Chapter 233: The First Year of E-sports! We are all here together! (End)
The LPL commentator on the stage was more excited than the players at this moment.
It’s not easy, it’s really not easy.
In previous years, let alone the finals, there were basically no LPL teams in the semi-finals. As a commentator of the LPL, I really have no passion at all. All I talk about are teams from other regions. What does this have to do with the LPL?
But this time it’s different!
This time it’s a real team from LPL!
It’s not a dream!
They really made it to the finals, and beat their opponents 2-0, just missing the final touch.
How could the LPL commentators not be excited about this?
In comparison, the commentator of LCK next door, Roaring Emperor, was so sad that he almost couldn't breathe. He kept asking questions in a babble, as if he was interrogating ROX's soul.
Backstage, ROX lounge.
The usually amiable ROX coach got angry for the first time.
He waved his hands and asked loudly, you have already defeated SKT, SSG, and all the strong teams in LCK, and are standing on the stage of this world championship.
Once upon a time, the trophy was right in front of us and within our grasp.
But how can you fall here?
Falling in front of an LPL team?
Are LPL teams considered human? In the past two years, they could open champagne if they made it to the quarterfinals.
Although the ROX coach's words were passionate, the effect was average.
There was no way. In the second game, not only Smeb's morale was hit, but even the silver-haired Peanut, who had been in fine clothes and riding a horse all year, was hit so hard that he completely lost his morale after Li Fu switched to jungle in the second game.
Whenever he thought of that blind monk, his head felt like it was exploding with pain, like an endless nightmare.
It’s uncomfortable, really uncomfortable.
Come back from 2-0 down to 3-0?
Easier said than done.
Little Peanut laughed bitterly in his heart.
But the game still has to go on.
ROX took a breath and took a break between games, and the third game came as scheduled.
The LPL audience was completely excited at this moment.
"Come on IG! Go for it!"
"Don't give the other side a chance to turn the tables! Kill them!"
"Come on, come on! LPL's first S-League title! I'm going to buy up all the champion skins!"
“…”
The comments in the live broadcast room were flooding the screen like crazy.
After the players from both sides came on the stage, IG returned to the blue side and ROX went to the red side. After some bargaining in the BP stage, the final lineup was finally locked.
IG on the blue side: Fiora on top, Nightmare on jungle, Azar in the middle, EZ and Zyra on bottom lane.
Red side ROX: top lane Jayce, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Clockwork, bottom lane Policewoman and Karma.
In this life-and-death game, the two sides' lineups somewhat replicated the previous game's interchanges.
Xiaohuasheng chose Lee Sin and Li Fu chose Nightmare, which was clearly anti-teaching, and the mid lane was similar.
But hero swapping is not scary, whoever loses will be embarrassed .
So in the early stage of this game, Xiaohuasheng's Lee Sin was really putting all his effort into it. He quickly cleared the red zone in the upper half of the map and went . After that, he went to the middle zone and did some ganking, doing crazy things.
As for people, IG was dodging and alert at the beginning, so naturally they couldn't be caught.
But this blind monk has a strong presence, and the director's camera is on him most of the time. In contrast, Li Fu's Nightmare seemed to be invisible and had no presence in the early stage.
This scene excited the LCK commentators and audiences, as if they had received a shot of adrenaline, and they dared to speak louder.
But backstage in the ROX lounge.
The coach of ROX frowned, as Nightmare's dormancy in the early stage made him feel like a thorn in his back!
Finally, this bad premonition came true.
The game lasted seven minutes. When Nightmare reached the first wave at level 6, he used his ultimate to go over the tower and catch him.
Smeb used Jayce's hammer form and QE to try to knock away the Nightmare that was tied to him, but Li Fu used E at the moment when Jayce's E came out after the hammer fell, just blocking the knockback, and Nightmare's Chain Fear took effect.
Fiora cast a blood recovery array under the tower and left the tower, and even mischievously stood on the edge to hold on for a little longer.
