LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 345 Does the glory of MSI belong to G2? Indeed, there is only glory, but no championship.

The venue for the semi-finals is now packed with people, most of whom are fans from all over the world who have come to watch SKT's match.

Originally, SKT was defeated twice by IG in the group stage, which almost broke everyone's hearts. However, SKT also performed well against other teams, and even defeated G2, the top team in the European region this year, twice in the group stage.

Therefore, they feel they have a very good chance in today's BO5 against G2.

Even if we don't say it's a 3-0 victory, it's at least a 3-1 win.

But the reality before them dealt them the most shocking blow: a score of 3-0, but SKT was the one who won 3-0.

The huge stadium was completely silent. Countless spectators stared wide-eyed at the five SKT players on the field, looking utterly dejected, unable to believe what they were seeing.

The once-renowned dynasty team didn't fall to their strongest rival, Chu Ran, this year; instead, they were crushed by the long-time European and American losers.

This is simply unacceptable to SKT fans.

In an instant, the deathly silence was broken. After regaining their senses, the G2 fans in the arena erupted in deafening cheers and shouts, wildly stimulating the auditory nerves of the audience around the world.

Support signs and glow sticks were waved continuously in the stands, and some G2 fans were so excited that their faces turned red and they were a little out of breath.

Before the match, they were somewhat worried about today's game, unsure if G2 could defeat SKT. After all, SKT is a formidable opponent, despite their decline in the past two years.

SKT is considered an incredibly formidable team by audiences worldwide, not to mention they also have three-time world champion Faker.

Although SKT was utterly crushed by IG in the group stage, you can't say that SKT is a bad team just because they were crushed.

Do not!
This team isn't bad; it's just that IG is so strong that SKT seems weaker.

But now, this team has been defeated 3-0 by their beloved team G2. How could they not be excited and overjoyed?

"Perkz!"

"Caps!"

In an instant, many fans cheered loudly for them, and the Instagram accounts of several G2 members created a huge sound wave inside the venue, seemingly about to overturn the entire venue.

At the same moment, in the European commentary booth, the bearded commentators were also completely stunned. Even they themselves did not expect to take down SKT 3-0.

“Oh my god!”

"My God! G2 defeated the legendary team SKT with an absolute 3-0 victory and successfully entered the MSI finals. This is our number one team in the European region, G2!"

"This is absolutely unbelievable! Caps' godlike performance in these three games completely crushed Faker, taking G2 to the next level! Congratulations to G2!"

After regaining their composure, their commentator let out a deafening roar that reached the ears of the European audience, leaving them feeling as if they had been struck by lightning.

But their excitement was completely undisguised.

After so many years, the European teams have finally stood on the stage of the World Championship finals again, something that countless European viewers have dreamed of.

In the European tournament broadcast rooms, these viewers supporting G2 have gone completely crazy, with a level of enthusiasm comparable to when LPL advanced to the Bird's Nest finals.

[God! G2 is awesome!]

This is our European region! Our region has finally risen to prominence!

[SKT, Faker, they'll all kneel before us Europeans this year!]

[I'm so excited! After waiting for so many years, I finally see a team from our region reach the World Championship finals! Let's praise God!]

[There are always people saying that our European region is a noob region. Now, let's have those people come out and repeat themselves. They're so verbose!]

[Our European region is the number one region this year!]

My God, this year is the most hopeful year ever!

Some are happy while others are sad.

While the European region was in a frenzy, several Korean commentators in the LCK commentary booth looked as if they had lost their parents, their faces ashen and filled with grief and indignation.

The Roaring Emperor, his eyes bloodshot, roared in a frenzy, "NO! Damn it! This shouldn't be happening! SKT, the team we had high hopes for, fell in the MSI semifinals and failed to reach the finals. How could this happen!!"

Before MSI began, the entire LCK region believed that SKT would revive their region's glory at this year's MSI.

However, they were dealt a heavy blow on the first day of the group stage when IG speed-cleared them. But even after the speed-clear, they still held onto hope for SKT, trying to comfort themselves that it was just a BO1.

BO5 is SKT's most familiar territory.

So even though IG won both of their group stage BO1 matches, most Koreans still had some expectations.

But so far, they are completely dumbfounded.

