Chapter 275 Only one step away from the Grand Slam!
Chapter 275 Only one step away from the Grand Slam!
"we are the champion!"
"Wuhu!"
When the base exploded, the junior boy seemed quite excited. He first stood up and rushed towards Li Luo. Li Luo relied on his superior reaction speed to successfully predict the junior boy's movements and stood up to hug him.
Xiaotian on the other side gave Jin Gong a high-five to celebrate, and then hugged the junior student who returned the favor.
Under such an atmosphere, everyone in EDG quickly embraced each other.
Under the director's lens, Xiaotian also made an mistake. When he got up, he forgot that he was still wearing headphones. When he hugged his younger brother, the headphone cord was stretched straight, and the somewhat heavy sound-isolating headphones made Xiaotian
His head was pulled.
At that moment, Xiaotian felt his neck snap and his head seemed to be numb.
In the backstage lounge, Abu, Mingkai and others rushed to the stage.
Among them, the most excited person is Zhu Kai.
Zhu Kai had not achieved very good results as the coach of the Snake team before.
Now, in just half a year after joining EDG, he has won two heavyweight trophies, the Spring Split Championship and the MSI Championship, in his coaching career.
How could he not be excited?
"Let's go and hold a cup...Hey, Xiaotian, what's wrong with your neck?"
Mingkai noticed Xiaotian holding his neck and couldn't help but be curious, and at the same time glanced at Jin Gong.
Jin Gong spread his hands and looked innocent: "It's not me."
"I was tugged by the brain-dead earphones. It's okay. I can just go back and recuperate for half a day."
Xiaotian was a little helpless. Something like this happened when he was holding the cup. He felt that he had a bit of a "little residual body" inside.
The lights were bright, and under the cheers of countless spectators and the rising ribbons, everyone in EDG held high the championship trophy that symbolized MSI.
Feeling the touch of the trophy in their hands, Mingkai and Meiko, two players who have already won the MSI championship, will inevitably have a somewhat novel experience.
You must know that when the first MSI was held in 2015, there was no trophy at the final award ceremony. The organizer gave each of them a medal and sent it away. An event without a trophy always feels almost boring.
Since 2016, MSI has had a unique trophy, which continues to this day.
Strictly speaking, although this is not the first MSI championship for Mingkai and Meiko, it is the first time they have held the trophy that symbolizes the championship in the MSI arena!
Somewhere downstage.
Everyone in KZ, who had not yet decided when to return home, looked at EDG with envy on the stage holding the trophy high.
Especially Khan.
Originally, he thought this MSI would be the closest he would get to winning the world championship trophy.
The result was good, semi-finals.
In this kind of competition where there is no third place, except for the first and second place, they are actually on the same level as the FW team.
This was a little hard for Khan to accept.
"Watch carefully and remember this feeling. We will avenge our shame in the summer split and then show off our power in this year's World Championship."
As a coach, Sin stared at the EDG people on the stage and spoke slowly.
"Having won the MSI championship, they should get enough attention from Riot Games. I believe they will be abandoned by the version in the world championship."
Little Peanut also said seriously.
In this MSI event, EDG seemed to be the strongest team that did not play according to the version, but in fact when Mingkai came on the stage, EDG's overall tactical thinking and even their play style operations were all centered around the version.
expanded.
In other words, EDG has made two preparations for this MSI.
A complete win at MSI can definitely be regarded as the greatest compliment to them.
And throughout the establishment of EDG's new lineup till now, they have never lost a single game in the big game.
Although some small-field scores were lost, the audience did not pay attention to these, and even these losses were gradually forgotten by them.
They only know that the EDG team is a victorious general!
European broadcasters are very good.
When the awards were presented, the director's camera also switched to the cheering audience, and then... gave a shot to the KZ people.
Seeing the camera approaching, everyone in KZ subconsciously turned around and left.
But just when they turned around, they came to their senses. If they turned around and left, wouldn't they leave something to be said?
However, the action of turning around had already been made and was captured by the camera. At this time, they were embarrassed in place, neither leaving nor staying.
Fortunately, the director also knows the principle of leaving a little bit behind so that we can meet each other easily in the future. After all, this year's World Championship is held in South Korea. If the Koreans resent this, what should they do if they unplug their network cables during the World Championship?
At the same time, domestic Tieba forums were abuzz with activity.
"6666, director, just be a human being, Khan's face turned green."
"Four Chinese can't win, but three Chinese can win. I brag about it every day, but five Koreans lose to three Chinese. I say that china is greater than krdog. Who is in favor of it and who is against it?"
