LOL: Super Esports Manager

Chapter 197 Group Stage Draw, Group of Death
The arrival of Xiaohu and Xiangguo made the strength of the already strong second team surge again!
Just one week after the Spring Finals, the second team defeated the LPL's AG team 3-0 in the relegation match and successfully advanced to the LPL!

The moment the second team was promoted, the LG club also set a new record, being a club with two LPL teams at the same time!

It has been almost half a month since LG won the championship. Originally, Chen Shu planned to give the players of the first team a holiday.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, the celebration was busy for a week, and just finished, the next season's endorsement contract needed to shoot a new commercial, which was delayed for another two days.

In the blink of an eye, there are only three days left until the MSI mid-season championship.

Fortunately, the competition was held in South Korea. Although the time was tight, there was still time.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, so Chen Shu could only fly directly to South Korea with the players.

E-sports has a high status in South Korea, and they will naturally not give up this opportunity to promote it.

As soon as we got off the plane, we could see the Korean e-sports official holding a sign.

Sitting in the official car, Chen Shu doesn't have to worry about the rest of the food and daily life, all of which will be taken care of by the Korean officials.

Korean e-sports officials attach great importance to this mid-season championship and arranged the best hotel in Seoul.

After staying in the hotel, Chen Shu had a very good experience, and the players were all in good condition.

There are still two days before the game starts, so in such a short period of time, the training will not be very effective.

After the strengthening of JackeyLove and King Ning, the current LG can be said to have no shortcomings. This MSI champion can be said to be in LG's pocket.

The time was too short, Chen Shu did not arrange fixed training for the players, except for the fixed training games at night, during the day, Chen Shu left it to the players to arrange themselves very humanely.

Rookie and TheShy are two out-and-out Koreans. When they arrive in Korea, they have to arrange everything.

Therefore, among the 16 participating teams, LG is unique.

While the rest of the teams were making appointments for training matches and exchanging information, the LG players followed rookie and TheShy around, looking like a tourist group.

Chen Shu and Xiaoying followed the team members to play around, and occasionally took some photos and posted them on Weibo or fan groups.

LG fans are very happy!

However, there are always some weird angles.

The entire LPL division has been crushed by the LCK for a long time. Fans in the LPL division are afraid of Korean teams from the bottom of their hearts. This time they are fighting in South Korea. Even though LG has not suffered a single defeat since its establishment, there are still many viewers who are not optimistic about LG.

The LG players played around and didn't train hard, and they happened to be caught by these people.

As a result, crusade against LG can be seen everywhere on the Internet.

[Hehe, you're so crazy before the game starts, you don't train, you wander around? 】

[LG is quite self-aware and well-known, knowing that they are a tourist team, so they just travel directly, hahaha! 】

[Counting on a LG that has just been established for a year?Even EDD can't beat the LCK team, LG went there for nothing, why not give the qualification to EDD, maybe there is still a little hope. 】

The comments on the Internet are not good for LG. It just so happened that at this time, some villains moved the Weibo of the G3 team over.

On the first day of LG's arrival in South Korea, G3's coach made an appointment with Chen Shu for a training match.

At that time, the contestants had just got off the plane and everyone was very tired, so Chen Shu declined.

G3 has been playing scrims with teams from the LCK. It has long been heard that LG is strong, and the coach of G3 felt it was a pity that they didn't make an appointment for LG's scrims, so they sent a sigh on Weibo.

However, this microblog was screenshotted and questioned under LG's official blog.

Holding the misinterpreted and translated pictures, looking like there are pictures and the truth, instantly pushed LG to the forefront.

Looking at the post bar, there were identical remarks in various places on Weibo, and Chen Shu knew very well that another troll was making trouble.

This kind of thing should naturally be handled by professionals.

After making a phone call to Li Minghao, Chen Shu put all these things behind him.

At this time, any evidence or attitude is meaningless, only results can speak for themselves.

Chen Shu knew very well in his heart that even though those trolls were jumping very high now, as long as LG showed their results to speak out, these trolls would disappear completely in less than three seconds.

After turning off the phone, Chen Shu and the players took the organizer's bus to the venue.

The official competition will not officially start until tomorrow, but this afternoon will draw lots and divide the sixteen teams into four groups, and the top two in each group will successfully qualify.

With a full 50% elimination rate, only half of the teams can advance.

Although the teams participating in the mid-season championship game are the spring champions of each division, their strength can be unique in a certain division.

