The moment Lin Yan stepped onto the stage, deafening cheers erupted from below the stage. In an instant, the stadium was filled with a cacophony of voices!
The flashes of the cameras did not stop. Not only did Su Cheng and the other CHN representatives record this scene, but also the hundreds and thousands of spectators.
There were many YM fans in Indonesia, but most of them were China citizens who had flown over from the far north to watch the competition.
China did not allow live broadcasts, so they had flown thousands of miles to Jakarta to watch the competition live.
Red flags the size of a palm fluttered in the spectator stands, echoing the bright flag in Lin Yan's hand.
Walk straight, turn around, stop.
Lin Yan left the spectator stands with his back, standing tall like a cliff, standing straight like a pine tree.
He successfully brought the five-starred red flag to the center of Makah Square.
This also marked the first time that China's eSports had stepped onto the stage of traditional sports.
Looking back at the past 15 years, entering Makah Square was the best summary of China's eSports.
Looking forward to the next 15 years, leaving Makah Square was the new starting point for China's eSports.
The bitterness of the journey was the crystallization of the blood, sweat, and tears of the older generation of eSports players.
The flags of all the countries and regions participating in the eSports performance event were gathered in the stadium.
The athletes from the host country, Indonesia, took the stage to make an oath.
"For the honor of the team, athletes from all countries will respect and abide by the rules and the spirit of fairness. We will dedicate ourselves to sports and defend the glory of sports …"
Immediately after, the chairman of the Asian eSports Federation, Mr. Huo Qigang, gave a speech.
After explaining the difficulties of eSports' development and the significance of entering the Asian Games, he paused for a moment.
"I hereby announce the start of the eSports event of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games!"
Thunderous applause resounded throughout the stadium. The spotlights at the top of the stage flashed with a myriad of colors!
Carrying the wishes of countless people, eSports quietly blossomed in the Asian Games.
Lin Yan followed behind Faker back to the designated location to return the flag, then went to meet up with his teammates.
Since there were a total of six e-sports events in this Asian Games, the organizers could not arrange a special lounge for each team like they did for the World Games of Fist, and the stadiums were not that big.
They had originally planned to arrange a large room for all the athletes in a major event to rest in. However, there were too many participants in the League of Legends event, so they made an exception and gave Team A and Team A each a room.
Jack couldn't help complaining as soon as he entered the lounge.
"There's no tactical whiteboard, and I can't receive the team's voice chat. There's not even a projector for replay … This room isn't good!"
When he was in Hong Kong for the qualifiers, he thought that he would just have to bear with it. Who would have thought that the situation in Jakarta was still the same?
"That's enough," Lin Yan advised. "Do you still want to go to heaven?
Why don't I order an emergency delivery and let you eat two egg tarts? "
"9494. Everyone is equally bad. The Korean team doesn't have the equipment you mentioned."
Abu was ready. This time, the six coaches each had a laptop, so they could review with the players one-on-one. It was not difficult for the players to watch the replay of the game.
Lin Yan had just put away his backpack when Mrs. Yang jogged over.
"Get ready for the urine test. The six of you, follow me."
The players looked at each other, and their hearts were in their mouths.
It was not because they were afraid, but because they had never been tested like this before, so they were a little nervous.
Lin Yan asked the coaches to look after his backpack and followed Mrs. Yang to the waiting room.
"You don't have to be nervous," Mrs. Yang said calmly. It was obviously not her first time taking people for a urine test. "Just follow the procedure. It's not that complicated."
The Korean players also came to the waiting room. It seemed like they had also received the notification for the first batch of urine tests.
The Brazilian only nodded when he saw it. He did not come up to greet them like before.
Judging from his expression, he was also nervous about the unknown.
Everyone lined up to sign the "Access Control Form" and then entered the waiting room.
"The drinks and water here are absolutely safe," the official in charge of the inspection emphasized to them. "You can take as much as you want. When you're ready, let me and my colleagues know. We'll take you to get a sample!"
After hearing this, Jack began to look for trouble again. "What if I don't want to pee after drinking the water?"
"Why do you have so many questions?"
Phyllostachys Pubescens was amused by him. "Drink the whole bottle. If you don't want to pee, I suggest you go to the hospital to get your bladder checked."
Lin Yan ignored them and got up to find the drink he wanted.
