LoL: I really didn’t mess up!

The half-month rest and adjustment time seems to fly by in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Chen Dongqing has been playing training matches in DOTA2 to practice his tacit understanding with these temporary teammates.

But it's funny to say that during this period, QG has never encountered OG in a training match.

In every training match, the opponent refused because the delay was too large, even in the European server.

This made Chen Dongqing a little regretful. He also wanted to know what the level of the team that double-killed QG was.

The time has come to July 25th, and the countdown to TI8 is one week away.

Everyone from the QGDOTA2 branch took a plane and flew all the way to Vancouver, Canada.

When we landed, it was already night time in Vancouver.

Chen Dongqing stepped off the plane despite being sleepy and felt the local climate in Vancouver.

I heard that at the end of June, Canada was affected by the global warm high pressure belt, and the temperature reached over 40 degrees.

However, Chen Dongqing did not encounter this during this trip. Now that it is July, the temperature has dropped. The current temperature is between 15 and 25 degrees, which is the most comfortable range.

It’s hard to believe this is the end of July.

Compared with Shanghai, which was so hot at the same time, places with high latitudes like Vancouver are indeed more comfortable.

Chen Dongqing has rich experience in going abroad. He looked at the surrounding scenery, then quickly stepped out of the airport and boarded the bus that came to pick him up.

Sitting in the car, Chen Dongqing took out his mobile phone and checked 1 with his girlfriend.

It is now nine o'clock in the evening Vancouver time. According to the time difference, it should be five o'clock in the morning in Shanghai time.

Lin Xianhua was probably asleep, so Chen Dongqing just sent a message to say hello, and he didn't see how he could just let it go.

But who would have thought that just after the 1 was deducted, my girlfriend immediately called me via WeChat.

Cross-border data roaming is still quite expensive, but for Chen Dongqing now, it's just a waste of time and doesn't feel bad.

"Have you landed?" Lin Xianhua's voice sounded in the headphones.

Chen Dongqing looked at his girlfriend's fair face illuminated by the backlight of the screen in the dark, and smiled: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Waiting for you~"

"Really? I don't believe it." Chen Dongqing was not fooled, "I must be watching a TV series!"

Chen Dongqing knew that Lin Xianhua was watching the final season of "The Big Bang Theory" recently, and she was still chewing raw meat. She didn't give Chen Dongqing the chance to watch it together. Anyway, there was a sadly thick barrier between the two.

Lin Xianhua blinked at the other side of the screen and said, "But why do I feel that you are sleepier than me? I can hardly open my eyes."

"I'm sure, I haven't slept yet." Chen Dongqing said helplessly: "It's too uncomfortable on the plane and I can't sleep. I'll sleep when I get back to the hotel later."

"That's okay." Lin Xianhua smiled and said, "We still have the same schedule."

“It’s okay to have a consistent schedule.”

The sleepy Chen Dongqing and his girlfriend chatted for about ten minutes, and soon the bus stopped in front of the hotel.

Everyone in the QGDOTA2 branch checked in and quickly checked into their respective hotel rooms.

Just like LOL, the hotel's conference room will be converted into a training room, which will have a lot of necessary things.

However, I heard from the AME next to me that this is a configuration only available at TI. For competitions such as the Major, they even have to find an Internet cafe to train by themselves. Chen Dongqing was a little embarrassed for a while, dreaming back to the 2016 Summer Split.

At that time, under the magical arrangement of the Banana Project, QG went to Guangzhou to play the finals, but there was no training room available, so they had to find a private room at the nearby Internet Fishing Cafe.

Two years have passed in a flash.

With this kind of thinking, Chen Dongqing hung up the phone with his girlfriend, and then checked in with AME in his hotel room. After briefly washing up, he lay on the bed and fell asleep instantly.

On the side, AME looked at Chen Dongqing who fell asleep quickly, feeling a little envious for a moment.

Turtle, you are worthy of being Brother Shu, he is so good at sleeping.

AME couldn't help but fall asleep on the plane, so she decided to go to the training room for a while and compete on the US server.

After a night's sleep, when I got up again, there was only a five-day countdown left for TI.

Chen Dongqing looked at AME who was sleeping soundly next to him. He thought about it, got up alone, and went to the restaurant downstairs to make two chicken rolls. Then he slowly returned upstairs and took his peripherals. lounge.

He was actually the first to get up, and there was no one in the lounge at the moment.

Chen Dongqing said in his heart that the people in the DOTA2 branch are really lazy dogs. He sat down in front of his computer and browsed domestic web pages, mainly DOTA2.

Now that TI is approaching, the DOTA2 forum is full of discussions about this year's TI, and among these discussions, the core figure Chen Dongqing accounts for the vast majority.

Chen Dongqing has been watching forums at home and abroad recently. Unlike the foreign forums that are full of badmouthing and scolding, most of the domestic audience is still supportive, and there are still a few who question it.

