Chapter 178 ESPN’s crooked butt
After passing the Summer Finals, there is still some time before the start of the World Championship.
However, in major media and in various competition regions, discussions about the World Championship have begun to ferment.
In the North American ESPN team rankings, DMO has been ranked first.
It's not that they don't want to rank SKT first, it's just that it's a bit too far-fetched.
SKT currently has zero winning record against DMO.
Never won a single hand!
How can you possibly rank first for a team that has never won a single game?
However, even so, SKT ranked second, even higher than FPX.
The reason given by the editor is: "Their operations are very smooth and they have mastered the version very well. It can be said that they are a very strong team in this version. In contrast, FPX showed many mistakes in the finals. We feel that FPX may not be as perfect as SKT.”
Dahuang watched with relish, and couldn't help but sneer when he saw this.
"What's wrong?"
Zhuang Nan raised his head when he heard the noise.
"It's so funny, Brother Nan, they said there are many mistakes in FPX operations."
Dahuang chuckled.
"This is too funny."
Zhuang Nan was also happy,
"Really?"
He really didn't expect this.
Did FPX make a mistake?
In fact, there is.
However, this mistake was not due to FPX's poor operating system, but because they were facing the DMO led by Zhuang Nan.
In front of a top team like DMO, FPX's mistakes were not his own fault, but forced mistakes.
What is a forced error?
As the name suggests, the pressure from the DMO was too great, causing FPX to make mistakes.
This is completely different from poor operational capabilities.
It’s not that FPX has poor operational capabilities, but that the DMO’s continuous line switching operations put too much pressure on FPX in a short period of time, causing them to make mistakes.
If playing against a team that is not that strong, FPX will not make mistakes.
Their equally insane winning streak in the summer split has proven this.
So the editor of ESPN is really funny.
On the contrary, the so-called perfect operation displayed by SKT was equally useless when facing DMO, with many mistakes.
The current performance in China is good, but there is only one situation, and that is that the current LCK is too weak.
There is no team that can force SKT to make mistakes, which makes their operations seem flawless.
Take Ruler for example. In the year of S8, Ruler was very proud of himself after winning the championship. However, when faced with Uzi, who had maintained a dominant position before the World Championship, he was overwhelmed and could not hold his head up. There was even a "Uzi is not suppressed" Thirty knives must be considered suppressed." Such a famous saying.
So it's a bit funny to say that ESPN's evaluation is true.
But it was normal, so Zhuang Nan just smiled at this.
When did LPL need approval from Europe and the United States?
Forget about the team rankings, the player rankings are where ESPN really makes a big splash.
They didn't dare to be too obvious, and all DMO members were in the top 20.
But here’s the problem.
Because the number one spot on this list is still...
faker.
Let’s not talk about whether faker is worthy or not.
According to the historical status, it is indeed worthy.
But based on current results and matchups, faker is nothing.
Not only can he not beat Zhuang Nan, he can't even beat caps.
But he happened to be ranked first.
The editor of ESPN was very convincing: "We believe that Faker is undoubtedly continuing to recover in S9. After some minor setbacks, he still won a seat in the S9 Global Finals. This is a very commendable aspect for Faker. He showed us what it means to be a professional player who never gives up!”
To sum it up in one sentence, Ruisibei is done.
As for matchup results and team results?
Damn, that’s nothing!
Are you a little black guy?
In any case, it avoids talking about the real decisive factors.
Talking about others is about matchups and records, talking about Faker is about past and honors.
I made a great filial piety to my family members.
As for Zhuang Nan, ESPN’s evaluation is as follows:
"This player has performed very well in the past two seasons. As a young player, he still has a lot of room for improvement, and we are very much looking forward to it."
"After defeating Faker, he has become the number one player for a short time, but whether this result can be maintained until the end of the World Championship is still unknown."
"So taking all things into consideration, we ranked him second as an encouragement."
Attentive LPL viewers thought at first, well, the writing was okay, so I could barely accept it. After all, Faker’s historical status is there.
But later I thought about it. That’s not right!
At the beginning, he praised Zhuang Nan for his good performance in the past two seasons, but immediately followed, "There is still a lot of room for improvement."
Translation, translation, what is tmd’s room for improvement?
After thinking about it for a while, it means that Zhuang Nan is not good enough now?
Look at the wording that follows.
"Temporary Becoming"
"Can we keep it until the end of the World Championship?"
At first glance, it all seemed like flattery, but after reading it carefully for a night, I realized that there were four big words revealed between the lines.
"You're not good enough!"
This LPL audience is not happy.
His grandma, the number one person in the world has been beaten down by our Zhuang Nan this year, and you still say that he is not good?
Not to mention those in China, the caliber is basically the same, killing krdog indiscriminately.
Overseas, LPL viewers rushed straight to the top of the list and began to cynicize like crazy.
"Yes, Zhuang Nan still needs to grow up. He is nothing special. He just beats the first place every time."
"Yeah, yeah, you're right, but it is known that there are 6.5 billion faker fans on the entire Internet, and Zhuang Nan's Weibo followers only have more than 4 million. If faker fans invade, each of the more than 4 million Nan Bings will I can’t even imagine how many faker fans I need to win!”
"Who is better, Faker or Zhuang Nan? I don't know. But I only know that every time they play, Zhuang Nan wins."
Moreover, it’s not just LPL fans who rush to the tower, LEC fans are also unhappy!
Because caps is ranked third, it is not as good as Zhuang Nan.
Not to mention Zhuang Nan, this matchup beat Caps, and ranking in front of Caps is acceptable to the LEC audience.
But why are you a faker?
Not only does Xiaomai win every time he plays Faker, at least his current record is that he mostly wins.
MSI has just passed, and Xiaomai has just taken away SKT 3-0.
Then you told me that caps is not as good as faker?
Fake squid!
ESPN obviously didn't expect so much controversy. Fortunately, Riot Korea came out to help.
"If we define faker as a triple crown champion as inferior to Dying just because of his victory in a few games, we think this is extremely superficial. Moreover, the world championship has not yet started, and the ranking is just a personal opinion. With faker's achievements, we should give this LOL The first person has more respect.”
Looking at it, there is just one sentence, it is useless if you win.
Brother, I am a faker who has won the Triple Crown. What kind of championship do you have?
As soon as these words came out, the LPL audience was extremely angry.
But Zhuang Nan is currently participating in the World Championship for the first time in his debut year, so they really can't refute it.
But even so, an evil fire is still burning in the hearts of everyone in the LPL. (End of chapter)