Chapter 446: Battle, European Fencing!

October 28.

Outside the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, the crowd was surging!

Countless people holding small black flags of Guodian or with bright orange logos of FNC on their faces kept pouring in.

LPL host Xi Ran, wearing a bright silver half-skirt, mixed in with the crowd and randomly selected lucky audience members for interviews.

"I know someone!"

After waiting for a long time at the entrance, Xi Ran's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he walked forward with a smile.

The cameraman hurriedly followed.

He also recognized the acquaintance Xi Ran mentioned, and knew in his heart that the scene that would be inserted in the pre-match chat between the guests in the commentary seat of the LPL official live broadcast room would most likely be this interview.

"Hi, Coin Brother!"

Xi Ran walked in front of Doinb.

Doinb, who was constantly talking to Tang Xiaoyou, who was a little sausage-mouthed during the test, obviously did not expect Xi Ran to suddenly run over.

Seeing the camera, he keenly squeezed out a bright smile.

"Hi, Xiran."

"Brother Coin, do you have time for an interview?"

"Two or three minutes?"

"It will be broadcast later."

Xiran nodded to Tang Xiaoyou and stated his purpose.

"Want to broadcast?"

"LPL official stream?"

"No problem, wait a moment!"

Doinb's eyes flashed brightly, and then he straightened his clothes. After a brief exchange with Xiran, he walked in front of the camera.

"Hi, audience friends."

"This is the pre-match audience interview. I am lucky to meet Doinb, the mid-lane player of RW in our LPL division!"

After the voice fell, Doinb immediately greeted the camera.

"Excuse me, Brother Coin, did you expect today's game to be FNC vs. EDG?"

"Which team do you prefer?"

Xiran handed the microphone to Doinb.

"Because I bought the ticket ten days ago, I didn't know that today would be the match between FNC and EDG."

"But the reason I bought this ticket."

"The main reason is that I believe EDG will easily make it to the semifinals!"

"Of course I support our LPL team!"

"Come on EDG!"

In the picture, Doinb half-raised his fists and shouted excitedly.

Xiran was standing aside, grinning and showing his teeth.

"I also support EDG, three to zero!"

On the side, Tang Xiaoyou also shouted after seeing her boyfriend's actions.

And all of this was seen by the audience watching the live broadcast:

[Fuck, monkey! ]

[When I saw Doinb, I basically guessed the next question. ]

[He speaks fluent Chinese, I thought he was from XJ. ]

[How did Dubi buy the ticket? My buddy registered the website user for a long time, but when he started to buy tickets, all the tickets were sold out. 】

At the end of August this year, Han Quan officially announced that the tickets for the S8 World Finals will be sold by Interpark, a star ticketing website in Dahanmingguo.

The status of Interpark website in Dahanmingguo is similar to that of Damai.com in China.

Last year, the World Championship was held in China. Because the audience was so enthusiastic, Damai.com even crashed when selling tickets for the knockout round!

Of course, what makes the audience most uncomfortable is the proliferation of scalpers.

In fact, not only in China, Dahanmingguo, as the hometown of e-sports, still cannot avoid the problem of scalpers when selling tickets for the World Championship.

There are three levels of tickets for the semi-finals:

Platinum ticket (42,000 won)

Gold ticket (30,000 won)

Silver ticket (20,000 won)

Converted to RMB, even the inner field ticket (platinum ticket) only costs about 400 yuan.

However, because the possibility of LPL winning the championship this year is very high, and the EDG team won the championship last year, the three teams that advanced to the World Championship this year are EDG, RNG, and IG!

They are all the teams with the largest traffic in the LPL region.

Therefore, the enthusiasm of domestic audiences is unlimited, and coupled with the fact that it is very close to the Great Cold Netherland, even many college students will save their living expenses to come and watch the game.

However, compared with domestic scalpers, Korean scalpers are not merciful.

This year, the performance of the three LCK teams is not ideal, and the best Samsung and KT all stopped in the quarterfinals.

But this does not affect Korean scalpers.

Scalpers who have tickets for the semi-finals in the first weekend directly sell them at 5 times and 10 times the face value, and they have taken advantage of domestic audiences!

