Chapter 108: Mid-Season Version Changes Knockout Tournament Begins
Chapter 108 Mid-season version changes, knockout rounds begin
At the end of the group stage, the four qualifying teams have been determined, namely EDG, SKT, FW, and G2.
Gam and TSM were ruthlessly eliminated.
Of course, no one will pay attention to losers, except the moon.
Surprisingly, gam has gained a lot of traffic.
As for the reason, it's not because of how well they played, but because of gam's assistant's post-game interview...
It is somewhat sad that a team is noticed not because of its performance, but because of news hype.
But no matter what, it is better to have someone paying attention than no one paying attention.
Before Gam left, Gam's support player even came to ask for Yates' autograph.
Watching the gam assistant leave, Ye Zi muttered: "Is someone bragging about me?"
I used to look at others for bragging, but now someone is bragging for myself. This feeling can only be described in one word - great!
What's even more exciting is that there is some rest time before the knockout rounds.
Although resting does not mean taking a vacation, it is still much less stressful than playing games.
Within the EDG team.
After the training match, Yezi started the live broadcast to play Rank.
I have been playing diamonds in the live broadcast recently, and the master's trumpet is divided into left and right segments, and I don't go out of my way to score points or anything.
The position is also relatively random, and you can play in any position.
For him, this kind of segmentation is really not challenging, and it can't even maintain the feel.
But there are also advantages. After experiencing different positions, I have a deeper understanding of the games in other positions, which is an unexpected blessing.
What surprised him even more was that compared to when he played high-end games, when he played low-level games, his popularity actually increased a lot.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Zi understood the reason.
In the Diamond Master game, he has little pressure, lots of interactions, and great fun to watch.
But scoring points is different, even he has to concentrate on it.
Moreover, the high-level ranks in the Korean server have a slow pace, and it takes a long time to get a kill.
Putting it into perspective, if he were a viewer, he probably wouldn't like to watch this kind of live broadcast.
However, considering that there will be games in the next few days, Yezi still chose to go to the Korean server to score points.
The purpose is not to rank, the score is no longer important to him, the main thing is to maintain the feel.
There is a saying that when you play chess with a stinky chess piece, the more you play, the stinker it gets.
If you are used to playing at a low level, it will be easy to get involved and it will not be beneficial to the game.
Only high-intensity confrontation is suitable for professional players to maintain their feel.
After playing several rounds of high-ranking games, Yezi shook his hands, feeling a little tired.
AD solo queue is very difficult, and it also depends on the coordination with the support. It's okay when you encounter the support specialization. Even if the coordination is not good, it won't be too outrageous.
It will be uncomfortable when you encounter a fill-in support player. The fill-in player will most likely choose heroes such as Xerath and Glory. The play style is radical but without any details.
Under this situation, Yezi could not save himself no matter how hard he tried.
The game that just ended was like this. The support directly locked Qinggang Shadow, and the matchup was equivalent to one versus two.
That's all. I don't know which father's video Qinggangying watched. He went to the middle lane for a gank at the second level and squatted in the grass for a minute. When he came back, he was surrounded by four people from the opposite middle and jungle lane...
After being cheated and losing a game, Yezi was not in the mood to continue playing.
Just as he was about to take a rest, Meikou suddenly came over and said, "Yi Zi, let's have some fun."
"Huh?" Ye Zi asked curiously: "How to entertain?"
Meikou smiled: "Have you seen the changes in the mid-season version? Is it great to go to the trial server?"
That's it...
Mid-season revamp Yates knows that this revamp will be a big official move.
Two new heroes have been added - Xia Luo.
Pig Girl was reworked, Big Tree was reworked, Canyon Pioneer was reworked...
It can be said that the S7 after the mid-season is the real S7.
This revision will undoubtedly speed up the pace of the game.
The Rift Herald, which was not taken seriously before, has now become a powerful tool for pushing down towers.
In this way, the team will have to make a choice between dragon and Rift Herald.
Taking the road is no longer an orphan road that no one pays attention to.
If you look at it from this aspect, Riot's revision is undoubtedly a success, but for EDG, this is not good news.
EDG can achieve its current results, on the one hand, because the team's strength has indeed increased, and on the other hand, the current version focuses on the bottom lane, which is more suitable for EDG's play style.
But after the revision, teams will have more tactical options.
In this way, EDG's natural advantages are gone, and they have to adapt to the new version of the game rhythm.
At that time, it will be very difficult for EDG to maintain its current results.
In the league, version is king.
Every time the version is changed, a group of teams will gain support and a group of teams will rise.
No team knows what will happen next and can only try its best to cater to the version, even SKT.
"Are we going to use a new version of msi this time?" Yezi asked.
"How is that possible? The manager said that the next version is not very friendly to us, so let us experience it first."
"That's fine."