However, there is also a gap in strength between divisions. The champions of some small divisions may not even make it to the playoffs in strong divisions.

At this time, the lottery is popular among the audience.

Teams with good luck can basically announce their promotion to the quarter-finals after the draw.

And the team that was unlucky and assigned to the death group could only ask for more blessings.

The Korean e-sports officials are very interested in this competition, and the draw ceremony in the afternoon is based on the principle of fairness, justice and openness, and it will be broadcast live globally simultaneously.

The efficiency of the official affairs is not bad. Ten minutes after Chen Shu and the LG players arrived at the venue, the lottery ceremony officially started.

The host came to the stage to announce the rules, and then the official head of Korean e-sports came out and said a lot.

Rookie at the side translated for Chen Shu.

The general meaning is as follows: Due to unexpected reasons in a certain competition area, a champion team cannot participate in this MSI mid-season championship.

In addition, different teams from this competition are also unable to participate in this competition. In line with the principle of fairness and justice, the runner-up team of the host LCK division spring competition will play as an alternate.

To put it simply, there are two teams participating in this MSI and LCK. In addition to the spring champion KD, there is also the old super strong team of LCK, last year's S game champion, the big devil-SKG.

SKG was in poor form this season, losing 1-3 to the KD team in the Spring Split.

The situation in the LCK division is similar to that of the LPL. Many fans clamored that KD owed SKG a championship, thinking that SKG is just in a bad state, and they will definitely win the championship when they participate in MSI.

The temporary appearance of substitute places made these fans very happy.

Although they were cursing, most of the LPL audience was actually paying attention to the lottery ceremony.

When they heard the commentary that last year's world champion SKG was going to participate in the competition, many old LPL fans were blinded.

SKG, like a big mountain, is pressing on the LPL audience, making people breathless.

Compared with KD, a little-known new team, SKG's pressure is infinite.

Countless fans of the LG team and the audience in the LPL division prayed in front of the computer that LG must not meet the LCK team.

All the LPL audience were sweating for LG. As the protagonist of time, Chen Chen was sitting in the first row below the stage, with his legs crossed, eating melon seeds, and smilingly looking at the coaches around him.

"Worried? They should be worried?"

After the host announced the rules, the guests entered.

The guest of today's lottery is a retired player, King, the wild king of LCK in ancient times.

The stage is divided into four groups, ABCD. There are 16 table tennis balls with team names written on them in the lottery box. The guests will put the table tennis balls drawn into the four groups in the order of ABCD.

The first ping-pong ball was pulled out by King, who deliberately raised the ping-pong ball so that everyone could see it clearly.

In table tennis, it is the team logo of SKG.

"Whoosh."

Audiences around the world gasped.

The start is king!
In an instant, Group A was dubbed the group of death by all the audience.

The lottery is still going on, BCD, the next three table tennis draws are all small teams from the marginal division.

Seeing that their team did not meet last year's world champion, the players and coaches of the three small teams hugged each other.

"Thank you, Lady Luck!"

King pulled out a ping pong ball again, and everyone's eyes widened.

Everyone is looking forward to who will be the first unlucky ghost.

Fans in every competition area are praying in their hearts, hoping that it is not their own team that is drawn.

King raised the ping pong ball in his hand high, and a huge G pattern appeared.

[G3! 】

The first unlucky ghost in Group A, the second team, is actually G3!

This European overlord is also one of the favorites to win this MSI!

Blasted!

All exploded!

Originally, Group A was just a dance of death, and the qualifying form was not optimistic.

Now, it has completely become a desperate group!
Although G3 stopped in the semi-finals in the World Championship last year, after the owner spent a lot of money on reinforcements this season, the team's strength has improved visible to the naked eye. They swept Europe in the Spring Split without a single defeat. They can be called LG in the LCS.

The players and players of G3 are quite confident, smiling confidently in front of the camera.

The boss of G3 hastily tweeted, saying that the two qualifying spots in Group A have been determined, and no matter who comes next, they will be cannon fodder!

The second round of lottery is simply the king of the king. In addition to the G3 club, the LCK spring champion, the KD club also appeared in Group C, which made the smiles of the originally happy wild card team in Group C disappear instantly. The coach even I'm going to book a flight directly.

Soon, the third round of draws was ushered in.

The focus is also on Group A!
The audience bought snacks and opened beer, all looking forward to the appearance of the unlucky ghost.

