“IG is awesome!”
"Fuck! We are the champions!"
"The Linglong Tower has been built. IG was awesome today!"
"Today's finals was a complete crush!"
"Haha, is there anyone who still doubts the champion's ability?"
“…”
When the five IG players destroyed CLG's main crystal and shut out CLG in the third game's "Zero Dragon Tower", there was an unprecedented cheer at the scene, and IG's fans were so excited that their hearts almost jumped out!
I still remember that in the semi-finals, IG defeated SKT with a full BO5 and won by a narrow margin of 3 to 2.
At that time, some people said sourly in the comments that IG was just luckier. At another time, they might not be worthy of the qualification to advance, and might even fail in the finals.
But now, it’s a clean 3-0!
CLG is also the champion team of the North American LCS region in the Mid-Season Invitational. In this World Championship, they also made it to the finals one game at a time from the group stage. Their strength is obvious to all.
But such a team was defeated by IG 3-0 today, and was even shut out in the last game.
Who can still deny IG's strength?
In the LPL event live broadcast room, the old fans who had been with Li Fu since before he joined IG watched this scene on the stage, and they couldn't help but feel a complicated sigh in their hearts.
In the past one or two years, although we have been separated by the Internet, we have been focusing on companionship.
But after spending so much time with him, and seeing Li Fu getting older, and having no achievements in his career, and not even having a chance to play, everyone couldn't help but worry about him.
When Li Fu was live streaming before, more than one person advised him in the live broadcast room to take advantage of his youth and move behind the scenes to become an assistant coach or something.
If a road is blocked, try another one. There is no need to stick to the same path until the end.
That might be more respectable.
Don't let yourself get kicked out and no one wants you to be a coach, because then you will lose your last bit of dignity.
As for Li Fu's smiling answers every time, such as "I dream of lifting a championship trophy and showing up in the world game", the old viewers in the live broadcast room just regarded it as a fool's dream.
Until today.
Until this moment.
Looking at the figure standing up on the stage, all the old fans in Li Fu’s live broadcast room over the years were struck by lightning. They were completely stunned, and all the things that had happened over the years flashed through their minds.
The figure who trains hard even though he knows he can't play.
The one who is criticized by the barrage will only make a few self-deprecating remarks, and even sincerely apologize to the trolls for failing to live up to your expectations.
Under the camera of the live broadcast room, no matter it is day or night, as long as he starts training, his eyes are always so sincere and enthusiastic. He plays a wonderful game and then turns around to look around, but no one shares his experience.
He staggered forward amidst the laughter.
Walked alone towards the stage where golden rain was falling!
He really...did it.
…
At the same time, on stage IG competition seat.
"What the hell! We are the champions?"
"Of course we are the champions!"
"Fuck! World champion! I can't even think about it."
"Look at your achievements. There's nothing you can't even think about. Look at me. I'm very calm."
"Then stop shaking your hands! Learn more from Brother Renfu."
"My hand is twitching! What should I do if my hand is twitching and I can't control myself?!"
“…”
The side door of the game room was opened, and the IG coaching staff and substitute A Chun rushed in. Chris hugged everyone excitedly, and finally came to Li Fu, who took off his headphones and turned around.
Chris looked at Li Fu with some excitement, gasped twice, then stood on tiptoe and patted Li Fu's shoulder heavily, and then repeated in an excited tone, "I knew you could do it, I knew you could do it, I knew..."
"It's not me." Li Fu also smiled brightly, turned around and looked at his teammates, and then his gaze returned to Chris, "It's us."
He was very grateful to Chris. If he hadn't insisted on letting him start despite the pressure from Su Xiaoluo, he might not even have been able to take the first step, let alone today.
At this moment, the director's camera turned to the competition seats.
Li Fu's heartfelt smile filled the big screen behind the stage. His handsome smile inexplicably made people feel a very pure feeling, and the eyes of the whole world were focused on this smile.
As if silently declaring:
At least today,
On the stage of this MSI finals.
This man is the chosen one!
And the only one!
Buzz!
The huge finals scene of Sea Crown was boiling again!
"Emperor Fu ascends the throne!"
"I declare that the Emperor generation is the coolest!"
"Today is the day for the male worshiper! No! Today is the day for the emperor worshiper!"