Yezi breathed a sigh of relief. If the new version is used now, EDG will definitely suffer.
To his surprise, the coaching staff also noticed this and started preparing in advance.
You know, he can tell because he has experienced version changes, and the coaching staff cannot be like him.
"It seems that the coaching staff still has something good."
He complained in his mind, but Ye Zi didn't refuse.
I’m tired from just finishing the points rush, so it’s good to have some fun.
"Come!"
The two of them logged into the experience server, which was already an updated version.
Meikou stared at the update with wide eyes, while Yezi looked at Xia Luo in the interface with a dazed look in his eyes.
Xialuo has a unique linkage mechanism.
When playing at the same time, they can return to the city together. The distance of Rakan's E skill will become farther, and Xayah's W skill will act on Rakan at the same time...
"Couples leaving the road?"
"I want to see the anchor and my sister play Xia Luo."
"Go, go, go!"
It was quite novel to see the new hero on Danmu, so naturally I wanted the anchor to help me experience it.
Yates didn't refuse either.
The two started to match. After waiting in line for a long time, they finally got in.
Ye Zi is on the first floor, Mei is on the third floor...
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Meikou discovered that his teammate’s ID was Uzi.
Is it the real Uzi?
The audience was suddenly a little curious. After all, it was a trial server. Maybe someone would use Uzi's ID to play the game.
This kind of thing is very common. Sometimes Uzi's ID cannot be registered, so the name will be given in the format of place name + uzi.
On the other side, Uzi was stunned when he saw the IDs of Ye Zi and Mei Qian, and typed: "Is it me?"
As soon as he said this, he naturally confirmed his identity.
For a moment, the live broadcast room suddenly became lively——
"Damn it! Can you arrange this?"
"It's interesting, EDG has a puppy in the bottom lane, how can they lose?"
"The person opposite is stupid. He encountered three professions."
"The question is, who plays AD?"
Meikou and Ye Zi were a little surprised when they saw it was really a puppy, but they felt relieved after thinking about it.
The trial server has just been opened, and now is the time for professional players to test the version, so it is not surprising to be matched with professional players.
Except for Uzi, the remaining two IDs are unfamiliar to me and should be normal players.
After discovering that they were matched with three well-known professional players, the two players were obviously excited: "Four guarantees and one, I'm going to top lane Lulu."
Another player was not to be outdone: "I'll play Jungle God."
"..."
No matter how you say it, two players must play four guarantees and one.
Soon, it was Yates' turn to choose someone.
He and the puppy are both in the AD position. Now that they meet, someone must give up their position.
Normally, Ye Zi would not give up his position to others, but the two of them met without looking up, so it didn't matter if they gave up their position.
"Puppy, are you AD?"
What Yezi didn't expect was that Uzi said he wanted to play Yasuo.
Yasuo...
Uzi's Yasuo is called a canyon ghost. He doesn't want to win, but it doesn't matter. This kind of experience server itself is used for entertainment.
And Yezi knew in his heart that this was just an excuse for Uzi to give up his position.
"Thanks."
After sending a thank you, Ye Zi locked the hero Xia.
New heroes tend to be extremely powerful, and Kasumi is no exception.
In the entire S7 version, even if you can't get Xia Luo, Xia alone is still a T1 level hero.
Moreover, the unselectable effect of Xayah's ultimate move gives Xayah a safer output environment in the team.
This is a hero that must be practiced.
Yezi's Xayah proficiency is not very high.
Of course, the low proficiency mentioned here is naturally compared to Xayah's top users.
If you just look at it now, Ye Zi’s Xia is definitely the ceiling.
After all, before others had come into contact with this hero, Yezi was already able to skillfully use Xayah's various techniques, and his starting point was higher than others.
As expected, the two passers-by locked onto Lulu and Cuishen, the younger sister played Luo, and Uzi took Yasuo...
Pure entertainment bureau!
However, the audience likes to watch this kind of game, and the popularity of the live broadcast room is hundreds of thousands more than before.
This real scene also made Ye Zi secretly sigh.
After entering the game, EDG's bottom lane pair started massacre mode.
"Learning W at level 1 opens directly."
Yezi teaches her girls some regular tricks.
In previous lives, this kind of routine was commonplace, but now it is very rare.
Meikou has already tried Luo's skills and knows that W is a control.
When it comes to the line, according to Yates, the W skill can be used directly to the opponent's AD.
Yates keeps up with the output.
As soon as Xia Xia's W skill was activated, she was stunned to death by the opponent's A.
What harm?!
Meikou was shocked. Among all the bottom lane duos, there was no bottom lane duo that could beat everyone so easily.
Yes, Xia Luo is so BT now.
As long as Luo Neng hits level 1, he will most likely be chased to death.
After getting the first blood, there is no suspense in the bottom lane.
