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Chapter 404 Exclusive Features for the Chinese Server
The live stream then switched back to the lottery draw, which was still ongoing.

Next up is the second team from Group B.

Rookie pulled out a black ball, opened it, and inside was a scroll of paper with the words "SSG" written on it.

LCK's third seed, Samsung.

However, LCK's number one seed, Longzhu Gaming, has already secured a spot in Group B.

According to the principle of avoiding groups within the same region, Samsung automatically fell into Group C, the same group as G2.

Now, let's draw the second team from Group B.

Rookie clutched his chest with his left hand and stirred the lottery pool with his right, looking like he was under a lot of psychological pressure.

Rookie is genuinely worried that RNG and Longzhu will be drawn into the same group again, since SKT and LGD were drawn into the same group right from the start.

However, Rookie drew IMT, the second seed from the North American region, and they were placed in Group B.

Rookie also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Then the second team from Group D was drawn, and at this point, a large number of viewers in the live chat started spamming "RNG".

If RNG is eliminated this time and they end up in Group D with Flash Wolves, honestly, there won't be much pressure for them to advance from the group stage.

Unfortunately, RNG, the only LPL team yet to be selected, was not drawn this time.

This time, AHQ, the second seed from the LMS region, was drawn.

Both AHQ and Flash Wolves are from the Taiwan region. According to the principle of avoiding teams from the same region, AHQ cannot go to Group D.

So AHQ's placement was pushed forward, landing them in Group A.

With that, all three teams in Group A are now in their positions.

As for the fourth team in Group A, we'll have to wait for the results of the qualifying rounds.

At this moment, in the LGD training room.

When the LGD players saw that AHQ had fallen into Group A, they didn't show any emotional reaction.

This draw isn't bad, it's not great either; AHQ poses a limited threat to them.

The drawing continues.

Rookie then drew MSF, the second seed from the European region.

MSF team is nicknamed the Rabbit Team, mainly because their team logo is a rather cute rabbit.

However, since Group D currently only has Flash Wolves, Team Rabbit (MSF) has naturally fallen into Group D.

On the draw table, Rookie had already started drawing lots with his eyes covered.

With only three teams left in the draw pool, RNG's options are dwindling.

Open the black ball again, and the scroll inside reads "GAM," a team from Vietnam.

GAM was thus relegated to Group B.

Meanwhile, in the live stream chat, LPL viewers expressed their regret.

Since only RNG and TSM remain in the draw pool, these two teams will be placed into Group C or Group D respectively.

Looking at the teams in Group C, with G2, the four-time European champions, and SSG, the runner-up of last year's World Championship, it looks like a group of death.

Given the choice between the two options, the probability of RNG falling into the group of death has reached 50%.

Now, the third team from Group C will be drawn.

There were only two balls left in the lottery pool. Rookie covered his eyes with his left hand, but his right hand lingered in the pool for a long time, picking one up and putting it down again, hesitant and undecided.

He was also afraid that this move would bring down RNG.

But what you fear most is what happens.

After finally making up his mind, Rookie picked up a ball, twisted the black ball, opened the scroll inside, and found that it read "RNG".

RNG has been placed in Group C, alongside G2 and Samsung.

In the S6 World Championship, RNG was in the same group as Samsung, marking the second consecutive year that the two teams were drawn into the same group at the World Championship.

"Wow, this group seems a bit difficult to handle!" host Ren Dong immediately remarked.

In the official live stream, the chat was immediately flooded with comments like "Damn," "Holy crap," and "What bad luck!"

After RNG was drawn into Group C, the last remaining North American first seed, TSM, was automatically placed into Group D.

At first glance, Group D has two number one seeds from the five major regions: Flash Wolves and TSM.

But LPL viewers don't see this group as very competitive at all.

Because the Taiwan region and the North American region are consistently at the bottom of the five major regions.

Although LPL viewers often say that European and American players are noobs.

However, European teams have performed significantly better than LPL teams in the World Championship in the last two years, not to mention North American teams.

The consensus among the vast majority of viewers is that EU is greater than NA.

However, as the number one seed from the North American region, TSM still has its unique strengths.

That is, to date, they have never missed a World Championship.

TSM participated in seven consecutive World Championships, from Season 1 to Season 7.

Regardless of his performance at the World Championship, his record of participating in the S-series seven times in a row is unlikely to be broken.

