The LCK playoff play-in tournament is currently underway. The league announced today the regular season player accolades. With 24 votes, Chovy secured the regular season MVP, leaving Peyz at 12 votes. DK's Smash claimed the Best Newcomer award. For the All-LCK First Team, Chovy was a lock. Additionally, T1's bottom lane and Hanwha Life's mid-jungle duo were also selected.

Just returning to the LCK and making the First Team, Kanavi is truly skilled. In addition, the LCK official also announced the starting lineups for each team in the playoffs. The five teams in the Legend group have no substitutes. On T1's side, Oner and Doran remain starters. It seems T1 management has ordered that the lineup will not be changed during the playoffs to avoid poor synergy and communication. Then the question arises: if they are not bringing substitutes, what was the point of the previous internal strife against Oner?

Xuan Shen sued by Viper's agency

After BLG finished their final match, Viper went home to rest. The streamer Xuan Shen, who has nothing to do with him, recently revealed during his stream that he has been sued by Viper's agency. First the IG mid and top duo, now Viper; Xuan Shen really has a knack for offending Korean imports. According to Xuan Shen himself, he will issue a public apology later, otherwise the official will revoke his qualification to cast the playoffs.

The reason for the lawsuit is that during his stream in July, Xuan Shen spread rumors that Viper bullied staff members. The video was sent to the agency by Viper's fans, and after gathering evidence, they filed a lawsuit. Xuan Shen is not afraid of such a lawsuit; it's just a matter of apologizing. During the stream, he also took a jab at IG: "They were directly taken down by TT in the Knight's Path." Wow, how much does Xuan Shen hate TheShy?

Huainan analyzes IG's World Championship situation

LPL official caster Huainan recently posted on Weibo analyzing the various possibilities for IG to enter Worlds. First, for the Regional Qualifiers, IG must win the Knight's Path, then in the first round of playoffs defeat the loser of TES vs LGD, and also EDG must not make top 6, NIP must not make top 4, only then can IG play in the qualifiers. If they only make top 6, IG will be in the loser's bracket of the qualifiers and must win at least 4 BO5s to secure a spot at the World Championship.

If IG can push further and reach the top three in the playoffs, they will likely enter the winner's bracket in the qualifiers, and the possibility of directly qualifying for Worlds still exists. If IG can get the runner-up, and LGD beats TES and AL to take third place in the playoffs, and BLG wins the championship, then IG can advance to the World Championship as the second seed. Another way is to win the championship, but that's purely wishful thinking.

JDG support talks about S15 practice team

The LPL official recently released a new player story "The Growth of a Young Genius". This time, the protagonist is JDG support player Vampire. In the story, V-shen recounts his past at IG. After swapping teams with Wink, in a scrim, due to a mistake, he was yelled at by the coach: "Get the hell out of here." Later, he also shared a story about last year's LPL practice team that helped the Worlds teams train.

Last year at Worlds, the night before AL faced T1, they repeatedly simulated the first game with the practice team. V-shen's inner monologue at the time was: "They must have really wanted to win the first game, but unfortunately, AL didn't win the first game." Finally, V-shen also talked about this year's First Stand tournament: "Before this year, I never thought I could go to an international tournament. Even after being swept by GEN, I still feel that playing in an international tournament for the first time was awesome."

Conclusion:

To be honest, it's really too early to imagine IG making it to Worlds now. It's not even certain whether they can win against TT in the Knight's Path, let alone winning the championship or runner-up to directly qualify for Worlds. Even a team like BLG finds it hard to win 5 consecutive BO5s in the playoffs. How could IG have that kind of possibility? Making it to top 6 and getting that qualifier spot would already be very good.

So what do you think are the odds between IG and TT?

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