In less than ten minutes, the defense tower on the opposite side of the road has been pushed flatly.
However, they are still at a disadvantage.
10/21...This is the score between the two sides.
They are 10, the opposite is 21.
Obviously, there must be professional players on the opposite side.
Uzi's Yasuo turns on the wind of death mode, and the operation is not bad. The question mark can't catch up with the speed of his E.
The upper and jungle ranks should not be high. Lulu was single-killed by the opponent's crocodile by jumping over the tower, and the jungler Cuishen was even numbed by the male gun counterattack.
I cut the screen and happened to see Uzi's Yasuo E coming and going, but was instantly killed by the opponent's set of skills.
"..."
Ye Zi was speechless.
Uzi's Yasuo, LWX's Dao Mei... these are all existences that can make the stick say NO in Pinyin.
At this time, Uzi typed: "God Z, this game depends on you."
"OKOK!"
Yezi replied, who asked the puppy to give up his position for us, but before he could do anything, the sound of Yasuo's death sounded again.
After Yasuo teleported back, he competed with the opponent for operations. As a result, the equipment gap was too big and he was killed again.
Puppy, you didn’t do this to me on purpose, did you?
Seeing the puppy letting himself go, the barrage was also a carnival——
"There is a mole, terminate the transaction."
"As expected of the ghosts in the canyon."
"This wave is mainly about trying to create a Z-god mentality."
"Uzi: You beat me in the match, I ranked you, it's even."
In this situation, Yezi had to take it seriously.
The upper, middle and jungle are all at a disadvantage, and only their bottom lane has an advantage.
But fortunately, Lulu and Cuishen don't need much development to be effective.
He and Meikou's Luo began to wander, and while wandering, they would also give priority to eating resources.
Brush wild monsters when you pass by them, brush the troop lines when you pass by them, brush people when you see people...
Luo's strong opening, combined with an advanced Xayah, produced a fixed-point instant kill effect.
Meikou smacked her tongue and said, "This Luo's group start... is so strong."
"It's definitely a version of the hero, you'll be done with it once you practice it."
Bao Lan can win the world championship, and Luo is a hero who has contributed a lot, especially now that Luo has not weakened his R flash.
What concept?
Even a professional player has almost no room to react when encountering Luo's R flash W.
"You must practice, this hero is too strong."
Sister Kou: "Zi Zi, you are a bit fluent in playing Xia. Is this a talent?"
He saw that others playing Xia and Ye Zi were far different, and some were even professional AD players.
This also makes me lament that a genius is a genius. The first time I played a new hero, I picked it up faster than most people.
Yates just laughed.
Xia is actually a very difficult hero to train. She has no movement, her hands are not long, and she still has to master the barb skills...
A Kasumi with low proficiency has extremely limited ability to cause damage.
Compared to Luo, the time cost of practicing Xia is much higher.
While talking, the two of them once again completed the kill.
From a God's perspective, wherever the two of them passed, there was not even a blade of grass growing, and they were truly eating three ways.
The economy was growing like crazy, and in twenty minutes, Xia was already close to the Six Gods.
Uzi: "Invincible!"
When the opponent saw that the situation was not good, they also tried to unite to take down the baron.
However, the location of Longkeng is too friendly to Xia.
Feathers were piled all over the floor, but the other side still didn't feel anything.
Seeing that Xia Luo had been harassing him, three people came out from the opposite side and tried to drive Xia Luo away.
But obviously, they miscalculated, and Yezi had no intention of escaping.
"Feathers all over the sky!"
Kasumi jumped up high and threw a feather.
The next moment, E flashes!
Flash adjusts the angle, and all the feathers from all directions converge towards the center point of Xia.
Pull five?!
A shocking scene occurred. Except for the crocodile, which had relatively high frankness, all the other four people were killed instantly.
Oh my god!
This injury immediately made the audience in the live broadcast room completely excited, and the whole screen was filled with "666".
In the game, teammates couldn't help but shoot 666.
Uzi: "Damn it! This new hero is so handsome."
Ye Zi thought for a while and said: "It's just so-so, the equipment is good."
He didn't dare to say much.
What if after talking too much, Uzi suddenly wants to practice Xia?
After all, they are competitors, so they naturally have to hide their minds.
After four kills, five people bulldozed the opponent's base in one wave.
…
For several days in a row, Yezi's live broadcast included not only playing Super Smash Bros., but also playing on the experience server, without even touching Rank.
This gave the team that wanted to take the opportunity to explore Yezi's hero pool a hard time.
After a few days of rest, the MSI semi-finals finally began.
Abramovich walked into the training room and announced: "Our opponent in the semifinals is G2.
Bo5 is different from bo1, so don’t take it lightly.”
After saying that, everyone got on the bus to the competition venue.
