Although it was only two days of training and competition, Lin Feng and the others had undoubtedly benefited a lot from it as spectators.
It wasn't just a certain someone who took to the field personally. He had the experience of sparring with several veteran and rookie teams and top players from other regions. Even if he was just watching from one training room after another, he was able to get a panoramic view of the strength of each team and player in this year's S6 Finals.
There were dark horses like Europe's BW, North America's Crown, and Korea's Minx.
There were young but talented rookies like Nate, Blade, Fly, and The-Sword.
There were also teams like Fate and Moon Empress, who were hiding their true strength.
In addition, top Wizard Kings like Spoon and Phoenix from the European region were still in their usual glory.
Of course, there were also teams like SSK that only caught a glimpse of them.
However, he shocked everyone with his absolute dominating strength, displaying the posture of the world's number one overlord.
So, even though the finals hadn't officially started yet, just the two days of practice and preparation were enough to satisfy everyone.
When Lin Feng and the others walked out of another practice room, they saw Su Xue in the hallway once more.
This time, however, it was a little surprising.
Unlike this morning and the whole day yesterday, the beautiful Emcee Su didn't seem to intend to continue her previous enthusiastic and attentive work style of rushing up to interview people with the microphone. At this moment, she seemed to have begun to pack up her equipment and props and was ready to call it a day.
"Sis!"
Lin Feng waved his hand and walked forward to take a look. He was puzzled.
"Huh? You're getting off work already?"
Logically speaking, it was only around three o 'clock in the afternoon. There was still some time before the end of each club's training schedule. When the players of each team came out of the training room, it would be the best time to interview them.
Why did he have to pack up and leave now?
Hearing Lin Feng's question, Su Xue and her colleagues were busy packing up their filming equipment. She didn't even raise her head to look at Lin Feng when she snapped back at him.
Get off work my ass! "
"You think I'm as free as you guys? I still have a lot of things to do today."
Lin Feng scratched his head, then looked at the equipment that had already been packed up.
"Then what are you going to do?"
The cameraman, who was also packing up his equipment, raised his head to look at Lin Feng.
"We're going to the stadium."
Gym?
Lin Feng and the others were slightly stunned when they heard this. Someone was the first to react.
"Oh, Milton Coliseum?"
"Why are we going there now?"
The group stage would only start tomorrow. Was there a need to go there so early to prepare?
Su Xue stretched lazily and rolled her eyes at him.
"Is he pretending to be stupid?"
"The group matches will begin tomorrow. Tonight will be the lot-drawing ceremony!"
One sentence.
Lin Feng and the others suddenly understood.
Yes.
Over the past two days, he had only been watching the training match in the hotel. He had actually forgotten that there was such a crucial part before the finals — the drawing of lots for the group matches had not been done yet.
Ceng Rui could not help but feel his spirits lift.
"This is the highlight of the show!"
Compared to the seemingly intense and explosive training matches, although the drawing of lots was just a peaceful ceremony, the hidden murderous intent and excitement were definitely far heavier than the former.
The outcome of the mock competition was not important.
But the drawing of lots …
It directly affected the fate of the teams in the finals.
Lin Feng's eyes lit up.
"Oh."
"Then we can't miss this!"
… …
It was evening.
On the sixth and seventh floors of the Hilton Hotel, the players and members of the various teams and clubs in the major divisions had finished their afternoon training arrangements. They quickly gathered in the lobby of the hotel under the leadership of their managers and coaches, ready to take the bus to Milton Stadium.
The lot-drawing ceremony for the first round of the finals would begin in an hour.
The stadium had already been set up.
All they needed to do was wait for the players to arrive.
Of course, there was no need for everyone to be present. Every team only needed to send a few people to show their faces on the live stream and send a representative onstage to draw lots.
However, this matter was too important. Every player from each team was especially concerned about it. They couldn't wait to see the results of the groupings with their own eyes. As a result, when they arrived at the lobby of the hotel, there was a large crowd of people. No one wanted to stay in the hotel to watch the livestream or wait for second-hand news.
Lin Feng, Ceng Rui, An Xin, and Li Shiyi also followed them onto the LPL competition bus.
The bus started and slowly drove in the direction of the stadium in the gradually darkening dusk.
Lin Feng, who was sitting in the back seat of the bus, was also chatting with the LPL players beside him.
"Hey, what do you guys think about the grouping?"
"Hahaha, if all three LPL teams are in the same group, then we're finished."
Only a certain person in the audience of the finals would be so heartless as to make such a joke.
Sitting next to him in a seat by the window, Huangxue Nightsong rolled his eyes.
"If they really do that, then the officials will just wait for them to die from complaints."
"Do you believe that millions of players in our country will be the first to explode? The complaints will go all the way to the officials. "
Of course, a certain someone was just joking.
In previous years, when the first round of the World Finals began, the drawing of lots would be arranged in advance to a certain extent. For example, the first seeded teams of Europe, North America, Korea, and China would be divided into separate groups to avoid a head-on battle with the top teams and to save the exciting show for the later stages of the elimination rounds.
This was also a bit of a relief.
After all, the first seeded teams of the four major divisions, whether it was Europe's MLG this year, the LPL's God- Hand of God, North America's Season, or even Korea's SSK —
No one wanted to meet these four top teams at the beginning of the group stage.
If they did, then they would be half dead.
"Thirteen and the others are pretty miserable."
Shi Hang interjected.
"Logically speaking, Assassin's strength has always been very stable. It's a pity that the LMS division is not up to expectations. They didn't perform well last year, and this year only Thunderclap barely made it in. Otherwise, Assassin would have been given the first seeded team."
Right now, the LMS division was lagging behind the other four major divisions.
Therefore, even though Assassin was the first seeded team, they did not receive the same treatment as the other teams. They could only wait for the first seeded teams of the four major divisions to be divided into groups and then draw lots.
In other words, Assassin was destined to be in the same group as one of the top four teams in the first round of the group stage.
"Why are you worrying about them?" Hearing Shi Hang's words, Huangxue Nightsong curled his lips. "We should be the ones worrying about them —"
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