"After three fierce battles, ym finally defeated fnc and became the first team to advance to the semi-finals of this world championship!"
"In 2015, FNC eliminated EDG with a score of 3-0, leaving painful memories for LPL. Tonight, three years later, YM also gave them a score of 3-0!"
"The wheels of history that have been stuck in the quagmire have begun to turn. This ym may bring us more surprises. You can continue to look forward to it!"
I remember and Guan Zeyuan's voices echoed in the live broadcast room, while the silent factory director quietly clenched his fists hidden under the table and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
This is the ending he wants to see.
Rows of "Congratulations ym" barrages floated by like snowflakes. The online audience who were still paying attention to the stage had to turn off the barrages in order to see clearly what was going on in the arena at the moment.
During the celebratory BGM, ym's team members stood up from their seats one after another, with smiles on each other's faces.
"The top four! The top four!" He clapped his hands with his left hand and said with a smile.
While Xiaotian was putting on the coat hanging on the back of the chair, he was blowing water with Zhang Xiaowen beside him: "Sixth brother, how would you rate my last wave of single-kill weapons?"
Zhang Xiaowen rolled his eyes: "My evaluation is that the head is invalid."
The camera locked on Su Chen. After taking off his headphones, he stood up, took a sip of water, then strode to the other side of the seat, where he still lowered his head in thought, and rubbed his shoulders.
"You don't have to blame yourself so much." Before he could speak, Su Chen took the lead and said, "If it had been me, I would have stepped forward to operate that wave. There is nothing wrong with your choice, but you can do better.
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"Thank you, I..." His face became better and he opened his mouth, still wanting to apologize to his teammates. Xiaotian and Zhang Xiaowen also came over, hugging his shoulders and teasing him.
"There is always someone who wants to give something away at the competition, why can't it be you?"
"Smile, seventh brother, I don't know, you thought we lost."
Seeing that he laughed in embarrassment, Su Chen also clapped his hands, summoned his excited brothers behind him, and lined up together to the FNC competition seat.
Compared to geng's tragic exit in the group stage, the mood of everyone in FNC is quite stable.
This is not the first time that Ou Cheng and Saoz have been eliminated from the World Championship, so they can still stabilize their emotions.
Caps was a little more excited, and his eyes were already red. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and forcibly suppressed his emotions.
In this round of b05, his performance was not bad, but he did not play the role he should have.
As the sharp offensive weapon of FNC, Caps basically made no big noise in these three games. Lucian, who was the last one, suppressed his left hand during the laning period, but then he led his teammates to chase deep and also sent a big wave.
of.
Before the game, the outside world's expectation was to see him and Left Hand compete in the middle. Both of them are talented mid laners with operational skills, and Caps is even more daring to play.
But this round of YM's targeted strategy worked, and they were doing Tai Chi with FNC on BP.
If you use an assassin who is strong in the lane, I will choose an assassin who can push the lane and roam. If you choose an assassin who can roam, I will use a Sion to push the tower and disgust you.
In the end, Caps couldn't make a sound in the lane, and he didn't dare to run too far when roaming. He was forced to bind spirits in the middle with his left hand, and then watched helplessly as Su Chen and Xiaotian blew up their upper jungle.
I can only say that playing well is not as good as arranging well.
"Congratulations, I hope we can fight again next year." Ou Cheng shook Su Chen's hand vigorously and said politely.
"You shot very well, I didn't expect that arrow to hit," Su Chen said with a smile, "Why don't we choose to meet at next year's MSI."
Ou Cheng laughed loudly: "I think it's okay."
After shaking hands with each other and paying tribute, the five YM people lined up again and stood in the center of the stage. They bowed and thanked amidst the cheers of the fans, and then left the stage.
Post-game interview session.
Su Chen held the microphone in his hand, and on the other side was his old acquaintance sjokz, as well as the exclusive translator from the LPL competition area.