Li Fu quickly and efficiently took the kill and got the first blood.
The sound in the LCK audience seats and commentary booth suddenly became stuck.
I have to say, although Peanut's Lee Sin was very active in the early stage of this game, he was strolling around most of the time and didn't catch anyone dead. In comparison, Li Fu's way of taking lives with one move was more breathtaking!
And this wave of first blood is like the clarion call of variation!
After getting the first blood and going home to create Tiamat, Nightmare's jungle clearing efficiency increased epically, and he invaded more often. Next, he almost hit Peanut's head.
Peanut, who was driven out of the wild area again and again, finally got angry!
Around nine minutes, he showed off a roundhouse kick in the upper half, but unexpectedly Li Fu's ultimate skill was ready. After being kicked out, he used his ultimate skill directly and once again staged a single kill in the jungle.
At this moment, the hearts of Xiaohuasheng’s fans at the scene were all in a knot!
"IG can take the dragon! This dragon is very good, the first one is a water dragon!"
"That's right. ROX's top and jungle are both at a disadvantage now. Jayce lost level and gold when he crossed the tower. He basically can't fight against Fiora anymore. As for the mid lane..."
"There is nothing to say about the mid lane. Rookie played very steadily today. Although there were not many shots in the mid lane, Rookie was very stable in suppressing. In the last game, Clockwork suppressed Tsar, and this time Tsar suppressed Clockwork. It was really a forehand and backhand teaching. It was a bit like Ma Run in S5 top lane!"
"Then let's look at the bottom lane. ROX's Caitlyn Karma is clearly going to fight in the laning phase."
"Eh? Brother Fu is moving towards the lower half. This action... But Nightmare doesn't have a big move."
"Oh! The top laner just had a TP gap. Nightmare went around to set up a ward, and Fiora TPed directly to the ground. Peanut's Lee Sin just came out of the fountain. This is a deadly four-on-two attack!"
“…”
Soon, two more kills appeared on the big screen.
Ten minutes into the game,
In the third life-and-death game after losing two games in a row, ROX's mentality and the three-lane laning all collapsed!
Li Fu's nightmare is just like a ruthless killer. Compared with Xiao Huasheng's early minor fights, he would not take action unless he made a move, but once he did, blood would be shed.
More importantly, after IG got going, the pace of their attack suddenly increased.
After finishing the fight in the jungle, he ganked the bottom lane. After finishing the four-on-two fight in the bottom lane, he took down the little dragon. Xiaohuasheng's Lee Sin just rushed to the bottom lane, but suddenly everything went black in front of him!
——It turned out that Li Fu’s Nightmare’s next ultimate was ready, and while Smeb’s Jayce’s flash under the tower was not ready yet, Fiora just returned to the line and caught the top laner again, and directly killed him.
At this moment, the director's camera turned to Smeb, and his originally rebellious face now showed only numbness and confusion.
It makes people feel inexplicably sad when looking at it.
Just like that, the third game, which was originally thought to be a life-and-death battle between dragon and tiger, quickly turned into a one-sided massacre after ROX's mentality completely collapsed.
The game time is 23 minutes.
The commentator on the stage suddenly went completely crazy!
"Nightmare used his ultimate, Rookie's Tsar went behind him, and pushed! Oh my god, he pushed three!"
"Baolan's Zyra flashes to use her ultimate, EZ steps back and uses her ultimate to kill three people with her E face attack! What a fierce EZ!"
"Brother Fu's wave directly hit the policewoman! She was killed instantly! The damage is invincible! ROX can't . Rookie and Brother Fu's push to turn off the lights directly pushed them to the gates of hell!"
"Zero for four! IG got a zero for four! Only Karma is left with less than half health!"
"Fighting the big dragon?"
"Don't fight the Baron! IG won't fight the Baron! There's a soldier line in the middle lane, we can attack!"
