League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 233: Victory Against IG Will Only Belong to NXG!

The semi-final result between Royal Club and SKT did not cause much controversy.

Even though countless LPL viewers chose to support Royal Club before the match, most people didn't actually believe they could win.

SKT's performance in the World Championship group stage was remarkable. Although they tied 1-1 with IG, judging from their performance in the second game, IG's competitive state, especially their bot lane, was clearly inferior to their opponents.

The previous arguments between viewers and OGN fans were mostly just about feeling indignant on behalf of their own teams.

The current score of 3-2 is, in fact, entirely within acceptable limits.

The audience's psychology is easy to understand. To put it simply, royalty is like the child who was never valued in the family.

The attention they received for their participation in the S3 World Championship Finals was far less than that for NXG and IG; no one had high hopes for them.

Therefore, being able to fight their way through the group stage and reach the top four, even battling to the very end in the semifinals and forcing their opponents to reveal their trump cards one after another before finally falling, is an unexpected gain and an absolute surprise.

It's understandable that royalty doesn't receive much attention.

Aside from their performance, the five team members' looks are indeed a little bit disappointing for the audience.

Wearing the same LPL uniforms designed by Jiang Ming and others, the NXG players looked youthful and righteous, while the Royal Club players exuded a strong "punk" style.

(School uniform + denim outfit!)
Originally, IG should have been sitting at the same table as Royal Club, but the situation was reversed after they brought in top laner Xiyang and Xiaowu in the summer split. Xiaowu's appearance can only be described as average, but top laner Bingfeng Xiyang is definitely the face of the party.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to earn the title of LPL's first male fetus in the original trajectory.

Meanwhile, with two strong teams, NXG and IG, in the lower bracket, the LPL forums didn't see the extreme comments from the past where players cursed Royal Club or even wished for their players to crash after losing a match.

Although it wasn't as celebratory as when you win a game, there were still encouraging voices in the scattered discussion threads.

To be honest, Royal Club played their best in this semifinal match, right?

[That's absolutely right. The players all performed well. The loss came down to the coaching staff and the lack of tactical preparation. In terms of game understanding, both sides were actually quite even.]

[What a pity, it was just one step away. I'm not getting to watch the LPL finals all-Chinese affair.]

[There's nothing we can do; who knew SKT had such a hidden gem—a Clockwork Orianna with an egg-shaped cap?]

[WaiTe in the mid lane was already no match for this OGN prodigy, let alone with the jungler feeding him so much.]

[But honestly, with the junglers' synergy, the mid-jungle matchup between the two sides is completely even.]

Honestly, SKT was sweating buckets in these five matches; Royal Club practically forced them to reveal the color of their underwear.

After discussing the match between Royal Club and SKT, countless eyes immediately turned to the other half of the field, IG and NXG.

A match even less suspenseful than the one between Royal Club and SKT.

As the match approaches, the most distressed group is undoubtedly the IG fans.

As a fan of the team, I definitely hope that the team can defeat the opponent and advance to the finals.

But as fans of the LPL region, we can only be rational and tell them that it would be better for NXG to go to the finals, as this would maximize the chances of the region winning the championship.

After all, NXG, led by JM, can be said to have almost no flaws from top to bottom.

On the other hand, looking at our own IG... with an ADC who became a super pilot after just one World Championship, it's hard to say we can feel at ease.

Domestic forums quickly resolved the concerns of IG fans.

Dude, you're actually fretting about IG's upcoming match against SKT after defeating NXG?
What a joke! The thing you should be thinking about right now is whether JM will play in tomorrow's game!
Or perhaps, the question is whether IG can actually take a point from NXG?

It's not that NXG fans are inflating their egos again.

They simply couldn't find a way for IG to win the game.

In the mid-jungle matchup, Zz1tai couldn't break through the defense of either JM, let alone Yihan and Xiaoshitou.

The jungle economy has been drastically changed, and Shadow has indeed benefited from the version's advantages. However, he has only been a carry-type jungler for a short time. NXG, on the other hand, has been experimenting with a strategy that uses the jungler as the core carry since the Spring Split.

Needless to say, the bottom lane support player, Xiao Wu, who came from NXG, is familiar with his former team's tactics.

But you can't stop the opposing team's Door from knowing IG's top and support players better.

To put it in the most poignant way, the players they pinned their hopes on, Xiao Wu and Xi Yang, had never even made it into the starting lineup of NXG's second team...

The only advantage is that with PDD in the top lane, they can barely suppress Norsha.

Did IG defeat NXG?

That's not impossible. Let your little boss Wang take his father's small goal and sneak into the NXG club overnight.

Even so, you still have to consider bribing everyone from the boss to the players. With NXG's five abnormally strong will to win, you can't guarantee that the boss will agree to play a match with collusion, but the players won't agree.