"We meet again, jkd. Although I am a little reluctant, I still have to congratulate you for advancing to the semi-finals," sjokz joked, "What do you want to say about the result of 3-0 elimination of FNC?"
Su Chen thought for a while, then looked at the camera and said seriously: "clear love, this is for you!"
When sjokz heard this, she burst into laughter. She is the host of eu, so she naturally knows the story between edg and fnc.
After making a joke, Su Chen put away his mischievous smile and briefly talked about the team's preparations before the game.
"We have been in good shape since entering the World Championship, and the coaching staff has made a lot of arrangements for FNC's wild assistant position, so the game will be very easy to play. Of course, the last game of FNC did create some trouble for us, even if we
It was a 3-0 victory, but we still have to respect fnc, they tried their best."
sjokz nodded and continued: "The next matchup in the right half is between ig and c9. Who do you think will advance to the next round?"
"Of course it's ig." Su Chen said directly without waiting for the translation problem.
Although they are both teams that entered from the playoffs, the strength gap between ig and c9 is like a cloud, and North America almost unanimously mourned c9 in advance.
But, if ig reaches the semi-finals, they will have to compete with ym for tickets to the finals.
The civil war between lpl and the deep relationship between the teams Su Chen and ig made this showdown full of topics.
sjokz showed a playful expression and asked: "Is ig the opponent you want to meet more?"
Su Chen was silent for a moment and then said: "Yes, I know that if I want to win the championship, I must win against ig. For this round of duel, both me and the others in ym have been prepared for it."
"When I heard you say that, I couldn't help but look forward to it. It will definitely be exciting when the time comes." sjokz said.
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After the interview, Su Chen turned back and walked into the passage. The Chinese interview on the other side was completed by Xiaotian and Zuo Zuo. They had already returned to the lounge.
After walking into the passage alone, Su Chen was about to take his mobile phone to reply to a message, and then he saw an old acquaintance who was about to enter the venue.
Ah P held the mouse and keyboard in one hand and stood at the front of the team, with kt's team leader and coach beside him.
"Hey, jkd!" When Ah P saw Su Chen walking in, he immediately waved to him enthusiastically and greeted him.
"It looks like you are very confident." Su Chen came over and looked at the expressions of everyone in G2.
Both Jankos and Wunder were in good condition, and there was no heavy feeling of a last-ditch battle, which was completely different from their reaction on the day of the draw.
Maybe this is an optimistic family.
"Just wait and see, we are planning to make a big news." Ap said confidently.
Wunder also made a three-to-zero gesture with his hand, with a mysterious smile on his face.
Su Chen smiled and patted Ah P on the shoulder: "I wish you good luck. I'll wait for you in Guangzhou."
After hearing this, everyone in g2 became more confident and whispered among themselves, probably thinking that Su Chen also believed that they had the ability to win.
After chatting with g2 for a few words, Su Chen took two steps forward and saw the kt people walking towards him on the other side of the passage.
Different from the lively atmosphere here in G2, the entire kt team showed a sense of order. Only the team leader and coach were talking, and the players were listening quietly.
Marin, who was standing at the end of the team, saw Su Chen, raised his eyebrows, a smile appeared on his face, and raised his hand to wave.
At last year's Shark Fighting Carnival, Marin played an exhibition match with Su Chen. Although Su Chen was only an anchor at that time, he was already half-footed in the professional circle.
When they reunited in Busan a year later, Su Chen was already a man of honor. The only gap between him and Marin was an FMVP in the S-game.
Others in kt also saw Su Chen. Kt coach Wu Changzong, who was wearing round-framed black-rimmed glasses, showed an unexpected expression. Deft and Mata also said a few words in Korean. Smeb and Marin also said hello politely.
Before going on stage, the kt team also watched YM and FNC's b05 in the lounge. They all saw Su Chen's performance in the knockout round and discussed it in private.
Now that they see real people, it is difficult for them to calm down.
Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at, Su Chen could only speed up his pace and quickly left the passage.
