133: A decisive battle with no retreat! (1.1W word chapter)
As soon as 12 o'clock in the morning arrived, Hongmi appeared in the training room, urging the players to practice quickly.
Gu Xing quickly put back his slightly impetuous thoughts due to the holiday, opened the Korean server and continued to improve the hero proficiency according to the plan set by the head coach.
As for Ding Ran, he asked Lu Wenjun for a computer and sat in the corner of the training room to score points without disturbing the normal training work.
"We are in the same half zone as IG, RNG, and Snakes, and the strongest among them is RNG," Hongmi briefly emphasized to the team members, "Before the semi-final opponent is determined, I will first study RNG as an imaginary enemy.
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Although RNG suffered a losing streak at the end of the season.
However, Redmi did not underestimate them. After all, they are the champions of the Spring Split, there are also star players on the team, and they have a lot of experience in the playoffs!
Looking back at VG, the usual playoffs are a perfect illustration of the collapse in the middle.
It is impossible to travel in one round, and you can usually win one.
But if you only walk two rounds at most, your hips will definitely stretch!
Hongmi is cautious about this and prepares carefully for fear of making mistakes.
Ranking first in this year's regular season gave him hope of reaching the global finals.
Last year, the original Samsung Nosuke version of VG was very promising, but unfortunately after five rounds of fierce battle, it was sniped down by the coal-mining duo of IG Broiler and Kakao.
Song Yijin Yasuo's shocking EQ flash successfully brought IG in, and also freed the boss Wang Sicong from the dilemma of live broadcast plug Lao Ba's secret trick - the latter claimed that IG would live broadcast Chi Xiang if they did not enter the S5 World Championship.
The broiler has saved the face of the IG boss.
However, as a loser, Hongmi will never allow similar incidents to happen this time!
He is determined to win the World Championship ticket!
"I have already made an appointment with my opponents for the training matches in the next few days," Hongmi opened his black notebook and copied the contents with a marker onto the whiteboard in the center of the room. "You can take a look."
Gu Xing had just defeated IM jungler Avoidless in the qualifying match. He accepted the opponent's friend invitation, chatted for a few words, and then looked back while waiting in line. He immediately noticed something different from before.
The first is the venue arrangement.
Originally, during the regular season, the team's training matches were fixed at two o'clock in the afternoon and one group at seven o'clock in the evening.
Each group claims to play three sets, but in fact not many teams strictly adhere to it.
For a team like IG, it would take less than an hour to play three games in the training match plus BP!
You can’t just finish three rounds in a daze and then you’re done.
Therefore, most clubs, including VG, just play each training match for three hours without any limit on the number of sets, and there will be replays during the period.
There are two groups every day, which is six hours, and the remaining time is used to play ranked or watch videos.
And Redmi now adds an extra set of training matches to them!
"From ten o'clock in the evening to one in the morning, we mainly make appointments with teams from the LCK," he explained the reason to the players. "We have too many systems to practice, so we need to train more..."
After listening to Jin Wenhe's translation, Gu Xing nodded to express his understanding.
When the playoffs were approaching, Redmi originally formulated several sets of tactics based on the version and clearly planned the training time.
As a result, Gu Xing suddenly proposed to imitate ROX's wild core play style. This was an unexpected blessing, but it was also a burden for the team.
Practice new tactics extra, otherwise it will definitely squeeze the running-in time of other systems!
Several teammates also expressed their gratitude to Sister Li.
Since Imp, the only lazy dog in the team, resumed high-intensity training, everyone in the VG training department is a hardworking boy.
If the results are poor, the players will have little motivation.
But VG's current performance is quite outstanding, and the team members are very motivated, so naturally they have no objections to additional training!
Compared with before, the second characteristic of VG’s current training matches is that their opponents are relatively fixed.
Within the league are EDG, IM and WE, which belong to different playoff halves.
Because VG and them are only likely to meet in the finals, there is no burden to play in training games, and they can run tactics to run the team.
If you have an appointment with a team from the same region during the playoffs, there is a risk of leaking secrets, and hiding it will not achieve the training effect.
The outer division is South Korea's ROX and SSG.
Although the Tigers relied on their points advantage to become the first team in the five major regions to lock in a spot in the world championships.
But they didn't slack off.
For ROX, there is one more meaningful thing than entering the global finals.
The Tigers have a reason to beat SKT!
In the 2015 LCK spring finals, the Tigers were swept out by SKT with Hou Ye on the field.
In the 2015 World Championship finals, the Tigers lost to SKT with Faker on the scene. It was a duel that was generally considered to have no suspense before the game. Their greatest achievement was that for the other 14 participating teams, they saw what SKT's high ground looked like.
In the 2016 LCK Spring Finals, ROX was once again swept away by SKT with a score of 1:3!
