May 22nd, the day of the finals.
Lin Yan opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the chandelier on the ceiling.
Xiao Tian, who was the last to sleep, did not close the balcony door properly. A breeze blew through the door and windows, causing the curtains to flutter. The morning sun shone in after the breeze, reflecting a bright light on the Crystal chandelier.
Lin Yan was blinded by the light. He wanted to get up and wash up, but his neck hurt.
"Hiss …" He could not help but gasp.
Last night, Jin Gong had watched the recording of the last match against G2.
As the team itself could obtain the video with the team's real-time voice recording, Jin Gong could clearly hear Lin Yan almost blurting out profanities, as well as Phyllostachys Pubescens's embellishment.
In the end, Lin Yan and Xiao Tian could not protect their necks and were ruthlessly ravaged by Jin Gong's demonic claws.
Lin Yan rubbed the back of his neck and slowly shook it.
Not long after, the soreness in his neck disappeared. Lin Yan moved his neck a little more and felt that his neck was much more flexible than it was two days ago.
The MSI competition schedule was quite tight. The intensive competition schedule made Lin Yan tired from training. He did not have time to jog and train his body these days.
After a week of sitting in front of the computer, his body was much stiffer, especially his neck. It felt sore when he twisted it.
However, after being ravaged by Jin Gong, the pain in Lin Yan's neck disappeared without a trace.
He was pleasantly surprised.
Jin Gong's' Neck Warning 'actually had the effect of a massage?
That was too ridiculous, wasn't it?
Lin Yan happily ran to brush his teeth and wash up. Then, he went downstairs to the restaurant to fill his stomach with Xiao Tian, who was rubbing his eyes.
Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong were wearing slippers, beach shorts, and sunglasses. They looked like they did not like anyone.
The two of them were not going to play in the finals. As usual, they were going to walk around the beach two times.
Lin Yan came back with a plate of scrambled eggs.
"Where have you been these days?" he asked Brainless and Unhappy as he smeared ketchup on his toast.
"Jesus statue, bread mountain, Rio Cathedral …" Liu Qingsong counted with his fingers. "Do you want to go?"
"Yeah, I want to walk around after the finals." Lin Yan nodded.
The exotic scenery of Brazil was quite fascinating. If you removed the slums and the unstable social environment, it was indeed a good place to travel.
On arriving in Rio that evening he had been fascinated by the Niterói Bridge and the statue of Christ on Monte Cristo, and it was only natural that he should see the sights after the final.
He also wanted to take some pictures of the scenery and show them to Su Cheng.
At this time, Jin Gong walked into the restaurant with his bird's nest hair. His eyes were drowsy and his hair was messy. He looked like he hadn't woken up yet.
"Thank you, Brother Jin Gong." Lin Yan was grateful for his kindness and patted Jin Gong's arm when he sat down.
"Hmm?" Jin Gong yawned and didn't react.
"What do you mean?" He tilted his head and looked at Xiao Tian.
Mongoose rolled his eyes. "I'm your father, not Lin Yan's father. How would I know what he means?"
Jin Gong raised his hand.
Phyllostachys Pubescens subconsciously shrank his head and hid his neck.
Guo Hao handed the plate of sandwiches to Jin Gong.
"Where did you learn to warn your neck?" Lin Yan took a bite of bread and drank a mouthful of milk. In an instant, his mouth overflowed with the fragrance of milk.
"My grandma. What's wrong?" Jin Gong was a little puzzled.
Lin Yan was once again in awe of the legendary Grandma Jin Gong.
"Don't worry." He considerately gave Jin Gong two sausages. "You won't have to worry about not having anything to do after you retire."
Jin Gong was confused, but since it was the busy day of the finals, he didn't ask any more questions. He hurriedly finished his breakfast with his teammates and went to the training room to discuss their strategy.
It was evening in China, and Su Cheng had time to discuss with her mic.
The team members and the coaching staff exchanged opinions, each expressing their views on how to deal with SKT in the finals, and reached a positive consensus.
Let's go.
Huni had followed SKT in the Korean league for an entire spring, continuing the classic 41 point push style. He once roasted 80,000 damage in a Lamborghini match, and was nicknamed Hu Bawan.
In the entire S7 Spring Season, Huni's average damage output was 551 points, and he was at the top of the LCK leaderboard. This figure had been mentioned in the previous Spring Season, and it was close to Theshy's, and higher than the average ADC Lin Weixiang.
(See the chart in this chapter.)
He looked quite strong, and his damage output was off the charts.
At the same time, he was good at ordering.
His ordering was different from Kid's God of Wandering's "Let's order first". Huni's ordering referred to defeating the weaker top laners in the competition.
As long as you're better than me, I'll ride your face.
