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Chapter 299 Returning Home, the Summer Tournament's Painful Start Time!
The finals of this year's MSI Mid-Season Invitational will be held on May 22nd.

Returning to China from South America is not very convenient.

As for the LGD team, the team leader booked a return flight departing on May 24th.

There was a day off between the finals and the day of the finals.

That's why on the night of the victory.

The reason why the entire LGD team dared to eat and drink so much and play until the early hours of the morning before returning to the hotel was because of this.

The main advantage is that I don't have to travel the next day, so I can sleep soundly.

It continued until nearly noon in the morning.

After everyone in the team got up.

The team leader gathered everyone together for brunch.

Then the LGD group went out to have some fun.

On my last day in Rio de Janeiro.

Let's explore some of the city's attractions that we haven't visited before today.

I finally got to a new place, and it was a foreign country.

You definitely need to experience the local customs and culture.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be a complete waste of time.

But it would be a bit of a shame to not visit at all!
To put it bluntly, Rio, after this MSI Mid-Season Invitational...

These people from LGD may never come here again in their lifetime.

On the morning of September 5th.

The LGD team that came to Brazil to participate in this Mid-Season Invitational.

They packed their luggage and dragged their bags.

They left the hotel where they had stayed for more than half a month and headed to the airport.

Two hours later.

The LGD team boarded their return flight.

It is not a direct flight to China.

After all, a direct flight from South America to China is ridiculously far.

On their return journey, they will transit through Europe.

Then fly back to China from Europe.

The distance is far, and the journey is arduous.

When the LGD team landed at the airport in Shanghai.

It was already evening on the 25th, and it was getting dark.

Even so, many fans still came to greet him at the airport.

After all, they defeated SKT and won the Mid-Season Invitational championship representing the LPL region.

They still have some influence.

As they walked through the crowd of fans who came to greet them at the airport, the LGD team members received a pile of random gifts.

Many of them were forced on him by enthusiastic fans.

If we're talking about who's the most popular player in the LGD team right now...

That would naturally be Zhou Dian.

His strength and performance on the field are obvious to all the audience.

Next is imp.

They also received the most gifts from fans.

There's just not enough room left to carry.

Zhou Dian couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

Of course, it's not that I dislike the fans' wishes.

The main incident occurred while Zhou Dian was walking through the crowd; a guy grabbed his butt.

This is the real reason why Zhou Dian dislikes him.

Whether it was a man or a woman who grabbed him.

This is absolutely outrageous behavior!
Upon exiting the airport, the car arranged by the club to pick us up was already waiting.

The group put their luggage away and boarded the bus.

On the way back to the club base, the bus was quite quiet, and almost no one spoke.

This is completely different from how LGD players usually behave in the car.

The main reason was that I was too tired and didn't have the energy to talk.

Many people even fell asleep as soon as they got on the bus.

After returning to the club base, many of the group didn't even bother to eat dinner and went straight back to their dormitories to sleep.

Returning to China from South America involved crossing almost half the globe.

The journey was long, and there was also the time difference.

Moreover, there is a group of esports professional players and related professionals.

They generally have irregular schedules and lack exercise, so their physical fitness is generally not very good.

This trip was exhausting, and I'm really worn out.

Among the group, even Zhou Dian, whose physical fitness was relatively the best, was among the best.

Back at the club base, after having a quick bite to eat, I immediately went back to my dorm to sleep.

The main reason is to adjust to the time difference.

I spent more than half a month playing in Brazil. There is a time difference of about ten hours between South America and China, so it was almost a whole day.

This kind of time difference is the hardest to adjust to.

This was also taken into consideration that the players and staff were all very tired.

The club also did not arrange a formal victory celebration banquet on the day everyone returned home.

Instead, it was scheduled for tomorrow.

Let everyone have a good rest for a day first.

The next day, on the evening of May 26th.

The club's location was a high-end restaurant in Shanghai.

A celebration banquet was held for the team that went to Brazil for the MSI Mid-Season Invitational.

Naturally, it was another round of feasting and drinking.

However, unlike the day they won the championship in Brazil a few days ago, they simply ate and drank to celebrate.

Now that we're back in China, after the celebration banquet, there are naturally some exciting programs to enjoy.

The group spent almost the entire night partying.

As dawn approached, the team leader finally called a few cars to take the LGD players back to the team base.

It's already May 27th.

The LGD team members have officially started their vacation.

So, by the evening of the 27th...

Zhou Dian's teammates have all left one by one.

Even Imp has already boarded a plane back to South Korea.

Zhou Dian was left all alone, with nowhere to go.

I might as well stay at the club.

Anyway, this holiday won't last more than a few days.

The 27th has already passed.

In three more days, May will be over, and June will begin. The LPL Summer Split this year will start on June 8th.

It's only been a few days!

We can't even get a few days off!
Some LPL teams may have already had all their members back by now, preparing for the Summer Split.