In three major events, the Tigers have never defeated SKT!
What's more important is that, except for Peanut, who only joined the team at the end of 2015, the other four ROX players have experienced these three disastrous defeats!
Now the ROX players are holding their breath and want to prove themselves in this summer split and defeat SKT!
For this reason, they trained extra hard, and also extended the training time until late at night.
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"Turn left!"
Gu Xing followed the staff's instructions and turned sideways to face the camera again.
The other teammates standing around him also followed suit.
The seven contestants wore serious faces, combed their hair like adults, had their hair polished and put on makeup. They looked completely different from usual.
"OKOK..."
After hearing the director's instructions, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as Gu Xing was about to step off the stage to drink water, he heard the director say something else behind him.
"Virtue and Easyhoon, you two stay here and take some more photos alone!"
This is the shooting site for playoff promotional videos, posters and other materials.
The VG club dedicated a day of training time to allow players to assist the league in promotional activities.
Gu Xing had been filming for two hours before, and it was inevitable that his legs would be sore if he kept standing.
However, in line with the idea that he had come, he still obeyed and kept talking to the on-site staff.
Gu Xing's social skills have always been good, and the cameraman was so amused by him that he almost lost his grip on the machine.
"Be serious, let's finish filming first and then talk..." The director motioned VG Nakano to stand closer, "You can improvise any pose!"
Gu Xing and Hou Ye discussed for a while, and finally the two stood side by side, stretched out their arms that were close to each other towards the camera, hooked their knuckles with their palms upward, and made a "bring your horse over here" gesture.
Jack, who was already resting in the audience, saw the gestures made by the two people and said something to several other teammates. The group of people suddenly burst into laughter.
Goo Sung Bin, whose figure is so out of shape that he almost looks like an OMP, has his teeth stuck out like a fat mouse.
The VG summer team uniform is a relatively slim-fitting style. When worn on Imp's body, it can give off the feeling of a small belly. When he smiles, the fat in his abdomen trembles, a bit like Fat Buu in Dragon Ball.
Thinking of this, Gu Xing almost laughed out loud.
After taking several photos in succession, he was finally declared free by the director. He said thank you to the staff around him and hurried off to the stage.
First pick up the Coke and drink it three times in a row, then pick up Jack.
"Hurry up, the fragrant pot is waiting for you!"
According to the previous agreement, the Seven Wolves are preparing to hold their first gathering today.
Gu Xing and Lu Wenjun reported that the manager knew that there was no training plan for the evening, and he also wanted the team members to relax a little and not keep tightening the strings. If the pressure continues until the end, it is easy to go too far.
Lu Wenjun just asked the team members to return to the base before ten o'clock in the evening.
The two agreed, and saw the location initiated by others in the Seven Wolves group chat. It was at a Thai restaurant in Hongqiao Tiandi, and they rushed there not long after.
"Long time no see, Brother Xing!"
Lin Weixiang is as naive as ever, but his voice is no longer as milky as before, and his voice is much richer.
Liu Qingsong and Beethoven stood in the back, looking slightly embarrassed when greeting Gu Xing.
Their personalities are different from Lin Weixiang's.
Previously, I only met Gu Xing once during the trial training, and spent the rest of the time together online. In the end, the relationship was not particularly close.
Now that the opponent is thriving in the LPL league, he is still unknown.
The huge gap in fame is like a sadly thick barrier between several people, creating a strange sense of distance.
Gu Xing saw the other party's reserve and immediately stepped forward to greet others with a smile, "What are you two doing? Pretending to be cold and indifferent, right?"
"No..." Seeing Gu Xing take the initiative to chat, Liu Qingsong relaxed slightly and smiled, "Long time no see, I almost became your fan after watching you play!"
Lin Weixiang grabbed Jack in front of him.
"Come on, do you have such young teeth?" His thick eyebrows seemed to be able to speak, twitching constantly, "I wasn't as young as you when I was 15 years old!"
Fortune teller Lin Weixiang is over 1.8 meters tall, only slightly shorter than Gu Xing.
Jack is definitely less than 1.7 meters now - Gu Xing is very sure about this number, because he is not as tall as Gu Pan, who is 169.
"Go, go, go," Yu Wenbo angrily pushed Lin Weixiang's big palm away from his head, "Brother, there is still a lot of room for improvement in height. As the saying goes, twenty-three is still a big jump!"
Gu Xing said hello to the incense pot and then turned his attention to the last person.
"Shi Senming?"
Gu Xing asked uncertainly.
The man in front of me looked harmless, and he didn't look aggressive.
He has a slim build and wears short sleeves in the summer. You can easily tell from his exposed forearms that he is only a little fatter than the skinny Xiangguo.
"Hehehe..." He smiled like a flower.
