On the night of the 26th, there were very few posts discussing the just-concluded LPL third place game.
Mainly, there is really nothing worth mentioning about this game.
Most of them are discussing the LCK finals next door that also ended today.
SKT, which was at its peak, overturned in the finals, which was naturally welcomed by the majority of netizens.
But at the same time, netizens are also amazed by the suppressive power and absolute strength shown by the new LCK champion, this year's s7lck No. 1 seed Longzhu Team.
Many people can't help but become pessimistic about the prospects of the LPL team in this locally held S7 Global Finals.
Now that LCK has dominated the S-League for several years, the LPL audience is losing confidence.
Why are there so many monster teams in LCK?
In this LCK Summer Split final, the MVP of the game is undoubtedly Longzhu’s top laner Khan.
Then this actually brought about an interesting change in public opinion regarding the upcoming lpl finals.
That is, more and more people are optimistic that OMG can win the championship.
Even though the majority of people are still optimistic about rng winning the championship, at least it was not the time when rng just defeated we to advance to the finals, when netizens were overwhelmingly optimistic about rng.
In the version where the influence of the top laner is declining, Khan can carry the game strongly and lead the Dragon Ball team to win the LCK championship. What about Lu Chen?
Currently, khan is undoubtedly recognized by most people in the world, and in the hearts of many domestic viewers, Lu Chen is no worse than khan.
Whether you really think so, or it is out of support and recognition for outstanding local and domestic top laners.
At least one thing is recognized by the majority of the audience, that is, compared to Khan, Lu Chen is at least the top top laner at the same level.
This is the recognition that Lu Chen has demonstrated through his hard work in every game.
With the example of Dragon Ball Team, some viewers feel that maybe Lu Chen can also lead OMG to win the championship.
What's more, letme's strength is definitely not as good as huni.
In fact, in the past few days, Lu Chen could feel that the vague expectations for him from the coaching staff, teammates, and even OMG fans were getting heavier and heavier.
Lu Chen knew what they were expecting.
These heavy expectations represent heavy pressure on his shoulders.
But don't forget, among all Lu Chen's attributes, which one is currently the highest.
It’s the mentality!
This pressure will not cause him trouble, it will only give him greater motivation.
There is another sentence that suddenly became popular in LPL-related circles today.
I don’t know who was the first to say it. The content was: “After three years, there is finally another LPL final with ten ID cards.”
Indeed, since the 2014 LPL Summer Finals, there have been Korean players in every LPL final.
This sentence is popular because it directly touches the hearts of all lpl viewers.
Which LPL audience doesn't want local players to stand on the highest stage!
...
After two peaceful and fulfilling days of training, on the 28th, the entire team prepared to leave for the Imperial Capital.
In the bedroom, Lu Chen was sitting on the bed.
The items you need to bring have been packed, and the suitcase is at your feet.
It was still early to leave for the airport, so Lu Chen took out his mobile phone and opened WeChat.
The chat bar scrolls down one by one, most of which are finals blessings from friends.
There are my good brother Liu Chao, my roommate and classmate in school, and Xiao Ying, Li Mingxuan and others whom I met during my short career in the school e-sports club.
Lu Chen has already thanked them one by one.
Looking at one of the contacts, Lu Chen made a video call.
The call was quickly connected there.
After some daily greetings, Lu Chen asked: "Mom, are you really not going?"
"Your dad doesn't want to go, so forget it!" Lu Chen's mother said.
Lu Chen was born in an ordinary family. Although he was not wealthy, his family was quite well off.
Growing up, his mother basically supported any of his decisions. As for his father, although he often disagreed with some of his decisions, he would never explicitly express his opposition.
More than two months ago, when he learned that he was temporarily suspended from school to pursue a career, he knew that although his father did not express strong objections, he was still quite angry.
This time OMG reached the LPL Summer Finals. Lu Chen originally wanted to ask the club for two tickets so that his parents could go to the Wukesong Stadium in the Imperial Capital to watch the finals live.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen expressed his understanding of his parents' decision.
"Wait a minute, I'll show you something." A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on the mother's face.
Then, on the screen of Lu Chen's mobile phone, the interior of his home that he was extremely familiar with appeared.
Apparently the other end of the video call switched to the front camera.
The camera shook slightly and arrived in front of his study door.
His mother opened the door and walked in, and then Lu Chen saw a scene he had never imagined.
