Chapter 42 Come on, WE!
"Are you confident?"
In the dark corridor, Abu smiled and patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder.
"Ah."
Wearing an EDG uniform, the handsome but calm young man nodded gently.
Abu raised his head slightly and watched him walk into the light of the stage.
Time flies so fast, and now EDG is about to play in the semifinals.
This is also related to the current LPL competition system.
Since the founding of LPL in 2013, the LPL competition system has undergone many reforms.
The one that has the greatest impact is the reform of the competition system from 2015 to 2016.
2015年LPL春季赛季后赛规则为8支季后赛队伍首先按照积分第1对积分第8（A组），积分第2对积分第7（B组），积分第3对积分第6（C组），积分第4对积分第5（D组）的方式。
The competition is divided into 4 groups, the winner advances to the semi-finals, and the loser is directly eliminated.
The semi-finals are between the winner of Group A and the winner of Group B, and the winner of Group C and the winner of Group D. The winning team in the semi-finals advances to the finals, and the losing team in the semi-finals participates in the third place match.
All matches adopt a BO5 single-elimination elimination system.
But there are loopholes in this playoff format.
For this reason, in the second half of the regular season of this spring season, in a key battle that affects the playoff rankings, in order to avoid an early encounter with the strong team EDG in the playoffs, IG and LGD also staged a classic BO5.
That was the "spectacular" "Oscar night."
This has also made this competition format controversial.
It was precisely this loophole in the competition system that led League of Legends officials to immediately launch a new playoff system in the 2015 LPL Summer Split.
That is to say, the weight brought by the regular season rankings to the playoffs is increased, and the regular season rankings are used to directly determine the team's schedule and difficulty in the playoffs, thereby motivating the teams ranked in the middle to perform well in the regular season. Performance.
The purpose is also obvious, which is to prevent some teams in the middle of the league from using so-called "reasonable" methods to avoid early encounters with strong teams in the playoffs, so that the teams can achieve a better ranking in the playoffs.
Specifically:
Teng Jing: Don’t rush into the regular season and play hard!
This rule has also been extended to the current 2017 Spring Split.
The teams in the current playoffs are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B. According to the regular season rankings, they are divided into A1 to A4 and B1 to B4. The smaller the number, the higher the ranking.
Start playing in pairs and gradually advance.
For example, A3 hits B4, and A4 hits B3.
然后胜者再与A2或者B2进行下一轮的较量，一直到最后与从半决赛开打的B1/A1进行半决赛BO5，胜者打入决赛。
After the losers of the semi-finals on both sides advance to the third-place match, the winner will begin the finals.
And there is currently another rule that many people think is outrageous:
【Let one set】
That is, the team with a ranking advantage in the regular season will score one point by default in the first game of the playoffs, and the game will start at 1:0.
This is also to force the teams to pay more attention to the regular season and prevent something like "Oscar Night" from happening again that makes the audience laugh.
And now the sudden emergence of EDG has changed the current LPL grouping.
RNG, which was originally supposed to be in the same group as EDG, was assigned to another group. Instead, WE was assigned to the same group as EDG.
In the early stages of the playoffs, EDG had no competition and could directly play in the semifinals.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is WE's game, because that game will determine EDG's opponent.
After defeating this opponent, we directly entered the finals. This is the benefit of being top two in the regular season.
Of course, teams that have finished the semi-finals need to take a break, so there is another equally important game before the finals:
Upgrade or downgrade! In a sense, this game is more important to some teams.
Because according to the order, the teams ranked first and second from the bottom in the LPL must compete with the runner-up and third-place teams in the secondary league LSPL for promotion and relegation.
The loser will be dropped to the LSPL, which means that the team owner's money to buy the quota is wasted.
As for the LSPL championship?They don't need to be promoted or relegated and will directly enter the LPL.
Promotion and relegation are very the gap between LSPL and LPL is so big, the popularity is basically non-existent, and the salary gap between players is also ridiculously large.
The current contract fees of LPL first-line players are basically between 1000 million and [-] million a year, and LSPL players can earn [-] per month, which is considered important by the team.
There are LSPL players at the bottom who earn [-] yuan a month.
Therefore, for LSPL players, entering the LPL is a must, because that represents money and fame.
You can imagine how hard they worked.
And Xu Yuan is also preparing to take a good look at this game, because there are teams in this game that he is more interested in.
YM.
A..."magical" team.
On January 2016, 1, as MGB manager announced the acquisition of E-Sports Club, it officially changed its name to YM E-Sports Club and began competing in the 1 LSPL.
Their rankings are not low every season, and they can basically reach the LSPL finals and qualify for promotion and relegation.
however……
From the beginning of the team establishment to the cancellation of promotion and relegation in the LPL league.
YM just failed to break into LPL from LSPL.
When Yu was controlling floods, he could only pass through his house three times without entering.
Good guys, YM has been promoted and relegated seven times in total and lost all of them! This is already seven times in the LPL without making it.
The most important thing is that the configuration of this team is not only not bad, but also very strong.
Ning, Tian.
The only Fmvp junglers in LPL are both from YM.
The famous future warrior, the golden left hand Knight, is also from YM.
Even RNG's "not for sale" Titan Wang Xiaoming is also from YM.
What configuration is this?
Are you telling me that you can't win a small promotion or relegation? The opponent is just the bottom team in the LPL.
are you kidding me? (Cat King question) Explain it to those who don’t understand: It's probably equivalent to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi being on the same team, and then the two of them went to play in China's Serie A, and then they didn't win.
It's that crazy.
So many people feel that YM is not very "clean".
In layman's terms, it means playing a fake game and losing on purpose.
The purpose is to eat spinach.
After all, there are too many fake greyhound racing in the LSPL.
Xu Yuan was equally curious.
This is also something that has puzzled him for a long time. He must see this promotion and relegation.
of course……
The more important thing now is to defeat WE and enter the finals.
Face the winner between RNG and JDG! He stood quietly on the stage, but people couldn't take their eyes away.
"Ok!"
"Welcome to the 2017 League of Legends semi-finals where EDG will face WE!"
"In the end, EDG won the first battle and successfully reached the finals."
"Or will WE go against the wind and defeat the invincible EDG?"
"Now, the game begins!"
Miller in the commentary box was impassioned.
Offstage, the audience was full of expectations.
On the stage, the young man raised his eyebrows and chuckled.
(End of this chapter)