Two thirty and five minutes in the afternoon.

The Shandong Airlines passenger plane that landed in Seoul took off on time.

Players and club related personnel from the three LPL teams participating in the League of Legends S8 World Championship were all on the passenger plane.

As for the official commentators of LPL, they will go to the Great Cold Kingdom in the next few weeks according to the schedule.

"Wuhu."

"So tired!"

The tickets officially purchased by the LPL for the players are all business class.

However, after everyone from EDG and IG got on the plane, they walked to the first class cabin in unison.

That's right.

They got an upgrade!

After Ed Zhu and Principal Wang learned that their team players were about to compete in the World Championships, they immediately showed their care in this way.

Edju can watch training games through pain sessions.

Principal Wang, on the other hand, is obsessed with Yingying Yanyan. In the remaining spring of summer, before the arrival of IG's key events, he will never go to the Great Cold Country.

If he goes to the Great Cold Country in advance, it must be because his new girlfriend wants to travel abroad.

"coincidence"

After Mei Guan arranged her position, she found that the IG person was also walking over, and her eyes lit up.

"Haha, I knew you would be here too!"

During this year’s Mid-Season Invitational.

After Edgar won the championship with EDG, he marketed himself as a good boss.

When EDG returned from Europe, he flew in first class on Emirates Airlines, and a ticket cost twelve W.

This incident was publicized by major marketing accounts for quite a while at the time.

Principal Wang also happened to see the news while surfing the Internet.

He who dared to speak also commented directly at the bottom of Weibo:

"If IG can win the championship, I will cover all the first-class flights for them to play games."

After IG defeated the JDG team and confirmed the identity of the third seed in the LPL, Principal Wang also directly made the decision to upgrade the players.

"Where are RNG and the others?"

Looking at the IG people in white team uniforms in the back passage, Meikou couldn't help but ask questions.

"Uh..." Yu Wenbo, the elder brother with a great personality, was still thinking about what to say to make everyone in RNG more respectable, but the straightforward King Ning said cheerfully:

"Already lying down in business class."

"I see that no one likes the little tiger when he wears the blindfold, so he starts to take a nap."

"Business class? Didn't their boss give them an upgrade?" Hae Chengmin asked nonsense.

The rest of EDG, who knew the conduct of the opponent's club management and team manager, all laughed.

It is said that

The RNG youth training team has also seen a saucy operation of asking players to raise funds to buy teammates, and the club will give them money after their performance.

Isn't it normal to fly in business class during a world competition?

The entire flight lasts only 1 hour and 50 minutes.

The patience will soon pass.

"Why."

"I have pity on Uzi and Zizi, they are so big."

"It's so uncomfortable to lie down in business class."

While listening to the conversation of several people, the factory director took off his shoes and put on disposable slippers. He lay on the chair and enjoyed the laziness all over his body.

Jiang Zhun had no time to feel sad for everyone at RNG, but instead opened the small folding poster announced by LPL official staff before boarding the plane.

have to say,

After the League of Legends became a league this year, the LPL officials are no longer the grass-roots team they used to be.

The team is fully prepared for various competitions.

Today’s small poster is actually an overall introduction to the entire World Championship schedule.

In the past, players did not receive such treatment!

When you go out to play games, the coach or club takes the lead in contacting many things.

official?

It's none of your business, just hang it up high.

Anyway, the domestic competition is monopolized by Fujii, and League of Legends is at a time when its popularity continues to stabilize.

Do you still need to be afraid that the audience won’t watch?

[Seoul—Busan—Gwangju—Incheon]

Look at the 4 locations marked on the small poster, and there are pictures of e-sports venues below the locations.

Jiang Zhun knew that this corresponded to the four competition venues for the group stage, knockout round, semi-finals, and finals of this year's World Championship.

"Hope to see you in Incheon."

"Haha, it's impossible for three teams to advance to the finals."

Looking at the words of encouragement marked at the top of the official production poster, Jiang Zhun couldn't help but laugh.

The situation of this year's World Championship is really much better than in previous years.

