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Chapter 538 A draw and a championship?! Zhou Shen, save me!
After the first game, the TES team returned to the rest room to discuss the tactics and strategies for the second game.

During the discussion, Knight seemed a bit listless.

It seems that Scout outmaneuvered him in the last game, which really affected his mentality.

To be fair, when assassins clash, if one is outmaneuvered and the opponent snowballs the advantage, making it impossible to win and ultimately resulting in defeat, it can be quite frustrating and mentally taxing.

However, as a professional player, one needs the ability to quickly adjust one's mindset.

If you lose one game, you'll be demoralized. How can you play the rest of the game?
Judging from Knight's current state, it's clear he can't recover in a short time.

White Crescent's motivational speeches were indeed limited; his encouragement of Knight didn't immediately lift his spirits.

Zhou Dian saw all of this.

I thought that if Dgc were here, he might be able to get Knight emotional and make him forget the loss in the first game.

It seems that not everyone can give someone a pep talk.

Even motivational coaches have their unique roles; they're not just there to coast along.

Often, when technical coaches can't solve a problem, you have to call on motivational coaches.

Of course, coaches who just order takeout are a different story; those are the real freeloaders.

Although Zhou Dian isn't great at giving motivational speeches, he has his own ways of dealing with this situation.

The best way to recover from defeat is to win.

If TES can win the second game, Knight's mentality should improve immediately.

Therefore, Zhou Dian suggested that Knight should pick a farming hero for the second game and farm in the mid lane, and not think about anything else.

Why risk trying to outplay EDG in their current form?

Just drag it out until the later stages!
The EDG of today is no longer the EDG with outstanding late-game capabilities of yesteryear.

However, the tendency to hesitate and procrastinate, which is an advantage, has been inherited.

Therefore, TES chose a lineup focused on scaling across all lanes in the second game.

Just keep scrolling and you're done.

EDG had a slight advantage in the early game, but just as Zhou Dian predicted, they were unable to extend that advantage.

As the game progressed, it entered the late game.

In the late game, TES doesn't need any specific skills or strategies.

As long as we are careful and don't make any big mistakes, we can easily crush our opponents by relying on our lineup strength, which is far superior to our opponents' in the late game.

TES secured a solid victory in the second game of the match.

Actually, if Knight had started to play defensively after losing the first round of skill-based maneuvers in the first game, TES would have had a very good chance of winning.

Because the current EDG team's late-game ability and ability to close out games are really lacking.

But because he chose an assassin hero, Knight kept fighting even after losing, and kept losing.

It completely ruined the entire team.

In this game, when Knight was given a farming champion, he immediately became timid and showed no intention of fighting back.

This is actually the right thing to do; it will help the team win the game.

Therefore, when playing League of Legends, you need to be brave when you should be brave, and also know when to be timid.

Blindly brave or blindly cowardly, neither is advisable.

In Zhou Dian's opinion, Knight's gameplay was absolutely flawless. However, he couldn't figure out when to be aggressive and when to play defensively.

After losing several important games because of a lack of understanding of the situation.

When players encounter big events or important matches, they tend to become mindlessly timid.

In other words, I'd rather do nothing than make a mistake.

Actually, this kind of problem is really hard to solve.

Otherwise, how could we say that some things are innate?

Some people just have a strong mental fortitude.

But it's not entirely hopeless.

It can be very difficult, but it can also be very simple at times.

That is, when these types of players make mistakes, there is someone who can help them win the game.

Now Zhou Dian has joined TES. Zhou Dian is the one who leads his teammates to victory when they make mistakes.

The next game was the decisive third game.

After winning the second game, Knight's confidence returned.

However, he lost to Scout in this game.

However, in this game, the Vampire in the weekly rankings completely dominated.

Despite having an advantage, EDG was unable to close out the game. However, Zhou Dian's Vladimir stepped up, dealing devastating AOE damage in two team fights and directly reversing the situation.