After all, those teams that didn't participate in MSI, or were eliminated in the first round of the Spring Split playoffs, or even didn't make it to the playoffs at all in the Spring Split.

We've been on holiday for ages, we've had enough.

It's fairly normal to call the players back to the team ten days before the start of the Summer Split.

Therefore, Zhou Dian couldn't help but feel a headache when he saw the start time of the Summer Split.

Although he stayed at the club.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't want to rest.

Zhou Dian also wanted to enjoy a proper vacation.

Unfortunately, the holiday was too short, and I didn't get enough rest!

Thinking about this, Zhou Dian couldn't help but understand why the SKT players were under so much psychological pressure.

It's because there are too few holidays.

This SKT team, in the two or three years since Season 5.

This includes the spring and summer seasons within domestic leagues.

And Riot Games' official events, including the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) and the World Championship (S-series).

Therefore, SKT has participated in every tournament they were eligible for in recent years.

Moreover, apart from the 16 LCK Summer Split, where SKT was eliminated in the semifinals.

In all other matches, SKT made it to the finals.

This amount of competition is absolutely overflowing!

Naturally, this is the vacation that SKT players can have.

That is, extremely rare.

These athletes are made of flesh and blood, not iron. How can they not be physically and mentally exhausted?

Let's get back to LGD.

The schedule for the LPL Summer Split has not yet been released.

It's still unknown whether the LPL officials will schedule LGD for the opening match of the Summer Split.

Or perhaps, considering that LGD played the entire MSI Mid-Season Invitational this year and had very little vacation time, their matches were deliberately scheduled for the last day of the first week of the Summer Split so that the LGD team could get better rest!

Between these two schedules, LGD's players may have a three-day break.

Regarding this question...

Zhou Dian guessed that, given LPL's official behavior of only caring about traffic and ignoring everything else, it was likely due to LPL's lack of integrity.

LGD will most likely participate in the opening match of the Summer Split.

On the opening day of the Summer Split, if there is no match featuring the newly crowned MSI champion...

That would save so much data!
As for the claim that LGD's players had too short a holiday and didn't get enough rest?
That has nothing to do with the LPL official!

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility.

LGD is already the MSI champion and currently the world's number one team. It's only right that you work hard to contribute to the prosperity of the LPL and sacrifice yourselves.

Of course, the lack of holidays cannot be entirely blamed on the LPL.

In the past, the LPL Summer Split did not start this early.

There's always a gap of at least twenty days between the end of the MSI Mid-Season Invitational and the start of the Summer Split.

This is to ensure that all teams participating in MSI get as much rest time as possible.

The reason why this year's Summer Split started so early, with only a dozen days between it and the end of MSI, is that...

The main reason is that Riot Games has added a new Intercontinental Rift Rivals tournament.

This intercontinental tournament was held in the middle of the summer season.

It will take up a whole week.

This effectively extends the length of the summer season by a week.

Therefore, all the major regions had no choice but to move up the start time of the summer season by one week!

To put it bluntly, this B-Force company is just a money-making machine.

Adding another event will naturally generate more revenue.

If it weren't for the fact that it's simply impossible, Riot Games would love to cancel the off-season altogether.

This would allow all professional League of Legends players worldwide to compete year-round without a break.

They will host a whole host of various competitions.

They can naturally sell a lot of broadcasting rights.

With the game League of Legends becoming incredibly popular around the world in recent years.

The number of viewers for various professional League of Legends tournaments is also increasing.

Consequently, the cost of broadcasting the events has naturally increased.

The broadcasting rights for the game are very valuable.

Organizations with the right to organize events will naturally start looking for ways to increase the number of events.

This has happened countless times in various popular sports.

The development of League of Legends esports is simply following a path that other sports have already taken.

It's not the first.

This won't be the last one!
A few days later, on May 31st.

Just before June began, the LPL officially announced the group assignments for each team in the Summer Split.

Same as the Spring Split.

This year's LPL Summer Split will still feature twelve teams.

The twelve teams were divided into different seed pools based on their performance in the Spring Split.

They were then randomly divided into two groups, A and B.

There are six teams in each group.

Of course, the number of seeds at different levels within the two groups must be consistent.

This way, the average combat strength of the two teams can be roughly balanced.

During the Summer Split regular season.

Each team will compete in a double round-robin format within their group.

A cycle consists of five best-of-three (BO3) matches.

Two cycles make up ten matches.

They also need to play a single-round inter-group match.

Here are six more best-of-three (BO3) matches.

In other words, each LPL Summer Split team has sixteen best-of-three (BO3) regular season matches to play.

After the sixteen regular season games were played.

The top four teams from each group will advance to the summer playoffs.

That is, the final eight teams in the playoffs.

This is a regular season format that groups teams and then has different numbers of matches within and outside each group.

Actually, it's a bit unreasonable.

This could easily result in a group finishing last and failing to make the playoffs.

If their regular season record were placed in another group, they might have directly qualified for the playoffs in the top four.

(End of this chapter)