Since the start of the S5 World Championship, Huni had been doing this. After returning to the Korean league, he and Little Peanut were nicknamed "SKT's Two Ordering Heroes" by the audience.
However, many problems were also exposed.
He was too pretentious.
He was even more pretentious than Jack.
There was no such thing as "balanced development" in Huni's mind. It was either you explode, or I explode.
Even if he was countered by the opposing top laner, and was targeted by the opposing mid laner, he still maintained a courageous heart.
It was impossible not to catch a top laner like him.
The Flash Wolves' victory in the group stage was due to Casa's military top laners.
Therefore, YM's battle plan was clear and clear, and it was rare for everyone to reach a consensus.
In order to maintain a high level of focus, the YM team members did not eat. Those who did not sleep well the night before went back to their rooms to catch up on sleep, while the rest stayed in the training room to practice.
At two o 'clock in the afternoon, Lin Yan and his teammates took the bus to Rio's Olympic Stadium.
The road conditions were worse than the day of the semi-finals. Along the way, the beeping of horns could be heard. For a moment, Rio was like New Delhi, India.
Lin Yan had nothing to do, so he took out his phone to surf.
Just like the Spring Season finals, Lin Mingdong, who had just finished his rest day, sent him a WeChat message to cheer him on.
Lin Yan found that he had more and more emojis. Not only were there hamsters, but there were even emojis with dumbfounded eyes.
These emojis brought the two closer to each other to a certain extent, allowing them to communicate more emotionally. Lin Yan chatted as he collected the emojis.
After saving an orange cat emoji that said "Can you be as steady as me?", Lin Yan could not help but type a question.
[Where did you find all these emojis?]
Lin Mingdong quickly replied. [I think they're quite fun. You youngsters should like these things, right?]
[It's okay … it's just a little weird.]
[Then I'll use them less in the future.] Lin Mingdong responded quickly.
Lin Yan calculated the time. It was already late at night in China.
[You should go to bed early. You'll see the results of the finals tomorrow morning.]
Lin Mingdong replied with an OK emoji of Zhang Xueyou and ended the conversation.
He turned off his phone and leaned on the bed to read the WeChat messages.
The information and communications company that Lin Mingdong was in was quite large. The department structure was complicated, but with a high elimination rate, or to put it nicely, optimization rate, there were quite a lot of young people in the company.
When there were more young people, the WeChat group was filled with emojis every day.
There were usually no leaders in this group. Some of the programmers who had just joined the company did not have hairline pressure. On a rare day off, they would still fight in the group late at night.
However, they did not expect that Lin Mingdong, the second-in-command of the company's consumer business group, would open a secondary WeChat account after the New Year. He took a look at the group and received five emojis.
Lin Mingdong took off his glasses with satisfaction, pinched the bridge of his nose, turned off the bedside lamp, and his breathing gradually became even.
…
On the other side, Lin Yan looked in front of him. The road to the finals venue was still crowded. Many Brazilians saw the fist logo on the bus and took out their phones to take pictures.
Some people did not turn off the flash. Lin Yan was shaken twice. He quickly closed the curtains, laid down the chair, and watched the beep beep beep beep beep.
He was not an anime character, nor did he watch dramas.
Usually, he mainly watched LOL videos. The Korean server's Strongest King's OB videos were his favorite. Lin Yan could often see himself in them.
As long as he saw a video where the uploader chose him to carry the entire game, Lin Yan would happily give it three times in a row. He never said that he would definitely do it next time.
Today, Big Data sent him a video message.
It was a video review of a competition made by a uploader.
Lin Yan did not usually watch these kinds of reviews because they were not very valuable.
Most of the people who participated in the review were not in the professional circle. The quality of the videos they made was also mixed.
More importantly, they were looking at the problem from the perspective of the audience. The information they obtained was very limited.
It had to be known that a pro player would only participate in around 100 matches in a year.
However, in a year, they participated in at least 700 mock competitions.
These mock competitions, which were not made public, were the main source of information for analysts and coaches.
They would analyze why a hero was so strong in the current version. Was it because of the combination system, or was it because the previous strong hero in the same position had been weakened? Was it because he was a backup?
This information was not known to the creators of the review videos. The gap in information meant that the review videos could not reproduce the thoughts of the players on the field.
More importantly, many of the reviews were nonsense. They did not look at the minions or the jungle. The quality of the videos was extremely poor.
However, the video that was pushed to Lin Yan was a little interesting.
The title was [S7 MSI Ten Thousand Words Analysis, Hardcore Interpretation of LPL's Absolute King YM from the Hero's Microphone Perspective, Detail Analysis of the Mystery of the YM's Jungle Linkage].
The video was just released yesterday, and the number of views was close to a million. The author's account was [Sponge Sponge Baoshan Mud Ruo 'er]. It looked like a highly stitched monster in a zoo.