Looking at his back, he shook his head and said, "He does seem to be a person who is not easy to mess with."
"Now is not the time to pay attention to him," Pawn said calmly. "Whether we can meet YM in the finals is still unknown. Let's focus on the present first."
deft nodded, but he knew very well that ym was kt's biggest opponent this year, and it was only a matter of time before they met.
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In the lounge, Su Chen just opened the door and saw everyone eating dinner.
pdd built a long table from somewhere and put a dozen takeout boxes on it. Xiaotian and Zuo Zuo had their mouths full of oil, and the aroma of the food was wafting in the air.
"It's not in line with the rules to eat takeout in the organizer's lounge," Su Chen frowned, "Bring me a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
"Come on!" Zhang Xiaowen held the lunch box with one hand, took the plastic bowl and chopsticks from the sofa with the other hand, and threw it over the air, but he miscalculated the distance.
The plastic bowl flipped over in the air and fell upside down on his head. The man who was reaching out to pick up the braised pork remained silent on the spot.
Xiaotian on the side burst into laughter, and the rice grains splashed on the trouser leg of his left hand at the same time.
Everyone was in chaos, and pdd laughed out loud like a pig.
"Q can even twist Q!" Xiaotian said funnyly while holding his throat.
Su Chen reluctantly took off the bowls and chopsticks from his head and joined in. In the joyful atmosphere, he ate his meal and listened to Meng Ma's post-match summary.
Soon, more than a dozen food boxes were cleaned.
After clearing the table, Meng Ma also pushed the electronic screen to the center of the lounge again.
"There's another power outage at the hotel. We're going back now to use the sauna, so we'll stay here for a while while I've communicated with the organizers." pdd explained.
"That's it." Su Chen suddenly realized.
"What should FNC do? Are they in the lounge too?" Zuo Zuo asked.
They won the game anyway, so it was okay to suffer here for a few hours.
FNC loses the game and still has to be stuck here. It's really like going to jail.
"Don't you know," Meng Ma shrugged, "They have already returned to the hotel to pack their luggage. Halfway through the third round, their team leader booked a flight back to Europe at midnight."
"Okay, very stable." Xiaotian gave a thumbs up.
"Okay, okay, the game is about to start," pdd couldn't wait to turn on the electronic screen, "I want to see if there will be an upset tonight. If kt is defeated by g2, the people in lck will probably have a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Meng Ma pressed the remote control in his hand, connected to Bluetooth, and directly transmitted the live broadcast on his mobile phone to the electronic screen.
kt and g2 have already taken their seats, and the game has begun.
Su Chen also watched attentively. The confident demeanor of the G2 team just now made him somewhat expectant. Is it possible that G2 really hid some secret weapon?
Two hours later, Roaring Emperor's voice floated out from the speaker.
"The second team to advance to the semi-finals of the 2018 Global Finals has been born. They are kt Roster from lck!"
A roar like a tsunami erupted in the Busan stadium. The Korean home audience did not hesitate in their enthusiasm and stood up to applaud the five kt players on the court.
In the lounge, everyone in ym had watched the three games and were still digesting the information about the game.
Xiaotian was the first to speak out and summed up succinctly: "What kind of hook is g2 playing?"
Su Chen also shook his head and agreed with Xiaotian's statement.
Judging from the results, kt swept g2 three to zero, which is not very surprising.
But the process of the game really made people's blood pressure soar.
In the first game, g2's inertia was the first to survive. In the middle, P took out the dog head and was killed three times by Pawn's knife girl and the six-level wine barrel.
Wunder's top lane cannon didn't have the ideal suppressive power. Smeb used Ornn to withstand the pressure. G2 lost two lanes during the laning phase, and kt easily won the game in 25 minutes.
In the second game, g2 returned to normal and showed normal BP, but after entering the game, it went crazy in the early stage. Jankos' male gun caught the third level to help Wunder to cross the tower, but he made a mistake and was killed by the defense tower.
