IG's victory is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for viewers in the LPL region.
Even Gu Xing and others were surprised.
Before the start of the quarter-finals, they have been playing against Team Infinity, and they can truly feel that IG is getting stronger and stronger.
However, it is a bit outrageous to be able to beat Longzhu 3-0 in the first World Championship.
The most important thing is that KZ had no power to fight back throughout the whole process!
Since the teams in the top half participated in the competition on the same day, VG could not find a team to play the training match that day, so Gu Xing also watched the live broadcast of the game.
IG took its bloody characteristics to the extreme, and the whole audience was constantly fighting with KZ.
To be fair, this is a slap in the face.
Because IG obviously hasn’t understood the true meaning of the version yet.
Although the early linkage was good, once the lane transition stage was reached, the offensive rhythm would stagnate, and there was no way to force the Dragon Ball into the water to play a brawl.
But after KZ was beaten violently in the early stage, they were still unhappy and insisted on regaining their position in the mid-term!
Longzhu is not proficient in operations, so the only way to save the situation is to compete.
The two sides "liked each other" and started the infinite brawl mode from beginning to end!
The result was a complete defeat of Dragon Ball!
No one can beat IG players in a matchup!
As mentioned before, the two offensive spearheads that Longzhu is proud of are top laner Khan and mid laner BDD.
But they faced TheShy and Rookie in this game.
The top and mid laners of the Extreme Team are invincible in terms of their laning strength!
In the LPL Summer Finals, even the combination of Song Jinghao and Chaowei had to be defeated, let alone KZ mid-top!
When the two strongest single-point operations fail IG, the outcome of the game is actually doomed.
After more than a year of working together with his teammates, Gao Zhenning has become more and more aware of how to use Shangzhong's line advantage to open up situations for himself, seizing the opportunity to break through the defense built by Cuzz!
Even in the bottom lane, Xuanming and Xiangsong are no match for them!
The young and powerful Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong played a fierce main character, which made the Rat King and Gloria complain endlessly.
As the saying goes, boxing is afraid of young people.
The younger IG has used facts to prove what it takes to get to where it is today.
In terms of the level of big fights, they are unbeatable in the world!
The situation in the canyon was completely one-sided. IG was able to win by operation even in battles with a numerical disadvantage. Dragon Ball did not even win a single team battle!
KZ was dragged into the water and lost two games in a row. In the third game, it finally came to its senses and knew that it could no longer compete with IG, otherwise it would have no chance of winning.
But other than that, Dragon Ball couldn't find a way to win the game!
The dead horse became a living horse doctor and played a management role that the team was not good at, but it made the IG members overjoyed!
They learned a lot of operational skills from VG and were worried about having nowhere to put them to use to verify their growth and progress. Now that they have the match point, the members of the Extreme Team don't mind trying it out.
As a result, after this trial, IG players really figured it out.
At least in terms of line switching operations, the current version of JiTeam is not inferior to KZ, and can even take the lead relying on the players' own abilities!
All members of KZ fell into deep despair and were unable to extricate themselves.
You can't win even if you fight, and operations are no match...
How to play this?
When IG pulled out enough space through the back-and-forth line between the team and TheShy, the strong point of the team, allowing the teammates on the front to bulldoze the first tower of Dragon Ball, the balance of victory in the third game of both sides completely tilted towards the Extreme Team!
What greeted KZ was a destined defeat!
Sweeping Longzhu in three straight sets, IG won a resounding victory and the fight was boiling!
While Gu Xing was surfing the Internet, he saw Maggot Baby discussing this BO5 game in full swing.
[How to evaluate IG's breakthrough to the best performance in team history and enter the semi-finals of the World Championship for the first time?]
[The dog son is revolting again! The rusty dog tag has been put on!]
[In the quarter-finals, the game averaged 21 kills and 7.7 deaths... IG's blood level was as high as 1.1, it was like the god of death! 】
[It’s so fun to watch, a real man should fight to the end, and then the operation is over!]