Lin Yan saw that there was still traffic on the road. He had nothing to do, so he put on his headphones and clicked on the play button.
A deep and magnetic voice broke into Lin Yan's ears through the headphones.
After a short opening speech, the reviewer began his performance.
"First, let's take a look at the first game of the semi-finals between YM and G2 that just ended. Ran's Gario brought a scan when he went out. It was exactly the same strategy they used against WE in the spring finals.
"Because there is a cooldown time when changing accessories now, the error tolerance of bringing a scan out in the early stages is quite low. After all, if they can't empty their eyes, the cooldown time caused by changing accessories will cause YM to have one less eye in the early stages."
The UP Master spoke as he played the video of the game.
"In this game, the effectiveness of the scan against G2 is enough to prove the strength of YM's analysts. They clearly saw through the opponent's early defensive eye placement and made the scan play an unexpected effect.
"The experience of one eye spot was divided among three people. It allowed the two solo lanes to rise to level 2 after the first wave of minions. The level advantage in the early stages can completely make up for the hero's restraint. This made G2's top and middle not dare to continue pushing.
At this time, there were many viewers who didn't know that the experience of the three players could be used to grab the second spot in advance. They all sent out 'learned' comments.
The reviewer's control of the tone and rhythm was quite good, and it didn't make people feel annoyed.
"But this is just the beginning. If we combine it with the hero microphone released by YM and the game officials yesterday, we will find that their strategy is not limited to this."
The hero microphone was a part of the team's internal voice during a professional game. It was played with the permission of the team.
Lin Yan knew that there were people in the base who were responsible for the review and editing of the microphone. They were released once a month during the major games, mainly for the fans to see.
He didn't expect that a game reviewer would use it today.
After a simple transition in the video, a snippet of the hero microphone's audio was cut.
"You eat the opponent's blue buff and go back to the city. I'll help you guard your own blue!"
Lin Yan listened to his own voice in the video and felt a little awkward. He quickly adjusted his lying position.
"Then I'll put an accessory eye in his jungle and seal his position."
Xiao Tian was extremely cooperative. He controlled Blind Monk to go back to the city. When he was about to return to the spring, he threw an accessory eye in G2's jungle.
The game in the video suddenly paused, and the iconic magnetic voice sounded again.
"What is worth our attention is that Jin Gong has already planted a defensive eye at the entrance of YM's blue buff and the river. From a bird's eye view, YM's intentions are quite obvious."
He paused. "First enter the jungle and use the scan to empty the eye spots to ensure that their top and middle can snatch level 2. Then, let Xiao Tian immediately return to the city after removing the buff. He will guard his own jungle and surround the G2 jungler who wants to enter the jungle to change the buff.
"Some students might ask, is it okay if the G2 jungler doesn't go to the blue buff?"
The UP Master also interacted with the audience. At this time, dozens of repeated comments floated on the screen. "Is it okay if the G2 jungler doesn't go to the blue buff?"
"The answer is no. If he doesn't go to the blue buff, there are very few wild monsters that Spider can farm in the early game."
"Before Xiao Tian removed the G2 blue buff and returned to the city, he left an accessory eye in the G2 Three Wolves' jungle. If the G2 jungler's single buff is red and he goes to level 3 to catch it, there is a high chance that he will be discovered by the eye. At that time, he will have to return without any success."
"Even if he has red beaked bird gargoyle speed three, it will not be easy to catch him on the top lane. YM relied on the G2 Three Wolves' camp's vision and did not see the opponent's jungler. They can also guess the opponent's jungler's jungler route. This will definitely alert Jin Gong."
"In other words, from the moment the G2 jungler's layout was scanned, the G2 jungler can no longer play. His jungler route has been completely locked by YM."
As soon as this analysis came out, the screen was full of comments.
[This is too scary.]
[Do you really think that professional players are all pig noses?
Keyboard Warrior, you are the fiercest. If S7 let you play, you will win the championship. Those who play in the competition are all idiots.]
[They train for more than ten hours a day. Do you think they are like you, playing for fun?]
At this time, the bus finally started moving. It drove slowly toward the stadium, but every stop made Jin Gong, who was sleeping on the bus, very dissatisfied. He whispered to his mother on the asphalt roads of Rio.
Lin Yan continued to look down at his phone.
The UP Master's magnetic voice was still calm.
"In the second game of the semi-finals, YM also used an early game trick to kill G2."
"Many people were very confused about Xiao Tian rushing to the bushes above the Dragon Pit ten seconds in advance to squat at the G2 jungler. However, when combined with the contents of the microphone that was released, it was clear."
He continued to play the audio content of the microphone. Lin Yan's voice was calm and calm.
"Push the bottom lane first. Don't be afraid. Nanqiang will definitely not catch you."
