"YM made an incredible comeback in this game!"
Doll shouted excitedly. "They only took three minutes to go from being behind by ten thousand dollars to ending the game!"
Mille followed up at the right time. "They swept EDG with a 3: 0 score. Let's congratulate YM!
While they made it to the summer finals, they also got a ticket to the global finals of S7! "
The audience looked at the YM players who took off their headphones and stood up. They were not stingy with their applause and cheers!
"How did that team battle in the middle lane happen?
Didn't EDG notice it at that time? "
Doll shouted anxiously. He wanted to watch the replay again. He felt that the game was so surreal that it was really confusing.
The dejected EDG players, who had just taken off their headphones, heard Doll's shouts on the commentary platform. Their faces were flushed with shame.
Don't mess with my dead body!
The director did not listen to Doll this time. He stayed on the post-match handshake segment.
Factory Director, who was shaking hands with Lin Yan, was dazed. His dead fish eyes had lost their previous light.
He, who was the MVP of the mid-season competition, played a good game for 25 minutes. He was omnipotent.
A five-second team battle ruined the entire game.
It only took five seconds to go from heaven to hell.
Now, they could only go to the bubble match and compete with the other three teams for the last ticket to the global finals.
But … Factory Director let go of his hand and looked sideways at his teammates. They were even more depressed than he was.
Could such a team, whose confidence was about to be crushed, really fight their way out of the bubble match?
For the first time, Mingkai doubted whether they could make it to the global finals.
"The MVP of the game is here …" Mille received a message from the director backstage. At the same time, a photo of the player appeared on the big screen in the stadium.
His expression was cold, and he was wearing YM's black and red uniform. His right index finger was placed on his lips, and his face was full of arrogance. However, this expression did not match his slightly chubby face that had a hint of naivety.
"Operate Luo's Crisp!"
Even though his stats were not good, Liu Qingsong was worthy of being the engine that turned the tables in the middle lane.
The director quickly edited the highlights. After all, YM had only won the last two team battles. The rest of the footage did not need to be edited.
Liu Qingsong's highlight finally satisfied Doll and many of the spectators. They once again saw the full picture of the team battle.
While Jin Gong was still harassing the EDG players in the bottom lane, the other four members of YM had already cleared the minions in the middle lane. They took the opportunity to rush to the top half of the map to set up their vision.
Clockwork, Law, Pigsy, and Verus' four Eyes of Truth covered every corner of the Dragon's Pit. Then, they kept marking the area with their signals, obviously trying to find a suitable place to set up an ambush.
Dragon Pit, River Grass …
In the end, they chose the bushes above the middle lane. There was still some distance from the Dragon's pit, and EDG would not be so vigilant.
When Jin Gong died in the bottom lane, the four members of YM were already waiting in the bushes.
The moment the EDG players gathered in the middle lane, Liu Qingsong made his move.
Law activated his big move to speed up and rushed out of the bushes. He flashed and closed the distance. W [Grand Entrance] put his body in front of the EDG players!
Even under the director's slow-motion camera, his movements were still extremely fast!
Other than Dusk who used her big move to dodge, the rest of the EDG players were all under the effects of Charm and Knockback. Then, Lin Yan used Clockwork's big move. The Marionette Shock Wave that hit all four of them was extremely shocking!
Then, it was the baptism of YM's team control skills.
When all the control skills were used, EDG's single frontline lineup had been baptized to death by cannon fire!
From the beginning to the end, other than iboy Dusk who reacted quickly and used her big move, the rest of the EDG players did not even have the chance to use their skills from the moment they were hit by Law's Charm until their health bars were emptied!
Charm, Knockback, Stun … The combination of control skills was so perfect that the skill bars of the four EDG players remained dim and unusable!
Ridiculous!
After watching the replay of the team battle, the audience and the commentator had this thought in their minds.
Doll was still immersed in YM's perfect teamwork. Mille opened his mouth to prevent the live broadcast from falling into an awkward silence. He analyzed the situation bit by bit based on the information he knew.
"Previously, EDG wasted a lot of time trying to catch Jin Gong who was solo in the bottom lane. There was no vision of the top lane at all. YM took this opportunity to ambush them."
"In fact, EDG had the ability to counterattack in this team battle." Mille chose his words carefully. "It can only be said that Liu Qingsong was too decisive."
