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Chapter 523 "Heroes" Debut, the Biggest Upset in S-Series History!
The quarterfinals of the S8 World Championship will begin on October 20th.

Even before the quarterfinals began, Zhou Dian had already received an invitation from the LPL officials.

LPL officials have invited Zhou Dian to be a commentator for the upper bracket semifinals.

The semifinals of the upper bracket, which is the semifinals of the bracket where RNG is located.

Zhou Dian readily agreed without hesitation.

He knew what the LPL officials were planning.

The goal was to have Zhou Dian, HZ and GSL's enemy, witness RNG and Uzi's advancement to the S8 finals.

That will attract a huge wave of traffic.

Since Zhou Shen didn't make it to the World Championship this year, it's not a big deal to use him as a foil to Uzi!

If Zhou Shen comes back next year, we can use Uzi to highlight him if the opportunity arises!
Controversy and online arguments are what generate traffic!
As for bottom lines and shamelessness, it's all about making money, so there's nothing shameful about it!

Zhou Shen was well aware of the LPL officials' ulterior motives, but he still went.

If you want to use my reputation as a stepping stone, then we'll see if RNG and Uzi are tough enough!
Moreover, Zhou Dian's status in the industry is undeniable, and he's also a high-profile figure.

The LPL officials didn't dare to offend Zhou Dian too much, so they only dared to take advantage of him in this way.

As for the quarterfinal match between RNG and G2, the official commentators invited by the organizers are Cool and Gogoing.

That would be the real way to crush those two, to highlight Uzi and generate a huge amount of buzz after the match.

After all, while Wu-Zhuang and Gogoing aren't exactly nobody anymore, they don't have much of a reputation either.

When it comes to the most ruthless Uzi fan, Zhou Dian is definitely not one of them.

It has to be the inventor of "World's Number One CJB" - former OMG mid laner Cool!

When Wu-zhuangtai was chatting with Factory Manager in the game back then, he said "World's number one cjb," which must have made GSL grit their teeth in hatred.

Even with a strong start this year, GSL has already dealt a severe blow to Cool.

But the LPL officials probably weren't satisfied yet, and felt that this wave of traffic wasn't big enough.

They then directly invited Wu-Zhuang to the commentary panel for RNG's quarterfinal match.

With Cool as a commentator, witnessing Uzi's S8 championship journey, what could be more satisfying for GSL?

Then they can rake in the wallets of Uzi fans and RNG fans again.

This is a golden opportunity for the LPL marketing team.

After all, RNG's quarterfinal opponent is G2, which is a sure win, with no possibility of an upset.

We can't miss this opportunity to market Uzi using his stateless marketing skills!
Wu-Zhuang-Qiu and Gogoing were well aware that the LPL officials' invitation to them as commentators for the quarterfinal match between RNG and G2 was obviously intended to use them for marketing purposes.

It's unclear what benefits the LPL officials promised Cool and Gogoing that made them willing to go to the commentary booth and have their heads stepped on.

Or perhaps, what is Wu Zhuangtai expecting? Is he taking a gamble?
Time flies, and it's now October 20th.

According to the schedule of the S8 World Championship, the two quarterfinal matches in the upper bracket will be completed today.

At noon, the quarterfinal match between IG and KT began.

KT is the number one seed from the LCK region this time, and at this point, KT is the second favorite to win the World Championship, with higher odds of winning than IG.

LPL viewers also lack confidence in IG, hoping that IG can replicate some of KT's style and clear obstacles for RNG as much as possible.

However, after a hard-fought five-game series, IG narrowly defeated KT 3-2, becoming the first team to advance to the semifinals of the S8 World Championship.

The reason they won 3-2 was that they narrowly escaped defeat.

It's because IG won the first two games in a row, taking a 2-0 lead over KT.

Throughout the entire match, they completely dominated KT, demonstrating a level of strength that was clearly superior to KT's.

In the third game, the game ended up with both sides trading bases. TheShy's Fiora was just one hit away from destroying KT's base crystal first.

Unfortunately, they were just a second too slow; IG's base crystal exploded first, and KT evened the score.

