"Win?"
"Uh... I think I won."
"Are we entering the Spring Finals now?"
"That should be what it means."
“…”
On the IG competition seat on one side of the stage,
Zizi looked at the empty seats on the opposite side, then turned around to look at the 3-0 score on the big screen and felt that his brain was not enough.
Damn, I took off my pants.
Aren't you here?
But...it still feels so good.
After the shock, there was a surge of ecstasy from the bottom of my heart.
Even though this victory is not convincing, who wouldn’t be happy to be able to enter the Spring Finals?
Reality is not a TV drama. No one can win a game directly. You have to grab the opponent by the collar and say, "You can't let me win unless we have a fight today!"
Zizi turned around and looked at the audience, and found that the audience looked excited, extremely excited, dancing... uh, their faces looked a little hideous.
He was startled and secretly pushed Li Fu with his arm.
"Brother Fu, are they cheering for us?"
Li Fu glanced at the posture.
This guy has never been very good at being so good at being so good, and he couldn't help but ask with a squinting look, "Do you think we have so many fans?"
"Ah? Yes." He suddenly understood.
In the soundproof competition room, he looked at the audience who were pointing at the IG competition seats and "cheer", scratched his head, and said in confusion:
"So what are these murderers doing?"
…
"There is something fishy going on! There is something fishy going on!"
"Give me your money back!"
"Haha, I was wondering why the game was delayed. Wang Sicong was sending money, right?"
"LPL has become a running dog of capital."
"I feel sorry for my Dog Lord and Dade! I really want to see them play together."
"If everything is a foregone conclusion, then I can only say, IG you owe me a championship!"
“…”
There was a lot of lively discussion at the scene.
In the LPL official event live broadcast room, countless "???" and "contrarian" things swept across the entire room like the Qiantang River tide.
Even if some people have come to their senses after being angry, since the League project team and Riot Games said that QG's personnel registration and reporting did not comply with the procedures, then the biggest blame for this matter must be QG's management.
But understanding is understanding.
I want to vent my anger on someone.
Today, IG, the biggest beneficiary, became the target of anger, instantly appearing on four hot searches on Weibo, with "black curtain" and "capital team" becoming the keywords of these hot searches.
Yes, IG now has a new nickname, the Capital Team.
Some people think that all this is due to Principal Wang's ability to use his money to force the league project team and Riot Games to block the review of QG's substitute mid laner Dade.
At the same time, Doinb, who was banned by the club, also took the blame because he started to quarrel with the club and teammates on Weibo yesterday.
Many Uzi fans think that if Doinb can put the overall situation first, he should finish the game first.
Rather than just focusing on individuals,
This made Uzi lose a precious opportunity to realize his dream.
For a time, because of the consequences of this incident, Doinb became a rat crossing the street that almost everyone wanted to beat, and few people stood on his side.
It is now basically certain that
Doinb will definitely have no chance in the LPL top league next season. Even if he wants to play, he will most likely be relegated to the LSPL secondary league.
For a professional player, this punishment is quite severe.
You have to know that just because you have the strength to play in the top league doesn't mean you can definitely re-enter the top league.
League Play is a team game.
If you are at the peak of your golden age but meet a group of teammates with pig noses, then the results you achieve will naturally be shit.
Yes, teammates can be replaced.
But how long can you maintain your peak career?
Who knows, after your peak period, you may become a teammate with a pig nose in the eyes of others - this is the cycle of LSPL.
I don't know how many extremely talented young people have thrown themselves into it, dreaming of one day shining brightly, getting recognized and appreciated, and entering the top league. But in the end, most of them ended up leaving the stage in disgrace.
It can be said that if Doinb was demoted to LSPL, it would be not much different from being exiled to a remote frontier thousands of miles away in ancient times.
Can he come back again?
Maybe.
That would require a miracle.
…
At eight o'clock in the evening, there were still die-hard fans of QG and Uzi lingering in the LPL semi-finals venue, reluctant to leave.
They are waiting.
Waiting for a miracle of reversal.
Isn’t it said that as long as you persist, miracles will happen?
It's a pity that everything tonight...
There is no going back.
After the one-minute B05 ended, IG, which was judged to be the winner, advanced directly and will meet RNG in the LPL Spring Finals to be held at the Mercedes-Benz Center in five days.
The venue's athlete channel.
When Li Fu and his group were leaving, they were suddenly stopped by excited and angry QG and Uzi fans.
