Chapter 301 301: There is a reason to win the championship
The three days in Nanjing were intense and fulfilling.
Shiquan took over the hosting of the event from Banana Project, and the two teams participating in the finals finally did not have to go to the Internet cafe to train like last year.
The staff booked the hotel conference room in advance and sent computers and chairs from Shanghai to Nanjing so that the players could practice in the hotel, similar to the model of last year's World Championships.
The preparation work for Shiquan was very thorough, which made VG team leader Jin Wenhyuk deeply gratified.
Today is different from the past. There are minors in the team's starting lineup and they can't even enter the Internet cafe!
During last year's summer finals in Guangzhou, Jack could only huddle in his room and play with his laptop, which was unsatisfactory. After all, Imp was in front of him and it was not the young player's turn to play.
If we are still training in an Internet cafe this year, will Yu Wenbo go?
Now the team can complete training in the hotel, and the environment is obviously much better than before.
Occasionally I would leave my residence and go to the venue to shoot promotional videos and talk trash. The rest of the time, the VG training department would stay in the training room preparing for games.
But they couldn't hold training matches, so they didn't adapt very well.
The team participated in the finals of last year's Summer Split and World Championship.
During the summer split, since other teams will have bubble matches later, there will be no shortage of scheduled opponents.
At that time, although VG did not win a valuable championship, it was still considered a rising star.
Therefore, VG's situation can only be described in one sentence - Who doesn't want to fight me?
In the World Championship finals, VG relied on a dual offensive of money and emotion to successfully let ROX serve as a sparring partner.
In short, they had no shortage of training games before the final battle of the previous competition!
This year’s Spring Finals is the first time.
In the two major competition regions of China and South Korea, only VG and WE are still on vacation.
It's impossible to find a final opponent for a fight.
VG had no choice but to use custom running tactics and use ranking to maintain the feel.
"Ouch..." Yu Wenbo rubbed his fingertips and looked at the scarlet word "failure" on the monitor with a slightly depressed expression, "Brother, you won't suffer badly in the finals tomorrow, right?"
Gu Xing laughed beside him, "Jack is planning to spread out the red carpet to welcome the first final of his career, right?"
Since yesterday, Yu Wenbo started to kneel crazily.
So far, we have lost 7 games in a row, and the record query website is all red, like a welcome red carpet!
"Dude, I even took out Draven, but I didn't expect that I would still lose!" Jack sighed helplessly.
After officially embarking on the professional path, like most players, he basically no longer pays too much attention to the qualifying situation.
After all, performance on the field is the key.
If a professional player has been competing in the competition for a period of time, the only thing he can boast about is reaching the top of the Chinese and Korean server rankings a few times, which would be ridiculous.
Jack basically doesn't use Draven in recent qualifying matches. He always chooses characters with average proficiency to practice heroes. He doesn't really care about winning or losing.
But now, Yu Wenbo is trying his best to win a game.
Without training matches, ranking has become the only basis for him to measure his own status!
After being kneeled down for seven consecutive times, Jack always felt that he was not in a good condition.
"Hoo ho ho, you have more or less the attribute of an unlucky person," Xiao Duan said, his hands felt hot due to his continuous winning streak, "Jie Kuo, do you want me to take you flying?"
Before Jack could agree, the team leader called for the team members to gather for the last rehearsal.
The Olympic Sports Center is empty inside, with densely packed seats in the stands on all sides. The necessary equipment for tomorrow's opening ceremony has been set up in the center of the stage.
The staff members were still debugging in an orderly manner while wearing T-shirts with the Shiquan logo printed on them.
"Brother, please come in from the backstage passage when the time comes." The chief director of the scene leaned next to Gu Xing and emphasized the process to him with words and gestures. "Go straight along the stage to where you are standing now. Be sure to
Remember, the light will hit here. If you stand wrongly, it will be damaged..."
Gu Xing nodded to indicate that he understood clearly, and then asked curiously, "What will happen if I stand wrongly, just because I am not illuminated by the light?"
The director hesitated for two seconds before speaking.
"Beside the big light are other small blue lights used to decorate the stage. If you stand there, the blue light will shine down from the dome, flashing and turning you into a Smurf."