Hearing this classic laughter, Gu Xing immediately confirmed his guess.
Before becoming a professional, Shi Senming would always smile every time he chatted and played games, and would blow the microphone twice from time to time. After listening for a long time, Gu Xing almost had a stress reaction.
The seven people first stood in two rows according to their height, asked the waiter to help take a group photo, and sent it to the group chat of the seven wolves. Jack @ the few people who were not present, [Put your bodies up, and there will be the first group photo in the group.
La!】
Among the Seven Wolves, such well-known kings of the national server as Wu Dan and Xiao Shiban, have not yet come to the professional arena. They are still doing live broadcasts in other places, and it is really difficult to get away to attend.
They simply sent a few red envelopes in the group to support him.
Seeing that everyone was busy grabbing money, Lin Weixiang couldn't wait any longer, "Brothers, let's order first?"
"The curry coconut chicken in this Thai restaurant is very good," Liu Qingsong proactively recommended. "Last time I came to see Ming Kai compete, he took me to eat it. The soup mixed with rice is absolutely amazing!"
Gu Xing took a look at the menu and found a lot of fish and shrimps in the Thai dishes. Thinking of Yu Wenbo's allergy, he only reminded everyone to order less seafood.
"Jack, why don't you eat this spicy stir-fried beef? It's okay considering the presentation."
When Yu Wenbo heard the beef, his head pounded like garlic.
Xiangguo has nothing to do but find someone to chat with.
"Shi Senming, you guys lost the promotion and relegation match, will you continue to compete next year?"
Gu Xing, who was lowering his head to check the drinks on the menu, froze with his pen.
It can only be said that Xiangguo's emotional intelligence is always online and its performance is extremely stable.
Yesterday, Shi Senming's YM team lost in five games in the promotion and relegation match. Gu Xing watched the live broadcast on the way back to Shanghai by train. Before coming to dinner, he tried not to mention it, lest Shi Senming would be unhappy.
The opening sentence of Xiang Guo first revealed Xiao Ming’s scars.
"It should be possible..." Shi Senming was not sure, and sighed, not knowing what to do.
With all his plans in mind, he spent a year in the Shanghai stock market, struggling in the secondary leagues, and his original ambitions were almost exhausted.
Before MGB changed its name to YM, Shi Senming had been in the team, a pure veteran of the team.
He didn't want to leave.
For not bringing the team to the LPL, Shi Senming always felt like he was lacking something.
"You guys are really bad," Xiangguo complained mercilessly, "What kind of expensive things are you playing in the spring and summer games?"
This year's spring split, YM ranked second in the LSPL regular season and runner-up in the playoffs.
The first person to get the direct LPL spot is an old friend of Gu Xing.
IM.
In the secondary league, they were called EDE, the second team of EDG with great roots!
In addition to Athena, they are the original team currently competing in the LPL!
AJ, Avoidless, and Golden Horn are all above-average players in the top leagues. Playing in LSPL is no different from acting as a booster!
The members of the coaching staff are Sun Dayong, former LGD analysts Firefox, and Gouba.
These three people are naturally not comparable to top coaches such as Hongmi, Edgar, and Kkoma internationally, but they are completely adequate domestically.
Not to mention playing in a minor league!
In the 2016 LSPL, everyone didn’t even understand the concept of coaching. They were generally used as takeout testers to see which food was more delicious.
EDE's lineup, from the players to the coaching staff, has completely reduced the dimensionality of LSPL!
YM, which had just been formed for half a year, were all young guys with no experience at all, so it was reasonable that they couldn't beat IM.
But according to the competition system of the secondary league.
In addition to the direct qualification of a league champion to the LPL, other top-ranked teams can also participate in promotion and relegation matches. As long as they defeat the rookie teams of the LPL, they can still take their place in the top league.
YM faced HYG. After five rounds of fierce battle, they made a mistake at the last moment and fell one step away from LPL!
"Killer 17, this B is really hateful!" Shi Senming gritted his teeth, "He has tortured us twice!"
"Huh?" Gu Xing felt that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it from Hirano Aya and Gao Dewei, "Did he originally play Yasuo?"
"Yes, that's the guy. Yasuo was known as the number one top laner in the Chinese server back then and played in LGD for a while." Shi Senming nodded repeatedly. "This year's spring split, HYG's top laner beat us in the promotion and relegation games and ran again in the summer. Come to NBY and be our regular season opponent!"
In the summer split, YM's biggest competitor in the secondary league is NBY.
Top laner Killer Seventeen, jungler Clid, and mid laner Doinb, with three generals, NBY's strength in the first half is so strong in the LSPL!
Especially mid laner Doinb.
After the breakup in the middle and jungle, he moved to the secondary league to become Tongtendai.