A boy holding an Uzi fan support sign was also stopped by the security guard. He loudly accused and yelled at the IG team from a distance:
"Aren't you ashamed of such a victory?"
The fans who followed along all chimed in with indignation:
"That's right, don't you feel guilty about this promotion?"
"You only know how to plot and scheme, and you don't dare to have a head-on confrontation?"
"Bah! Do you deserve this promotion spot? Are you qualified enough to play against RNG?"
"If we lose! Every one of you IG guys owes me a championship!"
“…”
The fans around them became more and more excited.
This sudden noise also attracted a lot of people to watch.
There were also many reporters from e-sports media who originally wanted to interview the winning team in the semi-finals. When they saw this scene, they immediately gathered around with their cameras.
Isn't this more interesting than an interview?
Seeing more and more people coming over, Zzitai's face suddenly became uglier. The scene in front of him reminded him of the scene of being pelted with mineral water bottles after defeating WE many years ago.
"Fuck, what are these idiots talking about?" Zizi was speechless.
Shekeke saw an excited female fan pointing at them and couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Damn it, it's not us who made QG lose the game, what does it have to do with us?"
Fortunately, the official LPL venue manager quickly noticed the abnormality in the player channel.
Today's events had already caused unexpected waves. Not wanting to cause any more trouble at this critical juncture, he immediately mobilized the security forces on the scene to disperse the crowd gathered here.
Only then were the IG team able to evacuate from the player channel.
However, even so, thanks to the reports from the surrounding e-sports media, IG was surrounded by the audience after the game and questioned and accused of "only playing tricks behind the scenes", "not worthy of advancing to the finals", "everyone owes Uzi a championship" and other topics once again appeared on the Weibo hot search list.
The topic was also accompanied by a picture of IG and others looking "at a loss" when they were surrounded - I have to say, these stupid reporters are quite good at taking pictures.
This immediately ignited the gossip enthusiasm of countless netizens and viewers.
People started discussing whether IG was the mastermind behind the incident, whether this team was worthy of advancing to the finals, etc. In a blink of an eye, the number of comments, likes and reposts under several topics exceeded ten thousand.
At the same time, everyone in the waiting room was speechless when they saw the trending search.
Zzitai said angrily, "Fuck, what do you mean by we owe them a championship? It's like if they win, they can beat RNG."
"Why didn't you say this just now?" She Keke squinted his eyes.
The posture couldn't help but choke slightly.
"What does conspiracy mean?" Rookie suddenly asked, staring at his phone.
"It means you have bad intentions." Zizi said unhappily.
"My sister is full of bad intentions." Rookie felt aggrieved.
He bared his teeth and glanced at the calm Li Fu, the doubts in his mind suddenly became greater than before.
Since this afternoon, Li Fu's series of abnormal behaviors have made Zizhi a little confused. Why is this person so calm?
"Brother Fu? Don't you have anything to say?" Zizi couldn't help but ask.
"What?" Li Fu scratched his head.
"Those fans of the opposing team, aren't they too much?" Zizi guided.
"Um... not bad."
Li Fu smiled.
Suddenly, he said with a half-smile, "No matter what they say or what they do, at least they didn't smash the mineral water bottles, which shows that the quality of fans has improved."
"……"attitude.
To be honest, when the game was approaching in the afternoon, everyone in IG was more or less anxious, whether before or after receiving the notification of the game delay, and before the final result came out.
But what about Li Fu?
I followed the team to the waiting room in the afternoon and took a nap leaning on the sofa.
To inform that the game is delayed,
He woke up once.
Then he covered himself with a blanket and went to sleep.
Then at seven o'clock,
Li Fu woke up, rubbed his eyes, and walked to the competition seat with everyone else.
A minute passed, and before this guy even came to his senses, a notification came from the director backstage.
QG was directly judged as losing due to the absence of the mid laner.
IG won!
Thinking of this, Zizhi finally understood why Li Fu was so calm.
Looking at all the twists and turns that happened in the afternoon, these could be described as ups and downs for the IG team members who were on edge the entire time.
But what about Li Fu?
It’s just a matter of two awakenings.
What other reaction do you want him to have?
Damn, is this the big heart of a veteran?
I suddenly felt a little envious.
…
The outside world is in turmoil.
But time still passes like this.
The next day, April 18th.
After experiencing a night of turmoil, the QG club, which pretended to be dead all night and caused IG to be criticized all night, finally publicly apologized on its official Weibo.
