Chapter 277 Losing

Chapter 277 Lose!

February 23, Nambang Seoul Yongsan Esports Arena.

Just now, an upset happened.

The SSG team showed an invincible attitude and gave the BBQ team a miserable defeat of 2-0.

etc.

Samsung wins BBQ, is it unpopular? Is there any mistake?

No mistake!

This LCK team, whose full name is Samsung Galaxy and whose abbreviation is SSG, is the old team that made it all the way to the global finals in the S7 World Championship last year, but was defeated by EDG and failed to win the S7 season global championship!

In fact, even the starting lineup is still top laner withered, jungler An Zhang, mid laner Crown, AD Ruler, and assistant Dun Kunkun. They maintain the same team as last year!

The BBQ team is the Dark King team that ranked second to last in the LCK last summer split and did not even make it to the playoffs.

Why is Samsung Team's defeat of BBQ called an upset?

This is entirely due to Samsung’s unsatisfactory results in the first stage of the Spring Split.

Before the match against the BBQ team, Samsung had already been ranked third from the bottom in the league with 4 consecutive losses. In comparison, BBQ was ranked sixth and was much better. It was a fringe team in the playoffs.

It is natural for the sixth player to win against the eighth player, but BBQ has been speed-passed two times in a row, so it is not surprising to call it an upset.

"Xiba——"

"Hai Chengming, do you deserve to be called champion AD?"

In the BBQ training room, the team's top laner Carzy yelled at zet, his expression as crazy as his ID.

"Today's opponent is your opponent in the global finals last year!"

"My teammates sacrificed their priority in selecting players and got you skateboard shoes. Why did you get pressured by Ruler to hit the last hit?"

"This is not the first time!"

"It was the same in the SSG game in January!"

"If you don't have the ability, don't get such a high salary!"

Before the ESC Ever team received sponsorship from the chain brand BBQ and changed its name, Carzy had already been the starter for the team for two seasons.

He is about to turn twenty-two, and he is like the 'big brother' in the team.

After the former jungler ARES turned to coach, he became the oldest BBQ King, a powerful presence in the team.

Although his team has always been at the bottom of the league, Caryz is still motivated and wants to try to make the playoffs with the new lineup so that his career will not be a failure.

Although Samsung is behind BBQ in today's match, the team's heritage and player strength are there, and Samsung is still a strong contender for BBQ's playoff spot.

so,

Carzy attaches great importance to the outcome of today's game.

Of course, the more important point is that I want to take advantage of the fact that spring is still the furthest away from autumn, and give some strength to 'Autumn Blight', which was blown away in last year's World Championship but was beaten violently by EDG team Nexus players.

After all, this is Cuvee's most sluggish time of the year.

Before playing against the BBQ team,

Samsung has lost 5 games in a row, and Cuvee has been beaten hard by Smeb, Khan, Kiin, King T, and even Griffin's Michelin in turn.

"Griffin!"

"A team that just came up from the LCK secondary league this season."

"They don't have fried chicken sponsors! The training conditions are so bad, and there's an outrageous jungler!"

“But that’s it, they can play with SSG as they like playing with plasticine!”

"Hai Chengming! The signing price for you alone is probably worth the entire Griffin team, right?"

"What a waste - Nishiba!"

Carzy became more and more excited. If he hadn't just lost to Samsung, he would have had the urge to go to the opponent's lounge and ask Manager An to lend him the baseball bat he carried.

The higher the signing fee, the greater the responsibility!

With so much money, your champion, AD Hai Chengming, can't use his advantage in the bottom lane to radiate to the middle lane and jungle, and then radiate the middle lane jungle to me in the top lane and let me beat up Cuvee. This is your fault!

Because of "(predecessor culture)", Zet lowered his head and did not dare to speak out in response to Caryz's unreasonable abuse.

In fact, this is not the first time.

Hai Chengming, who is usually gentle and gentle, is often made things difficult for his teammates by relying on his age buff.

Although this is a very common and common phenomenon throughout Nanbang.

But for zet, who had just returned to the LCK division from EDG, it was a bit hard to accept for a while.

Zet, who has a slightly resigned personality, cannot "question, understand, and become." Whenever he encounters difficulties from his "seniors," he always remains silent, lowers his head and lets them vent.