Gu Xing knew it in his heart and could imagine the funny scene.
After confirming the position, when I returned to the player's seat, I saw Smeb debugging the computer.
Song Jinghao's Chinese had not yet reached the level of proficiency. Jin Wenhe helped set the language of the private game server to Korean, and then he adjusted the shortcut keys and image quality options to what he was used to.
Jack looked around, full of freshness.
During last year's Summer Split and World Championship, he was often able to go to the players' booth to debug equipment.
That is Yu Wenbo's right as a substitute.
But he knew at that time that he would not play unless Imp got drunk before the game and broke his arm with a Solo trash can...
But this is unrealistic. Whose management ignores and allows the players to drink heavily before the competition, without even taking any protective measures?
When Yu Wenbo went on stage to debug the machine, it was just a formality.
It's different now.
He is destined to take the stage tomorrow for the final battle with WE under the spotlight!
Just thinking about it made Jack's heart surge.
Gu Xing didn't know about the change in his mood, and was still sharing interesting stories with his teammates.
"I've seen Sofm's settings before. The picture quality of Guigui's is the lowest, and the resolution needs to be changed. The screen is almost turned into a mosaic!"
Xiao Duan didn't understand very much, "What kind of habit is this? I always like to play in the highest tone."
Jack, who originally doubted his own status because of kneeling in the rankings, was now immersed in the excitement of the upcoming decisive battle, and even answered excitedly, "I understand! I think CSGO professional guys all lower the resolution..."
"Let's go. Can MOBA compare with FPS?" Jin Wenhe patted him on the head.
"Brother Jin, help me adjust the client language!" Duan Deliang requested the team leader.
Gu Xing looked over confused.
"what's going on?"
The default version of the domestic competition private server client is Chinese, and there is no need to change it at all.
"Don't you understand?" Duan Deliang explained rationally, "We are in good condition for the Korean server qualifying. We have changed the game language to Korean server. I will play the finals as a ranked match tomorrow!"
Anyway, players like them who have tens of thousands of game experiences basically don’t have to worry about language problems affecting the game. It would be good to change the language to give themselves some psychological hints.
Xiao Duan is introverted and has a slight social phobia. Sometimes when he encounters events that are too grand, his hands are shaking when he goes on stage. Ask him to play the finals as a ranked game. Maybe it will have a miraculous effect.
"Jie Kuo, you should also change it, and form a duo in the bottom lane as a companion!" Jin Wenhe thinks the method is feasible, and also wants to give Yu Wenbo, who is playing in the finals for the first time, an advantage.
"Don't, don't, don't," Jack shook his big head like a rattle, "I've knelt down for 7 consecutive times in the Korean server. Isn't it courting death to treat the finals as a ranked game?"
Just as Kuro was about to interrupt and tease his teammates, the phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang.
Seeing the peanut pattern in the note, he decisively connected to the video.
"Wanghu, why are you looking for your brother?"
The limited-edition little peanut with maroon hairstyle occupies Kuro’s mobile phone screen, smiling happily.
"Aren't we watching your finals tomorrow? I just want to make a video..." Han Wanghu brushed up his bangs out of habit. When he saw the handsome man glanced at the side of the screen, he also raised his voice and said hello in Chinese, "Brother Xing
Mudwort!”
His Mandarin is very average and he only knows simple daily expressions such as hello and thank you.
Gu Xing noticed the little peanut and waved to show friendship.
Before Penaut could say anything, someone sprayed a stream of water on his face.
"Axi," Little Peanut turned around and glared angrily, "Brother Donghe, what are you doing?"
Khan made a face when his name was called, and ran away with a water gun and a bulging belly. His posture was like a male gun skin at a Cos Leonardo pool party.
Little Peanut complained in a low voice, took off his glasses and wiped the water droplets off his face.
Although Khan is far less famous than Little Peanut, he is a veritable veteran. Born in 1995, he started his youth training career in 2013, and later moved to LPL and LSPL. He just returned to China during the transfer period at the end of last year.
Peanut has to call the opponent brother, he is really the younger brother in the team.