In a total of 29 rounds, Doinb scored 768 points of average damage, accounting for 33.9% of the team's output, ranking first in the league in both statistics!
YM was vulnerable in front of them and was defeated in minutes!
If you think about it, you will know that when Doinb was in QG, he was chatting and laughing with top mid laners like Fat General and Song Yijin, but even mid laners in the sub-league were not enough for him to handle.
As a result, Killer Seventeen was eliminated by YM again in the same year!
Gu Xing listened to Shi Senming's complaint and suppressed laughter the whole time.
YM's tragic experience really makes people feel like they are moving - they can't live anymore.
"It's called winning twice, win-win!" Jack teased Shi Senming using Gu Xing's theory.
"As for this promotion and relegation match, you all know it," Xiao Ming shrugged helplessly, "Old Thief Sima and Icon are really ruthless."
YM’s opponent in yesterday’s promotion and relegation match was Planet Light OMG.
The level of this team is definitely not low.
When I met with VG in the summer split, I once relied on grasping details to arrest Imp, who was in extremely poor condition, and forcefully sent Gu Shengbin to the bench, which led to Yu Wenbo's rise to the top in the second half.
The double C of Icon and Sima Laothi, paired with Xiao Wu, a very spiritual assistant, is acceptable on paper. The main reason for OMG's unsatisfactory results is that it is confused in the middle and late stages and cannot play operations.
But that's a shortcoming compared to LPL-level teams.
If we were to fight against an LSPL-level team, the enemy might not even be able to survive the laning phase and collapse!
They say Icon will be delivered later, but YM can’t delay it until then!
You must know that Icon's success in the LPL relies on one-handed solo kills in the lane. You can imagine the intensity!
Coupled with an old Sima thief, OMG easily destroyed YM!
"You didn't get in after four opportunities. Why are you so unlucky?" Lin Weixiang smiled with great joy.
Shi Senming felt very frustrated when he recalled it, "Sometimes it's really... it's just an opportunity. If you can't grasp it, it's gone."
To be fair, the real chance for YM's opponents who have been promoted four times - IM, HYG, NBY, OMG, Shi Senming and others is HYG.
That is the team with the weakest overall strength.
The other three teams all have at least one LPL star-level player in charge, which is simply not something that LSPL can compete with.
Jack poured Coca-Cola into the cup and picked up some curry chicken with chopsticks, "Speaking of which, you guys are greedy..."
Lin Weixiang, who was still laughing at Shi Senming just now, changed his face at the speed of light.
Xiao Ming began to smile in a familiar manner again, "Aw, I wonder who can even lose a relegation match?"
Liu Qingsong's expression fell instantly.
"Tell us, what's going on with Dong Xiaosa's essay?" Shi Senming tried to ignite the fire.
"Ai, it's just a misunderstanding!" Liu Qingsong said.
Gu Xing was standing by as a spectator.
It's not that he doesn't want to interrupt.
But the topic is too sensitive.
This summer split, Shi Senming failed to enter the top league, but at least he made a name for himself in the circle.
As for the Greedy Sa guys, what they left behind was a mess.
Not only has the team been relegated, but it is also unable to participate in the TGA next spring. Dong Xiaosa has not yet appeared on the stage to fulfill his dream of being a professional player. In the blink of an eye, it is time to wake up from the dream!
Back and forth, Greedy Sa threw in about one million, but all wasted!
After losing the relegation match, Dong Xiaosa was furious and complained on Weibo that the players were lazy in their training and had no intention of making progress.
Dong Xiaosa is usually a quiet person, but he is also a veritable anchor of the ancient league. At that time, this news became a hot search on Weibo.
A Weibo post turned him and Greedy Sa and other team members into incompatible opposites!
Subsequently, the Greedy Sa team members also responded one after another, angrily accusing Dong Xiaosa of being untrue.
Gu Xing and Dong Xiaosa have a good relationship.
Before coming to the party this time, he specifically asked, and the news he got from Dong Xiaosa was that the conflict was almost resolved.
The team was disbanded on the spot and the players' contracts were terminated.
Presuming that the two parties had reached an agreement, Dong Xiaosa also took the initiative to help several team members find their next home.
As for how they talked about it, he didn't say, and Gu Xing wisely didn't ask.
But the result is this.
Only then did Gu Xing feel at ease and go to the appointment.
"What are you planning to do in the next offseason?" He changed the topic.
Beethoven, who had been invisible just now, said, "Dong Xiaosa helped arrange trial training for several LPL teams. We are going to find a cheaper hotel nearby to stay, so that when there is a trial training, we can rush there directly to avoid running around.
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Jack didn't speak for a while, so he took the opportunity to fill up his stomach. The spicy stir-fried beef was indeed very appetizing, and it was a perfect match with curry chicken and rice!
At this time, he burped before speaking.