"In the third game of 17 minutes and 55 seconds, EDG was still too soft. It felt like it could have ended long ago."
"To be honest, KZ is already quite strong. At least judging from the length of games they last played under EDG, they are a bit better than FNC."
"Brother Luo YYDS! The last KDA of Draven has exploded!"
"Three games, the first one was 4/0/6, the second one was 5/0/3, and the third one was 15/0/1. With these KDAs, it's not too much for me, Brother Luo, to be the FMVP, right?"
…
While the audience was engaged in heated discussions, the on-site award ceremony had already begun.
After the host sjokz finished speaking, the head of Riot Games Europe personally awarded medals to everyone on EDG.
There must be a trophy.
There should also be medals.
After that, the big screen started scrolling quickly.
Along with the impassioned narration in English, what comes into view is the sudden and perfect curtain call of the dramatist. The European director really knows how to use the camera. The zoomed-in camera makes the audience feel that they are the drama.
The feeling of a fortune teller.
The bullet comes out of the barrel, and the camera moves rapidly across the bullet's perspective, eventually exploding on the target.
The footage provided in this wave is the scene in the first game of FNC in the red square and blue buff area, Tamtun Kainan flashes into the field, and Li falls behind to set up a sniper to harvest.
Followed by Li Luo's policewoman in the second game. In the last wave of team battles, Li Luo skillfully and smoothly moved A and dealt tons of damage to complete the harvest.
The last one was naturally the scene where Draven chased everyone in FNC and poured out axes in his hands wantonly. One wave even showed a close-up of a flying ax. That was at the end of the game, when he faced Li Luo's three-piece suit with endless
Draven, the auxiliary of the FNC team, Mr. Time, only withstood one strike from Draven, and was instantly killed when he was almost at full health.
The scarlet number 1283 that shot out was shocking.
In fact, the damage of a fat Draven in the game is often more explosive than in rank.
The reason lies in the level difference between heroes.
Even if the auxiliary hero in the rank collapses, the level will be very different from that of his own ADC.
But the game is different.
In a collapsed game, in order to let the adc catch up with the level of the opponent's C position, the support will often adopt a roaming method to let the adc gain experience alone.
As an auxiliary, you only need to be able to provide key control and key skills in team battles. It's good to have levels, but you can't force it if you are really at a disadvantage.
When facing Tianfei Draven, there was a level difference of 5 levels between Old Man Time and him in just ten minutes.
Such a huge difference caused Draven to double the damage caused to him. There was nothing that could be done about it, as Old Man Time himself was too fragile.
After the scene ended, Li Luo, wearing an EDG uniform, also appeared on the right side of the big screen, with his three-game record on the left.
When the presenter awarded the FMVP trophy to Li Laowu, the interview began.
sjokaz looked at Li Luo who only had a slight smile after receiving the trophy. He was a little puzzled and asked: "Player Shine, this time he was able to lead the team to successfully win the MSI finals and gain a lot."
FMVP, what do you think?"
It's a standard talking point. It's the first question in almost every interview. Li Luo is used to it.
"I'm still very happy, mainly because I already have the S championship, but I don't have the MSI championship yet. Winning the championship this time is a dream come true."
Speaking of this, Li Luo paused slightly: "As for FMVP... To be honest, I feel like I didn't do much. My teammates did a good job in the last set. In the first two sets, there were teammates who performed better than me and were better than me."
Brilliant.”
Li Luo felt like a mirror in his heart.
He doesn't want the media to praise himself too much. As the saying goes, the higher you lift yourself, the harder it will be when you fall.
After Li Luo said these words, I don't know how many professional players felt like they had been stabbed in the heart.
"Damn it, Brother Luo is not a human being."
Ning Wang, who was already at home on vacation, complained while watching the live broadcast. After finishing speaking, he muttered a few words: "I don't know when I will win the MSI championship... Oh, I miscalculated. I just ran with Brother Luo.
Am I weaker than Gao Tianliang?"
The voices in the room became lower and lower, and Prince Ning gradually became depressed.
In RNG's base, Xiangguo, who had gone on vacation but had not returned home, was squatting on the gaming chair. Looking at Xiaotian standing next to Li Luo on the screen, he sighed in his heart, he was envious too.
Although this version is not very friendly to him, Xiangguo often feels like he is unable to use it.
For a professional player, feeling that he is bad and feeling that he is capable but failing to perform are two different things.
