League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 321 Car Crash!

The final outcome of this match was clearly a foregone conclusion.

After fifteen minutes, YYF finally managed to get a Blink Dagger without having purchased any other items.

He called his teammates, activated the smoke, and planned to finish off the mid-lane Invoker.

But the moment he buffed himself and jumped onto Karl's face, he saw Karl suddenly turn his cloak around and unleash a hurricane that instantly blew the Legion on his face away!

"Holy crap!" YYF exclaimed in shock. "What kind of reaction is that?"

Chen Dongqing's skill bar always contains Wind and Meteor, which came in handy at this moment.

As soon as the wind picked up, Chen Dongqing immediately typed out the mysterious code QQW, instantly becoming invisible in the skill bar. Karl waved his cloak and disappeared from the screen.

After landing, YYF looked around and saw a completely clean, white expanse.

Chen Dongqing's incredibly fast escape undoubtedly shattered the morale of the opposing team, leaving them with no will to resist and allowing themselves to be pushed along.

In the end, Chen Dongqing easily led his team to victory with his invincible Karl with a score of 16-1-11.

Before the game ended, YYF actually managed to control Chen Dongqing with a Blink Dagger duel, and then cooperated with his teammates to take down Chen Dongqing once.

But this was obviously meaningless; YYF and Xie Bin didn't even get a kill, and instead lost themselves in the process.

At the end of the match, both players' K/D ratios reached 0-8, and their combined K/D ratio was 0-16, which was exactly the level of a Beastmaster.

The countless viewers in the live stream referred to his 0-8 score as a near-Beast King level.

At this moment, Xie Bin was still cheerfully saying, "It's okay, Brother Feng, we'll win it back next time!"

Listening to Xie Bin's words, YYF suddenly remembered the day he was knocked out of the Beast King Realm. He seemed to have said the same thing back then.

But the outcome of this round

"Where the hell am I supposed to find another match?" YYF looked at his score and shook his head helplessly. "I'm about to be unable to queue with him again!"

When Chen Dongqing first started playing DOTA, his rating was 6900.

When Chen Dongqing was competing in the placement race, he was still at 6900.

As a result, Chen Dongqing has now reached 7000 points, while he still has 6900 points!

Soon this B will reach 8,000, so how will we rank them?

Upon hearing the streamer say such things, the little zombies in the live stream room laughed and mercilessly mocked YYF.

Just then, there was a sudden commotion in the live stream room.

QG.ilex sent a Super Rocket!

Chen Dongqing had actually wanted to send this super rocket last time, but when he entered YYF's live stream, he heard the other party's boastful words, so he decided to send it next time he had the chance, like this time.

This super-hot post symbolizes Chen Dongqing's gesture of goodwill, since they are all streamers on the same platform and see each other all the time.

But in YYF's eyes, this super popular person not only pooped on his head, but also asked him for toilet paper.

But the funniest part is that he also has to thank this rocket.

"Thanks to ilex for the super fire, thank you Tree Bro."

At this moment, Xie Bin, who was also a Douyu streamer, saw Chaohuo's site-wide announcement and immediately felt uneasy.

I was clearly being tortured too, so why didn't you send me a gift?!

After sending the super rocket, Chen Dongqing didn't leave immediately, but chose to stay in the live stream for a while.

But he didn't stay long before he saw YYF find an excuse and abruptly end the broadcast.

Helpless, Chen Dongqing could only turn back and continue playing solo queue.

The rest of the ranking time went smoothly without any further incidents.

During the entire night's live stream, Chen Dongqing achieved four wins and one loss, with his score increasing by another 75 points. Satisfied, he ended the stream.

When the stream ended, a viewer asked him in the chat: "Brother Shu, when are you going to become the number one DOTA2 player in China?"

When faced with this question, Chen Dongqing smiled slightly and said, "Before the playoffs begin."

After EDG finishes this match, QG will have three more regular season matches remaining, which will be completed in the next two weeks.

In other words, Chen Dongqing needs to increase his score from over 7,000 to 9,000 in the next two weeks!

Moreover, during this period, he also needs to maintain his top position in both League of Legends and StarCraft!

It can be described as quite difficult.

However, the audience all think that Chen Dongqing is really good at it.

Time began to fly by.

EDG's match ended on August 6th, and after a short three-day rest, QG officially entered the eighth week of the regular season.

QG only has one match this week, making their schedule relatively easy.

On August 10th, QG returned to the stage to face LGD.

There's really nothing to say about these bottom-tier teams. QG's two matches combined didn't even last 50 minutes, a complete and utter thrashing!

The outcome of this match had no impact on the league standings, given that one team was first in Group A and the other was last in Group A.

On the contrary, DOTA2 deserves some attention.

While Chen Dongqing was playing, a fierce battle was also taking place in Seattle, USA.

Today, the TI7 group stage officially concluded, and Chinese teams achieved remarkable results.