He did not watch carefully during the previous game. He was just wondering why the EDG players would come together inexplicably. However, after watching the replay, Mille finally found the blind spot.
Before Law appeared from the bushes, there was a large wave of YM's Chariot Soldiers in the middle lane.
Iboy was clearing the creeps at that time. Everything seemed normal.
However, after the Chariot Soldier died, Wind Maiden, who was originally standing at the back of the team and far away from the top lane, suddenly took two steps forward and stuck close to Dusk, Rambo, and Lucian.
The reason for this sudden abnormal movement was very simple. There was a shiny gold coin on the dead Chariot Soldier.
The passive effect of the support equipment [Ancient Coin] was that the Chariot Soldier would drop coins that would restore mana or increase economy. Meiko, who was originally very well-equipped, was a little greedy when she saw the gold coin on the Chariot Soldier's wreckage. She took two steps forward and wanted to pick it up.
This exposed Wind Maiden to an extremely dangerous situation. Liu Qingsong took the opportunity to enter the field with a roll and a W to charm Meiko and kill her.
If Meiko could stand quietly at the back of the team and stay away from the fog of war in the top lane, it would be useless even if Liu Qingsong drove to the rest of EDG. In this version of the game, Wind Maiden's [Redemption] + R [Resuscitating Monsoon] could provide an unimaginable amount of healing for her teammates. At the same time, she could also blow away the opponent and give her teammates more room to deal damage.
Simply put, with a gap of as high as 10,000 in economy, as long as Meiko was not one-shot, EDG would not lose this team battle no matter what.
However, he took two steps forward.
(I put an easter egg in the video back then)
Mille, who discovered the problem, did not explicitly say that Meiko's movement in the team battle was like an actor due to his identity as an official LPL commentator. Instead, he tactfully said that "Liu Qingsong was too decisive in starting the team battle".
High EQ.
However, just because Mille did not say anything, it did not mean that no one noticed this mistake. After the game, the legendary IG top eight player, the hair transplant warlock Xiao Xiao Sun Yeyou hit the nail on the head and pointed out the big mistake caused by Meiko.
Deyun Se, which was founded by Xiao Xiao, also had a post-game review program. Together with the still unretired OMG veteran Sicca, they attracted a lot of fans with their understanding of the game.
Many viewers would go there to relieve their boredom. Sun Yeyou's words spread like wildfire. E-Sports media and marketing accounts also joined in the party. Suddenly, everyone knew about it.
After EDG lost the game, League of Legends fans on Tieba, Hupu, and other platforms crazily lashed out at the National Film Academy. The GIF of the team battle where they were 10,000 ahead in economy was turned around spread widely and almost swept through the entire LOL board.
EDG and Meiko were suddenly at the forefront of public opinion.
[The commentator doesn't even know how they lost the team battle. EDG will teach you how to lose!]
[Congratulations to the National Film Academy for achieving the legendary achievement: 10,000 ahead in economy was turned around!]
[Mid laner third pick Lu Xian. Lu Xian kneels down, right?]
[Every time I look at the team battle GIF, I feel that it's ridiculous. The IDs of both sides are covered. I thought that some idiot had created a custom video. This team battle coordination is too fake.]
Lin Yan and his teammates had no time to care about EDG, which they had just swept. They had to prepare for the LPL summer finals in five days.
On August 30th, they took a flight north to Beijing. After checking into the hotel that day, they recorded a pre-match promotional video, trash talk, and other content with their finals opponent, RNG.
On the 31st, YM ran to the competition venue for the dress rehearsal for the award ceremony after half a day of training. Their schedule was tense and busy.
By the time they said goodbye to Teng Jing, who was in charge of the venue preparation, and the staff of Fist China, and returned to the hotel, it was already 10 pm.
At this time, there were no other teams playing in the training competition. YM and the others could only move freely in the training room.
The diligent Jin Gong was still practicing solo. He was already 22 years old and was about to cross the golden age of a professional player. The Brazilian could only try his best to extend his peak period by practicing non-stop.
Jack and Liu Qingsong practiced duo, working hard to develop tacit understanding and lane strength.
The two of them were not considered very strong lane players, but tomorrow's finals were against Ouze and Shi Senming, who were currently the strongest lane players in LPL.
White Crescent's request for them was very simple — no lanes.
The request was very simple, but the two of them were not confident. After coming to Beijing, their win rate in duo was less than 40%.
The remaining two, Prophet and Lin Weixiang, would probably not be able to play in the finals.