Carzy has a very bad temper, just be patient with him.

Don't resist or anything.

Brother Zhun and the others seem to be having a competition today, right?

For some reason, the smiling faces of his former EDG teammates appeared in Zet's mind.

This year's EDG has two bot lane combinations. As an AD, there is no way to go back.

But if he can really go back, Zet is willing to be an unknown substitute mid laner like S6 in the Rox team.

Even if you are a substitute mid laner, you will be much happier than staying at BBQ~

…

Xi'an is located in the middle of the Yellow River Basin in the hinterland of the mainland.

This ancient imperial capital with thousands of years of cultural heritage will hold a unique ceremony tonight.

As participants in the ceremony, the EDG team has already disembarked from the plane.

"Huh-ha-"

Under the warm winter sun, Missing breathed in the dry and cold air of Guanzhong Basin for a long time, with a happy expression.

He is from Xi'an.

Even with the continuous development of transportation, he didn't even need to arrive in the morning and arrive in the evening to return to Xi'an from the magical capital. Taking a plane could reach the speed of arriving in the morning and arriving in the afternoon.

But after returning home and standing on this land, Missing felt an extremely vast feeling in her heart.

Life may be a five-foot body, but what nourishes life is thousands of miles of plains.

"I'm starting today, I must perform well!"

Jiebu patted Missing on the back.

Since the opening ceremony of WE's home stadium in Qujiang, Xi'an will be held today, it is rare for him to travel far away with the team.

"I will!"

The words are simple, but Missing seems to have great pride in her heart:

"After tonight's game is won, I will take everyone to eat at my favorite restaurant!"

Although many team members were still a little dizzy from sleeping on the plane, they immediately became lively when they heard someone wanted to treat them.

“Xi’an is the capital of carbohydrates!”

"It is said that there are many special snacks. Do you want Xiao Lou to take us to go shopping first to fill our stomachs?"

"Although the home and away game system is tiring to run around, it still allows you to travel at public expense from time to time, which is quite humane!"

"Hahaha, as long as you don't go to LGD's home court!"

"What do you mean? Isn't it said that LGD's home stadium will have to wait 19 years to be repaired?"

"The point is not LGD, but the city where LGD is located, a food desert! The specialty is Barbie steamed buns, KFC and McDonald's."

"Yes, Hangzhou is indeed strange. Huzhou is spicy, Jiacheng's food is close to that of Suzhou and Shanghai, Lu Xun's former residence is famous for its delicious smell, and there is no shortage of delicacies further south. It is said that Xinrongji originated in Lingjiang City, which can be regarded as the provincial capital. It’s a city, but there’s nothing good about it.”

…

Night falls.

Xi'an South Gate.

As two rows of palace maids carrying red lanterns and wearing red clothes and blue skirts slowly dispersed to both sides, a man dressed as a young minister said loudly:

"Officials from Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty, etc., sincerely welcome guests from all directions to Chang'an!!"

"please!"

Immediately afterwards, the city gate drawbridge was lowered, and a group of majestic warriors wearing golden armor walked out of the city gate neatly and lined up along the red carpet.

On the other side, the guys in white shirts walked in front, and the WE players wearing red and white uniforms with their hair dyed black followed them. Surrounded by the 'ladies', they walked slowly forward along the Central Avenue. .

[Let me blanch, what is the face of the card? 】

[Why no EDG? Isn’t EDG playing against WE today? 】

[This is WE’s entrance ceremony. The game won’t start until 7 o’clock. The home court is next to Furong Garden. After the entrance ceremony, we will play the opening game]

[The ceremony is so grand, isn’t WE very poor? Is this money earned by selling team members? 】

[South Gate, also called Yongning Gate! 】

【Welcome home! ! 】

[There are only thirteen people in the past who have such great courage, let’s give this kind of card to an e-sports club! 】

[Ruofeng: Hey, when I was playing professionally, there were no such fancy things...]

…

Pei Le, the owner of WE Club, like Missing, is also a native of Xi'an.

Walking on the red carpet with the team members, he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

This year, we suddenly received support from Xi'an to help WE raise funds, and invested WE resources to build a home stadium for the WE club.