"You can come and watch the playoffs and cheer us on!"
Shi Senming asked a very pointed question, "What should VG and RNG do if they meet? You are in the same half zone, who should I support?"
Liu Qingsong came up with a brilliant idea, "It's okay. The teams from the bottom half will most likely play the finals with EDG."
"I will be your biggest fan for ten years then!"
Gu Xing was surprised, "Don't you and Ming Kai have a good relationship? Why are you so eager for EDG to lose?"
He took a piece of the signature dish, moon shrimp cake, which was fried to a golden and crispy exterior, and the shrimp meat was very tender inside. When biting into it, two textures burst out at the same time in his mouth. Moreover, after being dipped in the chutney, the taste was extremely rich and delicious.
Liu Qingsong took out his mobile phone and showed him the chat history.
"Mingkai said that this year's Summer Split championship will definitely be his, and EDG has already begun studying its final opponents..."
The teams in the same top half as EDG are IM, GT and WE, which seems to be unable to put much pressure on them.
It can only be said that EDG does have expanded capital.
"Moreover, Mingkai made a bet with me that if he didn't win the summer championship, he would treat me to a meal and give me a big red envelope!" Liu Qingsong was very excited, wishing to see the arrogant Mingkai deflated.
"When you meet Mingkai in the finals, you must increase your efforts!" He tried to divide the spoils, "Let's divide the red envelope 30-70!"
"Why is it only 70%?" Gu Xing continued smoothly.
Liu Qingsong was stunned for a moment, blinked before replying, "You take 30%, 70% is mine."
Lin Weixiang put his arm around Gu Xing's shoulders, "We are from the group. The secondary league has been completely wiped out. The members of the LPL have to go to the end, right?"
Xiangguo came up with fighting spirit, "In the spring competition, I taught Ming Kai a lot. It seems that he doesn't have a long memory. I will deal with him again when I get to the finals!"
He said this with a serious look on his face.
"Xiangguo, you don't think you can win against Lao Gu, do you? You still want to meet the factory director. I think you don't know the AC number in your mind!" Jack is worthy of being an Edici, and he has very solid basic skills in last-hitting.
After hearing these words, Xiangguo immediately lost his composure and rushed forward to hold Yu Wenbo down, "I'll silence you first today!"
Several screams immediately sounded in the room.
Gu Xing watched the group of friends having fun while he leisurely took two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth.
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"Axi, why does the blind monk appear here?"
The thin little peanut huddled in his chair, staring at the monitor in disbelief.
He has little room for maneuver.
Gu Xing's blind monk slapped the floor to deal some damage first, and R [Rapid Dragon Swing Tail] kicked him to the wall, and also connected with a basic attack!
Then the blind Muay Thai monk with red eyes threw out the Tianyin Wave!
The little peanut in mid-air had no ability to dodge and could only watch helplessly as he was hit by the Tianyin Wave.
Immediately afterwards, the killing damage of the blind monk's second stage echo attack cut off all life!
Top laner Smeb was originally concentrating on the line with Brother Long. When he heard the shouts of Little Peanut and the voice report of the kill, he realized that in just two seconds, his own jungler was single-killed by his opponent in the jungle!
"(What)?" He paused, "Has anyone specifically counted how many times Wang Hao has been arrested tonight?"
Little Peanut, whose real name is Han Wanghao, also felt embarrassed and could only scratch his head and try to pretend that nothing happened.
Pray, the eldest brother in the team, teased his teammates, "Not once, not twice...but three times, Wang Hao!"
"You were caught three times in the jungle one night," GollA, the assistant who has always had a good temper, smiled gently, "Wang Hao, are you out of your mind?"
Peanut was dissatisfied and retorted, "How about I catch Virtue three times too? It's a 50-50 chance, I often kill him solo too!"
He was still typing on the public screen to interact with Gu Xing, [Bravo!]
Such praise earned Gu Xing an expression - ^^.
Little Peanut regrouped and tried to take revenge after being resurrected, but he heard a sizzling sound.
All electrical appliances, including the players’ computers, stopped working in an instant!
Several monitors all went black, and the Tiger Team members were able to use the screens as mirrors to see their own faces clearly!
The main unit that lost its power support and the chandelier lost their light together.
The house suddenly became invisible, and the darkness outside the window spread.
"Ah, why is it like this again..." Several players complained in low voices, but they quickly calmed down.
Having experienced it a lot, I have long become accustomed to it.
"Sejin Unnie!" Smeb shouted, "There is no electricity in the room!"
"I know," a gentle-looking woman hurriedly walked in from outside the house, "Lu Zhe, please tell the other side first, and I'll go and see what happened."
The person she addressed was ROX head coach Nofe, who wore glasses and had an elegant and easy-going appearance.