The former had not given up hope. He curled up his legs in his seat and played solo. In this round, he replaced Sapphire as the AD player. He muttered, "You won't die if you attack him." His voice was unclear, and it felt like he was evolving into Golden Left Hand.
Lin Weixiang's expression was much more relaxed. He listened to the earthy music and shook his head, controlling Dusk to kill randomly in Summoner's Canyon. It was only 10 pm, far from his excitement.
Lin Yan, Xiao Tian, and White Crescent watched RNG's match videos together. Lin Yan's opponent tomorrow was Xiao Hu. There was basically no need to worry about lane play. Instead, their tactical thinking was more worth studying.
The three of them looked at RNG's matches one by one, trying to find out the opponent's tactical focus through RNG's early rhythm engine, Spicy Saucepan's movement.
"If he's eating Stone Beetles at this time, Xiao Tian, you can just …" Lin Yan looked at the video and picked up a marker to write and draw on the whiteboard of Summoner's Canyon. White Crescent added on from the side.
Phyllostachys Pubescens stretched his neck and listened attentively.
The YM training room that was temporarily set up in the hotel was brightly lit. It was not until 2.30am that Lin Weixiang, who had just killed 30 people in the Korean server's King's Game, left the training room humming an earthy song.
Before turning off the lights, he glanced back at the room one last time.
The whiteboard at the bottom of Summoner's Canyon was almost covered with black markers. The map was densely packed with route markings and timestamps beside it were obviously the masterpieces of Lin Yan and White Crescent.
Even though they had obtained the ticket to the global finals, no one slacked off because of it.
As the champions of last year's global finals, the summer championship and the first seed of the LPL were their goals this summer.
…
September 1st, afternoon, Beijing Wukesong Stadium.
This used to be the venue for the Olympic Basketball Games. It could hold up to 18000 spectators and was considered a landmark in Beijing. Teng Jing had rented it for four days to host the summer finals and League of Legends' sixth anniversary event.
There were still two hours before the start of the game, but there was already a long line outside the stadium. Even though it was already September, the temperature in Beijing was still close to 30 ° C.
However, not only did the high temperature not quiet the spectators who came to watch the game, the atmosphere outside the stadium was getting hotter and hotter.
The local spectators were passionate. When they saw YM's black and red BMW approaching the stadium, they immediately burst into cheers and waved the support items they had just received to welcome YM's arrival.
Lin Yan got out of the car and followed behind Fist China's staff. He went straight to the team's lounge backstage through the work channel.
After putting on his makeup and listening to White Crescent's strategy in the lounge, there was only 15 minutes left before he went on stage.
Other than Liu Qingsong, it was not the first time the other four members of YM had participated in the finals. They were also quite experienced and were not nervous before they went on stage. Jack was even fishing on Tieba.
Lin Yan took the time to reply to Su Cheng and Lin Mingdong's WeChat messages. He turned his head and saw Liu Qingsong licking his lips frequently.
"Don't panic. It's just a small competition," Lin Yan comforted his teammate.
"I'm not panicking," Liu Qingsong replied with a straight face. He held his peripheral in his arms and looked straight ahead.
Lin Yan wanted to say something else, but Winston knocked on the door and entered. "Get ready!"
He put his phone in his bag, took the paper cup with ice water Guo Hao handed him, and left the lounge backstage.
The host on stage was still reading the sponsor's advertisement. Under Winston's guidance, YM's players and coach came to the dimly lit entrance and waited to go on stage.
This place was not far from the viewing platform. Lin Yan could hear the cheers and screams from the audience from time to time.
RNG went on stage.
He could hear quite a number of audience members shouting Ouze's ID loudly.
Beside him, Winston was already grinning from ear to ear.
"What are you laughing about?" Lin Yan had a suspicious look on his face.
"I just remembered something that made me happy …" Winston casually continued, then realized what he meant and corrected himself. "The enthusiasm of the Beijing audience is beyond imagination. Our decision to hold the S7 finals here last year was definitely a wise choice."
To Winston, the number of people watching the global finals and the live audience's feedback were very important. This would determine how many months of salary he would get for his year-end bonus.
"The audience is so enthusiastic …" Xiao Tian, who was standing in front of Lin Yan, turned his head. "I feel that the audience's reaction isn't much worse than the mid-season competition in Brazil."
