Chapter 417: Second to First, RNG and WE Both Qualified as the Top of Their Groups!

After losing four games in a row in the group stage, FNC still has a chance to qualify. This is something no one expected.

The three teams will play two rounds of tiebreakers to decide one qualifying spot.

GAM, which has the shortest average game time, directly enters the second round of tiebreakers.

FNC and IMT will play the first round first.

Before today, IMT had the best chance of qualifying among the three teams, but now it has to play a three-team tiebreaker.

FNC, which everyone thought was dead, has come back to life and is still fighting for qualifying.

The two teams are on the same starting line, but their morale and fighting spirit are completely different.

In just 28 minutes, FNC beat IMT, eliminated IMT, and entered the second round of tiebreakers.

From impossible to possible, FNC seems to be getting closer and closer.

After winning the first tiebreaker, the morale of the entire FNC team is so high that it can't be better.

They all feel that they are the "chosen one"!

Qualifying from the group stage, today!

As the BP of the last game of the day began, many spectators at the scene began to cheer for FNC.

With the right time, right place and right people on FNC's side, how could FNC not win?

Forty-five minutes later, FNC pushed down the base crystal of GAM, and the five players hugged each other excitedly.

Four consecutive losses at the beginning, four consecutive wins at the end.

After eight hard-fought games, they finally qualified for the quarterfinals as the second in the group.

This is the first time in the history of the S game that a team has made it to the quarterfinals after four consecutive losses at the beginning of the group stage.

It is even the first time that a team has made it to the quarterfinals after three consecutive losses at the beginning.

Looking at the FNC players hugging each other, the excited expressions of several FNC players as if they had won everything, even though most of the audience now support LPL and are here to watch the fun today, they can't help but applaud them.

Isn't the original intention of all summoners to play this game just to win!

There is no time for people to talk about how FNC can qualify from the group stage after losing four games in a row. The second round of the group stage is still going on in full swing.

It is October 13th, and today we will decide the qualification for the group C group where RNG is.

RNG won three games in a row in the first round, and it is very stable to qualify from the group.

After all, in the history of the S game, there has only been one case where a team started the group stage with three consecutive wins, but ultimately failed to qualify from the group.

That was C9 in the S5 World Finals.

RNG naturally cannot repeat this mistake. If they really fail to qualify in the end, it is because they are bad and do not deserve to enter the quarterfinals.

The only thing that LPL audiences expect is whether RNG can get the first place in the group and qualify as the group leader.

There are still some benefits to qualifying as the first in the group, such as the opponent in the quarterfinals will be the second in other groups, and there will be one more right to choose sides in the BO5 of the top eight.

In the first game today, RNG faced G2, which had only won one game against the wildcard team before.

Just when all LPL viewers thought that this would be another easy victory like the first round, reality gave all LPL viewers a blow.

In a 20-minute-long game, G2 easily defeated RNG.

Many LPL viewers couldn't help but start to worry about RNG's status.

There is no need to worry about qualifying from the group, after all, there is a wild card team in the team that gives away points.

RNG has a guaranteed four wins, and even the worst case can play a tiebreaker.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to get the first place in the group in this state!

Then Samsung naturally defeated the wild card team FB easily.

Then came Samsung's back-to-back games. After a classic SSG-style bladder game, SSG defeated G2 and the record came to four wins and one loss.

In Group C, G2 has lost three games so far, while FB has lost four games.

So before today's game started, Samsung, which ranked second in Group C, actually qualified from Group C one round ahead of schedule.

As for RNG, as long as they beat FB in the next game, they can also qualify from the group.

No one thought that the wildcard team FB could beat RNG. Even G2, which needed FB to win to keep its hopes of qualifying, did not hold any hope for FB.

The gap in strength was too big!

This was indeed the case. RNG easily beat FB.

Uzi even chose VN, which also attracted cheers from the audience.

So after only four of the six group matches today, the two qualifying places in Group C were already announced.

Compared with Group B, which was thrilling yesterday, with reversals and reversals, and the suspense was maintained until the last eighth game, there was indeed less atmosphere.

However, for the home audience, the excitement was not reduced at all, after all, there were teams from their own division playing today.

