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Chapter 171 - Big upset, life and death game
Day three of the group stage, opening match, SKT vs CLG.

After yesterday's two consecutive losses, SKT urgently needed a victory. Faker took out his favorite Ahri and carried the whole game.

However, Blank was lost throughout the game, had no rhythm at all, and couldn't control the little dragon. CLG kept targeting SKT's bottom lane, and Bang also gave the opponent several opportunities, allowing CLG's bottom lane to gain a huge advantage.

In the end, Faker's Ahri had luxurious data of 10/3/5, which perfectly demonstrated that he lost the game because he was unable to carry the team.

SKT suffered another upset, suffering three consecutive defeats.

In the second game, G2 played against SUP. Despite the huge difference in strength, they finally won their first MSI victory.

Immediately afterwards, in the third game, Flash Wolves defeated QG.

Just when people thought the trend of upsets was about to pass, another upset happened in the fourth game.

SKT lost to...G2.

After winning a game against SUP, the G2 team seemed to have regained their confidence as the king of bullying in Europe, and all members played in good form.

Perkz solo-killed Faker several times, proving to the audience that Yuan Shen's joke that watching Faker's live broadcast is just for fun and if you want to learn skills, you have to watch Perkz seems to be true.

In the fifth game, there was another upset.

QG lost to CLG.

Immediately afterwards, in the last game of the day, CLG lost to Flash Wolves again.

After the third day of group matches, there is only one word to describe the battle situation.

chaos.

The entire northwest of Shanxi was in chaos.

FW Team: 6-0
CLG: 4-2
QG team points: 3-3
SKT: 2-4
G2: 2-4
SUP team points: 0-6
It is normal for B01 to be upset. If the wildcard team uses some unusual tactics and performs well, it is possible that they can defeat the world team.

but……

SKT has lost four games in a row.

This doesn't seem to be explained by an upset. There are problems with the entire team's condition and playing style.

Jungler Blank is lost, Duke is out of touch with the team, and the core player Bang seems to have lost his soul after losing to Flash Wolves. Although he is not a pit, he is not the C either. The victory or defeat of the game has nothing to do with him.

In an interview with CPL, Faker said with a dejected look: "I've never felt like I couldn't continue playing a game, but I felt it during the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational."

What made SKT most desperate was that their first opponent on the fourth day was their old rival.

Flash Wolf.

Moreover, the first round ended on the blue side, and the Flash Wolves were on the red side in the second round.

If SKT loses five games in a row, they will be in danger of not qualifying from the group stage for the first time since the team was founded.

The war continues.

Group stage, fourth match day.

In the first match, SKT faced Flash Wolves.

After a fierce battle of 54 minutes, Yuan Shen's Ekko successfully broke through SKT's main crystal base and won the game.

SKT was pushed to the brink of collapse, with the score at 2-5.

This is a desperate situation.

Today, the Haier brothers Wawa and Miller took over the CPL commentary booth.

"It's unbelievable! No one would have thought that SKT, a team that was highly anticipated before the game, would actually lose five games in a row at this MSI!" Wawa said with emotion.
"Yes, SKT's current score is 2 to 5. If they lose one more game, they will probably say goodbye to the knockout stage of MIS." Miller nodded.

"That's not all." Wawa added: "G2's current points lead is 2-. If G doesn't lose any of the next games, they'll end up with a - lead, and SKT will say goodbye to this MSI."

After this battle, LCK fans on the Korean Inven forum panicked.

"Haha, LCK is in a cold state this year."

"What the hell is that, Blank? Just commit seppuku!"

"Bang's brain has been sucked out by the vampire. He is now a brainless man."

"A strong esports nation? I laughed. They lost every round except the wildcard round and were badly beaten by the CPL."

"SKT is good at fighting in domestic games but not at fighting in foreign games. They are really useless."

"+1, this definitely wouldn't happen with Ro.Tiger, the regular season's top team. SKT just got lucky with B05."

Even their own fans are pessimistic and cursing, not to mention the audience and fans from other regions.

Everyone thinks SKT is finished. The strength of the LCK region has begun to decline since losing to Flash Wolves last year.

On the CPL side, some people have started reposting the video of SKT gathering to eat at Haidilao on the first day of MSI, and have been making crazy memes about it.

There is also Blank, who has the most fascinating performance in the entire SKT team. The video of him and Mala Xiangguo being good friends and eating crayfish together before the game was also dug up and criticized.

"I'm dying of laughter! Xiang Guo is really strong enough to compete with Korea!"