The official blog published a short essay.
In the afternoon, in the training room, Zizi saw QG's apology letter on Weibo and immediately read it out in a rhythmic manner.
"First of all, please allow QG E-sports Club to sincerely apologize to all the audiences who support us. We should have presented a high-level and exciting game, but things did not go as planned. No matter how much we don't want to accept the current facts, we have finally failed everyone's expectations..."
"At the same time, we would like to say sorry to our brother club IG. Our players want to compete with you fairly, justly and openly more than anyone else, and we don't want to see you get caught up in an unwarranted whirlpool of public opinion more than anyone else."
Zizi smacked his lips after reading the first two paragraphs. "Tsk tsk, who wrote this PR article for QG? Why is it so teasing?"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.
At the same time, Li Fu curiously took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo. Sure enough, he saw the official announcement of QG at the top of the trending searches.
He clicked on it and read it from beginning to end.
The following is an explanation of how the club was in extremely difficult circumstances yesterday afternoon, and all QG players and staff did not give up the game, but their improper handling of the situation caused them to lose the qualification to compete.
Finally, there was a preview.
QG will not be absent from the loser group third place match at 3 pm today, and will let substitute AD player Peco switch to the mid lane.
After reading this Weibo post, Li Fu clicked on the comment section and scanned it.
There have been more than 15,000 messages in the comment section, and the comments with the highest number of likes are still those that say "IG doesn't deserve to advance to the finals" and "IG Capital team controlled the game."
Of course, there are also people who scold Doinb, thinking that this guy is a black sheep who is dragging down the entire team.
There are relatively few likes in the comments, and those who just want to have fun are just watching the show and think that the QG management is solely to blame for this matter.
You are not sure whether the players can play, but you are just promoting them. Isn't this hijacking public opinion and playing fans as fools? This announcement is just a remedial statement after the fact.
Li Fu smiled when he saw this comment.
Let’s talk business.
When many things and interests are intertwined, it is difficult to judge them with a single word of right or wrong.
But those who say we owe someone the championship are just brainless.
It’s okay if I didn’t win.
Could it be that if IG really won the championship, they would return the Silver Dragon Cup to you overnight?
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the battle for third place between WE and QG in the loser group of the semi-finals began as scheduled, and a large number of QG and Uzi fans flocked to the scene.
Because of yesterday's "unfair treatment", today's QG and Uzi fans seemed to be very united in their hatred of the enemy. Just looking at the density of the crowds and the huge momentum, those who didn't know might have thought this was the finals.
Fans had hoped that QG could prove themselves by defeating WE in today's third place match, proving that if they had been able to play yesterday, IG would definitely not have qualified for the Spring Finals.
Unfortunately, however, the now disintegrating QG did not achieve that effect. The game started at three o'clock in the afternoon and ended before five o'clock.
WE defeated QG 3-0 in a clean and decisive manner. This was like adding insult to injury, and immediately put to rest the countless QG and Uzi fans who were excited before the game.
What's going on?
We are aiming for MSI!
How could they lose even the third place match?
People who cannot accept reality will always find ways to escape it.
"Fuck! Why not Dade?"
"That's right. Haven't you already registered? Why can't you go online today?"
"Letting a substitute AD play mid, are you kidding me?"
"The club's management is completely brain dead. I feel bad for my dog master being cheated. He should not stay in this club next season."
“…”
There are also many people who are having fun in the live broadcast room, adding fuel to the fire.
"I feel sorry for your master every day. Your master is a team-dismantling maniac, did you know that?"
"I am dying of laughter. In OMG, the mid and jungle of OMG are no longer on good terms. When they came to QG, the mid and jungle of QG are at odds again. This is a built-in debuff of mid and jungle at odds!"
"The culprit behind the scenes has been found on Weibo, it's none other than Senior Brother Daidai!"
“…”
After the third-place match on April 18, LPL entered a short offseason for the next five days.
But the atmosphere was not dampened at all.
Instead, it became more intense.
Because five days later, at 3 pm on April 23, LPL will usher in the LPL Spring Finals at the Mercedes-Benz Center.
The day before the final, the IG team took a special car to the venue in advance.
"Where are you going?"
After being called out of the training room and before getting in the car, Li Fu couldn't help but ask.
"Pre-match trash talk." Zizi said with a smile, "How about it, Brother Fu? Haven't you ever recorded this before?"
Li Fu thought about it and nodded honestly, "Really not."
