Chapter 180 Opening Ceremony, Spring Finals!

Chapter 180 - Opening Ceremony, Spring Showdown!

The five members of IG stood in the center of the stage. After enduring the loud cheers from the audience, they bowed deeply to the audience.

"Let us congratulate IG for defeating LGD 3-0 without any blood and successfully advancing to the finals!!"

Wa Wa and Ze Yuan praised in unison.

IG played three consecutive games today, and they played so beautifully.

Whether it is a balance of power or a big advantage, IG has shown the team quality of a strong team.

Dragon King’s global cooperation, Aike Xiu’s positioning, Qian Jue’s perfect performance, four kills with the male gun...

It is a reflection of the players’ personal abilities.

As commentators who have watched all the way from the beginning of the regular season, they can feel the progress of IG.

At the beginning of the season, their teamwork was still a bit immature, and players would make mistakes in their performance, and it seemed like they were each playing their own game.

But now their collaboration is becoming more and more mature, and BP is becoming more and more flexible as they adapt to the version and adjust.

The two teams that entered the finals were EDG and IG.

The day after the game between IG and LGD ended, it was the battle for third place between LGD and WE.

Although there are only championships in e-sports, due to the competition system, the runner-up and third place are also very important, as they are all related to the points of this year's S competition.

In the four-hour fierce battle, LGD changed from the previous day's decline and regained its confidence as a strong team in the league.

Wei Shen had a 50-50 draw with Xiye in the first game, but starting from the second game, he beat Xiye violently in four consecutive games.

Imp in the bottom lane also suppressed the junior Mystic five times in a row, using his strength to bully the juniors.

Hirano Aya took Xie Dan around, which was like installing an external brain for Xie Dan, so that he would not be too confused.

Top laner MaRin's stable suppression fully demonstrated the strength of S5's second top laner.

From the perspective of player configuration alone, except for the jungle position, the other four lanes of LGD are all top players. It is only because of the team's rhythm problem and the incompatibility of the version that the problems occurred in the regular season.

Once you find the right state and adapt to the version, it is reasonable that there will be such an explosion.

The three-to-two victory over WE can be considered as a cleansing of the shame that they were lucky enough to advance to the semi-finals without a fight.

After all, even QG was ranked lower than WE during the regular season.

only……

The two teams that advanced to the finals were first and second in Group A. The unreasonable group format has once again become a hot topic among LPL viewers.

Taking advantage of the time before the game, Yuan Shen and everyone at IG also dug out all the EDG game videos this year, conducted tactical analysis one by one, and observed the recent performance of each EDG player in Rank and training games. For this reason Develop targeted tactics.

Yuan Shen is also no slouch. Although he has a system, if he doesn't train hard on a regular basis, a lot of it will be wasted.

Not to mention anything else, the version where the top laner was king in S5 has passed. Coupled with the transformation to jungle and the version change, League of Legends is a brand new challenge for him, and the reason why he can still maintain the top level of strength is not surprising. Unrelenting effort is definitely one of the reasons.

Other players are improving and catching up in his footsteps.

Countless fresh blood poured into the LPL, staring closely at his back, wanting to surpass him.

The day before the finals, IG had a day off as usual.

Of course, they won't be allowed to run around on this day's holiday. If something unexpected happens before the finals, they will really regret it.

During the German Cup last year, Insec jumped from the second floor because he couldn't find the exit, and broke one of his legs. Players complained that this was the fate of "touching your eyes and going downstairs".

Moreover, there is actually no rest on this holiday.

Recording the pre-match promotional video and pre-match trash talk should all be done on this day.

The promotional video was recorded in a large studio in Shanghai.

As for the promotional video for this final, LPL officials seem to be extremely serious. The CG of the scene has already been completed, and they are just waiting for the players to perform according to the script, and then edit it.

In addition to IG, members of EDG also arrived at the scene in advance.

"Ming Kai, if you have anything to say later, please teach me a few words in advance. You know, I am an honest person..."

Yuan Shen jumped directly into the EDG team. The relationship between the two companies has always been good. Since playing side by side in last year's World Championship, the players have maintained contact.

"Go to hell."

Ancestor Severn squinted his eyes with an expression that said, "You kid, don't try to trick me." This made everyone laugh.

"Be energetic in today's game, don't lose your place! After all, we are LPL runner-up, and our strength can't be too bad."

Yuan Shen coughed, put his hands behind his back, looked around and looked at the mental state of everyone in EDG, then nodded and said with a smile: "Not bad, very energetic!"

"You brat, you're starting now, aren't you? The staff haven't come yet!"

Mingkai was almost furious. Looking on the other side, Xiao Ming, Meiko and Jack had gathered together and were muttering about what to say.

Fumanduo and Abu also talked happily and looked happy.