Tickets for the finals will not go on sale until this afternoon, but there are already links online for 300,000 won to help grab them!

Obviously, the scalpers on the LCK side know that EDG has a high chance of defeating FNC this afternoon.

And the Incheon LPL team civil war is definitely what domestic audiences want to see, so the price they offer is quite outrageous.

It is said that after the conversion of the scalper tickets for the finals, the price is nearly 7,500 yuan!

"Thank you for your support, Doinb. Besides that, do you have anything else to say to the viewers?" Xiran asked Doinb after conducting the interview as agreed in advance.

"Me?"

"I can only say that EDG is really strong this year, and the championship is secure."

"Next year, as long as we find another player who has good laning ability, can keep up the pace in the early stage, and can play both the tool man, mage and warrior mid-lane, we can definitely hit the third championship trophy!"

"By then, EDG will become another giant club in the history of League of Legends that surpasses SKT club!"

...

"I emphasize again, just play steadily. Don't do anything fancy today."

"If you lose in an advantageous game, even if you win the game, you can't expect to get the prize money."

"FNC is far worse than IG."

"Compared to the group stage, they haven't made much progress. They advanced to the semi-finals completely by luck."

"At most, they are a lucky top four."

The players are about to enter the field. The factory manager keeps examining them in the lounge, and uses both kindness and force to keep the players confident while giving them some pressure.

But it must be said that what he said is quite reasonable.

It is not surprising that FNC was able to advance in the group stage, but it was the signing that allowed FNC to advance in the knockout stage, which made them meet the No. 3 seed C9 team in the North American division.

If they met EDG in the knockout stage, even KT, RNG, and FNC teams would have a high probability of being eliminated.

"Got it."

"Coach, don't worry. This year, let alone the semi-finals, we almost forgot how many finals we played."

"Very experienced in major competitions."

Sima Laozei spoke very slowly, and the factory manager didn't know whether he was really answering his question or being sarcastic.

After looking at the time, the factory manager said: "Finally adjust it. There are about three minutes before you go on the court."

"Wait for the staff."

As soon as the voice fell, Abu rushed out.

"Come on, come on, everyone."

"Push the tower together, let's count down to 321, come on!"

"Finals!"

"Finals!"

"Finals!"

"Come on 321!"

After completing the final morale boost, the Riot staff also appeared in the lounge on time and conveyed the news that the players were ready to enter.

EDG players straightened their clothes and filed out.

On the other side, the five starting players from FNC also came to the stage waiting area in a mirror image.

Top laner Bwipo, jungler Broxah, mid laner Caps, ADC Rekkles, and support Hylissang.

Looking at the five familiar faces, Jiang Zhun, who was standing at the front of the team, waved and greeted the opponents who would face each other on the field next.

Bwipo saw it and simply waved his hand in response, and his facial expression became more resolute.

Caps, the shorter mid laner, made a little heart with his fingers towards Jiang Zhun.

Jiang Zhun's eyes widened immediately, and he was very curious, thinking about how to respond to him.

Unexpectedly, the next second, Caps' eyes widened, stuck out his tongue, and then his right hand turned into a kitchen knife and slashed across his neck.

"This little Caps"

Jiang Zhun shook his head and couldn't help but admire his talent for funny things.

When Mala Xiang Guo and Hai Chengmin saw Caps's move, they immediately responded with tit-for-tat.

For a moment, the players of the two teams were in a relatively relaxed state, without the seriousness of the semi-finals.

Just as they were not giving in to each other, the sound of the live speakers and the host's constant smack came.

Both sides knew that they were about to enter the venue.

They did not continue to interact, but put away their expressions and waited for the staff's prompts.

"Let us welcome EDward Gaming--"

"The next one to appear is FNATIC--"

Ten players appeared.

There was constant cheering at the scene.

Domestic and European audiences have already started the cheering competition before the game.

Both sides did not give in to each other, and huge noises continued to erupt.

This made many audiences at the scene even vaguely feel the sound waves that had formed!

"You can see that the audience at the scene are quite enthusiastic."

"In fact, my heart is the same."

Wang Duoduo, Guan Zeyuan and Rita stood at the commentary desk.

Wang Duoduo: "In fact, my expectations for this game even exceed those for the finals."