"Where are you?" Kuro asked, "I feel like the background is a bit fake."
"Fake?" Xiaohuahua responded cheerfully, shaking the camera to show off, "Jeju Island! Our whole team is going on vacation and we won't return to Seoul until tomorrow!"
Although Longzhu was also founded by a domestic live broadcast platform, its current capital chain is obviously more abundant than ROX.
Otherwise, it would not be possible to swallow the three big contracts in the LCK, Xiaohuahua + Xuanming.
If you win the championship this time, you will naturally have money to go out and play.
There are not many places in South Korea where you can travel, and Jeju Island is one of the few places with pleasant scenery. The Longzhu team was swimming, surfing, and driving a small yacht, which eliminated the fatigue from the spring competition.
Kuro was very envious and couldn't help but show off to Xiaohuatiao, "Our boss said that if you get the spring crown, you can play locally for a whole week!"
Little Peanut was very cooperative and let out a wow to show his surprise, and then changed the subject, "Then you have to work hard. If you lose the finals tomorrow, it will be fun. You won't be able to travel, not even MSI..."
There was a bit of narrowness in his eyes.
Kuro put on a serious face and scolded sternly, "Is there anyone who talks to me like this? He is really a big guy!"
It's just that Li Ruixing has a round face that has no intimidating power. Even if he pretends to be serious, he can't intimidate anyone.
What's more, he and Peanut have a close personal relationship. They share the joys and sorrows of the Tigers and almost treat him like a brother.
Little Peanut was not afraid at all. Instead, he burst out laughing and went to talk to Gu Xing.
"Brother Xing, come on, see you in the mid-season!" Han Wanghu said in broken English, but with great ambitions, "We will have a serious competition then!"
Gu Xing naturally had no reason to refuse.
"Be careful when the time comes, don't let me beat you to tears!"
He is full of confidence.
By the time Little Peanut ended the call, the rehearsal had ended.
After Gu Xing listened to the director read over the precautions for tomorrow's official game, he followed his teammates through the backstage and walked out.
During this period, I informed my parents at home and thoughtfully included the time to watch the finals. I also sent a WeChat message to my girlfriend to make sure that Shen Guanshan could answer the call, and then connected to the video.
Shen Guanshan was wearing a loose black hooded sweatshirt as always, which highlighted his fair complexion.
"How are you preparing for the midterm exam?" Gu Xing put on his headphones and asked warmly.
"It's not difficult," Shen Guanshan muttered, "but it's a waste of time. I can't even go to watch the finals!"
The LPL finals are on April 29th, just in time for the college midterm exams. If she comes to Nanjing to watch the game, going back and forth will consume a lot of energy.
Gu Xing simply advised her not to come and stay in school honestly.
"When you wait for this year's World Championship finals, you don't have to move anywhere. You can go directly to the Bird's Nest to watch our game..."
Shen Guanshan laughed out loud, "Does this count as a loan? Are you starting to fantasize about what will happen in half a year now?"
Gu Xing disagreed, "Then let me ask you whether you believe it or not?"
"Then I definitely believe you!" Shen Guanshan said without hesitation.
"Lao Gu, what kind of plane are you doing again?" Yu Wenbo, the big head, came over, saw Shen Guanshan in the picture, and immediately corrected his attitude, "What should I call you, should I just call you sister-in-law?"
Shen Guanshan was not particularly close to Jack, and he was a little nervous when he saw his boyfriend's colleague. His facial expression was obviously not as comfortable as when he faced Gu Xing before, and his hands were crossed and twisted together.
However, only these details can reveal her sociophobic attributes.
She quickly said hello to Jack with a smile on her face.
Gu Xing was quite surprised by Shen Guanshan's reaction.
Yu Wenbo, on the other hand, didn't notice anything wrong with the girl on the other side of the camera. He just thought that the girl's reaction when she first saw him was shyness.
"What's Zhou Huimin in town?" He unconsciously changed the subject.
Jack was more impressed by Gu Xing's sister, mainly because she did look like a celebrity.
Not only their faces, but also their temperaments are quite similar.