He had never seen the drinking water here before. It was probably a local brand in Indonesia.
Although the officials claimed it was clean and hygienic, Lin Yan still believed in international products.
He picked up a bottle of Coca Cola and muttered, "It's not that I want to drink Coca Cola, Chengzi. I have no choice."
After reciting a few sentences, Lin Ran calmly unscrewed the bottle cap and began to taste it.
Generally speaking, the preparation time of the players was less than half an hour.
Lin Yan raised his hand and a prosecutor led him to the operating room.
After tossing and turning for a long time, Lin Ran finally settled everything.
The feeling of being stared at while going to the toilet was not a good feeling.
He gave the AB bottle with the urine sample to the prosecutor for sealing, denied taking any drugs or supplements in the last seven days, signed the record, and got the athlete's carbon copy.
"This list will be kept for a month. We will test the urine sample. If there are any problems, we will contact you through the Subcommittee."
Lin Yan heard the official speak in English, indicating that he understood.
He signed the access control form again and successfully left the waiting room.
Liu Qingsong and Jack had also come out. Letme Ouze and Phyllostachys Pubescens were still being tortured inside.
"What the f * ck, the position of the urine test is too weird!"
Shiba Inu was like being possessed by the president of the United States. His hands were like playing an accordion, "Why did he take off his pants below his knees?"
"… Do you want others to know that you were seen naked?" Liu Qingsong wanted to cover his mouth to stop Shiba Inu from continuing.
Fortunately, there were not many Chinese backstage, so they couldn't understand what Jack was saying.
On the way back to the waiting room, they happened to meet two teams that were preparing for the opening match.
The hosts were Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.
This group of players was talking in their own language.
When they saw Lin Yan, the Arabians were excited. If their phones weren't taken away before the security check, they might have asked for a photo.
"… Did you see the keyboard of the Saudi mid laner?" Liu Qingsong suddenly whispered as the two sides walked past each other.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yan turned his head and looked in the direction of the Saudi team.
"His keycaps are all golden!" Liu Qingsong's eyes were shining when he said this.
If he wasn't sure that he was living in the real world, Lin Yan would have suspected that Si Shao had dragon blood and was about to open his golden eyes.
Jack still didn't care, "What's the big deal about golden keycaps?
Just make it custom-made and that's it. "
"Look at how inexperienced you are!" He even mocked Liu Qingsong.
"What do you know!" Jack punched Shiba Inu, "If they were ordinary golden keycaps, why would I ask you to see them?
That's real gold! "
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Ouze, who had just finished the urine test, suddenly appeared. Seeing that they were standing still, he asked curiously.
"The Saudi mid laner who just passed by had a pure gold keyboard in his hand!"
His eyes widened and he sucked in a breath of cold air.
"This guy is terrifying … How much does this pure gold keyboard cost?"
Lin Yan was still a bit confused, "Who knows, I don't think it's too expensive."
After all, it was just a keyboard.
In terms of financial resources, they all had tens of millions of assets, so it wasn't a problem to buy one.
"But who would be so bored as to use gold as a keyboard?"
This topic continued until they rushed back to the lounge.
In the end, they came to the conclusion that the Saudi had too much money to burn to buy this kind of keyboard.
The BP of the opening match had already begun.
Except for the players who hadn't finished the urine test, all the players in Group A were sitting in the lounge, watching the game.
It had to be said that the level of these two teams was indeed very average.
They didn't even have a professional coaching team, and the coaches they hired at the last minute could only copy the ban of China and Korea in the qualifiers. They thought that there must be a reason for the strong to do so.
But they ignored one factor.
The players.
They didn't take into account the players' thoughts.
These players were actually competing on the field, so no matter how the ban changed, it had to be carried out based on the players' own style and hero pool.
They couldn't always play Panther Girl for Mongoose and give soft aids to Liu Qingsong. These were all choices that went against their own style.
Team Indonesia and Team Saudi Arabia didn't consider this at all, and copied the BP of China and Korea. Naturally, the results weren't good.
Moreover, the BP of China and Korea in the qualifiers of the Asian Games was very easy to do. According to Gao Dewei's famous saying, "No matter how you ban, you won't lose."
They were able to do this mainly because their players were too strong compared to the other teams, and their hero pool was deeper.