“Crayfish is awesome, Haidilao is awesome!”

"Don't be so mean, Yuan Shen also ate at Haidilao, so why is it okay?"

"I'm just a nobody. There's no need for so many excuses."

"Hahaha, SKT can't make it out of the group stage, so the championship is now secure!"

The memes about the four young men in the e-sports circle have dominated the hot searches on Weibo.

They are Chinese sturgeon, beef noodles, crayfish, and Haidilao
Since the result of G2's game was related to SKT's qualification, the attention on G2's game instantly increased by several percentage points.

G2 performed very well.

Yesterday's two consecutive victories allowed them to regain their status as the dark horse overlord of Europe, and they successfully avenged themselves against the North American CLG in the fourth day of the group stage.

G2 became more courageous as the game went on, and defeated QG in an upset, winning another point and bringing the score to 4-4.

At the same time, SKT also defeated Sup and ended their losing streak with a wildcard team. With a score of 3-5, the situation for qualifying is still grim.

In the last game of the fourth day, Flash Wolves defeated QG again.

In eight games over four days, Flash Wolves declared their dominance in this MSI with a perfect record of 8-0.

The next day.

The fifth day of the group stage is also the final day.

In the first game, SKT seemed to have finally awakened, showing its due strength and dominance, and successfully avenged the QG team.

In the second game against CLG, he scored another point, bringing the score to 5-5 and ending his MSI group stage schedule.

Afterwards, QG won the wild card Sup and also got the crucial fifth point.

Next, the two teams in the game were --G2 vs Sup.

This is a battle that everyone is watching.

the reason is simple.

If G2 wants to advance, this point must be won.

If they can't get this point, they won't be able to compete with QG and SKT for a place in the knockout rounds.

G2's current score is 4-4. They still have two games to play today. As long as they win any of the games today, they will have the opportunity to play an extra game to compete for a qualifying spot.

Will the fierce G2 team, which is making a strong push in the middle of the group stage, lose to the wildcard team Sup?
No one would think so.

Even the G2 team members thought so. Before the game, Perkz directly sent a laughing emoji on Twitter and manually tagged the SKT club, saying "byebye!"

But they forgot what the most profound lesson of this MSI was.
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Never underestimate your opponent.

They forgot what the totem representing the Sup team was.
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Giant Shooter!
The Sup team, already confirmed to have been eliminated, did not give up. They played this game very seriously, not treating it as an insignificant game of entertainment, but as a life-or-death game in the promotion match.

The two sides fought for 2 minutes, and Sup dramatically grabbed the big dragon, causing another upset and overthrowing the European overlord G.

With their final match at MSI, Team Sup showcased the glory and dignity of the Wildcard region's king to viewers around the world. "Sup!! Sup!! Sup!!"

The venue was filled with an atmosphere of excitement, and the CPL audience on site gave their applause to this wildcard team without reservation.

The Turkish brothers who won the game were in tears. Among them, a 1.9-meter-tall guy cried like a child. The five rough guys stood shoulder to shoulder, shouting the slang of their hometown, and bid farewell to the MSI stage in tears.

In contrast, the five members of G2, who were inflated, looked at each other with dazed expressions during the handshake.

"Shit!" Ah P slammed the table in annoyance and looked at his jungler: "What the hell did you do this game? There's no rhythm at all, and you even lost the Baron?"

"I... I didn't expect these Turks to be so serious." The G2 jungler said weakly: "They've already been eliminated. What's the point of winning against us? Wouldn't it be better to finish early and rest up? ...Fuck, I thought they had given up.

"What did you think?" Ah P was getting angrier and angrier. I was risking my life on C in the second half of the group stage, and you're saying 'what did you think' to me?
"Okay, stop arguing."

Seeing his teammates about to quarrel, G2's top laner tried to dissuade them: "Isn't there still a game to play?"

"That's right." The G2 jungler nodded quickly. "They should put on a show for us, right? They've already secured first place in the group and advanced!"

"Right." Kikis nodded and smiled, "They definitely don't want SKT to make it to the knockout stage, right?"

Hearing this, Ah P calmed down and thought about his next opponent.

"Flash Wolf—"

Yes, they probably don’t want to see SKT enter the semifinals, right?

There is about fifteen minutes of halftime before the game between Flash Wolves and G2 starts.

During this period, domestic bulletin boards, forums, and app stores have been buzzing with controversy, with even the barrage of comments fighting against each other.

There is only one issue in the dispute, that is, should we act or not when facing G2?