Because TES ultimately won the match.

Therefore, Knight was not as dejected as he was after the first game.

While feeling happy, I was also able to reflect on the mistakes I made in the decisive game.

However, when he lost the first game, Knight just kept his head down, trying to avoid admitting the mistakes he made in the first game.

Esports is ultimately too results-oriented.

When a player wins a match, public opinion is lenient; making mistakes, on the contrary, is valuable and can help the player grow.

However, if they make mistakes and lose the game, in most cases, public opinion will severely criticize these "internet addicts" who are generally immature.

For professional players, there's nothing to complain about; they forge their own path.

After defeating EDG, Guo Hao did it again, posting the same Weibo message once more: "The only downside to expensive things is that they are expensive!"

He's completely intoxicated now.

However, the nature of the comment section on Weibo posts with the same content has gradually changed.

Previously, the comment section only had haters and neutrals.

The supporters are supportive, while the critics are attacking.

But now, Guo Hao's Weibo comment section is mostly filled with people just looking for fun.

Moreover, the number of people is clearly increasing.

Because of TES's consecutive victories, it's harder for haters to criticize the TES players and the team after the weekly championship.

The focus shifted to Guo Hao's behavior of posting the same Weibo post after every victory.

There are still quite a few matches left in the Summer Split.

Let's see if Guo Hao will still post when TES loses a match.

If you don't post, it means you're cowardly, and you'll just have to wait for the haters to settle the score!

Posting after losing is pure idiocy and will only make you the laughingstock of the entire internet!

Therefore, the increasing number of people making fun of Guo Hao's Weibo comments section are just waiting for the day when TES loses the game so they can have the ultimate laugh.

Guo Hao gradually realized what was going on.

But now he was covered in sweat and in a difficult situation.

If he starts now, even if TES wins the game, he will stop posting this Weibo.

Then he'll be forever branded a "coward" and won't be able to shake it off.

If you grit your teeth and keep going, it will eventually become a big joke.

Damn it, why bother arguing with those black bastards!
Guo Hao started to regret it!

He realized that becoming the number one source of amusement in the League of Legends community in the second half of this year seemed inevitable.

unless
Unless TES doesn't lose their next game and wins the championship
Not only did he keep slapping the haters, but he even managed to sit on their heads and poop.

Is it really possible?
Zhou Shen, save me! After the match against EDG, TES went eight days without a game.

Since the start of this year's Spring Split, the LPL has changed its schedule from having matches on the last five days of the week to having matches every day of the week.

It's perfectly normal for a team to play several games in a week and then have no games for a week.

Moreover, when scheduling matches, factors like buzz and viewership must be considered.

The major battles between some traffic-generating teams will definitely have to be scheduled during prime time on weekends.

However, TES doesn't have many matches scheduled for weekends during the regular season.

After all, the schedule was arranged before the start of the Summer Split.

Although TES finished third in the regular season and reached the semifinals in the playoffs this spring, they still managed to gain some fans.

But it definitely has nothing to do with the term "traffic brigade".

No one expected that TES would become such a popular team halfway through the Summer Split.

On August 11, TES played their thirteenth match of the Summer Split regular season.

Our opponent is OMG.

Today's OMG is no longer the dark force it was in Seasons 3 and 4.

Especially in the last two years, after the promotion and relegation system was abolished, OMG has fallen to the very bottom.

Although OMG still has a few veterans in the team, including mid laner ICON, jungler, and support, these players have been playing in the LPL for four or five years.

Moreover, these old men were all quite strong when they were at their peak.

However, OMG's performance has been at the bottom of the league for the past two years.

Anyway, there's no relegation, so let's get started!

The same applies to this match against TES.

Several veteran players on the OMG team seemed to just want to finish get off work quickly, playing the game rather casually.

Only Curse, the young player on the top lane, played very seriously.

After all, this top laner, Curse, was still playing in the LDL during this year's Spring Split.