For him who was used to living a "poor life", happiness really came too suddenly.

this city,

There are more than one million college students who are passionate about e-sports.

In the 1990s, there was also the "Internet cafe culture" that was very popular.

Now we welcome WE "home" with such a big name.

It was really touching.

"And drones!"

"I'm really envious!"

EDG was not invited to participate in the entrance ceremony of Qujiang Esports Arena. After all, this was specially prepared by Xi'an for WE Club.

But after the ceremony is over later, the WE team will immediately go to the home court for the opening match against EDG.

"We'll have that too."

"It's just that when the time comes, it may not be so grand."

Jiebu watched the live broadcast and was a little envious.

As the most developed city in the country, Magic City has a natural economy, and the e-sports industry has begun to flourish early.

It does not need to be like an ancient inland capital like Xi'an, which wants to use increased investment in e-sports to inject vitality into the city.

"Hey," Jiebu sighed and thought to himself, "When EDG defeats WE, goes all the way to win the second championship in the World Championship in Busan, and becomes a true e-sports giant, every city will welcome us. "

Originally, he thought that with his relationship with the WE club, he would be able to walk on the red carpet and show his face in front of the TV.

I didn’t expect Pei Le to have any objections, but the organizer Xi’an said it was inappropriate:

"The entry ceremony is specially prepared for WE. The promotional video of the opening game will have a lot of shots of EDG, the team that won the first world championship trophy for LPL!"

"However, as former members of the WE team, Nexus and Missing can represent EDG to participate in the red carpet."

Compared to the depressed look of Sister Bu.

The atmosphere on the team's side is much more lively. While watching the drone displaying the WE team logo in the live broadcast, they re-emphasized the tactical design of the next game.

...

At 19:00 in the evening, WE Qujiang E-sports Hall.

The first battle between EDG and WE after the New Year holiday officially began!

"WE and EDG have won two games so far! The outcome of this game may be related to the ownership of the first round of the Western Division!" Guan Zeyuan, Jide and WE veteran player Strawberry, who just gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the venue, are today's commentators.

"Although EDG has many fans, this is the home of the WE club after all. Many fans who came to cheer for the team today have red WE icons on their faces!"

"There are also many fans holding EDG's team flag in their left hands and WE's cheering sticks in their right hands. The atmosphere on the scene is really good!"

The commentators said one after another:

"Haha, after all, Nexus and EDG's starting support Missing have played for WE before."

"It's normal for WE and EDG to have overlapping fans."

As the commentator said,

Even though most of the tickets for this game were distributed by Xi'an through 'Zhi Fu Bao' to WE fans who were in Xi'an during the free ticket event, only a small number of them were sold publicly.

But there were indeed many EDG fans on the scene.

When the black knights entered the venue, almost all the fans stood up and cheered.

If there are viewers who are not clear about the live broadcast, they may mistakenly think that this is EDG's home court.

"Come on Nexus!"

"Come on Missing!"

"Come on EDG!"

The sound waves faded away.

Five players in red walked out. Their appearance was like a blazing flame, injecting new motivation into the passionate audience.

The cheers were so loud that the LPL director had to turn down the sound stream a few points.

[Hello Xi'an!]

[Hahaha, I don't know why I am so entangled about the outcome of this game. I hope EDG wins but I don't want WE to lose the home opener.]

[Whether Guodian wins or 60 E wins, I can accept it. After all, Nexus and Missing are both from WE, Missing is still from Xi'an, and EDG is also half WE.]

[To sum up, the only one who was injured was Pei Le.]

[If WE loses, it should be 1:2. It would be too ugly to be defeated 2:0 in the opening game.]

...

In order to ensure the smooth opening game, the referee had repeatedly tested the equipment in the venue three hours in advance.

After the players sat down, they logged into their accounts without any surprises.

Jiang Zhun opened a custom room with Gala. After three minutes of soloing in the middle lane, they both quit the Summoner's Rift and were pulled into the competition room by Mala Xiangguo.