The buff was given to smeb's gnar.
The captain, who originally had the advantage in Wunder's matchup, was directly blown up by this wave.
And Ap's Enchantress also came up inexplicably at level 5. Ryze wanted to kill the pawn in line, but was trapped under the tower by runes. The damage calculation made a mistake and did not replace the pawn. He was killed by Mata who came to support him later.
Luo was knocked away again, losing his life in vain.
However, even at a disadvantage in the early stage, g2 still did not choose to stabilize the situation and provide time for the development of large nuclear weapons and small cannons in the later stage.
When kt had lane rights, g2 took the initiative to fight for the vanguard. During the fight between the two sides, the blind monk's punishment fought for the vanguard to leave the battlefield safely. Deft, who was single-handedly leading the bottom lane, bulldozed the defense tower alone.
The rhythm of g2 collapsed. It was controlled by kt until 30 minutes. After widening the economic gap of 6,000, the team lost the game in one wave.
In the desperate situation of falling behind 0 to 2, in the third game G2 entered the "no regrets" phase. Ap took out Yasuo, Wunder took out the Sword Demon, and Jankos also got the Rock Bird. They are basically the unique heroes that they are good at.
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But kt has finished warming up after the first two games. Smeb's weapon master suppressed Wunder30 in 10 minutes, and deft's ez scored three consecutive kills in the team battle.
g2 resisted for 25 minutes and lost the last wave of team battles in the middle, ending their journey to the World Championship.
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After watching another set of duels tonight, the ym team also returned to the hotel.
In the room, Su Chen was sitting on the sofa, scrolling through Weibo on his phone, and waiting for Xiaotian to finish taking a shower.
The results of the first day of the knockout round have already spread in China. The news that ym advanced to the semi-finals has become a hot topic, and people in the industry have also sent congratulatory messages.
The discussion was mainly focused on the result of ym's 3-0 victory over fnc. Especially at the end of the third game, the "edg" team logo was displayed above the heads of the ym team, which attracted many celebrities to comment.
[Although I have always been Jiang Hei before, but when I saw Quinn being the first to display the edg team logo when pushing the base, I thanked them from the bottom of my heart and became a fan!]
[Didn’t you see Jiang Ke’s interview after the competition? I was going to die laughing, the factory director was already on his knees in the living room]
[FNC 10% off water bottles? If I play, I’ll get 3-0! 】
[Given YM's status in the group stage, I think it's normal to sweep FNC 3-0, but there is one thing to say, Caps' performance in this series is mediocre, and they don't have the dominance they had during the European Civil War]
[Upstairs, I think the real crime was Hailisang. You can watch the replay for yourself. This is much better than the three games. Before playing FNC, YM’s rhythm engine was only Xiaotian. There are more in this round.
A Hailisang, it would be strange if he didn’t win]
[Don’t brag too much. YM still has some hidden dangers in this round. In the third game, the classics were sent to the top again. This is definitely a hidden danger. It’s hard to say if they run into IG in the next round.
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Su Chen couldn't help but fell into deep thought when he saw the last comment with a lot of likes.
This comment does raise some substantive issues.
That is the next round. If ym faces ig, the process will definitely not be as easy as fnc.
After all, the reason why the ym World Championship has been so easy so far is that they have absolute advantages in the middle, top and jungle positions.
This is the result of the player's personal strength and has nothing to do with BP or tactics.
But, so is ig.
Although the shy has never won in the past few times, he is definitely the top laner closest to Su Chen in the world.
However, for the other few people, Xiaotian may not be able to suppress Prince Ning.
The left hand's several matchups with Song Yijin in the summer split were inferior in terms of statistics.
In terms of overall strength, the middle, upper and jungle sides of both sides should be in a 60-40 situation.
The lane matchup in the bottom lane may be the key to this round of b05.
"Do you want to give me the last piece of growth essence?" Looking at the dark night outside the window, Su Chen fell into deep thought. This chapter has been completed!