LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 304 The deciding game: Let me bully a ten-year-old girl?
"Good afternoon, friends and followers of CCTV. The National Games are drawing to a close, and the Go competitions have reached their final rounds. Six gold medals were awarded today, with the Shanghai team securing three of them, becoming the biggest winner of this year's return to the National Games."

"The person standing before me now is the veteran athlete Rui Naiwei from Shanghai, who has won three National Games championships. We specially invited him to be interviewed."

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"Today's live broadcast ends here. Tomorrow, the final two gold medals in the Go team tournament will be decided. We will continue to follow up and pay attention to who will win. Stay tuned to CCTV13 for live broadcasts of the National Games every day to keep you informed."

Outside the CCTV camera, Zhang Yu was proudly waving his gold medal: "Team leader, does this gold medal look good?"

Tian Bin said without hesitation: "It's quite nice, but not as nice as two gold medals combined."

After saying that, he rubbed his hands together and looked expectantly at Lin Ruo, who had two gold medals hanging around his neck. "But it would be even better if I could get a third gold medal tomorrow."

Lin Ruo calmly shook his head: "It's difficult. The Jiangsu team needs to tie with the Zhejiang team tomorrow morning."

Only in this way can the points of the three teams return to the same starting line.

However, even so, facing the Jiangsu team, which has stronger overall strength, it will be difficult for them to win the championship in the seventh round of head-to-head confrontation tomorrow afternoon.

In Lin Ruo's opinion, the only way to win is to tie with the Jiangsu team and drag the game into overtime.

However, this obviously depends on the performance of other teammates, and it cannot be led by him alone.

"Team leader, please lend me your ID card." Lin Ruo said.

"What are you doing?" Tian Bin looked alert.

"There's a regular internet cafe about a kilometer away."

"Forget it, forget it. I'll go back and lend you my work laptop, okay?"

Tian Bin packed up his things. This kid is good in every way except that he is a bit addicted to the Internet.

Hmm… But it seems that as a professional gamer, it’s okay to be addicted to the Internet.

At this time, the participating teams left the competition venue one after another, waiting for Mr. Rui to come back, and everyone got on the bus for the return trip.

As soon as Lin Ruo got in the car, he received a call from Ai Loli: "Fuck, Brother Lin, my mom said she saw you on the live broadcast. You and your teammates were interviewed by CCTV. Finally, my grievances have been vindicated. A few days ago, she scolded me every day for playing games and being stupid."

Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment and chose to hang up the phone.

With so many people in the car, making a phone call will not only easily disturb others but also affect other teammates.

Then he typed a reply on WeChat: "If I'm not mistaken, your mother must have watched the replay."

The interviews were given several days before the first round of mixed doubles ended.

Ai Loli didn't think too much about this and sent a long voice message. Lin Ruo was too lazy to listen and just switched to text mode and glanced over it.

To put it simply, the key point is that Mingkai, who has just been upgraded to Seven 7, plans to retire.

Lin Ruo replied with an "oh" and let the matter go.

Mingkai's decision to retire certainly came as no surprise to him.

The dream has come true, but I can no longer play, so choosing to retire is a normal outcome.

Even if he hadn't retired during those years, Kai had actually been a substitute since S8.

Ai Loli sent a black question mark emoticon to express her dissatisfaction with Oh, which does not meet the emotional expectations after the message was sent.

Lin Ruo typed a reply: "I've already predicted it. Big Prince, you can be a starter next season, so just be happy. Just don't make Kai angry enough to make a comeback."

The other person sent a speechless emoji. Meaning, this can also be predicted...

Ai Loli is a top chatterbox. Lin Ruo knows that if he continues chatting with him, once he opens his mouth, the chat area will be filled with intense fighting and he won't be able to leave until Yikun finishes it.

So Lin Ruo chose two words to end the chat at the speed of light.

"roll!"

As soon as they sent him off, Zhang Yu, the chatterbox number two who had been watching for a while, couldn't wait to come over and say, "Lin Ruo, have you thought about participating in the Dan ranking tournament at the end of November? You'll definitely be promoted if you go."

"Is there an option to get promoted without going?" Lin Ruo asked after thinking about it.