After the two teams that qualified for Group C were determined, today's penultimate game became a meaningless game.

Because both teams in the game, G2 and FB, were already eliminated from the group stage in advance.

In fact, many people did not expect that G2, the European overlord who won four consecutive championships in the European division, was actually eliminated from the group stage one round in advance.

They didn’t even make it to their last group match.

They didn’t qualify last year, and they didn’t qualify this year.

The No. 1 seed in the European division failed to qualify from the group for two consecutive years, and the audience in the North American division laughed at them.

This BO1 match between G2 and FB, which could not decide anything, seemed to be a game of entertainment.

However, FB took it very seriously. They wanted to get their first victory in the World Finals, and they also carefully selected the lineup.

G2's side seemed much more entertaining.

The mid laner Perkz even took out the happy wind man-Yasuo.

Just choosing such a happy hero, when Ah P was choosing the hero, the camera gave him and found that he was crying while choosing.

He cried sincerely and was extremely sad.

This scene also moved many viewers.

Of course, some viewers complained after seeing this scene, saying that they knew to cry now that they were out of the group stage, what were they doing before!

After playing for more than 50 minutes, G2 defeated FB.

Of course, the result of this game is no longer important.

Next, it is the last game of the day that LPL audiences are most looking forward to.

RNG vs. Samsung.

Currently, the record of both teams is four wins and one loss. Whoever wins this game will be the first in the group.

Just like the first round, Uzi's Tristana killed Chidi and carried the game.

It seems that Ruler has a little fear of dogs.

After a narrow escape, RNG successfully broke out of Group C as the first in the group.

For a time, the entire Chinese Internet was full of praise for RNG.

Not only because RNG qualified as the first in the group, but also because RNG double-killed the Korean team in the group stage.

In recent years, LPL has lost too many times to the Korean team in the S game, and basically has never won.

Every time the S game comes, all LPL viewers hold their breath.

Taking advantage of today's result, the water army and self-media related to the RNG club are out in force again, and quickly expand the advantage of public opinion.

Among them, marketing methods such as pulling down, labeling and playing the patriotic card are needless to say.

Anyway, there are always people who buy this, and my target audience is these people.

Others who don't buy my tricks, hey, don't get involved!

If you get involved, I'll label you.

Anyway, I have figured out the marketing tricks.

After all, the total number of fans in the field of e-sports is limited.

Before there are really enough solid results, how many fans can be attracted by natural attraction?

It takes means!

The "means" attracted more fans who don't know enough about e-sports and League of Legends.

But these fans are more sticky and loyal.

People hate losses. The less they understand, the more reluctant they are to give up the sunk costs they have invested, and the more they will convince themselves when facing a "crisis of faith."

These fans are the so-called "high-quality fans."

The more you know, the less the club cares about you as a fan.

In any project based on fan economy, marketing is inevitable. Every company has it. It's just a matter of marketing means and marketing degree.

Some means are acceptable, but some means are disgusting!

Of course, with the degree of unity within the LPL before this year's local S game, no matter which LPL team's fans are, most of them congratulate and are happy to see RNG qualify as the first in the group.

There is no mistake in the song, post, content, and book!

It is October 14, the third day of the second round of the group stage.

Today, the two qualifying places of Group D where WE is located will be decided.

The current qualifying situation of Group D is the most complicated, except for Flash Wolves, who have a record of zero wins and three losses.

The other three teams have a record of two wins and one loss, and each has a win or loss.

In the first game, the Rabbit Team MSF defeated the Flash Wolves.

In this version of soft auxiliary censer monster, the Rabbit Team auxiliary IgNar took out a Thresh in this game and hooked the Flash Wolves' mentality.

In the end, he won the MVP of this game with 0 deaths and a 100% participation rate.

After losing this game, the Flash Wolves also ushered in a four-game losing streak in the group stage.

Unlike the situation in Group A where FNC was at the time, since there is no undefeated team in Group D, there is no possibility for the Flash Wolves to qualify from any group.

In fact, this Flash Wolves is not weak in terms of the individual strength of the players.

There are many famous players like jungler Karsa and support Swordart.

And these players are not too old at this time, they are still in their prime.

These people in the Flash Wolves team have played together for several years, and there is no problem with cooperation.

