During the holiday this week after the first round of the regular season, except for the exposure of Liu Chuan and Yang Jian's brotherhood, which made everyone laugh and discuss for several days after dinner, the professional players were almost all nervous. spent in training.
The order of home and away games will be changed in the second round of round robin. For example, in the first round of Longyin’s away game against Shengtang in Chengdu, then the second round will play against Shengtang at home in Changsha. The change of home and away games also means the replacement of map selection rights. And large-scale changes in scores and rankings.
The schedule of the competition is still very close. Team leader Jiang Xue has booked all the air tickets and hotels in advance according to the schedule. In the next month and a half, the Longyin team will play against 17 other teams in turn, and their footprints will be all over the country. .
A week later, the vacation period finally ended, and the regular season of the thirteenth season started again.
Team Longyin's first opponent in the second stage was Team Canglan, which had just beaten 7:2 some time ago. Li Cangyu, the cat god, led all members of Team Canglan to Changsha. Team Longyin had already done so. Ready for battle.
Everyone can't help but start to guess: Who will Long Yin be in command this time? Or was it directed by Silan or Chuan Shen himself
It wasn't until the day the game started that the answer was finally revealed - it was the four blue conductors again!
The Longyin team's lineup has not changed compared to the last match. In the ring match, Wu Zewen, Lin Tong, and Xu Ce are on the court. In the team battle stage, Qin Ye, Li Xiang, Wu Zewen, Lan Weiran, Jiang Shaoqing and Yu are still on the court. Xiang Yang's group, captain Liu Chuan, sat under the stage and watched the play with a calm expression.
Fortunately, this game was not the same as the previous one. Because it was the final game of the first stage, all the professional players were watching the live broadcast in front of the computer, and Liu Chuan received a lot of curses and kept sneezing. Today's match between Longyin and Canglan is scheduled for the morning, and the players of other teams are also preparing for the battle urgently, so they must not be in the mood to meddle with their two teams' business.
Only Ye Chenxi swiped on Weibo, and when he saw the list of appearances, he raised his lips slightly and said, "As expected, it seems that the change of commander of Longyin team is only for different teams. In the first stage, only Luohuaci and Cang Lan is under the command of my master, that is to say, the next time they beat Luo Huaci, the change in their lineup should not be too big, it is still under the command of my master, and Liu Chuan is likely to be on the sidelines."
Lin Yufan nodded in agreement: "So Chuan Shen thought that Silan knew you better, so he let Silan's commander down. Then what's the reason for Canglan? Silan's understanding of the cat god is obviously not as good as Liu's. Is Chuan so deep? At least Liu Chuan also plays the puppet genre, wouldn't it be more certain that he would direct it himself?"
Ye Chenxi smiled and said, "I don't know about that."
In fact, many people can't figure this out. As the puppet master of the Tang Sect, why didn't Liu Chuan direct this match against Canglan
Only those from the Longyin team know that Liu Chuan doesn't really mind the "first puppet master" battle. He did this just to give Lan Weiran more opportunities to perform, and to let the four blues practice more so that they can cope with more pressure. the playoffs.
It is a pity that Longyin faced Canglan at home this time, and the 3 points in the ring match did not win as smoothly as last time.
Xu Ce played very calmly, but the cat god also lived up to his reputation. The last time he underestimated the enemy at home in Hangzhou, he was defeated by Xu Ce at the last minute. As a top god, Li Cangyu could not fall in the same pit twice in a row. This time, Li Cangyu played very cautiously. He had been preventing Xu Cekai from breaking out. He used the dragging rhythm kite consumption tactic to slowly turn the balance of victory towards Canglan, and won 3 points in the ring for Canglan.
During the teamfight stage, Silan still showed a strong overall view, winning two flags in the upper and lower lanes. Unfortunately, the black flag in the middle lane was taken away by Li Cangyu, and the score was finally determined to be 4:5.
This score made many Longyin fans who came to watch the game dissatisfied. Losing points at home could easily have a serious impact on the team's morale. Fortunately, even if they lost a small point, the Longyin players didn't seem to have any. A hint of frustration, but everyone's expressions were very calm, and the fans who came to watch the scene were relieved.
Liu Chuan said in an interview as early as the first stage: "In the second stage, our tactics will be thoroughly studied by the major teams. In addition, the influence of the home map advantage is getting smaller and smaller, and it will only be more difficult to score points."
Sure enough, as Liu Chuan expected, it was very difficult to score points in the second stage. After playing a 4:5 score with Canglan, they went to Qingdao to play Qixingcao, but they also failed to score satisfactory.
In the first match against Qixingcao in Changsha, Liu Chuan let Silan play out to kill Chen Xiaobei, giving Xu Ce a sufficient early advantage and winning 3 points in the arena. However, this time, Qixingcao was replaced in the arena stage. Chen Xiaobei, who was not mature enough, sent Ye Zhou and Su Shilun, two top ace players, and Xue Ke, who has always been calm, as the opener of the ring competition - this is obviously Xiao Sijing specially for the Longyin team. Prepared luxury arena package.