This was actually a euphemism for rejection, but the innocent girl Zhang Yu didn't seem to realize it. Instead, she thought about it seriously and said excitedly after a moment, "Yes, winning the world championship seems to allow you to directly advance to the ninth dan professional level."

Theoretically, some world Go competitions also allow a small number of amateur players to participate, but it is not very common.

"That's great. I'll work on this when I have time." Lin Ruo joked, tilting his head.

Even he had to admit that it was unprecedented for him to directly win the world championship and be promoted to a professional level.

"Don't be so ambitious, kid. Even if you say you want to win the world championship and become a professional player, I wouldn't believe it."

Tian Bin at the back couldn't stand it any longer. He admitted that Lin Ruo was very strong, but he was only qualified as a world champion.

Did you miss your medicine today, kid?

Tian Bin felt around in his trouser pockets. He didn't have any medicine on him, so he thought he might as well have a piece of candy...

Lin Ruo is a professional League of Legends player. In his eyes, it is not important whether he participates in the qualifying tournament or not. After all, such a person will not have the leisure to devote himself to the professional betting industry even if he is qualified in the future.

Therefore, Tian Bin never mentioned anything about the ranking. It was already a very difficult thing for Lin Ruo to help them complete the National Games.

He can also make other suggestions.

...

After returning to the hotel and having dinner, Lin Ruo took the team leader's laptop back to his room, completed the necessary sign-in tasks, brushed up on his experience time, and then rested on time.

On the second morning, I got up on time at eight o'clock to wash and dress. Half an hour later, I met up with the team and took the bus to the competition venue in the BHX area at around nine o'clock to adjust and prepare for the next sixth round of team competition.

Their opponent is the Guangdong team, which is also one of the most powerful Go provinces.

However, the protagonists today cannot be these two teams, but the strong confrontation between Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Jiangsu team, which leads the standings with 15 points after five wins, will undoubtedly lock up the final championship if they win this morning's game.

Because in the final round of the afternoon match, the probability of Shanghai team defeating Jiangsu team is very small. Even if a draw is achieved, they can only watch their opponent win the championship.

Tian Bin suppressed his thoughts, watching the ever-changing situation on the field, while simultaneously breaking down the chess game in his mind.

The match between Jiangsu and Zhejiang has come to the fourth game. Jiangsu team is currently leading 2:1. Zhejiang team must win this game to tie, otherwise the team competition will lose its biggest suspense in advance.

In the professional group competition that just took place, the Jiangsu team has achieved six wins and secured the championship one round in advance.

The amateur group is also stepping up their efforts at this moment.

Lin Ruo of Guangdong team, who ended the fourth game early and helped the team to a 3:1 victory, walked out of the court and found that no one was paying attention to him. Everyone was paying attention to another game going on at the same time.

Including your teammates.

For them, there was no need to pay too much attention to Lin Ruo winning the game.

There is no such thing as an upset.

After 150 moves, the gap between the two teams in the competition still had not widened significantly.

"It's a bit of a stalemate." Tian Bin wiped the sweat off his forehead and moved his position deliberately when he saw Lin Ruo coming over.

He was still quite nervous, but even more nervous than him was the Jiangsu team leader, who was dancing with a ferocious expression on his face on the other side.

"No, this move...what's going on? Why did I lose control at the critical moment?"

After 15 minutes, the game was closed.

The expressions of all the teams outside the field were different.

The Zhejiang and Shanghai teams were celebrating, while the Jiangsu team was frustrated. The suspense of this team competition was dramatically retained until the last round.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang tied, each with 1 point. At the end of the sixth round, the real-time standings showed the three teams tied for first place. What's your opinion?

In the Go forum, discussions about the National Games remain high.

I didn't expect the most exciting match at the Asian Games Go tournament to be the amateur team competition.

[That's not so bad. In this amateur group, if Lin Gou...ah, pfft, Lin Shen has a deeper understanding of Go, there should be at least three top professionals in the future. This can be considered an advance practice.]

[However, I think Jiangsu team still has the highest chance of winning the championship. Even if it's not guaranteed, they will definitely win the playoffs.]

[That being said, if this really drags on to a tiebreaker, we'll send out Lin Shen and hand out the awards directly along with the music.]

