The opening ceremony of the finals is similar to the opening ceremony of domestic competitions. The only thing that is new is that in this opening ceremony of the finals, the competition team invited the Linkin Park band to sing the theme song "Crawling" of "League of Legends" .
Under Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington's extremely hoarse, beast-like roar and unparalleled treble, the entire scene seemed particularly passionate, with thousands of whistles and shouts coming and going, as if It was like the sound of the ocean, hitting the headspace of Toyota Sports Center one after another.
Gao Lin used to like "Crawling", a song full of passion and excitement, but watching it live now, it was even more shocking, especially with the screams and shouts of the audience and fans, it was like being in a music event.
And after the Lincoln Park band finished singing, the two male and female hosts from the competition came up to say something. Since they all spoke in English and spoke too fast, Gao Lin couldn't understand it, but he guessed it was about the competition.
By the time the opening ceremony was over, it was already past 12 o'clock in the afternoon. Considering that the players had not had lunch, the competition announced a two-hour pause and the first game would not start until 2:30 p.m.
Because Huayi Star and FL were in the second game today, and the game was already in the evening, so everyone in Gao Lin was not in a hurry.
Lunch is arranged by the competition team, and the place to eat is in the training room at the back of the gymnasium.
After lunch, everyone did not return to the auditorium, but watched the game in the training room.
The first game is between the Jaguar team in the European server and the MrD team in Southeast Asia.
For this battle, no one felt that there was any suspense. After all, the Jaguar team is recognized by everyone as a world-class team. Its pre-match comprehensive strength ranking was fourth, second only to Russia's SDL, 47, the United States' UFT, and South Korea. SKS of the Chinese server, DAGA.BenT of the Chinese server ranked fifth, MrD ranked 10th, and Huayi Star ranked last.
It can be seen from the comprehensive strength ranking before the game that Huayi Star can be said to be the least optimistic team in this finals. For this reason, Gao Lin and the others were ridiculed by DAGA.BenT who played the training match together yesterday. Fan.
This is actually no surprise. Among the twelve teams participating in the finals, except for Huayi Star, which is a new team, the other eleven teams are all well-known teams in the e-sports circle.
"This beautiful server has a bunch of dense letters, doesn't it look annoying?" Sitting next to Gao Lin, Zhang Weiyong looked at the game equipment column on the computer screen and said.
"You have never played in the Korean server. If you play in the Korean server, you will know what IQ collapse is." Yang Tianshui tilted his head and said, "Almost all the characters are evolved from the spoken characters. Either there is one horizontal line missing, or there is There is one horizontal line missing at the bottom, or it is twisted vertically to the left and vertically to the right, which is completely the same as their male and female appearance, and it is stupidly unclear to tell them apart."
"Haha, every country has its own cultural characteristics. If we think others are difficult, they may not think our Chinese characters are easy." Guo Haoran said with a smile.
"Some foreigners cannot learn our Chinese characters after more than 10 years of study, especially classical Chinese." Xiang Huidi, who was sitting on Gao Lin's left, continued.
It was rare to hear her speak, so Gao Lin couldn't help turning his head to look at her, but he saw that when Xiang Huidi finished speaking, he also glanced at him.
As soon as she met his gaze, she immediately turned her head away like a thief who had been caught stealing, leaving Gao Lin with a beautiful profile.
Seeing that although Xiang Huidi turned away, she still peeked at him from the corner of her eyes, Gao Lin couldn't help but wink at her and tease her.
Seeing Gao Lin's dandy and somewhat hooligan behavior, Xiang Huidi was greatly ashamed and annoyed. A blush quickly appeared on her slender neck, and soon climbed up her delicate and pretty cheeks.
After successfully teasing Xiang Huidi, Gao Lin felt proud in his heart, and immediately put a slender hand on his waist and twisted them.
Hiss, Gao Lin took a deep breath of cold air and almost screamed out in pain.
"Okay, the game has started. Watch the game carefully and see how the Jaguar team plays." Lu Hai, standing behind Xiao Zifeng, said.
The delicate hand on the waist and ribs did not stop pinching, and Gao Lin, who was in severe pain, had to look at Xiang Huidi as if begging for mercy.
As smart as Xiang Huidi, why didn't she know the meaning of Gao Lin's eyes? When she saw that his whole face was about to turn into a bitter melon shape, she couldn't bear it in her heart. She immediately put away her hand, glared at him fiercely and turned away. .
"Sorry to bother you."
And just when Gao Lin was about to open the live event webpage, a clear and pleasant voice rang.
Everyone in Gao Lin turned around and saw a beautiful female reporter walking in with a photographer.
"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am a reporter from the domestic "E-Sports Express". We would like to interview you. Could you please?" the beautiful female reporter asked Lu Haidao very politely.
Lu Hai frowned and hesitated for a moment, then nodded after a while: "Okay."
Although he doesn't like reporters interviewing team members before the game, the impact will not be great if they go abroad now. Moreover, domestic e-sports media also need to understand their trends and communicate with them. It is necessary. After all, the other party came all the way from China, so it would be unreasonable not to give them any news.
"Mr. Lu, what do you think of the trip to Houston these days?" The beautiful female reporter is also a wise person. She did not speak directly and bluntly, but started from life and slowly introduced the topic.
"It's not bad. Houston is a very prosperous place, but it's a pity that we have been busy preparing for the event these days and haven't really gone to see it." Lu Hai said with a smile.
"So how are you preparing? Now many domestic fans are eagerly paying attention to your team." said the beautiful female reporter.
"Not bad." Lu Hai nodded.
"Are you familiar with the environment here?" the beautiful female reporter asked again.
"Okay, our team is actually not picky about the environment. We are always ready to play when it's our turn." Lu Hai replied.
"Then what do you think about the fact that your team's overall strength is ranked last on the Internet?" The beautiful female reporter put the microphone back in front of Lu Hai.
"I don't have any opinion." Lu Hai spread his hands and said with an indifferent expression, "For things like this, they can do whatever they think. However, before I know the result, I will laugh off all judgments."
"Many people think that you were so unlucky in this knockout round that you directly ran into an FL team. What do you think about this?" the beautiful female reporter asked again.
"It's true that we are unlucky, but if we can't even get through this hurdle, then how can we talk about the goal of this competition." Lu Hai said.
"Can I ask, Professor Lu, what is your goal?" Hearing Lu Hai's words, the other party immediately asked.
"Needless to say, those who came to participate in this competition are not here for the championship, but for travel."