"With IG already confirmed to advance to the finals, as long as EDG can defeat FNC, this year's global champion will be determined in advance and belong to our LPL region!"

"In this way, the LPL region will also complete the achievement of two consecutive world championships."

"If EDG can win the championship of this world championship, then EDG will become the club that wins this honor again after SKT."

"If IG can win the final, then our LPL region's championship club will add another member."

"Teacher Duoduo, this is so confident." Guan Zeyuan listened to Wang Duoduo's excited voice and couldn't help saying: "This champagne is not open!"

"The team that opened champagne in advance in this year's world championship has now gone home."

"It's not impossible for us to celebrate after this game is over"

"Zeyuan is right!" Wang Duoduo nodded and continued: "But I think FNC is no match for EDG at all. Whether it is from the performance in the world game or EDG's easy victory over FNC in MSI, it all shows that there is a certain gap between the two teams."

"That's right." Rita.

"But it's better to be safe than sorry. As a commentator of LPL, I definitely hope that EDG can win this game smoothly, and then watch IG and EDG meet in Incheon."

"But it's still hard to say."

[Park Zeyuan, are you still angry because EDG defeated Samsung in the knockout round? ]

[Just keep nursing, nurse FNC hard, faster, harder! ]

[It's not good to open champagne in advance, but I can't think of any reason why EDG can lose the game. ]

[Stop talking nonsense, the live BP has already started. ]

"Xia should be pulled."

"Then pull Rakan, Lao Niu, they can choose whatever they want."

When the factory manager saw that FNC gave the first pull position to Jayce, he knew that FNC was still worried about the problem of being beaten through the line in the top lane.

"Good!"

"The opponent has Aatrox and Nightmare."

The first round of bans is over.

EDG, who is on the blue side, chose Lissandra without hesitation.

"Lissandra can be played in the top and midfield, but this pick looks more like it was chosen for Zet."

"Caps is the player that FNC needs to pay the most attention to."

"He performed well in the Mid-Season Championship and is the new generation of European Mage."

"Whether it is a traditional mage or a warrior midfielder like Aatrox, which is more popular in this version, Caps is very proficient."

Guan Zeyuan introduced the players one by one.

"Yes, if Lissandra's rune is Aftershock, she doesn't have to worry about being killed alone in the line, and she is quite tanky when starting a team fight in the early and mid-term."

"EDG made a good choice."

Rita also rarely talked about her understanding of the game.

BP is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

After seeing EDG choose Lissandra, FNC immediately locked in Viktor and Leblanc.

"This Viktor is on the top."

The factory manager looked at the two players selected by FNC, and finally said softly: "What hero can you pick?"

Viktor top is relatively popular in the group stage and the knockout stage.

When FNC played against C9, they played Viktor top for two consecutive games.

Bwipo shined in the second game, with a record of 6-1-6 and won the MVP of the match.

"Don't worry, let's look at the lineup first."

"The opponent has selected two mages. The AD will definitely not be able to use Ezreal and the Lifeguard. The jungler probably also needs to make up for the AD damage."

"Why don't you help Xiangguo and Lao Ze grab heroes first."

Jiang Zhun expressed his opinion, and the factory manager nodded after listening.

After asking his jungler and bottom laner for their ideas, the factory manager weighed the pros and cons and helped Sima Lao Zei take Tristana and chose Zhao Xin for Mala Xiangguo.

"FNC locked in the wheel mother on the third floor!"

Sure enough.

FNC's selection was completely within the factory manager's expectations.

In the current version, Victor plays the Ice Fist style in the top lane, focusing on annoying the opponent in the laning phase. The AP output is there, but it is not explosive.

If Leblanc wants to rely on double stomping in the game and deal huge magic damage in team battles, the conditions are also quite harsh.

Therefore, FNC will definitely choose a hero like Annie who has strong continuous output ability and explosive team battle damage in the ADC position.

"The opponent lacks team-opening, let's pull Prince and Braum!"

The factory manager observed and found that although Leblanc and Victor selected by FNC have control, they are not hard control and cannot start a team.

Therefore, he immediately pressed down the jungler and support positions, two heroes who are easy to start a team.

"FNC chooses Wrench and Akali!"