On September 1st, in the afternoon, the Imperial Capital Wukesong Gymnasium.
This landmark building in the imperial capital, which was originally intended to host the 2008 Olympic basketball tournament and has since hosted a large number of social activities, has a maximum audience capacity of 18,000 people and is comparable in size to Madison Square Garden, the venue for the 2016 World Finals.
, and now it has been officially rented by lpl to host and broadcast the summer finals.
At the end of summer, the autumn tiger is raging in the north. The sun is shining brightly and cloudless, and the temperature has just dropped from 30 degrees Celsius. The staggered golden aluminum plates on the outer wall of the gymnasium are shining brightly under the scorching sun.
Just over twenty minutes before the start of the game, enthusiastic local and global LPL spectators gathered outside the stadium despite the high temperature, blocking the entrance and exit of the audience. The long queue extending from the entrance has lasted for an hour, and people in line kept drinking.
Drinks and use tickets or support items as fans.
Before the staff entered and exited the passage on the side of the venue, two vans to pick up and drop off the players arrived one after another, which immediately caused a commotion in the queue. The enthusiastic audience showed no anxiety on their faces, and they all waved their cheering sticks and cheered loudly.
Meixia walked out of the pick-up vehicle with her bag on her back and waved to the audience in the distance and the reporter holding a huge camera not far away. However, looking at the female reporter over there wearing a straight suit and holding a microphone to explain, it seemed that she was not an e-sports media, but more
Like a TV crew.
The teammates who came out of the car behind also followed the direction of Mixia's wave and soon noticed the presence of the beautiful reporter. They quickly stopped talking and laughing, straightened their chest and abdomen and walked into the venue.
After leaving the camera, iboy breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't hold it back and said, "That must be a TV reporter just now! Are we going to be on CCTV?!"
"It's definitely not CCTV. There are hundreds of performances and games at Wukesong Stadium every year. Have you ever seen one of them on CCTV? And I noticed the logo on the microphone. It feels like Imperial TV!" the director judged.
"I'm super, I suddenly got a little excited..." iboy said.
"Is this exciting? In the first year of playing in the competition, Mika accepted a half-hour interview on TV Asahi in Tokyo. Where have you been?! Then I said that this year's World Championships will be held in the Bird's Nest, and I really want to be on CCTV.
Yes, do you just feel that today’s report on Imperial TV is not worth mentioning!” Coach Abu turned around and shook his head at the players’ inexperienced appearance.
Talking and laughing, we entered the backstage of the venue.
First, the official staff put on uniform makeup, and then returned to the lounge to review the tactical arrangements. After doing this, there was less than five minutes left before the game.
While waiting to enter the arena, everyone was relatively relaxed. After all, RNG is an old opponent who knows the inside and out. They have arrested the opponent three times in the LPL finals alone. The confidence brought by the high winning rate is there.
Meixia even opened the Tieba forum and browsed various predictions and analyzes of netizens regarding this game with the defense as the bet.
Not to mention that I can really scan a lot of news. For example, RNG mid laner Xiaohu is practicing wildly in the rankings. Jess is probably doing targeted training, and adc player Uzi Xia has performed well in the rankings and is very likely to win the game today.
.
But the reliability is very worrying. If she didn't really know the abilities of these two players, she would probably be confused by these gossips...
The factory manager next to me was also playing with his mobile phone, but he was sending messages to his online girlfriend.
Since winning the World Championship last year, he has also emerged from the shadow of the famous A Midsummer Night's Dream. In addition, the substitutes have spent more time practicing solo ranking during the season, and he has the opportunity to reopen a relationship with women because of the game ranking.
Netizens’ passionate relationships.
Seeing Lao Chang's sweet look, Meixia was not to be outdone and quickly typed to send a message to her beloved sister Lisa.
【It’s about to start, get ready to see Oh Niejiang’s debut! 】
September 1st was the day when school started. Risa was probably listening in class at this time. She imagined her sister receiving a text message in class and struggling with whether she should secretly reply to the message or finding out she had received the message after class. It was quite embarrassing.
It feels like a prank has succeeded.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while and not receiving a reply, just as she was sighing that Risa was really paying attention to the class, the staff over there knocked on the door to signal that the contestants were about to enter.
Put away your phone and walk from the lounge to the players' tunnel.
From outside the dim passage, you can see a huge temporary stage set up in the distance, as well as a huge four-sided display screen on top that is showing the highlights of the semi-finals.
Unlike the mid-season championship in Brazil, where the audience showed their enthusiasm all the time and could hear chaotic cheers at any time, the audience here was generally restrained and polite, so Zeyuan's voice in the highlight video was particularly clear and almost
No live noise could be heard.
But everyone knows that this is like the calm before the storm. The audience is calm at this moment, waiting for the critical moment of outbreak!
"Failure is inevitable in the game. They tell us, never give up! Let us welcome royal never give up! R—N—G!"
After the game highlights were played, the host Zhu Zhen raised his hand and announced loudly. As the players on the other side entered the stadium, the originally quiet auditorium gradually boiled into excitement, and uniform cheers reached everyone's ears.
As a team that has appeared on the final stage many times to compete for the LPL championship, although it is not as popular as the Grand Slam team EDG, with the expansion of the number of LPL viewers and the concept of old rival derby that the official can create, coupled with the tragic corner, people can sympathize.
The number of supporters of Elemental and RNG is also increasing, and its popularity far exceeds that of the RNG in Mei Xia's previous life.
However, there is still a huge gap compared to edg.
"They have achieved unprecedented Grand Slam glory! But there are still new glory and new records in front of them, and they need to achieve it step by step!"
"The next stage is the long-awaited edwardgaming! E-D-G-Team!! Let us welcome you with applause again!!"
After hearing the host's announcement, Mei Xia and her teammates immediately walked out of the waiting area. They were met by a crowd of nearly 20,000 spectators, holding up various EDG logos and support objects and waving. At the same time, support sticks were hitting each other from all directions in their ears, a mixture of
Screams and cheers mixed with each other and then echoed, making a huge sound that lasted for a long time.
The most eye-catching thing among them is the banner slogan in the front row, which is printed with the words "edg will be destroyed with no group!".
Due to EDG's terrifying record of never being wiped out by a team in the past few seasons, this slogan has become a widely circulated meme!
Zhu Zhen's hosting style is slightly different from Ren Dong. He often hosts entertainment programs and is more humorous and cheerful. "The support from the audience must have been received by the players of the two teams through the cheers just now! Uzi smiled very happily today
Ah, are you ready to deal with EDG's tactics? Mika is also responding seriously to the audience, don't fall again this time!"
"Now that the two teams are ready, without further ado, please step onto the player bench! Now let us hand over the stage to the two teams!!"
The host announced loudly, and the colorful ambient lights were turned off, replaced by white top lights that kept flashing, and the dazzling spotlights were suddenly turned off.
Click!
A huge lpl logo appeared on the screen above the head and soles of the feet!