……

On the morning of the 29th, White Crescent walked to the contestants' room as usual. He raised his hand to knock, but found that the five of them had already washed up and were sitting on the sofa at the end of the corridor waiting for him.

"Hehe, guys, I won the prediction game today." Song Yuan grinned. "That's the skill of an LPL champion top laner." "Ha! You call that prediction?" Pang Ran rolled his eyes and immediately retorted, "If your support hadn't tipped you off last night, would you have guessed it?"

"If it weren't for your AD carry carrying you and waking you up in the morning, you'd still be dreaming about playing matches right now."

"If it weren't for..."

"Hey, bro, don't sabotage me when I'm showing off!" Song Yuan hurriedly waved his hand.

White Crescent smiled helplessly and pointed to the elevator, "If you keep talking nonsense, I won't wait for you."

"Hey, hey, Qiudou Madai, Baibai Jiang, don't do this."

Last night, Ming sent a message in the group that there would be a short meeting in the morning, and they didn't want to be late.

"Put down that elevator girl, let me handle this!"

The private conference room on the third floor of the hotel was already prepared, and Chen Muxin was waiting inside.

After everyone was seated, the person in charge walked in through the side door a few minutes later.

Looking at his teammates, Jiang Ming slowly said, "I think this should be our last official team meeting before the end of the World Championship."

"You might be wondering why today is the last meeting, since there's a final after the semifinals."

Jiang Ming spoke calmly, but his description left no room for discussion: "For NXG, either they fail to qualify for the World Championship and are eliminated before the finals, or once they reach that position, victory will only belong to us."

……

At 2 PM local time, it was midnight in Beijing.

NXG Esports Club's official Weibo account updated the following:
"League of Legends World Championship Finals - Here we come."

Below the text is a pre-prepared poster for the match against IG.

However, unlike the promotional posters previously released by NXG, this poster does not feature any players from the opposing team. Instead, it shows a young man wearing an NXG uniform, holding a long spear engraved with the IG logo, striving to climb towards the summit of a snow-capped mountain.

At almost the same time, IG's official Weibo account also released a poster with a similar style:

The composition is exactly the same, except that the spears held by the characters have been replaced with the throwing knives of the Shadow Master.

The two posters cleverly echo each other, and their meaning is self-evident. LPL fans immediately understand that both sides are expressing their unwavering belief in winning the semifinals and then taking the other to the top.

The comment section instantly became lively:
[As expected of Ming-ge, so confident! He's practically guaranteed victory in today's match.]

I'm not surprised NXG posted this, but IG, are you sure you're serious? Or are you just messing with the fans? (doge)

[IG: I have General Pan Feng, who can take down JM's dog head. Leave the finals to us!]

[Well, as an Instagram fan, although I really want to complain that posting this might make me look bad, after thinking about it again, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of. In terms of the auspicious meaning on both sides, it can be considered a kind of echo.]

[(Laughing and crying) So it seems like no matter who makes it to the finals, they'll try to carry the other team's efforts too; yeah, they're both family, and regardless of today's result, it's ultimately a battle between our own people.]

[Are we, the royal family, unworthy of having names?]

[Look closely, bro. The team logo on the straps the figures are wearing is Royal Never Give Up (RNG).]

Several hours later, both contestants took to the stage at the same time.

NXG First Release:

Top laner Norsha, jungler Stone, mid laner Yihan, AD carry Sorry, support Door.

Head Coach: JM!

Inside the Galen Center, dazzling lights illuminated the entire arena, which was packed to capacity. Spectators waved their support items and cheered loudly for their respective teams.

After the host finished introducing the teams, the contestants took their seats in turn.

The LPL commentary booth, located directly in front of the main stage, has been specially rearranged today.

Beside Xiaoxiao and Bella, a figure wearing an LPL team uniform caught their attention:

It was Shenchao, the top laner for Royal Club, who had just finished his World Championship journey.

As a special guest for this match, he will partner with Xiaoxiao as a commentator to analyze the course of the game.

In the live stream, LPL viewers who connected to the signal and saw this scene burst into laughter, joking that the official team was probably worried that XiaoXiao's stance would waver and he wouldn't be able to commentate well on the battle between his old and new teams, so they brought in an extra helper.

During the pre-match preparation phase, the big screen at the venue first displayed various statistics from the two teams' previous matches in this World Championship.

However, since NXG only played in the quarterfinals and defeated FNC by a score of 3-0, compared to IG who had suffered a defeat in the group stage, it can be said that they have a precipitous lead.

"Alright, everyone, without further ado, the director has sent word that the two teams have officially entered the draft phase."

"Our NXG vs. IG semi-final is about to begin."

(End of this chapter)