In the video, Lin Yan's Rock Sparrow skateboarded along the wall and strolled around the G2 jungler.
The UP Master paused the video. "We noticed that Ran did not have the yellow accessory eye at this time. Then why was he so sure that Nanqiang would not go to the bottom lane?"
He rewound the video of the game to the beginning.
"In this game, Ran still scanned the jungler and invaded the jungler. He still wanted to take advantage, but G2 was prepared. Their first-tier team's combat power was very poor, so they did not set up vision in the bottom half of their own jungler and let YM play in the jungler."
"But this gave Ran a chance."
In the dense bullet screen, in the video of the game, Rock Sparrow returned to the spring.
"It's here. He changed back to the yellow accessory eye, and the accessory entered a 120-second cooldown because of this."
"But G2 did not know all of this. Because they did not see Rock Sparrow's movements, they did not know that Ran had a scanning accessory at the beginning of the game."
"Ran used Rock Sparrow's characteristics to push the line and steal the second and immediately went into the G2 jungler."
The UP Master specially drew Lin Yan's route of action at that time.
"G2 mistakenly thought that Rock Sparrow placed the yellow accessory eye in their own jungler. Pay attention to G2's map mark."
He zoomed in on the small map in the OB video, and G2's side frantically sent out a 'there's an eye here' signal in their own red zone.
"G2's jungler went all the way down from the top and saw the mark given by his teammates. He thought that his movements had been exposed."
"At the same time, Jack and the prophet's pressure seemed very unreasonable. G2's jungler thought that his position had been seen by the other side, and Xiao Tian rushed to the bottom lane to do a reverse crouch."
"In this case, he naturally would not forcibly take the bottom lane. He simply went back to the city to replenish after clearing the jungler. Then he attacked Xiao Tian and stole YM's Sharp-Beaked Bird."
At this point in the analysis, there were already bullet screens that took the lead in spamming the word 'carefully'. Lin Yan looked at it so densely that he forgot how to pronounce the word for a while.
The magnetic male voice continued to play the video. "But all of this was within YM's calculations."
Below was another section of Lin Yan's team voice chat.
"When you go back later, you'll crouch here. The opposing jungler will definitely come," he instructed Xiao Tian. "About ten to fifteen seconds."
Then G2's jungler swaggered into the jungler and delivered his head to Xiao Tian and Lin Yan.
[Ran's team commander is really strong. YM basically didn't suffer much in terms of decision-making, right?]
[To be honest, YM's offensive rhythm in the early and middle stages was too smooth. Lin Yan's contribution as the team commander can't go unnoticed.]
[Won't G2's jungler be pissed to death when he goes back to review the game?
This is a complete IQ crush!]
This section of the team voice chat had been edited by YM's personnel. The previous section of YM's team voice chat had been completely deleted. After all, the team would not allow information like the command strategy to be leaked.
However, Lin Yan did not expect that there would actually be a replay streamer who could guess YM's early thoughts through the edited microphone voice chat.
"The early thinking game between the two sides of this game can be roughly described in one sentence," the streamer paused for a moment. "I predicted your prediction."
Lin Yan glanced at the bullet screen.
[What you saw was the second level, and you only imagined that I was on the first level. In fact, I was on the fifth level?]
[I remember when I saw Xiao Tian crouching in the grass for ten seconds, there were a lot of keyboard warriors who were scolding him.
Where are they now?]
[Isn't it normal to change your face?
They just won't admit their mistakes. Anyway, no one will recognize them even if they change their accounts.]
[Don't embarrass yourself. The people who scolded Xiao Tian for playing a big game of chess and the people who praised Xiao Tian after taking the first blood may be the same group of people.]
[You should be more careful in the future. Do you really think that an amateur gamer can challenge a professional player's rice bowl?]
The bus finally stopped. Lin Yan got up and looked around. The Rio Olympic Stadium was right in front of him.
There was still nearly half an hour to the replay of the game, so he definitely couldn't finish watching it. He cleared the background app and returned the seat to its original height.
"Get off the bus, get off the bus. Carry your bags!" Guo Hao clapped his hands to remind everyone.
Lin Yan and the others had just gotten off the bus. The official cameramen arranged by Fist had been waiting for a long time. They raised the "long and short guns" in their hands and took pictures of the YM players!
Lin Yan's eyes were sharp. He recognized Yimura among the group of cameramen.
He saw Yimura holding the camera and pointing it at him. He smiled and reached out his hand to greet him.
Yimura smiled gratefully.
Before the game, there were very few professional players who cooperated with the cameramen. The cameramen usually had to use all kinds of roundabout tactics to get close to the players and press the shutter button. When they returned to the field, they had to choose carefully to find a nine-square grid to submit.
Lin Ran raised his head and looked at the majestic stadium.
He came here with the belief that he would win, just for the championship trophy.