Volume 2: Storm Rising 2015 Chapter 363: Suppression before promotion
The LGD team, which had rebounded from the bottom, seemed to have entered some mysterious state. All of a sudden, they figured it out and knew how to play the match and how to win the game.
After all, they are the favorite to win the championship and have the number one combat power value on the ESPN list (funny). After their form recovered, they won the last two group matches like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and won two victories cleanly.
Countless viewers were in a trance, as if this was the LGD team in their impression, the team that carried the hope of winning the championship this year. However, this state came too late and could only be called a "last gasp of light."
Late affection is more cheap than grass. You've already been eliminated but you're still playing so well. What were you doing before?
The audience who came to their senses and realized this became even more furious and asked if you guys were playing a fixed match?
Suddenly, the keyboard in my hand became even more hungry and intolerant, and I was completely unable to suppress the wild power in my heart. The keyboard torrent once again swept through all e-sports related topics.
However, no matter how drastically public opinion changes, the facts have been determined.
In the end, LGD completed its reverse qualifying journey for the World Championship with a record of 2-4 in the group stage and bid farewell to the World Championship stage ahead of schedule.
People do not share the same joys and sorrows. Looking at the various insults and accusations making rounds on the Internet, Zhou Dongsheng just thinks they are just being noisy.
However, Zhou Dongsheng understands this feeling very well. Looking at all the popular sports in the world, there are "football hooligans" in football and "basketball hooligans" in basketball.
Just like the stage of sports competitions, it is glorious because it carries the passion in human bones and the pursuit of higher, faster and stronger.
Along with the passion, there is also a lot of anger that has nowhere to vent. Therefore, as exciting and enjoyable as sports events are, there will naturally be a lot of anger that is hard to let go.
If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. Some people enjoy the applause and cheers, and naturally there are people who are responsible for bearing the scolding and accusations.
Balance exists among all things, perhaps this is the reason.
However, it is obvious that Zhou Dongsheng is "past" this age. As a veteran e-sports audience, Zhou Dongsheng first started paying attention to the game when WE suffered unfair treatment, angrily proved himself with his strength, and danced on the opponent's high ground.
I have experienced two moments of failure, and the frustration of being just one step away from victory. I have also experienced the transition from the most promising year to the darkest era of being dominated by the government...
In the first time that the S7 World Finals was held in China, two strong teams made it to the semi-finals and may even achieve the unprecedented feat of meeting at the Bird's Nest, which made countless players excited, cheered and regained their confidence in e-sports.
However, just as youth is full of regrets, just like in Slam Dunk, where Xiangbei fell before the national top eight, the two ancient powerhouses RNG and WE also fell at the last stop leading to the Bird's Nest stage.
That was the real darkest moment! It completely shattered the last glimmer of hope in the hearts of countless viewers, and how many viewers left the Summoner's Rift during this darkest moment.
It was also during this darkest moment that the commentator Jide Fengshen made his thought-provoking speech.
" Maybe one day we will lose confidence in League of Legends e-sports, because the domination of LCK is still going on till today, but I don't think it will be today. And maybe one day, these players we love will no longer be able to persist on the stage, but it won't be today..."
It is precisely because of this dark moment that the peak of achievement is so precious and opens the era of the first year of domestic e-sports...
For Zhou Dongsheng, a veteran audience member who experienced all of this personally, LGD’s defeat was nothing compared to the darkest moment.
Compared to the curses and accusations from countless audiences, Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart that he was one step closer to defeating the talented young man Wei Shen.
However, Zhou Dongsheng was also extremely cautious. Even though he had Wei Shen's contact information, he did not dare to offer any comfort during this darkest moment in Wei Shen's e-sports career.
He was afraid that his chicken soup would outperform his normal level and accidentally push this talented young man to continue fighting in the Summoner's Rift, which would be bad.
Of course, people like Zhou Dongsheng who have bad intentions are a minority after all. The vast majority of people who care about the development of domestic e-sports are angry and disappointed with their children.
Even Principal Wang was no exception. Just after the wedding, Zhou Dongsheng was not in a hurry to leave Shanghai. He made an appointment with Principal Wang to watch the game offline in his mansion in Shanghai.
After LGD's defeat, Principal Wang's performance was not much better than that of ordinary audiences, with a lot of sweet words and eloquence.
Zhou Dongsheng smiled and consoled him, "It's okay. We still have Principal Wang's IG team. If things get worse, we still have the MSI champion EDG team. There's still hope!"
If Zhou Dongsheng remembered correctly, IG team almost left the group stage with LGD team. After all, IG at the moment has not activated the official "Pinnacle of Creation" BUFF and does not have the ability to change its fate.
However, with LGD team bearing the fire in the front and becoming the target of public criticism , IG team's defeat did not cause any waves.
What's more, a well-known "E-sports Wang Jingwei" incident occurred in the e-sports circle to distract the audience's anger.
In this year that created the worst performance in the history of the LPL region, the IG team was like an insignificant foil. With the big brothers and the second brothers attracting firepower, IG's defeat was excusable, so no one despised any small splash.
Principal Wang was not so optimistic. He said fiercely with a determined tone, "I originally wanted to go to the scene to watch the game, but forget it. I have decided that this time I must seriously reorganize a galactic battleship and achieve some results no matter what..."
Obviously, this defeat has more or less stimulated Wang Xuelong, a veteran of e-sports who was once hailed as the "pioneer of e-sports". He is determined to increase investment and give IG a thorough overhaul.
Following the original route, with the strong support of Principal Wang, IG did go through a period of major changes. Not only did they introduce a large number of players, they also constantly changed the lineup for trial and error, and went through a long period of pain.
Even in the next two years, IG missed the world championship. It was during this continuous exploration and experimentation that they found the championship lineup...
Thinking of this, Zhou Dongsheng calmly drank a sip of water. But obviously, history had already undergone a subtle deviation. While Principal Wang was still enthusiastically planning the future of e-sports...
Little did he know that Zhou Dongsheng beside him had quietly copied all the answers he had worked so hard to find in advance, and the most important cornerstone of the IG team was also taken away by Zhou Dongsheng...
Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and he could only make it up to Principal Wang in other ways . After all, Zhou Dongsheng did not miss out on several big-money projects.
This wave of turning the tables is really amazing!
The case was solved, it turned out that Principal Wang was clinging to Zhou Dongsheng (funny).