"It's only about ten thousand people. Let's come back to Beijing in two months. We'll go to the biggest stadium then. The scenery there is much grander than here." Lin Yan patted Phyllostachys Pubescens on the shoulder.
The YM members listened to Lin Yan's words with longing on their faces.
Come back to Beijing in two months …
It could only be the finals of the S7 global finals. If YM successfully reached that stage, the stage they would be on would be the National Stadium in the northeast, twenty kilometers away from Wukesong, the Bird's Nest.
This twenty kilometers, which people dreamed of day and night, was an unattainable goal for many professional players …
The YM members' hearts were burning with fighting spirit. Even Liu Qingsong's bangs, which were so long that they almost covered his eyes, couldn't hide his burning fighting spirit.
"Next, let us give a round of applause to the defending champion — YM!" The host's loud and deep voice rang through the stadium.
Lin Yan followed behind Jin Gong and Xiao Tian as they left the waiting tunnel.
The moment he appeared on the stage, the support sticks in the stands from all directions made muffled sounds, screams, and cheers mixed together. The huge sound wave wrapped in a dry atmosphere entered his ears.
"Top laner Gimgoon, jungler Tian, mid laner Ran, bottom laner Jackeylove, support Crisp, and substitutes LWX, Yuyanjia, and coach Crescent!"
The YM members stood in front of the player seats and waved to the audience in the stands.
"Next, let us give the stage to two teams!"
The host, Zhu Zhen, had just finished speaking when the originally bright stage lighting effects disappeared. Only a bright spotlight remained above the Silver Dragon Cup placed in the center of the stage.
1200 kilometers away in Shanghai, in the east dormitory of Fudan University, Su Cheng lay on the bed without a care for her image. She hugged her tablet and watched the live broadcast.
The military training exercise had just ended, so she could finally relax. The first thing she did when she returned to the dormitory was to use her fist to break up the quilt that had been folded into a tofu block.
Just as she smashed the quilt back to its original soft state, her petite roommate from the same dormitory pushed the door open and hopped onto Su Cheng's bed with her short legs.
The first thing she did after getting onto the bed was to give Su Cheng a bear hug.
"Don't … where are your hands touching?"
Su Cheng's face turned red. She jumped up and hit her head on the ceiling, letting out a scream.
"Hit your head?
I let you jump up and you want to run? "The girl stood up proudly. Her head was still a distance away from the ceiling. She continued in a sly tone," Hehe, look, I can't hit the ceiling. Being tall isn't necessarily a good thing … "
Su Cheng's dormitory had the standard upper bed and lower table, with a height of 3.3 meters. With her height of 1.7 meters, it was unrealistic for her to stand up straight on the bed. After living in the dormitory for half a month, she still hadn't gotten used to it. If she wasn't careful, she would hit her head on the ceiling.
Su Cheng felt that if she kept hitting her head like this, sooner or later, she would learn how to use a Rocket Head. When that time came, she would probably be able to kill Lin Yan.
She rubbed her head and looked at the tablet. The LPL summer finals were being broadcasted live. Since the finals were held in Beijing this year, they naturally had to include local cultural elements. Beijing opera was a must.
Now that the white-faced Cao Cao on the screen was laughing unscrupulously, Su Cheng felt that he was mocking her.
The promotional video finally stopped on Lin Yan. He was tall and handsome, with the YM black and red team flag on his right shoulder. His left hand was in his pocket as he looked down at the camera.
Then, he waved the team flag fiercely. Accompanied by the sound of the wind, the black color of the team flag covered the entire screen. Then, it slowly turned into a black color with the charm of China.
Su Cheng looked at her boyfriend who was drinking in the promotional video. Although she clicked her tongue in disdain, the pain in her head had disappeared.
"Trash talk, trash talk …" Her roommate sat cross-legged on Su Cheng's bed. Her eyes were fixed on the live broadcast of the competition, and her mouth was still urging her.
Su Cheng couldn't hold back her claws. She hugged her roommate's petite body from behind and began to explore up and down.
The dormitory was suddenly in chaos, and there were several screams.
After the promotional video ended, the scene changed. Phyllostachys Pubescens was sitting on a chair with his signature smile.
He held the card in his hand and said, "Out of a total of 10 points, how many points do you give to our mid laner Ran and the opposing team's Xiao Hu this summer …"
Mongoose looked at the camera. His voice was soft and weak, and there was a hint of sarcasm in it.