[WE丶xiye: Brothers on the opposite side, today is a good day, be gentle! ]

[WE丶957: Brother Zhun, Brother Lou, we just walked the red carpet together! ]

[EDG丶Nexus: haha~]

"Missing, 957 calls you Brother Lou" Mala Xiangguo pressed his hair and deliberately asked: "Is it loyal to the country? Wait, this word doesn't seem to be appropriate. Is it possible to cooperate with each other?"

"Hey, Brother Xiangguo, I'm a little stressed today, don't praise me! I'm playing in Xi'an today, my parents are here, how can I cooperate with each other!"

Jiang Zhun knew that Mala Xiangguo was afraid that Missing, who had not played many games, would feel stressed, so he deliberately eased the atmosphere.

However, Missing's tone was very relaxed, unlike what he said, that he was under a lot of pressure.

"Just play well, winning or losing is not important."

"We are still in the running-in stage, don't feel burdened if there are mistakes in the game or if you play badly."

"OK!"

"Ban pick!"

...

WE's three bans in the first round were all aimed at Nexus, banning Gangplank, Jayce, and Viktor.

Obviously, they studied EDG's game before the New Year and knew that Jiang Zhun was still the strongest and most stable link of this championship team after the blood change.

When the opponent's three bans were taken, EDG, who was on the red side, used the ban position on the support and AD heroes.

"WE took Ryze as the first pick!"

"The first and second floors of the red side locked in the Tsar and the blind man respectively."

Ryze and Tsar are the two major brush heroes in the middle lane in the current version. The former can be transformed into a spell machine gun in the late stage, and the latter can rely on the passive [Shurima] inheritance to push or defend in the middle and late stages.

Although each has its own strengths, in the arena, both sides often have a tacit understanding of each other.

"Give my brother-in-law Varus!"

EDG's top and midfielders are all the top players in the LPL league, so WE directly helped my brother-in-law choose Verus, who is good at it, and planned to use EDG's bottom lane as a breakthrough.

The factory director understood WE's idea at a glance, but in this round WE could choose two heroes, and could only watch helplessly as the opponent took down Tammu, who was so protective that he could swallow his brother-in-law.

"Gem bar."

"If you don't choose the second round, you'll get pulled."

…

Soon, the banpick session of the two teams on the field ended and the lineup was locked:

Blue side WE: top unit Gnar, jungler Pigsy, mid unit Ryze, ADC Verus, support Tahm.

Red side EDG: top unit Ornn, jungler blind man, mid unit Czar, ADC policewoman, auxiliary gem

"The BP of both sides in the first game can be said to be quite satisfactory, and they did not come up with anything strange."

"If I have to say something, then Gala players chose female police officers. In the first and second weeks, small guns in the AD speed push system can often be seen, but female police officers are still relatively rare, and female police officers The combination with gems is even more strange!”

“In comparison, WE’s lineup can be said to be perfect! It’s full of tankiness, control, sustained output, protection capabilities, etc.!”

"EDG's is almost interesting. It depends on the player's condition and team rhythm."

"If we look at the lineup, I think WE can win."

The analysis I remember is extremely objective.

Special guest Strawberry, as an old man of the WE team, naturally does not support EDG at his home court, so he also agrees with Remember's point of view.

Compared to the two of them, Guan Zeyuan seemed a bit rebellious.

"Although, remember that the analysis is correct!"

"But - I think you still missed one thing, and that is Nexus and Missing!"

"These two people, one is the champion top laner who came out of WE, and the other is a young player from the youth training who was sold!"

“They can confidently say that no one knows WE better than me!”

"So this time, even if Nexus locked Ornn to resist the pressure and gave room to play in the middle and bottom lane, I think EDG can still win!"

[Hahaha, I understand everything for you! ! 】

[I also support WE to win, but as for why, I just think that the brother-in-law can beat Gala. The new AD of EDG is too stupid. No matter how you look at it, he doesn’t look like someone who can play a good policewoman]

[Although the potential brother has become a little stronger than the leg brother after leaving WE, Ornn is really at a disadvantage against Gnar in this game, so I am also optimistic about WE]

[Xi’an fans are so enthusiastic! 】

[The old thief and the girl control work so well together. They can't replace Gala and Missing when playing against WE. I think EDG just wants to give WE a game. After all, this is the opening game of their home court]

[If you don’t understand, don’t push me. This is entirely because Missing is from Xi’an. EDG wants him to show it in his hometown. Do you understand the value of the most humane club? 】

[Who stipulated that one game should be given to the home court? Didn’t Snake Mountain City lose the home opener to FPX? E-sports strength speaks for itself, as long as you play well and play with passion and try your best! 】

…

Enter the game.