The rules for the TI group stage are as follows: the top four teams from Groups A and B advance to the upper bracket, teams ranked 5th to 8th advance to the lower bracket, and the ninth-placed team is eliminated.

In today's competition, all five Chinese teams successfully advanced, with IG, Newbee, LFY, and LGD all advancing to the winners' bracket, while only IG.Y fell into the losers' bracket.

There are four matchups in the winners' bracket and four matchups in the losers' bracket, with the Chinese team occupying five of them!

Following Wings' victory last year, this is another great event for CNDOTA, with countless players applauding and cheering, and even chanting the slogan CNDOTA.VS. the world.

Chen Dongqing looked at the scene and scratched his head slightly.

He didn't follow DOTA in his previous life, but he vaguely remembered that CN didn't win the championship that year.

More precisely, after WINGS, CNDOTA never won a championship again.

But how did they lose this year?

Chen Dongqing didn't know, so he decided to take another look.

What he needs to do is keep pushing for points!

Tonight, he officially reached a score of 7600 points.

What's even more exciting is that he finally managed to trigger a score jump in the last game of the day, and his score will start to climb rapidly from now on!

Time began to fly by again.

Seven days passed quickly.

8 month 17 day.

QG faced their fifteenth opponent in the regular season, IG.

This year, IG's performance was actually quite decent. They ranked third in Group A, only behind QG and EDG.

However, everyone knows the current state of the league. Apart from the top four teams, the rest are just there for fun, and there is a clear gap in skill levels.

Therefore, even IG, who finished third in Group A, was no match for QG.

TheShy picked Cho'Gath to aggressively lane in this game, but Chen Dongqing didn't hold back at all and countered with Vayne top lane, quickly turning TheShy into a sieve.

In the second game, IG once again substituted Duke, and Chen Dongqing went even further, picking Rumble for the top lane and giving Duke a thorough roasting. However, Uzi performed better this game, forcefully stealing the MVP from Chen Dongqing.

"I have to say, IG's schedule has been really tough lately!" commentator Wawa couldn't help but remark sharply. "They lost to EDG, lost to Snake, and now they've lost to QG. They've suffered three consecutive losses! If they lose their last regular season match, they'll drop to fourth place in Group A!"

Although the third and fourth place teams in the group both have to start from the first round of the playoffs, the third place team has an extra point and the right to choose sides first, which is a huge advantage for IG.

If IG loses in the first round of the playoffs again this year, then it's basically a death sentence for the dog son (IG's nickname) this year.

Moreover, the crash site of the IG club wasn't limited to League of Legends.

In the DOTA2 arena, a week has passed and the TI7 tournament is still in full swing, with the competition progressing from the first round of the playoffs to the upper bracket finals.

Because there are four CN teams in the winners' bracket, it's not difficult to get a spot in the winners' bracket finals.

Moreover, the situation is exceptionally good.

Newbee and LFY, two brother teams from the Chinese esports scene, have joined forces and reached the winners' bracket finals. Although the competition will not start until tomorrow, this means that the Chinese teams have already secured at least one place in the finals.

If the losers' bracket can put in a little more effort, they might be able to witness an all-Chinese final.

However, the loser's bracket matches are a bit more complicated.

IG.V, who were placed in the lower bracket from the start, were eliminated in the first round. Paparazi, the number one player in the Chinese server, only made a brief appearance at TI before he was ready to go home.

Meanwhile, IG's other team, the main IG team, also suffered a 0-2 sweep against their sister team LGD in the lower bracket quarterfinals, ending their journey at this year's TI.

Today is the day of the loser's bracket semi-finals.

The current landscape of TI is as follows:

The winners' bracket consists of two CN teams.

The loser's bracket semifinals featured a Chinese team and a North American team, Team Liquid (TL).

In other words, for TL to win the championship, they need to first beat LGD, then beat the loser of the upper bracket final, and finally beat the winner of the upper bracket final in the grand final.

Could a righteous three-on-one fight really have resulted in a counter-attack and death?

After the competition, Chen Dongqing took the team bus back to the base and checked the live stream on his phone halfway there.

As expected, LGD has already sent it.

Moreover, they were swept 2-0.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then opened the DOTA2 forum and saw that it was also full of discussions.

[LGD is truly a case of being a novice in international competitions but a pro at domestic ones. If they let IG advance, wouldn't that just mean they'd defeat TL outright?]

[Seriously, this match was disgusting to watch; they really got thrashed!]

LGD was also swept 2-0 in the upper bracket; this team is truly hopeless.

Because TL was knocked into the loser's bracket by IG, and then LGD was stopped by IG and then lost to TL. This contrast made many players very dissatisfied with the team.

From an outsider's perspective, Chen Dongqing found it rather absurd and just found it a little funny.

The insults used in this DOTA2 forum are exactly the same as those in the Anti-DOTA forum.

