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Chapter 409 A triumphant start, winning the first match of the S7 World Championship.

After the tower dive began, FNC's top laner Maokai and GAM's mid laner Kassadin both teleported to the next tower.

The situation on the field instantly turned into five against three.

FNC killed Galio to get First Blood, and then drove away Nocturne and Kassadin, preventing them from gaining experience.

However, FNC didn't gain anything from this play because all five of their players were currently in the bottom lane.

At this point, less than 4 minutes into the game, GAM's Lulu and Tristana had already reduced FNC's top lane tower to only one-third of its health.

Poor Soaz's tree, it's been 4 minutes and he still has 0 last hits and is still level 1.

The Vietnamese team's self-destructive start, seemingly giving up first blood, actually caused FNC to lose experience across all lanes in the early game.

In just 4 minutes, apart from the mid laner, all four other positions on FNC were already one level behind their opponents.

Nightmare farmed two more waves of minions in the bottom lane before recalling to base to buy items.

At this moment, the second wave of jungle monsters in Nightmare's own jungle spawned, but Nightmare's level had already reached level 5.

Nightmare went straight to F6, cleared F6 and then the three wolves, and Nightmare reached level six.

The game time was only 5 minutes and 08 seconds at this point.

For a jungler to reach level six at this point is truly outrageous!
The mid laners of both sides are at level 4, Ryze has just reached level 5, and the worst off is FNC's top laner Maokai, who is only level 2.

At this moment, FNC's bot lane duo was harassing Galio, who was only level 3, but little did they know that Nocturne had already reached level 6.

As soon as the lights went out, Galio initiated the attack, and Nightmare used his ultimate to fly straight to FNC's support, instantly killing him.

Then they chased down Ou Cheng and used Flash.

However, FNC's Ryze and Maokai had already come to support and flank, and FNC's top, mid, and bottom laners killed GAM's top and jungle.

However, in a two-on-three situation, Nightmare, whose level was far ahead of the rest of the team, managed to take down two more opponents.

Nightmare started with three heads, gaining a significant lead in level and economy, and was unstoppable.

After those chaotic skirmishes in the first six minutes, FNC was completely dragged into a chaotic brawl by the Vietnamese team.

GAM relied on Nightmare's significant advantage, causing FNC to collapse more and more as the game progressed.

In just 24 minutes, FNC was wiped out on their own high ground and was pushed down by GAM.

Finally, the Vietnamese pulled off a surprise: Tristana had already gotten a quadra kill, but Kassadin flashed in and stole the penta kill.

This exhilarating match, where the entire field was a battleground, drew cheers from the audience even though no LPL teams were involved.

Zhou Dian, as a bystander, also found it quite entertaining.

The game ended too quickly, only about twenty minutes in, and the team bus hadn't even arrived at the venue yet.

FNC's loss to the Vietnamese team can be considered the first upset of the first day of the group stage.

After this match, both matches in Group B for today will be completed.

Next up are the two matches in Group A, where LGD is located.

The first match was a best-of-one (BO1) between SKT and C9.

Before the match started, the entire LGD team had already arrived at the venue.

In the end, SKT destroyed C9's base in just 26 minutes and won the game.

After the match, the MVP award for that game was given to Faker's Cassiopeia.

Looking at this game alone, Faker, the three-time world champion mid laner and the second-ranked player in Riot Games' top 20 players in this World Championship, still showed his best form and remained at his peak.

In this game, C9's jungler ganked Faker's Cassiopeia early on, but the low-health Cassiopeia flashed to dodge the Rek'Sai's ultimate, resulting in his death. C9's mid and jungle were completely outplayed.

C9's collapse in the entire game started from this point.

After the post-match interviews, it was time for the last match of the first day of the group stage – LGD vs. AHQ in Group A.

Zhou Dian and his teammates went on stage a little early to begin equipment testing and other preparations.

In the commentary box.

Miller said, "SKT easily defeated C9 in the first group stage match of Group A."

