LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 144: Are you also frying fish in the MSI competition?

5 month 11 day.

The first day of the MSI group stage begins.

After packing up their competition items, the EDG team took a bus to the competition venue, the Rio Olympic Stadium in the city center.

As one of the main venues for the 2016 Olympic Games, the Olympic Stadium can accommodate more than 1.5 people to watch the game at the same time, which is larger than the scale of the LPL finals held in Nanjing.

The first game was between defending champion SKT and G2, followed by EDG and TSM.

Because they had to participate in the opening ceremony, each team arrived at the gymnasium early to prepare.

After briefly greeting their opponents, the EDG team went to a separate lounge.

The commentary team also made temporary adjustments here. They had to go on stage half an hour before the opening ceremony to start today's commentary work.

"Let's go, let's do our best in today's game."

"Go, go, go, EDG."

The Haier Brothers, who were responsible for the commentary of the first two games, left the lounge without saying a few words to the team.

Su Xiaoyan, Changmao and Guan Zeyuan followed shortly after. They were in charge of the commentary section.

"You're not going."

"I'm in charge of commentary for the last two games, and one of them happens to be between you and FW."

Rita sat on the sofa, touching her chin with her delicate hand. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but speak again:

"You should be more careful in the future. Public opinion in the country has been going bad in recent days."

Lin Ruo smiled and passed it by.

If a black spot is not black, it is not called a black spot.

It would be a wonder that LPL audiences don’t know what his habits are. They can still criticize him directly and make a direct label even though the game hasn’t even started yet.

"It's okay, he'll behave himself after winning a few games."

"You have such a good attitude, no wonder you can do things." Rita sighed as she sat beside him.

"Brother Lin, there's been some activity in the European and American regions recently. G2 and TSM are both making trouble on Twitter." The onlooker Ai Loli reported the real-time news as soon as possible.

"You have to speak out and fight back."

"Just throw some punches and it's over." Lin Ruo was too lazy to pay attention. It was just like that just arguing with each other every day.

Winning the game is obviously more impressive.

Hearing this, Tian Ye teased, "Brother Lin, you're tired. You've been busy these past few days and need to rest and relax."

Ai Loli took the initiative to start a back massage.

Only when Lin Ge is comfortable off the court can he be safe on the court.

The comrades have a high level of awareness, and Lin Ruo is very satisfied.

After a few casual chats, the scene soon entered the countdown to the opening ceremony, and the EDG members left with the staff.

Inside the packed Olympic Stadium, the lights went silent for a moment, and the countdown to the final ten seconds kept flashing on the large square screen.

As the last second reached zero, the opening ceremony began amid the anticipation of tens of thousands of spectators.

The unique samba-style drum beats came in waves, and the stage lights gradually shined.

Countless drumbeats sounded in an orderly manner.

MSI's opening ceremony was a bit monotonous, but as passionate as ever, it drew continuous responses from the audience.

As the drum beats were playing, the big screen suddenly lit up.

The scene of winning the MSI in 15 is still vivid in my mind.

EDG defeated SKT 3:2, won the supreme glory, and achieved the first cup in history. The factory manager and the players hugged each other tightly.

At that time, Faker slumped in the chair and covered his face.

The scene suddenly changed.

In Shanghai in 16, the reorganized SKT defeated CLG and won the league's first Grand Slam.

What follows are the glorious scenes of teams from various regions reaching the top and winning the spring season.

The many participating teams in this MSI are clearly visible, all flashing across the screen.

As six flags dropped from the top of the venue.

Amid the host's calls, the participating teams appeared one by one, entering the stage from different exits of the auditorium.

First is the G2 team from the European region.

Later, TSM, GAM and FW all appeared and walked onto the stage from the aisles of the audience.

The dense drum beats continue to respond.

"Let's welcome the first MSI champions—EDG!"

The host shouted at the top of his lungs.

The camera turned, and amid the audience's long calls, six EDG players and their coach appeared from the center staircase and walked into the center of the field in an orderly manner.