My father is actually playing League of Legends!
The camera zooms in, and you can see that you are playing the King of Barbarians.
The mother smiled and said: "Your dad, he always asked why you like to play this game so much! So he tried to play it himself. After playing it, he became addicted to it. He comes back from get off work every day to play games. , he likes to play this barbarian the most..."
Ahem!
A cough came from the side, which seemed to cover up the embarrassment that didn't actually exist.
Hearing these words, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth curved up unconsciously.
Lu Chen asked with a smile: "Dad, what rank are you in?"
"There is no rank, it's not even level 30." Lu Chen's father said with a sullen face, pretending to be serious.
Lu Chen changed the subject at the right time and said, "Dad, do you really want to go to the Imperial Capital to watch your son's game?"
"I'm not going, I don't have time. I just have something to do at work during those two days."
Just as he was talking, the screen in front of Lu Chen's father turned black and white, and the barbarian king was single-killed by the opposite top laner.
"Zhuo, it's all your fault for talking so much and not using your ultimate move!"
Across the mobile phone screen, the family of three burst into laughter.
At this time, the team leader informed all the team members that they were ready to set off. After Lu Chen said a few more words, he hung up the video call.
...
In the evening, omg everyone arrived at the imperial capital smoothly.
In terms of logistics, the club's arrangements were in place. When the coaching staff and players arrived at the hotel, they found that the training room had been arranged.
This is good because you don't have to go out and have to go to an Internet cafe to train, which would greatly affect the training effect.
The team leader ordered takeout, and not long after, the takeout was delivered, which was quite generous.
After the team members had a hearty meal, they threw themselves into the training intensively without any delay in time.
In this lpl summer finals, compared to rng, omg is undoubtedly the side with greater mental pressure.
Logically speaking, OMG is the least favored team in the public opinion, and its regular season record is not as good as RNG. It can be said that they participated in the finals like a dog, and they should have less mental pressure.
But the summer finals are not only about the ownership of the lpl championship, but also about the ownership of the s7 global finals.
As far as rng is concerned, they have already been guaranteed a place in the World Championship, and it is nothing more than the difference between the first seed and the second seed.
But for omg, if they lose this final, their final points cannot exceed that of we.
In that case, we will automatically become the second seed and advance to the World Championship, while omg will have to play in the bubble game to compete for the last remaining spot in the World Championship.
The bubble competition has always been extremely cruel. Maybe omg worked hard for a year and reached the summer finals, but in the end they couldn't even go to the world championships and ended up with nothing.
Moreover, this year the third seed in each division must first participate in the qualifying rounds and qualify for the S7 Global Finals from the qualifying rounds.
It's not that Lu Chen looks down on the wild card teams in the finals, but to be honest, playing chess with a bunch of bad chess players is useless!
A pure waste of energy.
The benefits of being the No. 1 seed are obvious.
In this case, Lu Chen himself had nothing to do. He just hoped that his teammates and coaches would not be disturbed by too much mental pressure.
...
It's late, the players are playing ranked in the Korean server, and OMG has made an appointment with us to play a training match tomorrow.
We are undoubtedly omg's best training match partner. No matter what the final result is, only one of the two teams will participate in the bubble match, and there is no possibility of a subsequent official match.
I looked at the friends list in the game and saw that 957 was online and not in the game.
Lu Chen opened the chat window and the two chatted for a few words.
Brother Leg joked: "To be honest, I actually support rng in the finals."
Lu Chen: "???"
Brother Leg: "You don't have to ask why? If rng wins, I will enter the World Championship. I don't have to play in the bubble competition."
Lu Chen: "It's so heartless. I feel like I can't fall in love again. By the way, when will you come to the imperial capital?"
Brother Leg: "In two days, we just need to play a bubble match after the finals. There are no other miscellaneous things, so there is no rush. Not to mention that we may not even need to play the bubble match, so we can travel to the imperial capital at public expense.
Ha ha!"
At this time, Lu Chen's side was lined up, the game started, and the two people's chat ended here.
Select Jace and enter the game.
In a fierce battle that lasted nearly forty minutes, Lu Chen's Jayce had a damage output of 60,000, but in the end he still won with great difficulty by stealing.
After coming out of the settlement interface, I glanced at the friend list and saw that a game on 957 had just ended.