First of all, it’s because EDG won the World Championship last year, and the S8 Mid-Season Championship was also held by the EDG team.

Therefore, in the LPL division where the EDG club is located, the three teams participating in this year's World Championship do not need to enter the playoffs.

In contrast, Samsung, the third seed in the LCK region, will have to fight its way through the play-in tournament, which will start in three days, in order to advance to the group stage.

This will avoid to a certain extent the unexpected occurrence of some LPL teams returning home from the top 16.

In addition, the overall strength of the opponent is weak.

Just like the meeting held by EDG the day before yesterday, EDG's more competitive opponents in various major regions in the World Championship this year have all lost to EDG teams in various events this year.

As a result, EDG has unsurprisingly become the favorite to win this World Championship.

Even, the voice is much higher than that of Dragon Ball Sentai in S7.

"G2, Samsung, C9, this year's qualifying rounds look more intense than in previous years."

Jiang Zhun recalled the list of finalists and found that several of the teams were not weak.

Then, he turned to the second small page of the poster.

[The initial amount of prize money for this World Championship is a total of 2,250,000 US dollars. 25% of the proceeds from Kha'Zix's Champion Predator skin and 2018 Champion Guard skin will be included in the 2018 Global Finals prize pool]

[Champions account for 37.5%, totaling US$843,750]

[In addition, the champion players will also receive a share of the global sales of the champion skin]

Jiang Zhun looked at the information on the poster.

Suddenly, my mind was struck!

He almost forgot that he still had a large sum of money that had not arrived!

During the spring split, Jayce's appearance rate was high in the LPL and even in major competitions around the world.

Therefore, many players in the game also purchased the championship skin of Black and White God King.

"Can I at least buy a better house in the southwest?"

Jiang Zhun's estimate is relatively conservative.

This is mainly because the revenue distributed by Riot to the champion is only limited to one year from the global champion skin sales.

Otherwise, his imagination could be even bigger.

Of course, Jiang Zhun is not a primitive person who does not surf the Internet.

Instead, he enjoys reading news online.

He remembered that the sales of many skins of King Pesticide next door were over 10 million, or even over 100 million.

Although the spending power of League of Legends players is not as strong as that of King of Pesticide, which has gradually evolved into a social game, even the daily activity is far inferior to that of the other players.

but,

Jiang Zhun knew clearly that the money he could receive for the champion skin would most likely be far greater than he expected.

Now the first point is the goal.

It will be a very happy thing if the income you get is much higher than you expected.

Just like when playing a game, the team's goal may only be the top eight, but unexpectedly they won the world championship.

How excited should you be?

"Why."

"We must win the championship this year."

"So many people outside are optimistic about it, and the players in the club and even the team are also full of confidence."

After the excitement, Jiang Zhun actually felt a little disappointed.

There's a lot of pressure on him now.

Although the opponents in this year's World Championship may be the most favorable to the LPL region, the competition is always full of variables. As long as a small change is made, it may even trigger a chain butterfly effect.

In fact, the changes made by Riot Games in the World Championship version seem to be beneficial to teams like EDG that can hit the mid lane and stabilize the bottom lane.

But if we take a closer look, as long as the team's ability in each position is not bad, and there is always a point in the game where the team can stand out, it will also be very popular in this world championship.

For example, IG.

Jiang Chenglu, broiler, and Yu Wenbo are called tridents.

And the engine Ning Wang’s strength is also quite good.

After looking through the poster again.

Jiang Zhun found that there were many precautions written on it.

For example, don't get close to the mold base in the Great Cold Underworld.

For another example, don’t go to places where people gather.

Of course, the most eye-catching reminder with the largest font is "Please do not eat out! Especially pickles and other raw and cold foods to avoid acclimatization."

Putting this small poster into his backpack, Jiang Zhun followed the example of the factory director and others and began to rest.

take off

…

LCK official live broadcast room.

At this moment, Bang, Faker, Peanut and other very popular LCK players are sitting together.

They are participating in the "LCK Canteen" officially organized by LCK.

