Chapter 173 iG is invincible in the training match, the group stage begins!
Chapter 173 iG is invincible in the training match, the group stage begins! (8.4k subscription request)
On September 9, all members of the GT team arrived in Wuhan at four o'clock in the afternoon without saying hello to anyone!
The hotel booked is also the hotel designated by the LPL official with the assistance of Riot Games.
The hotel staff were really shocked that they had to book a month's stay right away.
After all, you need more rooms and they are more expensive.
One room costs more than 800 yuan a day, which means more than 20,000 yuan a month. I need six rooms, which I have never encountered before.
Of course, the main reason is that this hotel is neither very good nor very good, so it is rare to book a room for a month like this.
After arranging the accommodation, He Bin immediately started to deal with the computer.
A computer with this configuration is brand new and has been used for more than two months and can still be sold. Generally speaking, it is a small deal.
But it still takes an entire afternoon to install eight computers.
During this time, all GT members found an internet cafe in the hotel next door and sat in the canyon for five consecutive days!
A group of internet-addicted teenagers were so immersed in their own world that they didn't realize that the GT team was sitting next to them.
This is also good, no one will interfere with Li Yi and his team's training.
The Internet cafe is worth the price, with a gigabit internet speed and a download speed of 100m per second. The Korean server can be downloaded in two minutes. After arranging the accelerator, you can directly log in to the Korean server and start adapting to the new version.
This version is also the most important one this year.
Global Finals version.
Any team that can understand this version in advance and has solid strength will have a much better chance of winning the global finals championship.
In this version, there are actually quite a few teams that have an advanced understanding of black technology.
For example, War Zeal Female Tank...
In fact, it is also because of the strengthening of tank auxiliary equipment, as well as the slight weakening of Censer and Kalista.
But the overall situation has not changed, and it is even more biased towards the bottom lane.
So now there are many more hard supports in the bottom lane.
What GT is doing now is to choose soft assistance in every game.
Soft supports can restrain most hard supports because their hands are long enough in the early stage.
But as long as the level of hard support is raised and the difficult period is passed, the ability to force opening is unmatched by soft support.
You can take absolute initiative in team battles.
It’s true that after these few experiences, I have to say that the incense burner does not have absolute dominance.
The main thing is to have a hard support to aggregate the entire Zeke, and the jungler can help you get a Knight's Oath, the damage is not lower than that of the Censer, the most important thing is to take the initiative to start a team fight.
In fact, the positioning of the support in League of Legends is very important.
He needs to look at the overall lineup and choose heroes, and at the same time protect the AD while taking into account initiating a team fight or counterattacking.
Moreover, some teams and some players do not have the ability to initiate a team fight, but the support happens to have extremely strong team-initiating ability. However, in previous versions, the bottom lane was dominated by soft supports, which directly cut off one arm. Even if they follow up with the Censer, they will still lose, because no one initiates a team fight even though they have an advantage, and the disadvantage collapses directly.
But it is different now. Hard support can be used as a second-hand reference to make up for the ability to start a team fight.
To some extent, the strengthening of EDG is huge.
Because meiko is a famous Thresh and Alistar is known for his ability to start a team fight.
EDG has been in a difficult situation recently because the factory manager is not proactive in starting team fights.
Now that we have one more team initiator, it seems like we have a great chance of winning the World Finals.
In fact...it's a good choice for GT.
Liu Qingsong is a support with roaming ability, and he can completely activate the second system and come to the middle lane to c!
Because in this version, one of the heroes has been strengthened to a terrifying degree.
ez!
It has absolute dominance in the early stage.
Now many teams have started to study ez mid or ez jungle.
Because in last year's version, the blue ez jungler was wreaking havoc in the jungle.
This situation was changed only after an emergency weakening.
But Ezreal was released this year... It is indeed not compatible with the Censer support, but it can be combined with the jungle to form the Knight's Oath.
This is also what GT’s mid and jungle players started practicing.
I played seven games on the Korean server and the results were pretty good, with six wins and one loss.
I stretched and was about to continue, but then I felt someone staring at me.
I looked around and found that there was a person at the side who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, staring at his monitor.
"Abin?"
Li Yi smiled and waved to him.
Chen Zebin seemed a little embarrassed and turned his head to look at his screen...