Zizhi suddenly felt that he had an advantage over Li Fu, and couldn't help but boast, "You don't understand, trash talk must be..."
"Have you recorded it before?" Rookie suddenly squinted his eyes.
"Uh..." Zizhi was stunned and said awkwardly, "It seems... not either."
The three of you looked at me and I looked at you.
Li Fu suddenly laughed, "I see, it's just taunting the opponent. I'm not very good at this, so I'll rely on you guys then."
"Okay, leave it to me." Ziti immediately patted his chest and said.
He had received the news from coach Chris a long time ago, and he was even typing out the draft in his dream last night. He decided that he must throw some really harsh trash talk this time!
Half an hour later, IG's nanny car drove into the Mercedes-Benz Center, and the group was taken backstage to do some simple makeup and styling.
Li Fu had never taken care of himself before.
After being tossed around by the stylist today, the e-sports version of "Zunlong" with bright eyes and a handsome face has appeared again, which made the stylist in her forties stare at him so hard that she couldn't close her legs.
As soon as I walked out of the dressing room, I met the RNG team, who were my opponents in this Spring Finals, who came out from the next room.
"Fuck! Why do you have to be so handsome?"
Mala Xiangguo stared at Li Fu's face and couldn't move his eyes away.
Oh shit!
If he had this face, he would definitely not have Li Fu's patience to persist in the professional arena for so long without any results. Wouldn't it be nice for him to be a gigolo?
The other members of RNG also felt a little overwhelmed.
We are all internet-addicted teenagers, sitting in front of the computer for a long time. Even if we put on makeup, we can only barely look photogenic.
He doesn't look like Li Fu at all.
This makeup instantly creates an Asian male god.
But the next second, when Zizi and others behind Li Fu followed them out to meet them, the RNG players looked at Zizi shooting Keke and others, and their hearts suddenly became balanced again.
Hi, we are all the same.
It’s just that this Mr. Li is a little different.
…
Arrived at the place where the materials were recorded.
The cameraman set up a light barrier and was surrounded by staff members.
The interview started from the top lane, and right at the beginning, we gave a picture of IG's top lane posture.
I have to say, after holding it in for the whole night, it really got bigger.
He sat there and said nonchalantly, "If you ask me to evaluate the two top laners of RNG, Looper is a world champion, but when we played against LGD in the playoffs, we already faced a top laner who was a FMVP champion. The feeling I had was... well, the champion top laner is just so-so."
"As for the other player Letme, what can I say? Junze is actually quite handsome, but I haven't seen him on the court for a long time. I will try my best to create an opportunity for him to play today."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him in confusion, even the director who was in charge of shooting the materials was stunned.
Are you so ruthless from the beginning?
"Director? Do you want me to revise it?"
"What do you want to change? I want this flavor!"
The director rubbed his hands excitedly.
Next, the two players on RNG's top lane also spoke up.
However, compared to Zizi who had been holding it in all night, Looper's Chinese level is average, his Korean is too aggressive, and Letme is famous for his good temper and is quite conservative when talking trash.
But soon, it was the turn of RNG's jungler Mala Xiangguo.
A staff member at the side took out a reminder board with a line of words written on it, "Evaluate your opponent in the Spring Finals."
That is to evaluate Li Fu.
Malaxiangguo immediately said with a smile, "Padre6 is an incredible player. His form has improved quickly this season, but he often picks heroes like Sejuani in the jungle, which makes people feel bored. I hope he can play some jungle core heroes like he did in the last two games against EDG."
Because trash talk needs to be edited and broadcast, and there needs to be interaction between each other, this time the staff wrote on the prompt board given to Li Fu that asked Li Fu to respond.
"Based on the current games, I think Sejuani should be able to control the jungle. I think the opposing jungler should be worried about not what type of hero I use, but who uses the hero."
There are sparks!
The director's eyes lit up when he heard it!
Quickly signaled to continue!
In fact, without the director saying anything, Mala Xiang Guo burst out laughing, then cleared his throat with a dry cough, and said seriously, "Padre6 is indeed a very good player. He switched from a team player to a jungler, and seems to be able to master two completely opposite styles. When playing against EDG, he also invaded the jungler's area many times."
At this point, Mala Xiang Guo paused and continued, "But if he plays like this in front of me, I think he is giving away kills. To be honest, Padre6 will be very lucky to be able to keep his jungle in tomorrow's game."