"It's too dark outside, why don't I go..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the woman, "You don't know how to do this, just go and inform others honestly!"
She was originally soft-spoken, but after working as a manager at ROX for more than a year, she became more decisive in her behavior.
Nofe was yelled at, and he turned around to look at his team members in embarrassment, and found that they had turned on the flashlight function on their mobile phones for simple lighting, and were smiling teasingly at him.
It is not a secret within the ROX team that the manager and the head coach are in love.
Facing his younger brothers, Nofe immediately held his head high and showed off his strength, "What are you looking at? Take a rest quickly, we have to train when the call comes later!"
Several contestants were tacitly laughing at each other.
Little Peanut was lying on a second-hand gaming chair, recalling tonight's training match in his mind.
A total of four games were played. In the first three games, ROX led 2-1. In the fourth game, there was a blackout. Before that, VG had a big lead. According to the normal script, they should be able to win.
In other words, today's training match between the two sides ended in a draw.
This is unique in all previous training matches between ROX and VG!
Since VG took the vacation, the two teams have been fighting for three consecutive days, and Xiaohuatana has witnessed the progress of each other with his own eyes!
You know, they only officially connected with VG in the second half of the regular season.
At first, VG's training match winning rate was only about 30%. In the eyes of ROX, it was a mid-level team, not strong enough for them to attract enough attention.
Now the winning rate is rising little by little, and it is almost even with ROX!
"Virtue's playing style has become so strange..."
Little Peanut always feels a bit weird.
In today's 4 training games, he and Gu Xing were inseparable in the jungle!
Just as he said, both sides found the right time to invade the wild area and captured their opponents three times!
Under normal circumstances, due to map restrictions in the jungle, direct confrontation and kills rarely occur.
However, in just 4 training games, the two junglers managed a total of 6 solo kills, which was extremely bloody!
The more Little Peanut thought about it, the more wrong it became.
When he first met with VG, Gu Xing was still in a passive state of being beaten, and his sporadic resistance could not create much trouble under ROX's violent offensive.
Moreover, Gu Xing liked to block time and fight against wild monsters at that time. He did not engage in head-on conflict, but just grabbed resources from wild monsters.
But in the past few days of preparing for the playoffs, the opponent's playing style has become fierce and fierce to the naked eye, and his intention to seek confrontation is not concealed at all!
In addition, the overall linkage of VG has been greatly enhanced, the team is integrated, and the jungle is the absolute core of the offense!
An idea suddenly appeared in Little Peanut's heart.
Why is Virtue’s style so similar to mine?
I hit myself?!
Peanut felt confused and couldn't figure it out.
Now that the power is out and there is no way to watch the video, he can't prove his idea.
The VG base is far away in Haowangshan, Shanghai.
"Power outage?" Gu Xing asked subconsciously after listening to Hongmi's talk about the emergency at the ROX base, "It's not Wanwan, what about such a thing?"
"Hmm..." Hongmi pondered for two seconds, "The lines in the community where ROX is located are quite aging, so power outages are not uncommon."
Jack didn't play a training match today. He was grabbing a piece of corn and gnawing on it in his seat. He curiously asked the coach, "Then why don't you go to a better community?"
"No money!" Hongmi's answer sounded fine at first glance.
But Gu Xing noticed a loophole in the logic, "The world runner-up in S5 is also the runner-up in the league this spring. Why is there no money?"
This result is not bad in any competition area. Logically speaking, there should be no shortage of sponsors.
"Rist's West Eight policy," Gu Shengbin said after playing a training match all night. Feeling pain in his back, he stood up to stretch his body and spit out the fragrance. "We don't allow the same club to have two teams from the same league. We are disbanding."
There were a bunch of teams, and OGN was in chaos at that time!"
Riot implements this policy mainly to increase the activity of the competition and to avoid cheating after encounters in the same club.
In the S4 season, SKT's S team (Main, Easyhoon, Wolves combination) met K team (Faker, Bengi, Zhurang and other players), and there was talk on the Korean Open that the same club deliberately lost the game.
Even though OGN later released the game recording to clarify, netizens always felt that there was something fishy in it.
Riot has specially issued restrictions for this purpose.
This policy seems healthy and reasonable now, but many people could not accept it at the time.
Especially professional players.
A large number of OGN teams merged, giving birth to a monster-level team like 2015 SKT, which also made more players unemployed and laid off, forcing them to embark on the road of re-employment!
Koo Sung Bin was extremely dissatisfied with this because his team, Samsung White, had just won the championship and was disbanded due to this policy and salary issues.
If the Optimistic Team hadn't offered him an olive branch at that time, Imp's mouth would have offended most of the Korean LOL community, and it would have been difficult to find a job there.
Except for three-star players, he basically said a few words. The LCK club bought Ju Shengbin because he was afraid that the team would not be in chaos and that his teammates would not be able to fight!