“…”
On the LPL commentary desk, Miller was also venting his emotions loudly at the top of his voice:
"Why don't men take Wu Gou and take over the fifty states of Guanshan?"
"Maybe one day, I say maybe, maybe one day we will lose confidence in LPL, because the Korean LCK's domination continues to this day. But I don't think it's today! Maybe one day, these players we love will no longer be able to persist on the stage! But it's not today!"
"IG fought hard today and was unstoppable today! They won another world championship trophy for us and LPL!"
Guan Zeyuan also responded loudly:
"Some people look back at the entire LPL last year and comment that it was a dawn, and then it fell into darkness. But today! What I want to say today is... the LPL winter is over, and the long night is over! Congratulations to IG!"
"That's right. A thousand years of darkness can be illuminated by a single light!"
Miller roared again, "Today IG is the light of LPL! They first defeated SKT, and then blocked CLG! They illuminated the way forward for LPL! The throne legend of the old era is about to end, and the rotten grass of the new era will turn into fireflies and shine brightly!"
Finally it was the doll's turn.
He thought about it, but didn't know what to say for a moment. The emotions surging in his chest finally turned into a sentence "IG is awesome!"
At this moment, regardless of stance, job, or personal feelings... the three commentators looked at the people hugging and celebrating in the IG competition area, and as commentators, they were really excited from the bottom of their hearts.
At this time, the director's camera turned to CLG on the opposite side of the stage.
The moment the game ended, CLG's jungler slumped in his chair, staring blankly at the screen with lifeless eyes.
Suddenly, something cold fell on his face.
Xmithie glanced up.
At some point, a golden rain began to fall above the stage.
It was at this moment that Xmithie suddenly shuddered and realized that he knew he had really screwed up!
Screwed up jungler!
Screwed up the game!
Messed up everything!
Screw up your one and only chance in life.
Yes, Xmithie, who has been fighting in North America since S1, has a similar experience to Li Fu. He never set foot on the world stage in the past few years, and only had the opportunity to step onto this stage last year and this year.
The world went through a procession last year.
Xmithie said to himself, it doesn’t matter, I will definitely be able to do it this year.
CLG did very well today, making it all the way to the finals of the MSI World Championship, but they failed to take that final step.
At this moment, Xmithie realized very clearly that he would never have such an opportunity again. At his age, he should have retired last year.
Suddenly, Xmithie couldn't help but turn his head and look at the man who stood up on the opposite side of the stage and was surrounded by excited teammates and attracted countless attention. He suddenly remembered that the other party seemed to be a veteran of about the same age as him.
In an instant, a hint of envy that was hard to conceal suddenly emerged in his unwilling eyes.
If...if the person who wins this stage today is me.
How great that would be .
The director's camera once again captured Xmi thie's expression, which formed a sharp contrast with Li Fu's previous victorious expression, making people realize at this moment the true cruelty of e-sports.
This cruelty,
Treat everyone equally.
But it is precisely because of it that this honor seems even more hard-earned and precious, isn't it?
…
After the handshake, the IG team came to the center of the stage.
The head of Riot Games presented them with the MSI championship medals, and Li Fu unsurprisingly won the MSI championship FMVP medal.
The emcee held up the prize medal again, and took a group photo with the award presenter and everyone from IG.
Champion: US$250,000.
Compared to the S-League's prize money of more than two million US dollars, it is ten times less.
But after this dawn of hope fell into darkness, IG brought light to the LPL region on the world stage.
However, it still made countless audiences cheer, and rekindled unprecedented hope for this year's S game.
Bang, bang, bang—!
A sound that almost blew off the roof of the venue was heard again in the audience.
This time, the person in charge of the interview was still Chuchu, who had just entered the LPL and had become very popular. She was Feng Sichu. Her graceful figure and her gaze fixed on Li Fu immediately caused another commotion at the scene.
The barrage in the LPL event live broadcast room was also flooding the screen.
"ChuChu! awsl!"
"Don't look at him, he won't pay any attention to you!"
"Look at me, look at me!"
Next came the interview session.
The first person to give it was IG coach Chris.
"Counsel, how does it feel to win the world championship?"
Chris rubbed his nose and took off his glasses, then put them back on, took a deep breath, smiled and said, "Although I am very happy and excited, it still feels quite unreal, like a dream."
"Where are the support and AD players?"
Hearing the question, Shekeke and Xiaoshiguang looked at each other, both feeling a little reserved and shy.
