The new season hasn't even started yet, and the outside world's expectations for Dream are already extremely high.
I feel that the minimum requirement for Dream is to break out of Asia and enter the world.
Indeed, Dream was so amazing at the end of last season. The first official game after Gao Ran's comeback brought Dream to the position of Asian champion.
No wonder the media and industry insiders fanned the flames and made everyone excited.
In the new season, it seems like we are just waiting to see Dream show off its skills at the Major.
The second Major will be from October 22nd to November 4th.
In fact, the time in the middle of this season is not very long. Dream will gather on May 18th and the league will start in early June.
The overall schedule is relatively tight.
During the rest period of about a month, Dream's team members also relaxed and did not miss training, which also allowed Gao Ran to see his former self.
In the first league match of the new season, Dream faced its old rival IG.
IG also gathered later than Dream, and both the overall state of the team and the strength of the players were much inferior to Dream.
Dream also sang high, recording 6 wins and 0 losses in the first 6 rounds, without losing two points or a set, officially starting the season!
Every one of the team members is very motivated.
Smy was a little uncomfortable with Dream's workouts and training at first, but over time, he gradually got used to this team.
Gao Ran has experience. Without physical exercise, it would be difficult for their bodies to hold on with their current training intensity.
Even in the future, there will be some occupational diseases.
In addition, compared to e-sports players ten years ago, the education that today's young players received from an early age is relatively better. There is no verbal abuse or conflict among the team members, and they are all good friends.
Such a positive and uplifting environment is also a high-burning imaginary environment, where the entire team is striving for the same goal.
There have also been some subtle changes in the team members. Li Zekai learned a lot after being suppressed by 4ice at the end of last season. He has thought a lot and practiced a lot.
He knows Dream's goal is the Major.
There are truly the best teams and snipers in the world waiting for him to challenge in that arena.
He must make himself stronger.
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After a whole season of running-in last year, Dream is in perfect shape this year and is singing high in the league!
In the final 15 rounds, they successfully topped the regular season standings with an unbeaten record of 12 wins and 3 draws.
Only lost 3 games in 30 games.
"The high-intensity game really feels a bit like a relaxed game."
"Indeed, he feels that he can control the speed well. For a player like him, he knows very well when to exert force."
Several commentators looked at Dream's data analysis and said.
In the 15 rounds of the regular season, the high-burning KD is not particularly high.
Zhou Zijian, Tang Lingfeng and Li Zekai all have very high KD. It feels like the young people are attacking hard in the regular season, and the high-energy players are struggling in the regular season...
Indeed, for today's high-burning people, energy allocation is very important.
When I was young, it was really unrealistic to treat every game as a final.
The most important thing is that this game does not require him to fight with all his strength, unlike last year's Asian Games.
However, Gao Ran has no bright spots. No one questions his pure and steady performance...
Just kidding, everyone has learned over the years that it’s okay to question anyone, but don’t waste time questioning Gao Ran.
Two months ago, Gao Ran defeated everyone in the Asian competition and single-handedly led Dream to victory. The scene is still vivid in my mind.
Although the Internet memory is very short, there is no need to question Gao Ran.
The regular season is not a real high-intensity game.
In the offline matches of the playoffs, the scene once again had the atmosphere of the Asian Games. There were more than 10,000 people packed with them, almost all of them Dream fans.
Last season, Gao Ran just joined Dream, but this season the entire team has become a complete unit.
When playing against some opponents that were once very troublesome, such as VNG and IG, Dream played too easily.
There wasn't such an obvious grade gap last season, but it's completely gone this season.
We went all the way to the finals, where we once again faced Team Tianlu, our opponents from last season’s Asian Championship!
Tianlu also had personnel adjustments this season. Veteran Afrika chose to retire, and young player Tzi joined.
But one Tzi cannot make up for the problems in the match between Dream and Tyloo. The problems that existed in the finals of last season still exist in this final.
And Tianlu can't solve it at all.
With a high and exaggerated 1V1 winning rate, and with several players who are stronger and more stable than last season, Nuke defeated their opponents in the first set and also sang all the way in the second set!
There was almost no fierce resistance, and they won two consecutive sets, 16-6, 16-8, and won the Dream team's first league championship in the CSGO division. This also allowed Dream to directly gain 300 points.
The road to the world in the new season is off to a good start!
There are three competitions, league, ESL, and PAL. ESL with the most points in the middle is definitely the top priority.
This ESL was also held in Singapore. Except for Gao Ran, the other four members of Dream were going abroad for the first time, so they were a little nervous.
Playing away games and playing at home are two completely different feelings.
This season's ESL should be said to be Fnatic's home court, but even though it is home court, the biggest favorite in this Asian competition is the Dream team...
Fnatic also made personnel adjustments during the offseason. 4ice went to the European division, and two main players were also traded. The lineup underwent a major overhaul, and its strength was relatively average.
Originally, the strength of the Asian division was not strong. The original teams in the first tier were Tianlu and Fnatic, and at most ASG and Tiger.
But this season, it seems that even the Tianlu team is no match for Dream, let alone other teams.
I have the ability to challenge, but I don’t think I have a great chance of winning.
The odds of Dream winning the championship on some peripheral websites are very low, which shows that the bookmakers are also optimistic about Dream winning the championship successfully!
This is the gap in strength.
But paper strength is paper strength, and the resistance encountered in a real fight is unavoidable.
Except for some weak teams, the strength of the first-line teams is not very low. Dream only relaxed for one game before being bitten by D13 in the group stage. Fortunately, it quickly adjusted its state.
I don’t know if it’s because of acclimatization, but Smy, who has always been stable, performed poorly.
Last season, he played the sacrifice position steadily after breaking off the ball. He became a breakthrough point one after another in the game against ASG, and even made mistakes in shooting.
This is actually a matter of player status.
It is impossible for every e-sports player to maintain his condition at his highest level, even if he is high-burning.
When Smy had a condition problem, he had to rely on himself to adjust it. In the end, if it didn't work, he had to be put on the bench to rest for a while.
During this period, Smy put a lot of mental pressure on himself. Every one of his teammates was so good and worked so hard. It was impossible for him not to be under pressure.