The OG guys were called by the staff to record the pre-match interview in advance, and Yu Nuo followed an assistant girl to the front audience stand.
The scene was basically filled with banners and cheering signs of WR fans, turning into a sea of light show.
Before the game started, two jibs were rotating across the field. The camera was pointed at the commentary booth, and several girls around them buzzed and burst into screams in an instant.
The whole audience was shocked, and the atmosphere suddenly became agitated: "—Ahhhhh!!"
The commentator's voice was almost drowned out.
Yu Nuo felt like her eardrums were about to burst. She had no idea what was going on, and asked the assistant next to her in confusion, "Why are they so excited?"
"Ah," the assistant asked, "Do you know the ID wr.wan?"
Yu Nuo: “I have some impression.”
The young lady explained: "He used to be the most famous player in WR. His popularity in LPL was at the top of the list. Even after his retirement, no one could compare to him. Today, the organizer invited him as a guest. I guess most of the people at the scene came just for him."
Yu Nuo nodded.
No wonder it's so lively.
After most of the audience had calmed down, the commentator introduced himself with a smile: "Hello everyone, I am today's commentator Jia Wei."
"Hello everyone, I am today's commentator Cha Cha."
After the two of them finished introducing themselves, it was the last person's turn. Before he even opened his mouth, the crowd started to get excited again.
Jia Wei joked: "The next guest doesn't need to introduce himself."
The audience below shouted in unison: “Yes!”
The director tactfully started to change the camera.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the man in the commentary booth adjusted his headset and said in a low and calm voice, "Hello everyone, I am Zhou Dang."
It was just a simple sentence, but it made the entire stadium strangely quiet.
The young lady murmured, "Oh my god... I have goosebumps."
After a few seconds of silence, there was a deafening sound.
He only said one sentence, but the whole audience almost lost control.
This man who once stood at the top of the world brought countless glory to the LPL region.
Even if he retires, he just shows up.
It is still so brilliant and drives people crazy like faith.
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Today's match was a best-of-five (BO5) match. Zhou Dang's arrival had already pushed the atmosphere to its peak before the match even started.
In the first game, both TG and WR chose their regular lineups. The BP (ban/pick heroes) phase ended, and the screen showed the player list:
tg team:
Top lane: thomas; mid lane: kllier; jungle: van; AD: conquer; support: ultraman
wr team:
Top lane: jiang; mid laner: moon; jungler: dadi; AD: zhixiang; support: dl
As usual, it was time for fans to cheer on WR, and the cheers and applause for WR could not wait to break out.
Three tones, each one louder than the last.
Next, it's tg's turn.
It was like the pause button was suddenly pressed. The whole place was silent for a few seconds, as if we were in outer space.
The commentator obviously noticed the awkward situation and tried to smooth things over: "Everyone can actually give our new team some encouragement. They can be considered the dark horse of this year. It is not easy for them to get to where they are today."
After he finished speaking, there were finally a few insignificant shouts from below.
Yu Nuo was in the middle of this, and it was clearly something that had nothing to do with her. But for some reason, she was distracted for a moment and thought of what Fu Yidong had said to her before:
"Because the team had just started, TG didn't have a cook, so they could only order takeout. The five of them didn't even have a substitute, and they practiced until late at night every day. If they had time, they would go to eat a few bites, and if they didn't, they would just skip it. Sometimes when they came to eat after the game, the takeout was already cold. Everyone worked very hard to win."
Yu Nuo felt a little uncomfortable.
An inexplicable impulse came over me.
It was too quiet around her, so she suppressed her shyness, moved her lips, and shouted a few times, "Come on, tg!"
The voice was not loud, but the people around could hear it clearly. The assistant tilted her head in surprise: "Nono, do you like them?"
"I..." Yu Nuo didn't know what to say, his expression was tangled, "Their previous game was quite interesting."
The young lady laughed.
Finally entering the game screen, the competition officially begins.
I don’t know if it was because the cheers from the scene were too one-sided, which affected the mentality of the players, or if Zhou Dang’s presence at the scene gave great encouragement to the WR players.
In the first game, wr almost won tg with a crushing advantage.
In the second game, WR's momentum remained unabated, TG was obviously struggling, and the whole team was in a low state.
At this time, the fact that no one cheered for TG at the scene also became a hot search on Weibo. The bystanders who were unaware of the situation felt sorry for this unknown team.
If you don't understand, just ask, is this WR's home court? This comparison is too outrageous.
Oh, this is too tragic. I thought there was no sound at the scene, but it turns out there is really no one cheering for them... It's like the main library.
Woohoo, I'm starting to feel pity for the stupid ones. The stupid ones have no human rights...
