September 16, 2013, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Staples Center in Los Angeles, the scene of the S3 World Championship finals.

"TSM! TSM! TSM!"

The entire venue was filled with voices calling for TSM. Such loud noises made people sigh.

It is truly a powerful team in North America and an absolute home team.

Today is the first day of the S3 World Finals and also the group stage of Group A.

Group A also has many strong teams, including the North American second seed TSM team, the European second seed lemondog team (LD team for short), the Korean third seed SKT team, and the international wildcard team GG.EU team.

Of course, the team that domestic audiences are most looking forward to is the second seed of the LPL region, the emerging powerhouse LG team.

It was afternoon in the western United States, but five o'clock in the morning in China. The bed at five o'clock was unusually warm and had an unusual appeal to people.

But when many League of Legends fans in China heard the alarm clock ringing beside their bed, they climbed out of their warm beds with difficulty and determination.

Some of these people are 60e, some are fans of OMG, some are fans of other teams.

But they all have another identity at this time, that is, supporters of the lpl team.

Yes, this is the time when the second seed of LPL, LG team, plays its first game.

Their first match was against the traditional North American powerhouse, today's absolute home team - TSM.

Domestic audiences are now staring at their computers nervously, expecting the LG team to get off to a good start representing the LPL region.

“Ah…ah!”

Hu Haifan slapped his mouth and yawned.

He is not one of those who use alarm clocks to wake up on time to watch the games, but he is one of those who stay up all night to cultivate themselves.

As a college student, staying up late to practice Taoism is a common occurrence for him. He has already watched the first two group matches and is now waiting for the start of the third match.

The first game of Group A was between GG and TSM, and the final result ended with TSM winning a big victory over GG.

The second game is between SKT, the third seed of the Korean region, and LD, the second seed of the European region.

In the end, under the strong attack of the All-Star Championship Division team, the second seed of old Europe failed to maintain its S1 Championship Division glory and was quickly defeated by SKT.

"Ah...ah! It's finally coming."

Seeing the LG team members wearing blue uniforms walking onto the stage, Hu Haifan couldn't help but cheer up.

"But this blue expedition uniform is really ugly."

Hu Haifan couldn't help but complain inwardly.

The LG team members sat down in their seats one by one, took off their blue jackets, revealing their white and gold uniforms.

The only difference from ordinary team uniforms is that there is an invisible red flag embroidered on their chests.

This may be the honor of playing for the country, and it is also the reason why thousands of lpl fans abandon their prejudices and support the LG team.

The LG team members on the field didn’t have time to think so much. They were just concentrating on adjusting their equipment and status.

"Xiao Min, don't be nervous. Take a deep breath. It's just a bigger name. It's nothing serious."

Liu Shiyu saw Xiao Min beside him shaking his legs vigorously and comforted him.

"It's okay, I just have the habit of shaking my legs sometimes."

Xiao Min calmed himself down and comforted him.

Zhang Yu glanced around and it seemed that his teammates were in good shape. Although it was their first time participating in an international competition, they were not too nervous.

Especially the two lively guys Wang Hao and Liu Shiyu, who are still laughing and joking, and don’t seem to be serious about the world competition at all.

LG's starting lineup is still the old set that came from the city tournament, with top laner Xiao Min, jungler Mala Guozai Liu Shiyu, mid laner Zhang Yu himself, ADC Wang Hao, and support Ruo Xia.

After several days of treatment and recuperation, Liu Shiyu finally recovered his health and returned to the team on the eve of going to the United States.

The substitute player this time is still the little star - Zhou Yixing. Why is Zhou Yixing still a substitute after that game?

That’s because although Zhou Yixing is very strong, Wang Hao’s integration with the team is still much better, and he can perform more tactical cooperation.

And as the saying goes, if you don’t have enough potential, you can make up for it with krypton gold. After Zhang Yu’s previous upgrades with so many hero star-up cards, Wang Hao’s strength is not much different from Zhou Yixing.

Although Wang Hao's basic skills are not so good, he has a high level of mastery of heroes.

The TSM team's lineup is also quite familiar, with Reginald in the top lane, TheOddOne in the jungle, Dyrus in the middle lane, and the bottom lane duo of WildTurtle and Xpecial.

What is worth noting is that Dyrus is called the mid laner, but he is actually still in the top lane, while Reginald is called the top laner, but he is actually still responsible for the top lane.

At this time, the Chinese and English commentary stations gave some pre-match analysis and introductions to the two teams respectively.

Of course, everyone focused on introducing teams that their audiences were not familiar with. For example, the English channel commentator focused on introducing the LG team.

The narrator Rusty loudly recited what he wanted to say in an almost operatic manner.

"What kind of team is LG? It was a team that was still at the lowest level three months ago. It wasn't even a professional team at that time, but only an internet cafe team. Three months ago, that is, more than half a year ago, this team didn't exist in this world until their captain and founder organized them into a team."

"However, just half a year later, they stepped onto the highest stage of the world competition. I don't know how to describe this magical experience, but I know that these guys must be full of confidence and strong, and each of them is full of desire to win, otherwise they would not have been able to get to this point."

Another English commentator continued: "It is true that many people will ignore this team, but you have to know one thing, they almost dominated the entire LPL regular season. Although they lost to Royal Club in the world championship qualifiers due to physical reasons of the players, I hope all teams will not ignore this second seed, they are definitely as strong as the first seed."

"LG's most important core is the top, mid and jungle. They gain an advantage through their strong laning abilities, especially their top and mid Jayce. The pick rate is 100%, and the win rate is also close to 100%, which is terrifying."

"If there is one thing that they are most focused on, it is definitely their mid laner. To be honest, Commander is probably the most underappreciated and underrated mid laner in the world. I think the teams will pay the price for their recklessness. From Orianna's wonderful performance to Leblanc's strong suppression, Commander will show his unfathomable hero pool and his fierce impact.

"LG always makes zero mistakes and has outstanding discipline. The five players are like one, which is also their most outstanding feature.

"Of course, they also have weaknesses, such as their lack of laning ability in the bottom lane, and the lack of stability in the top lane. If TSM wants to win this game, they should not let go of these weaknesses."

Similarly, the Chinese commentators focused on introducing TSM.