"The takeaway is here. Brother Yi, your order is the green pepper and shredded pork rice." Jin Gong handed over a lunch box from the side.
"Brother Gongzi, what do you think of the World Finals version?"
"Stupid! It feels like it has nothing to do with the top lane. After playing the top lane for several games, the only thing left is development."
But this does fit the situation of top lane in ranked.
Because top lane is the hardest position to gain points among the five positions.
After all, the word "orphan" in the title of Top Lane Orphan was not added in vain.
In the game, you may make tactics specifically around the top lane, but don't even think about it in the ranking, especially now that AD is the absolute master and all resources revolve around AD.
No matter what hero it is, the top laner should be prepared with Knight's Oath or Zeke's Herald.
"However, it seems that the incense burner assistance is much less."
The good news in version 7.18 is that it is not that difficult to do BP on the red side.
Of course, this is just the ranking and the real situation still needs to be seen in the game.
After having supper at the Internet cafe, everyone logged off and left.
It’s almost time to go back to the hotel and rest, and the computer has been debugged.
Pack up and take all your equipment away.
Before leaving, Li Yi greeted the young boy Abin and gave him a thumbs up.
Fourteen-year-old Abin seems to have reached the King level now and is a very talented player.
If I remember correctly, he started playing professionally in 2019, but he was in Suning's second team at that time... He performed very well and was promoted to the first team the following year. He then shined in the global finals, getting a pentakill on Fiora.
It’s just a pity that we met the big turtle in his prime in the final.
Every position is top-notch, especially the jungler Sanshu.
He was definitely the world's number one jungler at that time.
Normally Saofen is no match for him, not to mention that he sometimes goes crazy.
In addition, the Sea Whip boy released all his energy the day before the global finals, and his condition was visibly bad.
The scene where ez was killed by Clockwork was even more top-notch.
So in that year...Abin was unable to achieve his peak achievement upon his debut.
In the simulation, Abin also launched his second attempt at the global finals.
It’s a pity that I didn’t simulate the ending and don’t know which side won the final.
But no matter which side it is, it is of commemorative significance.
Faker achieved five championships!
Becoming a five-time champion that is truly impossible to surpass.
The five-time champion of lck and the champion without a championship of lpl, to be honest, this combination feels quite reasonable and symmetrical.
After all, LPL has always compared Uzi with Faker, and they even have the title of rivals.
When he saw all the GT members leaving the Internet cafe, Abin walked towards where Li Yi was just now.
Seeing that there was still a lot of green pepper and shredded pork rice left, and he was hungry after playing games for such a long time, he picked up Li Yi's leftovers and started eating them.
……
But this is just a small episode.
GT did not hide the news that they had arrived in Wuhan, and photos of the players appeared online the next day.
At this moment, both EDG and RNG teams were unable to hold on.
No, why are you so stubborn?
Ran to Wuhan without saying anything?
After some thought and calculation, the two clubs chose to give up on GT.
We are all in China anyway. It only takes two or three hours to fly from Shanghai to Wuhan. There is no need to waste money. Isn’t it the same to train in the club?
Going to Wuhan to adjust your condition won't help you do much.
And there is another activity coming up, so I will consider these things after the activity.
During this period, the lpl official also specifically acted as a bridge and matchmaker.
The other five teams ranked in the top eight in the country were arranged to play training matches with GT, EDG, and RNG.
The main reason is that some clubs are afraid that their tactics will be exposed.
In this way, when playing training matches with teams that did not advance to the global finals, there will be no such considerations and no such pressure.
Anyway, GT is now the number one seed and can't arrange a training match with EDG...
Although RNG's management is somewhat dirty, it does not have much impact on the players.
We do play training matches quite often.
But among so many teams, iG is the one that puts the most pressure on GT.
On the first day of the training match, GT was stunned.
The dominance displayed by the bottom lane duo is a bit exaggerated.
Jin Gong couldn't help but type in the everyone channel.
[Xi Huang, when did you become so powerful? 】
[I am not west, I am the current substitute player jackeylove. ]
[You little bastard are really a bit scary! ] Li Yi also said jokingly.
[If you don’t win the global finals championship this year, we will have to win next year.] Yu Wenbo typed with confidence.
First of all, if an AD player does not even have confidence, then he will definitely play the game very cowardly. He will not be able to reap the rewards when he should, and the outcome of the team is also obvious. He is destined not to go too far.