[The order of the formation can't be Tian Ji's horse racing. I've looked at it and Liu Yuncheng definitely can't beat Lin Shen, and Zhang Yu definitely can't beat the ten-year-old prodigy. Okay, the score is tied at 1:1.]

[Just wait and see, there might be an upset that we can't predict.]

...

After a short two-hour break at noon, the final round of the team competition arrived as scheduled at 14: p.m.

The Shanghai team faced the Jiangsu team.

As expected, Zhang Yu, who played in the first game, gave the team a big black start.

Lin Ruo was not surprised at all and comforted him: "It's okay, it's normal that you can't do it. It would be strange if you could do it."

In a game like Go, he couldn't help his teammates turn the tide and win by just saying a few words before the game or helping with some temporary special training.

So he was powerless to do anything about the outcome.

Zhang Yan sighed and had nothing to say.

Sometimes the gap between people is even greater than the gap between people and dogs.

When she was 9 years old, she was just starting to learn Go, while when she was 10 years old, she was already at the age to strive for a professional dan.

The second game started soon after, and the Jiangsu team suffered a series of defeats.

This is the end.

In the first half of the women's team competition, the team suffered a complete defeat, trailing Jiangsu 0-2. Lin Ruo, third in line, pulled out a chair between the tables and sat down calmly. She showed no sense of urgency, maintaining her composure as she simply grasped a chess piece, finding her feel.

Seeing this situation, Liu Yuncheng took a deep breath and his expression became a little frozen.

He wants to win.

But his team leader still placed more hope on the fourth game, which prompted him to desperately want to prove himself and complete revenge.

However, seeing Lin Ruo like this, Liu Yuncheng lost his confidence in an instant.

It's good to have fighting spirit, but it's really difficult.

The guessing game ended, and Lin Ruo still played with white pieces.

"It seems that I have no potential to be a black fan."

Lin Ruo was thinking in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Yuncheng's first move landed on the star position.

Then follow.

In less than ten seconds, the first four moves of both sides fell on the four star positions in the east, south, west and north of the board, forming a confrontation, a classic two-star-against-two-star layout.

This layout can enhance the stability of the game and provide strong support for subsequent mid-game battles.

However, when two people have the same idea, a fierce fight is inevitable in the early stages.

Everything started out fine.

In the 18th move, White chess piece split into two pieces, and Lin Ruo began to actively expand the territory.

Liu Yuncheng quickly counterattacked.

In the 19th move, he hung the corner, in the 25th move, he focused on the periphery, and in the 27th move, he forced the lower left. In more than ten consecutive moves, he launched a fierce and continuous attack on the white side.

The 28th move is a stab, and the 32nd move is a small flying move.

Lin Ruo easily withstood round after round of attacks from his opponent.

By the 36th move, the chessboard was unfolding and Liu Yuncheng was already getting impatient.

The offensive is stalling again, so what should he do next?
Continue to attack or slow down the pace...

"Black's transition to White's territory looks quite effective, but White's territory is too large."

Just after 50 moves, the Jiangsu team leader saw the problem and thought to himself that it was over.

And then it was indeed finished.

Lost after 184 moves.

Liu Yuncheng did not lose too badly in this round, but it did not affect the fact that he was led by the nose throughout the whole game.

The Shanghai team won a game, the score was 1:2, and the suspense of the championship continued.

"I am no match for you. I hope I can have the opportunity to learn from you again in the future."

After saying this, Liu Yuncheng walked out of the competition venue dejectedly. Including the mixed doubles match, he has suffered three consecutive defeats to Lin Ruo in the National Games so far.

"It's okay, just do your best."

The Jiangsu team leader comforted himself that as long as they won the fourth game, they could still lock the championship with a score of 3:1.

But if it drags on to the extra game... the Jiangsu team leader doesn't dare to think about it, that's absolutely unacceptable.

"It's up to you, Xiaoguang. Don't feel any pressure when you go up there. Just give your best performance."

On the other side of the court, Tian Bin patted the shoulder of the second male player in the team with tears in his eyes. The final success or failure was right in front of them. They had to win the fourth game to save the situation.

"I'm not nervous. I'll go up and help you play the fifth set." The amateur seventh-dan player named Xiaoguang maintained a bright smile and went up to table number seven in the venue under the gaze of everyone.