If they lose a game to G2, G2, SKT, and QG will have to play a tiebreaker, which may prevent SKT from reaching the semi-finals.

"Of course we're acting. We have to act. SKT isn't doing their best, and we've already secured our qualification, so why should we give them a chance?"

"That's right. If SKT makes it to the knockout stage, they might even improve. What if they finish fourth? Wouldn't they have to face us?"

"I support the performance too. Anyway, we have already qualified."

"Haha, after being sent off in the group stage, I just want to see the angry faces of the Koreans."

Many people are looking forward to seeing those teams that were once at their peak fall from grace.

I don't mind taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

CPL viewers are no exception.

There are pig-slaughtering and dog-slaughtering conventions every year, which can be said to be routine activities every year.

Even the current Flash Wolves have their haters.

But the quantity is a little smaller.

The same is true now. SKT has many fans in the country because of its performance in the S3 World Championship.

It can even be said that LCK itself has quite a few fans.

"There's no need to act, just fight normally."

"Flash Wolves is the perfect team in my mind. I don't want them to be tainted by anything dirty."

"If G2 wants to do their best, they can beat Flash Wolves or Super Soccer on their own. What kind of heroes are they if they always rely on others to help them?"

……

Such topics also existed in the Flash Wolves lounge.

This is a game that does not matter whether they win or lose. They have already secured first place in the group, and even if they lose one game they can still qualify as first.

Even Char Siu doesn't need to arrange any tactics, just let them play with the most conventional lineup.

In this situation, it couldn't be easier to act.

They were even confident that outside netizens wouldn't be able to tell that they were acting, and that they were confident that they would play their best, but unfortunately they still gave the illusion of losing the game.

For example...using AOE skills in team battles a little off, supporting teammates a little slower, being a little greedy for the minion line, and not placing wards at key positions.

Audiences with a bird's eye view have a bird's eye view of the whole picture, but there are always some things they cannot see.

Not only is it difficult for the audience to notice, but if one of the five of them wants to act secretly, even their teammates will find it difficult to detect.

After reviewing the situation, we attributed it to mistakes. What can anyone say?
Everyone has their own ideas about the next game.

"I think it's better to forget it. It doesn't matter who we fight against. There's no need to go through all this trouble." Wei Shen said.

"Do you want to be smart and play SKT, or be dumb and play honestly?"

"I've been playing professionally for so many years that I've become indifferent to all this. If you decide to be smart, let me choose a Yasuo support, and you can just scold me if you lose." Sheshe shrugged. He didn't care about it.

Someone had to make the sacrifice, so why couldn't it be him?

"I can do it too." Karsa raised his hand quickly.

"Be smart!"

Yuan Shen made a decision.

All the Flash Wolves looked at him, stunned.

"Be smart and play normally."

Yuan Shen looked at everyone innocently, then asked doubtfully, "What are you talking about? You don't think I'm acting, do you? To me, it doesn't matter who we play against. Even if we're in the semifinals against SKT, I don't care."

After Yuan Shen finished speaking, everyone in the Flash Wolves fell silent.

Look, what is pattern?

Everyone was still discussing whether to send SKT to the show, but it turned out to be not a big problem at all for Yuan Shen.

But what Yuan Shen said is indeed true.

If they want to win the championship, no matter if it is SKT or anyone else, they should not be afraid.

Just when the outside world was debating whether Flash Wolves should put on a show, Flash Wolves gave everyone a clear answer with their performance.

Twenty-three minutes later, G2 was easily defeated.

In order to prove that they were not acting at all, the Flash Wolves played more seriously than usual, fearing that something might go wrong and arouse suspicion from the audience, which would get them into trouble.

The G2 players were in great pain. After experiencing painful torture, they finally saw their own crystal explode.

G2's MSI journey has come to an end.

The match between G2 and Flash Wolves is over, and the group stage schedule has also been completed.

Flash Wolves ranked first with a perfect record of 10-0.

CLG followed closely behind with a record of 6-4.

The scores of SKT and QG are both 5-5.

G2是4-6，而SUP则是1-9。

SKT and QG will compete for the third place.

According to the MSI rules, the teams that advance to the semi-finals will have the first-ranked team face the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will face the third-ranked team.

In other words, whoever wins this BO1 will face CLG in the semi-finals.

The loser will face Flash Wolves.

Just looking at the results of the group stage, it is not difficult to see that Flash Wolves has an absolute advantage.

Neither QG nor SKT wants to face Flash Wolves in the semi-finals.

(End of this chapter)