The five-minute countdown passed by second by second while countless players and netizens were anxiously waiting for the next one.
When the countdown is over.
The unified official live broadcast scene of the major live broadcast platforms purchasing the broadcast rights from the official, in the first time from the live broadcast rooms of the major platforms, was simultaneously presented in front of hundreds of millions of national server players and netizens.
Gorgeous neon beams flashed in the stadium.
A grand and atmospheric stage.
When the camera swiped, the figures of the star-level professional players of the sixteen participating teams in the finals were brought to the scene.
The barrages in the major live broadcast rooms also exploded at this moment.
"It's started, it's started!"
"I saw the star emperor! It seems that there is a god of roundness next to me!"
"Addisie is here too! LPL's are all sitting together!"
"The lower right corner of the camera just now seems to be the North American Division? Autumn, the god of support! My idol!!"
"Fuck God! And the Moon Emperor!"
"Damn it's finally starting! Hastily is so nervous!!"
The hot enthusiasm, excitement and excitement, when the emotions of the majority of national server players and netizens calmed down a little, the voices of several official hosts of the national server were also heard in the broadcast screen of the live broadcast room, talking about the introduction of the basic rules for drawing lots. Small talk about the various grouping results that may appear in the draw later.
Players and netizens are also excited and heated on the barrage:
"Will the No. 1 seeds be separated in the first round of the group stage?"
"Anyway, as long as we don't let our God come up, we can meet SSK, and everything else is stable."
"KG and Hayami too! Don't be drawn in the same group as SSK!"
"But I heard that there is a dark horse in the Korean division this year. What is the Minx team that is still the No. 2 seed and has crushed Fate..."
"Why haven't we drawn lots yet?"
Perhaps it is also in line with the expectations of the majority of players. In the live screen of the live broadcast, several official European and American hosts of the fist company came to the stage in evening dresses or suits, holding the host cards and smiling at the scene. After the players and members of the various teams and clubs introduced the basic situation, the leading male host announced the official start of the lottery ceremony.
Immediately, the camera's perspective in the picture quickly shifted to the audience seat off the field.
Several figures slowly got up from their seats and walked towards the stage.
The dawn star of the Chinese God.
Autumn in North American Season.
Han Se-ho of South Korea's SSK.
Spoon of European MLG.
There was another commotion on the screen in the live broadcast room. Players and netizens had no trouble recognizing the identities of several. These are the four captains of the No. 1 seed team in the four finals of this year's finals. First, they took the stage as representatives to draw lots to determine their respective positions Group assignment results.
Four team captains took the stage.
Under the guidance of the host, they each took out a small ball in a lottery box, and then stood side by side on the stage in a row.
In front of countless gazes and a dozen cameras or close-ups of long-range or close-up shots, they opened their respective balls one after another to show the results of the lottery.
Season is in Group A.
SSK is in Group B.
MLG was assigned to Group C.
God - Hand of God fell in the final D group.
It's just the first round of the lottery, there is not much room for discussion for the time being. When the representatives of the other teams in the subsequent competition areas are drawn one by one, all players and players off the field and even online will really be drawn. Feelings are tight.
The lottery results are presented one by one.
The three giant LCD screens behind the center stage of the gymnasium display the results of the team draws for each group in real time through a tree map.
When Phoenix, the captain of the Legend team, opened the small ball in his hand to show his results of the lottery and came to Group A, there was already a low-pitched alarm off the court, not to mention the live broadcasts on major domestic live broadcast platforms. The barrage in the room also exploded in an instant:
"Group A!"
"Fuck, Legend and Season are in the same group!"
"Okay! Is there a strong enemy missing! Let them collide with blood!"
Excited and cheered emotions accounted for the majority.
Later, when Shi Hang came to the stage on behalf of the Sushui team to draw lots and be assigned to Group C, the players and netizens of major domestic live broadcast platforms were even more overjoyed at this moment:
"Addisy is awesome!!"
"I'm so lucky! Perfectly avoided the other three most troublesome groups!"
"It's hopeful that we will qualify for the fast water group stage!"
indeed.
Looking at the team lineup that has come out of Group C at this moment, the MLG team, the No. 1 seed in Europe, is the weakest team among the No. 1 seeds in the four major divisions. In addition, the Thunder Clan in the Taiwan server LMS division is also assigned to this group. Hayami is even less of a threat—
Especially when the wild-card Vietnam team was also divided into Group C in the draw and display of the representative players, the cheering atmosphere of the vast number of national service players and netizens far away in China reached a big climax!
"Stable!!"
"Quick water is stable!!"
A wild card Vietnam team, a weak team in the LMS division, is unlikely to pose a threat to Hayami, and even if the MLG team is strong, the current Group C situation makes Hayami at least the possibility of maintaining the second qualifying group. Nine out of ten.
This is almost the most perfect and ideal grouping!
When the camera angle of the live broadcast was given to Shi Hang, who was the captain of Hayami, it was obvious that the former was smiling and could not close his mouth at the moment, and many members of the other teams in the next division were also undisguised. envy.
The Chosen Team...
Good luck.
But for the majority of national service players and netizens, the joy at this time may have come a little earlier.
Because soon...
When Tian Tian came to the stage to draw lots on behalf of the KG team, the results of the draw were displayed—
Group B.
In an instant, the fiery and tumultuous atmosphere in the live broadcast rooms of the major live broadcast platforms suddenly seemed to be poured down by a basin of cold water.
It was half cold on the spot.
Group B.
Although it is said to have avoided the God-Hand of God civil war between Group D and its brother team, but in Group B... the first place is SSK.
The strongest team in the world.
Also last year, everyone didn't forget, but KG just fell at the feet of SSK, and the painful memory of the three-game losing streak being mercilessly bloodbathed seems to be reawakened now.
Being assigned to the same group by lottery with SSK, it was almost doomed that there was only one second place left in this group for the other three teams to fight desperately, and the difficulty factor was raised from the beginning.
However, the netizens of the national server players in the live broadcast room quickly worked hard to cheer up and type and send a barrage to comfort each other:
"It's okay, it's okay, let's fight for the second place."
"As long as the other teams drawn to Group B are weaker, KG still has a great chance!"
It is indeed quite lucky. Soon the other two teams in Group B also drew lots, namely the Crown Team in the North American Division and the BW Team in the European Division. Seeing the vast number of national service players here, netizens were relieved and rejoiced again. cheer.
Steady!
This is also stable!
BW and Crown, no matter how good they are, they are only two rookie teams in the new season this year. There is still a gap between their strength and their old top powerhouses like KG, so KG should be able to be the same as Hayami, both in the second place in the group. Identity guaranteed to qualify!
When the eight teams in Group B and Group C were determined, the results of Group A and Group D were also determined soon.
Group A—
Season No. 1 seed in North America, Legend No. 2 seed in Europe, Cog, No. 2 seed in North America, and another team from the Wild Card Division.
It seems that although Season and Legend meet each other, the remaining two opponents are not enough to pose a threat to them, and they have been able to secure the results of the qualifying places.
However…
When everyone's eyes fell on the list of Group D.
The atmosphere at the Milton Stadium was suddenly silent.
In the live broadcast rooms of major domestic live broadcast platforms, the barrage also seemed to disappear and emptied at this moment.
As if solidified petrified.
Only after a while, I heard the official male commentator of the national uniform in the live broadcast room gasping for breath and commenting with a slightly trembling voice:
"This is… "
"The group of death."
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When I wake up, I quickly code, then wash up and prepare to go out. Ah, another day at work, I hope I can go home early today. . It's too cold this weather.