So when it comes to faith, he has plenty.
Didn’t he easily get the starting position in the training match?
Of course, this also has a lot to do with Xihuang’s recent condition.
Xihuang is still upset about the defeat in the qualifiers.
It feels like I can't get out of this situation, and my condition has deteriorated seriously.
Then Yu Wenbo's age at this time had reached the requirements for the professional league.
What's more, he has been supported by the principal since 2016.
We must give it more opportunities...
As a result, the starting position temporarily became Yu Wenbo's.
Judging from his performance in the training match, he seems to have indeed filled in the last piece of the puzzle.
In the previous training match with RNG, they also successfully defeated RNG.
This also made all iG members think about a question... If Yu Wenbo was on the field during the game, would the outcome be different?
It feels really pity that there is such a small age difference between us.
If I can make it, I might get the third seed, or even higher.
EDG hasn't even scheduled a training match with them yet.
I don’t know what EDG’s level is at the moment, but they are hiding so deeply, they should have a big move, right?
……
Time flies quickly under the high-intensity training day by day. As the competition day approaches, more and more participating teams come to Wuhan.
Of course, the teams that came before were those who were going to participate in the knockout stage, even EDG came.
Li Jiongjun also took the initiative to arrange a training match, but I don’t know what they were thinking. He did not agree to the invitation this time, saying that their training match time had already been arranged.
Although EDG has not made an appointment, teams from other leagues have been strongly inviting them to play training games.
Even the Japanese team kept a low profile.
They came to the global finals with more of a learning attitude.
After all... they have a bunch of Diamond Masters in the Korean server, and the gap between them and the top five leagues can be imagined.
After all, any one of the five major leagues is at the level of the Korean server king, and even the top teams are at the top ten level.
Coming here to participate in the competition, if we can advance to the group stage, we will be very lucky.
Now that we have this opportunity, we will definitely not miss it to compete against GT, the current favorite to win the championship.
GT just happened to not have an appointment for a training match with EDG, so they thought about it and decided to warm up their hands first.
The attack was naturally very ruthless...
I made an appointment to play five games and easily finished the RPG in five games and fifteen minutes.
This group of Japanese were defeated so hard that they were convinced.
GT is an absolutely strong team!
Sease is the mid laner of the Empire Tiger, which is so terrifying. He can easily complete a single kill in two or three minutes.
It felt very strange. He clearly wanted to be sneaky, but no matter how sneaky he was, it couldn't change the final outcome. The people who got beaten were numb.
The coach of the Japanese team also understands one thing: you must never try to integrate into a circle that you cannot fit into.
As long as they continue to train like this, not only will the players not improve at all, but their confidence will be hit, and the subsequent knockout rounds will be even more troublesome.
He should just go and make an appointment with those wildcard teams that are at a similar level to him.
The five major leagues... we still have to pick out a few weak opponents later on, and winning them can also increase our confidence.
This year's goal is simple, just to qualify in the qualifiers.
Only by advancing to the group stage can we continue to learn more intense competitions.
And then GT showed such terrifying dominance in the training matches with the top five leagues.
The odds against all teams are basically evenly matched.
This made many teams feel very confused.
what's the situation?
Where did the dominance of the GT team go?
If they continue to perform like this, I think they can do it.
Of course, there are also many teams that don’t believe in training matches at all.
Anyone who treats a training match as a real match is a fool.
You have to know that the North American cult TSM has never lost in training matches and has never won in the main matches.
GT is obviously hiding something...
Or maybe they are trying out new tactics.
But judging from the current state, the players in the training matches are in very good condition.
However, domestic lol player fans couldn't help but worry when they heard the results of GT's training matches.
Version 7.18 seems to have had a big impact on them.
It is understandable that they cannot beat TSM in the training match, after all, TSM’s home court is in the training match for the World Finals.
It has been a regular feature every year. To put it simply, it’s invincible. I really can’t find any reason to lose.
This year is the most promising year for the North American League...
Then everyone can watch the joke in the main competition.
But GT didn't just lose to TSM, G2, and FNC were also exposed on Twitter. They felt that GT is just famous now, but its actual strength is no longer there.
Version 7.18 does have a huge impact on teams that have always focused on the mid lane.
Fans can't help but feel a little worried.
