“IG is awesome!”
"Fuck! This guy can actually win!"
"Is this IG's temporary top laner? Love it."
"Duke: I feel cheated!"
"I'm already beating SKT 3-0, damn it! SKT is playing tricks on me!"
"Haha, it's the end of gamblers!"
"What about the one who said IG won against the Japanese factory engine?"
"The aircraft carrier propeller is ready, where are you?"
"I remember someone saying that if IG wins, they'll get their wife. How can I get it?"
“…”
At this moment, the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room of the event was flooding the screen like crazy.
Not only that, the news that IG defeated SKT 3:2 and advanced to the finals also quickly became a hot topic on Weibo.
Especially Li Fu’s male gun in the fifth game, which directly occupied three places on the hot search list.
#Padre6 Pentakill Super God Male Gun#【Boiling】
#IG locks in the finals# [boiling]
#Who says temporary workers can't play singles#【Hot】
#This male gun is flying in the sky! #【Hot】
Under the effect of defeating SKT in the semi-finals, a large number of netizens quickly flooded into the hot search comment area, and they all posted "IG is awesome".
As for Li Fu's double wall-penetrating of Graves by SKT's bottom lane duo, and the comparison GIF of SKT's bottom lane duo "smiling before the game and acting like shit after the game", they were also liked by countless people in the highly praised answers in the comment section.
Should!
Let these two brothers show off!
Guest commentary booth after the game.
PDD and Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment. The atmosphere was a little awkward. After all, before the game, these two old IG players were not optimistic about today's IG.
"Ahem..." Xiaoxiao coughed dryly and broke the silence, "How would you describe today's game? Summarize it in four words."
"It's absolutely wonderful! It's original! It's very moving!"
PDD said three idioms in one breath and said with a smile, "To be honest, judging from the intensity of today's semi-final match between IG and SKT, if you didn't know, you would think the finals had started early."
"Indeed." Xiaoxiao also had some emotion, "Especially in the last game, we all thought that Brother Fu was just forcing us to do something, but we didn't expect that this temporary top laner would give us a big surprise. This is the first time I've seen a top laner play Graves like this."
"Right. Now that I think about it, Duke was already having a hard time in the top lane when he was killed by a single player less than three minutes into the first wave. Then he was ambushed by Ashun for more than 40 seconds and was killed. That was when he was completely blown up."
After hearing what the two said, Su Xiaoyan nodded and said, "Yes, to be honest, when IG's top laner Zzitai had a physical problem in the fifth game today, my heart really skipped a beat. I felt like we had already lost. Even though IG later announced that Fu Ge would be transferred to the top lane and Axun would be the jungler as a temporary change, I still thought that it would be worth it if we could play a full five games of BO5 with SKT. I really didn't expect IG to win."
"Well, I believe that today is also a very, very difficult and very, very happy day for IG. The difficult part is facing a strong opponent like SKT, but the happy part is that they finally defeated such an opponent. Let us congratulate IG for advancing to the finals of this MSI!"
“Congratulations IG!”
Along with the voices from the guest commentary booth, cheers were heard from the audience again.
at the same time,
RoxTigers Club, Seoul, South Korea.
In the last life-and-death game, the moment SKT's base was blown up, the Tigers' training room suddenly fell into a pin-drop silence.
No one expected that SKT, which had defeated them repeatedly in BO5 from last year to this year, and which had snatched the spring championship from them and represented LCK in MSI, would actually fall on the semi-final stage when facing that unknown team from LPL.
No, IG can no longer be said to be an unknown team.
After this battle,
Who in the world doesn’t know you?
After a long silence, Smeb suddenly sighed, shook his head and said, "This MSI can end here."
Peanut, who was standing next to him, was stunned when he heard this and subconsciously said, "Ah? But this is only a BO5 semi-final."
Smeb looked at the two teams on the semi-final stage as the director zoomed out. Suddenly, he said with an extremely confident tone, "No matter what kind of game this is, I only know that this is the best BO5 of this MSI!"
"Are the temporary workers on the list?"
Smeb's eyes drifted towards the man in the competition booth on the side of the stage, and he licked his lips unconsciously. "If I can see him again in this year's S game, it will be a match that I look forward to."
…
As the top laner of LCK, Smeb's first reaction when he saw SKT's defeat was to look forward to the match in the S game.