The group stage draw is now complete, and the live broadcast has switched back to the studio.

Ren Dong immediately said, "Then, the group stage draw is complete!"

"Wow, this draw felt like a heavy punch, making the atmosphere today extremely tense!"

"Let's review the group stage draw."

The final group stage results for this World Championship were also displayed on the big screen in the studio.

Group A: LGD, SKT, AHQ, ＿＿.

Group B: LZ, IMT, GAM, ____.

Group C: G2, SSG, RNG, ____.

Group D: FW, MSF, TSM, ____.

"As you can see, there are actually four empty spots at the back, which are reserved for the first round of draws for the qualifying rounds."

"Whoever can break through the encirclement will qualify for the group stage main tournament."

"Okay, thank you to all the viewers watching the draw ceremony for the Play-In Stage and Group Stage of the World Championship."

"The qualifying rounds will begin in Wuhan on September 23rd!"

"Goodbye, everyone!"

After the S7 World Championship draw ceremony.

That evening, the results of the group draw immediately sparked widespread discussion on League of Legends-related forums online.

In the LPL, nobody is even discussing the group stage draw.

Because no LPL viewer would think that WE would encounter any obstacles in the qualifying rounds.

Look at the qualifier list. Apart from the other three teams from the five major regions, what kind of trash are the other wildcard teams?
In this situation, even if WE loses just one game in the qualifying stage, they will likely face a lot of criticism.

The discussion focused on the group stage draw.

LPL fans generally feel that LPL teams had bad luck in the draw this time.

LGD's group assignment was only so-so, since they were grouped with SKT, the three-time world champions.

As for RNG, everyone thinks they've been placed in the group of death.

Neither G2 nor Samsung are easy opponents; it's not impossible that they might not even make it out of the group stage.

After WE made it out of the play-in stage, according to the principle of avoiding groups within the same region, WE could only go to Group B or Group D.

These two groups look alright; their qualification prospects are even clearer than those of Group A, where LGD is, and Group C, where RNG is. Especially Group B; aside from LCK's number one seed, Longzhu, the other two teams are considered by LPL viewers to be utterly hopeless.

Therefore, Group B is the group with the most obvious polarization in strength, while Group D seems to be more balanced in strength.

WE fans can accept it whether they end up in Group B or Group D.

On the other hand, RNG fans are already lamenting and worried about RNG's chances of advancing from the group stage.

Of course, this is limited to just worry.

It's not that serious. If you're going to say what will happen if they don't make it to the next round, then it's not that bad.

Anyway, the LPL region's bottom line in the group stage of the World Championship was already completely lost back in the S5 World Championship.

At the S5 World Championship, IG surrendered on National Day, LGD failed to advance from the group stage as the number one seed, and then EDG was swept 4-0 in a best-of-five series.

In any case, LPL viewers have already witnessed the various low standards of LPL teams in the World Championship over the past two years.

How bad can it get?

On the contrary, LGD's fans are quite confident about their team's prospects in the group stage.

So what if we're in the same group as SKT?
With two qualifying spots in each group, how could LGD possibly fail to advance?

After watching the draw ceremony, Zhou Dian and his teammates returned to their respective computers and started playing ranked matches as usual.

Meanwhile, in the RNG training room at their base, the entire RNG team watched the draw ceremony.

Despite knowing that the group would be very difficult for RNG, the team members were not overly worried about the draw that placed them in the "group of death."

No team with lofty ambitions would consider the group stage a real obstacle.

If they can't even get out of the group stage, then it can only mean one thing—they're bad.

There are no excuses to be made!
On September 13th, the Chinese server updated to the version used in the S7 World Championship – version 7.18.

Zhou Dian also logged into his Canyon of the Gods account, which he hadn't used in a long time.

His account had been dormant for so long that it had automatically dropped to Platinum V.

After playing on and off for three days, Zhou Dian has returned to the Challenger rank in the Rift.

After all, his account still has hidden MMR, and with his skill level, he can easily climb back up.

At this point, there was less than a week left before the start of the S7 World Championship Play-In Stage.

Teams participating in the qualifying rounds continued to arrive at the venue for this qualifying round – Wuhan.

After arriving in Jiangcheng, these foreign players immediately received super accounts from Tencent Games and started playing on the Canyon of Kings.

Soon, they will experience the unique features of the Chinese server, or the Summit of the Rift!
actor!