The two teams seemed to have made an agreement this time. They did not choose a lined-up defensive formation in the jungle, but instead fought a wave of 5V5 team battles in the bottom lane.

Although no first blood was born, Tsar and Tahm Kench handed in flash, and both ADs handed in healing.

Gnar has an advantage online against Ornn, and Kandi Pig Girl has blue opener.

And Jiang Zhun also helped Mala Xiangguo get the red buff before going online. After all, Orn's short hand beats Gnar's long hand. Going online early is to give the opponent a chance to consume his blood.

Level 1 is a success as long as there is no leakage of experience.

"Hey, what's going on!"

"Why would a Level 2 Tsar end up in this position!?"

The director's field of vision was placed in the bottom lane after completing the jungle for both sides, but unexpectedly, when switching to the middle lane, he just caught the scene of the Tsar being chased by Rizka at the angle between the grass and the terrain.

"This is a bit of an injury. The Tsar probably won't be able to regain his health after knocking out two bottles of red medicine."

"Why did Scout go to that position? Is he afraid that Pig Girl will be caught immediately after she uses the blue buff?"

The commentators were puzzled.

Xiye smiled.

Team analysts will study various data, including but not limited to wards, jungle routes, hero selection times, skill points, equipment habits, etc.

In order to prepare well for the opening game, WE is fully prepared for this Spring Festival.

And Xiye also got a very key piece of information from analysts - whether it is a few weeks before the Spring Split or the German Cup, Scout will lean towards the lower half of the middle when playing in the early stages!

According to inference, this is related to the fact that after the factory director retired and replaced the incense pot, he used to clean the incense pot from top to bottom.

Because after eating a wave of soldiers, the jungler will basically move to the lower half, so it is normal for Scout to lean down the middle.

but,

In this game, Scout is playing Tsar!

He just needs to stand behind the ranged soldier to hit the target, there is no need to lean down at all.

But out of habit, he still leaned down, so Xiye, who had expected it, seized this flaw and gained a lot of health!

…

Game time 3 minutes and 12 seconds.

Zhu Mei Q flashed, Ryze followed flash, and killed the Tsar in the middle lane who didn't flash.

Tsar had flash purification, so he couldn't rush to the middle lane immediately after resurrection, and the line could only be taken by Spicy Hotpot.

…

As we all know, the most frightening thing about Spicy Hotpot during the game is that you never know where he will appear.

Therefore, as long as there is no vision of him, the opponent's line will basically not be pushed too deep, and the opponent's jungler will also worry about whether he will be counter-camped when catching people.

However, because Tsar was killed alone, Blind Monk exposed his vision in the middle lane in the early stage, and the rhythm of MLXG's jungler was completely understood by Kangdi!

A chain reaction was triggered.

All of Blind Monk's early actions were seen through.

After ganking a wave of bottom lane, Zhu Mei cooperated with the duo and even controlled the little dragon.

When the camera returns to the middle lane, in 8 minutes, Tsar is 19 knives behind Ryze.

…

16:42

Jiang Zhun seized the opportunity when Gnar became smaller and killed 957 with three fragile waves.

But at the same time, Tsar was eager to enter the game when the dragon resource group in the bottom lane broke out. His ultimate skill only pushed Pig Girl. Before the gem ultimate skill ended, Tsar was focused and killed instantly.

On the EDG side, only Caitlyn and Lee Sin could output Pig Girl, and failed to swallow her by Tam.

Afterwards, WE played 1 for 3 and controlled the second dragon.

…

Twenty minutes, EDG's economy was 5K behind.

…

Twenty-six minutes, WE destroyed the big dragon buff and pushed down the high ground of EDG in two lanes.

…

Forty-three minutes, even though Tsar, Caitlyn were formed and Ornn had distributed all the equipment, the EDG base was still consumed to the point of explosion because of the dragon soul and the lack of soldiers.

WE won the first victory!

There will be more tomorrow morning