[I let VG take the lead. I didn’t expect that there would be an LPL team taking the initiative to play management. It’s obvious that fighting teams like IG are the characteristics of our division!]
[You will die if you pinch your tongue and don’t push it, right? Without VG stepping on your head, LCK won two consecutive championships. How can you scream at the Han people on the Internet every day? People say that whoever wins the Bird’s Nest championship will give you autism! 】
[This should be the first team that can defeat LCK in the BO5 stage after VG won the championship and ushered in a new era for LPL, right? RNG and EDG were really unlucky before, and they were useless once they got to the World Championship! Pure filial piety to the Han people!
】
[Rem is a family member. After being a son for 6 years, it is the first time that the team can enter the semi-finals... won't we be able to see IG games soon in November? I can't imagine it! 】
[Go, go, go, IG strives to take down KT again, and then two Hanguo teams will be connected in a row!]
[The average age of IG is only 20.3 years old, and all members except Broiler are entering the World Championship for the first time. These are the young people of our LPL! 】
The haze caused by RNG's defeat yesterday suddenly dissipated over Kangba!
Everyone knew before that Galaxy Battleship VG was on the verge of disbandment and would enter the reconstruction stage after this year.
However, most of the tough battles and international championships in the LPL so far were won by VG!
When members like Gu Xing retire or leave the team, who will the LPL rely on to support their success?
Netizens originally had high hopes for RNG, but the All-China Class suffered a bloody defeat and dragged the fans directly into the abyss!
I thought that the LPL would fall into the dilemma of having no successors, but I never expected that the next day, IG would use a hearty victory to tell the LPL audience where the future of the competition lies!
After Gu Xing experienced a brief period of surprise, he is now also happy that IG successfully broke through to the top eight.
If the Extreme Team is also eliminated, then VG will once again be the only team left to move forward in the next game.
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IG's breakout was exactly what he wanted.
In contrast, the post-game comments from the Hanguo audience seemed particularly off-putting.
Especially after Liquid Club posted a tweet, KR netizens became even more shocked.
The content of TL’s tweet is very brief, [Now, EU=KR=NA]
It was just a tweet with the LCK logo after the previous tweet that mocked the European region, but the effect was very significant.
A group of KR people were quarreling on the Internet, and they were so angry that they almost pushed the official of Liquid Club, and asked Maggot Baby, who usually likes to watch the fun, to reprint the post back to the counter.
[Xiba, now we only have KT as a team? Come on, this is a local battle! Longzhu doesn’t even want to lose face!]
[When have we ever been so angry? EU and NA are both rotten fish and rotten shrimps, and they are not worthy of competing with us in the first division?]
[As for the first division, we haven’t won an international championship in two years. Is it okay to just put money on our face? 】
[That is also the first division! Three S crowns are the one that stabilizes the LPL. Steamed buns, don’t you support me? 】
[Longzhu is truly the designated external filial son of our division, and is simply trash to a certain extent...Has this team never won in the LPL? Isn’t this the LCK version of FNC!]
[You bastard, FNC managed to win against EDG once, but Longzhu has never won a single game. It lost to VG, lost to IG, and lost to RNG... Can this team be disbanded quickly? Don’t disgust me]
[Don’t worry, everyone, believe in KT, it is the pride of us Han people!]
[Duck KT, the last hope of LCK, the last card of Hanguo! Fight TL to death! 】
KT, the most unlucky team in the history of LOL e-sports, did not live up to the ardent expectations of netizens in the cold country this time.
In another quarter-final match at the end of the day, KT also swept Liquid away with a score of 3-0!
And the process was more one-sided than the first three sets of duels.
TL didn't make much of a splash throughout the whole process. They didn't even organize a decent counterattack, so they were happily sent away by KT with the attitude of sweeping away fallen leaves in the autumn wind!
After 3 rounds, Liquid scored a total of 6 kills and pushed two defense towers, but gained nothing else!
