Create a great era of e-sports

MSI.

One of the international competitions created to fill the gap between spring and summer events.

In the GAG ​​competition system established by Mo Yu, it is between S level and A level.

The first prize is US$500,000, the runner-up is US$300,000, and the third runner-up is US$100,000. It continues to decrease, and the last ranked team can also receive US$20,000, with a total bonus of more than 1 million US dollars.

The participating teams are the top three teams in the spring competition of the five major regions. The team that wins the championship at the same time will automatically receive a quota to participate in the S competition at the end of the year and will not occupy the quota in the competition region.

At the same time, MSI adopts a single-elimination round-robin format.

Fifteen teams were drawn and divided into three groups ABC, with five teams in each group. A double-round BO1 single-elimination competition format was conducted within the group. The top three teams in each group were selected to advance to the second round of the knockout round. The teams with byes will compete with other teams after , reschedule games until all are played.

In the second round, 9 teams will form a new group according to the principle of avoidance in the same group. The first place in Group A, the second place in Group B and the third place in Group C will form a new group. According to this rule, a double round-robin BO3 competition system will be carried out in the group. In the end, the top two teams in each group will Advance to the third round.

In the third round, only 6 teams were left.

The 6 teams will no longer be divided into groups, and will be drawn again and play against each other in BO5.

The losers are eliminated and the winning team advances.

Final fourth round.

The three teams used a double round-robin BO5. In the end, the team with two wins won the championship, the team with one win and one loss won the runner-up, and the team with a total loss won the third place.

The entire competition system is relatively complicated, but there is nothing we can do about it.

In a 1V1 competition like GAG, this method can only be used to arrange the competition format, so as to avoid some teams having a bye and the audience thinking it is unfair.

Mojing Sports.

Mo Yu made a special trip to inquire about MSI preparations.

"How are the preparations going so far?"

Yang Qiu nodded and said: "Everything has been arranged. The venue, competition format, trophy, roster, and stage are all arranged."

"Tell me about it."

Mo Yu leaned back slightly and leaned on the back of the chair.

Yang Qiu stood in front of him and reported to him.

"A total of fifteen teams have been promoted to MSI this time, and the promotion lists for the five major regions have been determined. The first is the domestic GPL region, with the qualifying teams being WE, LGD, and OMG; the next door GCK region's qualifying teams are KTB, MIG, and SKT; and the European GEU region is FNC. , EG, M5; the Southeast Asian GMS division is TPA, FW, and AHQ; the North American GCS division is C9, CLG, and TSM."

At the end of the spring split, the MSI promotion list completely shocked the audience.

Especially in China and South Korea, the S1 champion and runner-up, this time's performance is simply unacceptable.

Emperor Star made a strong push for points in the playoffs, but the team's performance was indeed poor. Even with a few extraordinary performances, they only reached fourth place. In the end, they lost to the newly emerged dark force OMG and missed the MSI.

In the Korean division, the SKT team also struggled. If it weren't for the last round against KTB, in the fifth blind draft round, Feike and Yue Lun all chose Shadow Stream Master in unison. In the end, Feike was even better and played The famous scene of the double calamity battle was spread all over the world, and the team was suddenly promoted to third place.

Otherwise, SKT may not be able to qualify for MSI.

However, the emergence of the famous scene of the double calamity battle made the world's top mid laners once again realize the value of Feike's ID, and re-recognized the S1 runner-up mid laner.

But even so.

SKT's state is still worrying, and the team's level fluctuates greatly. Many Korean fans in China have criticized SKT, thinking that SKT may not be able to go far.

"I didn't expect that the champion and runner-up of S1 performed so well this time. The champion was defeated directly, and the runner-up also advanced in a thrilling way."

Mo Yu shook his head and sighed.

"Don't you often say that in the competition field, the outcome is unpredictable, and no one is the eternal champion?" Yang Qiu said regretfully: "Competitive competition is so cruel, I can only say to come back next time."

"Having said that, it's a shame."

Mo Yu sighed.

This time, Emperor Star failed to advance to MSI, which was simply shocking. Countless fans were angrily cursing the club and the players.

He had heard that Zhang Zhaoyang was even more furious and was already recruiting new players to strengthen the team. At the same time, he was preparing to freeze several players who performed poorly until the end of their contracts.

"Forget it, don't talk about them anymore, you continue."

Mo Yu waved his hand and asked Yang Qiu to continue reporting.

Yang Qiu nodded and continued.

"Several venues have also been arranged. According to your previous considerations, you did not choose cities outside the province. Instead, they were all arranged in Handong. The first round was at Nanshi Sports Center, the second round was at Yuanshi Stadium, and the third round was at Yuanshi Stadium. The first round and the fourth round are all arranged at Jingzhou Jingjie Center.”

"Nanshi, Yuanshi?" Mo Yu pondered: "These two cities are relatively well-known cities in the province. The local development is also good, and they participated in the Provincial Games, so it would be good to choose them as the venue. "

"I thought so too." Yang Qiu nodded and said: "Originally, I wanted to choose another city for the third round, but among the many cities in our province, only Nan and Yuan are comparable to Jingzhou. Other places are a bit worse, so I arranged the last two rounds in Jingzhou."

Regarding the arrangement of the venue, Yang Qiu also did a lot of research.

It was originally intended to be held in multiple cities across the country like the S Games, but due to the huge cost and the fact that MSI was not as good as the S Games, this idea was finally abandoned in order to differentiate.

At the same time, it was also to repay the favor and repay the kindness of this Provincial Games, so they all chose Handong Province.

It just so happens that the three cities of Nanjing, Yuan and Beijing have participated in this Provincial Games. The e-sports atmosphere is very strong, and the local people are willing to strongly support and cooperate. With such a united effort and support, a lot of troubles can be eliminated, and MSI will be successfully held. Also a good thing.

"Where are the trophies and medals?" Mo Yu asked, "Is the Saturday blessing done?"

"it is done."

Yang Qiu opened his phone and found a few photos, which showed the medals and championship trophies specially created by Saturday Fortune Jewelry for this MSI.

"Look, this is the picture of the finished product sent by Saturday Fortune."

"The championship medal is made of pure gold, the runner-up is sterling silver, the third runner-up is pure copper, and there is also a trophy. The cup is made entirely of silver, with large and small dragon patterns engraved on the surface. It weighs 12 kilograms and is 55 centimeters high. The overall shape is held up by five palms. The shape of the game base, with its five palms representing the five champions, worked together to successfully surround the base.”

"So the name of the trophy is Crystal Cup, that's pretty much what it means."

Yang Qiu introduced them one by one.

This cooperation with Saturday Fortune is also the first time for both parties to cooperate. The other party is very sincere. Not only does it rarely accept the task of making trophies, but it also attaches great importance to the influence of GAG events. It gave many plans for trophy production. In the end After discussion, the current version was decided.

Overall, it costs a lot of money.

In addition, during the preparation stage of this MSI, Mo Yu had almost no intervention, and everything was left to Mojing Sports to make full arrangements. Therefore, this MSI is very different from the previous MSI in his impression.

Not only the format, but everything else is the same.

MSI is no longer just held in one city, but in multiple cities. At the same time, the trophy is also made by domestic jewelers. The shape and style are many different from the previous MSI trophy. In addition, there are many things that are similar to the previous MSI trophy. no the same.