Perhaps because of the semifinals, many people came to the Toyota Sports Center to watch the game, about three to four thousand people, more than 90% of whom were American spectators, and the rest were Russian fans who came with the team and some Chinese. audience.
Under the leadership of the competition team personnel, Gao Lin and others walked to the backstage of the competition and listened to the arrangements of the competition team. In the backstage direction, a group of SDL and 47 personnel were also standing there. A middle-aged Russian man who looked like a coach was following a What did the senior management of Sai Fang say?
"Max, I didn't expect that we would meet each other." Seeing Gao Lin and others approaching, Julilanko, the captain of SDL, 47 and the king of League of Legends, turned his head and smiled at Xiao Zifeng and said in English.
Julilanko was also a well-known Warcraft player before, but he did not join an e-sports club. It was not until the release of League of Legends that he was spotted by the SDL club with his super strength. From an ordinary reserve player, he grew up in one fell swoop. As the captain of the team and an experienced Warcraft player, Julilanko naturally admires Xiao Zifeng, the former King of Warcraft.
After the League of Legends Asian server was disbanded, Xiao Zifeng stayed in the European server for a period of time, and naturally knew the top players in the European server, such as super professional mid laners like Julilanko. He had played against him many times before and developed a friendship.
"You guy, please be merciful later." He reached out and punched Julilanko in the chest, and Xiao Zifeng replied in English with a smile.
Although Xiao Zifeng did not go to college, he has been in the world of e-sports for so many years, and his English is not very good.
"Do I still show mercy to you?" Julilanko rubbed his chest and said with a smile. Inadvertently, he glanced at Gao Lin, who was standing behind Xiao Zifeng, with a hint of fighting intent in his eyes, "You guy, This time we brought very powerful thugs."
If you were an ordinary person, you would definitely feel uncomfortable hearing what he said. What does a thug mean? Isn't that insulting?
However, Xiao Zifeng, who knew Julilanko's character well, didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "You are the same, aren't you?"
Julilanko smiled, looked at Gao Lin and the others and said, "Why, you don't want to introduce your teammates to me."
"This is our coach, Lu Hai." Xiao Zifeng first turned around and introduced Lu Haidao.
"Hello." Lu Hai said to Julilanko in English very politely, "I've heard your name for a long time."
Facing Julilanko, who is known as the number one mid laner in the world, Lu Hai was still a little excited and couldn't help but look at the opponent up and down.
"Hello, nice to meet you." Julilanko stretched out his hand very politely and shook Lu Hai's hand.
"This is our team leader, Xiang Huidi."
"This is our mid laner, Lin."
"This is our top laner, Yu."
"This is our top laner, Monk."
"This is our jungler, Yong."
"This is our auxiliary player, Deng."
Xiao Zifeng introduced Gao Lin one by one. Since it is difficult for foreigners to remember the names of Chinese people, when introducing Gao Lin's six players, he did not give their full names, only their IDs from the competition.
Yang Tianshui and others were a little excited to get to know each other with a world-famous mid laner like Julilanko, and Julilanko was also very polite. Whenever Xiao Zifeng introduced someone, he would smile and nod.
Finally, he turned his attention to Gao Lin, looked him up and down, and said, "You are very powerful."
"Thank you for the compliment." He didn't know the other person very well, and Gao Lin didn't joke with him. He replied humbly. Feeling the fighting spirit in the other person's eyes, Gao Lin smiled in his heart without any expression.
"Am I not awesome?" Yang Tianshui said in a sour tone. Although his English was not very good, he could still understand some basic terms.
"You are too good, no one dares to praise you." Zhang Weiyong laughed, because Lu Hai decided to let him play today, and Guo Haoran entered the rotation lineup, so he was always in a good mood, even breathing with a smile.
It’s not surprising. There is no player who doesn’t want to stand on the world’s pinnacle stage and show off his talents. He is also the main force of the team, but he was unable to play in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. Seeing that his teammates were all standing there Although he took the initiative to give way to Guo Haoran in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, the finals were about to end, and he Still failed to get on the world stage that I dreamed of...
Fortunately, Lu Hai is a wise coach, and he keenly saw what Zhang Weiyong was thinking, so he resolutely replaced Zhang Weiyong in a crucial game like the semifinals.
The semi-finals are very important, but in Lu Hai's heart, the harmony of the team and the relationship between the players are even more important. Losing a game is nothing, as long as the team is harmonious and everyone works together and works hard, there will be no chance of a comeback.
"Get lost." Yang Tianshui pushed Zhang Weiyong and glared at him.
Gao Lin smiled and heard Xiao Zifeng say to Julilanko: "Where are your teammates? I have introduced them to you. You can't hide them. Give me a shot at the critical moment."
"You're right, you can't win with integrity, you have to resort to some tricks." Julilanko said with a smile. Although he said that, he still turned around and formally introduced his teammates.
Looking at Xiao Zifeng and Julilanko chatting and laughing, several competition personnel and senior officials were surprised. In their view, since the two sides are opponents, there must be some hostility in their hearts. This may not be shown on the surface, but there will be some in their hearts. There was conflict, but now the two parties are so harmonious, as if they were old friends for many years, with no barriers at all.
Everyone chatted for a while, and after hearing the specific arrangements from the top management of Sai Fang, Xiao Zifeng started chatting with Julilanko on the spot.
After drawing the blue side, everyone in Gao Lin, led by the competition team members, entered the player area on the left to check the machine.
All five computers were turned on. Gao Lin and the other two selected the location, opened "League of Legends" and debugged it.
The competition team allowed players to bring their own keyboards and mice, but Gao Lin thought it was too troublesome, so he didn't bring one and used the standard equipment provided by the competition team. Yang Tianshui, on the other hand, had to replace two personal mice in a row before he was satisfied.
After debugging the machine and finding that there was no problem, Gao Lin and the others walked out and walked to the contestants' seats under the leadership of the competition personnel.
Because it was the semi-finals, the competition was very grand and specially invited American rock singer Adam Lambert to perform.
Since he didn't like listening to English songs very much, Gao Lin didn't listen carefully and kept chatting quietly with Yang Tianshui and others next to him.
After Adam Lambert finished singing, the two male and female hosts walked onto the stage and chatted again before letting the contestants come on.
