Chapter 351: Three years of anti-snake, five years of simulation
At the competition site at Supermarket Square, Snake returned to the backstage after a short interview.
Zuo Wu and the Snake Team staff have packed up everything.
After reinstalling the equipment, everyone immediately set off back to the base.
After their match against EDG tonight, the LPL has officially entered the offseason of the Asian Competition. The next round of matches will not be until July 13th.
Snake has to go back to the base to prepare and participate in the official expedition ceremony recording tomorrow morning. Although it won't take long, the whole morning will be spent going back and forth.
In the afternoon, I will leave for Dalian and officially settle down there.
The other LPL teams are similar, except that they don't have a game today and will be better prepared.
"Everyone go to bed early tonight."
Zuo Wu warned: "There is a rehearsal for the opening ceremony when we go to Dalian, so we don't have a few days to train."
"This time we are fighting at home, so we can't stretch our legs."
"That's necessary!" Flandre responded with a smile.
The Intercontinental Tournament officially begins on July 5, with four LPL teams participating. Just like the 2017 Intercontinental Tournament, if the group stage goes well, the LPL teams will not have to play many games.
The 4-day schedule is relatively easy.
Therefore, everyone hopes that the brother teams in the LPL can do a better job.
"Brother Hao, have you seen the official activities today?"
"I saw it."
Li Hao said to Liu Qingsong: "And Manager Bobby is here too."
"Then why don't you ask him for two figures?"
"The Annie Bear dolls given away today are in limited quantity and are given to fans. I won't join in the fun."
The smart man smiled and said: "The Urgot figure is worth owning."
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When Snake and his party boarded the bus with their large and small bags, they happened to meet the EDG gang.
An arm quickly landed on Li Hao's shoulder.
Li Hao looked to the side and smiled immediately.
That's right, it's Severn.
"Okay, Kled looked very good today."
The factory manager spoke with a crooked mouth.
"Qi-chan, it's not really a show, it's just average. I don't think it has any impact on you?"
"Why is it not affected?"
The factory director said angrily: "Run to my wild area, sneak attack from behind, and then jump over the tower to kill me. It's very powerful!"
"Nana-chan."
Li Hao spread his hands and said helplessly: "The lower road keeps asking me to go. They say that I am in your wild area, so I have to go."
"Besides, this game really has no impact on your gaming experience."
"I've seen it all. You ate all the F6 in Casa. Isn't that exciting?"
After hearing his words, Jarhead immediately rolled his eyes.
My heart says that I really have nothing to do with you.
He thought again that this person was too courageous and kept hinting in front of him.
You can imagine what it will be like when you are not around.
Li Hao stopped joking and chatted with Seven all the way to the front of the bus.
Li Hao has been recalling the scenes from that year.
The factory director slowly couldn't stand listening anymore, because all Li Hao talked about was his days as a top orderer at EDG.
"Goodbye Dalian."
After leaving a word, Jarhead ran away in a hurry.
Li Hao was happy and said to himself that Sai Wen was not sober. Why don't we see him in Dalian? We will see him tomorrow.
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On the morning of July 2, Snake came to the officially arranged shooting location. Players from the three teams, RNG, IG, and EDG, all came.
In the six-to-four match in the spring playoffs, RW, which was ranked second in the Eastern Conference at the time, played against Snake first, but was ruthlessly swept by Li Hao, who had returned from injury, causing them to miss the top four.
That means he has no chance of participating in this intercontinental competition.
Li Hao performed a few actions in accordance with the requirements of the column team, and the filming was completed quickly.
He stepped aside and couldn't help but recall what happened in the intercontinental competition that year.
I still vaguely remember that sentence: We will help you get back to the fifth set.
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That time, the LPL division was still united.
Although there was no Xia in the 2018 Intercontinental Championship, Snake entered the Intercontinental Championship as the spring champion, which caused a huge change in the strength of the entire LPL.
The LPL coaches don't even have to play Tian Ji horse racing in this intercontinental competition. Even if they play their cards, LCK will have trouble holding on.
Currently, the strongest teams in the LCK are KZ and Afs, but KZ is a team that is beaten by Snake.
After the departure ceremony in the morning was completed, the officials did not leave everyone to eat because all the teams had booked their tickets for the afternoon.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the four LPL teams took a flight from Hongqiao and arrived at Zhoushuizi Airport after 1 hour and 55 minutes. When they came out of the airport in Dalian, it was already close to 6 o'clock.
"It feels cooler than the devil."
Dragging his suitcase, Liu Qingsong let out a small sigh.
"So the competition venue was not chosen randomly."
Zuo Wu explained: "Compared to most parts of the country, Dalian's summer is cooler. After all, it is a coastal city. The hottest months are July and August, which are sauna days, but the highest temperature is only about 30 degrees.
"
"It's quite comfortable compared to some hot-stove cities, but it's still quite cool at night. If there's draft, it's a real pleasure. It's just early July, so it's definitely cooler than the Magic City."
Shengqiang's eyes lit up: "You can also have some seafood barbecue and cold beer, right?"
“Seafood barbecue is fine, but wine is fine.”
"Children don't drink."