"Can he do it?"

"If all else fails, it's still a 50-50 chance. What are you afraid of? At worst, it would be nice to get gold, silver, and bronze." Lin Ruo said as he found a place to sit down.

Zhang Yu was very surprised: "Don't you have a bronze medal?"

"I mean to help you collect the gold, silver and bronze." Lin Ruo explained calmly.

Zhang Ming:......

Following the referee's reminder, the fourth round of the team competition officially began, and the players on both sides all revealed their extremely nervous breathing.

For two people.

This may seem like the fourth game, but in fact it is already the final and decisive game.

If the Shanghai team loses the game, it will immediately declare the end of the championship race. The same thing will happen to the Jiangsu team. If they lose the fourth game and enter the extra game, what will they use to play against the Shanghai team?

Only Lin Ruo was not nervous. He was paying attention to the match between Zhejiang team and Guangdong team. Their speed was a little slower, and the result of the third game had just been decided in the final stage.

The current score is 2:1 leading Guangdong team.

In other words, even if the Zhejiang team's best result in the final round is a draw.

With the points from three draws, they undoubtedly lost the so-called chance to compete for the championship in the extra game.

The final focus was on the fourth round of the match between Shanghai and Jiangsu.

With everyone's attention focused, forty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. The sixteen-year-old boy stared at the situation on the chessboard with gritted teeth, a look of disappointment and frustration on his face.

After a moment, the young man stood up dejectedly and walked out of the court, shaking his head and walking into the Jiangsu team camp helplessly.

The Shanghai team came back from 2-0 down and won another game.

At the end of the seventh round of the team competition, Shanghai and Jiangsu teams still led the standings with the same points, and the situation could not be stopped and entered the final extra round.

Each team sends one player to decide the outcome in a single game.

"Guang, you are so awesome." Tian Bin was very excited.

They had a fifth game to play, and everyone knew what it meant to reach the fifth game.

...

When Lin Ruo sat in the player's seat again, the atmosphere on the Jiangsu team's side suddenly became depressing and tense.

They are still deciding who will represent them in the fifth inning and finish the final frame.

The first choice is naturally Liu Yuncheng, who has become a professional chess player.

嗏

Faced with the team leader's expectations, Liu Yuncheng lowered his head involuntarily.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel regretful.

After the last game, I said I hoped I would have another chance to ask for advice in the future, but the opportunity came just after one game.

Sin ah.

Why say this when there is nothing to do?

"Captain, please let me go. I can do it." Wu Yiming, who had twin ponytails, volunteered and raised her hand.

She wants to go up.

She wanted to play a game with Lin Ruo.

"Let her go. It's a good thing to dare to challenge. There's nothing shameful about winning or losing in the end." Yu Zhiying expressed her agreement.

"This is all we can do now. You haven't lost in this National Games yet, so just do your best."

The Jiangsu team leader sighed. He had no choice but to hope silently in his heart that maybe the little girl Wu Yiming was the strongest one in their team.

In the current situation, the most confident one is more important than the most capable one.

At least there is still a chance, although the gap between men and women in the field of Go is naturally huge.

"Please give me more advice."

"Please give me more advice."

Lin Ruo, who was facing his opponent, looked up at the innocent little girl in front of him and responded with a smile.

But this smile is a little bitter.

In the final game, bullying a ten-year-old girl really made him feel unfulfilled.

"You can start guessing who will go first." The referee looked at the two of them meaningfully, and no one knew what he was thinking.

This might be the weirdest game of chess he has ever seen... well, the weirdest game of chess.

Whose team was the men's and women's match in the final round? Where are the two male players from the Jiangsu team?

"Are you ready?" Lin Ruo asked seriously before starting.

Wu Yiming nodded, took a deep breath, and said confidently, "I'm ready."

Next.

Lin Ruo reached into the chess box and randomly grabbed a handful of white pieces. Wu Yiming also grabbed some black pieces from the box and gently placed them on the chessboard.

"Six, an even number."

Wu Yiming counted and looked up at the handsome older brother who made her feel excited: "I guessed right, I play black."

Lin Ruo nodded and said the same thing again, he was not born to be a little black guy.

(End of this chapter)