When the players could use Ryze's Counter to destroy the Lamia, all the BP traps and games would seem incomparably weak and meaningless.
This led to the coaches of China and South Korea facing weak opponents. Even if they did not ban, it would not affect their final victory. In addition, they had been hiding their moves during the qualifiers. Their BP process highlighted that they could do whatever they wanted. To be honest, it was very unscientific.
The temporary coaching teams of Team Saudi Arabia and Team Indonesia didn't even understand the most basic tactics and concepts of League of Legends. Copying the BP of the strong teams not only didn't bring them any benefits, it might even backfire.
For example, in the opening match, Team Indonesia's Mid Laner Swordsister, but her usage of Q's Blade Rush was extremely stiff. It was as if she was playing with 140 HP.
"Wow …" Letme's expression was exaggerated. "To be honest, even my Swordsister is better than him!"
This sentence was not boastful at all, and everyone present agreed with it.
"Even his Swordsister isn't as good as Lin Weixiang, let alone you!" Liu Qingsong didn't forget to diss Big Eyebrows, who was guarding the house in Shanghai.
Not long after, the other players in the lounge also stayed in Bengbu.
The Saudi Arabian mid laner, Yasuo, was extremely green. His E, [Forward Slash], kept moving around the minions. Due to the fact that he had used a normal attack on the Indonesian team's Swordsister, he had attracted the aggro of the minions. As he continued to move forward, he was hit by the minions and lost 13% of his HP.
From the player's camera, Team Saudi Arabia's Golden Keyboard was very happy.
It had to be said that Yasso's Sparrow brought joy to the players.
"My comment is that Yasso is not as good as Brother Ran!" Jack said with a smile.
"Nico, get out of here." Lin Yan crossed his arms in front of his chest. He felt that Shiba Inu was slandering him. "Since when did my Happy Windbreaker take the aggro of the minions and move forward?"
While they were teasing each other, a fight broke out in the middle lane.
Swordsister made a mistake when she used the minions as a springboard to get close to Yasso. She didn't succeed in killing the minions with her Blade Charge, so her Q ability didn't respawn.
Yasso wanted to use Wind Wall to dodge Swordsister's Match Two Blades, but he was too lazy. After casting Wind Wall, he used Wind Wall on Irelia and accidentally left the Wind Wall's protection. Due to a freak combination of factors, he hit the blades and was stunned.
From Lin Yan's point of view, the two players who were PKing in the middle lane could be considered as League of Legends' young talents.
Swordsister and Yasso had used up most of their skills, so they could only stand there and attack each other. In the end, Irelia used her passive [Ionian Zeal] to kill Happy Windbreaker!
In the stands, the local spectators who came to support the host team, Indonesia, were in high spirits. They cheered for their team member's solo kill!
In the backstage lounge, a group of professional players were holding their stomachs and laughing.
"Bok bok bok bok bok …" Ouze started to talk about the game again, but this time, he was amused. "These two players are too much!"
As the door wasn't closed, Lin Yan could even hear the laughter coming from Team B's lounge next door.
Among them, the magic of building blocks was the most memorable.
If he recorded it with his phone, it could stop children from crying at night.
"I thought a keyboard made of gold would give me some bonus stats. I didn't expect it to be 10% off."
There was no other reason why he was still thinking about the golden keyboard. The main reason was that he was envious of the other party's wealth and inhumanity.
The battle lasted for 33 minutes, and the final score was 28: 22. Indonesia won by a small margin and won with great difficulty.
"Let's go, brother!" Shiba Inu stood up and patted his butt. He picked up his peripherals and prepared to go on stage.
In the next match, CHN would be facing China's Taipei team.
This time, TPE's jungler wasn't Baybay, but Wolf King Kasa.
"Be serious!" Kasa tried to provoke him before he left. "Otherwise, you'll lose easily!"
"Do I need to be serious when I'm fighting you guys?"
Letme didn't back down. "Look at the expensive items you received … Can you beat my teammates?"
Nakashima Nobu, YM's original Centaur, and the four villains stood behind Letme. Their expressions were unfriendly.
Kasa didn't even dare to look at them and quickly slipped away.
Su Cheng also left with the five CHN players and coach Abu. As there were too many people in the backstage lounge, it wasn't realistic to broadcast there.
Anyway, as an analyst, she didn't have much to do backstage during the competition.
