Back at the Four Seasons Hotel, the team members also adjusted their biological clocks and gathered together to discuss tactics.
Since the last time we won the Eastern Division qualifiers through the bug-level tactic of spring water hook, Valve, the developer of Dota 2, updated the new version overnight to fix this unbalanced vulnerability.
From the team to the commentators, countless people reported to Valve after watching the video. The Nanhu team from China was suspected of maliciously exploiting bugs to win the game.
In the world of e-sports, the winner takes all, and winning is everything. Although many teams are filled with indignation about this, it cannot change the fact that the Nanhu team qualified.
After a few days of collective training, several other Chinese teams also arrived in Seattle.
The IG team led by Wang Gongzi also chose to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel. The team members trained on their own, and the atmosphere of the battle was about to break out.
At the end of August, the Dota2 International Invitational Tournament officially started.
This year's Ti2 competition system is different from Ti1. The competition rules are divided into three levels: preliminary, finals and finals.
Preliminary round: 16 teams are divided into two groups to compete in pairs. Each team will compete with the teams in the same group for two rounds of BO1 group matches (a total of 14 games). The top four teams in the two groups will have a total of 8 teams.
The winner group is formed, and the next 8 teams form the loser group.
Finals: The winner group will compete according to the qualifying record, and the loser group will compete according to the record. All the winner group matches will adopt the BO3 format. The losers in the winner group will directly drop to the loser group to compete.
.The first 4 rounds of the loser bracket will adopt a BO1 format, and when there are only two teams left in the last two rounds, a BO3 format will be used.
Finals: The final champion of the winner group will compete with the final champion of the loser group in the final BO5 finals, and the 1-point advantage of the winner group will be cancelled.
During the drawing process, Gu Yun personally drew the lots, and finally the Nanhu team was drawn into Group B.
"Xiao Gu, I didn't expect that we were drawn into the same group. We can only meet the real chapter on the field."
Brother YYF from the IG team patted Gu Yun on the shoulder and said to him with a smile.
After living and eating together for a few days, the young people from the Nanhu team and the IG team became good friends. Everyone was similar in age and had the same ideals, and they quickly got along.
"Brother Feng is still awesome."
Before his rebirth, Gu Yun was a fan of YYF and often watched his live broadcasts.
In the first game of the group stage, the Nanhu team met the first foreign team since their debut, mTw.
Compared to the Chinese region where there are so many strong players, mTw is not considered a top team at all, but after two rounds of BO1, the Nanhu team only tied 1-1 with its opponent.
"How the hell did you increase your skills?"
"I ordered the wrong."
"Lich learns ice armor at level one, fuck you, don't you want to win?"
When Liu Xing was assisting, he made a fatal mistake in adding points at the first level. He did not choose to control the army line. His teammates couldn't bear it anymore and cursed him.
"Okay, don't make any noise."
Seeing that the hot-tempered Chen Tianyu could not control himself, Gu Yun quickly spoke to dissuade him.
"It doesn't matter if you lose in the group stage, just play well later."
Liu Xing didn't refute, but his chest kept rising and falling, obviously he was really angry.
The teenagers are no longer the teenagers they used to be. Everyone has money and status, and they respond to everything on the live broadcast platform. They are no longer the age where they just joke around and laugh.
When both parties have countless supporters, it is easy for people to lose themselves in praise and infinitely lower their tolerance threshold for criticism.
After the group stage, it wasn't just the two players who were quarreling, the entire team was disheartened.
Obviously he doesn't seem to be a very strong opponent, but he just can't beat him. The more he loses, the more afraid he becomes, and his mentality changes repeatedly.
After 14 BO1 games, the Nanhu team has a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, and the outcome of the loser group is certain.
According to the rules of the competition, the top four in the group will directly advance to the winner's group, and the bottom four will fall into the loser's group. The first four rounds of the loser's group will determine the outcome. The whole process is on the tip of the knife, and there is no room for error at all.
"You don't want to fucking fight, do you?"
There were still two days of vacation before the main game, and no one was training in the room. Gu Yun finally got mad.
"What are you all doing?"
"Have you made enough money? Have you eaten enough?"
"What is the purpose of forming a team now? Isn't it just to win the TI championship? Now you can't play at the competition site?"
It was so quiet in the training room that you could hear a pin drop.
"Boss, if someone doesn't want to win, there's nothing I can do about it."
Chen Tianyu crossed his legs on one side, looking weird.
"Who the hell don't you think doesn't want to win?"
The continuous failures made Liu Xing lose control of his emotions, and he stood up and pointed at Chen Tianyu.
"I think you don't really want to win. Lich is learning ice armor at level one. Do you want to win?"
Chen Tianyu looked disdainful. The position of mid laner was very easy to snowball, and the support made huge mistakes, which affected his performance. He was obviously holding a grudge.
"Your mother is so stupid. You can't stop talking about it, right? They say she made a mistake. Who wouldn't make a mistake? How can your mother have you if she doesn't make a mistake?"
Liu Xing was furious and began to speak arrogantly.
"You idiot, if you are on the same team with an idiot like you, it's fucking weird that you can win."
Chen Tianyu curled his lips, spit on the ground, and walked out of the training room.
"What do you mean, you don't want to train anymore?"
Gu Yun's tone was very cold. Every quarrel was just a quarrel. He gave up training at every turn. His patience was at its limit.
Young people all have tempers, and even Gu Yun himself gradually let himself go and regained the edges and corners of a young man within a year of his rebirth.
"I kind of don't want to play. I can't win in this state. I can't even show 50% of my strength. Other people's mid laners are so fun to play. The auxiliary is running around the map to help. Where is ours?"
Opinions on teammates never burst out suddenly, but are reflected in every detail in the day-to-day interactions and training.
When you can win the game, everything will be quiet and peaceful, and let your results speak for themselves.
But when you lose the game and keep losing, all the past will turn into needles piercing your heart, and the uncomfortable emotions will surge up, find a pinhole to vent, and enter consistently.
"If you don't fight, get out."
Gu Yun pulled open the e-sports chair belonging to Chen Tianyu and sat in his seat.
In fact, team members quarreled more than once or twice during training, but quarreling under high pressure is a taboo in competition.
Returning to the quarrel between Chen Tianyu and Liu Xing, if it were Gu Yun, a mature middle-aged man, he would definitely try to win Chen Tianyu back and use a good-talking and negotiation tone to get him to come back and fight again.
However, will Chen Tianyu, whose pride is shattered and his self-esteem disappears, really listen?
There may be a possibility of turning back, but even if he forces his way back to play without trusting his teammates, will he be unable to bear the high-pressure game atmosphere again and his technical level will be deformed again?
Ti championship is also Gu Yun's dream.
Gu Yun respects Chen Tianyu's wishes. He will encourage Chen Tianyu when he wants to fight, and will also give him full respect when he doesn't want to fight.
Gu Yun is nineteen years old this year, and his understanding of Dota 2 is at its peak.