"Wait, Karma wants to use RQ to disconnect, but Save's Fiora is chasing! Fiora has the red buff this time, and her chasing ability is very strong! Karma wants to shrink the enemy with a chain, but Fiora's QW hits!"
"Karma was killed by Fiora, the team is wiped out! The soldiers are on the high ground! Fiora TPs directly to the soldiers under the tower!"
"Don't fight the Baron! One wave! We want one wave!"
When the crystal was removed and the picture froze, thunderous cheers came from the scene. Some of them were IG's international student fans in Europe and the United States, and some of them were enthusiastic European and American audiences who were witnessing the birth of a new king.
In the ROX competition seats.
Smeb closed his eyes, leaned back, and raised his hands to pinch his eyebrows.
The body fell into the endless abyss as if weightless.
Peanut next to him was only seventeen years old, but his hands were shaking slightly. On the screen in front of him was the post-match settlement interface, and what caught his eye was a glaring line of total damage output.
Lee Sin: 4319.
Not more, not less, just 77 points less than the man he sent away in the quarterfinals.
Peanut lowered his head dejectedly.
Mr. Ming, are you my...nightmare that I can't escape from?
…
At the same time.
At the IG competition seat, a golden rain was falling overhead.
"Shit, shit, shit!"
"We are the champions! Holy shit!"
"Champion...Is this a dream?"
"Dreams aren't that real!"
Li Fu took off his headphones. Save, Wuxx and others beside him were laughing loudly, as if they were letting out all the frustration in their hearts since this World Championship. At this moment, they just wanted to vent themselves!
"Fuck, Brother Fu, you were right. I really can become the champion mid laner!"
Someone patted Li Fu on the shoulder. He turned around and saw Rookie grinning at him.
"Have you thought of a nickname for yourself?" Li Fu asked.
Rookie said with a smile, "Nickname? Song Shen, right? Other names are not good. Besides, IG is not my unicycle now!"
On the LPL commentary desk.
The three commentators' faces were filled with excitement.
"we are--!"
"champion!"
"Yes! We are the fucking champions! S-League champions!"
PDD waved his fist and said loudly.
In the competition seats, the IG team leader, coaching staff and substitutes in the backstage all rushed forward!
Coach Chris excitedly gave everyone a big hug!
Never thought about it!
He really never thought about it!
The coach who was once considered by everyone to be only worthy of ordering takeout and closing the store, the self who was coldly laughed at by his Korean peers, now has the potential to lift the championship trophy on the world stage!
Champion coach!
What a wonderful name!
Chris' teeth were chattering with excitement. He was overwhelmed with emotions and felt that he had thousands of words in his heart, but when he spoke, only one sentence remained.
"Good fight, Brother Wowfu!"
"Well done, everyone!"
“It’s all thanks to the coach!”
"Hahaha, let's stop bragging to each other and just raise the cup!"
"Let's go, let's go, everyone!"
At this moment, under the gazes of countless league viewers around the world and the expectant gazes of countless LPL viewers in China under the early morning sun, the IG members stood in the center of the stage.
Everyone's eyes turned to Li Fu.
Li Fu smiled and shook his head, and said softly, "Do you remember our celebration gesture?"
"Of course I remember." Everyone couldn't suppress their excitement.
"Then I, I'll shout three, two, one!"
“3, 2, 1!”
"We are... the champions!"
Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, dazzling fireworks burst out from all around the stage.
In the golden rain,
The five young men pointed to the sky again!
IG's iconic celebration gesture, which was exactly the same as the one they used when they won the MSI championship, seemed to be silently announcing to audiences around the world: A new era has officially begun!
Looking at the tall and straight figure in the crowd, looking at the man who created a miracle in just one year, looking at the man who opened a new "esports year" for the LPL...
The moment the picture freezes,
Countless LPL viewers felt their heads boiling!
So close yet so far away, the whole world rejoices together!
(End of the book)