Su Cheng used her work pass to run to the spectator stands without any obstructions. She set up her phone with a selfie stick and logged into the account that Lin Yan gave her.
This time, she had reported to Fighting Shark in advance. As soon as she started broadcasting, the officials arranged for resources on the front page. At the same time, they adjusted the popularity of the broadcast to the top of the League of Legends category.
In addition, during the qualifiers, Su Cheng had specially released a preview of the upcoming competition. Through word of mouth on various e-sports forums, many netizens knew that there would be a first-hand Asian Games broadcast here.
With all these factors added together, Su Cheng had only been broadcasting for less than five minutes, but from the backstage of Fighting Shark, the number of people online at the same time had successfully reached the top of the platform.
Su Cheng had recently found a way to communicate with this group of netizens. She was able to find the few comments that she was most interested in from the sea of comments.
"The first group match today is against Taipei …" She answered the audience's questions. "It's very important. It's best if we don't lose."
Su Cheng counted on her fingers as she explained to them.
"There are a total of four teams in the group. The two teams with the best results will enter the semifinals. It's not difficult for us to advance, but we must compete for the first place in the group."
"Because other than Korea, the other teams in Group B are very weak. They've basically locked in the first place. If we advance to the second place in Group A, we'll have to face Korea in the semifinals."
"Team Taipei also knows this. They'll definitely fight for the first place." Su Cheng continued, "After all, if they get first place in Group A, it's basically the same as directly advancing to the finals."
This was also the reason why TPE chose to send out Cass.
If they only made it to the semifinals in this year's Asian Games, it wouldn't be considered a success!
After sending out their full lineup, they would directly fight CHN to the end.
As long as they could squeeze out CHN and enter the knockout stage, they would be able to advance directly to the finals. At the very least, they would be guaranteed a silver medal!
After listening to Su Cheng's explanation, the audience in the broadcast room understood the general situation.
The BP image was already displayed on the big screen!
"TPE is in the blue side and has the right to ban first. They first banned Qing Gang Yin, and we banned Crocodile."
Su Cheng didn't dare to be negligent and quickly analyzed. "After the 8.15 update, Crocodile's BP priority has been greatly increased.
"First, it's because his strength in the early and middle stages is high. Whether it's a solo or a small-scale team battle, he can play a good role. It's perfectly suited for the River Crab and Canyon Vanguard team battles that have been refreshed too early.
"Second, it's because of the current version. The Conqueror has been reworked."
Su Cheng spoke very quickly. After the end of the training, she knew everything about the 8.15 version. Now, analyzing the BP was not difficult at all. She didn't even have to think about it. Her mind was full of ready-made knowledge, and she only needed to retrieve it.
"Now, the Conqueror has been stacked by using normal attack skills to damage the enemy hero. Each stack can increase attack power and magic power … The key is that Crocodile's W [Grim Hunt] is equivalent to a multi-stage normal attack due to the skill mechanism.
"An ordinary W can stack four layers of the Conqueror, and a Red Fury W can stack six layers. This advantage is too great in a fight.
"All in all, Crocodile has eaten the bonus of the Conqueror revision."
Su Cheng talked a lot, and the BP segment in the screen continued.
"The second ban spot was given to Troll by the Taipei team. This is obviously to change the ban spot and force us to ban Crow."
In the last ban spot of the first round, Steak still had a design. He chose to ban Liu Qingsong's best, Hammer Stone.
"The Taipei team is good …" Su Cheng thought. "Qing Gang Yin, Troll, and Hammer Stone. The three ban spots were all given to the wild support. It's obvious that they want to limit our rhythm."
Su Cheng knew very well that TPE was undoubtedly behind CHN in terms of the hard strength of the team members.
Other than Casa and Snake Snake, the wild supports that were ranked in the LPL, the other three weren't that good.
Even the previous mainstay, Fengtang, was showing signs of a decline in his performance recently.
It could be said that if they were to compare the hard strength of the team members, the Taipei team had no chance of winning.
But CHN didn't let down their guard.
Because they knew that this match was actually a competition with the other team's coaches.
The head coach Steak, the assistant coach Warhorse, the analyst Gou Ba, and even the retired Lightning Wolves coach Roast Char.
Although they didn't have as many people as CHN, their quality was still quite good.