Seriously, they are all LPL teams, and this isn't a foreign war, so there's no need to treat them differently... Even if they're not the home team, can't you show some respect and applaud
On-court commentator Jun Hao said: "Maybe the newcomers don't have the experience of playing best-of-five. It seems that they are generally quite nervous and haven't let go yet."
In the second game, WR and TG were evenly matched in the middle and top lanes, and both teams developed steadily. Six or seven minutes into the game, OG's jungler suffered heavy losses in the opponent's jungle area.
As the director's camera was watching, the bottom lane had already started fighting. Coquer led the support to the opposite tower and fought with the opponent's bottom lane duo, exchanging blood for a wave.
Jun Hao exclaimed: "Wow, TG's bottom lane is playing so fiercely."
Female commentator Xiaoli continued: "TG has always used the bottom lane as the core of rhythm. I watched their previous games. Conquer seems to like this kind of strong hero to gain an advantage online. But I remember that WR and TG are teams with similar styles, both focusing on the bottom jungle."
As soon as the voice fell, the screen showed:
tg conquer killed wr zhixiang
Xiaoli called out, "Did conquer get a solo kill?"
Junhao suddenly raised his voice: "Hey, WR's TP is on. Are they trying to keep the enemy? The jungler and mid laner have already arrived, and Conquer still has flash in his hand. Isn't he going to use it?!!! All three WRs are rushing to the bottom lane. If TG's bottom lane gets hurt, it will be very hurt!"
WR's mid, bottom and jungle gathered quickly and were about to form a counter-encirclement. Unexpectedly, Conquer moved flexibly to avoid the skills of WR, and the support blocked his ultimate. He ran all the way to his own tower and escaped from the pursuit range of WR with only a little health.
The fans at the scene expressed their regret and the buzz was endless.
Jun Hao sighed: "This time, Conuqer's positioning was very beautiful, but WR was just a little short of it, but he lacked an ignite, what a pity."
However, at this moment, contrary to everyone's expectations, conquer did not leave. He turned around in the corner under the tower, and the assistant beside him put a shield on him.
Just at this moment!
—Frost suddenly flashed to the left, catching the opponent off guard with a surprise attack. Relying on the advantage under the tower, she walked to the opponent's mid laner and used a series of skills in his face.
Moon was killed instantly!
The trio's faces were covered in blood.
Then Van arrived and took control of a small dragon in the jungle. Within a few minutes, the situation was reversed instantly, and almost all the disadvantages in the early stage were beaten back.
The people below were shouting with excitement—
"Damn it, am I still asleep or is Moon still asleep? I just chased someone and my Q didn't hit him once, what on earth was he doing??!!"
"Both the midlaner and the support should go to the ground. They are useless and just got caught. The opponent showed off their heads to pieces."
The big screen began to replay the wonderful counterattack that had just conquered Ashe.
Xiaoli was amused by the ups and downs of the bizarre plot: "What is this? What on earth does Conquer want to do? It's really exaggerated. I was stunned when I saw him flash for the first time. Young people nowadays have no moral principles."
Junhao: "To be honest, conquer's attack was just a show on you. The three of us were a little too excited chasing him just now, and we didn't pay attention to our positioning, so we just gave him away for nothing."
Xiaoli: "Moon probably didn't expect that he would walk right into the tiger's mouth."
WR was a bit out of rhythm after this wave, and TG caught several opportunities in the remaining time. TG turned the passive into active, and soon opened up the situation and recovered the second game.
The score was tied.
Perhaps it was because they showed their fighting spirit in the second game, coupled with TG's great start in the third game, that they defeated WR miserably. In just twenty minutes, the rhythm completely collapsed and TG ended the battle cleanly.
There was a sigh on the field.
During the halftime break, which lasted about ten minutes, the two commentators in the commentary booth kept discussing the record set by TG. After analyzing the game, they noticed that the atmosphere was low and began to comfort the fans at the scene, "WR was actually in good shape today, but he may be a little unfamiliar with the new team and his tactical research is not in place. He needs to find his feeling again."
After a short break, both the wr and tg teams returned to the stage.
Before the game, the camera turned to the MVP of the previous game. Chen Yuzheng pulled the headset, lowered his eyes, and picked up the water cup next to him to drink.
I don’t know what his teammates were saying, but he heard it with a smile on his face.
There were two girls talking from behind:
"Fuck, this TG AD is amazing... He is the most handsome professional player I have ever seen. Why doesn't he become a star and play eSports instead??"
Another girl gnashed her teeth: "Where did you put my Zhou Dang? Where did you put OG's Fish God? Speaking of handsomeness, can this Conquer be more handsome than Wan??"
"Zhou Dang is already the tear of the times, and the LPL's queen of looks has someone to take over."
In a blink of an eye, the two began to quarrel: "You crazy girl, you haven't forgotten that your main team is WR, right??? You play e-sports for your face, why don't you chase stars? "
Another girl also argued: "Why are you pretending? Aren't you a fan of Zhou Dang because of his face?"