"Is Pepsi no longer sweet, or is Coca-Cola no longer tasty?"
After listening to Zuo Wu's words, Flandre tilted her head and made a cut.
Liu Qingsong smiled and said:
"You drank a lot of cold beer today. It felt so good. You stretched your crotch on the field. I think Khan on the opposite side would laugh out loud when he picked up corpses on the road."
"After two games, don't say I'm 1.5 anymore, I'm afraid you'll be labeled an F king."
After tearing Shao Xiao's reasoning apart, Flando immediately waved her hand:
"It's okay if you don't want to drink this wine."
"..."
Under the official arrangement of the LPL, the four teams took two cars and arrived at the pre-booked hotel.
Similarly, players from LCK and LMS division teams are all here.
LPL officials have not done anything special.
On the first night, there were no activities scheduled. The uniform teams of several LPL teams got together to coordinate the subsequent schedule.
On the morning of the 3rd, after breakfast, the LPL team headed to Ganjingzi District and arrived at the destination of the trip, the Dalian Sports Center Gymnasium.
This sports building is a special-grade building that can meet the gymnastics competition requirements of the 2013 National Games and can also hold NBA basketball events. It has 18,000 seats and is also a large venue.
Compared to the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall in the 2017 season, this place is absolutely huge.
Teams from the LMS and LCK regions are here.
They have visited this venue before, but the rehearsal ceremony cannot be held until all teams come together.
For professional teams that have participated in various competition regions for a long time, this kind of rehearsal is very simple. You only need to walk through the scene twice to become familiar with it.
Li Hao saw Li Guapi in the LCK crowd.
This time, he looks obviously "older" than in the S7 season.
To be more precise, there is a kind of fatigue.
If Guapi was full of fighting spirit before, now it seems that he can no longer maintain the same energy as before.
If this trend continues, the great devil and e-sports genius who was once famous in the league may enter the stage of "unfortunate old age".
Li Hao has watched many LCK games in the 2018 season, and SKT is naturally among them.
The big devil of S8 is like a lonely warrior.
But this lonely warrior tried his best but could not help the building to collapse.
He can only ensure that he has the fighting spirit to continue fighting this season, but he does not have the ability to be a superhero and has no way to save himself.
There was once a giant statue that reached the top of the sky and fought five fierce battles to change the emperor's order.
That is already the past.
After all, the big devil can't change his own destiny. He can't save this dying SKT, which has many "Emperor" level beings.
The two of them looked at each other across the crowd, feeling each other's eyes.
Because they were in distinct teams, they had no communication from beginning to end.
Afs, KZ, KT, there are three teams around SKT that are in better shape than them.
In the LCK homeland, there is another Samsung team that is eyeing the team.
There are only three places for S8.
Teacher Guo, Uzi and the others came over to talk to Li Hao, and he instantly diverted his attention away from these thoughts.
Compared with the LCK division, the atmosphere in the LPL is obviously more relaxed.
They are very confident in their own strength.
The LMS division was even more chatting and laughing, and there was no pressure on them.
It's normal to be defeated and you won't get sprayed.
If you can beat it, you will earn blood.
For example, Flash Wolves finished second in M Private and almost became the heroes of the division.
Although the runner-up spot of Electric Wolf was almost given by Snake Team’s father, but so what, we are still the runner-up.
KZ was eliminated in the semi-finals.
This incident also caused a scolding war between the spectators in the Bay Area Division and the LCK Division.
Therefore, the pressure in the LCK division is quite high.
After staying at the venue for more than two hours, they returned to the hotel training room.
On the afternoon of the 3rd and all day on the 4th, the LPL teams were playing training matches.
Both the LMS and LCK regions have teams inviting them.
The LPL side accepts all comers.
The night of the 4th.
Rang Di typed GG on the screen.
He complained: "I walked in the wine barrel in three games and lost two games. It's poisonous."
"well enough."
Teacher Guo chuckled: "The main reason is that you have a few empty skills."
"Otherwise, if Pray was killed instantly in that wave just now, KZ would still lose the team battle."
Rang Di was a little speechless: "Xuanming and Xuanming are still very powerful. I can't do anything when I dodge my E."
"Don't panic, this is just a training match."
Xiaohu then smiled and said: "Besides, KZ doesn't need our RNG to fight, Brother Hao, right?"
"KZ, Flash Wolves, these two group stages are ours."
Flandre was the first to say: "M has already beaten me privately, and I still have to deal with it again and again this time."
Li Hao nodded, this is indeed the truth.
KZ’s bubble is a bit big.
After the spring split, KZ is no longer the top of the three K teams, and the LCK has undergone a reshuffle in this summer split.
The champion team of the Spring Split may not necessarily get a spot in the subsequent S Split.
KZ often plays around the two elders Xuan Ming, but in this version, the Rat King can't provide enough energy, and KZ is weak in the follow-up. Brother Khan occasionally performs strongly, but the more stable thing is to work on the whole.
Rang Di looked at Flando's strong look and felt a little envious in his heart.
He looked in the direction of Li Hao again, feeling even more envious.
He is also a top laner, someone with legs that can hug him, and he is tough when he talks.
