Chapter 44
July 6th.
The 2017 Intercontinental Series Asia Showdown officially opened.
This is the latest international event launched by Riot this year since the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational. The new competition system, which is based on states and brings together powerful teams from all continents around the world, with regions competing against each other, can be said to have swept the world and is very popular.
It was this event that pushed the reputation of the three major teams in the LPL region to its peak, and it was also a historic unity for the LPL region.
A few days after Bai Qiu was discharged from the hospital, it was exactly the 6th.
When I came to the training room that day, I saw IG people watching the live broadcast of the Intercontinental Championship with envy.
The Intercontinental Championship is held, and all regions around the world have entered a short off-season.
Each region has only four representative teams participating, and the quota is the top four teams in each region's annual spring season.
IG's performance in this year's spring season was not good, so they didn't even qualify to participate in the first year of the Intercontinental Championship.
""Alas... If I had played better in the spring season, why would I be a spectator now..." Ning Wang sighed, and the others were also a little frustrated.
Rookie sat in the middle chair and didn't say anything, but everyone could feel the envy in his eyes.
International competitions... Who doesn't want to play in international competitions as long as they are professional players?
Only international competitions are the real big stage, the best stage for the strongest players. There, as long as you play well, it is possible to increase your value tenfold or even a hundredfold with just one operation.
Becoming famous overnight, doubling your value, and having countless fans, this is the biggest charm of international competitions. Except for the finals, ordinary competition areas cannot compare to it.
"Qiu, how is your hand recovering during this period of time?"Rookie stopped thinking about it and turned to look at Bai Qiu next to him.
Bai Qiu raised his arm and shook it:"Pretty good."
He was telling the truth, but everyone didn't think so, because there was a scar on Bai Qiu's right arm... that was still very eye-catching.
"Alas... blame us, you should listen to the doctor and the therapist, don't be too anxious, and recover well."Rookie said:"I heard that you want to play rank recently... You can play, but don't play for too long..."
Bai Qiu knew that he meant well, and nodded in agreement.
After he returned to the club a few days ago, he was itching to play, but the club was afraid that he would have sequelae, so they refused to let him work too hard, which made Bai Qiu feel a little embarrassed.
Just now, he quietly played a rank game, and felt that his condition had improved a lot.
It should be because the system improved his physical condition.
At this time, the opening ceremony of the Intercontinental Championship has reached its climax. On the big screen, the four representative teams of the LPL region participating in the Intercontinental Championship this year, WE、RNG、EDG、OMG all made their debuts.
The atmosphere of the audience in Kaohsiung was explosive. The members of these teams stood on the stage with high spirits and were the center of attention for a while.
"Damn, they look so pretentious."Ning Wang complained bluntly, causing a lot of sour people to laugh.
However, there was also a bit of bitterness in his smile.
Among the four teams participating in the Intercontinental Championship from the LPL this year, not to mention the Big Three, IG couldn't even compete with OMG.
From this point, it can be seen that IG's current status and popularity in the LPL are indeed a bit lame.
After the opening ceremony, the Intercontinental Championship officially started.
IG had practiced with these four teams before, and now that the main competition has started, they have been spectators for four days wholeheartedly.
In these four days, too many classic things happened. On the first day of the LPL, all three teams lost and their morale was low. After the group stage, they were trampled under the feet of the Taiwan Division and ranked last.
In the semifinals later, they defeated Taiwan and counterattacked LCK in the finals.
On the last day of the Intercontinental Championship, RNG's Letme Qinggangying successfully TPed to the home, and the LPL Division won the entire Intercontinental Championship BO5 with a score of 3/2.
The scene exploded.
The LPL region and other regions were also blown up.
At this moment, the emotions that had been pent up for who knows how many years burst out. The LPL region was unprecedentedly united and finally defeated the LCK region in the international competition. Although it was just an intercontinental competition, it still made countless people cry.
The well-known LPL commentator Wawa even broke down in tears on the spot at the live broadcast site of Zhengda Plaza, unable to control his emotions.
Even the people from IG were so excited that their eyes were red.
Feeling the atmosphere on the scene and the momentum of unity of the LPL region, they were excited and yearned for it.
But unfortunately, they can't even compare with OMG, whose performance in the intercontinental competition was not outstanding. At least they are the protagonists and warriors, while they don't even have the qualifications to go to the battlefield...