"We took out Akali in the first round, so we can't let the other team take this newly remade Assassin!"
"The Taipei team's first pick is Shen ….. They really came prepared!"
Su Cheng couldn't help sighing.
Twilight Eye was one of Letme's most proficient characters and it provided decent battle strength in the early and mid stages. It was very compatible with the playstyle left behind by the other four in the YM club.
The Taipei team's coaches caught the key point.
They restricted CHN's Ueno Ueno's rhythm heroes, making it so that the three of them couldn't get proficient characters.
Like this, the only ones that weren't blocked by BP were the two Cs.
The Archer in the bottom lane was the weakest in terms of rhythm and could only mix up the situation in the early and mid stages.
In the end, only Lin Yan's mid was left.
The Taipei team was betting that Lin Yan wouldn't be able to quickly break away from the bottom lane and control the tempo of the match.
"CHN picked Zhao Xin and Kesha first and second, they're currently one of the few good choices ….."
The Taipei team picked Zooey and Olaf right after.
"Combined with the Shen they picked before, TPE is betting on the early and mid stages," Su Cheng muttered.
CHN picked Liu Qingsong to take down Bull's Head, Chief.
Then it was time for the next round of BP.
"Red side, we blocked off Lucian first. This should be because we're afraid that the Taipei team will pick Lu Xian and Boulogne."
TPE targeted the top lane and banned Aun who was proficient in Letme.
The fifth ban was given to Shiloh and Sean by both sides.
"We banned Shiloh in order to deal with the Shiloh combo that the Taipei team might pick. It's obvious that we're betting heavily on the bottom half of this match, so as to prevent the opponent from picking a combo that controls the bottom lane."
Su Cheng spoke with assurance. "The TPE coaches obviously saw through our intentions and put Sean in the ban position. This way, the three Letme characters, Aun, Shiloh and Shen, will be blocked off. The opponent wants to block off his hero pool and use him as a breakthrough point!"
After she finished speaking, she thought for a moment and added, "I think Letme is going to pick Alchemy. He can also cheat and isn't too afraid of Shen."
As soon as she finished speaking, CHN picked Xin Jide in the fourth pick!
Su Cheng wasn't surprised. The coaches had already considered the possibility that Letme's hero pool might be targeted and made a plan.
Alchemy was the result of the discussion between the six coaches.
If they wanted to play the new 4-2, they had to let it go.
As for Alchemy, the team didn't need to invest too much effort in it. It could be used as a solo laner and would be a troublemaker in team battles.
Although Letme's Alchemy proficiency wasn't as high as RNG's other top laner, it wasn't a big problem to pick it.
"Let's see what duo TPE is going to pick for the bottom lane …"
Su Cheng saw Steak's charmingly naive fat face through the camera and revealed a devilish smile.
It was as if a long-planned scheme had finally succeeded. There was a hint of satisfaction in his smile.
"Ice + Boulogne?
Freljord combo! "She sounded surprised.
When the viewers in the live stream heard this choice, they also typed question marks on the bullet screen.
Boulogne and the others could understand. This was currently one of the best defensive supports. It was an invincible killing machine in small team battles and had a very high pick rate.
But what the hell was Ice?
Ever since the S7 Censer version, Eich had been away from the professional scene for a whole year. She had long since lost her glory in the S6 Global Finals.
Now, the Taipei team had actually picked it?
How baffling!
The CHN players didn't react in time either.
They could guess that their opponents had definitely prepared several tactical lineups during this time.
But Eich, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, had still caught them off guard.
"Lin Yan, who do you think is more suitable?"
After a moment of panic, Abu gave the choice to his mid laner.
Lin Yan swept his gaze over the list of heroes.
"… Let's pick normally. We'll deal with any changes by sticking to the status quo."
That was his answer.
Abu didn't hesitate. He had already left his coaching post for a while, and his ability to deal with unexpected situations wasn't as good as before.
But he was well aware of who the real boss of the team was.
He believed in Lin Yan unconditionally.
"Liu Qingsong, let him pick!" Abu looked at Tear Shao, his tone firm.
Tear Wounds was already prepared. He clicked on the hero's portrait and quickly locked onto it!
It was still a familiar portrait. His scarlet eyes were filled with endless killing intent, and the Godslaying Blade at his side revealed his identity.
Dark-Kin Sword Demon Atokus!