And IG's head coach is Kim Fatty, the head coach of Longzhu Gaming, the team that LGD defeated in last year's S7 World Championship.

Kim was dissatisfied with TheShy's behavior of disobeying the coach's orders and forcibly picking Fiora during the draft phase instead of following the coach's instructions.

In order to demonstrate his coaching authority, in the fourth game, Kim Jong-un forcibly substituted TheShy with the substitute top laner Duke.

Then, IG lost another game, bringing the overall score to 2-2, and the two sides entered the decisive game.

This really scared Kim Jong-un, and he quickly brought TheShy back in for the fifth game.

In the end, IG narrowly escaped defeating KT, the number one seed from the LCK region.

This victory undoubtedly made the entire LPL region's audience very happy.

But the most excited were actually the RNG fans.

From the perspective of RNG fans, IG was easily defeated by RNG!
RNG has already defeated IG in both the Spring and Summer Splits this year.

This result will not change at the World Championship.

Therefore, IG's advancement to the semifinals means that RNG, who is in the same half of the bracket, has already advanced to the finals.

As for G2, RNG's upcoming quarterfinal opponent, RNG fans have never taken them seriously.

A third seed from a weak European or American region is no match for RNG, the top favorite to win the S8 World Championship, who are aiming for a Grand Slam!
Following the match between IG and KT, the quarterfinals match between RNG and G2 began.

In the first game of the BO5 series, RNG easily defeated G2.

The two teams seem to be on completely different levels. Many Uzi fans are too lazy to pay much attention to this match and are instead focusing their energy on criticizing G2's support player.

GSL's reason for criticizing G2's support player was quite bizarre.

It was all because G2's support player highlighted Vayne during the champion selection phase of the first game.

But in GSL's opinion, the champion Vayne is deeply tied to Uzi!

Uzi is Vayne, and Vayne is Uzi!
You, a mere support, dare to pick Vayne in front of Uzi? Isn't that a provocation?
This is blasphemy against the god of AD!
We have to take a hard line against this B.

G2's support player, who was still fully focused on the game, had no idea that his social media account had been completely bombarded! But even if he did find out, he would probably be completely dumbfounded.

They probably can't even begin to understand why they were cyberbullied in such a bizarre way.

Subsequently, G2's top and mid laners combined their strengths, completely dominating RNG's top and mid laners, and surprisingly won the second game.

At this point, all RNG fans and most LPL viewers felt that RNG had been careless.

Only a small number of viewers, after watching the second game, sensed that something was amiss.

In the third game, RNG destroyed G2's base crystal in just 25 minutes, easily taking the match point.

This led almost everyone to believe that RNG had been careless in the second game and should have won the fourth game 3-1 against G2 to advance to the semifinals.

However, in the fourth game of the subsequent BO5, G2 surprisingly dominated across the board, causing RNG to collapse completely.

With a kill score of 15-1, RNG was almost wiped out, a complete one-sided defeat.

If it weren't for Perkz's generosity in giving away one, RNG would have been completely swept by G2.

The score of this best-of-five series is now tied at 2-2.

What was considered a one-sided match before the game, with RNG likely to sweep the opponent 3-0, has now become a decisive game.

At this stage of the match, most viewers have realized that the game's trajectory is no longer favorable.

Aside from RNG fans praying that RNG must win the decisive game and frantically shouting online to "bring Mlxg up."

Many fans of other teams who had been hoping for a "hero" to arrive before the start of the S8 World Championship to stop HZ and GSL's ultimate reckoning realized one thing:

That "hero" might just arrive today!
Of course, they could only keep these thoughts to themselves.

RNG hasn't lost yet, and the online community is still dominated by hz and gsl, and it's likely that hz and gsl will still dominate after today.

After all, from a purely rational perspective, RNG is still the stronger team and has a greater chance of winning the decisive game and advancing to the semifinals.

However, there is no absolute rationality in esports.

In competitive sports, it is always the winner who is strong, not the strong who wins!

As the fourth game ended and both players returned backstage, Zhou Dian, who was watching the live broadcast, saw Uzi's face, which was even redder than Rumble's.

