Chapter 198: Quarterfinals Draw (2)

The footage from G2's training room was transmitted in real time via the Fist Live Streaming team's camera to the official broadcast master control; the director found it interesting and immediately cut it into the official draw live stream, so the whole world saw this scene.

On the LPL commentator's bench, Wawa immediately said:

"Wow, G2 seems really excited!"

Yutong then analyzed:

"Being excited is certain, because they also hope to meet RNG, and once these two teams are drawn, the quarter‑final group situation actually becomes quite clear."

"RNG is first in Group D, and H2K is first in Group C."

"They appear in the upper half, which means, according to the rule of avoiding same‑group halves, their opponents can only be chosen from the second‑place teams of Groups A and B."

"The second place in Group A is G2."

"The second place in Group B is SKT."

"In other words, RNG has a one‑in‑two chance of drawing G2 as their opponent."

Wawa was overjoyed, slapped his hands together and shouted:

"Then that's a good thing!"

Miller, sitting beside him, also laughed and said:

"It really is a good thing; after all, RNG's official Weibo said that drawing G2 equals a guaranteed semifinal spot, so we definitely couldn't ask for more."

"Yes, but if we draw SKT then…"

"If we draw SKT, we'll fight! Who are we afraid of? Let him come and never return!"

"Exactly, who's afraid of whom!"

On this side of the venue, Flandre, the Snake team representative standing on the steps, upon seeing this draw result, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The quarterfinals won't have to face G2.

Even the semifinals won't meet them; this is a blessing in disguise.

However, the most interesting part is that Bengi, the SKT representative standing on the opposite steps, suddenly stiffened his expression.

This first‑pot group layout means that SKT and G2 will be in the same half, and using SKT's training team's power ranking of all teams as a prediction standard, the two will inevitably meet in the semifinals.

After all the calculations, they still couldn't avoid it……

And in G2's training room, Ka Lao Si's expression became extremely solemn.

If Ka Lao Si had to pick the team he least wants to meet before the final, the answer is undoubtedly SKT. There's no alternative: the earlier they face SKT, the sooner G2 reveals its hand, and even if they win, later teams will study them intensely.

This is obviously not a good thing.

But the on‑site draw continued.

The four first‑pot teams have been drawn, results as follows:

Upper half:

D1‑RNG

C1‑H2K

Lower half:

B1‑Snake

A1‑ROX

Next, draw the second pot.

When WildTurtle reached his hand into the transparent glass jar holding the four second‑place qualifying teams, everyone's eyes, whether on site or off, locked onto that slowly stirring hand, following it as it picked up a silver ball.

WildTurtle grabbed the silver ball with both hands, paused, then lifted his head and smiled at the camera.

In the LPL broadcast room, Wawa urged impatiently:

"Come on, what are you waiting for? Open, open, open!"

All we saw was WildTurtle twist his hands, and a slip of paper fell onto the table.

Everyone instinctively held their breath.

WildTurtle picked up the fallen slip and unfolded it.

The MC shouted:

"SamsungGalaxy!"

"SSG!"

"Oh wow!!!"

Wawa let out a wow and shouted loudly,

"RNG will play… uh, no, Samsung is the second place in Group D! He can't be in the same half as RNG, so that means…"

"Snake."

"Exactly, according to the rule we go down the list, which means assigning to the first team drawn from the lower half, Snake!"

"Uh‑oh, Snake, facing Samsung is a tough nut to crack."

"Not just hard, it's extremely hard!"

In the chat, countless people typed:

【Sigh!】

【Nothing left……】

【Alas, Snake truly has ill fate; the group stage draw was hellish difficulty, thinking that topping the group would improve things, but the quarterfinals drew another LCK team】

【But Sheng Qiang Ge seems quite happy】

【Don't be scared, just go for it!】

Miller then reacted:

"Ah, no, Snake from Group B first vs SSG from Group D second means that ROX, first in Group A, will face…"

"C group second, EDG."

"Ah?"

"That's right, it's like that."

"The hardest to break is, WildTurtle immediately drew the second team from pool two, which is exactly EDG."

"According to the same-group half-zone avoidance principle, this draw was once again postponed to the lower half."

"When the host stuck EDG's placard opposite ROX, in an instant EDG fans felt the sky collapse."

"In the LPL livestream, the barrage was still mourning Snake a moment ago, and the next moment it turned into a full screen of piglet wails."

"Even the most loyal piglet had to admit, given EDG's group stage performance, meeting LCK's first seed ROX in the quarterfinals, the outcome didn't need much thought..."

"Then WildTurtle drew the third lot."

"G2Esports!"

"【Holy shit!】"

"【Holy shit holy shit!!】"

"【Awesome, this is a godly lot-drawer!】"

"【G2's chosen script, came true!】"

"What was bound to come has come, a draw that netizens love to hear."

"Perkz, standing behind the draw guest, instantly turned bright red in the face; it was clear he wanted to burst out laughing, but he forced himself to hold it in, his expression very hard to keep straight."

"On the other side, Mlxg, who appeared as the RNG team representative, moved his mouth slightly, as if he had muttered something under his breath."

"In the official draw livestream, at the moment this lot was drawn, the entire broadcast screen suddenly split in two: the left side showed the RNG training room, the right side showed the G2 training room."

"On the left, the RNG members were instantly stunned."

"Then the mid laner xiaohu couldn't hide his excitement, began laughing loudly and clapping vigorously."

"Sitting beside xiaohu, Uzi was still dazed, looking rather solemn, seeming dissatisfied with this draw."

"Seeing this, xiaohu's laughter cut off abruptly, and his face turned solemn."

"However, Uzi just had a slightly longer reflex arc; for a moment he was dazed by happiness, so the next moment he suddenly threw his head back and burst out laughing."

"Xiaohu hurriedly kept clapping, laughing while slapping his thigh to cheer up his older brother."

"The rest of the people quickly followed suit; for a moment the RNG training room turned into a zoo, with cute animals hopping all over, letting out strange cries."