All live streams are complaining about the opening show, but the subsequent performance numbers are actually quite thoughtful.
The organizers compiled all previous theme songs of the S competition into a performance. "Rise" and "Legends Never Die", as the theme songs of the year when IG won the championship, and the songs of the S7 Bird's Nest decisive battle, resonated with countless Chinese players.
Along with the music, the big screen at the scene slowly showed the classic moments of various world championships.
There are shots of contestants roaring excitedly, shots of contestants crying sadly, and shots of spectators cheering.
FNC, TPA, SKT, SSW, SKT, SKT, SSG, IG, FPX, the previous world championship team logos are arranged in order at the top of the big screen.
Of course, the programming of the program was very careful, but the performance was a bit awkward.
The organizers had to use the crowd tactic and find some people to perform martial arts and recite poems on the spot, which attracted another round of crazy comments on the barrage.
Except for Liu Boxin, there was not a single real singer performing live in the audience. They were all playing CDs, which was a bit unsightly.
Even in the second half of the show, when two big men appeared carrying a box containing the Summoner's Trophy, they were criticized wildly for being "coffin bearers".
While they were dancing crazily on the stage, the contestants from both sides also started from the backstage.
Lin Cheng was the first to walk out of the entrance channel, and the audience cheered across the guardrail.
Although there were only 6,000 spectators at the scene, it was already a big event for Lin Cheng. Even during non-epidemic periods, there are only a handful of e-sports matches with more than 6,000 spectators.
At a glance, the whole place was filled with light and shadow. In a daze, Lin Cheng seemed to hear someone shouting his name.
But the live performance continued, and the background music and noisy vocals were mixed together and it was impossible to hear clearly.
Lin Cheng kept walking.
It was his first time to fight in front of so many people. He was not nervous at all. On the contrary, he was faintly excited.
Just in time, the live performance came to an end.
Under the watchful eyes of a group of Yin soldiers, the box in the center of the stage slowly opened, revealing the Summoner's Trophy inside.
The trophy is entirely silver, with the image of the Canyon Summoner engraved on the body, shining brightly under the light.
Lin Cheng stepped onto the stage.
In the broadcast screen, the audience did not see the footage of the players from both sides playing. The director had cut the screen to an aerial view of the entire Pudong football stadium.
Countless light beams descended from the sky, lighting up the Summoner pattern on top of the Pudong Football Stadium.
Immediately afterwards, the screen cut to the night view of Shanghai as a whole.
The same countless light beams descended from the sky, lighting up the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Tower and other landmark buildings, as if bringing the entire Shanghai into the atmosphere of the World Championships.
At this time, the camera cuts back to the inside of the venue again.
A burly figure suddenly fell from the sky, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The huge figure of Galio, the Colossus of Justice, knelt on the stage. As Galio stood up, his folded wings slowly opened, revealing the contestants from both sides who were already on the stage.
The players of the two teams appeared in front of the screen in the audience's field of vision in this way.
This scene fits the name of Galio's ultimate move very well, and the hero appears.
However, although this appearance is full of creativity, Galio's special effects are a bit plasticky, which has attracted a lot of complaints.
"This Galio's knee is molded, so funny."
"Why do we play this in our home court? RNG, right?"
"Please God, right? Who is Gallio helping?"
"It's useless to ask God for such a special effect of stretching the crotch."
"Are you asking SKT's God in front of KT? Don't you take my brother Cheng seriously?"
"Seeing this plus Leo, brother Cheng, why don't you smash the DWG today?"
"This is a hint that Kuro will use Galio in the finals. He likes this hero very much."
"Is the mixed beast making trouble with you? Don't forget that Kuro's surname is also Li."
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As the AR virtual Galio fluttered away in the broadcast screen, the lights on the scene turned on completely, and members of both teams became the protagonists on the stage.
Host Yu Shuang's voice sounded at the scene.
"Hello Shanghai! Hello to all the viewers here and watching around the world! Welcome to the finals of the 2020 League of Legends Global Finals."
After a brief speech, Yu Shuang began to introduce the members of both teams.
"First of all, let us welcome the DWG team from the LCK division."
As the words fell, it was a bit embarrassing that the audience did not immediately respond to the host's call and cheer. Only two seconds later did the enthusiastic audience give DWG a sporadic cheer.
When the DWG members were introduced separately, there were no even scattered cheers, and the DWG members seemed very embarrassed.
It's scary to wave while the whole world is watching and not get a response.
Canyon, the youngest, looked like he was about to shed tears when he waved to the camera, while Showmaker gritted his teeth and waved his hands hard, looking very enthusiastic.
This scene made the audience watching the live broadcast crazy.
You must know that during the S8 finals, the Korean audience gave IG a very warm cheer. Even the Chinese members of IG received no less cheers than Rookie and Theshy.
The contrast is really too strong now.
And there is no LPL team on stage today. Logically speaking, the audience at the scene will not be disrespectful, right?
Are these people all supporting KT?
Hmm~~~ It seems to make sense, after all, KT has a Chinese player.
Another reason that cannot be ignored is that this year there were only 6,000 people in attendance and the venue was so big that if they weren’t cheering in unison, they wouldn’t be able to hear clearly through the camera.
And the host also has a certain relationship. When Roaring Emperor hosted S8, his warm-up skills were so profound that the audience was aroused with great enthusiasm, but Yu Shuang is obviously not good at inciting the atmosphere.
Of course, there was actually some applause for the DWG players at the scene, although it was indeed very few.
Next, an unexpected scene occurred when KT was introduced.
"Hit on, Cheng!"
Lin Cheng's ID was read out by Yu Shuang, and the audience burst into cheers.
Compared to the treatment given to DWG players, Lin Cheng received much louder cheers.
However, along with the cheers, there were also faint boos.
Football spectators may all know that because boos are sharper, they are more clear when mixed with cheers. Even the cheers of dozens of people may not be able to completely drown out one person's boos.
"Fuck! It's embarrassing to the whole world!"
"Damn! Are the Wolf Warriors going to the scene?"
"I thought Shanghai was Brother Chengzi's home court, but I was stabbed in the back at home."
"Damn! Fans who can't usually scold Brother Chengzi are going to cause trouble at the scene, right?"
"Let's guess which club's fans are these? The three that were defeated by KT?"
"Don't be embarrassed! Those who can go to the scene are all European emperors, and those who are eliminated are the unlucky ones."