KT's wonderful performance made netizens from Hanguo feel proud, and they all went to TL's official Twitter page.
The picture they most often post is the ‘EU=KR=NA’ given by Liquid before. Cross out the equal sign in front of North America and change it to ‘>’.
Even G2 official fans came to join in the fun, attached this picture, and followed it with a comment - [Welcome Doublelift to the commentary booth! I'm wondering if I should change > back to =, after all, who said that Americans in the commentary booth can't
Counted as NA?]
This reply alone received nearly 100,000 likes on Twitter. The people involved in this incident are all clubs that have become popular in the field of e-sports in recent years, which can be regarded as a traffic jam for Riot Games.
After watching the fun, Gu Xing made an appointment with KT for a training match later in the evening.
VG is currently very tight-lipped about the mid-jungle linkage cards it has developed. It will definitely not be used easily in external training matches. It will just play the tool mid-jungle routine that it chose when facing FNC as usual, allowing Kuro to
During the transfer period, wiring will be done on the side as usual.
However, Gu Xing discovered that KT was also using the same old style of play. He didn't know whether it was because he was hiding something or because he really didn't have any trump cards.
The two sides were locked in a back-and-forth battle, and the training match ended with a narrow victory for VG.
"KT's level is not good," Jack joked, "If we have this level of intensity, we can probably secure three consecutive championships in advance!"
Gu Xing was cautious, "Don't be too confident..."
"Don't tell me that this KT can cause trouble for my friends!" Yu Wenbo waved his short hand indifferently, "Even if the opponent finds the answer to the version like us, I'm afraid they won't be able to beat VG!"
"Do you have any explanation?" Jack looked confused.
Gu Xing looked thoughtful, "I always feel that their progress is too fast and they may pose a threat."
"What's more... I think the mid-jungle linkage system we developed is very suitable for IG. King Ning and Broiler like to be bundled together, and the whole team is good at the big brawl mode, which coincides with our tactical demands."
He is becoming more and more worried now.
Mainly because there are only two BO5 left before the end of S8.
For Gu Xing, there is nothing to lose!
He didn't want to leave the field with regrets.
Of course, this does not mean that Gu Xing has lost his confidence. On the contrary, he has always believed that he can have the last laugh.
Strategically, despise the enemy, and tactically, attach importance to the enemy.
"That's true," Hongmi agreed with Gu Xing's view. "IG is a hidden championship contender. In my opinion, IG is far better than KT in terms of upper limit. Everyone must not be careless."
"Then the question is, who has a way to deal with IG?" Jack asked his teammates and coach.
"Don't think too much about it now, okay? We've put it all aside to study the opponents in the finals in advance..." Kuro advised with a smile, "We have to play G2 in the semi-finals, can you not take out a loan?"
This sentence made everyone in VG calm down. They planned to focus on the present first and deal with G2 later.
The sun will rise as usual the next day, and the four promoted teams will collectively go to Gwangju to prepare for the semi-finals, while the eliminated teams will disband on the spot.
When Gu Xing came to the lobby with his suitcase, he saw the members of Liquid playing in the sand on the beach not far away. The senior brother was holding a water gun and exposing his breasts. It was a parody of DiCaprio's male gun.
Although they suffered a disastrous defeat in the quarter-finals and the official tweet was ridiculed and criticized online, this did not affect the good mood of Team Liquid members.
What happened to the top eight?
This foreign competition result, which is definitely a shame for Mingkai, is the most sincere blessing from the NA players!
Come on, the North American region is very difficult, okay?
Just make it to the top eight!
As for being scolded for official promotion...what does it have to do with my players?
Gu Xing was watching Team Liquid happily playing with water guns on the beach when he was suddenly tapped twice on the shoulder.
Turning around, he saw Harry Potter standing in front of him.
It was Liu Shiyu. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked depressed.
"Hey, isn't this a fragrant pot?" Gu Xing said in an exaggerated tone, "We haven't seen you for two days, why are you so embarrassed?"