"How many championships has Zhou Dang won? How many has this loser won? He may not even win today's match, and you're still trying to compete with Zhou Dang. It's like trying to climb the moon and cheat. I don't even want to pay attention to you."
The girl was silent for a while and complained weakly: "Why are you so excited? I just made a compliment casually."
"No one can touch Ciwan. Do you know how perfect he is? He is not only handsome, but also has great skills and a good character! He is also loyal!"
"How do you know conquer is not loyal..."
"Heh." The girl behind snorted coldly, "He looks like a scumbag."
Yu Nuo wanted to laugh when he heard this.
I didn't dare show it and could only laugh secretly in my heart for a while.
The commentator joked: "Conquer has relaxed. This newcomer seems to have a big heart."
Xiaocha deliberately cued Zhou Dang for the show effect, "I saw someone say that this contestant is a bit like your old self, what do you think?"
Zhou Dang simply commented: "He has a very high ceiling."
It turned out that Zhou Dang couldn't speak at all. As long as he spoke, no matter what he said, the cheers at the scene could not be stopped.
The commentator also noticed this and changed the subject in time, "Okay, our excited fans should calm down a bit, the fourth game will start soon."
After the halftime break, the camera turned to the commentary booth. It was match point. If WR lost one more game, they would miss the final.
The hearts of WR's fans at the scene were gripped.
WR had an early-game advantage and a low error tolerance. They played the first fifteen minutes in an orderly manner. By the mid-game, the snowball didn't roll as expected, but TG's disadvantages had already begun to show. The game entered a white-hot stage.
In this round, conquer was obviously targeted and died several times in a row.
23 minutes.
The game was at a point where WR was about to take the Baron. The middle lane started to exchange fire again. Killer's Centaur jungler moved left and right to avoid the skills, flashed to stun, and instantly killed WR's support.
The opposing AD retreats.
A hole was torn from here.
The situation on the field was tense and changing rapidly. Jun Hao's speech speed also began to speed up: "This wave of killers was too crucial. The defense was almost melted in an instant!"
"Oh my god, this is a good opportunity. Is TG going to sound the horn of counterattack? The other members of WR also reacted and started pinging signals and moving towards this side. This team fight is a life-and-death battle for WR. Whoever wins will take the dragon. With TG's lineup that is strong in the late game, if they take the dragon and push up the high ground at this point, WR will be in trouble. Be careful, this is a match point game, one mistake may mean the end."
The scene had already begun to stir.
When Yu Nuoxin was lifted up, her hands on her knees clenched unconsciously.
The two teams began to take positions at the river. In the process of testing each other, WR's mid laner first stole a wave of damage and knocked down TG's jungler to half health.
At the same time, WR's top laner has begun to move around and hide in the blind spot of vision.
The scene became uncontrollably noisy, and shouts of support for WR rang out again.
The sound waves came one after another, and the atmosphere was extremely exciting.
Yu Nuo leaned forward unconsciously, staring at the big screen without blinking.
At the ancient dragon pit, the two teams started a team fight. Conquer hit the opponent's top laner with another bullet, and he went straight to the face with a charge sniper and started fighting.
"Hey hey!! Jiang, be careful. Dl has been taken away from the front."
Junhao couldn't help but yell, "Hey hey hey? Conquer! Pay attention to Conquer's position!! He's coming in!!! I thought this wave of impulsiveness might cause trouble! It's over, he moved and got stunned, and fell down!"
The enemy lost two men and it was too late to retreat. They were strangled by the remaining TG members. Conquer made a smooth operation and started to harvest crazily. With an explosive AOE damage, he got a quad kill.
wr was wiped out, tg took down the big dragon, and tp back home to organize their equipment.
The outcome has been decided.
In the team voice chat, Ultraman was very happy and exclaimed repeatedly, "Fuck, I feel it, conquer, I really feel it."
Chen Yuzheng clicked the mouse: "What?"
"You really wanted to win today."
Chen Yuzheng: “?”
Killer also relaxed and said jokingly: "Okay, I think that girl's efforts were not in vain. Our Zheng Gothic has directly transformed into a god of war."
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In the end, tg was unstoppable and won the final match point.
The lights on the stage shone, and the screen was enlarged, cutting to the contestants. Killer was all smiles, unable to hide his excitement, and he hugged Van and shouted. The camera swept past, and Chen Yuzheng remained calm, took off his headphones, and stood up from his chair.
Jun Hao made his final closing remarks passionately: "This is League of Legends, this is LPL, here, anything can happen. This young team that cannot be ignored has made it all the way from the group stage to the playoffs since the spring season, and then from the semifinals to the finals."
"At this moment, they are announcing to all LPL audiences that their name is - Thorn Game!!!"