Could it be that GT won all the competitions this year except the World Finals, and then lost in the World Finals?
It is so sad and demoralizing that this grand slam is broken.
After so much discussion, GT's next race has become confusing.
The RNG Club has returned to everyone's attention.
Judging from this, RNG has a greater chance of winning the championship next time...
Riot has added fuel to the fire in this discussion.
Because there is also a reserved program for the World Championship.
The list of the top 20 players in the world is also known as the poisonous list. The reason is simple: in last year's global finals, all the players on this list were eliminated.
For example, Deft, who ranks third, and Zwada, who ranks fifth.
Then the four Tigers members who were ranked in the top ten ended up being carried away after losing to SKT in the semifinals.
You should know that the player ranked first at that time was the world's number one top laner smeb.
The main reason is that the strength displayed by Rox Tiger is too exaggerated.
Everyone thought they would win the global finals this year.
Now that the number one has been sent away, it further proves that this list is poisonous.
This is definitely a list of poisonous milk in the true sense.
However, the SKT players on the list did not seem to be affected.
Successfully won the S6 global finals and achieved two consecutive championships.
Of course, this does not affect everyone calling this list a toxic list.
Riot Games also began to announce the top 2017 players of at this time.
It's very interesting. In order to keep the suspense, they chose to announce the top 11 from the 20th.
Then the complete list will be announced starting from the tenth place.
The time was calculated so that the knockout round would be held the next day after the announcement.
Of course, once this list came out, audiences around the world were very interested in checking it out.
Check out where your favorite contestant ranks, and then discuss with everyone whether his or her ranking is high or low.
Moreover, this was officially announced, which is quite convincing.
20th place: TSM ad player Doublelift!
Riot's evaluation: TSM's absolute core player, the No. 1 ADC in North America, and the biggest contributor to the team's entry into the World Finals. We believe he will bring a completely different confrontation to the World Finals.
19th place: EDG mid laner Scout…
"Fuck! I'm actually ranked 18th!" Wushuang excitedly patted Li Yi while scrolling through his phone.
"Look, the top 20 contestants in the global finals are ranked 18th."
"A jungler with a unique style, who always appears in the right place at the right time, helping his teammates build a huge advantage. I feel that this evaluation of mine is also very good. He really helps his teammates build a huge advantage."
Jin Gong's ranking is also very high, directly reaching the eleventh place.
It’s a bit of a pity that the bottom lane duo was not selected.
The factory manager was ranked only 13th.
However, for the third seed, it is already very good to have two players selected in the top 20.
Riot still gave face to the factory manager for dominating the LPL in recent years, otherwise he would not be able to make it at all.
The ranking that was also announced also caused quite a bit of discussion in the country.
Because up to now no RNG player has come out, but this is quite normal. Xiaohu's performance in last year's World Finals was not satisfactory and did not leave any deep impression on everyone. He did not have any dominant performance in the league this year. He was beaten directly by Li Yi in the middle lane. To be fair, it is indeed unlikely that he will appear in the top ten.
Then Uzi must be one of the top ten players of RNG, which is quite reasonable.
After all, this team achieved such results thanks to the bottom lane.
It is quite reasonable for uzi to rank high.
Now there is a question. Sease is definitely one of the top two players, but is he first or second?
If we go by this year's results, it would definitely be number one.
The domestic dominance is top-notch, with spring and summer season champions.
In international competitions, we won the Mid-Season Championship and then the Intercontinental Championship.
If you look at it this way, it's a bit unreasonable that sease is not ranked first.
Of course, Faker has three championships, two of which were consecutive.
In terms of historical status, he is the first person.
But speaking of this year...there is indeed no one who can surpass Li Yi.
It depends on whether the official ranking is for traffic or based on the current situation.
Everyone is looking forward to the list of the top ten contestants...
Sure enough, he revealed some shocking news as soon as he arrived.
uzi directly ranked fifth, surpassing bang.
In fact, everyone thought that the puppy would be ranked higher, but no one expected it to be so high.
Naturally, there are many controversies.
The main reason is that uzi still doesn't have a championship this year.
A champion is not really convincing.
Bang at least has a spring championship, and he has never lost to Uzi in any previous game.
But uzi’s fans also have something to say.
This is scored and ranked based on this year's performance.
Pray directly surpassed Faker and ranked second in the world.