"Personally, I think SKT is going to secure one of the qualifying spots from Group A. Who do you think will be the other qualifying spot from Group A?"

Upon hearing this, Wawa laughed and said, "That goes without saying. Group A has LGD, our LPL's number one seed for this World Championship. I think SKT and LGD will advance together in the end!"

"So who do you think will be the group leader?"

"Well, it's hard to say. I support LGD!"

"Alright, enough talk!" Wawa immediately changed the subject. "I just received a message from the director that both teams are ready. The final group stage match of the day, LGD vs. AHQ, BO1, is about to begin the draft phase!"

At 8 PM, the last match of the first day of the S7 World Championship main event started on time, as announced before the match.

Of course, this was also thanks to the fact that several of the previous matches lasted less than thirty minutes, which saved a lot of time.

Otherwise, the LGD vs. AHQ match definitely wouldn't have been able to start around 8 PM.

Thirty-five minutes later, LGD destroyed the opponent's base crystal.

As it was the first match of the S7 World Championship, LGD played it safe in terms of lineup selection, choosing a currently popular lineup of top and jungle tanks, mid and bot lane carries, and support/enchanter.

Zhou Dian picked a big bug in this game and played the role of a tank quite well.

imp, as the main DPS, also dealt the highest damage in the entire match.

All five players on LGD performed well and made no mistakes.

Although the match lasted 35 minutes, from the mid-game onwards, the situation was firmly in LGD's hands, giving their opponents no chance to turn the tide.

Of course, this may also be related to the fact that their opponent, AHQ, is not very strong.

Against a relatively average opponent, with a fairly standard victory, the entire LGD team remained calm.

The road ahead is long; we must take it slowly.

However, the fans were quite happy.

After all, my team won the game and got off to a good start, so I'll celebrate first.

After the match, Zhou Dian was invited by his own LPL region to do a post-match interview.

After finishing his post-match interview, Zhou Dian returned to the backstage dressing room and found that, besides him, only Eimy had returned from his interview.

The other three teammates are still being interviewed by hosts from other regions after the match.

"Dan-ge, which region's post-match interviews did you go to?" Zhou Dian plopped down next to Eimy and asked.

"The Taiwan region!" Eimy said with a smile. Sure enough, Zhou Dian guessed that he was also there for post-match interviews in the LMS region.

Because their post-match interviews didn't require translation, they finished faster than their teammates' post-match interviews.

“Their female host, wow, she’s really good! Taiwanese girls are got some assets!” Eimy added.

"Taiwanese girls are really amazing!" Zhou Dian nodded in deep agreement.

Soon after, the other three teammates who had given post-match interviews returned one after another, and they chatted with great interest about their experiences with post-match interviews in different regions.

Of course, the main focus of the discussion was on the female hosts from other regions.

After chatting for a while, the LGD team started packing up their things, preparing to leave the competition venue and return to their hotel.

It was already quite late when we got back to the hotel from the competition venue; it was past 10 p.m.

Of course, the first thing to do when I got back to the hotel was to have a big dinner.

When everyone left the hotel to go to the venue for the match, it was only afternoon, not yet evening, so it was impossible for them to have a proper dinner before going.

Before the match, they each ate something in the locker room to fill their stomachs, and now they are all hungry.

The club staff had already prepared dinner, and the food was plentiful.

After all, this is a competition held in our own country and on our own turf in the LPL. How could we let the players go hungry?

"Ugh, this smells so good! What's so great about instant noodles?" Imp suddenly said while eating.

The coaching staff and players ate around a small table. After all, it was a hotel, and the conditions were not as good as their own team's base. As long as the food was good, that was fine.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked up at Imp, momentarily confused about what he was saying.

At this moment, PYL said with a smile, "Pu-ge, it's so-so that your LCK compatriots like to eat instant noodles and kimchi. You used to like them too!"

"I don't like to eat anymore!" Imp said, shoveling a big mouthful of rice into his mouth.

Now everyone realized what imp and PYL were talking about.

Before Samsung team departed from South Korea to participate in this year's S-series tournament in Jiangcheng, their official social media account posted many pictures of their preparations before departure.