Su Shilun came out to defend and finally managed to score 3 points for the main flag.
And in the team battle stage, Xiao Huang chose an air battle map that surprised everyone - Yunxiao City.
This is a city in the air, like an ethereal fairyland, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. Unfortunately, once you step on the air and fall, it will be a tragedy of falling into the mud.
The aerial combat map does not appear many times in the regular season of the professional league. It is because there are too many uncertain factors in the aerial combat map. Often, if you accidentally step on the air, you will fall to your death... Several newcomers of the Longyin team are facing high The difficult air battle map did not fully play its own level. Xiao Sijing made full use of the home advantage to win two flags in a row, and finally won the score of 7:2.
The loss of two consecutive games has made the outside world unable to help but begin to question: Will the Longyin team perform well in the first stage like those new teams in the past, but it has been declining in the second stage
In fact, this is a very common phenomenon in the e-sports professional circle, and people call it the "new team curse".
New teams who have just arrived in the league often have a shocking score that the new team beats the strong team because everyone is not familiar enough with them. However, after all the teams have played against them, they have found out the details of the new team. In the second stage, the new team's performance will plummet. The omissions in the cooperation of various teammates and the mental defects of the new players will be like being The magnifying glass is magnified and presented in front of everyone.
The only team that can break the "new team curse" so far is the Snow Wolf team that appeared in the tenth season. In just one season, it entered the playoffs and even won the trophy. Therefore, the Snow Wolf team is also known as the strongest "dark horse" in the history of the league.
Will the Longyin team become a dark horse team? Or is it just a flash in the pan
Many people are speculating, and even the fans of the Longyin team are a little uneasy.
After the start of the second stage, all the major teams did their best, and the first two games of the game were quite intense.
In the team standings, Longyin ranked fifth with a total score of 100 points at the end of the first stage, and fell to sixth place with 106 points after these two games. With a total score of 107 points, he overtook Longyin and ranked fifth. It is said that Yang Jian has been as ferocious as a chicken blood recently. He played two consecutive 5:4 games against the two strong teams of Tongque and Shengtang.
On the contrary, when his brother Liu Chuan lost consecutively, he sat in the audience playing soy sauce when he was playing Canglan, and lost in the aerial battle map when he was playing Qixingcao... There were many voices of doubt from the outside world, and he felt that Longyin lost consecutively. , Captain Liu Chuan is still so leisurely is really unreasonable.
However, Liu Chuan is very calm. He knows the current situation, and he also has his own plans for the future of the Longyin team. His goal is very firm, and even if he loses for a while, he cannot be shaken.
No matter how noisy the outside world is, the internal atmosphere of Longyin team is quite relaxed.
We will soon face the third opponent in the second stage, Luo Huaci. Everyone gathered together as usual to conduct pre-match tactical analysis. Liu Chuan pointed to the standings on the big screen and said: "We lost 4:5 in the first game of the second stage. To Canglan; we lost to Qixingcao 2:7 in the second game, but don’t forget, in the first stage, we won Qixingcao 5:4, and Canglan 7:2, so in summary Speaking of, the points we get and lose from Canglan and Qixingcao are the same... Xueba, come and do the math."
"Well." Wu Zewen counted up seriously, "We scored a total of 11 points from Canglan, and a total of 7 points from Qixingcao. And Qixingcao took 11 points from us, Canglan took 7 points from us... All in all, against these two teams, we scored a total of 18 points and lost 18 points."
Liu Chuan said with a smile: "So, we are actually tied, right?"
Everyone: "… "
Others can't laugh or cry, Captain, your way of comforting yourself is absolutely amazing!
However, what Liu Chuan said also makes sense. In the regular season, the rankings are based on total points, and the points and lost points are the same, which means that their rankings will not be too low, depending on how other teams are playing. Long Yin, who is currently ranked sixth, is still a bit dangerous to enter the playoffs, and the team behind him must also exert his strength in the later stage.
"Losing two games in a row, do you think this is the low point of the team? You are too naive. I have experienced the low point of losing ten games in a row. Don't worry, there is another hard bone called Luo Huaci."
Liu Chuan's words brought everyone's thoughts back, and everyone was speechless.
Yu Xiangyang couldn't help but said, "Captain, what do you mean by this? The low point of losing ten games in a row? How can you curse us to lose ten games before you start a fight!"
"Of course I hope we can win, it was just a metaphor just now." Liu Chuan said with a smile, "However, this match with Luo Huaci will definitely be very difficult, Silan, you have to be mentally prepared. Since I said that I want you to realize how powerful he is, this time I must have come prepared. The biggest reason why we were able to break the mortal curse of a strong team at home in Shanghai was that the sudden change of your command surprised Team Ye. He didn't keep up with the rhythm for a while, and now that he's on guard, it won't work as well as you did the first time."
Lan Weiran nodded and said, "I know, I will think about how to fight."