The evaluation is also very high.
"He is efficient and stable, winning MVP time and time again, leading the team to successfully defeat SKT, winning the LCK championship, becoming the number one seed in the region, and well-deservedly ranked second in strength. He is also officially considered the strongest AD player!"
With so many examples, the little fans are not afraid at all.
First place: Sease, mid laner of GT team.
Riot’s evaluation: This new player who shines like a bright star in the competition is a true miracle worker.
His performance on the court was nothing short of crazy. Time and again, he turned seemingly impossible situations around, turning decay into magic and astonishing all the spectators.
He is the focus in every game. His exaggerated display of strength scares his opponents and reassures his teammates.
In this year's competition, he is the undisputed number one, writing his own legend with his strength, and is a myth in the hearts of countless players. His existence is not only the glory of the team, but also the highlight of the entire competition, and he is the most dazzling existence on this competitive stage.
What we want to know more is whether he can continue his rookie legend this year?
Anyone could see that Riot gave Li Yi a very high evaluation.
But such high praise made fans very unhappy.
You have made several consecutive changes to the versions...do you still have any shame?
Damn it, you’re trying your best to attack the middle lane?
Then the list of contestants will be announced and Show God will be ranked first.
People always say that after a slap in the face, you give a date, but you, on the other hand, gave me a heavy blow and gave me a peanut.
How about the world's number one ranking? The version was greatly affected, and the original simple mode was forcibly turned into a difficult mode.
Fans still feel a little unhappy.
"Brother Yi, as expected, you are still ranked first. But isn't my ranking too far behind yours?"
"We are the world's number one mid and jungler. Since you are number one, I should be in the top ten, right?" Wushuang said helplessly.
"Don't you think it's a bad thing to be on this list? Last year, the No. 1 player was slashed so much and lost to SKT. This year, I was also targeted a lot, wasn't I? In fact, as long as I can win the World Championship, it doesn't matter if I don't make this ranking?"
"That's true. It's better to line up at the back..."
What you get is the real thing.
Official Riot rankings like this actually have no meaning.
Because if you win the global finals championship, you will be the strongest team and the strongest five people.
Aren't championships and skins more useful than your words?
Similarly, when these rankings were announced, many clubs were also discussing them.
Of course, the main thing is the teams on the list.
Those who are not on the list can only watch the fun and then have to start training again.
After all, if no one in a team can make it, can we still expect the team to win the championship?
If you train more, maybe you can last longer in the global finals.
Every bit of persistence can increase your exposure and help you establish your own value.
Inside SKT's training room.
Faker flipped through the list and Riot Games announced the top 20 players in the global finals.
When he saw that he was in third place, there was no expression on his face.
But he was holding back a lot of energy in his heart.
As a professional player, his desire to win is exaggerated.
Last year he was not ranked first, and the first place was not against him, which made him not feel much sense of accomplishment after defeating the Tigers.
But this year... I couldn't even maintain the second place ranking.
Indeed, it is difficult to accept from the performance point of view.
Apart from a spring championship, there was nothing else to win.
This ranking...seems reasonable.
Pick up the mouse and press the search game button.
Although the official gave him a League of Legends super account for the Chinese server, he is still more adapted to the Korean server.
On this day, the big devil wanted to wreak havoc on the Korean server again to vent his resentment.
It’s a pity that choosing a hero in the middle lane requires a lot of time to develop.
As a result, the opponent's ADC was defeated in the 27th minute. Under this circumstance, we only lasted until the 34th minute and lost the rank game.
The big devil picked up the water cup beside him and took a sip of water, showing no change in emotion.
Then he opened the music player and played the S7 World Championship theme song just released by Riot Games.
《Legends Never Die》Legends will never die!
Listening to the song coming from the headphones, Faker began to hum softly.
His legend continues and will never die out.
At this time, Li Yi was also playing this song.
I have to say, the quality of this song is really exaggerated.
If you tell people that this music was made by a gaming company, I guess few people would believe it.
This is why Riot Games also has a nickname of a gaming company.
The quality of the songs is extremely exaggerated.
The subsequent Battle of Two Cities illustrates exactly one thing.
Riot Games is an all-around company.
I was also thinking about what the theme song said...the legend will never die.
According to the current legend, it is undoubtedly Faker.