【TI starts soon! Come on QG! Come on VG! Come on VGJT! Come on IG! Come on TS! Come on Newbee! 】

[If you don’t understand, just ask, can this year replicate the grand occasion of last year’s semifinals with three Chinese teams? 】

[Then the replicas were copied three times in a row, right? 】

[Mom, don’t bark, you won’t be penetrated this time! This is an even year! 】

[Don’t worry about even years. Let’s look at the results of the group stage. Whether it takes off or crashes will be decided after the group stage]

[Indeed, but when will the group stage divisions be released? There are only a few days left in this game]

[It should be out as soon as you wake up tomorrow, I checked the time]

[Okay, okay. 】

Valve has officially announced that the group stage draw will be held in the afternoon of Vancouver time. Convert the time. When today's time reaches the afternoon, it will be almost the early morning of the next day in China. This guy is right.

As for the group drawing, Chen Dongqing didn't care too much, mainly because it was too simple.

TI's group stage rules are that the eighteen teams will be divided into two groups for a single round-robin BO2.

That's right, it's BO2. You only play two games with your opponent each time, and then the ranking is calculated.

In other words, in the group stage, each team needs to play eight BO2s in four days, which is sixteen games, which is actually quite easy.

After the dust settled in the four-day group stage, the top four teams in the group advanced to the upper bracket, and the group fell into the lower bracket 5-8.

As for the ninth team in the group, they were eliminated miserably.

That's right, only two teams were eliminated in the group stage. QG obviously won't be the ninth one, and other teams don't have this strength.

For QG, their only problem is to see if they can get into the top four and enter the winner group, holding the Roshan Shield. (Localized translation)

Of course, it's not that difficult.

Chen Dongqing continued to scroll through the web page and read the forum posts.

Not long after, teammates on the DOTA2 side also got up, and the training room gradually filled up.

Time also passed quickly, and soon it was afternoon.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Dongqing opened the official live broadcast room of the TI International Invitational Tournament on time to watch the draw ceremony.

At the top of the screen, the host first showed the eighteen teams entering TI this time.

The first is the directly invited teams with enough points: VP, TL, Secret, MsKi, VG, Newbee, VGJ.T, and finally QG.

QG's record this year is quite outstanding. They grabbed 4,000 points through the results in the first half of the year and were originally ranked fourth in the team standings.

However, due to substitutions, QG lost 20% of their points, so their points were only 3,200, which caused their ranking to drop a few points.

But fortunately, they have a strong family background after all. With 3200 points, they are still ranked sixth, and they still have direct invitations.

Immediately afterwards, there are the qualifying teams from each major competition area.

TS and IG in China; FNC and TNC in Southeast Asia.

As teams were drawn out one by one and fell into two groups, AB, the team layout of the group stage was finally determined.

Chen Dongqing squinted at his grouping results, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Group A: QG (middle), OG, TNC, VGJ.T (middle), VP, FNC, Mine, IG (middle), Winstrike.

Group B: EG, Newbee (middle), Secret, VG (middle), VGJ.S, OpTic, NG, TL, TS (middle).

The six Chinese teams were evenly divided into two groups, each based on their own abilities.

The Chinese division is the strongest division in DOTA2, and its status is somewhat similar to the LCK in LOL today.

It may be a bit difficult for CN to win the championship, but the overall strength is still uniquely strong. In the first few rounds of each knockout round, the drama of "CNDOTAvs World" is basically indispensable.

Although CNDOTA did not win the championship in TI7 last year, several teams were stronger than the other before the finals, and in the end they occupied four of the top five!

It's a pity that I didn't win the championship

Of course, this is not the point.

The key point is that OG is here!

Coincidentally, OG was drawn out right after QG and ranked second in Group A!

What's even more coincidental is that OG is QG's first opponent on the first day of the group stage!

After the quotas were finalized, the order of the group stage matches was soon released.

There will be two opponents to face on the first day of the group stage on August 1st.

One is on the morning of August 16th, against OG.

One is on the afternoon of August 16th, against VGJT.

One is a dark horse team that only solved the chaos in the team in the middle of this year and double-killed OG as soon as it emerged. The other is a Chinese team that is ranked among the top eight and directly invited to TI.

It is no exaggeration, this first day of the group stage is definitely a tough battle!

The speed of information transmission on the Internet is the speed of light. The moment the lottery results and schedule came out, countless night owls in the country and early-morning office workers and students started discussing them immediately.

[Guigui, this grouping is a bit awkward! 】

[It’s really a bit unlucky. How come you got the OG so quickly? This team is a bit difficult to beat]

[It’s really hard to admit, OG just finished double-killing QG]

[Then it depends on Brother Shu’s performance]

[It’s not a big problem, even if Brother Shu can’t do it, AME can come at any time]

[But it was AME who was killed twice? Have you forgotten the reverse wave? 】

Chen Dongqing looked at the match list, but he was thinking about something completely different.