"What about..." Gu Pan slowly leaned out from the side of the screen, accompanied by a loud voice, "Hui Min Zhou is having a cold in this town."
"Look at you," Gu Xing laughed at her, "You stick a green onion in a pig's nose and you're pretending to be a elephant?"
My sister now has no image at all, and there are two rolls of paper stuck in her nose to block the runny nose.
His eyes were faintly green, and his mental state was not very good.
After Gu Xing finished speaking, he felt a little pitiful for the other party, "How on earth did you get yourself to be like this?"
Jack was very knowledgeable. Hearing this, he knew that he was not suitable to stay any longer. He took a step forward and pulled Xiao Duan to ask him to help him score a point tonight, at least to get his first win.
"It's the big move I told you about during the Chinese New Year." Gu Pan's voice was a little hoarse. He poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat before continuing, "I and others worked hard for three months to get it done. The remaining finishing work It will be a lot easier.”
Gu Xing remembered.
When my sister came home during the winter vacation, she claimed that she would be very busy in the second half of the semester.
I don’t know what Xie Tunan and the others are doing.
Seeing that Gu Pan was tight-lipped, Gu Xing was not interested in curiously asking questions.
"Pay attention to your health, take a good rest and drink more hot water..." He muttered a lot of precautions like a jingle, "Also, don't let your studies fall behind."
Gu Pan nodded vigorously.
Then she suddenly raised her head, stood up with her nostrils in the sky, and walked out. Her posture was like a dolphin topping a ball in Ocean World.
Gu Xing was stunned and chuckled.
Meeting his girlfriend's clear gaze, he finally spoke out the doubts that had troubled him just now.
"I feel like you..." He chose his words to formulate a sentence, "You're not so afraid of social interaction?"
In the past, Shen Guanshan would never have reacted this way when he met Jack.
Shen Guanshan was very happy, "Gu Pan also said that I am much better than when I was in high school. It seems that internship is still useful!"
I worked as a broadcaster for a month, although it is not a position that requires a lot of communication with others.
But as long as you enter a company, you will inevitably have to deal with people.
Even with Gu Pan helping him at the time, Shen Guanshan still encountered many social difficulties.
At first, she felt uncomfortable communicating with strangers, and her back would sweat.
After gradually adapting, Shen Guanshan can also feel the changes in himself.
He is still a social terrorist, but his symptoms have reduced a lot.
"I plan to intern at Tencent Interactive Entertainment this summer, and then look at the rest of the League of Legends e-sports industry chain..." Shen Guanshan has a very clear plan, and he is full of longing for the future when he talks about it.
Gu Xing is very familiar with Tencent Interactive Entertainment.
After a second thought, I remembered that it was Jin Yibo's territory.
The financial backer of fist.
Shen Guanshan realized that he had taken the topic far away, and quickly brought it back awkwardly and abruptly.
"Although I can't go to the finals tomorrow, I will definitely cheer you on remotely!"
Gu Xingcun wanted to tease her, "What should I do if I can't feel it?"
When he hung up the video, it was two minutes after he said these words.
Rubbing the roots of his reddish ears, Gu Xing calmed down his raging thoughts and quickly caught up with the army.
"Jack, why are you still hanging around?" He saw the familiar interface, "Isn't it time to doubt your condition before rehearsal?"
Resist stress, as the name suggests, it is designed to train people’s ability to withstand stress.
Gu Xing thought that Jack was under enough pressure now, so he wanted to increase his strength by visiting the counter bar.
"Lao Gu, don't you understand? Everyone in the forum is bragging about us right now!" Yu Wenbo shook his phone.
Gu Xing flipped through the anti-ba posts and found that this was indeed the case.
In the third or fourth place finals, when RNG pushed EDG to the brink 2-0, apart from the Royal fans popping champagne at halftime, there were also some VG fans posting.
The general meaning is that VG is really not good, and it is purely because EDG is too bad that they can sweep Guodian.
If it hits WE in the finals, it will probably break at the first touch!
However, after EDG successfully chased three games in a row, many netizens picked up Luoyang shovels and started digging graves, frantically beating the corpse of Xiao Heizi who made the above remarks.
