Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 425 You Are the One Who Can Make Me Happy the Most (Part )
DFM, or the Neon region it represents, is a somewhat magical region.

From an innate and historical perspective, they are indeed incompatible with the current mainstream e-sports.

As a country with two super giant console companies, Sony and Nintendo, the status of their consoles in the gaming market is, if not much higher than that of PC, at least it is much higher.

This is completely the opposite of China, which experienced a ban on game consoles, resulting in a low presence of game consoles in the gaming industry.

Even PC games are not very popular in this land, let alone the e-sports categories derived from PC.

Obviously, ever since MSI was beaten up by Fanhua and forced to launch an e-sports version of "Black Ship Arrival",
The LJL region's ambition for the World Championship was quickly downgraded from "to achieve results" to "being able to enter the finals is a victory."

After all, to be honest, if you want to enter the main competition, you have to eliminate at least one seed from the four major regions.

To be honest, the vast majority of Japanese e-sports fans are watching the game with a pure spectator mentality.

Since the start of the World Championship, they are well aware of how far behind the overall quality of the monsters in the major regions is compared to that of the smaller regions.

The grades don't matter, just watch the fun.

Instead of waiting for a miracle to happen in LOL, it is better to wait for the recently released Street Fighter to start organizing official competitions.

There are countless fighting game fanatics in Japan, all of whom are eager to try and look forward to winning bonuses all over the world.

Their dominance in fighting games is not much worse than South Korea's dominance in StarCraft.

But, sometimes, the troubles in the world are always unexpected.

The galactic battleships that are highly anticipated often tend to capsize in strange postures for all sorts of bizarre reasons.

On the contrary, it is those unknown people who are not expected by anyone, who may create unprecedented miracles as long as they have an opportunity.

Especially in such an early age, anything is possible.

If the Japanese expectation for DFM is to have them reach the top four in the S League, then they can just forget about it.

The gap in foundation between competition areas is almost an insurmountable chasm.

But if we just ask them to work hard to get themselves a place in the World Championship, considering the time and format of the Qualifiers...

Well, the explosive performance of one or two players, the high morale of the group, and some targeted arrangements... maybe a miracle can be created.

And now DFM...just happens to have accumulated such capital.

DFM's top laner EVI, the man who always gives his signature thumbs up in front of the camera, is a wonderful person.

In a sense, almost all of his traits fit the public's definition of a hard-working genius.

I am ambitious, highly self-disciplined, hardworking and actively accept advanced knowledge from the outside world.

As perhaps the only player in the LJL region who had a national server account before the World Championship, his rank in the national server is not low.

Although he is a bit older, his operational ability and awareness are still at a good level due to his experience in Glory.

It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of hard power, he can definitely be a starter in a team in a major region, and he is even capable of playing as a top laner in the playoffs.

But in addition to his hard power, this e-sports veteran has even more shining points: a never-give-up spirit and leadership qualities.

In a sense, he is similar to Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing on the Neon side, except that he is lacking in hard power.

His impact on the morale of the entire DFM team is visible to the naked eye.

Theoretically speaking, in the MSI battle, the highly anticipated DFM didn't even make it into the top six, and ultimately only reserved one S-League qualifying spot for LJL, while even South Vietnam got two.

Such a disastrous defeat should have dealt a heavy blow to DFM's morale.

But when even Neon fans had basically given up on LJL, EVI, on the contrary, gathered the hearts of the people of this shaky DFM without making large-scale personnel changes.

You know, EVI's performance in MSI was not bad. Although he was far inferior to tough guys like Zhao Yang, Sun Zhe and others, his performance was even able to suppress the top laners of GAM and FW.

He is actually quite popular during the transfer period.

Coming from a small division means that there won't be much resistance in recruiting him, as few players from small divisions can resist the temptation to go to a large division.

On this basis, EVI not only has good strength, but also has experience in world competitions and even good leadership.

In regions like LEC and LCS, which don't care so much about status, there are teams extending olive branches to him.

But EVI hesitated for a long time and finally chose to refuse.

After all, he couldn't let go of his own competition area.

Although he is willing to go to a stronger division to learn some tactics, that will have to happen after DFM has achieved certain results internationally!

So he stayed.

As we all know, although something like one man, one city will not be awarded an award, the boost to the team's morale is still visible to the naked eye.

EVI's staying and personal efforts soon restored DFM's shaky morale.

After regaining morale, EVI took the lead in studying the tactics and game understanding of LPL and LEC with the DFM players.

You don’t have to go to other people’s competition areas, but you still have to learn their tactics.

To be honest, we have to say that when the second-year soul of the Japanese begins to burn, they may really do something extraordinary.

In the spring, although DFM was the champion in LJL, it did not have a strong enough advantage over other teams to stand out from the crowd.

But after the summer season arrived, they showed their unique dominance.

When it came to the qualifying round, their schedule seemed to have been helped. In the first few games, they practiced against weak teams. It was not until the third game that they encountered their first truly strong team, which was TL.

DFM's performance at MSI wasn't so bad that it was unbearable to watch. Among the twelve participating teams, it ranked probably between eighth and tenth.

It’s just that all beings are equal below the first six, so they are regarded as the bottom.

By the time they reached the qualifying round, they had trained hard throughout the summer and immediately made their poor brothers, who had been sympathizing with them in the spring, feel what plastic friendship meant.

No, we are all here to serve as a foil. Why are you so awesome, buddy?

At this time, the extremely low expectations of Japanese fans for DFM began to show results.

Because the expectations were so low, when DFM won consecutive victories,
Even though the winners were small fry with little fighting power, many LJL fans couldn't help but get excited.

Especially when they saw that DFM's third opponent, TL, didn't seem to be in good shape.