It's one thing that they can't beat IG from the LPL, but they can't even beat teams from the European and American regions, which are considered by many viewers to be weak. This is really frustrating.

"Damn it!! I can't accept this ending! What are SKT doing?! What are we LCK players doing? Is our region really going to decline from this point on?!"

"Damn it! Everyone has to swim back, all of them have to swim back!!"

The fact that the Korean commentators started cursing right there in the commentary booth shows just how angry they were. Being beaten 1504 on the first day of the group stage was already the trigger.

Today's loss to G2 was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

At this moment, the Korean internet has completely exploded. Every comment is a scathing critique of SKT's family history, and some are even plotting assassination. They are utterly disappointed with their performance at this year's MSI.

They even felt ashamed.

[Go to hell, what a crappy triple crown! Get back to retirement, you old codger, stop occupying the toilet without doing your job!]

[You can't even beat Caps? You think you can revive your numbed regional glory?]

How utterly useless are the other teams in our region? Why are they allowed to embarrass themselves at MSI like this?!

[All five members of SKT were dragged back to court, then lined up to be executed by firing squad for five minutes!]

[Recruit them all to serve as stars in the hands of chaebols!]

[LCK is truly hopeless. They went from being the world's best to now being unable to even beat the European region. In my opinion, they should just disband.]

The anger of the South Koreans is not without reason.

Since winning the S6 championship, starting from S7, this region, which was once known as the world's number one, has not won a single decent championship in the past two years.

Despite this, some Koreans can still accept it, because it was Chu Ran and LPL who lost.

After all, Chu Ran is a monster. Losing to him wasn't because they were bad, it was just that this monster was too strong.

As for the other losses, it's all because LPL had foreign players. Without foreign players, those so-called all-Chinese teams would have been crushed by them. So even if they're not number one in the world anymore, they are still the undisputed number two.

And one day, when the opportunity comes, they will be able to regain their position as the world's number one region. This year's MSI was originally an opportunity, but the result was unexpected by countless Koreans.

Forget about becoming number one in the world, they've even lost their second-place position. G2, the team that Chu Ran thrashed 3-0 at last year's World Championship, thrashed SKT today. How can they possibly accept this?

The contrast between SKT's past glory and its current decline makes these Koreans feel suffocated and desperate.

Actually, it wasn't just these Korean fans. In the LPL region, the moment SKT lost to G2, countless Korean fans and science enthusiasts fell silent, and some even deleted their accounts and ran away.

Doinb, Uzi, and others immediately shut down their live streams, fearing they would be affected by this terrifying army of purges.

At this moment, the live broadcast rooms of major domestic sports events were in an uproar!
[66666! Han Xiaozi, your dad is dead!!]

[Haha, this is the SKT that Korean fans have been hyping up to the skies! Wow! They're really strong, but they got swept 3-0 by G2!]

[I'm laughing so hard! Why are there still so many people who idolize Han Kuo-yu and are obsessed with science but don't speak up? Do you guys not have vocal cords?!]

[Stop talking nonsense!! Are you deaf? Your dads have been eliminated!]

[Here's a joke: "SKT is about to revive the glory of LCK," "BO5 will reveal the truth," "Soon we'll be in SKT's most familiar territory," "How could they get swept 3-0 by G2?"]

[Hahaha, classic, so classic! Taddy is seriously terrible. To get completely destroyed by Perkz, a mid laner turned AD carry, is he even human?]

[Good riddance, let's pop the champagne!! Dafei, you should just retire already, otherwise if you keep losing like this, all the LPL fans will be wiped out.]

[That's what you call an electric fan, a ton of shit-eating idiot, and a bunch of science buffs and Han Xiaozi who wish they were dead and reborn soon.]

Seeing these comments, many Han fans and science enthusiasts could only jump up and down in anger in front of the screen, but they could only rage helplessly and could do nothing but listen to the constant exclamations of Miller and others in the commentary booth.

"My God, this is unbelievable! G2 actually defeated SKT 3-0 and advanced to the finals. This is a huge upset. Congratulations to G2!"

“That’s right.” After Miller finished speaking, Guan Zeyuan immediately nodded in agreement, “I can only say that G2 is really strong this year. I feel that the European and American regions have undergone a transformation this year.”

"But I believe victory will still belong to our LPL. Let's take a short break and then watch the epic showdown between our LPL's IG team and LCS's TL team!"

