Chapter 72: S4 Group Stage
After receiving the award, Yun Luoyang did not stay in South Korea, but flew back to China non-stop.
He now has a feeling that his feet are too busy to touch the ground, he has just arrived at Zhonghai Airport, and within a day of resting back to the base, he immediately has to pack his luggage again and fly to Europe.
The last S4 tournament was held in South Korea from September 18, 2014 to October 19, 2014 for one month.
But this year's timing is different, one is to make way for the Asian Games, and the other is to change the new venue.
Since the beginning of '14, Riot has announced that this year's S tournament will be held in Europe.
The reason why the last S4 was in South Korea was because South Korea won the global championship in S3, and in order to commemorate the Koreans winning the championship, the venue was placed in Seoul, South Korea.
And S2-S3 in this world are all championships won by Chinese, and it stands to reason that it should be held in China.
However, the influence of League of Legends in 14 years is still not as great as that in 17 years, and it is still difficult to apply to be held in China. The main problem is that the point of applying for the Bird's Nest to be held was not so quick to reach an agreement.
As a result, Riot decided to apply to host MSI and S5 in China next year, while at the same time holding this year's S Tournament in Europe.
The group stage is in Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain.
The knockout round was in Berlin, Germany, and the final was in London, England.
It was placed in London in honour of FNT, the first S Race winner in history. FNT's headquarters are in London, so the final venue is located there.
At that time, the United Kingdom did not plan to leave the European Union and join Africa, so it was natural to hold the final in the United Kingdom.
Although the championship of S1 was the most uninteresting championship in history, and even the competition venue was played in an Internet café, but it was also a main match admitted by Riot, so it was naturally to give some face.
The opening ceremony in Paris, originally scheduled for September 18, was postponed to September 22 to provide some convenience for South Korea, China and Southeast Asia, after all, the Asian Games are still very humane.
But even so, Yun Luoyang's itinerary was very hurried. After playing the Asian Games on September 19, I flew back to China on the same day, and I didn't even make the most basic adjustments, I immediately flew to Paris, and then I started playing training matches with jet lag, and I didn't stop for a moment.
It can be said that Yun Luoyang is very tired these days and has little time to rest. And he is not allowed to rest, because he is the backbone of FD, and once he falls, FD is prone to some forks.
Although this game did not have even a single substitute like last year, FD brought the Tiger General from the secondary league and came over as a substitute midlaner.
However, after a year of training, General Tiger barely reached the top level of the second-rate mid-laner, and the gap between him and the first-class mid-laner took at least half a year of experience. If Yun Luoyang falls and replaces General Tiger, in this double-C version, it is estimated that FD will instantly fall from the T0 team to the T1 downstream team.
On September 22, just arrived in Paris the day before yesterday, and after only one day of training, FD had to play.
Because this year's format is different from previous years, this year, no matter how seeded you are, you have to play in the group stage.
A total of 16 teams, divided into four groups of four teams in each group, the top two teams in the group stage advance to the quarterfinals, play the knockout round, and then the final.
FD had bad luck and were placed in Group A, which led to them playing on the day of the tournament on September 22.
In fact, Yun Luoyang came the slowest, as early as after the end of the LPL playoffs, FD people came to Paris. The others were idle and had nothing to do to browse the scenery of Paris before the start of the game, and he was still playing the game in South Korea alone.
And after he arrived, not only did he not have a good visit to Paris, the famous pearl of Europe, but also had to continue to play training matches in the training room, which was very uncomfortable.
On September 22, it rained heavily in Paris.
The sky was cloudy, the rain was falling cracklingly, and the whole of Paris was shrouded in smoke and rain.
China is seven hours ahead of France, and while LPL spectators are waiting for the game to start at 6 p.m. on their computers or mobile phones, it's only 11 a.m. in Paris, an hour before the game starts.
Yun Luoyang came down from the hotel with a mask on, and the reason why he wore a mask was not because many people here knew him and regarded him as a big star.
It's that he has a cold.
I don't know if it's because of the fatigue of the journey or because the temperature in Paris has plummeted in the past few days, he is feeling very bad now.
Fortunately, the venue of the venue was in the hotel where they lived in Yunluoyang, so there was no need for him to run around, and if he went outside to blow the wind, Yun Luoyang felt that he had to die of illness on the streets of Paris.
But don't look at it as a hotel, but it is the top hotel in Paris, they have built a large gymnasium inside the hotel, which is the venue for many international sports events and many top stars to hold concerts, the space is very large, and it is more than enough to host an S4.
Yun Luoyang snorted while shrinking his neck and followed the team members to the venue.
The hotel is connected to the stadium and is a large corridor, surrounded by European-style castle-like buildings with reliefs of various angels and Jesus, and it is said that this hotel has been around for hundreds of years and is full of historical vicissitudes.
The hallway is indoor, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, and crackling raindrops sliding down the glass. There are not many people in the hotel, they are all traveling guests, and no one pays attention to their line of work.
But when you enter the stadium, it's different, and the noise is loud. Thousands of spectators are entering, and the movement can be heard backstage.
Yun Luoyang opened the backstage and looked outside, a large number of spectators were looking for a place, and there were still many spectators queuing up at the entrance outside to check in for admission, and nearly 10,000 people watched this group stage, and it seemed that Europeans still love e-sports very much.
"The first game is when we play, is there a problem?"
Back in the lounge, Lao Ma looked at Yun Luoyang.
Yun Luoyang took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped his nose, his nose was red, and he said angrily: "It's okay, I can withstand it." ”
"The first stick is Brother Luoyang, the brother of the three-star blue team you hammered in South Korea, Sanxingbai, the second seed of the Koreans. Even their No. 1 seed was won by Brother Luoyang, and their No. 2 seed is not a scumbag, just hang and beat? ”
Ah Guang on the side bragged about Yun Luoyang without a trace.
The relationship between FDG and FD is the same as that of Samsung, they are both the same company and the same management, so the two teams are very close. The 10 players not only mingle together every day, but even play training matches, they also play a lot by themselves and their own families.
In fact, FDG did not play today, they were placed in Group C, which means they will not start their group stage journey until September 29 in Madrid, Spain.
However, today FDG and the royal family have made an appointment to play a training match together in the afternoon, and there is an Internet café in the hotel, which is currently used as a training room for the team. The training room is not far from the venue, so several people from FDG came over to watch the FD game by the way and cheer for the brother troops.
"It's not that simple."
Yun Luoyang threw the snot paper into the trash, shook his head and said: "The tactics of Samsung Blue are very advanced, and it took me a lot of effort to kill them, if it was simple, it would not be 3 to 2." If the tactics of Samsung White are no worse than those of Samsung Blue, there will be a hard fight today. ”
"Hmm."
Lao Ma nodded: "Abu and I also studied the tactics of Samsung Blue later, which is very powerful, if we still fight like usual, we will definitely be broken by them one by one, so we still have to be careful." ”
"Let's make tactical adjustments first, I'm a little dizzy today, if I don't play well in the first game, General Tiger will go. Except for the South Korean team, the other two are not strong, and we have no problem crushing them in the group stage. ”
Yun Luoyang held his forehead, he felt as if he had a fever.
It's actually normal for people to be sick, and playing games with a fever may affect some states, but he took medicine yesterday and took it this morning, as long as he doesn't have a fever to faint, the impact is generally not too great, unless he dies and eats beef noodles and Haidilao, otherwise a small cold can't help him.
An hour before the game, FD made plenty of tactical arrangements, and soon, at 12 noon, the first game of the group stage officially began.
FD VS Samsung White!