Lu Chen suddenly remembered something that happened more than a month ago when he participated in the intercontinental competition in Province 4v.
A chat window popped up for 957 again.
Lu Chen: "Brother Leg, come and practice laning solo!"
Leg brother: "What kind of sexy hero do you want to bring out again? Is this a secret weapon prepared for the finals?"
Lu Chen: "I just want to try it, but it may not be useful. Do you want to come?"
Leg brother: "Come on, what are you playing with?"
Lu Chen: "I'll play captain, you can do whatever you want!"
Brother Leg: "So arrogant? Captain, I've never seen you play before. This hero requires proficiency, and it can't be mastered in just a few days."
Ten minutes later.
Jax, operated by 957, was single-killed by Lu Chen's captain.
So 957 replaced Jess, and the two played solo again.
Then, Jace was also killed by the captain alone.
Leg brother: "Damn, you're careless. You, the captain, have some skills. I didn't realize that you are still an old captain. When did you practice secretly?"
Lu Chen: "Hey, this is my hero. I won't tell other people."
Brother Leg: "Aren't you destined to be the Qinggang Shadow? But there is one thing to say, the Captain is a hero who is so targeted in the game that it is difficult to develop."
Lu Chen: "I haven't played Captain for a long time. My hands are raw. I will take it out to familiarize myself with it as a backup. I may not choose it in the finals."
After playing solo for two games, the two stopped continuing and went to play ranked games separately.
The next day, during the training match with we, Lu Chen took out the captain.
As a result, just as the leg brother said, his captain was defeated by Kandi, and he played directly to 0-5. His teammates were also at a disadvantage in this round and could not support the captain's development. At nearly 20 minutes, this training round
The game was obviously worthless, so the two sides immediately retreated and started the next game.
The Captain is a hero who has no initiative in the early stage. When he encounters a strong top lane hero, what awaits him is endless jungle and tower jumping, or mid-field climbing. He might as well add an assist to jump the tower together.
.
At times like this, you often have to leave your teammates to fate.
Of course, if the captain encounters a situation where the opponent's top laner is a tank and the jungler doesn't do much hunting, he can still play quite comfortably.
but...
There’s no way to choose a tank to fight a captain in solo, right?
Isn't there really a jungler who sees the captain and doesn't take aim at it?
...
Soon, the day before the lpl summer finals started, the two teams in the finals came to the Wukesong Stadium to participate in the rehearsal and the recording of the pre-game trash talk session.
Before the finals of major events, it is an old tradition of e-sports for both teams to engage in official “trash talk” against each other.
Before the trash talk was recorded, Lu Chen patted world6 on the shoulder and said, "Yutian, have you thought about something sexy to say later?"
"Oh, no! I don't even know what to say. Why don't you, Brother Lu, teach me a few words?"
world6's face was full of embarrassment, and it seemed that he really didn't know what to say.
Lu Chen rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "How about you tell Mala Xiangguo, I will prove on this stage who is the best jungler in LPL!"
Phew!
Next to me, I and Xiao Wu laughed out loud.
"Stop persecuting the factory director. The factory director didn't even make it to the finals, and you still let world6 play tricks on him," i said.
Then he added: "Lu Xiaoshuai, if you have anything else to say, please teach me a few."
Lu Chen shrugged slightly, spread his hands, and said, "Young Master Leng wants me to teach you some trash talk before a game? You usually talk a lot."
"Hey, I really don't know what to say!"
"How about saying...justice will prevail?"
puff!
This time it was world6 and Xiao Wu's turn to laugh out loud. Even Ma Ge on the side raised the corners of his mouth, obviously suppressing laughter.
Lu Chen and several teammates were joking and joking for a while. The staff informed them to get ready and it would be their turn to record soon.
"Hey, by the way, Brother Lu, what are you going to say in the trash talk session later?" world6 asked curiously.
"You'll know in a minute!"
...
After all the miscellaneous things such as rehearsals and trash talk recording were over, omg everyone returned to the hotel where they stayed.
There are no training matches scheduled for the rest of the day. The players will play their own rankings and adjust their status.
The finals officially started at three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, but there were still many steps that required the participation of the team members before the game. In addition to the time consumed on the way to the competition site, the team members needed to set off quite a bit in advance.
So tonight the team members took a break earlier than usual.
When I woke up, it was September 1st, the day when the lpl summer finals started.
