dear lpl viewers andleague of legendshello summoners, this is the world game center.

the annual highlight of league of legends, the s14 world championship will officially begin at the end of september. currently, the lpl has entered the off-season, and the lck has not yet decided all the seats. everyone is waiting for the results of the lck bubble game.

during this process, riot also announced the schedule and rules of s14, including the game time.

s14 schedule and rules are open and friendly to chinese audiences

the first stage qualifiers and the second stage swiss rounds of the s14 world championship will be held in berlin, germany, the second stage knockouts will be held in paris, france, and the final will be held in london, england. for asian audiences, what they are more concerned about before the game starts is the time arrangement of s14. if the games are held in a late time period, many viewers will not be able to watch it.

i believe that many old viewers still remember the days of cultivating immortals in the s6 period. those days of cultivating immortals can now be said to be gone forever, because now major world competitions basically take care of asian audiences. asian audiences account for a large proportion, and a balance is made between the time of european and american audiences to make both sides acceptable as much as possible.

the same is true for this year's s14 world finals. the officially announced game time starts at 8 pm, which is the prime time. the swiss round and knockout rounds both start at 8 pm, and only the final will be held at 10 pm. if lpl advances to the finals, i believe everyone can accept staying up late, which is not a big problem.

then the daily event schedule is also expected to take asian audiences into consideration, with the china and south korea competitions being brought forward and the european and american competitions being put later.

blg avoids korean teams, gen will definitely play lpl

then let's focus on the swiss round's match draw. i believe everyone has seen the swiss round last year. after the introduction of this new competition system, it has brought a lot of fun to the audience. this competition system with a greater degree of randomness also makes the competition more intense and fierce. there may be a situation where a team is constantly unlucky, and there may also be a team with extremely good luck.

simply put, the swiss round is to let 16 teams compete in pairs. after the first round, the teams with the same scores will draw lots and then continue to play. in each subsequent round, the teams with the same scores will basically play, and finally the team with three wins will advance to the quarterfinals.

this year, the 16 teams will be divided into four different seed pools. the teams in seed pool one will play in sub-pool four, and the teams in sub-pool two will play in sub-pool three. the no. 1 seed teams from the four major regions will be in pool one, the no. 2 seed teams will be in pool two, and the no. 3 seed pool will be composed of the four teams from the china and south korea regions, namely the no. 3 and 4 seeds of lpl and the no. 3 and 4 seeds of lck.

therefore, there are no chinese or korean teams in the fourth seed pool. in other words, in the first round, blg can avoid the korean team, and hle can also avoid the lpl team. this is the advantage of the no. 1 seed, but gen will definitely play against the lpl team.

china-korea matchup confirmed, tes may face faker

in the first round of the draw, the second seed pool will play against the third seed pool. there is a korean team, an lpl team, and two european and american teams in the second seed pool. then there is a rule in the s game that the first round will be based on regional avoidance, so there will inevitably be a china-south korea showdown. the two second seed teams, gen and tes, must draw an lpl/lck team to play.

gen will have to choose one of two opponents in the first round, either wbg or lng, while tes may face t1 (if t1 advances) or another korean team.

there will be one lucky team from each of the chinese and korean regions that can draw a team from the european and american regions.

personally, i think the highlight of the swiss round is that under this competition system, there will be exciting matchups in every round, and there will be strong dialogues in advance. later, due to the pressure of points, there will be many life-and-death battles. in addition, there are some relatively accidental factors. some teams will be very lucky, such as last year's wbg played against a large number of european and american teams.

some teams may be unlucky and keep playing against chinese and korean teams, similar to kt last year. this is very interesting.