【Here it comes, the game is finally about to begin. 】

【Just arrived, should I just criticize or go through the process? 】

[Go ahead and criticize. I've been criticizing you for the past few days. I'll stop criticizing you now that I win.]

[It's still early, EDG is in the second game.]

[Damn, why didn't you say it earlier? I'll sleep a little longer.]

Why is Lin Gou walking in the front, looking down on the team's soul, the previous MSI champion and MVP, clearlove7?

[Just leave, Lin Gou even clapped his hands with the Brazilian beauty next to him. Holy crap, CS.]

[Wasn't that the beauty reaching out herself? My name, Lin Shenren, is a bit abstract, but my appearance is not.]

At this time, in the LPL official live broadcast room, although it was 2 o'clock in the morning, there were still many waiting viewers.

The opening ceremony is still going on.

After the five teams took the stage, the lights suddenly dimmed. When they came back on after a few seconds, the entire SKT team, the previous champions, had gathered and stood in the center of the stage.

Faker held up the championship trophy and gestured to the audience.

At this point, the MSI opening ceremony came to an end, and the first game followed.

The EDG team returned to the lounge to prepare for the upcoming game.

The first match was between SKT and G2, a match that didn’t seem to have much suspense in the eyes of the audience.

However, the actual competition process seemed to be somewhat full of twists and turns.

At the beginning of the game, Faker was arrested by five G2 players in the bush behind the blue buff, and gave away a kill after using the death flash.

After that, G2's rhythm took off and they trained the bottom lane.

At the 15th minute of the game, the score was 4:0.

Just as European audiences were getting their hopes up, the classic operation segment arrived.

While G2 was concentrating on pushing the upper tower, SKT, who had anticipated this, exchanged towers in an orderly manner. Huni switched lanes early to defend the middle lane, and the other four rushed to the bottom lane early, using their numerical advantage to push down two defensive towers in a row.

With precise operation, we continue to move forward.

SKT always takes the lead in changing lanes and concentrating manpower to push towers and invade in advance.

The game had just reached the 18th minute.

The advantage built by G2 was destroyed in an instant.

With a kill ratio of 4:1, SKT reversed the situation and achieved an economic lead.

In the circular operation situation, SKT achieved a double dragon convergence in 40 minutes, during which the two sides had only one wave of five-on-five frontal team.

SKT then took the high ground on all three lanes and easily ended the game. When the crystal was broken, G2, who was unable to fight, still had four people on the field.

Miller exclaimed in amazement: "This is SKT's operation. Congratulations to them for defeating G2 in the first round of the group stage and getting their first point."

[Horrible, no rhythm in the early game, and after 15 minutes it was like they changed teams.] [Four kills and two towers, but the economy couldn't be expanded.]

[That's it. I don't know what EDG will do. Let's just fight for fourth place and runner-up.]

"Facing a truly international competition, nervousness is inevitable, but we must learn to overcome it and strive to play a perfect performance."

In the EDG locker room, Abu was giving final instructions before going on the court.

Among the starting five, Mouse and Scout both have experience in last year's World Championship, so there is nothing to worry about.

As for the fields, there is no need to say more.

Then the only option is...

Abu glanced at the social terrorist Lin Ruo and decisively chose to ignore him.

"You know what I'm talking about, Zhao Zhiming. Adjust your attitude."

……

"Okay, the break is over. Welcome back, everyone! Next up is the match between our LPL champions EDG and the North American representative team TSM."

"I'm the commentator Miller."

"I'm a doll."

"Both teams' players have already taken the stage. I'm really looking forward to EDG's performance today."

"Yes, based on TSM's performance in the play-in round, I think it shouldn't be difficult for EDG to win the game."

The Haier brothers were talking and laughing.

Not long after.

The competition entered the BP stage.

EDG is on the blue side, TSM is on the red side.

Facing TSM, which was led by one god and four pits, EDG naturally chose to focus on Bjergsen in BP.

TSM's BP seemed a bit sloppy.

Doublelift, the phantom master, chose to rest in the spring season, and the reorganized TSM's bottom lane became much weaker. Although they won the league championship 3:2 with C9 and advanced to MSI, they had a very bumpy journey.