Liu Shiyu's thin chest suddenly swelled up, and then quickly deflated again, and his eyes were dim and dull.
Gu Xing was in a completely different state of mind when he met in the backstage passage of the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center the day before yesterday.
Obviously, the brutal sweep against G2 crushed all his energy and energy.
"...Work harder," Xiangguo encouraged in a deep voice, "and avenge us."
"Avenging gods and demons?"
Unstandardized Mandarin was passed to their ears.
Ju Shengbin, who was short and stocky, jumped out and put his arm around Gu Xing's shoulders, "Let's send it to both of you, buddy. We won the championship together back then, so how can we have any grudge?"
Xiangguo's thin lips opened twice, but in the end he was unable to speak.
It seems to be true.
They were both members of S6VG's winning team back then, so their relationship isn't much closer than mine?
"Fair competition, whoever wins will go to the finals to win the cup," Imp said with a smile, "In the Ganges River, right?"
Gu Xing nodded with a smile, "That makes sense, this way the remaining team can also win the honorary third place!"
Gu Shengbin was amused by him, and then made up his mind, "But we will definitely try our best. Audiences all over Europe are paying attention to us!"
"If you want to surpass me and win three world championships, it won't be easy!"
Gu Xing was very unconvinced, "I've seen you on the field, but I've finished talking to you. We've met a few times since we left the team, and you've won before me!"
Xiangguo couldn't get in the conversation at all. For the first time, he felt that there was a sadly thick barrier between himself and the top four teams.
He sighed one last time, bowed slightly and left the hotel, heading back to his homeland with his teammates.
Four teams including VG went to Gwangju, located in the southwest of Han Country.
The journey is not far, just 211 kilometers, and it takes two and a half hours by bus to arrive at the hotel.
Next comes the routine before each world competition: promotional videos, interviews, and engaging in more intense training.
On October 26th, the evening before the semi-finals started, Hongmi convened all the players for a brief meeting.
"This is my plan for tomorrow," Yin Chengrong told the players his thoughts, "I will directly show my trump card in the first game..."
"But it's not all done at once."
Duan Deliang was confused, "What do you mean by this?"
Hongmi explained in detail, "In the first game, we still used the routine of bright wild core and tool man mid laner, but the specific gameplay in the game was based on the routine of abandoning the line of troops during the transition period that Gu Gu had done before."
Gu Xing was thoughtful after hearing the words.
"You want to deceive G2?" He already had a guess in his mind.
"That's right," Hongmi was not surprised that Gu Xing's thinking could keep up with hers, "Let's take out the trump card of the mid-jungle linkage. As long as we don't make too many mistakes in the game, we will basically win...if we can cheat
G2 just makes money with blood, if you can’t be deceived, you won’t lose anything!”
Jack looked confused when he heard this, "No, buddy, what are you two talking about? I don't understand!"
"Isn't this obvious?" Kuro understood clearly and enthusiastically answered Yu Wenbo's question, "Brother Chengrong wants to use the wild core mid laner's play style to induce G2, making the opponent think that our trump card is in
This move is improved on the basis of the jungle core system, with a little more linkage thinking. If G2 follows the imitation and we also play the jungle core tool mid laner, we will backhand out a stronger midfielder combination in the second game, and then kill another game.
Come down!"
"I..." Yu Wenbo's big head finally came to his senses, and he spoke in a protracted tone as if he had suddenly realized something.
Hong Mi cast an approving look, "Yes, if we can lead 2-0, I believe we can win this semi-final with a high probability!"
"So, tomorrow's first game will be Kuro," he announced the personnel arrangements, "Ruixing, get ready... Blue Cat, don't be discouraged, you have made great progress during this period, and you can play if there is a chance."
When Hongmi said the last sentence, he looked specifically at Chaowei.
Zheng Zhixun nodded like garlic.