This summer split marked his first time playing in the LPL.

The name Curse might be unfamiliar to some.

This Curse later changed his ID to Breathe, which is the name everyone knows as "Breathe Guy".

Poor Breath Bro, who just made it into the LPL, is playing exceptionally seriously among a bunch of teammates who are just conceding.

But he just happened to run into Zhou Dian.

The other TES players, facing the casual play of the OMG players, also became a bit relaxed and careless.

But Zhou Dian has always been meticulous in his matches.

As a result, the guy who was playing the most seriously got beaten the worst.

In the match against OMG, TES once again demonstrated their ruthless dominance over weaker opponents.

The two games lasted less than fifty minutes in total.

This satisfied everyone at OMG's desire to leave work quickly.

However, the fans' focus was not on this match.

The match wasn't even over yet, and there were already tons of people tagging Guo Hao on Weibo, so I quickly posted a Weibo update.

Now that things have come to this, there's no way Guo Hao would back down.

So he reposted that Weibo post after the match.

The number of funny people in the comments section has increased significantly.

Five days later, on August 16, TES played their fourteenth match of the Summer Split regular season, which was also their penultimate regular season match.

The opponent is SNG Suning team.

SNG's current top laner, Angel, is actually a mid laner.

Halfway through the summer split, SNG lost their top laner, so they have no choice but to let Angel, the substitute mid laner, play top lane.

Facing a mid-laner who's just filling in as a top laner.

Zhou Dian didn't go all out either, choosing tank heroes in both games and focusing his efforts on team fights rather than playing aggressively in lane.

Knight, on the other hand, continues to ruthlessly dominate weaker opponents.

Facing SNG's aging Taiwanese mid-laner, Maple, whose strength has declined significantly.

Knight also ruthlessly prevailed, taking MVP in two consecutive games.

After winning these two MVPs, Knight secured the top spot in the Summer Split MVP rankings with one round remaining in the regular season.

This means that Knight has already won the LPL Summer Split regular season MVP award.

This is quite a good individual award.

After the match, the TES team held a small celebration in advance for Knight winning the MVP award in this year's Summer Split regular season.

After all, this award will not be presented until after the regular season ends.

However, Zhou Dian, as the first winner of the LPL's regular season MVP award, poured some cold water on Knight's enthusiasm.

Tell him not to be complacent about such a small achievement.

In esports, the most important thing is always the championship.

Without a championship, you are nothing!

It's just so cruel.

Of course, among the current TES fan base, there are far more people who follow Guo Hao's Weibo activity than those who are paying attention to Knight winning the LPL Summer Split regular season MVP a round early.

After winning against SNG today, Guo Hao naturally "arrived as promised," and that Weibo post reappeared.

Many TES fans are now eager to find something to do and see if this big surprise will happen.

For many people who enjoy entertainment, there is now a great opportunity to see this kind of fun.

Two days later, on August 18th.

TES played their last match of the regular season this summer.

The opponent is RNG.

Before this match, RNG was ranked second in the LPL.

TES is ranked third in the LPL.

However, the two teams are now only one game apart in terms of wins.

In terms of net wins in smaller games, TES even outperforms RNG.

As long as TES can defeat RNG in the last regular season match.

So, after the regular season ends, TES will be ranked second in the LPL, while RNG will fall to third place.

This second place is undoubtedly very important for both teams.

Given the current LPL format, which two regular season rankings have the biggest difference?

That would undoubtedly be second and third place.

It's even much larger than the gap between first and second place.

After all, being first in the regular season is just a title; it doesn't bring you any real awards.

The second-place team in the regular season, like the first-place team, will advance directly to the semifinals of the playoffs.

But if a team finishes third in the regular season, they'll have to start from the second round of the playoffs.

The huge difference between second and third place in the regular season is enough to make TES and RNG fight tooth and nail in the last round of the regular season when most teams are starting to practice or hide their strategies!

(End of this chapter)