"Well, you obviously went to bed so early last night, why do you still feel a little sleepy?"
Rubbing his eyes, Lin Cheng turned over and climbed up with difficulty.
After shaking his dizzy head, Lin Cheng sat on the edge of the bed for a while before he regained consciousness, yawning profusely and went to the bathroom.
Looking at the handsome face in the mirror, Lin Cheng patted his cheeks with cold water.
"Come on! Today is the final."
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the whole team got on the bus and rushed to LOL PARK, the venue for today's competition.
Seoul, Jongno-gu.
Looking up at the sharp-edged Grand Seoul Building, Lin Cheng squinted his eyes slightly as the glass walls reflected the sunlight.
"I really miss the feeling of playing here."
Kuro complained: "You only played two games here, how can you get so much emotion?"
Lin Cheng retorted: "It's three games. I played three games here before switching to online games."
"Okay, don't worry about these things, hurry up."
Lin Cheng then followed his teammates from the entrance to the third floor.
I passed by the legendary hall full of player posters again, and couldn't help but take another look at the blank wall behind it.
When he first came here, Lin Cheng told Kuro that he wanted to carve his name here.
So, let me start my legendary journey with this championship.
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As the LCK, which has held the title of ‘First Division’ for a long time, today’s final naturally has no shortage of attention.
Before the game, the commentators in each language stream gave their respective predictions of the results.
There was a one-sided trend in the voting for the Korean language.
8:2.
Even though KT has defeated its rival in the regular season this season, KT is still the underdog.
Only Pawn, who once played for KT, and the new host of the analysis desk, Yoon So-bin, believe that KT can defeat T1. Other guests and commentators are unanimously optimistic that T1 will win the ninth league championship trophy in team history.
There is no way, T1 of BO5 will always be favored.
Although T1 was double-killed by KT in the regular season, BO5 can be said to be a different game to a large extent.
Last spring, SKT was twice beaten by Griffin in the regular season, but this did not prevent them from easily sweeping their opponents 3:0 in the finals.
The voting for the English stream was completely opposite to that of the Korean stream.
Except for Mr. Bang, the famous SKT player who served as a temporary guest, who was optimistic about T1, all other guests and English commentators, including Core JJ, were optimistic that KT could win the championship.
Even former SKT captain and C9's meritorious coach Reapered sees KT more.
This season, KT and Lin Cheng have gained a large number of fans in English streaming.
Although North American and some European teams play poorly and lazily, it does not prevent their audiences from preferring KT's entertaining style of play.
Voting on the Chinese side is much more humane.
After Zeyuan predicted that Li Ge would win the Nine Crowns, other LPL commentators turned to support their compatriot Lin Cheng and were optimistic that KT would be successfully crowned.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, half an hour before the game was about to start, Lin Cheng got a bit of unexpected news in the lounge.
KT's opponent in this game, the T1 team, did not arrive at the competition venue within the stipulated time. Although it did not have any impact on the preparation process of the game, Riot officials decided to punish T1.
The penalty is that in the first round of BP in the first game of BO5, T1 will be penalized two BAN positions.
"Late? Such a low-level mistake?"
Kang Dongxun confirmed Lin Cheng's doubts.
"Yoho! Is there such a good thing?"
Aiming is very happy. Lin Cheng alone can take a lot of fixed BAN slots. The impact of missing two BANs on the opponent is really huge.
Lin Cheng waved his hand, "No, no, we can't take advantage of this."
All his teammates looked over.
This is a punishment with fists. You guys are talking as if we are causing trouble.
Lin Cheng was justified, "Think about it, originally our strength didn't require the opponent to give up BAN positions, but nothing is guaranteed. What if the opponent lacked two BAN positions and we still lost in the first game? Wouldn't it be terrible?
Awkward?"
Aiming nodded: "It's really embarrassing, what should I do?"
"I'll tell you..."
As the opening approached, the two teams of players were waiting at the entrance of the channel to enter after being prompted by the staff.
"Yo ho! Park Sung Chen, you put on your makeup well today."
"Really? We were late today. The makeup artist worked very quickly, and I was worried that I wouldn't be on camera."
"You only have one BAN slot in the first round, what are you going to BAN?"
"I don't know, you have to ask the coach."
Except for the top laner, both parties were old players. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they knew each other, and they chatted wordlessly.
It’s easy to see the character of T1 players through the players’ conversations.
Teddy has a more active personality and is familiar with everyone. He even told Lin Cheng without shame that he played Sword Girl very well and would like to have a solo game when he had time.
Faker is obviously the player who has played for the longest time in T1, but he is obviously not as open-minded as Teddy. He simply says hello to the KT players, and only Kuro can have a meaningless chat with him.
Canna was also very interesting and asked Lin Cheng if he could choose a tank hero today so that everyone could play together and not fight so fiercely.
Lin Cheng just laughed.
No, bro! You’re already in the finals and you’re still messing around?
In the Huya Live Room, today’s commentators are Ze Yuan and Remember, the ace pair.
Remember: "It's coming, it's coming! Who can take the throne of the LCK in the spring of 2020? What we are about to bring you is the finals of the LCK Spring Split. The two teams are T1 and KT. This is also the third news agency battle this year.
"
Zeyuan: "Today's game can be said to be quite interesting. The big devil Faker attacks the LCK League championship for the ninth time. If he wins today, it will be his second time to achieve three consecutive LCK League championships. It is really very special."
A terrible thing."
Remember: "It's worth mentioning that this is also Brother Cheng's first season in KT. I believe this will never be the last time Brother Cheng stands on the stage of the finals.
But in my first year, I have to challenge the most legendary player in the League of Legends in the finals. I’m afraid it’s also stressful for Brother Orange today.”
Zeyuan: "It's okay! After all, we are not opposing players. Many new players who are known as genius mid laners have faced SKT and will not play the game when they see the ID of the opponent's mid laner. Brother Chengzi does not have to worry about the opponent's ID.
pressure."
I remember joking with a smile: "Kuro said, little brother, just let me operate with confidence on the top lane. Leave the middle lane to me. I promise to take Faker with me."
"You are too messy, why are you messing around together? Kuro's performance is really outstanding this season."
Ze Yuan is justified: "And after all, this KT team is not all new players like Griffin last year. The big brothers in the team are all experienced, so there should not be a one-sided situation like last year's finals."
Remember: "Here we come! The opening ceremony is about to begin. We will hand over the footage to the director."
