League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 330 It's impolite to go beyond three rounds.

9 month 3 day.

The hosts, including Lin Yuanhua, Luo Xinyu, and others, did not have their tickets checked. Instead, they entered the Wukesong Arena directly from backstage using their work passes.

Yu Shuang then took out her phone and made a call to Guan Zeyuan. The three of them then quickly walked into a small room.

In this small room, players from both teams gathered together.

Lin Yuanhua stood on tiptoe, looked up, and immediately spotted Chen Dongqing, who stood out the most in height among the group of contestants.

Chen Dongqing, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, also turned around. The two looked at each other and smiled.

However, the moment when the two looked at each other went unnoticed because everyone's attention was focused on the referee in the middle.

The referee was holding a one-yuan coin. After showing both sides the heads and tails, he asked both teams what their intentions were.

EDG spoke first: "We want the national emblem."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Then let's talk about numbers."

The referee nodded slightly, flicked his thumb, and tossed the coin high into the air!

The coin fell freely to the ground, rolled for a while, and finally came to a stop right at Lin Yuanhua's feet after spinning in place for a moment.

All eyes were on this.

Lin Yuanhua crouched down, clutching her skirt, and upon seeing the final result, she immediately wore a miserable expression and said, "The national emblem."

"Whoosh!" A dragon's roar suddenly rang out from EDG's side, signifying that the right to choose sides had fallen into their hands, which was crucial.

In the LCK finals, the blue side won five games in a row!

On the other hand, the QG players didn't show much change in expression. Chen Dongqing simply put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder while traveling with the team.

"Ugh, Sister Hua," Shi Senming sighed, then joked with a grin, "What kind of bad luck is this?"

Lin Yuanhua knew this had nothing to do with her, but she still pretended to be worried: "Waaah, it's all my fault."

"Hey, hey, it's alright, it's alright," Shi Senming quickly said. "Not having the right to choose sides isn't a big problem!"

This is the team leader's girlfriend, and that's his sister-in-law!

How stupid of me! How could I blame my sister-in-law? What if my brother blames me?

"It's alright, it's alright," Chen Dongqing chimed in, trying to smooth things over. "Just don't be so harsh on us. We, the blue team, have some skills too, okay? Just watch from the sidelines and see us easily win in three rounds!"

At this time, the audience who had previously lined up in a long queue had entered the Wukesong Arena one after another, filling the entire venue to capacity.

Seeing that the competition had entered the final preparation stage, Lin Yuanhua did not linger. She simply said "good luck" to Chen Dongqing one last time before returning to the players' seats with her fellow commentators.

Before long, the venue gradually darkened.

After the meticulously choreographed opening ceremony performance, host Zhu Zhen took to the stage.

"Hello everyone, viewers here and those watching on television, this is the Wukesong Arena in Beijing!"

The audience responded with a loud cheer, and Zhu Zhen didn't hesitate, pulling out his cue cards and quickly reciting a long string of "GG" words.

After a long, informal discussion, Zhu Zhen finally steered the conversation to the main topic: "Next, let's welcome today's final two teams, QG and EDG, to the stage!"

"First of all, welcome our Summer Split defending champion team—QG!"

This was all rehearsed yesterday. Only after hearing the second sentence did Chen Dongqing finally step up the stairs and onto the stage.

Zhu Zhen cooperated fully and began to read out the names of QG's players one by one.

"First up is the top laner, iiiiilex!"

It's another classic trick of drawing out the first letter, but this trick always works wonders on Chen Dongqing's ID!

In an instant, the entire Wukesong venue erupted in a frenzy, with the sound waves reaching an unprecedented level of intensity, swirling throughout the entire stadium!

The rapid pounding of the light sticks created a continuous, resounding sound, providing the perfect backdrop for the cheers.

Hearing the deafening sound, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to stop his presentation.

Because he knew that under these circumstances, his voice would not be able to travel even through a loudspeaker.

Zhu Zhen continued his introduction only after the QG players stood in the center of the stage and the cheers gradually subsided.

"Jungler: mlxg! Mid Laner: Godv! Bot Laner: Uzi! Support: Ming!"

The remaining team members also elicited loud cheers, which exploded again when they reached Uzbekistan, but ultimately it was still a little lacking, and Zhu Zhen's introduction proceeded smoothly.

Before long, the EDG players also took to the stage. The two players stood facing each other on opposite sides of the stage, and with the exciting drum music, the atmosphere of the finals was brought to an extreme!

"Alright, let's invite both contestants to take their seats. The match is about to begin!"

After the contestants took their seats and Zhu Zhen left the stage, the live broadcast smoothly switched to a pre-prepared promotional video.

As is customary, the camera panned across the entire capital city, showing the Great Wall, the Great Hall of the People, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City.