Shekeke spoke with a slight stutter, "My coach and I both feel it's unreal, but I'm mostly happy."
"Me too." Xiao Shiguang was a little nervous.
There was a burst of good-natured laughter at the scene.
Only at this time will the audience realize that those professional players who are so dazzling under the lights are just teenagers of 17 or 18 years old, or at most not-so-ordinary people among ordinary people.
"So what about the mid laner Rookie?"
Feng Sichu spoke fluent Korean this time.
Although we know that Rookie's Chinese is not very good, this is a world competition after all, and etiquette needs to be considered when interviewing Korean players. However, Feng Sichu, who is rumored to be proficient in three languages, also won the favor of passers-by with his excellent professional hosting qualities.
As expected, Rookie took the microphone and smiled with his hands covering his mouth, then smiled and said in fluent Chinese:
"I'm really excited and happy. After all, this is my first world championship trophy. When we lost to SKT twice in the group stage, I thought we would be eliminated in the semi-finals. I didn't sleep well for several days. Now I have successfully won the championship trophy. I really want to thank my teammates. I am proud of you!"
Rookie smiled and gave a thumbs up!
Next, it was the turn of top laner Zzitai and substitute Achuan.
Zzitai: The moment I was substituted off in the semi-final battle with SKT, I felt really guilty. I want to thank Brother Fu for taking my place and finishing the BO5 in the semi-final, where I got the qualification spot with great difficulty. I made all preparations before today's game, not to prove anything, but just to tell everyone that my teammates and I deserve this championship!
After saying this, he struck a cool pose, trying his best to keep a calm face and not let the corners of his mouth curl up.
Rookie next to him glanced at him and said nothing.
The microphone went to substitute Achun.
Axun: Just... well, thanks to my teammates. Everyone performed very well in this MSI. Thank you everyone.
Finally, after a round of interviews, they came to Li Fu.
Feng Sichu looked down at the script and asked with a smile, "You said before the game that you would burn everything out today and give the winner a heartfelt applause in the end. Did you hear the applause from the audience?"
Feng Sichu's words were like a signal!
The next moment, a tsunami of applause came from all directions of the audience again.
"Emperor Fu is awesome!"
"Come on, Brother Fu!"
“IG is awesome!”
After a moment, the sound of applause, accompanied by cheers and screams, slowly faded away.
"How do you feel now? Is there anything you want to say to the audience and fans at this moment?"
"Well... I hope the audience won't use up all their energy in clapping, because we will see each other again on the next World Championship stage."
“…”
The moment Li Fu said this, the scene fell into a brief silence, and even his teammates beside him were stunned.
Shit! I was fooled by Brother Fu again.
Zizi muttered quietly.
He just didn't understand.
Why is it that Li Fu can always come up with a big one without making any noise, and it is even more brilliant than the one he has been thinking about all night.
etc!
Could this be the innate holy body of the king?
The LPL event live broadcast room was suddenly flooded with comments.
"666 Brother Fu is awesome!"
"Brother Fu's post-match interviews are always so awesome!"
"Hahaha, could it be that Emperor Fu is already studying his opponents for the S game?"
“…”
Although there were a few comments saying things like "Are you getting arrogant?", "It's really a big deal that you didn't even win the MSI championship but didn't get a championship skin", "If you want to go to the S game, get a spot ", "If the MSI champion can't make it to the S game, there will be something to watch"... but these comments were only fleeting. Today's championship won IG the "limited-time exemption from criticism", and the vast majority of comments in the live broadcast room were saying "IG is awesome".
After the interview, the IG team surrounded the MSI championship trophy on the stage.
Several people suppressed their excitement and looked at each other.
"Who goes first?"
"Brother Fu goes first."
"Come on, everyone."
"Okay, let's go together."
"By the way, don't forget the celebratory gesture we agreed on."
After the brief exchange, the five people stretched out a hand and each grasped a corner of the trophy.
The photographer under the stage raised three fingers to signal the start of the countdown.
"Three, two, one!"
The next moment, everyone in IG raised the trophy above their heads with all their strength.
Bang, bang, bang—!
There was another round of enthusiastic cheers and applause at the scene.
Snap!
The picture in the big screen camera freezes.
In the golden rain,
Five people pointed to the sky.
It’s like the beginning of an era!