Li Fu smiled when he heard this.
"Honestly speaking, I am not used to protecting my own jungle during games, because sometimes I can't tell which side is my own jungle."
Oh shit!
After hearing Li Fu's words, Bengbu was stunned.
And you still say you don’t know how to talk trash?
This is simply a statement that flies!
Spicy Hotpot's eyes twitched. Damn, how could this Lao Li be so pretentious? He decided to follow suit and said with a dry cough:
"In fact, I have watched games between IG and other teams before, such as EDG and QG, but to be honest, I never considered them as our opponents in the finals, so this time was quite unexpected."
After saying this, Mala Xiangguo raised his eyebrows towards the camera, showing the boldness and dominance of an offensive jungler!
I don't even consider you as my opponent.
Who do you think you are?
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the director did not say anything, and Li Fu smiled and continued, "We have never considered RNG as an opponent."
Everyone couldn't help but look at Li Fu when they heard this, but he just smiled and said calmly, "Because I'm already studying the opponents for MSI."
"..."Everyone.
Oh shit!
I'm so stupid! Really!
Zizi really wanted to punch himself in the head.
How could I believe that he wouldn't talk trash?
The director next to him stamped his feet excitedly again.
This director also recorded the trash talk in previous seasons, but it has never been like today - he felt that the handsome man in front of him had single-handedly raised the level of trash talk, and was expected to become the current trash talk ceiling of LPL.
That’s the taste!
He quickly signaled to the staff to take out the separate reminder board prepared for Li Fu - What is the goal of this LPL Spring Finals?
Seeing this question, Li Fu couldn't help but ponder for two seconds.
During this time, everyone's attention was attracted to him again, and they were curious about what words would come out of this man's mouth again.
The next second, Li Fu raised his hand and scratched his forehead, then smiled and said, "As for the goal, it's not a big one. I just want to prove myself on the stage of the Spring Finals..."
Having said this, he paused.
Everyone was thinking, do you also want to prove who is the world's number one jungler like Zzitai did back then?
That's not allowed!
Unexpectedly, Li Fu said, "Prove that my teammates and I deserve to advance to this spring finals."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Even Mala Xiangguo couldn't help but glance at Li Fu, thinking that this old man Li really dared to start a team fight in the void and even dared to offend Uzi's fans?
Don’t want it to be spicy?
Everyone in IG just felt relieved!
Damn, because of the one-minute BO5 last time QG won, they often saw comments online about "IG not worthy of entering this spring finals" recently.
It's really fucking infuriating just looking at it.
Li Fu's last words can be said to have expressed the thoughts of everyone in IG.
Not worthy?
I’ll prove it to you this time!
Next, the trash talk phase shifted from the middle lane to the bottom lane.
Xiao Shiguang and She Keke in the bottom lane were facing RNG's champion support in the bottom lane. They were unsure at the beginning and couldn't muster up any courage at all.
But seeing that the team's strong players were so strong, they thought that they couldn't be too soft either.
So when it was the turn of the auxiliary She Keke, She Keke held the microphone and analyzed the situation meticulously and seriously in front of the camera.
"I have to admit that RNG's bottom lane is very strong, but Mata is first and foremost the brain of the team, so he may be careless about the details of the bottom lane during the game. I think we will seize such carelessness and play to the advantage of IG's bottom lane."
As soon as Shekeke finished speaking, the microphone was quickly handed over to RNG's champion support Mata. Mata smiled after hearing the translation.
"Indeed, most of my energy in the game was focused on the overall situation, and I didn't focus too much on the bot lane."
"But even so, I think the energy I put into the bottom lane is enough to break through IG's bottom lane combination."
grass!
Everyone's eyes twitched again.
He looked up and down at Mata, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he didn't realize that this big quail from Northeast China is so damn pretentious.
The recording lasted about forty minutes.
The trash talk before the spring finals ended perfectly.
The director who was in charge of recording the footage was very satisfied.
He felt that the trash talk in this spring finals was brought to an unprecedented level by the outstanding performance of several "trash kings".
Wonderful!
It’s really wonderful!
In previous years, the trash talk was often said to be scripted, too conservative, and lacking the ability to initiate team fights, which was simply not comparable to other regions.
But this time it's different.
Li Fu's trash talk even includes responses to recent hot topics.
The director has even anticipated the audience's reaction when the video is broadcast before the Spring Finals tomorrow. Wow! It's time to give the LPL audience a little shock!