Now in major forums, VG has become the well-deserved favorite to win the championship!
Gu Xing even saw the official commentary announcing their respective prediction results, and he was unanimously convinced that VG would win the Silver Dragon Cup again!
Among them, Zeyuan is even more exaggerated.
He believes that VG will sweep WE and win the championship, becoming the first team in the history of the LPL division to win the championship from the regular season to the playoffs!
When Gu Xing saw this, a chill ran up the spine of his back.
Milk is almost coming out on the keyboard.
No wonder Jack likes to see it, the resistance bar has turned into a group of praises, he glanced at the post twice and felt confident!
Gu Xing quickly cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and read other posts to distract his attention.
[Reasonable discussion, is Uzi an eyebrow pencil? RNG won the 2016 Spring Championship, but now Uzi is here, RNG has not won any championship trophy in any event, and has not even entered the finals of two consecutive LPLs!]
[Untitled Edici is like this, Sister Li, I am really laughing to death when a shooter of Iboy’s caliber makes me 2-3. Anyone who was tricked by VG to death last week can win Uzi in three sets.
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[I think it’s mainly because Brother Xing is here. The factory director has won the championship every year since he came to EDG. Last year, let alone the LPL, the German Cup champions were all from VG!]
[Imp is also a bastard, and he even brought VG during his championship interview yesterday]
When Gu Xing saw the last post, he swiped his finger and clicked on it.
The poster attached a cooked meat video.
In the stadium in Hamburg, Germany, under the cheers of the crowd, G2 defeated UOL Unicorn and everyone won the championship trophy!
Winning all regular seasons and only losing one game in the playoffs...
The formation of G2's galactic battleship was quite successful, and they completely dominated the EU division!
Ju Shengbin's figure is almost out of shape. Even though the Black Knights uniform is very slim, it can't hide his fat figure. He looks like a fat rat with his beer belly.
Compared with Jankos, who is tall and works out regularly next to him, the gap is particularly obvious.
The female host Sjokz was smiling and asked a question to Goo Sungbin at the end of the interview.
"We all know that Imp has worked in OGN and LPL divisions, and won a world championship both times, becoming the first person in LOL history..."
"Now that I have won the European Spring Championship, I am about to go to Brazil to participate in MSI. Are there any old rivals or old friends you want to meet?"
Ju Shengbin has a bad tongue and speaks English with a strange accent.
Fortunately, there is basically no English standard in G2. Ah P is from Croatia, Xiao Yang is from Poland, and assistants Madlife and Gu Shengbin are both from South Korea...
Only Wunder, the Danish top laner, speaks English without an accent.
This actually makes Goo Sung Bin's accent problem less noticeable.
"LCK has confirmed that Longzhu Team will participate in the competition. I am very interested in Pray. I met him once in the World Championship last year. I feel that he is not my opponent..."
Imp was only halfway through his words when he heard the excited cheers from the audience!
Gu Shengbin is happy.
"As for the LPL division, their Spring Split champion has not been born yet. I heard it is VG vs. WE. If VG wins in the end, I can meet my good brothers again in Brazil."
He suddenly showed a wicked smile, "If WE wins the trophy, it will only prove that they can't do it without me, and VG is a bunch of noobs!"
The audience in the venue burst into applause.
Imp's character that dares to start a group is indeed very popular in Europe, and he feels like a fish in water.
It's just that Gu Shengbin's mean expression made Gu Xing's fist harden.
Having said this, he feels that he has a reason to win the championship!
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Little Peanut was bored and slumped down in the e-sports chair at the base, looking at the messages quickly passing through the chat channel, as if he had entered the time of the sage.
"Don't talk about why the anchor is listless. As long as he is a normal person, he will not be happy if he has to live broadcast for a long time just after returning from vacation, okay?" He muttered and complained, and also raised a chestnut, "Just like each of you
It’s the same as the first day of school, so I’m always very lazy.”
"Today we are watching the live broadcast of the Spring Finals in the LPL division. The anchor will provide commentary, and we can also enjoy some live broadcast time..." Little Peanut's abacus was playing loudly.