There were a lot of staff on site, and many very professional special effects teams and music editors were hired. Even the director of the promotional video seemed to be invited from Japan.

In the entertainment industry, Japan and South Korea have always been at the forefront of Asia, and their styles are more suitable for the aesthetics of domestic audiences.

Since the finals are tomorrow, the LPL official moved very quickly, filming was completed in the morning, and the editing work was completed in the afternoon of the same day. The efficiency was so high that even sows had to lower their heads in shame.

Yuan Shen was at the scene and also felt the LPL official's attention to this finals. After all, this year's MSI is played at home! !

Looking at the venue in front of him, Yuan Shen didn't know what he was thinking.

The home curse does exist, but it seems to only work for LPL and North America.

FNC in S1 and SSW in S4 both won the championship at home.

North America and LPL have never had a home champion.

Take LPL as an example, the 2013 All-Star, the 2016 MSI, the 2017 World Championship, the 2020 World Championship, the 2023 Asian Games, the 2024 MSI...

All lost, without exception.

Although many things happened in the original history, Yuan Shen has to consider more for this home game.

This is the second event held at the LPL home stadium.

After the S3 All-Star Game, the official League of Legends once again chose China as the venue for the world-class event.

Last year, IG's victory in the world championship had a huge impact, and the number of overseas viewers in this spring game is much higher than last year.

The attention to MSI is even greater.

There is no doubt that global League of Legends players are very concerned about this MSI at the home stadium in China.

This is not just a regional league, but also the construction of a domestic image project.

And what China has always paid attention to is the appearance.

The appearance and grand occasion of the LPL Spring Finals largely determine the attraction of MSI to foreigners at that time, which can also be regarded as ticket promotion.

"The result of the last home game was not very good."

After filming the show, more than a dozen people from the two teams went to Haidilao to challenge one of the four poisons in the e-sports circle.

Anyway, people from both sides are here, so if you want to fish together, don't think about running away.

"S3 All-Star...ah."

Mingkai couldn't help but sigh.

That year, WE in S2 performed very well and beat the OGN team that just opened the server in S2. Before the start of S3 All-Star, LPL once thought it was the world's number one region.

As a result, it was defeated miserably in S3 All-Star.

Mingkai personally proved that Insec was the world's number one jungler.

The LPL All-Star Dream Team was completely defeated by the OGN All-Star Team.

From that year on, OGN stood on the corpses of LPL and achieved the position of king. It was not until the 2015 MSI that LPL regained its place.

"Lost Glory, I Take Back with My Own Hands" - Mingkai

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After returning to the base, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Not long after, the official account of LPL immediately released the pre-match promotional video of the LPL Spring Finals on Weibo, WeChat public account, Penguin Video and other places.

As soon as the promotional video was uploaded, the number of clicks immediately exceeded 100,000, and it is still rising at a very impressive rate. The promotional video was also quickly reposted on overseas YouTube videos.

In the IG club, everyone quickly gathered together and clicked on the promotional video.

As usual, the beginning is still a fist logo that seems to be able to shatter the screen. After the opening animation ends, it is followed by a low background music.

The picture turns from dark to bright, surrounded by fog, and the two teams are divided into two groups and confront each other on the stage.

Surrounding the ten players, the camera keeps promoting and pulling up.

One side is the champion of last year's summer season and the world championship.

The other side also has the LPL three consecutive championships and the MSI championship.

These two teams are the top in the entire LPL in terms of performance.

The next second, the screen went black, and then a close-up of each person and the totem behind them appeared.

The first one to be shown was the EDG bottom lane duo.

Deft and Meiko appeared, two people back to back, behind them, clouds and mist rolled, and gradually a moose with two horns and head held high appeared.

Behind the two people, it was Jack and Xiao Ming.

Two thin figures leaned side by side, but Jack obviously did not have such awareness, with his hands on his waist, with an expression of "Let me show off for a while".

And Xiao Ming stood silently aside like a little submissive.

The totem was not unexpected, it was a wolf.

Everyone appeared one after another, Mingkai's totem was a python, Pawn's totem was an eagle, and Rookie's phoenix bird, but none of them looked as domineering as TheShy's tiger coming down the mountain.

The last shot of the promotional video was given to Yuan Shen.

And behind him was a dragon.

The dragon totem of China!

Seeing this scene, everyone understood something in their hearts.

This year, Tengda is going to support Yuan Shen?

But it is true that Yuan Shen's performance this year has fully proved that his performance is not staged, but is indeed very strong.

Only after going through the test of time can it not fail.

And as the champion FMVP of the S game, Yuan Shen now has the highest honor.

Even Mingkai is inferior.

After all, the gold content of MSI FMVP is less.

However, Yuan Shen does not have an MSI championship, and only has one LPL championship, which is a bit thin in comparison.