Chapter 56 Dou Yizhong and Shi Yicai
Time flies by with the ardent expectations of League of Legends players around the world, and before you know it, the first match day of the finals has arrived.
At 7 pm on October 5, 2021, Beijing time, the opening game of the S11 Global Finals officially started.
Like some other large-scale sports events, the opening game often pits two highly watched teams against each other to provide the best viewing experience for the audience.
The RA team and the HLE team, who are assigned to the same group, are the two strongest teams in the qualifying stage. Naturally, they will be on the stage of the World Championship together as opponents in this opening match.
The dispute over which of the two major competition areas is stronger and weaker has always been a hotly discussed topic among the audiences in each major competition area. The dialogue between the fourth seeds of China and South Korea can also reflect to a certain extent whether the competitive level of the two major competition areas is good or bad. On the same level.
Therefore, the opening match between RA and HLE showed a strong smell of gunpowder from before the game.
Before the start of the game, after a promotional video for the finals was played, the live broadcast camera switched to the commentary box.
As soon as the commentary lineup for this game was unveiled, some old viewers in the LPL region exclaimed directly in the barrage area:
"I'm super, Sister Mi?"
Old e-sports fans who have been watching games since ancient times immediately recognized the identity of the female commentator sitting upright in the official LPL commentary lineup.
Isn’t this Xiaomi, one of the four golden flowers of LPL back then?
In the impression of old viewers, Xiaomi is an extremely pure female commentator who is full of love for LPL.
During the 2014 Global Finals, when OMG staged a 50-drop miracle comeback against FNC, Xiaomi couldn't help but shed tears on the commentary table.
The scene of her crying and shouting the name of the OMG team is still deeply remembered by many viewers.
A quick calculation shows that Xiaomi has been out of the commentary circle for five or six years.
When I saw Xiaomi on the commentary stage again, I couldn't help but awaken many old players' ancient memories of the LPL league.
Xiao Cang, Su Xiaoyan, Xiao Lou and football king Bella...
The most unbearable thing is that the football king Vela quietly left the game because of the behind-the-scenes manipulation.
In the LPL back then, which male viewer was not a fan of Bella?
The sonorous and powerful voice of Colonel Guan brought the audience back to the competition scene from their overwhelming emotions:
"Okay, viewers, welcome to the live broadcast of the S11 Global Finals. I am the commentator Zeyuan. Today, Teacher Xiaomi, Teacher Remember, and I will give you live commentary of the first four games on the first day of the qualifying round."
After a brief self-introduction, the senior school officer went straight to the point and said: "Before the start of this game, two teachers and I just analyzed and compared the strengths of the two teams participating in the opening game. Let’s first listen to Teacher Qiu’s opinion.”
The commentator remembered to take over the topic and said: "Actually, I think these two teams are quite similar, especially in the mid lane. Both teams are mid lane and C teams. Teacher Zeyuan also mentioned just now, JOJO's playing style is somewhat similar to that of Chovy..."
At this point, Colonel Guan quickly interrupted: "Huh? That's not what I said."
I remember being stunned for a moment, and then said: "Did I hear it wrong? Didn't you say that JOJO is the other one in Chovy's life..."
"I'm talking about the summer split," Guan Zeyuan emphasized every word: "At that time, I thought their playing styles looked very similar."
"Oh~" I remember showing an expression that seemed to understand, and then said: "Then what you mean is that after experiencing the baptism of the bubble competition, you are more optimistic about JOJO players now, right?"
As one of the three onmyojis in the canteen program, Teacher Ji has changed from the honest and honest stereotype he used to give people, and has become sinister and smooth.
He was obviously pushing Guan Zeyuan into the fire pit.
You know, Chovy players have a large fan base even in the LPL competition.
The title of Dou Yizhong is not groundless.
He remembered looking at him with a malicious look on his face. Colonel Guan had experienced such battles in the dining hall many times, so he calmly explained: "In my opinion, the two players are very close in terms of strength. Analyzing performance at the data level, I think both sides should be in a 50-50 situation.”
"Well, I agree with that." Colonel Guan didn't jump into the fire pit. He remembered that he didn't take it seriously at all. He continued to explain his point of view: "Back to the topic just now, why do I think these two teams are somewhat similar? Not just because both sides are mid laners.”
"The second focus of RA and Hanwha is also the bottom lane."
Speaking of which, the bottom lanes of RA and HLE are quite similar.
Because the ADCs of both sides have played for the traditional LPL giant EDG team, and RA's AD player Iboy was trained by EDG as the successor of the current HLE AD player Deft.
This opening match between the fourth seeds of China and South Korea will not only give the audience an answer to the question of which of the two mid laners, JOJO and Chovy, is stronger or weaker.
The showdown between the two generations of EDG AD players is also a highlight.
"Moreover, the top laners of both sides are relatively weak links in the team."
Player Cube is the shortcoming of the RA team, and LPL viewers can agree on this.
And HLE’s top laner Morgan has a story written all over him.
Speaking of player Morgan, we have to mention a famous joke in the e-sports circle.
That is the famous "This child must not be returned to the LCK" meme.
Morgan, a player who debuted in the LPL, has played for JDG and WE teams.
His performance in the early stages of his career was remarkable, especially in the first half of WE, where he performed relatively well.
At that time, the LPL top lane position was in a period of sluggishness. Theshy player's competitive level had declined significantly. Bin's performance when he debuted at Suning was also lackluster. 369 was still in a promising future.
Therefore, netizens were quite optimistic about Morgan at that time, and some even commented that "this player must not be returned to the LCK, otherwise he will be in serious trouble in the future."
What the audience never expected was that player Morgan would never be able to take on a big role after all. His performance on the field plummeted and he fell directly to the bottom of the LPL top laner food chain.
His reputation has also undergone an ultimate reversal, and he has become "the most popular player in LPL" among netizens.
However, even though Morgan was so bad, he was kindly taken in by the HLE team after returning to the LCK.
Speaking of HLE's shortcomings in the top lane, Colonel Guan had something to say: "When I was sorting out the relevant data of the finalists before the game, I discovered a rather magical phenomenon."
“Chovy’s 15-minute CS differential during the summer split ranked first among all World Championship players.”
In fact, this does not even require data as a reference, even if the audience is asked to guess blindly, they can guess it.
After all, Chovy is so filling.
"This data of player Morgan ranks last among all the players participating in the World Championship."
As soon as this statement came out, the audience in front of the screen immediately stopped.
Good guy.
I'm sorry Morgan, the "world's best", was forced into the World Championship by "Dou Yizhong" Chovy. (End of chapter)