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Chapter 415 The first round of group matches has ended.

After the match ended, the big screen at the venue quickly displayed a replay of the highlights of the game between LGD and C9.

Almost all the highlights belong to LGD.

C9's performance in this game was indeed lackluster, with nothing particularly noteworthy.

From the moment Eimy's Prince tower dived to secure First Blood for Jayce, LGD's offensive was relentless, creating a chain reaction that left C9 breathless.

This BO1 group stage match against C9 perfectly showcased LGD's current offensive prowess.

The starting point for an attack is usually jungler Eimy, but the core of LGD's attack is definitely top laner Zhou Dian.

"Alright, let's see who the MVP of this match is!"

"We've given it to Zhou Shen's Jayce," Miller said. "Well deserved. Zhou Shen's Jayce in this game demonstrated an extremely high level of skill, whether it was in the laning phase, providing support, or team fights."

Wawa laughed and said, "I saw online that Jayce, Fiora, and Camille are called Zhou Shen's three ultimate signature heroes, the best of the best. It seems that they are absolutely right!"

"And have you noticed?" Miller added, "Jayce is a great matchup against the current meta top laners who are more utility-focused!"

"I've noticed that many top laners participating in this World Championship are playing Jayce in recent ranked games. It seems like Zhou Shen's Jayce might not be viable in the future!"

"What does it matter? Zhou Shen knows so many heroes!" Wawa said with a smile. "Even if you don't know them, you can practice. Everyone knows how fast Zhou Shen can learn heroes."

Fortunately, Zhou Dian had already stepped off the stage to prepare for a post-match interview; otherwise, he might have blushed upon hearing such exaggerated praise from Wawa and Miller.

It can only be said that our commentators and viewers are always like this: when they play well, they praise them wildly, and when they play poorly, they criticize them wildly.

They rarely take an objective and dialectical view of the players' performance.

Of course, ultimately all of this LOL-related projects are just for entertainment.

Since it's just for entertainment, everyone should just have fun.

Just do your best and don't worry about what others say.

Anyway, these LGD players are quite resilient to the media storm; they've all tried their best to withstand the barrage of criticism.

Hey, go ahead and criticize me all you want, do you want to break my defenses?

impossible!

In the post-match interview, Zhou Dian, as the MVP of this game, was invited to accept the post-match interview from his own LPL region.

The other LGD members went to other regions for post-match interviews.

The post-match interviews at the World Championship Finals were not much different from those in regular league matches. Zhou Dian's answers were as steady and reliable as ever, with nothing to criticize.

After thanking the audience once again, Zhou Dian left the stage and returned to the backstage dressing room.

After the other teammates who were interviewed after the game return, we can pack our things and prepare to go back to the hotel.

The camera then switched back to the commentary booth, where the two commentators previewed tomorrow's schedule.

"WE and RNG will play their matches tomorrow. The first group stage match is tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm, WE vs. Flash Wolves. See you there!"

"Thank you again to everyone here and watching on screen. See you tomorrow!"

On the bus back to the hotel, Zhou Dian took out his phone and browsed the internet for a while, checking out the online reviews of LGD after today's match.

It's impossible for a contestant to be completely unconcerned about the public opinion environment they are in.

With today's crushing victory over C9, the criticisms leveled against LGD after yesterday's loss to SKT have temporarily subsided.

The saying "praise when you win, criticize when you lose" is indeed one of the only two truths in esports.

Another great truth is, of course, that "being bad is the original sin"!

Back at the hotel, after dinner and a late-night snack, Dgc did not schedule any training for the rest of the day, and the players made their own arrangements.

Staying at the hotel to play ranked matches is fine, but going out for a stroll is also an option.

It's not that the coaches and players are too lax; it's just that after today's match against C9, there's still too much time before LGD's next match.

There was a full eight-day gap, and it was impossible to keep the athletes in the training room for such a long period of time.

It's still important to maintain a balance between work and rest.

The first round of the group stage consists of four match days, with three groups playing each day, for a total of six BO1 matches.

In the second round of the group stage, although there were also four match days with six matches per day, only one group played each day.

The two spots for the quarterfinals from that group will be decided on the same day, and a tiebreaker will be played if necessary.