As their words fell, the big screen immediately showed the smiling G2 players shaking hands with the dejected SKT members, leaving Meiko, who was watching the game backstage, speechless.

"Holy crap, G2 is really strong this year, especially their support Pyke, who is at least a third of my level."

"Tianye, can you stop flattering yourself? Other people's Pyke is much better than yours." Jackeylove frowned. He even wondered if he would be arrested by this Pyke if he encountered G2.

Then he solidified his nickname as a water ghost.

"Yu Wenbo, what are you barking about? I've been practicing Pyke since the beginning of the year, and my Pyke is pretty good too, okay?"

Meiko and Jackeylove started bickering back and forth. They weren't too surprised that G2 defeated SKT, because Chu Ran had said before the match that SKT would lose to G2.

With Chu Ran's analysis, they were naturally prepared.

"Chu Shen, what's your take on G2?"

"What do you mean, how do you say it?" Chu Ran looked at Rooike. "To me, it's just a roadside stall."

Just as he finished speaking, Perkz's face appeared in the interview booth. That familiar smiling face always made people want to punch him. Then the host's questions were also very sharp.

"Hello, congratulations to G2 for defeating SKT today and advancing to the MSI finals. Which team would you like to face in the finals, TL or IG?"

Perkz hesitated for a few seconds before answering, "IG."

"Why?"

"Because G2 will fall into our hands just like this team that LPL has high hopes for, just like RNG last year." Perkz said, even mimicking a crying expression.

"NO—! Easy is wrong!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Meiko and Jackeylove immediately stopped arguing and burst into laughter, while countless comments flooded the screens of several LPL live streams.

[6666, Perkz, your sudden display of flair almost broke my back.]

Haha, even though I'm a fan of Chu Shen, this is really funny.

[Laugh? No laughing allowed! Laughing all the way to Season 9!]

[Our great world's number one ADC, Uzi, has fallen!!]

[You son of a bitch, let's see who dares to laugh!]

Whoever laughs at me, I'll kill them.

[GSL has started protecting its master; it truly inherited the bloodline of the sugar man, being sugary to an extreme.]

Amidst heated discussions in the live chat, inside the RNG club...

Uzi and the others all turned pale. He wanted nothing more than to tear Perkz apart. Last year's shocking loss to G2 at the World Championship had become a nightmare he could never forget, and now Perkz had reopened that wound.

"That bastard Sima, how come all these people are just like beasts!"

"I'd rather mess with him than do that!"

"Uzi, but then again, it would be great if G2 really beat Ranchu."

Upon hearing Ning Mazi's words, Uzi's mood instantly brightened.

This is true.

Compared to G2's sarcastic remarks, he preferred to see Chu Ran eliminated at this MSI, preferably losing directly to Team Liquid. Besides him, many others thought the same.

However, IG is not SKT. A best-of-five series, including rest and draft time, ended the game in less than an hour and a half.

"Wow! Congratulations to IG, congratulations to Chu Shen and his team! They have once again shown the world their terrifying strength. They finished the BO5 in just 1 hour and 20 minutes and successfully advanced to the MSI finals!"

"This is IG!" Miller shouted, raising his arms. "Let's all look forward to the ultimate showdown between our LPL's super team and G2 in the finals this year!"

As their loud and clear voices echoed, many LPL viewers offered their congratulations, but there wasn't much surprise. After all, in the minds of most LPL viewers, it was normal for IG to crush TL.

After the list of teams for the finals was released, discussions about the finals erupted on major forums around the world.

Under the arrangement of Riot Games and Fujii, they deliberately increased the publicity for G2.

From all perspectives, G2 winning the championship this year would be the best outcome for League of Legends.

In an instant, videos and discussions praising G2 flooded the internet, and amidst the heated public opinion, Chu Ran seized the opportunity to post a Weibo that instantly swept across forums worldwide!

IG-Easy:

Did MSI's glory belong to G2? I've seen many people discussing this, feeling that this final seemed to be IG's doom, but I want to say something here—

The honor was indeed given to G2, but the championship wasn't enough; after all, the honor of being the runner-up is still honor.

Perkz's multiple world runner-up finishes have propelled him to become the world's best ADC!

(End of this chapter)