LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 118: Chickens fighting each other, I really can't do it

With the regular season coming to an end.

The eliminated teams will have a two-month vacation, and the teams that enter the next round will have to start preparing intensively for the next games. Less than a week of preparation time is not too long.

However, for EDG, which directly advanced to the semi-finals and had two byes, more than two weeks of rest were enough time to make a lot of rigorous preparations.

Enough for Lin Ruo to start moving comfortably...

The first round of the playoffs will start on the 16th, with cross-group A and B matches. The first round will see IG, ranked third in Group A, facing NB, ranked fourth in Group B.

Next up is QG, the third in Group B, facing IM, the fourth in Group A.

The top-ranked team has a 1:0 lead with its own win.

It wasn't until the second round of the playoffs that the winning rule ceased to exist.

Despite having a leading score, many viewers expected IG and QG to both advance, but this did not happen.

On the contrary, NB and IM, who had to walk on the muddy road and could not catch the last train to the playoffs, burst out with great potential.

On the first day of the playoffs, NB pulled off a major upset, defeating IG in three straight games and advancing to the next round with a simple and straightforward score of 3:1.

In his old age, Wushuang returned to his peak, temporarily getting rid of the CJB state, and completed a counterattack with his unique mid-lane Jayce, leading the team to achieve a victory.

Rookie, the orphanage director who led the team, did not perform as well as he had hoped and did not work as hard as in the regular season. He lagged behind in individual matches and IG had no chance to take advantage.

On the second day, the match between QG and IM seemed to be a little stalemate.

QG, who were leading with the advantage of regular season ranking, barely dragged the game into the fifth game, but still lost to IM and suffered a regretful defeat.

IM's bottom lane player Jinjiao was in full swing, leading the team to fight more and more bravely. Although the quasi-dean Doinb was the C player and won back a game, he was still unable to carry the team alone.

The score of the first round of the playoffs undoubtedly surprised most people.

At the same time, it also proves that a team that relies solely on the core of the team and lacks strong overall teamwork will obviously not go too far in its journey.

After a short break of two days, the second round of the playoffs will follow.

WE and OMG, the second place in Group AB, both appeared on the stage.

With the best jungler in the regular season, Condi, WE was in great shape as always in the playoffs, easily defeating NB 3:0.

Later, the match between OMG and IM was back and forth, and it was difficult to tell who was better, and the game lasted five rounds.

In the end, OMG, which was at the top, had a slight advantage and eliminated IM with a difficult 3:2 score, advancing to the next round.

From then on, the top four teams in the spring season are all ready.

Still following the rules of cross-group A and B, EDG, the first in Group A, faced OMG, the second in Group B, which was slightly weaker.

WE, the second in Group A, will have a strong showdown with RNG, the first in Group B.

The two semi-finals will start on the same day, at 14:00 pm and 18:00 pm respectively, with the EDG vs. OMG match starting first.

There are still two days until the competition starts.

After coming back, he went back to his old job for half a month, working day and night to rank up in Overwatch. Lin Ruo made up for all the neglect he had suffered in recent months in one go.

Abu is used to this.

Although Lin Ruo is not a big RANK player, he still plays a lot of training matches and reviews and studies.

Over the past two weeks, they have mostly been training with LCK teams.

Of course, the main thing is still with KT.

We played training matches with KT because we have a close relationship. After all, they have double carries and we have Nofe.

The two teams had faced each other in training at the beginning of the spring season and realized that EDG was not weak.

KT also seemed quite happy about it.

As the semi-finals are about to begin the day after tomorrow, many people are discussing the outcome in the barrage.

Faced with the tiresome inquiries, Lin Ruo just spoke softly and said:

"Honestly, there's not much to say about playing against OMG. Let's just leave it at that."

"What? Just do this and that, and then that."

"If you ask me what the odds are, I can only say 50-50."

[Did he kill smlz five times in five minutes?]

[That's an exaggeration. Five words won't do. Four at most.]

[You look down on my dark power, don't you?]

[Look at Lin Gou's two-week qualifying record, which is quite limited, and you'll know he doesn't look down on them, but simply doesn't take them seriously.]

"Don't be so mean, I don't look down on OMG. They are very strong and should not be underestimated." Lin Ruo sighed with a stern face.

He didn't even open the champagne, so why do the people and fans on the barrage have to open it ten times a day?

You are deliberately not trying to accumulate merit for me, right?

"Don't ask me about RNG and WE. Uzi is my idol, so of course I support RNG."

In the past few days, Lin Ruo has been so humble that both the black and white people are a little uncomfortable for a while.

But it’s not their turn to adapt.

Two days passed quickly.

On April 4, the semi-finals arrived as scheduled.

Early in the morning at the EDG club, the players had already started washing and packing.

The game time is at 14:00 pm, which seems quite tight.

Around 11:00, everyone who had finished their meal packed up their bags, got on the club's business car, and rushed to Central Plaza.

Ai Loli checked the support rates of both parties on the official website, which were 71% to 29%.

The club’s fan base has grown significantly recently.

The odds are even more exaggerated, close to 5:1.

These are almost overwhelming data.

