The MSI midseason competition rules and regulations are very simple.

The six participating teams from various competition areas will first play two rounds of group matches. Each team will play a total of 10 games in two rounds. Based on the cumulative points of the win or loss, the top four will advance to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals begin and enter the BO5 competition system.

The four teams decided to win each other, and the two winning teams advanced to the final.

The finals are also in the BO5 format.

The team that won three victories was the MSI championship this time.

According to a basic situation in previous years, the six teams in the six major competition areas made a simple ranking of strength, without any suspense, and the teams in the wild card competition areas were at the bottom. Then, the Taiwan server competition areas have only been ranked fifth in the past few years. Occasionally, they may suddenly break out and rush forward, but they are still not as good as the remaining few old competition areas.

Go forward-

The LPL region of the national server and the two LCS regions of Europe and the United States are basically in a state of equality. The battle data of various international competitions in previous years also shows that the three major regions always have wins and losses, and it is hard to say whoever is better than whoever.

Therefore, the teams in these three competition areas are often classified as the same echelon, while the LMS competition areas in the Taiwan server are considered to be half a position behind.

The last remaining Korean server LCK competition area is recognized as the strongest competition area in the first echelon.

But in fact, judging from previous years, the LCK region's lead over the second tier behind was not completely unaware of it, and occasionally it was caught up by the second tier teams.

Therefore, their lead is also considered to be only half a position ahead.

If we look at this judgment and analysis, this year's MSI midseason match should be an event with extremely fierce competition and great suspense.

Basically, except for the wild card competition area destined to be a foil of green leaves, it is hard to say that anyone can laugh to the end of the confrontation between the representative teams of the other five competition areas - even if the Taiwan server competition area that seems to be ranked fifth in theory, it may not be impossible to get upset and pull the strongest Korean server competition area off.

However.

When this time the MSI officially kicked off.

When the representative teams from the six major competition areas quickly entered the hot and fierce battle.

Almost immediately, everyone discovered that this year's MSI may not be measured and judged by the old ideas of the past.

everything.

Compared with previous years, new changes have taken place.

...

To a certain extent, this year's MSI is not completely different from previous years.

At least, in the first round of the group stage, the two major LCS regions in Europe and North America, as well as the LMS regions in the Taiwan server, from MLG to Seaso

Team, and then to Assassination Team—

The various confrontations between the three teams are still familiar and fierce stalemate, and it is easy to distinguish between the two.

The Assassination Wins MLG.

MLG beat Seaso

.

Seaso

He turned around and knocked the assassination down.

To put it simply, the competition between these three teams was 1 win and 1 loss in the first round, and no one got more advantage.

Then the three teams easily won a victory from the representative teams in the wild card division, so after four games, the overall results were 2 wins and 1 loss.

The record is exactly the same, and the score is very tight.

For ordinary players and viewers from all over the world, this scene is quite familiar and no wonder.

but.

This is just a matter of the situation after temporarily excluding the other two teams.

If the two teams in the national server LPL and Korean server LCK are also included, then—

Everything is completely different from previous years.

If God-Hand of God and SSK are included.

Then, the other four MSI teams will have to add two more defeats in the first round.

In other words, against wildcards, the top teams in the four major competitions in Europe, America and Taiwan, God-Hand of God and SSK won all the first four games.

It is not surprising that SSK can achieve such results.

But God-God's Hand does this, which is enough to make the outside world amazed and moved, and countless fans of the national server player are ecstatic!

This year's LPL...

It really rose!

...

It was previously said that according to the strength of the competition area, the national LPL region was originally comparable to the European LCS and North American LCS regions. If you have the chance to win or lose.

It is also impossible to say that the assassination in the LMS division of the stage server is a stable victory.

But in the first round of the MSI group stage—

God-The Hand of God defeated MLG, Assassination and Seaso

Team!

Facing the three powerful enemies, which are the top French kings in Europe, the top junglers of the Seven Kings and the World Support God, the God team showed a more stunning style this time!

Fight hard and win!

And compared to this, there is even more shocking and even ecstatic news.

The four games of the Wild Card, Taiwan server and European and American competition areas will be calculated, including the complete record of the first round of the group stage of God-Hand of God.

It is a victory in all five battles.

In contrast, the SSK team, which also won the other four BO1 games, had a final first-round record of 4 wins and 1 loss.

God-The Hand of God and SSK team collided for the first time in the first round of the group stage, and the former's victory ended.

With this point, it seems to be enough to shock the entire e-sports circle. God-God, who was once considered to be in the second tier, is now not only among the first tier, but even seems to be about to remove the once unique SSK team from the first tier.

And God's team itself seems to be in the first echelon to monopolize it!

However, such news has a regrettable footnote -

The SSK team's first defeat has a very reasonable reason that no one can pick on the problem.

because.

In the first round of the group stage, the SSK team sent out not the complete main lineup of its own team.

As the soul core of the team, the world's number one mid laner is also the biggest ace.

SSK's captain F-Han Shihao.

Not on the field.

...

“Unprecedented!”

The battle report news and professional comments on major online forums and social media platforms are constantly spreading.

The most visible one is such an evaluation.

It represents the indescribable complex moods of countless ordinary players, professional e-sports circles, senior professional commentators and commentators.

This is not a small fuss...

It is serious, with a specification level almost second only to the top international events in the S Series World Championship.

Every team participating in the competition is by no means a weak team, and the rest are the top teams in major old competition areas.

Among them, the winner and loss of every game that started from the group stage is extremely important, which is directly related to whether you can advance next. No team dares to be relaxed or careless under such circumstances. In addition to doing their best, they still do their best.

But it just happened-

In this MSI midseason match, as the world's strongest SSK team, it has made such a move that is simply a shameless move.

Four main team members were on the first team.

But in the most critical mid laner position, they should have been their most ace winner, but they did not send out the world's No. 1 mid laner who was enough to make a final decision.

Just let a substitute of the second team mid laner.

Such actions, even without making any other statements, seem to be showing an attitude to the whole world.

contempt.

random.

Just MSI, the spring final champion of several major competition areas.

There is no need for my main ace to play.
Chapter completed!