When the camera pans to the ground, you can see the two teams of players standing facing each other. Chen Dongqing and Scout are standing at the front of their respective teams, staring at each other with serious expressions.

After S7, the position of the team's leader was officially handed over from Clearlove to Scout, and this continued until S12.

EDG has been incredibly kind and generous to their junior mid-laner.

Unfortunately, some noodles don't cook through.

The screen went black for a moment, and then the trash talk segment began.

Upon seeing this scene, many viewers couldn't help but straighten their backs.

Turtle, the big one is coming.

The trash talk between EDG and QG always produces some timeless classics!

As soon as he came out, Meiko was the first to speak: "There's not much to say about Shi Senming's support role. He just needs to pick Lulu and give his ultimate to the top laner or AD carry. It doesn't matter who does it. It's really not very valuable."

The camera cuts to Shi Senming's interview. Xiaoming just smiles at the camera without saying a word.

But his expression made it very clear.

I have Tree Bro and Uzi, do you have them?

Immediately afterwards, it was QG's turn to fight back.

Chen Dongqing's handsome face appeared on the screen, and he said cheerfully, "A Guang is an excellent top laner. If I were to give him a score, I would give him nine points. Of course, the maximum score is one hundred points."

Upon hearing this, many audience members began to laugh, but Chen Dongqing continued speaking:

"As the top laner I've faced the most times since entering the league, it feels like I've never lost to him in lane. I hope he can give me a surprise today."

After saying that, Chen Dongqing sighed, and all the overwhelming loneliness he felt was contained in that sigh.

Immediately afterwards, A-Guang also appeared on screen, but he didn't say anything. Like Shi Senming, he showed a warm and healing smile.

Stubbornness is just a protective shield for Ah Guang; beneath it lies a deep sense of heartache and helplessness.

You want him to trash talk to Ilex? He really can't!

Saying I'm going to beat you to a pulp? That's ridiculous!

"Be careful of my jungler? If I get double-killed in the match, the boomerang will hit me instead."

Then, Goldwyn also appeared on screen and said, "Scout is a very good mid laner, um, I mean his ability to call jungle is very good. Every time I play against him, I can always feel the jungler roaming around in the mid lane."

Scout appeared on camera with a grin: "Okay, in the match later, neither of us will call a jungler, it'll be 1v1. Just don't get solo killed by me."

Immediately afterwards, the screen cut to the wicked smiles of the junglers on both sides.

At this moment, many viewers were watching Mingkai closely, wanting to see what kind of antics he could pull off this year.

The phrase "study the MSI opponents" from the S6 Spring Split remains a timeless classic to this day!

The factory manager took the initiative again, saying, "I can feel that I'm getting better and better lately. I think I should have no problem handling a spicy hot pot, right?"

It has to be said that Clearlove really had a bit of a resurgence this summer. In terms of team fight participation rate, dragon control rate and other data that measure a jungler's ability, Clearlove is in a class of his own and can even suppress Mlxg at one point.

In the round of 6 to 4 and the round of 4 to 2, Clearlove dominated both OMG's jungler Jiekou and WE's jungler Condi.

If Xiangguo can maintain his performance today, the outcome could be quite unpredictable.

But Xiangguo still displayed his arrogance, saying dismissively, "You played pretty well last year, how come you still lost?"

And they lost twice.

The factory manager immediately broke character and smiled at the camera.

Sure enough, given their head-to-head record, EDG even lacked confidence when trash-talking.

Finally, Chen Dongqing summarized the trash talk session: "Last night, our team discussed letting you win a few games. Some people said to give you face and let you win two games, while others said to let you win one game, but I rejected all of these suggestions."

"Let's keep it 3-0." Chen Dongqing grinned and held up three fingers. "Hurry up and go home to eat. Playing a best-of-five series is quite tiring. It would be impolite to go beyond three games."

These words drew boos from the audience.

You had a great time going out to eat after playing three games, but we bought tickets to come here. Who's going to make up for the missing match time, buddy?

The trash talk segment ended there, and the camera then cut to the commentators' booth.

Needless to say, today's commentators include Wawa Miller, and for the third special guest, the organizers have specially invited Luwei.

(My editor told me a few days ago that Wu Wukai's real name is prohibited and cannot be written, so all references to his real name in the previous text have been modified. I want to reiterate that this is an original character, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.)

"It's been half a year, and the two teams are meeting again on the final stage!" Wawa said with a touch of melancholy. "Now, they will once again present a spectacular showdown for the audience!"

Within the LPL, the match between QG and EDG was indeed a top-tier showdown.

The two teams were evenly matched in the spring of 16, but QG completely dominated in the summer of 16, which clearly demonstrated QG's rapid growth in 16.

The two teams have also pulled off an incredible comeback, turning the tide with a mere 10,000 gold difference, leaving EDG constantly being ridiculed for their poor performance.