But it was different for the countless LCK Korean viewers who watched the MSI semi-finals live broadcast. Netizens of some Korean e-sports competition live broadcast platforms were overwhelmed.
"Shit! Is SKT playing a fake game?"
"Why can they lose even to a team like IG? What the hell is Duke? Can't he even beat a temporary top laner?"
"IG-Duke, you can die abroad and don't come back."
"I've said before that SKT shouldn't let Marin go. How could they lose if Marin was still here?"
"Duke is not even as good as Ma Run by a finger, he really doesn't deserve to be the starting top laner."
"Ashi! I want to send a dead rat to Duke!"
"Count me in!"
"Hold on, let's group buy the dead rats! This is really infuriating!"
"Where's Faker? What is Faker doing in the game?"
“…”
SKT lost in the semifinals, and the LCK region was eliminated in the top four of this MSI. Korean netizens immediately performed real life and traditional art. SKT, from players to coaches, even the driver, was scolded.
On one side of the stage, at the SKT competition seat.
Faker sat in front of the computer in a daze. Even though the screen had changed to the settlement interface of the fifth game, his mind was still stuck on the scene of the final base crystal exploding.
Lost...
It took him a long time to gradually digest this not-so-complicated information. Then he suddenly felt empty in his heart. He could not feel the weight of his heart, and his whole body seemed to be weightless.
Last year's MSI was lost in Florida!
This year I thought I had a sure win in the Grand Slam!
At this moment, it suddenly became extremely far away.
Benji next to him seemed to say something to him, but Faker didn't hear it clearly. When he stood up and waited for the other party to come over and shake hands, his body suddenly shook and he was a little unsteady.
Bang next to him gave him a hand. Faker turned his head and looked at him. Bang retracted his hand, with an awkward look on his face.
At this moment, Faker thought, it would be great if he could give someone a helping hand during the game.
Soon, the IG team came over to shake hands.
Faker once again encountered Li Fu at close range.
Looking at the man who had won the BO5 today, Faker's throat suddenly felt dry. When he lowered his head, he thought with some sadness that this stage was ultimately a stage for the latecomers, a stage for the young...
But suddenly he changed his mind and was shocked to find that Li Fu was older than him.
This is a true veteran!
After shaking hands and finally packing up their equipment and leaving with their teammates, Faker turned his head again to look at the MSI Mid-Season Championship trophy placed in the middle of the stage.
The long-awaited grand slam.
The MSI championship trophy is within reach.
Will this really become a permanent void in SKT's window?
Just at this moment, the director's camera focused on the scene of Faker looking back, which appeared on the big screen.
The ending, the regret, the unwillingness... these movie-level scenes instantly infected countless audiences.
Faker walked towards the backstage passage in a daze. In a trance, he seemed to hear a group of people shouting his name from the audience behind him.
“Faker!”
“Come on, Faker!!”
"Come on, Faker!"
It has to be said that in the past e-sports there were only winners, and no one would remember how the losers would leave the stage, but today Faker seemed to have broken this convention.
On the other side of the stage, IG's competition seat.
Rookie looked at the countless audiences below the stage shouting Faker's name and seeing the man off, and an unconcealable envy appeared on his face.
She Keke next to him couldn't help but say, "Even if I lose, there are still fans supporting me. It's really worth it to be a professional to this extent."
"Who told him to be called Faker?" Rookie smiled bitterly.
Li Fu heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't be envious. As long as you work hard, everyone can become a player like that."
Just work hard?
In the past, when people heard someone say this, they would just laugh it off.
Because from the first day of entering the professional career, everyone has recognized a reality, that is, talent is far greater than hard work, and anyone who can play professionally has proved his or her talent.
But this sentence came from Li Fu.
I recalled in my mind how Li Fu was called upon to take the field when IG was in trouble this season, and his efforts in countless Rank games whether as a starter or a substitute, until he finally led them step by step through the shackles of the semi-finals and into the stage of the finals.
For a moment, the word "effort" seemed to be tinged with some kind of strange aura.
"That's right, come on everyone!" She Keke clenched his fist.
"Let's go for the finals!" Xiao Shiguang also encouraged.
Rookie suddenly laughed and said, "Why don't we talk to the coach and let Fu Ge play top lane in the finals? He feels much better than a certain top laner."
Ah Xun had seen the strength of the top team's professional jungler today, so he was not going to get cocky at this moment. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, I haven't played a training match in a long time. I can win this game by sheer luck."