The host Roaring Emperor spoke first:

"The main discussion in our cafeteria this time is about the strong enemies that KT, AFs, and Gen will face in this World Championship!"

The LCK Canteen program was a program officially organized by the LCK division after the defeat in last year’s S7 season to discuss the situation in other divisions before international competitions.

In every canteen, the program team will invite popular players from the LCK division or well-known players who have retired for analysis.

The entire canteen has been held twice, and the response has been very good.

But what is a little hard for the program team to accept is that in the mid-season championship and intercontinental competition, the LCK division was really similar to what these players predicted - neither achieved the ideal results!

"What's there to say about that?"

"EDG is still our biggest opponent."

"The second strongest enemy is RNG!"

"Then there is the FNC team in the European division."

Bang took the lead in speaking as the first player representative.

"After winning the championship last year, this veteran LPL team has been dominating the entire League of Legends with strong force."

"In addition, this year's version changes have become more beneficial to teams like EDG with outstanding top and jungle advantages, so whether it was before or now, he is still our most powerful opponent in the LCK division!"

emm, it is indeed EDG!

Although Roaring Emperor already knew the result, he still pretended to think it over carefully and said:

"Yes, they have won every championship they can in this year's event."

"I watched the short video of the LPL competition. All the EDG players were very proud to say that they will continue to win the championship in the World Championship this year and complete the Grand Slam throughout the year!"

A grand slam all year long!

After hearing what Roaring Emperor said, many players sitting in the LCK dining hall could not help but look slightly moved.

Even Triple Crown winner Faker couldn't help but move his lips.

Even though he currently has the most personal honors in League of Legends, he has not achieved a grand slam throughout the year.

Why!

When I think about it, I didn’t even make it to the World Championship this year.

Faker's heart became even more uncomfortable.

On the contrary, it was Wolf, another player from the SKT team, with a smile on his face.

Because he has two world championships, he is now the world's number one support with a well-deserved honor.

Even if EDG can win the World Championship this year, in terms of honor alone, Meiko will be tied with him at best.

"Do you want to go to the LPL league to support your retirement?" Wolf thought a little funny in his mind.

If he is lucky enough to win an LPL league championship, his status as the world's number one support player will become even more unshakable.

At the same time, the barrage in the Korean live broadcast room is also rolling:

[Axiba, it’s EDG again, I knew it was it! 】

【EDG? Is it the same team that Deft played against? Why was it that when Deft was in the team, the team's performance was so mediocre, but as soon as Deft left, he immediately won so many championships! 】

[In my opinion, RNG is the biggest opponent. In last year's World Championship, RNG put a lot of pressure on us. 】

[RNG, are you kidding me? Uzi's championships are not as many as EDG's in one season. For such a team without any major championship experience, do you think it can achieve good results in the World Championship? It’s like cannibalism and dreaming! 】

【LCK canteen? Why does it look like the SKT dining hall to me? 】

[Hahaha, except for the top jungler, all the others are SKT players. Wait, Han Wanghu also played in SKT last year, so except for the top lane, he is a star of SKT! 】

[Hey, stop opening this shitty canteen. Once you open the LCK, you will lose once in the World Championship. 】

…

"The team that poses the second greatest threat to our LCK division is still the team in the LPL division."

"R—N—G—"

"Old acquaintance."

"EDG, RNG, and WE are known as the three royal families in the LPL. However, although WE maintained the original team from last year this year, the team's performance plummeted after the coach left for the JDG team."

"Although I had a brief comeback in the summer split, I quickly returned to the position of goalkeeper in the playoffs."

Roaring Emperor talked about the situation in the LPL division.

The professional players sitting in the LCK division also listened to his analysis very carefully.

After all, when it comes to the performance of each team in the LPL division, they are sometimes not as clear as this old commentator who often goes back to explain the LPL Korean style.

"Why is RNG the second team we need to pay attention to? Player Wolf, please express your opinion."

The LCK dining hall was actually rehearsed.

Therefore, Xiaolang was not surprised.

After he put away his playful smile, he began to say seriously:

"RNG may be the biggest upset in this world championship!"