But the results are getting worse and worse. The last time they entered the quarterfinals of the World Finals was in S5.

Flash Wolves have been eliminated from the group stage two rounds in advance, and another team from the Taiwan region in this world championship, AHQ, has not yet played the second round of their group stage.

But AHQ also lost three games in a row in the first round, and the group they are in also has strong teams such as SKT and LGD, so it is almost impossible for them to qualify from the group.

What does this show?

It can only show that the Taiwan region is indeed not competitive enough.

It seems that the recent rumors that Riot wants to reduce the number of world championship places for the LMS region and has considered canceling the LMS region are not groundless.

And the poor performance of the Taiwan team in the group stage of this year's World Finals will undoubtedly accelerate the progress of these things.

LPL viewers naturally have no interest in paying attention to these trivial matters in Taiwan, and some of them just make fun of it.

Next is WE's game.

Perhaps because Xiaohu played a game with Jayce in the middle yesterday, Xiye felt a little itchy, so in this game against TSM, Xiye also took out Jayce in the middle.

However, the effect was very different from that of Xiaohu.

It can only be described in two words.

Explosive kill!

Bjergsen was directly numbed by Jayce's cannon.

WE also easily defeated TSM.

Then WE played Flash Wolves back to back.

There was no other way, the team that made it out of the qualifying round had to play back-to-back games first.

Facing Flash Wolves, who had lost four games in a row, WE did not show any mercy and beat them again.

WE's group stage record came to four wins and one loss.

However, since there was a team that lost all games in the group, even though WE had won four games, it still failed to qualify from the group in advance, and the qualification for the group still remained suspenseful.

Then TSM defeated the Rabbit Team.

In this game, the Rabbit Team's top laner held Yasuo Contnar.

However, it seems that there is something wrong with his operation, and he was beaten by Gnar.

TSM's record is 3 wins and 2 losses, and the next game is Flash Wolves, who have lost five games in a row.

It seems that the situation of North America's No. 1 seed is very good.

In the end, I don't know whether TSM is too lax, or Flash Wolves finally wake up after five consecutive losses, and know shame and then be brave.

In this game, Flash Wolves swept away the "rotten" state of the previous few games, dared to fight and fight, and even Mimidan, who played five games of tanks, dared to take out the crocodile top lane.

As a result, this crocodile killed TSM.

Maybe Flash Wolves was carrying the hopes of all the audiences in the Bay Area before, and the pressure was too great!

Under heavy pressure, some players turned pressure into motivation and became more and more courageous.

Some players lost themselves under pressure and could not even play their due strength.

Flash Wolves obviously belong to the latter.

In fact, with their strength, they really shouldn't have lost five games in a row in the group stage.

Now that they have been eliminated in advance, it is equivalent to unloading the pressure burden and finally fully exerting their own strength.

Unfortunately, TSM, who played against Flash Wolves in the last game, became the victim.

TSM lost to Flash Wolves, and their group stage results were fixed at three wins and three losses.

Now TSM is extremely passive.

The last game of Group D is between Rabbit Team and WE.

As long as Rabbit Team wins this game, they can join hands with WE to advance from the group, and then play an extra game to compete for the top spot in the group.

Of course, if WE wins, it will directly advance as the first in the group, and Rabbit Team and TSM will play an extra game to compete for the second place in the group.

Now TSM's life and death can be said to be completely in the hands of WE.

If WE lets go a little, TSM will definitely die.

Now the whole TSM team can only pray that WE can defeat Rabbit Team.

As the two heroes of the East and West in the League of Legends slogan, there is no hatred between the two teams.

Moreover, WE will definitely compete for the first place in the group, let alone waterproofing, and will not even relax, and will definitely go all out.

After a fierce battle of more than 40 minutes, WE defeated Rabbit Team.

When the Rabbits' base exploded, the happiest team was not WE, who qualified as the first in Group D, but TSM, who regained their vitality.

The director also understood and immediately cut to the scene in the TSM lounge.

TSM's players and coaching staff hugged each other excitedly.

However, some TSM players seemed to be too excited and confused.

In the tiebreaker with the Rabbits, TSM's top laner Hauntzer was full of confidence and directly took out Jayce.