If they can score 4-0 points in these two games, then they should be at the top of the group no matter what, right?

Time flies by and August 1st arrives in a blink of an eye.

Chen Dongqing has now fully adapted to Vancouver, the diet and work schedule here. Today, he still got up early and adjusted himself to the best condition.

The rest of QG also got up early today. They didn't eat breakfast, so they loaded up their peripherals and got on the bus, heading to Rogers Arena.

On the bus, coach xiao8 was still sitting next to Chen Dongqing, chatting with him, and said with a smile: "Let me tell you, today should be your debut show in DOTA2, right? Are you a little nervous?"

Chen Dongqing was startled by these words.

It’s true, this is really his first game in DOTA2.

It’s funny to say that the first game appeared at TI, which should be the only one in history.

But don't be nervous.

"Don't be nervous." Chen Dongqing said calmly: "What's there to be nervous about?"

He is a player who won the championship in the Bird's Nest of 80,000 people and was crowned FMVP among 80,000 people.

In this comparison, TI is like this.

In contrast, it was today's opponent who made Chen Dongqing feel a little serious.

"That's good if you're not nervous!" xiao8 said with a smile: "Everyone's eyes should be on you today. Play hard. As long as you perform like you did in the training match, you will be a sure winner!"

"Don't worry." Chen Dongqing said with a smile: "What stands out for me is stability."

After xiao8 finished his instructions, he returned to his seat and couldn't help but smile.

I have to say, it’s really great to have such a top-notch talented player under my command.

Xiao8 is actually not a small person.

In 2014, it was he who led the Newbee team to participate in the TI4 International Invitational Tournament as the captain and won the final championship. He can also be regarded as one of the CNDOTA gods.

As someone who has won a championship, he knows very well what a championship team should look like.

Although Newbee of TI4 encountered some obstacles in the bubbling round, after the knockout rounds, he crushed it all the way. Countless viewers joked that Newbee's road to winning the championship was a "fishing trip."

But now xiao8 treats it from a neutral perspective, and he has to admit that QG with ilex now is even more dominant than he was back then!

Xiao8 is full of confidence in this TI8.

Just do it!

After arriving at the gym, everyone waited for a while. After the first game on the court between IG and Mineski was over, everyone in QG who was staying in the lounge quickly received a notice to prepare to go on stage. The rhythm was very fast!

It's amazing to say that the eighteen teams in TI need to go through a single round-robin group stage and a double elimination of 16 teams until they compete for the final championship. This intensive schedule is actually only in this short eleven Completed within days!

The intensity of this event is much more exciting than playing a BO5 and then taking a week off in an S game!

At this time, the European host walked onto the stage with a microphone and shouted the IDs of both players in the second game.

The enthusiasm of the Canadian audience for watching the game was quite high. Whether it was the European team OG or the Chinese team QG, they all gave polite and grand cheers!

Except for one, of course.

"Let us welcome one last time - QG.ilex!" the host shouted Chen Dongqing's ID, but the audience's comments suddenly took a turn for the worse, switching from applause to cheers in an instant, and boos that could not be ignored began to appear!

After this period of scolding on the Internet, countless hard-core DOTA2 players are full of disgust towards Chen Dongqing. They wish that QG would be eliminated as soon as possible and let this LOL player pack up and get out!

But in addition to the iron-blooded DOTA2 players in the audience, there are also many people who practice both swordsmanship and Luxury. They are completely different.

There is a saying that goes well, you can’t have both playing LOL and not liking ilex.

As a LOL player, you see ilex on the stage of DOTA2 competition, of course they must provide timely support!

Then, a strange situation happened.

Cheers and boos appeared at the same time, and they were divided.

At this time, major live broadcast rooms around the world began to ask questions. Chen Dongqing was a little confused for a while and didn't understand what was going on.

When he reacted a few seconds later, his first reaction was helplessness, and he simply waved to the audience.

This wave is for those spectators who support him.

As for those who don't support him

All I can say is, let the bullets fly for a while.

Sorry, brothers, I broke my promise, only four thousand words today.

But it’s not that I’m lazy. In fact, I’ve written 7,000 words, and I’ve even finished the first game.

But after I finished writing, I always felt something was wrong. I studied the outline again and found that there was still room for optimization.

My original idea was to hide OG until the finals and try to stay away from the protagonist team, so that the pursuit would be maintained for the longest time.

But after thinking about it, I felt it was unnecessary.

Because after the protagonist joined DOTA2, this feeling of invincibility has become very obvious, and it is a bit awkward to hide it and create suspense.

So, whoever cares, come up and torture OG again first!

Again, tomorrow, the king returns!

Thanks for the 500 starting coin reward for the long and winding road

Thanks for the reward of 1384 starting coins for those who are willing to watch the sun, moon and sea.

Thanks to Mitian Building 111 for the 100,000 starting coin reward

Thank you bosses