Chapter 291 The support rate of the finals in five to five
After the interview, Lin Cheng walked slowly to the restaurant to prepare for dinner.
He only ate a few biscuits to fill his stomach in the afternoon, and now he was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back.
The restaurant on the first floor was already full of KT's fools, all devouring their meals.
Bono joked: "Lin Cheng, you didn't say anything more about improving KDA in this interview, did you?"
"Humph! I'm planning to find an opportunity to trick you next time. You can go and watch the interview yourself."
Lin Cheng joked while casually picking up some dishes on a plate and sitting next to Kuro.
The first thing I did when I sat down was not to start eating, but to take out my phone and look at it.
As it happens, there are two unread messages on my phone.
The first one is from Han Seo-yeon.
Ah Cheng, come on! We will also watch the finals.
Looking at the unlucky bear's clenched fist and cheering expression on the screen, Lin Cheng couldn't help but smile.
Obviously, Han Seo-yeon also watched today’s game.
Hmm~~~I just don’t know if Sister Shuyeon watched the post-match interview?
If I had known earlier, I would have been more humble.
"You smile so silly, girlfriend?"
Kuro next to him glanced at Lin Cheng.
"I want you to take care of it."
Lin Cheng was covered in thorns.
Kuro curled his lips and continued eating slowly.
The second message came from Xiao Tong. Apparently she and Xiao Tong watched today's game together.
Lin Cheng sincerely felt warm towards their concern.
But why does Xiao Tong always ask me if I have forgotten something?
Is there really something I've forgotten?
Lin Cheng didn't think of the answer for a while, so he buried himself in his food.
The night of every game day is a rest time for players to arrange freely. Seeing that it was still early, Lin Cheng sneaked into the training room with his teammates after dinner.
While his teammates were playing games and watching TV shows, Lin Cheng was bored and wandered around the forum.
Today's DCinside e-sports section is very lively, and the discussion about the just-concluded semi-finals is still going on.
"CvMax's BP did not disappoint. How dare he give Doran Quin in a life-and-death game? Why does he think Doran can defeat Cheng?"
"KT's top laner is really strong. There is no problem with being the strongest top laner in LCK this year."
"I can't tell whether Cheng is strong or not. Doran is the real deal anyway."
"Doran is clearly giving it away today. People who don't understand LOL will be silent after seeing it."
"As long as KT keeps going, it looks like KT will have the only seat in this year's World Championship."
"Just a group of seniors like KT, if we go to the World Championship, I'm afraid we won't even be able to win the title of the second division."
"It's already the third division anyway, no matter how bad it is, can it still be worse than North America?"
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I have to say that this group of lemons in the LCK are really interesting. When DRX was swept, their first reaction was not that KT played well, but that DRX played badly.
In addition to KT fans praising the performance of their own players, many people, including T1 fans, are mocking McGowan's picks and Dolan's performance.
Lin Cheng looked through the comments happily.
Although you are upset, I wonder if these people will have a more correct mentality after defeating T1?
After exiting the competition discussion room, there was a post on the forum homepage that was extremely popular.
"The 28th News Agency War is coming! Can KT overturn T1?"
This is an article published by the LCK official cooperative media. It introduces the past and present of the News Agency War in detail, and it evokes the memories of many old players.
"LCK is T1's back garden, and the ninth crown is within easy reach."
"Wake up! KT is stronger this year and the championship is ours."
"BO3 and BO5 are two games, and T1 is the king of BO5."
"We KT are invincible."
"When I saw KT play in the final, I knew it was safe. We have never lost to T1 in the final."
"Compared to T1, I would rather see KT win the championship. It's boring not to change players."
Countless fans of T1 and KT clearly expressed their positions.
What is rare is that T1's support rate did not have a clear advantage this time.
In addition to KT's own fan support, many neutral LCK fans have also temporarily turned to KT.
From a historical perspective, KT is really unlucky, and people have to sympathize with it.
In other words, compared to the immortality of the dynasty, onlookers would rather see the collapse of the dynasty.
As things turn, there may not be a time when it doesn’t come to my house.
Various reasons have resulted in a nearly 50-50 support rate for this news agency war.
You know, before Lin Cheng's debut in the news agency war, his approval rating reached 91.
Of course, the support rate for the September 1 Opening that Lin Cheng saw at that time was not a true comparison of the number of fans between the two sides.
The reason why there was such an exaggerated support rate at that time was mainly because KT's record during that period was so ugly that many KT fans didn't even bother to click a mouse to support their team.
Just like during the period when EDG was in decline, all the pig fans were watching the game silently. How could they be in the mood to go to forums to accept the anger?
Later, KT's performance got better and better, and the fans' enthusiasm finally grew.
Only when the team's performance is good can fans jump in. It's so true.
Although T1 itself has the largest LCK fan base in Korea, if overseas audiences are put aside, the number of KT fans in Korea is actually very large, second only to T1's fan base.
Before LOL appeared, in the era when e-sports was gradually emerging in South Korea, KT was the two giants that existed equally with SKT. After entering the LOL field, there were countless stories.
In 2013, the second teams of the two clubs met for the first time on the OGN stage, kicking off the news agency war.
Due to the competition format, there are two teams competing in OGN from the two club divisions at this time.
In this year's OGN finals, SKT T1K lost two to three against KTB, which started KT's tragic career. The classic scene of Faker and Ryu in the blind draft has been circulated repeatedly.
Even if there is no more news agency wars in the future, as long as League of Legends is still cool, this shot will probably be passed down forever.
It can be said that this classic scene has become a good story in the history of LOL.
Of course, Yue Lun definitely doesn't think so.
In the subsequent S3 qualifiers, Yue Lun left another legendary classic.
When KTB won the first game, Yuelun Xiaoyuren attacked Quan, and then was sanctioned for three consecutive games. Faker beat the opponent hard, and SKT T1K chased for three consecutive games to complete the comeback.
After this battle, SKT skyrocketed and won the world championship, while KTB fell into disarray and its staff was scattered.
The following year, SKT and KTB gradually declined.
The protagonists of the news agency war were KTA and SKT T1S. This year, KTA, under the leadership of Kakao, became the dark horse of the league, suddenly emerging and winning the last championship of the last generation of OGN.
Later, the LCK reform ushered in the era of SKT's dominance.
In the following five years, KT only won one championship during S8, when SKT was at its weakest. The rest of the time, KT was almost pinned to the ground by SKT.
If you include the OGN era, the two sides have met nearly fifty times in total, and SKT undoubtedly has an overwhelming winning rate advantage.
Therefore, T1 fans always have a wonderful sense of superiority when facing their rival fans.
And KT fans did not despise their opponents because of their double kill in the regular season.
Although KT did double kill their arch-enemy in this year's regular season, the BO5 game is still different from the BO3 game after all.
Previously, the two sides played a total of 7 games in the BO5 format. KT only won 1 game, was swept 3:0 3 times, was let down twice and was let down 1 time.