"My standards for my mid laner must be stricter. After all, a strict teacher produces a good student. This summer, his performance was probably a passing standard of 6 points. Because I had some hip problems in the first half of the summer competition, he couldn't even lead a team to 4v5. His performance was really average."
The bullet screen in the live broadcast room was filled with 2333.
Phyllostachys Pubescens continued to comment, "As for Xiao Hu, his level is naturally not as good as our mid laner. I give him 4 points."
"As for why I didn't give him 5 points … because 5 is really not enough." He couldn't help but laugh at this point.
[Good start!]
【？？？
You learned a big move at level 5?]
[As expected of you, Wonderful Frog Seed. This bowl is the Flying Leaf Knife, directly starting a team!]
Ouze's round face was as happy as ever. He laughed bitterly at Xiao Tian's brainless starting a team. He then chose to fight back, "I advise JKL to be more careful when he's in the lane. It won't make sense if he gets killed by the lane."
Jack's big head suddenly appeared on the screen. Because he practiced late last night, he woke up a little later today. His skin was a little swollen, and the shape of his face was somewhat similar to Ouze's.
[Twins?]
[WDNMD, how did he get so fat?]
[Steamed bun, it can't be helped. Sister Li is like this.]
"It's impossible to get killed by the lane." He shook his head. "As everyone knows, YM has four people in the bottom lane. How can they lose?"
After that, Jin Gong, Liu Qingsong, and the others all appeared, but they didn't say anything offensive. Xiao Ming just giggled at the side.
The last to appear was still Lin Yan, and the director asked him a question.
"Have you come up with any strategies to deal with RNG recently?"
He rubbed his head optimistically like Gao Dewei and asked in surprise, "What else do we need to research to deal with RNG?"
"Level three catch and we'll be done!"
Ouze really couldn't laugh this time.
However, the audience liked this kind of trash talk very much. Before every final, they would remember the trash talk list in their hearts and give birth to countless famous jokes.
After Ze Yuan, Long-hair, and the core player Ruo Feng chatted for a while in the commentator's seat, the screen switched to the commentator's seat.
"Welcome to Beijing Wukesong Stadium. This is the live broadcast of the 2017 LPL Summer Finals …"
Today, the three commentators were still Doll and Mille Remembered.
"Today's finals will only affect the champion and runner-up, as well as the first and second seeds of the LPL division," Doll said. "It won't affect the S7 spot."
"That's right." Remembered nodded. "After YM defeated EDG in the semifinals, they and RNG are destined to participate in this year's global finals as the first and second seeds of the LPL."
"Even though RNG was only third place in the Spring Season, the first runner-up, WE, was already out of the finals." Remembered explained the rules to the audience. "According to the rules, the points of the Summer Season are higher than the Spring Season. This way, the first runner-up of the Summer Season will have more points than WE."
"If YM wins this finals, RNG will be the second seed of the LPL (the team with the highest points of the year)."
"If RNG wins the finals, YM will be the second seed …"
After Remembered explained the current points, the director showed the statistics of both teams.
"Hiss, 7.77 KDA, completely crushing the second place …" Miller exclaimed in a low voice.
It wasn't just KDA. YM's kills per game, damage per game, economy per game, tower push per game, and dragons per game were all at the top of the league!
"Ridiculous dominance in the league!"
Doll couldn't help but brag loudly. "All the statistics are at the top. YM is still the strongest team in the LPL!"
"On the other side, RNG's statistics are also very good, but they are indeed weaker than YM," Mille added.
These statistics were also in line with the audience's predictions of the finals. Many people felt that YM had a high chance of winning and that it was unlikely they would lose.
The reason was simple. YM had no obvious weaknesses in their team.
The support Liu Qingsong, who was previously recognized as the team's weak point, suddenly rose two levels in the hearts of the audience after he led his teammates to a comeback with 10,000 economy. Many people felt that he was not weaker than Xiao Ming, who had won the championship.
On the other hand, RNG's individual ability was much weaker than YM's. The consequences would be unimaginable if they were caught.
Comparing the lineups of the two teams, the audience immediately saw that RNG had to rely on junglers to win. If Ouze did not have enough advantages in the middle of the game, it would all be over.
Naturally, YM had a higher chance of winning.
At this time, the three commentators suddenly heard the sound of metal in their headphones.
Their spirits were lifted.
"The finals BP has begun!"