Several contestants brought large quantities of instant noodles in their suitcases.

This isn't the first time. Many LCK players go abroad to compete, and they can't get used to the food there, so they rely on the Korean instant noodles they bring with them to get by.

Samsung's actions were widely ridiculed by netizens on forums and Weibo at the time.

imp suddenly made a joke about the matter, and PYL followed up with a similar response.

However, judging from Imp's current rounder figure, he has gained several tens of kilograms since he first joined LGD.

When imp first came to the LPL, he was really quite thin.

When the diet is improved, it's easy to gain weight!

After having "dinner," the entire LGD team began their training matches for the day.

On October 6th, which is tomorrow's second day of the group stage, there will be six matches throughout the day, featuring matches from Groups A, B, and D.

There are no matches in Group C tomorrow.

Therefore, LGD's team leader arranged for G2 Esports from Group C to play a scrim today.

After all, today's group stage match for LGD was the last one in the schedule, and by the time they got back and had dinner, it was already quite late.

Playing a training match against a Group C team that doesn't have a game tomorrow at this time is a relatively suitable arrangement.

G2, a rising force in the European region in the past two years, has won four consecutive LEC league championships in the past two years, making them the undisputed absolute hegemon of the European region.

However, G2, the absolute champion of the European region, had a disappointing performance at the World Championship.

At last year's S6 World Championship, they were at the bottom of their group and were defeated by wildcard teams, which was a great disgrace.

At the time, G2 was also heavily mocked by fans of their arch-rivals in the North American region.

Of course, they were also ridiculed by fans of other teams in the same region.

After all, in the S6 World Championship, two teams from the European and American regions, C9 and H2K, advanced from the group stage to the quarterfinals.

H2K from the European region even managed to make it into the semifinals thanks to a lucky draw.

This is the best result outside of the LCK region at the S6 World Championship.

Compared to H2K, G2, the four-time European league champion, appears to be good at domestic competitions but incompetent in international competitions.

Those who only bully their own people are always more disliked by fans in their own region.

Take EDG for example. Clearlove has been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the World Championship every year for the past few years, and he has been heavily criticized by the audience after the matches.

However, if EDG had never been dominant in the LPL in recent years and had only barely made it to the World Championship as a third seed, their performance at the World Championship wouldn't have been criticized so harshly.

Many viewers are annoyed that you are so ruthless in the league, but why do you shrink back when you encounter teams from other regions at the World Championship?

Similarly, G2 Esports has been subjected to a lot of criticism from non-G2 fans across the entire European region over the past two years.

Therefore, the entire G2 team was holding their breath for this year's World Championship.

Let's not expect to achieve outstanding results, at least we should make it out of the group stage and into the quarterfinals!

If a team is the number one seed from the European region for two consecutive years, but fails to advance beyond the group stage for two consecutive years, then they've really "lost all face!"

G2 readily accepted the scrimmages invitation from LGD, who were also the number one seed.

When it comes to training, it's natural to spar with experts.

Playing chess with a terrible player will only make you worse!

In fact, LGD is in a similar situation to G2.

Even though LGD won the MSI championship this year, as the number one seed from the LPL region, you still have to consider the overall environment.

In the past two years, the LPL region has performed very poorly in the S5 and S6 World Championships.

EDG was the MSI champion in 15, but LPL ended up with the worst performance in the S5 World Championship.

Previously, LPL viewers' evaluation of European and North American teams could be summed up in four words: "European and American trash."

However, in the past two years of the World Championship, the LPL region's performance has been worse than that of the European and North American regions. How can LPL fans still have the face to mention the phrase "European and American losers"?

This time, the entire LPL region is eager to achieve good results in this home World Championship and sweep away the slump of the previous two years.

In this environment, LGD, as the number one seed and the winner of this year's MSI championship, naturally bears the enormous expectations of LPL viewers.

However, the higher the expectations placed on you, the harsher the criticism you'll receive if you fail.

(End of this chapter)