Now that the two teams have met again, the audience is wondering if they will pull off some amazing feats this time.

The screen is currently displaying the relevant data for both teams.

胜率：QG89.5%（34-4）；EDG77.7%（35-10）

Team KD: 7.77 (1st); 4.43 (2nd)

Average economic lead: 9634 (1st); 4400 (2nd)

Dragon control rate: 61.2% (2nd); 62.5% (1st)

"Apart from dragon control rate, QG's other stats are all significantly ahead!" Wawa looked at the nearly 10,000-point average lead starting with a 9 and couldn't help but be shocked: "This lead is too exaggerated!"

Miller, however, wasn't surprised and chuckled, saying, "This is only because QG's attacks are fast enough. Every time the gold difference exceeds 10,000, the game is practically over. If they played slower, this number could easily break five digits!"

As for EDG's unique lead in dragon control rate, there's not much to say.

After all, QG often played with their cards open, letting the dragons go and taking the Rift Herald, while EDG only played in the bottom half of the map. The two sides had such different playstyles, but their dragon control rates were almost the same, so it could be considered that EDG had already lost.

Moreover, this was the result of the director taking into account the emotions of EDG's fans.

If the broadcast director showed the Vanguard control rate, it would show that QG's Vanguard control rate was as high as 87.5%, while EDG's was exactly 12.5%, which together would reach 100%.

Meanwhile, the QG players were discussing tactics for the first game, focusing on the Rift Herald and the Dragon.

Because they lost the right to choose sides first, they were forced to play as the blue side in this game, which certainly needs to be discussed carefully.

The final conclusion was that we still had to play the bottom half of the bracket honestly this time.

It's unreasonable for the blue side to focus on the upper half of the map, as the opposing team will most likely save their counter pick for last.

If EDG really makes a mistake in their draft and picks Maokai on the red side, Chen Dongqing will send them to their graves.

Shortly after, the referee announced that the game could begin, and Chen Dongqing, who was on the blue team, clicked "Start Game".

In the first three moves, both sides acted extremely quickly.

"QG banned Poppy, Thresh, and Janna, while EDG banned Fiora, Jayce, and Kalista!"

Miller said, "We can see that EDG made a change in their ban picks; they didn't ban Caitlyn, but instead chose to ban Kalista!"

If you release it, then Uzbekistan will certainly dare to choose it.

QG made their first move, immediately locking onto the female police officer!

EDG seemed to have planned ahead and placed Caitlyn on QG, and they acted very quickly afterward, directly targeting Ashe and Lulu.

Ashe is not afraid of Caitlyn in lane, and then Lulu is locked in the support position, which is a way of picking her instead of banning her.

However, QG also had a backup plan. With Lulu gone, Shi Senming locked in Karma, focusing on dominating the bottom lane.

"Then, QG's third pick. They chose to lock in Galio for mid lane! It seems they've decided to focus on the bot lane."

Another advantage of playing Galio in the mid lane is that it can bait out a Camille ban in the second round.

As expected, after EDG picked Jarvan IV as their third pick, they quickly banned Gragas and Camille in their third and fourth picks.

Then, as their fourth pick, EDG immediately chose Lucian for mid lane.

Chen Dongqing almost laughed.

Classic Lucian. Looks like you guys aren't scared of losing yet?

At this moment, Xiangguo spoke up and asked, "Chen Dongqing, what do you mean? How are we going to get into Ueno?"

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "How about the Desert Spider? We have a little trick up our sleeve, maybe we can use it?"

Xiangguo hesitated for a moment: "We're focusing on the bottom lane this game, so it's not convenient for me to come up."

"It's okay, you don't need to do military training all the time!" Chen Dongqing said. "You just need to gank the top lane once at the start of the game, and then I'll take care of the rest!"

First, the Spider can fight the Prince. Second, it's definitely not a bad idea to pick a Renekton first, so this choice is also fine.

Although the crocodile is easily countered by the bug when it goes first, he's not afraid; he actually has some tricks up his sleeve.

At this point, Banbazi had no objections and directly locked in the Desert Spider combo.

On the other side, EDG also cooperated by picking Cho'Gath, and the lineups for both sides were now finalized!

Blue side QG: Top laner Renekton, jungler Elise, mid laner Galio, bot lane Caitlyn and Karma.

Red team EDG: Top lane Cho'Gath, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Lucian, Bot lane Ashe and Lulu.

"Alright, the lineups for both sides are finalized. From the lineups, we can roughly see that both sides have shifted their focus to the battle in the lower half of the bracket. As for which side will ultimately emerge victorious, that will depend on the performance of both players!"

As Miller spoke, the camera slowly panned across the entire stadium, giving a panoramic view of the 18,000 spectators in the stands. Finally, the scene cut, and then appeared above Summoner's Rift.

The first game of the final has officially begun!

(End of this chapter)