After the National Day holiday, the journey of the playoffs officially started.
The following game adopts the bubbling game format.
As the second team in the regular season standings, GH directly occupied a semi-final spot in Group B.
In the next arrangement, the first round of the group will be between the seventh-ranked UL and sixth-ranked SUU teams. Then, the winner will compete with the third-ranked PAY for the second round. The last winner can get another qualification for the semi-finals, and compete with GH for the tickets to the finals.
So the second place is really not for nothing.
One less round means more time and energy to be better prepared for the semifinals a week later.
According to the arrangement of the competition committee, the first week of the competition came to a successful conclusion with much attention.
During the first round of the competition, the BK team of Group A and the SUU team of Group B lived up to expectations and won the victory with an absolute advantage of 2:0 in the BO3 format.
The second round of the playoffs officially kicked off on Saturday.
The BK and LDF teams in Group A played a 1:1 first, and the final match point was won by LDF, 2:1 thrillingly qualifying; while PAY in Group B showed absolute strength, 2:0 With a zero seal of SUU, he advanced to the final semi-finals with almost crushing performance without any suspense.
The first week of the game is over, and the semi-final battle list is officially generated.
In Group A, Three, who ranked first in regular season points, will face LDF; while in Group B, GH, who ranks second in points, will face PAY.
The top four teams will start their final competitions on Wednesday and Friday next week respectively.
With the playoffs in full swing, promotional videos for each team have long been posted online.
As predicted by the cameraman at the time, the video of the GH team was the most viewed on the entire network. After being edited by fans, it even appeared on the rankings of major video websites for a time. In the days when the semi-finals are approaching, there is no one in the limelight.
Seeing that the title of "e-sports men's team" has also appeared on several hot searches, Luo Mo, as the manager of the GH club, has mixed feelings.
The joy is naturally that the number of fans of the team is growing almost linearly with the progress of the autumn game, but the worry is that among these fans, the number of face fans and career fans is basically 50%.
The data of this proportion undoubtedly makes the overall fan base of the team seem extremely weak. It’s okay to have performed well all the way like now. Once it does not perform well in which game in the future, it is really uncertain whether it will face these challenges. A wave of backlash from fans.
Luo Mo's worry is indeed justified, but when he told Lin Yan, the boss didn't take it to heart at all: "If you want to fight back, fight back! Which of our teams didn't come out of the black powder pile? Yes, are you still afraid of those keyboard warriors on the Internet? Compared to these, I think your mentality is not right. Amer, tell me, what does it mean to 'play poorly in which game'? Listen, this is a human word Is it? We haven’t even played in the semi-final yet, so you should expect our players to perform poorly. If it really affects the final result, can this account be directly charged to you?”
Luo Mo originally wanted to discuss the management plan of the team's fans, but instead of discussing anything, he received a training session, and finally he could only withdraw tactically.
Seeing that the semi-finals were approaching, Lin Yan really couldn't hear a crow's mouth in the last few days of sprinting.
After sending Luo Mo away, he finally sorted out the lineup systematically. After confirming it several times, he was relieved. He walked to the door of the training room and greeted him, calling Jing Yuanzhou to come out and recharge.
After a while, two figures kissing each other appeared in the hallway of the dormitory.
Lin Yan hung on Jing Yuanzhou's body, enjoying this rare and pleasant time.
Jing Yuanzhou has always been very cooperative when it comes to being tasted by his boyfriend. He didn't look down until he felt the touch on his lips loosen, and said, "What's wrong?"
"Listen to Amer, it seems that you have more girlfriend fans?" Lin Yan met such a gaze, as if thinking of something interesting, "You say, if they know that Jingda male god is already famous and has a master , will they come over and blow up our club?"
That's what he said, but there was no sign of worry in his demeanor. Instead, his eyes were open, and he wanted to swagger fiercely.
Jing Yuanzhou pondered for a while: "Do you want to make it public?"
Lin Yan shook his head: "It's not in a hurry."
For Lin Yan, in fact, the matter of love is a matter of course, and it doesn't make much sense to be private. But the problem is that the trend of fandom in all walks of life is too obvious now, which is especially obvious in the e-sports circle. As a coach, he has been behind the scenes for a long time, and the pressure of public opinion facing him is relatively much lighter, but professional players like Jing Yuanzhou are different, and they are literally on the cusp of the limelight.
It's really cool to declare sovereignty. Who doesn't want to enjoy this feeling of showing love to the whole world? But it is still during the fall season after all.
Just as Luo Mo was worried, once the team did not perform well, the pressure from all walks of life would be overwhelming.
At that time, fans don't care whether there is a direct impact between falling in love and playing the game, they only know that as long as they do anything else unrelated to the game, it is the original sin.