LGD is in Group A, and there are Group A matches in the first three days of the first round.

Group A was the first group to finish its first three group stage matches, one day earlier than the other three groups.

In the second round of the group stage, Group A's matches were scheduled for the last day.

There is a four-day rest period between the first and second rounds of the group stage.

This makes the interval longer.

Today is October 7th. LGD has finished their first three group stage matches. Their next Group A match will be on the 15th.

Being in the last group to compete certainly has some advantages.

During these days in between, you can watch the matches of other groups.

Especially in the second round of the group stage, when it comes to the life-or-death situations, some teams often pull out some so-called "big moves".

Even when these powerful moves are unleashed, sometimes it still results in being utterly defeated, and may even backfire, hastening one's own demise.

However, sometimes these powerful moves can have a surprising effect, allowing the underdog to defeat the strong and break out of the group stage to reach the quarterfinals when they are not favored by others.

This has happened many times in the history of the World Championship.

Some teams that were not favored from the group stage not only miraculously made it out of the group stage, but also continued to advance in the knockout stage.

The "secret weapons" these teams unleashed are definitely worth learning from and adapting into our own.

In fact, the short one-month-long World Championship is not only a test of the teams' hard skills, but also a test of their learning abilities.

Because each World Championship uses a new version, and this version doesn't have any match data.

Which heroes are truly powerful, which team compositions are truly effective, and which heroes are actually meta traps—these are all things you have to figure out gradually in matches.

This is exactly what is meant by using competition as training.

The faster you learn, the faster you progress, and the faster you absorb information, the further you can go compared to other teams.

This is why the coaching team is even more important in larger League of Legends competitions.

A few years ago, when LPL teams faced LCK teams, the coaching staff was a major factor in why they were completely outmatched.

The domestic coaches of the early LPL teams were really useless, just like ordering takeout.

October 8th was the last day of the 2017 National Day holiday and also the last day of the first round of the group stage of this year's World Championship.

At 3 PM, WE will face Flash Wolves.

With an LPL team participating, the venue was naturally packed.

After losing to TSM yesterday, WE's chances of advancing from the group stage have become less optimistic.

After all, Group D, where WE is located, doesn't have any top-tier teams, but it also doesn't have any easy opponents. It's a relatively balanced group.

Therefore, every single point is extremely important.

It's not like you can lose a point today and then take it back from another weak team in the group tomorrow. This match against Flash Wolves is a must-win game for WE.

If they lose, their chances of advancing will be extremely slim.

In the end, WE lived up to expectations and won the game in just over thirty minutes.

WE controlled the game from start to finish, easily defeating Flash Wolves.

With this loss, Flash Wolves have lost all three of their matches in the first round of the group stage.

Flash Wolves' hopes of advancing from the group stage have essentially been dashed.

Moreover, the significance of Flash Wolves losing this game goes beyond that.

It also symbolizes the complete decline of the LMS region.

This year, the Taiwan region, as the third seed, lost to a wildcard team and was eliminated in the play-in stage, which is already a disgrace for them as one of the five major regions.

Then, in the first round of the group stage, the number one seed Flash Wolves and the number two seed AHQ from the Taiwan region failed to win a single game in six matches, suffering a complete defeat.

It seems the LMS region will miss out on the quarterfinals again this year.

On Taiwanese online forums, LMS fans were in an uproar.

Having failed to reach the quarterfinals of the S-series for two consecutive years, the teams in the region have also failed to demonstrate competitiveness.

If this continues, Riot Games might have to consider canceling the LMS region.

Or rather, the LMS region is going to be kicked out of the five major regions.

The glory that TPA, the S2 world champions, brought to the LMS region has ultimately vanished like smoke.

But apart from Taiwan, no one cares about the rise and fall of their region.

Everyone was busy worrying about things in their own region.

After WE's match, MSF, the second seed from Europe, defeated TSM, the first seed from North America, in the same group.

Before the group stage began, Rabbit Team was considered the weakest team in Group D. After the first round, their record was surprisingly the same as WE's: two wins and one loss.

This has drawn the attention of many fans from other regions to this European team, which was only established this year.

After Team Rabbit (MSF) defeated TSM, commentators and fans in the European region naturally went on a social media spree, posting "EU>NA".

