carry.

Between Zhou Dian and Wei Shen, one of them inevitably has to be the tool.

That's a bit of a waste.

So, Eimy played Ivern this game, just providing shields and planting grass in the back, which was pretty good.

"In that case, Peanut will probably be picking Graves for jungle on SKT's side!" Miller added.

However, Miller was proven wrong once again.

SKT, on the red side, immediately locked in Lee Sin on the first floor.

"You locked down Lee Sin in a second, so confident, Peanut!" the doll exclaimed.

"That's real confidence!" Miller chuckled, slightly masking the embarrassment of guessing the draft wrong in a row.

In this version, Lee Sin isn't considered a Tier 1 jungler; at best, he's a top-tier Tier 2 jungler, roughly a Tier 1.5.
Its priority is definitely not as high as Graves'.

But Peanut ignored all of that and insisted on choosing.

It has a kind of "I am the version" spirit!

(End of this chapter)