The LG team has never been drawn, and the entire LPL audience is worried at this time, fearing that LG will be drawn into Group A as cannon fodder.

The answer is revealed!

FNG is also a veteran team. Last year, they met the champion SKG in the world championship ahead of schedule. The quarterfinals were eliminated early, but FNG's strength is beyond doubt, at least the strength of the semifinals is solid.

The moment FNG appeared, the viewability of Group A improved again.

The general fish belly team comes to Group A to deliver food, but FNG is not in this category. Last year they lost to SKG by 2 to 3, which was a bit worse, not the kind of blood abuse.

FNG is fully qualified to wrestle with G3 and SKG. If there is a little carelessness, it is hard to say who will be eliminated.

FNG entered the game, the SKG coach not far away frowned, and the G3 coaching staff gradually felt uneasy.

The competition in Group A became more intense. With the gathering of the top three and the grievances, the fans clapped their hands and applauded.

Especially LPL fans, seeing that LG was not drawn into Group A, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Next, as long as LG is assigned to Group B or D, they will be able to qualify.

Group B, Group C, Group D, the third round of lottery ended, and LG was still not drawn.

LG has not yet determined the grouping, not only LPL fans, but also the coaches of the major teams who know the strength of LG have frowned.

Under the professional lens, the fans sitting in front of the computer watching the live broadcast could only see the smiles on the faces of the host and the guests, but could not see the fidgeting coaching team around Chen Shu at all.

LG is a ferocious tiger, waiting to distribute its prey.

Only LPL fans are worried and regard LG as a harmless cat.

Finally, the fourth round of draws began.

The focus is still on Group A, who is the last lucky one!
The LPL fans covered their eyes unconsciously, while Chen Shu looked indifferent.

L! G!

The huge team logo on the table tennis represents that the fourth team in Group A is LG!

Chen Shu nodded in satisfaction. These opponents were barely capable.

The coach of G3 on the side, with an unbelievable expression, shot his head with both hands and called out: "I buy it!"

The head coach of SKG, with a frightened expression on his face, almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

Only the FNG coaching staff, because they didn't play a training match with LCK, didn't know LG's strength, so they looked indifferent.

When LG was confirmed to be assigned to Group A, countless LPL fans directly closed the webpage in front of the computer, and the number of people watching the lottery ceremony on major platforms plummeted by 70% in an instant. Even LG's major fan groups, fans also lay flat.

He fought against Korea for several years without a single victory.

LPL fans, there is a shadow in their hearts.

The lottery ceremony ended, and LG was "unfortunately" assigned to Group A of the death group.

Chen Shu's cell phone kept ringing, almost all of which were messages from the coaches of other LPL teams.

Adversity sees the truth. Those who can send messages at this time may not necessarily be friends, but they are definitely not enemies.

Chen Shu opened the message and looked at it, and his heart immediately warmed up.

The coaches sent a lot of news, most of which were comforting, telling Chen Shu not to worry, and to play steadily. Although SKG can't win, they can find ways to find out opportunities from FNG and G3.

Many coaches even sent FNG and G3 players and coaches information. Although these materials are several years ago and most of them are out of date, Chen Shu received them in their hearts.

Looking at the information on the phone, Chen Shu felt very rude.

At least during the foreign war, the LPL was still very united.

The lottery has ended, and there is no point in staying any longer. It is better to go back to the hotel for training.

Not long after Chen Shu returned to the hotel with his team members, the organizing committee sent over the match schedule. In the first match of tomorrow's opening ceremony, SKG will face FNG. LG's match will be scheduled for the second match against the G3 team in the same group!

Just after reading the schedule, Chen Shu's cell phone rang again.

I clicked on the message and saw that it was actually sent by the coach of G3.

After rejecting the training match last time, this guy had the cheek to leave Chen Shu's cell phone number, but he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

Seeing the message from the other party, Chen Shu laughed out loud.

"Dear Chen, we have always been best friends. Our enemies are SKG and FNG. Let's treat tomorrow's match as a friendship. We are not your team's opponents. Please be gentle."

When the lottery was drawn, Chen Shu had already collected the information of all the players and coaches participating in the MSI.

Although the G3 team has not played scrims with LG, they have always played scrims with LCK teams.

LG has been brutally torturing the LCK team in front of it, and the top team in LCK beat G3. Therefore, the coach of G3 knows very well that his team is not LG's opponent at all.

(End of this chapter)