"The Tigers were formed by Golla..." Mr. Hou was still in the LCK last year and has a certain understanding of this part of history. He is now talking about it.
After hearing this, Gu Xing finally understood.
The establishment of the Tigers must be attributed to OMG1/3.
In the S4 global finals, the leading brother Gogoing and his younger brother easily defeated Naji n White Shield 3-0, creating the history of LPL's first elimination of a strong Korean team in the world wave 5.
At that time, except for the Korean second brother Ggoong who was determined to choose Jie, and the handsome boy Watch.
The support is GollA!
After that game, the humiliating defeat nearly ruined the entire team's reputation at the Korean Open.
As Riot issued the policy that "clubs can only have one team in the top league", the two teams Najib White Shield and Black Sword merged.
Golla, whose performance in the World Championship was mediocre, naturally lost his job.
It is different from Imp.
Gloria is a good old person and can get along well in the circle.
Open the door?
Come out and work alone!
He took a completely different path from Imp.
Grella brought together a group of comrades who also lost their jobs and formed the first Tiger team to compete in the LCK again!
A group of frustrated people got together. It is conceivable that no one was optimistic about the Tigers at first.
Naturally no sponsors came to them.
In the end, it was China’s Happy Party Era that took action, and its subsidiary Huya, which was trying to expand its business in South Korea, sponsored the Tigers.
However, the performance of the Tigers is booming, and the layout of Joyful Times in South Korea has repeatedly encountered obstacles.
Since last summer, we have gradually reduced our investment in the team.
"Can't even afford the air ticket to participate in the World Championships?" This was the first time Gu Xing had heard of such a fantastic thing.
Mr. Hou nodded slightly, "Finally, it's Riot and Kespa... that is, our professional e-sports association paid for the travel expenses, and the Tigers went to Europe."
"Later on, with their achievements and reputation, the Tigers missed the best opportunity to solicit sponsorship."
In 2015, various companies interested in investing in the e-sports industry took advantage of the success of OGN when it changed its name to LCK and reorganized its teams, and sponsored many teams.
At that time, the Tigers, who were no longer optimistic, could only survive by relying on investments from the Happy Reunion Era.
As a result, in 2016, the Tigers gained considerable popularity thanks to their runner-up finish in the World Championship.
Yet no one wants to invest in them.
Because the vast majority of sponsors have completed their layout in 2015 and invested in teams for advertising purposes. Based on the easy-to-understand principle of diminishing marginal utility, they do not need to sponsor another team!
This has also led to the fact that ROX now only has a few small investors. They cannot afford to rent luxury houses and cannot live in their own buildings like Samsung and SKT.
As a last resort, the Tigers could only rent a house in an old community to use as a base to save costs, and they could only endure the power outage.
"well……"
Gu Xing had mixed feelings in his heart.
It really made him sad that a team of ROX's level could do so poorly in a country like South Korea, where the e-sports industry is very developed.
On second thought, it seems a bit lonely and courageous for a group of players to unite together and remain positive despite living in poverty, trying to attack the most famous demon king in the history of League of Legends again and again.
He thought about his life in the past eighteen years and was greatly touched by it.
"ROX has power over there, let's start another game," Hongmi hung up the phone and came back to inform the team members, "It's still a wild game. Xiao Gu, your performance in the last game was very good, keep playing like this!"
Gu Xing quickly pulled his attention back and prepared to take the training match seriously.
He originally valued ROX very much, but learning about the Tigers' situation from his teammates gave Gu Xing a little more respect.
In his opinion, the best way to show respect to your opponent is to do your best!
Hongmi stood behind Gu Xing and watched his jungle route throughout.
Although Hongmi is not a jungler, he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away!
As a coach for so many years, I am very sensitive to the role of jungler as the engine of the team.
Hongmi can clearly detect the progress of Gu Xing and his team.
Being able to compete with ROX, he is full of confidence in the next playoffs!
I just don’t know who in the lower half will break into the semi-finals and become the first lucky person to taste VG’s wild core style of play!
The 2016 LPL schedule is very tight.
Not long after the regular season ended, the relegation and playoffs began one after another!
In the first playoff game, IG faced RNG.
It was a completely one-sided crushing game.
IG president Song Yijin was locked on the line by Xiaohu and could not move.
In just 15 minutes, the upper and lower wings and the jungle area were directly blasted through!
Moreover, there is another rule in the current LPL playoff system - when eight is passed into six, the team with the higher pick can lead by one small game.
In other words, RNG took the lead by a small score of 1 to 0!
It is said that if you are ahead, the damage will be extremely high.
RNG leads directly by a small point!
This takes away all suspense in the first playoff game!
RNG finally swept IG three to zero and advanced to the next round!
