Chapter 155: Fu Huang’s worth!
The opening match of the first match day is over.
When I took off my headphones, even if I was sitting in a soundproof competition room with transparent glass, I could hear the cheers and screams of countless LPL spectators. Most of the spectators had excited smiles on their faces.
Come to think of it, they are viewers from the LPL region after all.
Even though there were many fans of EDG and WE who chose to support IG in the Spring Finals just because they didn't want to see RNG win, at this moment, even if everyone didn't support and recognize IG in their hearts, they were all directed at the outside world.
As the LPL region.
We can lose to anyone but not the provincial team!
He must know who the daddy is!
"Brother Fu is awesome! The opposing jungler must be dumbfounded, haha." Zizi said with a smile.
"Everyone cooperated well." Li Fu said politely.
Xiao Shiguang and Shekeke in the bottom lane were also smiling, but there was a hint of agreement and bitterness in their smiles.
After all, IG defeated RNG in the Spring Finals and won the Silver Dragon Cup. Logically speaking, as the championship team's bottom lane duo, they are undoubtedly the No. 1 ADC and support in the LPL.
But Xiao Shiguang and She Keke both felt uneasy when they mentioned the title of No. 1. If someone else said it, their first reaction would definitely be that someone was being sarcastic.
Therefore, before this World Championship, both of them were determined to play with momentum and show their ability to be the No. 1 bottom lane team in LPL.
But I didn't expect that in today's opening game, I would suffer a head-on blow right at the start, and it felt like I couldn't beat anyone.
This feeling of failure is devastating.
Li Fu saw the disappointment between Xiao Shiguang's brows. He knew that the world championship was all about mentality.
There are many teams that usually perform mediocrely in their own regions, but when they reach the World Championship, they become extremely powerful as if they had a buff.
To put it bluntly, the World Championship is all about mentality.
When he left his seat and stood up to shake hands, he couldn't help but pat Xiao Shiguang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's shake hands."
"Smile. Why look sad when you win?" Zizi said.
Xiao Shiguang finally reacted, smiled bitterly, and felt a little relieved.
Yeah, we won.
I hope I can win more beautifully next time.
Seeing the winning team of the host LPL region, IG walked across the ink-wash floor stage to shake hands with the players of the Flash Wolves on the opposite side.
The Flash Wolves were in a low mood.
The jungler Karsa in the team kept staring at Li Fu, and when they shook hands, he lowered his head and kept silent.
But when they shook hands and separated, Karsa suddenly turned around and gave Li Fu a thumbs up, "I, Karsa, recognize you, the No. 1 jungler in LPL! It's not unfair for Zzai to lose to you."
This chuunibiao remark made everyone slightly stunned, but Karsa smiled, "I forgot to mention that I am a fan of Zhazi. I watched your playoff game against EDG."
"Why are they all fans of the factory manager?" Zizi muttered, "And when they fight, each one is more ruthless than the other, right?"
Li Fu didn't care about this detail. He just smiled and said thank you, then walked to the center of the stage.
The cheers from the scene surged again.
Changmao and Miller also had smiles on their faces. Although the commentators emphasized objectivity and neutrality, when it came to the regional battle, no one didn't want their region to win.
This opener is so comfortable!
At the same time, the topic also became a hot search on Weibo.
#IG's first win is a good start#
#Flash Wolves lost to IG#
#LPL's Radar brother#
There are a lot of compliments in the comment section!
"Good fight! Emperor Fu!"
"This Karsa has been completely taken advantage of by Emperor Fu."
"I've said it before, the emperor generation is the coolest!"
“…”
Of course, there are also many haters who sing a different tune.
"What's the point of beating up a provincial team?"
"I hope you can be as tough when you meet SKT."
"Hard? I'm afraid you can't even get hard when you're being dominated."
“…”
When IG was trending on the opening search, the G2 team, which had just opened an official Weibo account not long ago and was keen on doing something lively, started to do something lively again.
G2 official Weibo:
"We are going to play FW this afternoon, so nervous! Is there anything we should be careful about when playing against FW @IG?"
IG did not respond.
The official Weibo account has always been operated by Su Xiaoluo, but after watching IG's world championship debut against Flash Wolves, Su Xiaoluo felt a little uncomfortable.
From the perspective of a club manager, there is no doubt that he certainly hopes that IG wins, the more the better.
But from the perspective of personal grudges, while he wants IG to win, he doesn't want Li Fu to be so C.
You know, the World Championship is the competition that has the greatest impact on the transfer value. In the summer season, major clubs will not only consider buying players for internal battles, but will definitely go for the final S game.
World Championships,
That's really fierce!
