Alliance: The contract was blocked at the beginning, so I just played badly

As the group stage approaches, the teams that advance become more nervous.

The three teams that advance from LPL are in the same hotel, and not only these three teams, but also JDG, which did not qualify for the World Championship, came to Busan as a sparring team for the advancing teams.

This is the tradition of the World Championship every year.

Although domestic fans attack each other on the Internet all day long, the LPL region is actually very united.

Last year's World Championship was IG's sparring team, plus the more powerful players selected from other teams. If Shen Lang remembers correctly, EDG also served as a sparring team when it did not enter the World Championship in the future.

You must know that this is purely voluntary labor, at most it is just food and accommodation, there is no salary at all, and there will be no such thing as "give me some of the championship trophy after you win the championship".

Especially since the World Championship is held in South Korea, professional players may not do anything out of the ordinary, at most they just don't play training games with you, but the quality of Korean netizens is worrying.

Shen Lang has been watching the young lady by the window every day recently. After watching so many times, he feels that it is just so-so. He originally wanted to go out to play, but was strictly prohibited by Abu.

As the top seed of LPL, EDG players are still somewhat well-known on the Korean Internet. If they wander around the streets at this time, if they meet the fanatical fans of a certain LCK team, they may do something.

Korean netizens are not like domestic fans. At most, they just attack each other on the Internet. They really dare to do it offline. Even if the probability is very small, for the current EDG, Shen Lang is an absolute pillar. Without Shen Lang, EDG will not be able to hit the quarterfinals, and the group stage may be very difficult. Abu is determined to kill all potential threats in the cradle.

This time Abu's attitude is very firm, and Shen Lang can't say anything. He plays games in the hotel and occasionally drinks two small bottles of beer and watches the young ladies coming and going through the window.

For his behavior, EDG players are already accustomed to it, but players from other teams don't understand it.

Even the most lax clubs in LPL would not allow players to drink during the game, and EDG is known for its strict management. Those who know naturally know that Shen Lang's manager condones his behavior because he has this ability. Those who don't know think that Shen Lang has helped his boss Ed Zhu to block bullets.

While the players of other teams don't understand, they feel very aggrieved.

Drinking, looking at girls, playing badly and not training...

Such a player can actually abuse them on the court.

It's unforgivable!

However, only Shen Lang knows how hard he has worked.

He doesn't like drinking. Compared with bitter beer, Shen Lang prefers fat otaku happy water.

The reason why he started drinking recently is that he found that drinking is also a bad behavior, and the rewards he gets are very tempting.

The system has a hidden attribute for the ability evaluation of professional players-

Injury index.

Everyone has different physiques. Some people are weak and sick, while others can feed a tiger with a slide tackle when facing it.

The higher the injury index, the more likely the player will get an occupational disease.

Many bad living habits will affect the attributes of injuries, such as staying up late, drinking, catheters...

These behaviors will increase the player's injury index, but for Shen Lang, because he has a strange system, these behaviors will reduce his injury attributes and make him less susceptible to injuries.

For professional players, injuries are a big problem.

It is said that e-sports is a bowl of youth, but the reason for many professional players to retire is not age, but physical reasons.

For example, General Pawn, Crystal Brother who was beaten by Bo10, and Uzi who will retire in the future due to diabetes...

Shen Lang does not want to retire early due to injuries, so for him, the system rewards provided by drinking such a bad behavior are very tempting, but unfortunately no one understands.

He is not drinking alcohol, but loneliness!

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Time passes, and soon it is the day of the group stage draw.

The official still attaches great importance to the group stage draw, and specially organized a draw ceremony, and also broadcasts it live on the live broadcast platform.

Compared to the knockout draw, the group stage draw is obviously less stressful.

According to the official rules, the top seeds of the region will not be placed in the same group, and teams from the same region will not be placed in the same group.

For the top seed EDG, their opponents are the second and third seeds from other regions, so the group stage is indeed not too stressful.

Of course, only Shen Lang thinks so.

Before the draw ceremony, Coach Nofe and AbuThe two were still very nervous. They were worried that Gen.G or AFS would be assigned to their group, which would undoubtedly make it much more difficult for EDG to advance to the knockout stage.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the draw ceremony soon began.

The draw guest took out a small white ball from the prize pool of the top seed, opened the note inside, and the first team of Group A soon appeared.

It was FW!

Seeing this result, many second and third seeds in the division suddenly became excited.

Among the top seeds in these divisions, FW was the worst.

In fact, the overall strength of the LMS division was not high, and only Flash Wolves was slightly good. At this time, there was already news circulating on the Internet that the LMS division would be kicked out of the four major divisions in the next season, and would compete with the wildcard division for the qualification for the world championship in the future.

The top seed of Group B was EDG.

The top seed of Group C was KT.

The top seed of Group D was FNC.

The next is the highlight. The lottery guests will draw the teams from the zombie pool in turn.

First is Group A, and the first one to be drawn is AFS.

When the note with AFS was unfolded, cheers suddenly rang out from the audience at the lottery site.

The Korean audience was very excited. Group A was undoubtedly the easiest group.

The remaining two teams in Group A were also soon announced, PVB and G2.

Next is Group B.

Everyone in EDG became nervous instantly.

The lottery guest unfolded the note, and after seeing it clearly, Abu wailed instantly.

The most worried thing finally happened. Gen.G was divided into Group B.

"No, what are you afraid of? Is Gen.G very powerful?"

Shen Lang pouted.

If he remembered correctly, this year's Gen.G was really bad. It was directly eliminated in the group stage, and the points were even the last place, and it couldn't even beat VIT.

The remaining teams in Group B were C9 and VIT.

Next is Group C.

IG and RNG have not been drawn yet. According to the principle of avoiding the same division, one of their teams will definitely be placed in Group C to face KT, the favorite to win the World Championship.

The results came out soon: TL, MAD and RNG.

Due to the appearance of Shen Lang, RNG became the third seed, and their grouping in the World Championship naturally changed. In the future, it is highly likely that they will not face their old rival G2. I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

The remaining teams are naturally divided into Group D.

At this point, the list of the group stage of this World Championship is officially released.

Group A: FW, AFS, G2, PVB.

Group B: EDG, GEN.G, C9, VIT.

Group C: KT, RNG, TL, MAD.

Group D: FNC, IG, 100T, GRX.