“…”
A few people were joking.
After packing up the peripheral equipment, they took turns walking to the center of the stage to express their gratitude.
It was fine when Rookie and his team first went up. Although the audience was excited, they were all shouting things like “IG is awesome”.
Until Li Fu came on stage, the place was suddenly quiet for a second, and the cheers seemed to be paused.
But the next moment, shouts that were even more enthusiastic than before instantly resounded throughout the venue, and almost everyone was shouting Li Fu's name!
"Padre6! Padre6! Padre6!"
"Emperor Fu is awesome!"
"Go Fuhuang in the finals!"
“…”
When the IG members who were standing on the stage waiting for Li Fu heard the thunderous cheers, the envy they had for Faker instantly disappeared, and they were rarely jealous at all. Instead, they all puffed out their chests with a feeling of honor.
Because Li Fu's performance this season is obvious to all.
He is really not a lucky man.
Not a lucky guy either.
The reason he can get to where he is today is really all thanks to his late-night qualifying training, as well as his pure professional attitude with no distractions. His invisible efforts off the stage have been transformed into shouts echoing over the huge stadium today!
All of this... is what he deserves.
At this moment, the thought that emerged in the minds of everyone, including Rookie and Xiao Shiguang, was that being able to be teammates with such a pure player was a very good thing in their ups and downs in their career.
…
Backstage, SKT, who entered the game first, quickly conducted a group interview.
During the entire process, the atmosphere in the interview booth was a little depressed. Only Bang took a sip of water from the mineral water bottle from time to time, while everyone else kept their heads down throughout the whole process.
When it was Faker's turn, he forced a smile, greeted the camera, and began to answer reporters' questions.
"I think it's a pity that we lost in the semi-finals."
"I feel sorry for my teammates because I didn't play very well today. I didn't have a Kyrie-like performance. I'm sorry everyone."
"No, we never underestimated IG, not even once. We also prepared very well before the game, but we lost in the end, and it feels... very regrettable."
"If I had met this team in the finals, I believe I would have been in better form. It's just... what a pity, what a pity..."
At the end of his speech, Faker lowered his eyes, covered his face with his hands, and almost unconsciously muttered "What a pity" twice in a row.
This scene was quickly broadcast across the entire Internet through live broadcast. Many people felt heartbroken when they saw the once proud and arrogant devil fall into such a state.
Some fans advised Faker not to blame himself too much. This year's S game is the stage that truly belongs to him, and the triple crown is the true beginning of SKT's legend!
Some more radical fans angrily criticized Duke and Bang, saying that the two of them were "one acting and one sending off", which was simply too inhuman. They suggested that SKT should go home and not buy tickets for these two idiots to let them swim back...
…
At the same time, after a short break, Li Fu, who won today's semi-final MVP, followed the staff to the interview seat again.
This is a personal interview with MVP.
I don’t know if the official wanted to make something happen, but they specially called up Feng Sichu, one of the female hosts who were accompanying the group, to be in charge of this interview.
Before Li Fu came on stage, Feng Sichu stood in the interview booth holding the microphone, gazing blankly at the beautiful profile of the backstage, which once again broke the defense of many netizens in the audience!
"Chu Chu, promise me not to fall in love too quickly. I have bought every issue of the Double Color Ball!"
"It's too late! Chuchu has already turned into Fuhuang's shape."
"Damn it, it's not like professional players are not allowed to date. The girl has taken the initiative, why isn't Fu Huang tempted?"
"Eh? She smiled, she smiled!"
"No need to think about it, it must be Emperor Fu who is on stage. I'm so jealous!"
“…”
At the interview seat, Li Fu stood aside holding a microphone and facing the camera.
Feng Sichu lifted a strand of hair by her ear. She was growing up very fast and quickly got into the mood to start the interview.
"First of all, congratulations to you and IG for winning today and successfully advancing to the finals. What is the secret of IG's success for today's victory?"
Li Fu smiled and said without hesitation, "Maybe there is a secret, but it's in the hands of the coach. I don't know. To be honest, we didn't even expect to win against SKT today."
"But you look very calm, as if you haven't felt any pressure from beginning to end?" Feng Sichu asked with a smile.
"Maybe it was because I was too stressed out in the week before the game and my spirit was drained. In the end, I didn't feel too much pressure. I thought, let's just play like this and we can overcome everything."