The same way they criticized Royal Club in League of Legends is how they criticize LGD in Dota 2 now.

Chen Dongqing continued scrolling with a gossip-loving attitude, but unexpectedly, he came across his own post.

How would you evaluate the fact that ILEX has reached 8792 points and is about to reach number one?

For some reason, even though Chen Dongqing knew he might be criticized, he still clicked into the post to take a look.

[Almost nine thousand? Really? That's incredible!]

[When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king. The one who refused has already returned to his country. We should take him down immediately.]

(The one who refused: paparazi, currently the number one player in the Chinese server)

[But his talent is really impressive. He's only been playing for a month and he's already reached this level. It would be great if he played Dota.]

What's the use of being strong? CNDOTA is already so strong, do we still need him?

Indeed, it's highly likely that the odd-year curse will be broken this year.

CNDOTA has always had an odd-year curse. Every time an odd-numbered year comes, teams will lose due to various problems. But every even-numbered year, a team will step up and sweep all the way to win the championship, such as Wings in 16.

Now, 17 is a pure odd-numbered year, but looking at the current situation of the winners' bracket final internal battle, it feels like the championship is already a sure thing!

Chen Dongqing watched this scene without any change in expression.

You'll have a hard time later.

August 20th, the last day of the LPL regular season.

QG has finally met their last opponent, Snake.

In today's match, IG defeated DAN 2-0, securing their third place in Group A. Snake's ranking is also fixed at fourth place and will not change.

In other words, this match will not affect the rankings, so both sides played quite casually.

QG's five players performed steadily without any major mishaps, ultimately securing a comfortable 2-0 victory.

"Alright, let's congratulate QG!" Commentator Guan shouted from the commentary booth, "They finished the summer regular season with a dominant 15-1 record, and they will directly advance to the playoffs semifinals, awaiting their opponents' advancement!"

After completing the post-match procedures, the QG team immediately boarded the bus and returned to their base.

Their playoff games won't start until August 27th, which is seven days from now. The time in between is considered a holiday, so they should definitely cherish this free time.

Uzbekistan has arranged to meet with Godve and Xiangguo at his house to play Texas Hold'em that night.

But Chen Dongqing stopped him in the end, saying that this thing was prone to problems.

As for Chen Dongqing, there's not much to say. As soon as he returned to the base, he couldn't wait to start a live stream and then clicked on the DOTA2 tournament live stream.

Watching DOTA2 tournament livestreams to fill up the streaming time is a good method Chen Dongqing recently discovered.

Watching this live stream, Chen Dongqing not only learned a lot about operations and experience from the professional competition, but also managed to quickly fill the live stream time.

But this method will soon become unsuitable, because today is the day of the TI7 Grand Finals.

In the winners' bracket final the day before yesterday, Newbee defeated LFY 2-1 in an all-Chinese match, becoming the first team to advance to the final.

LFY, on the other hand, fell into the loser's bracket and will face TL.

Unfortunately, LFY couldn't hold on and lost 1-2 in yesterday's match.

This led to today's final match between Newbee and TL.

Two of the three teams have been eliminated, and now DOTA2 viewers are finally experiencing the panic that LCK viewers felt last year – could they really be swept in one by one?

Newbee, keep it up! Give it your all!

When Chen Dongqing opened the live stream, he saw that the first match was already coming to an end.

The score was 13:29, with Newbee decisively losing the first game.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but purse his lips.

At this moment, many viewers in the live stream chat were still looking forward to it.

Last year in the finals, Wings lost the first game but then won three consecutive games to take the Aegis of Champions. I believe Nuewbee can do the same!

One hour later.

Newbee lost another game, suffering a 0-2 start to their disastrous start.

Chen Dongqing shook his head helplessly and closed the live stream.

In the second game, Newbee was completely overwhelmed, making frequent low-level mistakes such as using their ultimate to break Linken's ...

Watching this kind of match is less enjoyable than playing a couple of ranked games himself.

After logging in, Chen Dongqing immediately glanced at the leaderboard again.

Compared to a few days ago, Chen Dongqing's score has made significant progress, now reaching 9147 points, ranking second in the current national server.

Paparazi, currently ranked number one in the Chinese DOTA2 server, has a score of 9191.

Chen Dongqing was slightly surprised, because the score for the "rejector" had not changed at all.

Wasn't this guy eliminated in the first round of the loser's bracket? Why hasn't he come back today?

Chen Dongqing immediately perked up!

If he hasn't come back yet, I can seize this opportunity to take the lead!

With this expectation, Chen Dongqing patiently waited for the ranking process to finish, and the match started soon!

After entering the game, Chen Dongqing habitually glanced at the IDs of both sides.

But as soon as he saw it, his heart sank.

On the other side of the match, the ID "paparazi灬" was quite eye-catching!

(End of this chapter)