EDG's performance throughout the regular season was exceptionally outstanding, making the expectations for them much higher than those for other teams.

Even before the semifinals, many LPL viewers had already unanimously divided the four teams into tiers, with EDG in the top tier, RNG and WE in the second tier, and OMG in the third. This shows that the EDG and OMG matchup was generally a foregone conclusion.

For RNG and WE, the odds are 2:1.

It seems that the audience still has a lot of expectations.

After arriving at Zhengda Plaza, we packed up and got off the bus. The weather was not very good today, with dark clouds and sparse rain.

But the enthusiasm of the female fans of Zhuzhu has not diminished at all. They still hold up light boards and shout as hard as ever.

Lin Ruo couldn't bear to ignore him, so he went up to say hello a few times.

But he still couldn't understand why e-sports players were not handsome, and he didn't know what was so good about chasing them.

Is the entertainment industry no longer fun?
Although it doesn't make sense, there are so many incomprehensible things in the world, and he can't control it.

At 14:00 p.m. sharp, the first match of the semi-finals officially began. The venue was already packed with people, and advance warm-up activities began on the big screen.

In the official LPL live broadcast rooms of major platforms.

Everyone is here to have fun.

It has been a long-standing custom in LPL that, apart from the full-team chat in the finals, one player from each team will be interviewed before each playoff game to ask about their opinions on the game.

After the host Yu Shuang read the opening remarks.

After the two-minute commercial, the camera turned and the two contestants appeared on the big screen.

EDG bottom lane player Lin Ruo.

And OMG bottom laner Smlz.

The first person to speak was smlz, who expressed his opinion on EDG.

Smlz, not particularly adept at speaking harshly, spoke coldly and awkwardly, "EDG is undefeated in the regular season and a very strong team. We should have a tough time against them. Just don't lose too badly today."

"As for the bottom lane matchup, if Xiaowu doesn't pick Alistar, I'll consider it a success if I don't get killed by a single player."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Many viewers were reminded of that regular season game, where Lin Ruo dodged OMG support Five's Minotaur flash combo several times, which was amazing.

And Smlz's dirty talk with a cold face has a unique flavor.

Next is the interview footage of EDG's bottom lane.

The audience waited with bated breath.

"What can I say about playing against OMG? I feel like it's normal for the first place team in Group A to win against the second place team in Group B."

Lin Ruo sat on a stool, holding the microphone and said something casually.

Then he touched his nose and continued, "I actually watched the BO5 between OMG and IM. It was just a fight between two weaklings. I felt like I really couldn't play because if I wasn't careful I could get killed."

The voice just fell.

The whole place was filled with laughter.

The official live broadcast room is full of active voices.

[It still has to be you, the sassy Lin Shen. Who can analyze the winning rate properly in a pre-match interview?]

Only God Lin can bring happiness to those of us who are playing with no one.

Lin Shen is under a lot of pressure. After all, he was only 15 years old and claimed to win the championship by 17. Please be tolerant.

[Damn, no wonder he's been so modest during livestreams these past few days, I guess he's been secretly holding back on something big, right?]

[I was fooled by Lin Gou again. I almost thought he had turned over a new leaf.]

What does it mean to turn from evil to good? This is called "goodness can lead to evil."

[You're not as good as me off the court, and you're not as good as me on the court either. I declare OMG a complete loser in advance.]

"Old thief, your interview skills are really bad. Look, you're getting beaten up by the opponent."

OMG in the lounge.

Icon looked bored and disappointed: "If I had known earlier, I would have gone. How can we play now that we've lost the momentum?"

Smlz said sullenly, "I won't say anything harsh."

Icon rolled his eyes silently. He thought, "You need someone to teach you how to be harsh when you say such things, right?"

smlz, you're such a stuffy bastard, just keep pretending.

...

"Well, good afternoon to everyone watching live and before the broadcast, and welcome to the first match of the 2017 LPL Spring Playoffs semifinals."

"Hello everyone, I'm commentator Guan Zeyuan."

"I am the commentator and remember."

"I'm Rita."

In the commentary booth, three LPL commentators are ready.

I remember that I was the first to analyze the game, talking about the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, and shifting the conversation.

Guan Zeyuan, who came up from behind, smiled. He pounded his chest, pointed at the camera, and said confidently, "I feel like there's no need to explain. Trust me, EDG 3:0 OMG, at most 3:1."

Rita couldn't help laughing and jokingly said, "Isn't your preference so obvious, Zeyuan?"

Hearing this, Guan Zeyuan said seriously, "I'm not biased, I'm just being honest. I believe most OMG fans think the same way. It's really hard to beat them. If it weren't for this result, the dark forces would hunt me down online. I wouldn't fight back, and I wouldn't say anything back."

Rough words are not rough.

Many OMG fans on the field showed helpless and sad smiles.

But they are still trying their best to cheer for the team, hoping for a miracle.

Don't forget, this is OMG, the team that once defeated the Korean team 3:0 and used fifty blood crystals to create a huge comeback.

I've never been afraid of anyone.

Soon after, with the introduction of the host Yu Shuang, the OMG team came on stage.

The cheers of the dark forces in Zhengda Plaza reached a climax.

(End of this chapter)