From Shanghai to Frankfurt, then to Moscow, and finally back to Kiev, the latter two belong to the territory of the fighting nation, so I have to say that Valve does favor the CIS region. Of course, all this is thanks to the CIS audience.

their enthusiasm.

According to official statistics, the viewing time of the EPICENTER Major hit a new high, with CIS players accounting for 40% of it.

The fighting nation has always been fond of such high-strategy and highly bloody games. This is one of the reasons why games such as League of Legends and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds find it difficult to surpass DOTA2 and CSGO in the CIS region.

Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. Since 1921, it has become an important city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine officially became independent, and Kiev became the capital of Ukraine.

Such a legendary city also has strong e-sports characteristics, especially DOTA2 and CSGO. All major events except TI have been held here, and most professional players have special feelings for it.

There are a total of sixteen participating teams this time.

There are six Chinese teams among them: Newbee, SPS, KG, VG, LGD, and LFY.

The remaining teams are Liquid, VP, EG, OG, T, SG, Baidu, SNG, and AF.

Except for a few new faces at the end, the roster of the rest of the teams is basically unchanged from the previous Majors. There are no major updates in this version, so the strong will always be strong.

Let’s briefly introduce these new faces.

SG team, this SG is not the domestic SG forum, but a real team that dominates the South American region. They have not lost a single defeat in the South American Major qualifiers.

Baidu Team, yes, that’s right, it’s Baidu Team. This is a team composed of international students. It wasn’t until they were confirmed to enter the Kiev Major that they found Baidu’s big sponsorship on social media.

SNG, well, needless to say, Nisha’s team will last forever.

AF, full name Ad Finem, is a Greek team that shined in the 2016 Boston Major and entered the finals as a dark horse. Although they failed to win the cup in the end, their miraculous deeds caused a stir at the time.

Following the Greek craze, they are now making a comeback. I wonder if they can continue their past glory.

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Ukraine, Kyiv.

There is still nearly a month until the start of the Major group stage, and all SPS members have arrived in this exotic country early.

When it comes to Ukraine, we have to talk about Ukrainian beauties. As a country of beauties famous for its "good looks and great figure", Ukrainian beauties are famous for their delicate beauty and exquisiteness. Their figures are long and slender, and their skin is fair.

Tender, lively and energetic.

If you don’t believe it, just ask the SPS team members.

"Wow - so many beauties."

The person who uttered this exclamation was not Xiao Se or the leather shoes, but Bai Yu who was traveling with the team for the first time.

In the warm weather, she couldn't help but sigh when she saw these bold, fashionable and avant-garde Ukrainian girls.

"You're not bad either." The guide Niki said with a smile.

Because SPS arrived too early and the organizer had not yet fully prepared, Xiao Se’s local guide in Ukraine was Niki. She is a brave-looking girl with short hair and a cool style.

"Thank you." Bai Yu nodded politely, turned around and pulled Xiao Se's sleeves, "Stop looking at your phone all the time and watch your steps."

Xiao Se couldn't laugh or cry: "If I don't look at my phone, how can I look at beautiful women?"

"Oh, everyone loves beauty. You can take a look at it." Bai Yu's tone translated into "take a look and give it a try."

"You two are almost done, we brothers are still here." Xi Xie couldn't help but say.

"Whoever is a brother to you is fine with me and the fool." Fy and AME smiled unkindly.

"Okay, Brother Wei and I are good brothers!" Leixue pulled xNova over and patted him on the shoulder to show his friendship.

xNova didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Don’t drag me into your quarrel.”

During the commotion, Niki led everyone to a pedestrian street. The paths on both sides of the street were full of stores, but the corridor was very narrow and could only accommodate two groups of people passing by.

"Would you like something to eat? The food in the hotel may not be to your liking, but there are more varieties here." Niki asked.

"How to say?"

"Can."

“Let’s get better, the food in the hotel is expensive and tastes terrible.”

So everyone ate while walking in the aisle, and gradually there were more and more things in their hands.

A strong man and Xiao Se accidentally bumped into each other in the aisle.

A strong smell of alcohol came out.

"Sorry." Xiao Se apologized in English.

This drunken Ukrainian uncle obviously had no intention of letting Xiao Se go. He put his arm around Xiao Se's shoulders and talked to himself in a daze. He was very strong, but he had no malice.

"It doesn't matter, right?" Bai Yu was afraid that this rough man would suddenly become drunk and go crazy.

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Se said.

The uncle, smelling of alcohol, said a lot of words.

"What is he talking about?" Xiao Se asked Niki.

Niki smiled and said: "He said that no woman is good."

Good guy, this is still a drunken uncle who has been hurt by love.

As he talked, the drunk uncle actually hugged Xiao Se and started crying, wiping tears and snot on his shoulders. Xiao Se could clearly feel that his shoulders were wet.

Afterwards, the half-sober uncle apologized profusely to Xiao Se and even offered some hryvnias (Ukrainian currency) for compensation, but Xiao Se declined.

"Pfft, why don't you hide?" Bai Yu smiled and helped him wipe his clothes.

"Love is deep, and drinking too much can make you emotional. I can understand that." Xiao Se didn't really care.

"You don't drink, don't you?"

"It's just now, and in the future... who can guarantee it." When he said this, he felt lost.

After feeding the Five Zang Temple, SPS arrived at the training hotel.

"Please report our opponents for today's training, team leader."

"8 o'clock in the morning, Team Liquid, bo2..." Bai Yu held the tactical board in a formal manner.

8 o'clock, Team Liquid, BO2.

2 points, Team Secret, BO3.

4 points, VP team, BO2.

9 o'clock, Navi team, BO2.

"Wait a minute, why are you picking up Navi? They didn't go into Maj to ask.

"Dendi has helped me, and I'll return the favor to him." Xiao Se replied.

Playing four BO2s a day, this kind of training intensity can no longer be described as "devil", it should be said to be "abnormal".

The team that has won two consecutive championships has such self-discipline, which is a kind of courage in itself. But then again, having many training games is not necessarily a good thing.

To put it nicely, it’s called “training”; to put it worse, it’s called “smoke bomb”; in layman’s terms, it’s “mashing”.

No one will play training matches as the main game, except for teams in the CIS region such as VP and Navi. They are famous for their lack of talent in training matches. They choose training matches as they choose for the game.
Chapter completed!