The mutual mockery between the European and North American regions is an old tradition, just like the mutual mockery between the China and South Korea regions.

Next up are the two matches in Group B.

IMT, the second seed from North America, defeated GAM from Vietnam, bringing their group stage record to two wins and one loss.

Meanwhile, LCK's number one seed and the top favorite to win this World Championship, Longzhu Gaming, easily defeated FNC.

How easy is it?

The match lasted just over 20 minutes, and Dragon Ball defeated FNC with a devastating blow.

In this game, FNC had 0 kills, 0 dragons, and 0 towers, suffering a complete wipeout.

That wasn't the most humiliating part. Dragon Ball's top laner Khan actually picked Nasus as his top laner in this match, which many viewers considered a mockery.

To be fair, the dog head selection worked quite well.

In this game, after Khan picked Nasus, he completely dominated his sister-in-law's top lane Maokai.

This led many LPL viewers to exclaim that Korean teams seem to genuinely have a good understanding of the game.

However, many LPL viewers said that the gap in strength between the two teams is too big. Khan could easily beat them even if he played Nasus top lane or Teemo top lane.

Ultimately, in a game version where Nasus is rarely seen, picking Nasus in a major tournament is somewhat disrespectful to the opposing top laner.

To put it bluntly, he didn't really consider the opposing top laner as his opponent.

After this match, FNC lost all three of their group stage matches and is now on the verge of elimination.

This gave North American fans a huge sense of satisfaction.

Because the North American team IMT in the same group currently has a record of two wins and one loss, ranking second in the group, and is expected to advance.

So, after European fans mocked North American fans for two hours, the North American fans turned the tables and mocked them back.

Both sides' official commentators took to the streets, tweeting sarcastic remarks and having a great time.

If this happened in the LPL, and the official commentators went on stage to stir up trouble, they would definitely be bombarded by fans.

It can only be said that in the LPL, some teams' fans have become severely fan-oriented.

It's bizarre that when a commentator was commentating on a team's match and that team lost, many of that team's fans demanded that the commentator never commentate on their team's matches again.

For these kinds of fanatical fans, I suggest burning incense and praying before your favorite team's next game; it might have a miraculous effect.

Or you could go through the nine years of compulsory education again to "wash your brain."

After the two matches in Group B, there will be two matches in Group C.

First, Samsung and the wildcard team FB fought back and forth for fifty minutes before Samsung turned the tide and won.

When Samsung finally destroyed Facebook's main base, its economy was still lagging behind its opponent.

So, following the traditional programs in the European and American regions, LPL viewers also began their own traditional program—fiercely mocking LCK.

Ultimately, we're all human, no different from each other.

RNG then fought a tough battle before finally defeating G2.

Xiaohu played Jayce in the mid lane this game, and again picked it as a counter to his opponent.

In the end, the match lasted forty-five minutes and only dealt 15,000 damage.

It's not even as much damage as Zhou Dian's Jayce in the 20-minute game against C9 yesterday.

In this game, Uzi's Twitch carried the team to a 9-0 score, leading Xiaohu to victory and dealing more than three times the damage of Xiaohu.

Fortunately, they managed to defeat G2, bringing RNG's group stage record to three wins and zero losses.

As a result, not many people investigated Xiaohu's issues in these few games.

Occasionally someone would mention it, but they would get caught up in a barrage of criticism from RNG fans, so naturally no one brought it up anymore.

RNG fans are currently basking in the excitement of their three-win, zero-loss record in the group stage.

Fans of other teams don't need to make a fool of themselves.

Since they're all LPL teams anyway, everyone's happy when they do well.

This year's World Championship held on home soil saw unprecedented unity among LPL fans.

In reality, for the various fan groups within each competition region, they have always been able to share hardships but not joys.

When no one had achieved much, everyone was friendly, like brothers, and there was a lot of give and take.

Once a team achieves success, their fans will naturally look down on the fans of other teams.

At that time, who knows how many extremely naive speech rebuttals will occur on the internet.

In the S5 and S6 World Championships, LPL performed extremely poorly, so much so that when it came to international competitions, the various fans within LPL were quite united.

As for what the future holds, it's hard to say.

(End of this chapter)