Zhou Dian was absolutely certain that RNG would lose the fifth game!
Therefore, while other team fans might keep their opinions to themselves and not dare to say them for the time being, Zhou Dian dares to speak them out.

After the fourth game ended, Zhou Dian immediately posted a Weibo post.

The hero has arrived!

Many fans immediately guessed the meaning behind Zhou Dian's Weibo post.

Given the history between Zhou Shen, RNG, and Uzi, does posting such a statement mean he's optimistic about G2 winning the decisive game?
After someone took the lead, many fans of other teams who had been afraid of being purged by HZ and GSL also expressed their "anti" views towards RNG in the comments section.

This naturally drew a backlash from RNG fans, who immediately labeled Zhou Dian with accusations of surrendering before the battle even began and not supporting their own region's brothers, and even threatened to strip him of his nationality.

Within minutes, Zhou Dian's Weibo post received over a thousand replies, and it became a trending topic on Weibo during the break between the fourth and fifth games of the BO5 quarterfinals between RNG and G2.

But this time, on the Weibo battlefield, it wasn't RNG fans who were overwhelmingly dominating.

Even RNG fans were at a disadvantage.

This shows that many RNG fans were actually panicked about the decisive game.

Given Zhou Dian's achievements and status in the LPL region, after panicking, quite a few RNG fans actually backed down for him.

These people are taking the post from RNG's official Weibo account that just said, "Mlxg will replace Karsa as jungler in the fifth game," and saying that the "hero" Zhou Shen mentioned on Weibo must be referring to Mlxg!
It seems that RNG fans are really panicking. They've stopped being so aggressive and have even temporarily given in to Zhou Dian.

Of course, if RNG manages to get past G2 today, hz and gsl will naturally come back and criticize Zhou Dian harshly.

Zhou Dian's personality has always been such that if he's going to do something, he'll do it thoroughly.

He directly answered RNG fans' "questions" in the comments section:
[It's a pity for Mlxg. Can he really take the blame for this?]

That couldn't be clearer!
This caused those RNG fans who had briefly backed down to completely lose their temper and immediately hurl insults at Zhou Dian.

Zhou Dian's fans, along with fans from other teams who came to watch the spectacle, were naturally not to be outdone.

The comments section, which had finally calmed down a bit, erupted into another fierce battle.

No matter how much the audience argues, it certainly won't affect the competition on stage.

In the decisive quarterfinal game between RNG and G2, Uzi, with a flushed face, delivered the infamous "simp lantern" moment just minutes into the game, causing his bottom lane to collapse.

RNG's mid and top lanes were completely crushed in the laning phase.

G2's mid laner Perks' LeBlanc went 11-0, dominating the entire game.

In this decisive game, RNG actually died in five minutes, but managed to survive until more than thirty minutes before being eliminated.

But there's no difference anymore.

G2 won the decisive game, defeated RNG, and advanced to the semifinals.

G2's elimination of RNG, the top favorite to win the World Championship, in the quarterfinals and their ambition to achieve a grand slam throughout the year, can be considered the biggest upset of this World Championship.

It could even be called the biggest upset in the history of the World Championship!
In a best-of-one (BO1) match, it's not actually that difficult for an underdog to defeat a stronger opponent.

However, winning a best-of-five series against a stronger opponent is more than ten times more difficult than winning a best-of-one series.

During the decisive game between RNG and G2, Zhou Dian's Weibo post was trending higher and higher because RNG was at an early disadvantage.

With RNG ultimately eliminated by G2 in the quarterfinals, the hashtag "[Heroes have arrived!]" even reached fourth place on Weibo's trending topics.

It's important to know that getting into the top three trending topics on Weibo requires paying money.

Therefore, "[The hero has arrived!]" was actually the number one trending topic on Weibo at that moment.

The world has suffered from HZ and GSL for far too long!

This Weibo post quickly rose to the top of the trending searches, representing the backlash and retaliation from fans of other groups who were disgusted by the situation against hz and gsl.

(End of this chapter)