"Train and train, everyone should take it seriously. There are only two BO5 players left to win the championship!" Hongmi shouted to mobilize the enthusiasm of the players.
In fact, without his words, Gu Xing was as energetic as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood.
After completing the training matches and review sessions, you can still free up three or four hours a day to review G2 videos!
Since the two sides were in the same half and had not played each other since the quarter-final draw, all Gu Xing could check was the Snickers team's group stage video and the players' qualifying records.
Although there weren't many valuable things, Gu Xing still didn't let go of any information and kept it all in his mind.
At this point in his career, he has already realized that details determine success or failure.
Sometimes just the smallest things can trigger a chain reaction in the canyon!
There are only two BO5s left in his career, and Gu Xing doesn’t want to leave any regrets for himself.
At two o'clock in the morning, he made all preparations before turning off the computer and going back to his room to rest.
Because he had to rush to the venue at noon, Gu Xing had already stretched his practice time to the maximum possible extent. If he stayed up later, he might get sleepy on the court tomorrow.
The teammates obviously knew this and left the training room early to recuperate.
When Gu Xing was about to get up and leave the room, he suddenly saw a computer with light on in the corner.
I walked over quickly and found Chao Wei huddled in the gaming chair, controlling the ball girl to gallop around the Summoner's Rift.
"Aren't you going to sleep yet?" Gu Xing said.
The headphones worn by Chaowei could isolate most of the outside sounds. He didn't hear the sound that Gu just walked over at all, and he couldn't help but be startled at this moment.
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"No rush, just wait until I finish this game," Chaowei returned his attention to the canyon, using the dark magic ball to exchange blood while talking to Gu Xing, "Brother Xing, just leave. When the time comes
I turn off the light!"
"Okay," Gu Xing glanced at the large number of disposable paper cups stacked on Chaowei's table. He could smell the astringent aroma of coffee emanating from them, and reminded him kindly, "You don't need to practice too hard. Your health is important."
"It's okay," Chaowei said cheerfully, "Brother Xing, haven't you heard of urban legends? People in Han country don't sleep!"
Zheng Zhixun has really been practicing hard these days.
In addition to training matches, he can also play 12 qualifying games every day. Currently, he has reached the third place in the Korean server with the new number issued by the Korean World Championship, and his win points are about to exceed the 1,500-point mark!
More than 70% of the games in it were played by Syndra, and the rest were because the ball girl was robbed or banned.
Just looking at the ranking results chart, people who don't know will definitely think that he is Syndra's unique brother!
Seeing that his teammates were still immersed in the game, Gu Xing simply squeezed Chaowei's thin shoulders twice to encourage him, and left the room without further communication.
Chovy was left to concentrate on the monitor, using the keyboard and mouse to control Syndra to avoid the enemy's skills with exquisite dance moves.
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On the first match day of the semi-finals, Gu Xing was waiting for the announcement to appear at the backstage of the venue, and a cute little boy with grandma's gray hair on his head rushed towards him.
"Xing Guo Xing Guo!" The other party spoke in substandard Chinese and waved vigorously to say hello, "Long time no see!"
Before Gu Xing could reply, Song Jinghao beside him let out a groan.
"It's so prosperous!"
Smeb opened his arms and wanted to hug his good brother, "I knew you would come to watch my brother play!"
"Something I say is not for you," Little Peanut looked disgusted, "But if you insist on being sentimental, then I don't mind..."
"Yeah!" Song Jinghao gritted his teeth when he saw his mean look, and stepped forward to ruffle Little Peanut's hair.
Peanut blocked Song Jinghao's arm with his hand and chatted with Gu Xing, "When I just entered the venue with Riot employees, I saw a lot of VG fans outside, most of them support Xingguo. As expected of you,
Still very popular in the cold country!"
"It's normal, don't make a fuss..." Gu Xing smiled and reminisced with the other party, "By the way, how are you doing lately?"
"That's it," Little Peanut shook his head, "Play ranked matches at home, go to the dungeon for a walk, and wait until the transfer period starts."
