Chapter 862: We are noob vs noob pecking, what are you?

At the moment the match ended, the broadcast cameras separately filmed the player benches of both sides.

The CNB team members excitedly huddled together, celebrating joyfully.

On the TSM side, the five players had varied expressions. Bjergsen sat dazed and numb in his gaming chair, Doublelift covered his face with both hands, elbows propped on the table.

The CNB coach rushed out from backstage, arms spread wide like a soaring bird, and flung himself excitedly onto the five CNB players who were huddled in celebration.

The live audience generously showered them with enthusiastic applause and cheers.

CNB secured the second point in the group stage, their future looking bright.

North America Region's first seed, TSM, suffered their second loss.

The news spread, and the global LoL community erupted in an uproar.

No one expected that Perkz's prediction would actually come true— as one of the five major regions' first seeds, the strongest team in the entire region, they actually lost to a wildcard!

Perkz immediately posted a tweet:

【Congratulations to NA's four consecutive losses; from now on, CNB won't let you sit at the table if you don't come】

Luonaerduo joined in the fun, also posting:

【I have always believed in my team, I firmly believe they will definitely win, though I didn't expect to win in this way— today was absolutely amazing! Oh my goodness, I really can't help but thank TSM!】

North American netizens were utterly devastated, but whether it was Perkz's taunt or Luonaerduo's genuine outpouring, they could not refute it, so they angrily gathered under TSM's official Twitter, sending blessings to the family members and ancestors of all TSM team members.

Meanwhile, some more rational North American netizens knew that flaming TSM was pointless, yet they felt their entire worldview had collapsed.

TSM lost to CNB; North America suffered four consecutive losses.

Tomorrow, the second seed IMT faces SSG…… if the first seed can't even beat a wildcard, can we really expect the second seed to defeat SSG? So, truly, five consecutive losses might be coming……

Instantly, it felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Brazilian netizens naturally rejoiced and spread the news, wildly mocking North America:

【You call us wildcards noob vs noob pecking, then what are you?】

【They are the bugs eaten by chickens】

LPL netizens then comforted TSM like this:

【It's fine; from now on, you can sit at the same table as EDG】

Some also said:

【Why not have TSM find a master too? Since even wildcards hugging thighs are this impressive, if TSM hugged one thigh, wouldn't they just take off directly?】

【The problem is, the two strongest thighs in S7 have already been hugged by CNB— who else can TSM hug? Who could possibly be stronger than G2 and VG?】

【Ah! LCK!】

TSM also read netizen comments, and truly gained inspiration, like a drowning person spotting a plank in desperation.

The TSM coach immediately contacted several LCK teams, saying with a grim face that LPL and EU are too strong now, we NA and KR are essentially family, and at Worlds we should definitely help each other— let's merge NA and LCK to crush EULPL together!

The result was a merciless refusal, three times.

SKT's stance is, even if LCK really needs to team up with someone to resist Sino-European influence, they would never choose you North Americans— a disgrace that can't even beat a wildcard!

Dragon Pearl's people think they are number one under heaven, needing no alliance with any team, and as fellow group members, they also couldn't possibly team up with TSM, or else Riot Games would issue an investigation notice.

As for SSG, after Coach Edgar refused, he added: "If you just want to scrimmage us, that's not impossible— you just have to pay."

It looks like they plan to earn back from TSM the tuition previously paid to VG.

……

With the conclusion of the CNB vs TSM match, the second day's schedule of the S7 Group Stage finally came to a close.

In summary, today's most talked-about match was undoubtedly EDG's 10,000 gold advantage with three earth dragons being reversed by SSG.

Then came CNB's upset reversal of TSM to claim the second point in Group B.

Regarding regional records, LCK maintained their win streak, becoming the only region from the start of the S season to now that has never lost, looking down on the world; netizens couldn't help but sigh, LCK truly deserves to be the top region in overall strength, as steady as an old dog.

Then came the LPL region— yesterday they had two wins and were competing with LCK for first place, who would have thought today they'd suffer two losses, being caught up by the Europe Region, which was one win one loss yesterday and also one win one loss today, making the three major regions' records tied at two wins two losses each.

Why three major regions?

Because the wildcard region is also two wins two losses— CNB has two consecutive wins, GAM two consecutive kneelings.

Further down is the LMS region— today FW beat RNG, at least securing a point for the LMS region, currently one win two losses— the LMS region in the group stage only has two teams, one fewer than the other four major regions.

And the true wildcard region— NA, needless to say, five consecutive losses at the bottom.

Regarding the match environment, Lu Xi An continued yesterday's strong momentum— EDG may have lost embarrassingly, but their earlier 10,000 gold advantage was genuine, which exactly shows that even such a weak EDG playing Lu Xi An can achieve such strong early and mid-game effects; strong teams playing it will only be even better!

However, when picking Lu Xi An, one must pay attention to team composition— cannot put all chips on Lu Xi An, must leave a late-game safety net.

But if so, another problem arises— if early-game strength is insufficient, can the Lu Xi An composition still secure a decisive advantage?

This is a very difficult choice to make.

……

Training hotel.

Night had deepened; EDG had just finished a few practice matches against RNG.

Lu Xi An's strength was verified again. When picking Lu Xi An, EDG's win rate against RNG exceeded sixty percent, approaching seventy percent. However, RNG reminded them that these few games were deliberately picked with late-game pressure-resistant compositions, so this win rate cannot be taken as reliable.

But after the EDG team finished their review meeting, they all regained considerable confidence.

Their strength is not in question!

Lu Xi An is not in question!

Being reversed by SSG today was just an accident!

They still haven't communicated with VG. Since returning to the hotel after G2's second-day opening match, VG has basically spent the whole day playing practice matches against G2.

……

Upon opening their eyes, the S7 Group Stage had arrived at its third day.

The first match was the main event— RNG vs SKT.

This is the first encounter between the LPL and LCK regions at the S7 World Championship, naturally attracting the attention of countless people worldwide.

Yesterday RNG lost to FW, and people thought RNG could only bully weak teams; today facing SKT, this tough opponent, they would only lose even more embarrassingly.

Even LPL netizens thought RNG's win probability today was at most thirty percent.

In this match, RNG picked a relatively balanced lineup: top laner Rumble, jungler Wukong, mid laner Yao Ji, and bottom lane Kog'Maw plus Lulu.

SKT, however, seemed to have identified this as a version focused on early game tempo, and again picked a lineup lacking late game potential—namely the standard early-mid game three-core of Jesse, Syndra, and Xayah—Xayah of course has some late game capability, but compared to the version's mainstream late-game hypercores Teemo, Kog'Maw, and Xiao Pao, she is still far behind, so they can only be considered mid-game heroes.

Seeing this lineup, RNG fans once again began sighing in disappointment.

As a result, RNG came out swinging and gave the LPL audience a surprise.