If Li Fu, who just won the LPL Spring Championship, continues to perform so well in the World Championship, it will greatly affect his control.
A valuable player in the World Championship will definitely be a hot commodity in the eyes of major clubs during the transfer window. If Su Xiaoluo wants to control Li Fu, other teams must offer a salary lower than IG.
If any club is "blind" and offers Li Fu a higher offer than IG, then Li Fu will find another place to stay. How can Su Xiaoluo control Li Fu then?
But there shouldn’t be such a blind club in LPL, right?
Su Xiaoluo had some doubts in her heart.
Turning around, he felt relieved when he thought about Li Fu's age.
You know, the value of a player is not only reflected in his performance, the most important thing is his potential in the future after signing and buying him.
Some players are young and once they show their talent, they will become the favorites of major clubs.
Because they know that young players are in the golden period of increasing their strength and skills, which is equivalent to a potential stock. It will definitely not be a loss even if they buy them at a slightly lower price at this time.
But at Li Fu's age...
Su Xiaoluo felt that even if he could achieve some results in this MSI, it would be difficult for him to be popular unless his performance was too incredible.
Others are climbing the mountain every day after buying, but he is probably on the decline, going downhill every day.
Why did you buy it? To provide for his retirement?
Without mentioning the distant past, let’s just talk about the top laner that LGD just bought in this year’s spring season, Ma Run, the S5 champion and FMVP player.
The effect is obvious to all after purchasing it.
Bottom of the group stage,
One round of playoffs.
LGD must be regretting it now after selling everything they had and squeezing out the signing fees from other players to buy Ma Run.
Even world champion FMVP Ma Run is like this.
So what about this precedent?
The jungler position is so important, it is the rhythm engine of a team. Let me ask you, which team would be so stupid as to offer a higher price than IG for an older player whose strength may go downhill from the day of purchase?
Thinking of this, Su Xiaoluo suddenly felt less worried.
…
The group stage of this MSI Mid-Season Championship is a double round-robin format with six games per day, which means FW has another game today, and their opponent happens to be G2, which just posted on Weibo.
In fact, IG also has a game at four o'clock today.
However, this game was against the wildcard team SUP, so the LPL audience was not as nervous about it as they were against Flash Wolves.
Facts have proved that the wildcard regions are mostly focused on participation. At least the wildcard team SUP in this MSI Championship Invitational did not have anything outstanding.
IG vs. SUP, with advantages on three fronts in fifteen minutes.
It was extremely rare that even the bottom lane had an advantage, and a big dragon fight ended the game in the last 25 minutes.
After the fight, Zizi asked Xiaoshi Guang what he felt.
Xiao Shiguang was stunned for a moment.
Then he gave a wry smile and said that he felt like he was living in a dream.
Yes, since IG has been fighting all the way, its position has been getting higher and higher, and the opponents it has encountered have become stronger and stronger.
There has never been a game as easy as today's game against the wildcard team. It's almost no different from playing against the Internet cafe team.
The LPL audience only applauded slightly in response, and even the reaction on the Internet was relatively calm.
Obviously, beating a wild-card team isn’t something to be proud of.
However, if they lose, there will be a huge storm both at the scene and on the Internet.
…
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the battle between G2, who likes to show off on Weibo , and Flash Wolves, who just lost to IG, started again.
It was unexpected. I don’t know if it was because of the first game against IG that made them dizzy.
In this game, Flash Wolves were beaten into "Lightning Dogs" by G2 from the European region. They were beaten by G2 from the beginning and had almost no chance to defend themselves or fight back throughout the whole game.
As a result, G2 defeated Flash Wolves in 23 minutes, setting the fastest record on the first day of the MSI Mid-Season Championship.
The most important thing is that after the game, G2 was still active on Weibo.
“@IG understands, that’s it?”
This immediately ignited the comment section, and many people posted G2’s two Weibo posts to forums such as Tieba and Hupu.
"Fuck! Is G2 jumping like this?"
"Did you know about G2's jump on the first day? This team's boss is even more abstract."
"The provincial team is really lame. It's so funny that they got beaten by G2."
"What do you think? If the Bolt wasn't so bad, could IG win so easily? Do you really think the LPL teams are so strong in the World Championship?"
"Indeed, IG's son of a bitch is also living in a dream, he got into trouble by fighting a lightning dog."
“…”
Some people were mocking, while others were speaking up for IG.
"Fans of the Big Three, stop jumping. Your team isn't here, so just cheer and watch the game."
"That's right. We'll know whether IG is strong or not after watching the game tomorrow."
"Isn't IG playing against G2 tomorrow? I want to see how he beats me in the face."
“…”
There is heated discussion on the Internet.