These official accounts issued by the top of the Rift, specifically for professional players, have extremely high hidden MMR, making it very easy to climb the ranks early on.

Even if you lose eight or nine games in the placement matches right away, you'll still be placed in Diamond I.

Then you get tons of bonus points, and you can easily reach the Master rank in no time.

Losing a qualifying match won't deduct many points, and winning another match will immediately start another qualifying match.

In short, reaching Master rank with a Super account is a piece of cake.

All the way up to the King rank, the points gained far outweighed the points lost.

The bonus points for reaching the highest rank gradually decreased after that, and the decrease was only slight.

And unlike a regular account, its hidden MMR drops very quickly after a losing streak.

The Super version doesn't have this problem at all.

A typical example is Ba Ge, who uses a super account to play a few heroes like Nasus, Malphite, Garen, Maokai, and Tahm Kench in rotation. If you help me, I won't carry; if you don't help me, I'll definitely fail.

Even with a negative win rate, the points gained are more than the points lost.

He can be considered the number one player who climbs the ranks with a losing win rate.

As the foreign teams participating in the qualifying rounds arrived in Jiangcheng and began playing on the Chinese server, the Chinese server gradually became more lively.

Some domestic streamers who specialize in observing others have also gradually started streaming their observations of the Chinese server.

On overseas live streaming platforms, there are also streamers who broadcast live and observe the professional players from their own regions.

Of course, the proportion is relatively small.

Because so far, all the teams that have arrived are participating in the qualifying rounds, and the players from those wildcard teams are basically unknown in China.

Of the teams participating in the qualifying rounds, only FNC and C9 are well-known in China.

These two are both veteran teams from the European and North American regions, having participated in the World Championship multiple times.

At this point, the most well-known players in China for both teams were undoubtedly their respective AD carry players.

Both are veteran players who have been playing professionally for many years.

However, they are not very old, because they were very young when they started playing professionally.

FNC's AD carry player, Rekkles, is nicknamed "European Gao Xuecheng" or simply "European Cheng".

You can tell from his nickname that he was a player from the same era as Smile.

However, WeiXiao has been retired for many years, while Rekkles is still at his peak.

The biggest impression domestic audiences have of Rekkles is that he's handsome.

That's really handsome!
The looks of some Korean League of Legends pro players that some K-pop fans like to boast about are simply no match for Rekkles.

C9's AD carry player, Sneaky, has a famous nickname—the cross-dressing AD carry.

This stems from the fact that he frequently posts photos of himself cosplaying female heroes from League of Legends on social media.

I must say, he's really beautiful. Many female cosplayers would be ashamed of themselves if they saw him in women's clothing.

These two AD carries are both handsome and beautiful, and their skills are quite good. They have a high level of fame worldwide.

Secondly, there are the top laners of both teams.

FNC's top laner, SoaZ, is nicknamed "Sister-in-law" and is a well-known "noob" in Europe and America.

He's a veteran player who started his professional career in Season 1, and his matches are quite entertaining.

C9's top laner Impact is generally referred to as "Teacher DaMu" by LPL viewers.

Teacher DaMu is the champion top laner of S3, and he is also a familiar face in the LPL.

In addition, there are FNC's mid laner Caps and C9's mid laner Jensen, both of whom are familiar to LPL viewers.

The junglers and support players of the remaining two teams are not well-known in the LPL.

After several days of playing on the Summit of the Rift, I have only one feeling about the Weekly Summit.

Is the Chinese server handling of fake players really that fast now?

I reported it in the afternoon, and received a response in the evening: the actor's account has been banned.

Moreover, it's a permanent ban.

In the past, if you didn't go through a special channel, they wouldn't even bother with you.

It seems that because of this home-based world championship, Tencent Games has decided to crack down on match-fixing and clean up the Chinese server environment in order to maintain its image in front of foreign teams, players, and audiences.

I just don't know how long they can keep this up.

Anyway, Zhou Dian thinks that, given Tencent Games' track record, they probably won't care much about the Chinese server environment after the World Championship ends.

Their logic is simple: So what if there are too many fake players on the Chinese server? Does it stop me from making money?
No.

Why should I bother with that effort?

Therefore, if something doesn't improve over a long period of time, it's very likely because it's still making too much money.

When you're hungry, you'll naturally know to change.

(End of this chapter)