"You want to leave?!" Kuro looked surprised.
"That should be the case," said Little Peanut, who was not sure. "EDG has not talked to me about contract renewal until now. I feel that the management does not intend to renew it for another year."
Gu Xing felt quite sorry, "My, my, my... It would be better if I didn't recommend you to come to LPL. If you stay in Longzhu, at least you can play in the World Championship."
With the strength of Little Peanut, there is no big problem in squeezing Cuzz to see the water dispenser, and he will not be eliminated in the LPL bubble game.
Peanut didn't mind at all, "Where are you talking? I have to thank you, Xingguo!"
"The LPL is much more energetic than the LCK, and the opponents are much stronger!" He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, "It's normal to have challenges, but I haven't adapted to it..."
Song Jinghao, who was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, couldn't help but show some concern when he saw that his younger brother was reconsidering his next job, "Wanghu, are you planning to stay in LPL next year, or return to LCK?"
"It's best to stay in the LPL," Xiaohuahua said without thinking. "My style of play should only grow in the soil of the LPL. Living in the LCK is really depressing!"
"Although it is easier to enter the World Championship after returning to Han Country, what's the use of running here and getting into the top eight? This result is worse than not coming!" Han Wanghu said carelessly, "I will try my best to compete for another year next season and try my best to win in the LPL.
Enter a world championship!"
When Gu Xing heard this, he was half serious and half joking, "How about you come to VG, and I will give up my position to you after I retire...how about that?"
Little Peanut was stunned for a moment, and his tone immediately rose an octave, "If you give me Xingguo, then I will definitely take it!"
There was laughter in the backstage lounge, but I don’t know how many people there took it seriously.
"Don't keep bringing the topic to me...Where's Jankos?" Little Peanut took out his mobile phone.
"In the next room," Gu Xing wondered, "What do you want to do?"
"Let's take a group photo!" Peanut dragged him to the next door. "It's a regular program every year. I didn't make it to the World Championship this time, but I will definitely make up for it when I come to the event today!"
Jankos readily agreed to this request.
The three of them stood in the corridor of the backstage passage and even invited a passing villager to help with the filming.
"I shouted three two one..." Ichimura pointed the cannon barrel at them.
Jankos, who was wearing the uniform of the Black Warriors, Gu Xing, who had two gold stars printed on his chest, and Little Peanut, who was wearing a gray hair and dreaming back to S6, all smiled brightly at the camera, and were captured in the camera.
A quarter of an hour later.
“Welcome to Gwangju Universiade Stadium!”
Quan Yongyun's roar echoed throughout the venue, "After the three-week trip to Busan, there are currently only four teams left to participate in the subsequent schedule..."
"Today we will compete for the first final ticket to Incheon Munhak Arena!"
"The duel is between the No. 1 seeds from the LPL and LCS.EU regions... let us invite teams to appear!"
"The first one to appear is G2 Esports!" Roaring Emperor drawled, "Top laner Wunder, jungler Jankos, mid laner Perkz, bottom lane Imp and assistant Beryl, and coach YoungBuck!"
The spotlights on the dome on the right side of the stage were all turned on, reflecting the figures of all G2 members.
Tens of thousands of spectators in the Universiade Stadium instantly burst into cheers!
As the only European Galaxy battleship in the past two years, G2’s popularity is evident!
Perkz smiled very happily and waved to the audience in the stands.
"Next, I'd like to invite Vici Gaming, the number one seed in the LPL!" Quan Yongchen waved his hand.
The spotlight on the left fell, and as the dry ice mist rose, all VG members appeared on the scene and in front of millions of viewers around the world!
The Roaring Emperor roared word by word, his face red with excitement and his neck thick.
"This duel is also a replay of the finals of this year's Mid-Season Invitational. That collision ended with VG chasing the MSI championship trophy in two consecutive games on the brink of desperation. I don't know who will win today, let's wait and see!"