Then, with IM trailing by a small point, they won three consecutive games and overturned GT!
Dean Jin Gong looked helpless.
He chose three carry-type roles including the captain.
It's a pity that under IM's iron-clad defense, it is useless!
The next day, RNG started a fierce battle with the Snake Team.
The Royal Family swept away their losing streak at the end of the regular season, and the three armies were in full swing, causing many supporters to call RNG for a comeback!
Emperor Ding was directly hit by Uzi and couldn't even stand under the tower!
The eliminated Snake team can only go to the Bubble Tournament to bet on the last place to advance to the World Championship.
They witnessed Ding Huang's poor performance and even planned to wait for the bubble game to carry the injured Crystal Brother up to put out the fire.
On the other side, the most suspenseful game in the playoffs is between WE and IM.
The average duration of a whole wave of 5 is 44 minutes and 30 seconds, not to mention the full 5 games, there were also accidents in the middle that led to long pauses!
The game lasted from 5 pm to 11 pm, and the players on the field were almost exhausted. WE narrowly won a move and defeated Athena in an instant in the ancient dragon team battle, successfully taking away the victory!
At this point, the matchups between the semi-finals of the LPL Summer Split have completely surfaced!
The semi-finals will be EDG vs. WE, and RNG vs. VG, competing for two seats leading to the finals!
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August 14th.
It was raining lightly in the sky.
Gu Xing shook off the water droplets on his umbrella and strode into the backstage passage behind his teammates.
"Old Gu, are you panicking?" Jack raised his head and glanced at Gu Xing's well-proportioned jawline.
Gu Xing walked into the break room, took out the peripherals from his bag, and handed them to the staff to check whether there were any violations. He replied seriously, "It's okay to panic. It's just that... I feel stressed."
He watched the game yesterday.
The moment the IM base crystal was bulldozed, the five players who had been holding on for six hours were dejected, and the light in their eyes was completely extinguished.
Gu Xing experienced the cruelty of the playoffs for the first time.
Only one chance.
The loser can only bid farewell to the game with regrets throughout the summer!
Even a person like Gu Xing, who has always been confident, rarely feels pressure!
Losing the game affects not only himself.
And a whole team!
"It's okay, I'll carry it today!" Gu Shengbin promised, patting his chest in half-baked Mandarin.
The day before yesterday, Redmi decided to let Imp play in this semi-final based on the results of the training match.
All I can say is that the rehabilitation effect was unexpectedly good.
When VG met RNG in the last game of the regular season, Jack was still a little green when facing Uzi, and his teamfight operations were impetuous and reckless.
In contrast, the veteran Imp has rich experience in competitions and will definitely be able to make a difference in the playoffs where stability is required!
Before the game, Hongmi was massaging Gu Xing's shoulders and neck, muttering a few words.
"We are still at the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center today. Just treat the semifinals as the regular season wave 3," he said, trying to ease the burden on his own game. "Let's win two games first!"
After Jin Wenhe finished translating, he added, "Xiao Gu, if you show your skills in the training match, we will definitely win!"
Gu Xing took a few deep breaths, and after receiving the notice from the staff, he took over the keyboard and mouse after the inspection and prepared to go on stage!
The layout of the competition venues is no different from the regular season.
But the feeling it gave him was different everywhere.
Gu Xing repeatedly reassured himself that this was just a psychological effect.
The audience was packed with seats, and the restless sound filled the eardrums!
He turned on the sound-isolating headphones and gently placed them on his ears.
The noise in the auditorium was mostly blocked out.
Only the familiar white noise remains.
Gu Xing took a sip of ice water to calm down his thoughts completely.
After two months of hard work, VG got a ticket to the semi-finals.
Whether we can go further depends on today's wave 5!
11,000 words, okay?
The big chapter will continue tomorrow.
PS: Some readers in the chapter reported that there were too many daily stories and it didn’t look like an e-sports article.
But there really aren’t that many.
The previous chapters add up to about 30,000 words on a daily basis. According to the author's writing method, it is about one and a half rounds of Wave 3.
It seems that there is too little procrastination.
It will indeed be difficult to catch up on updates, and I have to apologize to these readers.
If you look at it from the beginning and keep it coherent, this part of the problem will be much smaller.
And I think that my daily life is not good at all. I have to pick it up here and there to write a chapter of five to six thousand words. I have to clearly sort out the two lines of emotion and family.
This is the line buried in the front, it will also be useful later.
Including this chapter.
A lot of things have been laid out that will be used in future plots to make the plot more complete, rather than a dry competition that makes the players look like tool men.
Thanks to ‘Classmate Xiao Ming 0’ for the 6,500 starting coin reward, and thanks to ‘Hold your head and say you have a stomachache’ for the 5,000 starting coin reward!