LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 529 Just arrived, KT went home so quickly?
Top half.

EDG vs VIT, GRF vs RNG.

Lower half.

FNC vs G2, KT vs IG.

With the final draw completed and the tournament schedule released, the quarterfinals alone featured two major matches between China and South Korea, undoubtedly attracting considerable attention.

This time it was clearly a pure contest of strength.

According to the schedule, the first match will be KT vs IG in three days.

If they were to face EDG in the quarterfinals, LCK viewers would certainly be very worried, but this time their opponents are only RNG and IG.

This made LCK viewers feel a little relaxed, both inside and out.

The reason is simple.

GRF and KT are both first in their groups. IG has lost two consecutive matches against GRF, and RNG has not even been able to beat any European or American teams.

As a result, LCK viewers and commentators inevitably developed a sense of hierarchy.

IG and RNG are a whole level below EDG, and also a level below the LCK champions and runners-up.

Don't forget that KT narrowly lost to GRF in the Summer Split and became the runner-up in the World Championship. In fact, the two teams were not that different in strength. Considering that GRF was able to easily defeat IG in both group stage matches.

KT, who are unstoppable in Group B, will likely be able to do the same.

And RNG, who are currently in a poor state, don't even need to be compared to them.

Therefore, even though the quarterfinals draw had just ended, LCK fans were already expecting their two teams to advance to the semifinals without any suspense, while simultaneously nipping the other two LPL teams in the bud in the 12th quarterfinals.

For them, the semifinals and the finals against EDG are the most important matches.

After the draw, LCK fans, who initially didn't want to face LPL teams, quickly recovered from their disappointment after the final clash.

In fact, RNG is indeed prone to the situation that LCK fans believe when they are not used to the new version.

But IG is different.

Because they fit the current version so well, there is a lot of room for adjustment.

After the group stage ended, during the three-day preparation period, in addition to summarizing the content of the group stage, each team naturally used training matches to continuously adjust and refine their teamwork.

among them.

GRF played many scrimmages with IG.

After a series of matches, GRF quickly realized that IG seemed to be changing.

In contrast, they found the level of pressure to be completely different when playing against their own team, KT.

In summary, IG seems to be playing better than KT in scrims.

GRF, which has never limited itself to internal regional scrimmages, has always believed that to gain more experience, it must at least play against most of the top teams.

Therefore, since they couldn't play against EDG in the same half of the bracket, GRF almost always played scrims against KT and IG.

During this period, IG did not demonstrate any obvious tactics or strategies for them to figure out.

in other words.

Compared to tactical changes, the reason for IG's good performance seems to be the increasing number of players' intuitive plays and various forms of teamwork.

Once TheShy got into form, even Tazan's presence in the top lane couldn't mask Sword's weaknesses in the laning phase.

This IG team seems to be struggling to contain.

GRF wanted to warn KT but didn't know how. They couldn't exactly say, "IG's players are in top form right now, be careful."

KT: ? ?

Are you implying that you're looking down on us by saying this? It's like saying whoever won all their group stage matches is out of form. Well, then we should just keep quiet.

Three days passed very quickly.

10 month 15 day.

Still at the Busan venue, the quarterfinals of the global finals officially kicked off with fierce battles.

The first match was IG vs KT.

The venue was packed with Korean spectators. After two humiliating years, today seemed to be a very good day for LCK to look up.

Especially after the humiliating defeat of GEN in the group stage, Korean viewers had even higher expectations for this match.

In the EDG lounge of the hotel.

After finishing their training match, the EDG players sat down in front of their computers to watch the game.

Compared to scrims, analyzing high-quality matches from the same period is obviously more meaningful for research. Moreover, regardless of whether IG or KT makes it to the semifinals, they will most likely be one of EDG's biggest rivals.

"Who do you think will win?" As soon as the game started, everyone naturally began discussing this question.

Judging from their performance in the group stage, KT is definitely more likely to win. However, there are no LPL teams in KT's group, so it's hard to say whether they are just a paper tiger.

Therefore, Mingkai immediately looked at Lin Ruo, since whoever Lin Ruo said would win always did.

"Emotionally, I wholeheartedly support our LPL team IG," Lin Ruo quickly expressed his stance.

Upon hearing this, Mingkai confidently declared, "Oh, so you don't support IG rationally? That's exactly what I think too. I don't believe IG can be a match for KT."

Tian Ye, who was standing nearby, wanted to agree, but when he saw Lin Ruo's crooked smile, he realized that this matter was not over yet.

So they chose to remain silent and temporarily reserve their opinions.

Sure enough, Lin Ruo shook his head the next second: "No, emotionally I support IG, and rationally I also support IG. KT? Just a team that follows the rules."

Mingkai didn't believe it at first, but once the game started, he had to accept some of the opinions.

In the first game, the passionate cheering at the start was probably the part where Korean fans shouted the most, because they couldn't shout anymore after that.

IG completely crushed KT with just one team fight, making the first game a foregone conclusion.

In the chaotic atmosphere of IG's battle, KT had absolutely no chance to retaliate and was chased and attacked from start to finish, with the kill count difference exceeding ten points.

The LCK commentators at the scene were dumbfounded.

What's going on here? Is this still the quarterfinals match between KT and IG?
The plot is uninteresting.

In their imagination, KT shouldn't have been beaten so badly by IG, but in reality, KT was thoroughly humiliated by IG.

A brutal beating that swept away everything in its path.

The first game ended in such an exaggerated way.

The LCK fans at the scene were completely silenced within thirty minutes, and even the confident Korean netizens on Korean online forums were speechless.

Anyone who didn't know better would think they were playing against a wildcard team; the outcome was decided in one team fight early on.

It's okay, it's okay. Isn't it normal for strong teams to lose the first game often? I feel like KT should be able to easily come back from a game down to win 3-1.

I also think KT was probably testing the waters in the first game.

I believe in KT; they definitely won't lose.

Most Korean netizens regained their confidence as the match began, believing that KT would definitely be able to turn the tide, after all, this was the KT that had battled GRF for five games before.

Then reality slapped them in the face once again.

KT also lost the second game...

(End of this chapter)