The words Li Luo said gave me the feeling of being incestuous, as if Li Luo said that he has already won the S championship, but he has not won the MSI yet. By the way, he has achieved quite a lot in his personal and professional achievements.
happy.
The champion of the event that others take as an interest is actually someone that he still looks up to.
This feeling can be imagined.
sjokz asked a few more questions, the most eye-catching of which was the EDG team’s outlook for the summer split and even other events thereafter.
Li Luo's answer sounded calm, but the content was...
"Set a small goal first, and then win a Grand Slam."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.
Grand Slam.
In the past, there were no continental tournaments, so the conditions for the Grand Slam did not include continental tournaments.
But now that it exists, the conditions for the Grand Slam have also been improved, at least in Li Luo's mind, which refers to the two championships in the spring and summer championships of the division, the championship of the MSI mid-season championship, and the intercontinental championship.
and S competition champion.
If you think about it carefully, this is probably something that is out of reach for any professional player.
But think about it more...
Li Luo has been debuting since last summer split until now.
At present, Li Luo has won the LPL Spring Split Championship, LPL Summer Split Championship, MSI Mid-Season Invitational Championship and S Series World Finals Championship.
This means that Li Luo has yet to achieve his achievement of only having one intercontinental championship.
You don’t know if you don’t think about it.
When I think about it, I am shocked.
Even domestic players find it a bit scary after careful calculation.
"Now the pressure is on South Korea."
"Faker has not won a Grand Slam for so many years since his debut. Wouldn't a newcomer win it first? No way, right?"
"Don't be awkward upstairs, Riot Games sent out a message to congratulate Faker for the Grand Slam in 2016."
"So where's the Intercontinental Championship?"
"Having said that, I feel a little excited after doing the math. The Intercontinental Championship doesn't seem to be that long, right? When the summer split just started, the Intercontinental Championship also started. Last year's Intercontinental Championship was won by our LPL division. This year...
"The top four in our LPL Spring Split this year are EDG with Luo Ge, RNG, last year's world champion IG, and RW?"
"The top four in the LCK are KZ, AFS, KT, and SKT. Who is stronger and who is weaker?"
After the players shifted the topic to the level of intercontinental competition, more and more people discussed it.
However, the EDG team, as the ultimate winner of this MSI, did not have such long-term thinking.
After the interview, everyone in EDG found a good local Chinese restaurant to celebrate.
The owner of the Chinese restaurant was very happy to see so many Chinese people coming to eat at the same time. He carefully prepared a table of domestic dishes. When opening a restaurant in a foreign country, he still has to take care of the taste of nuts. Therefore, many Chinese dishes taste bad when they go abroad.
Some adjustments will be made.
Being able to eat such a hometown meal in a foreign country is undoubtedly a very happy thing for everyone at EDG who has been eating Western food for several days.
But after happiness comes trouble.
They cannot stay in Europe for long and will return home in about two days.
…
In a nice cafe.
Two young men who looked very similar were sitting together.
"You guys are too compact. Even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to use it like this."
After Li Hong looked at the schedule compiled by Li Luo, he handed the phone back with some helplessness.
"There is no other way. This may be the trouble of happiness."
Li Luo also sighed. Before his rebirth, he had a chaotic career in the LSPL. Although Li Luo felt that the professional players in the LPL might be a little more tired at the time, it was not until he became a professional player that Li Luo understood this.
The journey was harder than he imagined.
The better the grades, the more so.
Of course, Li Luo also knows that this is not only true for professional League of Legends players, but also for all walks of life. Whatever position you are in and what kind of income you have, you are bound to bear pressure and responsibilities equal to your income.
There is only one MSI quota in the entire LPL, and they are the only team that can participate.
All other teams are on vacation at this time.
They came here to adjust to the jet lag and undergo intense training, and to be able to win the championship is a sign that their efforts over the past few days have paid off.
However, the summer games will start soon, and preparations for the intercontinental games will also begin. In addition, training for the Asian Games will also be on the agenda.
Sometimes Li Luo didn't dare to calculate carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that one head and two were bigger.
Looking at Li Luo with a miserable look on his face, Li Hong patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, don't be too sad. Think about KZ. As the champions of the LCK Spring Split, they came to MSI with high hopes from the audience in the region.
I had to be jet-lagged and train hard, even harder than you, but in the end I ended up in the semi-finals."
"I don't have a vacation. I have to be chased by netizens when I go back. Think about how miserable they are."
Li Luo thought about it carefully after hearing this.