Soon, Feng Sichu asked a question that many people were curious about.
"We all know that when IG played against SKT in the fifth decisive game, you switched to the top lane. Was this a tactic prepared in advance? Or was it a spur-of-the-moment decision?"
"It's temporary because our top laner had some unexpected health problems." Li Fu replied.
Feng Sichu blinked and continued to ask, "Then why did you take over the unit instead of Ah Xun or someone else? Did you take the initiative to ask for it?"
Li Fu thought seriously for a few seconds this time, and then said, "Yes, because in the fourth game I played a jungle Graves, and my teammates trusted me very much and played around me the whole time, but in the end we lost that game."
"I felt a little guilty at the time, and started to wonder if the jungler position could bear this trust, so I thought of the top laner position. In this version, the top laner position can play a more important role in the entire team."
After listening carefully, Feng Sichu asked, "We all saw that your performance in the top lane today was really very impressive. Will you consider playing top lane in the future, or directly switch to top lane?"
Li Fu smiled and said, "I haven't formally considered it yet, but if there is a suitable opportunity, I don't mind giving it a try."
Feng Sichu raised his hand and glanced at the script.
I continued, "Because of last year's elimination in the group stage, many people were very disappointed with IG. This year, you were also seen as a weak team and suffered a lot of ridicule and criticism before the game. But today, your entire team played very strongly and played all five games with SKT and won the final victory. How did you do it?"
Hearing this question,
The scene around the interview booth suddenly became quiet, and everyone felt a little awkward.
Because when they first entered the arena today, some of them left messages online mocking IG, or simply bought tickets to watch for fun.
Li Fu hesitated for a while when faced with this question. Just when everyone thought he would give a formulaic answer like "IG united as one and worked hard to withstand the pressure."
Li Fu suddenly raised his head, smiled at the camera, and whispered something.
"Because we have nothing to lose."
The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on the man with a calm expression.
Because there is nothing to lose.
so,
Can you just win it all?
In a trance,
Everyone seemed to vaguely see a courageous spirit of fighting until death under that handsome and calm face!
Backstage waiting room,
Everyone on IG was also startled.
Coach Chris, Rookie and others all looked up at Li Fu in the interview screen.
To be honest, before playing against SKT, Li Fu should be the one in the best mental state in the entire IG team.
Before this, they all thought that Li Fu had a big heart that could withstand pressure.
But it was not until this time that they realized that the man was not insensitive to stress.
From beginning to end,
He is fighting a desperate battle.
At this moment, looking at the familiar figure in the interview booth who they usually get along with day and night, Zhizi suddenly muttered something in a low voice.
"Damn, this guy is so fucking handsome."
"Yes, he's quite handsome." Rookie smacked his lips.
"So handsome!"
Ah Xun nodded vigorously.
The next second, he quickly took out his mobile phone to write down Li Fu's quotes so that he could use them in his next interview.
…
"Um?"
At the interview table, Feng Sichu was also stunned.
Li Fu smiled and added, "Because I think compared to SKT, we really have nothing to lose."
"But as a double champion, SKT has won more championships than I have ever seen. They really can't lose."
"At the time, I was thinking, if a team from LPL happened to beat them at this time, it would be very interesting (laughs)."
All of a sudden, there was a burst of laughter at the scene, and many people had a new label in their impression of Li Fu.
Hard work, sincerity, purity, and a little bit of...dry humor?
Feng Sichu also narrowed his crescent-shaped eyes and stared at Li Fu for a few seconds. He suddenly remembered his work and continued quickly, "Well, we have one last question here."
" When we won the game today, some spectators noticed that your teammates were very excited, but you didn't seem very excited. Isn't it worth being happy to advance to the finals?"
When asking this question, Feng Sichu's eyes flickered as he stared at Li Fu, as if he wanted to know more about this childhood neighbor brother.
But this time, when Li Fu heard this question, he couldn't help but be stunned. To be honest, he really didn't notice this.
Are you unhappy?
"I'm actually very happy." The next second, he reacted and said with a smile, "Maybe it's because without SKT's finals, I always feel like something is missing."
Backstage, SKT waiting room.
After the group interview,
Faker, who was packing up and preparing to leave, heard this sentence from the live broadcast, and his body with his back to the TV suddenly stiffened!