Chapter 224: The youth of fine clothes and vigorous horse!
Win the game and advance to the semi-finals.
Except for Li Fu and Rookie, the other three players who were stepping onto the world-class stage for the first time were very excited.
“Holy crap! We’re already in the semifinals?” Save raised his arms and shouted, almost sliding on his knees, “We are in the semifinals!”
"Don't embarrass yourself. How come reaching the semi-finals is just like winning the championship?" Rookie laughed.
"Because this is a small step for us, but a big step for LPL." Li Fu teased.
Come to think of it, LPL has been in a state of disarray since last year, and the semi-finals have become a hurdle for many teams, and this year is still the same.
But IG overcame this difficulty, and defeated the Korean team. It is no wonder that many people were extremely excited, and the barrage in the official event live broadcast room was completely in a carnival.
“IG is awesome!”
"Holy crap, we're going to play SKT in the semifinals."
"SKT is fine, it's not like they haven't won MSI before."
"EDG also beat SKT at MSI, but they were sent packing yesterday."
“Turtle! Are SKT going to become the MSI revenge initiator and kill the MSI champion with one strike?”
"Don't be such an alarmist. Who cares about the barbecue stall? Come on IG, beat LCK!"
“…”
At this time, SKT's training base.
"I didn't expect it was them again." Coach Kouma rubbed his brows with a wry smile, then changed his words and said, "No, I should say it was them again."
"This LPL team is unexpectedly strong." Bang sighed.
Wolf next to him squinted his eyes and said, "Junzhi, why don't you give up meditation training? It doesn't seem to have any effect. I felt stressed when playing against the opponent's bottom lane in the group stage."
"Ah? It's normal to feel pressure. After all, the opponent is the MSI champion. Does it have anything to do with my meditation training?" Bang said stubbornly.
"That's enough. " Faker interrupted them, raised his hand to push down his glasses, and looked at the IG team that had just defeated SSG. "No matter what, their journey to the world championship ends now that they have met us."
At this point, Faker's eyes flashed with a gleam of wisdom, "Where we fell once, we must not fall again this time."
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At the same time, IG lounge.
"Are you all ready to play against SKT next week?"
After calming down from the joy of advancing to the semi-finals, Chris glanced at everyone in a calm tone.
"Of course I'm ready!"
"Don't worry, we will do our best."
Unexpectedly, Coach Chris shook his head and said, "It is natural to go all out, but I hope you can treat next week's game as a test."
Is playing against SKT just training?
Who will you fight after the training?
Coach Chris didn't say it clearly.
But when Li Fu and Rookie heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little moved in their hearts, as if they thought of something, and looked at each other.
Of course, there is only one team that deserves more attention than SKT in this World Championship, and that is the LCK champion team this summer, and also the number one seed in the LCK region.
Tigers, ROX Tigers!
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The next day, October 16th.
ROX vs. H2K.
This round of B05 seemed to be a replay of yesterday's match between IG and SSG. They lost their fighting spirit after defeating H2K in the first match, and lost the next two matches faster and faster.
The only difference is that yesterday IG opened a breakthrough from the jungle, while Rox did it through the coordination between the top and jungle, with Peanut helping the top lane to establish an advantage and then breaking through the laning phase.
In this world championship without Ma Daotou, last year's uncrowned king Smeb will finally crown himself and once again challenge the throne of "the world's number one top laner."
Next up, October 17th.
TSM and the wildcard team ANX fought for five games and finally advanced to the semi-finals with a score of 3 to 2. However, after this game, the audience's attention was not on the TSM team, but all focused on ANX.
Because from any angle,
Being able to play against the veteran European and American powerhouse TSM like this, ANX can be said to be the strongest wildcard team in history.
As for TSM, their semi-final opponent is ROX, so the fate of this team is basically determined.
Even after fighting five games with the wildcard team and barely advancing, the exhausted TSM club manager posted a self-deprecating post on the social platform, saying that they played so hard today just to lose to ROX in a more decent way.
Unexpectedly, even TSM’s European and American fans did not refute this post, but only expressed comfort.
This is enough to show that after two S games, even if ROX did not win the championship, its terrifying strength has conquered European and American audiences who value strength above all else.
As a result, the biggest suspense left in the semi-finals a week later is the match between SKT and IG, which also caused a lot of controversy before the game.
Bear the pressure.
"Let's be honest, IG is incredibly strong this year and will definitely crush SKT."
"That's right. It's not like we haven't played in the group stage before. IG beat SKT in every position."
"Son of a bitch, stop savoring it. All positions are absolutely overwhelming? I want to ask, except for the jungler who was a little bit weak and was suppressed by Fu Huang, which other position didn't make a decisive move?"
"Song Yi-Jin is only a big shot in LPL. Back then, IG was a general among short guys. If he were in LCK, he would at most be a first-tier mid laner like Kuro, far from the top mid laners like Faker."
"Indeed, SKT can't live without Faker, but IG won't have any problems with Song Yi-jin right now. This guy's presence in the mid lane is getting lower and lower."
"I saw it when we played against SSG. The whole time the camera was on the top and jungle. After three games, I didn't even know what he played in the mid lane."
"Stop barking, you son of a bitch! Instead of watching a rubbish team like IG succeed, it's better to watch SKT win back-to-back championships and establish a dynasty."
"What the hell, you idiot? You're a Korean, right? Does your Korean dad even know he has a son like you?"
As a notorious toilet in e-sports, the pressure-resistance bar is there for big players and for others as well. Anyway, it is impossible to tell you the truth, and in the end you can't escape sacrificing your parents to fight.
This situation is not limited to Tieba. As the semi-finals approach, various controversies are emerging in more and more places.
Amidst the outside world's uproar, the IG team had already flown from Chicago to New York, USA.
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Time flies.
October 22nd.
Madison Square Garden, New York.
After a clean 3-0 victory, the Proclaimers' ROX officially entered the finals, just one step away from the top of the world this year.
After the game, ROX's jungler Peanut took off his headphones and walked past the stage.
Suddenly, even though it was the European and American home court, a burst of extremely enthusiastic cheers suddenly came from the sky above Madison Square Garden.
"Pinart! Pinart! Pinart!"
This year, the silver-haired little Peanut, dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse, was stunned for a moment and stopped in the middle of the stage.
Immediately, the young man smiled, raised his hands, turned around on the spot and greeted everyone, which immediately caused a wave of cheers like a tsunami.
The eighteen-year-old boy bowed shyly in the middle of the stage in response to the thanks.
Backstage, Faker saw this scene through the live broadcast. His cheeks trembled slightly, but quickly returned to normal. He just lowered his eyes unconsciously.
At that moment, he seemed to see the arrogant self he was in S3.
No one is always eighteen, but there is always someone who is exactly eighteen, and that is e-sports.
If the spring breeze has pity on the flowers, could you allow me to be young again...Faker's eyes suddenly became sharp!
He doesn't think.
You will be the one being replaced.