If I, Letme, had such thighs, I would have torn up the equality treaty long ago. Equality is bullshit. I must be strong!
At eight o'clock in the evening, Snake and AFS also played a training match, while everyone else watched.
The Afs team has made great progress in the LCK, taking off like a rocket this season.
This group of people is very involved, and their training time is the longest in the entire LCK.
Otherwise, the harder you work, the luckier you get. The AFS team has really gotten better and has become a success story of LCK champions.
They are now the second brother of LCK, and they defeated KT Rolster.
In this training match, AFS tried to use the Tetsuo system against Snake.
Li Hao directly played his bright card and chose the male sword. Kasa cooperated and chose a control in the jungle, defeating the AFS mid lane in 10 minutes.
The male swordsman killed all the way and dominated the game in 15 minutes.
Follow up, if you don’t want to be abused by AFS, just play GG.
This is not the first time Snake has played this way. They have used it in the summer split. It can only be regarded as a review of tactics.
In the LCK training camp, Coach N kept saying:
"It's still a male sword!"
"In the summer competition, Snake used a men's knife to strike, and it was very successful at the time."
"Next time I meet Snake, if I use the Iron Man system again, should I remove the male sword? They are too familiar with this system."
After hearing Coach N's words, Kokuuma immediately shook his head, thinking that you were beaten hard enough by Snake and you don't have a long memory.
"The ____ does not work."
"If you watch The King and play Cassidy, you will understand that he has a variety of techniques."
"But if you don't actually do it, he will never expose the next one. He will just wait for you to take the bait and make you think he has restrained him."
"If you use the Iron Man system to beat them and ban the male swordsman, I can guarantee that Snake will come up with a set that you have never seen before. This old fox The King has always done this."
Hearing Kkoma's words, the private coach smacked his lips, and the surrounding uniforms also looked thoughtful.
The dunk coach and SKT are quite authoritative in saying these things.
After all, SKT and Snake have played against each other the most and were beaten the worst.
It’s true that it’s ‘three years of anti-snake, five years of simulation’.
For the current LCK team, Snake is really like a dark cloud hanging over their heads.
Almost all Korean teams have thought about one question: how to defeat this snake team?
This is difficult, even the old LCK trolls know it.
The professional players and front office staff can feel the pressure. They hate Team Snake, but they are also very excited.
Judging from the current situation of LCK, they have not won the championship for two years. Even the LCK commentators have learned the classic line "Next year is the year with the best chance."
LCK viewers are also looking forward to the championship.
In the world arena, the LCK has lost its previous dominance.
So, in this gloomy moment, whoever can lead the LCK to regain its glory will become a heroic existence!
For major teams, this is extremely attractive.
The major LCK teams are not stupid either.
Although Snake is invincible now, it is all because of the support of the monster The King.
Li Hao is so old, and he still has a lot of injuries. If he can't protect himself, he will suddenly be unable to play.
The more invincible he is now, the greater the dividends will be later.
When an LCK team steps up and defeats him, they will get crazy bonuses!
Therefore, all the major LCK teams have a little bit of care in picking up the slack.
At nearly nine o'clock in the evening, the KT team's uniform team invited Snake to play a training match.
In this game, Snake played GG, but KT was not happy at all.
Because TheKing didn't play at all and was substituted for Angel.
The LCK conspirators secretly said it was a pity.
On the LPL side, Jiangzuo Wulang sneered.
"You want to consume me, Brother Hao, in a wheel battle, right?"
"You really think we are fools."
Chris maliciously speculated: "I'm afraid it's not as simple as just consuming him. They also know that Brother Hao has old injuries."
"It's completely normal for those managements to have bad intentions."
"We must be careful and guard against it."
Li Hao knows his physical condition clearly, wheel battle?
If you stay up all night and fuck the other person to pieces, nothing will happen to you.
However, when he heard Chris and Zuo Wu discussing quietly, he still felt a little warm in his heart.
It's always nice to feel like someone cares.
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On July 5, 2018, the League of Legends Asian Continental Championship kicked off at the Dalian Sports Center Gymnasium.
While the opening ceremony was in full swing, some teams from far away in the LCK were also staring closely at the screen.
In a relatively shabby small training room, a bunch of people crowded together to watch the game.
This is the DWG team.
In the 2018 LCK League Spring Split, the Big Turtle team ranked second behind GRF in the regular season, but lost to the Winners in the first round of the playoffs and lost the opportunity to participate in the promotion and relegation rounds.
This summer, they set sail again.
The team coach looked at the group of teenagers and then looked at the screen.
At this time, a young player who just turned 18 asked: "Coach, do you feel there is hope for LCK this time?"
Micro said truthfully:
"Of course there is hope, but the process must be very difficult."
"These teams in the LPL are difficult to deal with, especially in the knockout rounds. If you want to win three out of five games, you will most likely have to defeat Snake."
"You should know better than me what your idol's current state is."
"What I said is right, Xu Xiu."
"..."
Hearing this, Xu Xiu smiled and tilted his head to look at his usual training position.
There, a poster of Li Hao was hanging.
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PS: Good night, book friends! Will increase the amount tomorrow.
