On May 3rd, the V5 and G2 teams set off together to Reykjavik to participate in this year's MSI.

Game No. 6 is about to begin.

Considering the long-distance flight, there are also things like adjusting for jet lag.

It is more reasonable to leave three days in advance.

This flight is quite long. It takes almost a day to take off from Shencheng.

I made two connecting flights on the way and arrived here around 9pm.

Riot Games has arranged a hotel in advance, but the rooms where V5 and G2 are located are not on the same floor.

I just came here and met a lot of teams from other divisions.

Someone also took the initiative to take a photo with Chen Ke. After all, he is the champion AD. Maybe there are a few fans among the professional players in other regions.

Professional players also have their own idols, and many of them will even talk about this publicly.

For example, the director of the factory was famously beaten by fans.

But to be honest, Chen Ke has never heard of these teams and players.

They are all teams from other small competition regions. It is estimated that even many domestic commentators cannot figure it out without checking the information.

This year’s MSI format has changed compared to previous years.

In previous years, there were only six teams, and everyone came over to play directly in the group stage.

Among them, Vietnam is the team representing the wild card division, and it is basically the weakest among the six teams.

At least everyone has heard of the Vietnamese team.

This year, these teams from the Atlantic Division, the Brazilian Division, the CIS Division, and the Xiaotian Division are all here.

In previous years, when six teams played together, it was called the group stage.

But this year’s group stage will be conducted in groups.

It is divided into three groups, LPL, LCK and European division each occupy a group.

There are four teams in each group, which is the same as the group stage in the World Championship, with two teams in each group qualifying.

After the group stage is over, there will be just enough six teams to continue playing double round-robin BO1 like in previous years.

It’s just that this stage this year is called a competition.

This arrangement increases the number of games and extends the time of the entire event.

MSI will be played for nearly a month, and it’s almost time to catch up with the S game.

For strong teams like China and South Korea, it makes little sense to force a group stage.

In terms of advantages, playing a weaker team first can warm up the opponent first.

Some teams are really slow to warm up, and it’s a bit confusing to only play in the group stage.

When he regained his form, he found that he had been eliminated.

It would be even more torture for the audience, and the game would be too less enjoyable to watch.

Either it’s abusing the vegetables, or it’s just the rookies pecking each other.

The biggest highlight is that everyone wants to see if any strong team overturns.

Before the World Championship qualifying rounds started last year, no one thought that Lao Gandad could lose like that.

The grouping has been out for a long time, and Chen Ke has also seen it, but he can’t remember it now.

Chen Ke really wanted to be placed in a group with Team Xiaori, but Team Xiaori was placed in a group with G2.

After the group came out, Chen Ke never mentioned this matter to his G2 brothers throughout the whole process, for example, he said that he should remember to increase his intensity when playing small games.

There is no point in saying this. No matter how cruel others are, it is better to do it yourself.

And based on Chen Ke’s understanding of the G2 team, Chen Ke wouldn’t be surprised if they lost to the Little Rift team in Bo1.

The three teams in the same group as V5 are the PSG team from Hong Kong Island.

The unicorn team in the CIS region and the INF team in the Brazilian region.

The situation in the group is relatively clear. The two qualifying spots are basically V5 and PSG.

There is still a big gap between the strength of the two teams behind them and entering the top six.

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After a day and a half of adjustment, on the evening of May 6th, domestic time, Chen Ke and the others will face the first match of this MSI.

The game starts at 9pm domestic time.

Considering the time difference, this time is actually relatively friendly to Eastern audiences.

V5's game is in the third game. If they schedule one game per hour, their game will start at 11 o'clock in the evening.

But one game per hour is probably not enough time.

In addition to having a BP, you have to prepare for the next game after the interview.

Fortunately, for young people who like to watch games, eleven o'clock is not too late.

Even for some, the evening has just begun at this point.

Today, V5’s opponent is the PSG team.

Playing against the provincial team is the most interesting thing in this group.

The PSG team is officially said to be a team from Hong Kong Island because it is registered there.

But there are a lot of people from Wanwan’s side, from coaches, management to players, there are a lot of Flash Wolves remnants.

So after the Wanwan division was disbanded, everyone basically regarded this team as the team over there.

When they fight against the team over there, they say it’s the father who beats the son.

But after so many years of competition, it has actually happened more than once or twice that the LPL team failed to beat the Wanwan team in a BO1 match.

If V5, which has high hopes from fans to win the championship, overturns in the first game, it is simply unacceptable.

Many black people are also paying attention.

So the first game is very critical for V5.

If he had to lose, Chen Ke would rather lose to Brazil's worse divisions than lose to Wanwan.

Those frogs are so annoying.

Of course, this is just a statement. With such intensity in the group stage, as the favorite to win the championship, if you still lose, there is absolutely no way to wash it off.

Over at the PSG team, you can see that there are a lot of familiar people.

First of all, the top and middle are Hanabi and Maple, both of whom were former Flash Wolves.

Having played in so many world events, viewers who often watch games must be very familiar with it.

Generally speaking, the level of the two of them is just like that. After the people from Flash Wolves saw that Kasa came and did well, they all chose to come to the LPL to develop.

There is nothing wrong with people going up high, choosing a better platform, and striving for better treatment.

Before Maple came, everyone thought he was good, but after he came, they found out that was just the way it was.

Of course, the main problem is that his salary is not low.

If you charge a cabbage price like that, no one can bear to blame you.

If the salary is not low and the salary is like that, then there is no way to accept it. In the end, if you can’t survive, you will have to go back.

Hanabi is considered the weakest one, he didn’t even have a chance to come.

I will be more familiar with the AD who will soon face Chen Ke, and the big dog teacher who will come to LPL to develop in the future.

The man who put God on the bench.

Nosuke is a little unfamiliar. The jungler is River, the Korean aid, and the support is KaiWing.

In the first game, V5 is on the red side.

On the opposite floor, Kai'Sa, the most popular hero at the moment, was chosen directly.

The 11.9 version adopted by MSI has certain changes compared to the previous LPL playoff version.

Generally speaking, the bottom lane ecology has not changed much. The popular heroes are still Kai'Sa and Xiaopao.

Kasumi's priority has declined somewhat.

In addition, heroes like Varus can also be played out.

Everyone had studied it before the fight. When PSG banned people, they chose to deal with the two heroes Varus and Lucian in the first round.

When it was V5's turn to select players, they directly selected the upper jungle, Gnar and Udyr.

In version 11.9, the jungle position is relatively boring.

In most games, there are two heroes, Udyr and Morgana.
To be continued...