The fine tradition of the Japanese people, the downfall of the superiors, was awakened in an instant. Is it possible? Is it possible?

Not to mention DFM. Although the outside world was not optimistic about them, they were aiming for a place in the main competition from the beginning.

I have been working overtime to study the opponents I will face in the qualifying round.

But what is more jaw-dropping is that after the enthusiasm of the LJL region was awakened by DFM, the entire region cheered for DFM.

LJL's way of cheering is very interesting and quite in their style.

To support other regions, you can either leave various messages of support or simply watch offline.

The way chosen by DFM fans is to draw.

A series of cheering paintings based on DFM and LOL were created, and after coordination by the LJL officials, they appeared in the intervals between games in which DFM participated.

Then all the brothers in the world can enjoy it.

These two-dimensional-style creations make the originally ugly DFM look like the protagonist of a hot-blooded comic.

The key is the lol heroes that are drawn for support.

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The Tenghai version of LOL doesn't use zzzq, and won't turn the heroes into strange shapes.

These heroes, who are already very good-looking and capable in fighting, have become even more charming after being repainted by Japanese people in a two-dimensional style.

The charm of Ahri and Sona, the handsomeness of Ezreal, the cuteness of Gnar and Teemo...

It looks like something strange got mixed in, but it's not a big deal.

After these pictures were released, the DFM competition, which had not received much attention outside of Japan, suddenly became popular.

But for DFM, these cheers are too destructive.

In addition to those works that are obviously created by professional painters, there are also many works that are very immature in painting skills but full of sincerity.

There are quite a few that you can even tell at a glance were drawn by children stroke by stroke.

These creations may not look that pleasing to the eye, but the thoughts they contain...

Scary.

Therefore, in the few days before the battle with TL, it is no exaggeration to say that every day, a large amount of vitality from LJL was gathered into the bodies of DFM generals.

After being beaten twice in a row, the dejected TL was planning to bully DFM to recover a little. For the first time in their careers, they learned the meaning of the phrase:

They rushed over shouting something about courage, dreams, bonds, etc. that I couldn't understand!
In terms of morale and state, one group is working together with great enthusiasm, while the other group is looking dispirited and discouraged.

In terms of combat power, Wunder, who was supposed to be the backbone of TL, has been like being possessed by a tyrant from a parallel world these days, and is playing as badly as he can.

Originally, he and EVI should be on par with each other in terms of strength, but the performance in that game gave the impression that he was like a son in front of EVI.

I don’t know how many fans were stunned by this scene.

No, one of you was the world runner-up in the spring, and the other led a weak team that couldn’t even make it to the top six.

Why is the effect of fighting completely the opposite?
Wunder was full of regret at this time. He tried desperately to perform better and prove that he was not a waste, but the more anxious he was, the more confused he became.

EVI is the kind of top laner who relies on his brain to win, and once he sees an opportunity, he immediately becomes ruthless.

All the TL players were hoping that the top laner would recover quickly to turn the situation around, but then they saw Wunder being pinned under the tower by a weak opponent and not daring to leave. Everyone was stunned.

The morale, which was already low, plummeted immediately.

In the end, DFM created an unprecedented miracle and won their third consecutive victory amid cheers from the audience.

Although the chance of actually getting a spot is still slim due to the existence of the second seeds in the LMS and VCS regions, but at least now, in terms of pure small points, they are on par with the strong teams in LPL and LCK!
LJL went crazy. I don't know how many people were beating their chests and stamping their feet, unable to make up their minds to go to China to watch the live show and show their support, thinking that they had missed out on a classic.

But it’s not a big problem, as the qualifying stage does not use a very large competition venue.

Given the current popularity of League of Legends in China, even during the qualifying round, teams with more subtle identities, such as TL vs. DFM, can basically fill up the seats.

The Chinese audience is also very enthusiastic. As long as it has nothing to do with the LPL teams and the game is exciting, they will not be stingy with their applause and cheers.

EVI's personal experience has been dug up by some bloggers who have smelled the traffic during the period when DFM has performed well in recent days.

Many LPL viewers also know that there is a tough guy with good strength in the neighboring Xiaorizi division.

Chinese audiences have always respected those who are tough and strong, or those who can resist temptation and stay in their hometown.

In addition, during the previous MSI, the entire LJL praised DFM very much, which whitewashed them, so the LPL audience still gave full respect to DFM's victory.

Although they only scored a small point, EVI's eyes were already filled with tears when they bowed to the audience together after the game.

Amidst the cheers from the room, he made his signature gesture to the audience: slowly raising his thumbs.

This time, he will not be greeted by the wrath of LPL.

On the other hand, TL...

All I can say is that the other three major regions are happy, and LCS is desperate.

Now, even fans from other regions who are looking for trouble have begun to discuss whether or not to simply expel four major regions from the LCS.

There are three places, one was given to the LPL expeditionary force, and the other one is about to fail in the qualifying round.

If TL really fails, it means that the only team that truly belongs to LCS in the main competition is C9.

That would be really fun.

What's even more unfortunate is that they will have to face a tough guy like Samsung next.

Can you win?
Will win!
Some curious people even discovered that if TL loses to another Samsung team, they will have lost to the Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese teams respectively.

Having lost to their old North American rival and their three dogs, I don’t know how devastated those rednecks were when they found out.

As the saying goes, when a whale falls, everything comes to life. When TL showed signs of decline,
Teams like AHQ from LMS, which are strong but didn't have high hopes because they thought they were not as good as the top four teams, are getting nervous.
The spots are right in front of us, brothers, follow me and charge!
Amidst all the noise, the powerful dialogue between the top teams came late but it finally happened.

LGM, vs. SSG.

　I was so upset. I was called by the teacher to correct homework and I almost missed the time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)