In fact, even if there is no live broadcast, he still wants to watch this game.
The difference is that you can say whatever you want during private viewing, but you still have to interact with the audience during live broadcast.
"Why should we watch the games in the second division?" Peanut immediately responded when he saw this question. "If you show all the historical records, then the LPL is indeed the second division, but the previous championships won by SKT and SSW can prove it.
Are we strong now?"
"The LPL won the world championship last year and is currently the first division," he said from a fair perspective. "Since it can win the championship, it must have its merits. You can be confident but not arrogant. I also have to achieve something."
Learn from the experience.”
"For example, Virtue, this guy is a real monster," Little Peanut said before he finished speaking, he saw a countdown sign appeared on the live broadcast screen, and he immediately cheered up, "Finally, we can't wait until the opening ceremony!"
Currently, the LPL overseas channels only have English streams, and Peanut searched for a long time but couldn't find the Korean entry. So I just watched the official Chinese version of Douyu's live broadcast room, and used my grandma's gray head sticker to block the LOGO of other platforms and that was it.
"There are so many people at the scene..." Little Peanut said with emotion, "There must be more than 10,000 people. It feels like there are more spectators than our final battle in Incheon last week."
The audience followed the big screen and shouted the countdown together.
When the count reached zero, the momentum they created together soared into the sky!
Despite being blocked by the radio equipment, Little Peanut could still feel the enthusiasm of the audience.
The lights on the dome of the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium dimmed.
The audience picked up the blue and red fluorescent sticks that came with their seats and banged them hard to make a dull sound. The combined sound was enough to shake the world!
When Riot's iconic animation ended, the scene fell into darkness.
When the big screen lights up again, it's the promotional video for this year's finals.
It's not very long, but the quality is surprisingly high.
Shiquan used part of the funds to invite the representative painters of the New Jinling School in Nanjing, the host city, to create a Jiangnan landscape painting.
At the top of the scroll, the portraits of ten players from WE and VG flashed in sequence, so vivid that the audience can recognize them at a glance.
"Dafa..." Little Peanut leaned forward and exclaimed sincerely, "There is something!"
Some Korean netizens in the live broadcast room also started to express praise.
Gu Xing appeared at the end of the promotional video, and Penaut even started to applaud and support him.
"Brother Xing is so handsome, he deserves to be the top jungler!" He boasted and boasted about his bangs, "Sure enough, strong junglers are generally more eye-catching, like me, Jankos and Virtue..."
Jankos doesn't have a very handsome face, but he can't stand the sunshine and has a good figure. Compared with many e-sports players, he is really inferior.
Ignoring the question marks all over the chat channel, Little Peanut concentrated on the event live broadcast room.
"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise, the trash talk is coming!"
A pre-recorded video of each other was playing on the big screen at the scene.
When Gu Xing appeared, the cheers and screams from the spectators in the stands could not be heard.
"To be honest, I feel sorry for WE. We asked them to escort the Silver Dragon Cup to Nanjing and give it to us personally. Before the finals, I said that WE could just hand over the trophy to me directly in Shanghai. The BO5 in the finals is over, so there is no need to bother the team any more.
I wanted to take a trip, but WE was too enthusiastic and insisted on coming to Nanjing together..."
"Come back to me and reimburse your travel expenses. I can put it together. The remaining change can be regarded as hard work and I can buy Xiye some Wangzai milk that he likes."
Gu Xing held his forehead as if suddenly enlightened, "Oh no, I almost forgot that this is the first time that WE.LOL has entered the LPL finals in the six years since its establishment!"
"No wonder, it's understandable that they have to come to Nanjing. It's a rare opportunity. They want to feel the atmosphere of the LPL finals, but it's just an experience... It's not a bad thing to accumulate more experiences and insights from failures.
I won’t be too sad if I lose next time.”
There were quite a few WE fans at the scene, and they all booed.
When the VCs saw that 60E was starting to stir up trouble, they became even more vocal, completely overpowering the other party in terms of volume!
Suddenly, the Olympic Sports Center was filled with noise!
Following the suggestions given by readers, the competition chapters will be longer in the future, and the pace will be as compact as possible.