Thinking of this, Lin Yan slowly let out a breath, picked up Jing Yuanzhou's fingertips and squeezed gently: "Alright, let's go with the flow."
On the day of the competition with PAY, everyone from GH got into the commercial car early and went to the semi-final competition site.
Lin Yan tilted his head inadvertently and saw the familiar avatar on the screen of Jing Yuanzhou's mobile phone: "Didn't LDF finish the game, what did Luni say to you?"
Jing Yuanzhou replied: "Well, it's because the fight is over, so I called us to cheer."
"What's this." Lin Yan raised his eyebrows, "If you can't get it, you can only hope for your friend? Can different teams still play Inheritance of Will?"
"Almost?" Jing Yuanzhou said, "In the semi-finals, LDF lost to Three in the final match. Luni seems to be very upset. But if he loses, he loses. He has no choice but to hope. We made it to the finals and avenged them well."
Just two days ago, the first match of the semi-finals was between Three and LDF.
Under the BO3 format, Three won the final victory with a record of 2:1, and continued to maintain the myth of a complete victory in this autumn competition.
Lin Yan watched that game, and LDF performed very well throughout the whole process, and both sides were still very anxious until the third game. It's a pity that Wuhoo and Come gave him a hand in the final team battle, and they pushed him directly to the high ground, but lost to Three.
Luni was about to retire after playing this year's game. It is understandable that he is not very happy with this result.
only…
"Entering the finals is a must." The more Lin Yan thought about it, the more interesting it became, "The only game we lost in the previous regular season was against Three, even if Luni didn't say that this revenge battle should be fought or must be fought, but not for the sake of They LDF revenge for ourselves."
Jing Yuanzhou lowered his head, typed in Lin Yan's words as they were, and sent them over.
After sending it, he didn't read Luni's reply, he put the phone in his pocket and glanced out the window: "Here, get out of the car."
Compared with the previous regular season, the semi-final scene was much more formal. All the supporters of the two sides were present, and the support scene was extremely enthusiastic, adding a lot of gunpowder to the scene.
PAY fans have always felt that the regular season loss to GH was mainly due to the opponent's tactical arrangement that could be called cheating. This kind of opportunistic approach can also take advantage of the BO1 format. This time the semi-finals adopts the BO3 format. You must be beautiful and win it back to relieve your anger.
Fans of the Homecoming team naturally sneered at such remarks. They believed that if they could win PAY the first time, they would definitely win the second time. The fans of the new team were very enthusiastic, and they did not lose at all in terms of supporting momentum. An old-fashioned team like PAY can be said to save face.
It's a pity that no matter how much GH fans make a fuss, they still can't change the online attitude towards GH that is not very optimistic.
It's not because there are still too many doubts about GH's strength, but for the vast majority of netizens, this team is still too new.
Looking back on the history of GH along the way, it didn't even rise from the regular secondary league. Participating in a variety show won the qualification for such a professional league. Now it has really entered the playoffs smoothly, not to mention, and it was directly recommended to enter the semi-finals with the second-ranked result.
In such a team, apart from the captain Jing Yuanzhou, not only did the others not have any resumes, but they were also controversial on various levels. It is indeed legendary enough to say that it is a legend, but it is indeed a short breath to get all the recognition of the old fans of the professional league in such a short period of time.
There is no doubt that GH is strong.
But how strong is it, and does it really have the qualifications to compete with the four giants? At this point, relying solely on the results of the BO1 format in the regular season is obviously not enough to be convincing.
As of now, the fall season is coming to an end, but in fact, for the young team of GH, this may just be a new starting point for them to prove themselves to the whole league.
The semi-finals are BO3 and the finals are BO5.
This kind of competition system rules directly linked to the World Championship can better illustrate the real strength.
The hot league officials put a lot of thought into the playoffs.
As on Wednesday, in the backstage conference room before the official start of the semifinals, the competition committee specially arranged a small media meeting for the two teams participating today.
When the GH crowd arrived, the PAY team was being interviewed.
They waited at the door for a while.
At this time, a reporter asked a question: "I would like to ask DeMen, there seem to be some rumors about your retirement plan recently. Are these rumors true? Officially withdrew from the league, if even you are planning to retire, is it true that the foreign media ridicules the serious aging status of players in our competition area? What do you think of PAY?”
After listening to Bi Yaohua, he couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "The reporters of these e-sports media really dare to ask!"
Lin Yan didn't say anything, but when he looked up, he was not surprised to see that the AI sitting in the center had instantly turned down.
Lin Yan: "..."
Dare to ask him, it doesn't matter, but do these people have to rush to the game to stimulate it
According to this rhythm, it is obvious that the AI's fighting spirit has been fully stimulated!
Hehe, nice job.
Then let's be happy together!
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