Yu Nuo was so absorbed in the game that he felt a sense of pride when he heard these words. For a moment, his heartbeat quickened and he wanted to jump up from his seat and cheer for them.
tg narrowly escaped any danger and defeated wr 3:1.
Yu Nuo let out a sigh and slumped down in his seat.
The assistant smiled and said, "Your brother would be heartbroken to see you like this."
Yu Nuo turned his head.
The young lady said: "Why are you so excited? I would have thought the Fish God was playing a game if I didn't know."
"no."
Yu Nuo also realized that he had just lost his composure and tried to explain in vain: "I have a friend who knows them and is also their fan. I heard a little bit about it and I think TG is not easy."
"Ah," the young lady thought for a while and agreed: "It was not easy for them. Fortunately, they won today."
Yu Nuo was startled: "Ah? Why?"
"TG is a new team, with no results and no traffic, so they can't attract any sponsors in the LPL region. It costs money to play in such a team, and ordinary rich people can't afford it. If they don't achieve results this year, they will most likely face disbanding."
Yu Nuo moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
The atmosphere was depressing, and little girls wearing WR cheering headbands passed by one after another.
Yu Nuo sat in his seat and looked around.
The two girls who had just quarreled have not left yet, and one is comforting the other.
The girl wiped away her tears, shrugged her shoulders and sobbed softly.
wr lost, some people were disappointed, some were angry, and left cursing.
Everyone was dejected.
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The post-match interview takes some time to prepare. The camera turned to the commentary booth. Xiaocha smiled and said, "Congratulations to TG for reaching the finals. This is really the first miracle team that can reach the finals after being promoted to LPL. However, e-sports is sometimes really cruel. I hope that the players of WR will not lose heart and the fans will not be too sad. There is still a long way to go."
WR was the only team Zhou Dang had ever been loyal to. They had fought in the global finals countless times and won the championship. However, since the heroes had faded and the veterans retired, the team was in a state of lack of successors and no one was inheriting the former glory.
The former world champions now fell to an unknown new team. In fact, passers-by felt bad for them.
Xiaocha asked the man next to her: "I guess Wanshen must be feeling very complicated right now? It's such a pity for WR today."
Zhou Dang was a man of few words, and only spoke when asked, "It's no pity that I'm not as skilled as others."
Jia Wei continued, "As a former professional player, and the most popular player in our region, do you have anything to say to them? Or to every professional player who is still here."
There was never any extra expression on Zhou Dang's face.
He seemed to think for a while, then, very rarely, spoke a long speech to the live camera:
"Some people leave this arena, while others persist. To enter the top of the pyramid of LPL is a very difficult and lonely journey. What follows may be countless abuses and ridicules. And it is these sighs and destructive public opinions that will accompany you through long and endless nights. Every time you lose a game, every time you are frustrated and even desperate, you have to climb out of the abyss again and again."
"Until one day, when you finally step onto that stage where everyone is paying attention, then..."
Zhou Dang paused for a moment and said his final closing words for the evening:
“—That moment in the spotlight is when you’ll be remembered by everyone.”
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Later, this passage became a hot topic on Weibo, bringing tears to countless veteran League of Legends players.
This is the charm of e-sports competitions.
Although it is cruel and true, and has disappointed countless people, countless people still strive for it.
—While my heart is set on something, I will never regret it, even if I die nine times.
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During the post-match interview, the audience seats were already in disarray with few people to be seen.
The host continued to ask questions professionally.
People continued to get up from their chairs and walk towards the exit, obviously having no interest in the people on the stage.
This group of young and energetic teenagers played training games all night long, trying their best to prove themselves in the game.
Their uniforms are so clean that there is hardly any logo on them. Not only do they have sponsorship, they have no fans, and they don't even have a formal coach.
They won game after game and made it to the finals.
After winning, what we received was not applause or cheers.
Everyone, almost everyone, felt sorry for the opponent they had defeated.
The host interviewed Chen Yuzheng, "You won WR today, which also means you will meet OG in the finals. Do you have anything to say?"
The person next to him handed over the microphone.
The audience left one after another, and no one was willing to stop for them even for a second.
The field became increasingly empty.
No one was talking in the huge stadium; it was completely silent.
Chen Yuzheng remained unmoved. The bright light made his outline very faint, and his expression was also hidden.
He looked at the audience indifferently, overlooking the entire venue in silence.
It seems like I want to remember this moment forever.
People kept passing by. Yu Nuo sat in the corner, looking at the person standing in the center of the stage from a distance.
The host realized that the silence had lasted for a while, so he picked up the microphone and prepared to ask again.
Chen Yuzheng finally spoke up, "If we were here, only the champion would be remembered."
Yu Nuo was stunned.
As usual, his tone was casual, and his voice was clearly amplified to every corner of the stadium:
"—I will win against everyone."