After the BP ended, EDG finally got a lineup of Crocodile on the top lane, Clockwork and Elise in the middle and jungle, and Kennen and Karma on the bottom lane.

"It's EDG's black technology again. Even though they only played one game in the Spring Split, their suppression power is clearly strong. I think they have no problem playing against Twitch and Lulu."

Miller expressed optimism.

TSM's bottom lane is very weak and was beaten by GAM alone.

EDG's strongest link is the bottom lane.

There's nothing wrong with being ruthless.

On the TSM side, Bjergsen got Syndra, who was the team's only support in the early stage.

The top lane is Galio and the jungle Lee Sin.

[Playing an unconventional bot lane in the first game, huh? Seems a bit arrogant.]

【Don't delay until the end, attack aggressively in the early stages.】

[Alas, the reverse version of Crocodile, it feels so useless. ]

LPL viewers are not very impressed with this BP.

For a time, questions were flying everywhere.

But as the game started, all doubts were put to rest.

At level 2, the EDG duo successfully dominated the lane, and TSM's bottom lane experience was difficult and bumpy.

At level 4, the rats were severely damaged after a wave of blood transfusion.

Ai Loli Spider heard the news and came over to cross the tower.

Lin Ruo got the Doublekill and took off on the spot.

After losing a large wave of soldiers and giving away a kill, the TSM duo was already sweating profusely, but their suffering had just begun.

At 7 minutes, Ai Loli scored twice, crouching in the river and catching Lulu who was providing vision.

11 minutes into the game, five EDG players blatantly crossed the line.

Both sides sent support.

A ten-man battle is about to begin.

A Guang's crocodile is good at fighting and carrying, and EDG, who took the initiative to attack, defeated TSM in one wave.

There were continuous screams at the scene.

Compared to the slow and cold-blooded operation in the previous game, this fierce confrontation in the early stage undoubtedly touched the appetite of most viewers.

Although it was only a one-sided strangulation.

But 13 minutes is the ultimate ten-man team, and it is still full of highlights.

"Wow, 13 for ! EDG first pushed the first tower and then wiped out TSM in minutes. This is the role of the early-game dominant crocodile. Coupled with Kennen's advanced attack speed, they are completely unstoppable."

"TSM should have avoided fighting in the early stages, but EDG's relentless attacking made it impossible for them to avoid it, and the result was that they were shattered at the first touch."

Miller and Wawa were already enjoying the show.

They didn't expect EDG's attack to be so decisive and resolute.

【Fried fish, right?】

[Haha, when playing against a weak team, you have to be tough. Who wants to play operations with you?]

[This Kennen doesn't have an ultimate, so he just keeps attacking. I think I can do it too.]

【Kennen's use of Dachun affects his output.】

[You worked so hard until 3 o'clock, you won't be finished in less than 20 minutes. 】

[I slept, slept, and got up at 7 o'clock to watch the second show. ]

The game continues.

TSM's suffering did not stop there.

At 16 minutes, Lin Ruo, who was ahead by a full piece of equipment, controlled Kennen to hide in the grass in the top lane and fight two people alone, and killed the TSM bottom lane duo alone.

[AD squats in the grass and ambush, such an unfamiliar word.]

[Seeing Karma in the middle lane, Rat thought he could push the lane, right?]

【too difficult. 】

TSM has completely lost its struggle and sees no hope at all.

The game started just after the 19th minute.

The TSM base exploded.

Lin Ruo achieved a perfect KDA of 8-0-4.

The pace was so fast that most of the audience had difficulty reacting, with a mixture of astonishment and surprise on their faces.

There has never been such a gap in the qualifying rounds.

In an instant, loud applause echoed inside and outside the Olympic Stadium.

"If you watch LPL games regularly, you'll know that EDG often finishes games before 20 minutes this season, so there's nothing surprising about that."

In the official commentary booth, the famous LPL female commentator Maomao showed calmness under her smile.

In her eyes, all this was normal.

"I've witnessed EDG's charm in IEM, and I think I need to catch up on some LPL games after I leave."

European commentator Caedrel was in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)