But uzi can also be regarded as a living fossil of LPL e-sports.
Coupled with the Royal Club's Never Give Up, it seems that this buff has been stacked up to the maximum.
There are indeed a lot of people discussing this, but there is no doubt that this song is extremely popular and has been played on repeat in many people's music players.
All preparation processes are completed.
The global finals finally officially kicked off.
September 26th, qualifying round.
The Wuhan Gymnasium was filled with people.
Although the online attention was not high, the offline audience did fill the entire venue.
Looking around, all I saw were heads.
LPL has also made sufficient preparations for this year's global finals.
The first thing is to explain the lineup.
The commentary team sent by the LPL official this time is a super luxurious team consisting of Wawa, Miller, Su Xiaoyan, Changmao, Jide, Rita, Zeyuan, Zhihuan, Wang Duoduo, Haokai, Youzi, Xiaosan, and Yutong.
At the same time, Wei Xiao, Sun Yalong, PDD, Shen Chao and Xiao Cang were also invited as guests.
Originally there was a Miss who was to be the guest...but because she said that during the live broadcast, that she was just a PUBG anchor, the official gave up the invitation.
With Xiao Cang around, things won’t be worse than with Miss.
And these paths were chosen by myself. Since she chose to split, then let's complete the split with her.
There is no way, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is indeed the most popular game right now.
It would have been even worse if GT hadn't won the mid-season tournament.
It's pretty stable now.
At least not so many anchors switched to Pubg.
There is also a small episode that Lu Benwei was caught cheating at the age of 33 and was ready to prove himself.
This is also one of the reasons why the official did not invite Lu Benwei. There are too many rhythms, and they have nothing to do with League of Legends.
The first match of Group A of the knockout stage.
It is the match between LPL's third seed EDG and GMB.
Although GMB is indeed the champion of the independent league, as a wildcard team, there is definitely a huge gap in strength between them and the top five leagues.
EDG won the game easily.
The junior's Lucian successfully controlled the lightning.
It took only fifteen minutes to successfully complete the super god level.
When the camera turns to the younger brother, you can see his high-spirited expression.
It looks like they have completely recovered from the defeat in the league.
It's not just EDG.
C9 and FNC also launched a dimensionality reduction attack against other leagues, so it can be said that there is no suspense at all.
The result was the same. Both EDG and C9 teams advanced as the first in their groups after winning four games. The King of Europe took a nap, lost a small game and could only advance with three wins and one loss.
But the final outcome was no surprise.
Especially the younger brother had a great time bullying the weaker players, with average statistics of 8-1-9.
It can be said that he experienced the pleasure of Li Yi bullying the weak opponents in the game.
It turns out that this is what a dimensionality reduction attack works like, and then I believe even more in his Lucian mid laner.
The teams that finally won the places in the group stage were EDG, C9, FNC, and FB.
Unfortunately, the HKA team from Hong Kong failed to get a spot.
“FNC, FB, EDG and C9 successfully broke through the qualifying round and will be divided into four groups: ABCD.”
"The next thing we are going to do is our drawing ceremony, everyone, don't leave!"
After Ren Dong finished speaking, Sima Laozei, the guest, appeared on the stage.
The audience stared at the four black balls, which were drawn out one by one by Sima the old thief.
The team drawn into Group A is C9!
The C9 team that was drawn out had very ugly expressions on their faces.
Group A is the real group of death...
With the two teams SKT and GT here, how can they get a place to advance?
I feel like we are really unlucky in this World Championship. We have been targeted in various ways and are now placed in Group A.
Next up is FNC.
Then EDG was picked out, and the fans were very happy because RNG was in Group C, so they were directly moved to Group D.
In this way, the hope of advancement is still quite high.
With the draw completed, the groupings for the global finals were also determined.
Group A: GT, SKT, AHQ, C9.
Group B: Longzhu, IMT, GAM, FNC.
Group C: G2, SSG, RNG, FB.
Group D: FW, MSF, TSM, EDG.
Next comes the waiting time.
Although the group stage starts on October 5th and there are only three days left, for the audience these three days feel like years and are simply too long.
But it is very fulfilling for the players.
Because these three days can be used for training and finding mistakes.
GT’s favorite thing to do is to play training matches with iG.
October 5th.
The League of Legends World Championship has finally officially begun!
(End of this chapter)