The six games on the first day finally came to an end at 7 pm after the last game between SKT and the wildcard team SUP.
In comparison, SKT's match against SUP took a little longer, at twenty-six minutes.
But in fact, the game entered garbage time after ten minutes, and SUP was completely defeated by SKT.
For the next sixteen minutes, SKT only did one thing from beginning to end, which was to kill, kill, and kill again.
At the end of the fight, the crystal exploded and the kill ratio between the two sides was 1:19, if Faker hadn't rushed to the fountain and gave away one.
The wild card team almost got their heads shaved.
After such a dominant match, countless LPL viewers couldn't help but gasp, and netizens on Weibo and major portals also began to sigh:
——This year’s SKT is without FMVP Ma Da Tou, but as long as that man is there, they are still incredibly strong.
Under such circumstances, even the IG team, which represented LPL in the MSI, had its opening victory of two wins in two games today, which was greatly disrupted.
“The gap still exists.”
"Nonsense, if there was no difference, how could all the top eight last year be sent home?"
“Hot knowledge: IG didn’t even make it out of the group stage last year.”
"RNG failed to get a ticket to MSI. I advise you not to hold out hope. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."
"Indeed, IG's world game is just for fun."
“…”
But these words also caused dissatisfaction among many people.
"I say, can you please get out of here, you bastard? You act like others owe you a championship every day."
"I have a question, why didn't RNG enter the World Championship this year? Did they not want to?"
"Pfft! To be honest, RNG really doesn't want to."
“…”
Huangza, who was pretending to be a passerby, became furious and quickly made some harsh remarks, waiting to see how IG would lose to G2 and SKT the next day.
Yes, the group stage lasts for five days, with a double round-robin format, which means that the six teams will play two games against each other.
Tomorrow is the first day of LPL's two games, against G2 from the European LCS division and SKT from the neighboring LCK division.
At night, G2's Weibo started to stir things up again.
"IG>FW, G2>FW, G2vsIG?"
It has to be said that the person in charge of G2's Chinese Weibo operations understands traffic, and this inequality immediately sparked discussions among countless people as soon as it was released.
G2's European and American style of not being afraid of setting flags and madly confronting other teams before the game has also attracted a lot of passers-by fans, and the number of fans following the team's Weibo has been increasing rapidly.
At night, in the IG training room.
While Zzitai was leaning back in his chair waiting for his ranking match, he was checking his phone to find some flattery to praise him for beating up FW and the wildcard team's top laner.
As a result, I scrolled through Weibo several times, and all of them were analyzing tomorrow's first game between IG and G2.
In these analyses, the two teams that beat Flash Wolves on the first day of the game became the "unit of measurement", and analysts and prognosticators analyzed the performances of IG and G2 against Flash Wolves respectively.
In the end, it was found that G2 beat Flash Wolves faster and more easily, and the conclusion was drawn that G2 was stronger than IG.
The posture suddenly became unhappy.
"Damn it! Who said that the one who hits fast is powerful?"
Li Fu nodded and said, "Men can't be too fast."
puff-!
Everyone in the club burst into laughter.
Coach Chris also laughed, but there was a hint of sadness between his brows.
He had reason to be worried.
On the one hand, the competition areas are too far apart, and on the other hand, there is a language barrier.
Coach Chris has studied the games in the Taiwan region and the LCK region, but he doesn't have a very good understanding of the European LCS region across the ocean.
He knew that the teams in this division played in a very unconventional style.
It can even be said that they are at the opposite extreme from the LCK region, which prefers to play operations. They play the game in an unconventional way.
Such a division, such a team, to be honest, after two nights of studying, Chris was overwhelmed by their lineup.
But they just can win.
This feeling of not knowing the whole story and being in a fog made coach Chris feel very uncertain.
But at this point, I have no choice but to go ahead with it.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, May 5th.
Day 2 of the MSI Mid-Season Invitational.
Li Fu had just gotten up at noon, washed up and went downstairs to eat, when he saw Zizi getting a meal and sitting in front of the plate, staring at his phone with gritted teeth.
He got a meal and walked over, tilted his head to take a look, and wondered, "What's wrong? Why are you so angry in the middle of the day?"
"Brother Fu, just look at this for yourself. G2 is such a badass team."
Zizi put the phone in front of Li Fu. On the screen was G2's official Weibo account, which had posted another update this morning.
"My friends, I've been up all night and finally solved the inequality. We know IG>FW, G2>>FW, so G2>IG!"
In just two hours, the number of comments, likes and reposts exceeded 10,000. It is obvious that the person in charge of G2's official Weibo operations has figured out the traffic issue.
Li Fu took a quick glance and suddenly laughed.
This team is still so happy.
