LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 572 It's okay to cry even if you don't win
White's upper clamp restricts Black's ability to extend along the side.

Despite being somewhat overwhelmed, Yu Lijun tried her best to keep up with the pace of the black side.

Having already considered several steps ahead, Lin Ruo didn't need to think much further and quickly executed a double swallow move.

After White made a corner approach at the star point, it immediately launched a pincer attack from a symmetrical position. This move not only keeps an eye on the White stones in the corner, but also poses a hidden threat to the lower area.

That is, the move that left a vacuum zone by White's slightly oversized move. The thicker the Black stones gathered above, the greater the threat to the vacuum zone below will become.

Therefore, Lin Ruo's move had two effects: attacking the white stones above while simultaneously laying traps to prepare for a heavy blow to the lower stones later.

In the next move, White presses out, launching a close counterattack against Black's moves, which are preparing to pincer attack.

Black responded with a block.

In Lin Ruo's view, the simplest way for White to move next is to extend, which would provide good support for White's lower side.

Although it might be a little uncomfortable up there, this is the best possible outcome.

However, to Lin Ruo's surprise, the white pieces quickly made an even worse move, as Yu Lijun actually intended to secure territory first.

That's really a bit too presumptuous.

Do you not care about what happens above or below, or do you just want to take me down here?
You want to go head-to-head with me too? Otherwise, how are you going to be scrambling to gain ground right next to me?

Lin Ruo didn't understand and just kept fighting back.

Black first captured, and then decisively placed a move after White connected.

After more than ten moves, the game was developing almost exactly in the direction Lin Ruo had predicted. White not only failed to gain any advantage, but Black also made the bottom side of the board increasingly thick.

Therefore, the threat to that vacuum zone at the bottom is undoubtedly getting bigger and bigger.

It's already this late.

How could Yu Lijun not see it?

The only option is to take emergency precautions by playing a move on the bottom side to strengthen the lower side while trying to stop Black's frantic connections on the left side.

But isn't it a bit too late to try and fix things now?

However, Lin Ruo will not directly intervene; he will only create more trouble for White from another place before considering going down.

For example, if White plays a move directly at the top corner, then White will have no choice but to come up and block.

Immediately afterwards, I stuck to my leg.

Lin Ruo can assure you with certainty that Black will have a very large amount of territory.

However, there is a downside to doing this: White's influence on the upper side may be stronger.

Adhering to mlxg's "I want it all" jungling mentality, Lin Ruo didn't want to give the opponent any good stuff, so he chose to buff the side lane alone.

Lure the white stones to move up to the 3-3 point and defend there.

Then, they circled back to the lower area to tighten their position, blocking the opponent's liberties by placing pieces to reduce their living space. The main focus was still on targeting the vacuum zone, while continuing to strengthen the connection with the upper area.

Yu Lijun then placed a finger on the top of her head.

Lin Ruo followed closely behind and made a brilliant move by taking the lead in the central position.

This move strengthens the central formation, supports the exit of the black stones above, and keeps a close eye on all possible attacking opportunities below.

Upon seeing this, Yu Lijun took a sip of water, right at the time when she was supposed to be playing chess.

She had no choice but to drink, because even with the chess pieces in hand, she didn't know where to place them. It was like a beautiful butterfly flitting into a dazzling world, overwhelmed by the myriad of colors.

"Lin Ruo's move was very aggressive."

In the WildFox livestream room, even the Go commentators were shaking their heads in disbelief.

Even though he was working overtime today, he still maintained a very dedicated spirit in his commentary.

In fact, in principle, Wildfox would not broadcast matches like Lin Ruo's where the stronger player bullies the weaker one and there is no suspense, since the platform's resources are limited. Therefore, Wildfox usually only broadcasts key matches.

For example, in this crucial match of the round of 32 to 16, Dang Yifei 9-dan faced off against Park Jung-hwan 9-dan.

Other matches will not be broadcast live.

Lin Ruo's situation was unexpected.

The reason is simple: the popularity is too high. When most viewers who enter the platform want to watch this match, then the platform would be cutting off its own source of revenue if it did not open the live broadcast.

Therefore, in response to the public's call, WildFox decided to broadcast the entire match involving Lin Ruo live.

Have no idea.

They can easily break platform records by booking just one match. If they don't stream it live, wouldn't they be throwing away their money?
What is the purpose of our platform? To promote the game of Go, and then incidentally make a lot of money.

Clearly, the requirement to increase live streaming aligns with the second aspect of the company's spirit: it must be done, it absolutely must be done.

Watching Lin Ruo's matches has its advantages, namely, you can always see many unconventional moves.

For example, Lin Ruo's move of pushing the head in the middle is completely different from AL's way of moving.

Go commentators not only provide commentary on the game but also use AI to analyze its progress. Only in this way can they keep up with the players' pace and make more accurate judgments about the situation.

To provide viewers with a better viewing experience.

Lin Ruo's method of attack is somewhat different from AL's.

For example, in this respect.

Compared to the central push, Al advocates for a direct opening at the top to capture White's territory.

However, Lin Ruo did not do that because he clearly saw Yu Lijun's weakness.

She didn't have the broad thinking to handle multiple points of attack, and advocating for a single-point attack seemed more like giving the opponent a chance to breathe. Therefore, Lin Ruo chose to raise her head in the center.

Even if a fatal blow cannot be delivered in one strike, there must be signs of danger from all sides.

It’s been a long time.

The opponent will naturally reveal their biggest weakness, and then he may not even need to find a selling point.

As it turned out, Lin Ruo's idea was correct.

Already somewhat confused, Yu Lijun made a completely meaningless move, leaving even the commentators in the live stream bewildered.

Logically speaking.

Faced with Black's extension in the center, it is unrealistic for White to fill the gap in the bottom with just one move. Therefore, AL believes that the best move is to respond head-on.

Since Black isn't going to open up the top, why don't you just go and block it up there first? Blocking up there is much easier than blocking down there.

This step doesn't require much thought.

After all, isn't it obvious at a glance which area has all the vulnerabilities and which has only one or two?
However, Yu Lijun didn't see it clearly, and when it was her turn, she chose to fill in the gap below.

This did not effectively plug the loophole below; on the contrary, it made the problem even bigger. Because this move was like a useless move, it caused Yu Linruo to make an extra move.

There's no point in you walking here; it's just like me taking an extra step.

If the extra step I take is very useful, it is actually equivalent to taking two steps.

Next, Lin Ruo made an exchange in the upper right corner, and then returned to the lower left corner to forcefully cut off Yu Lijun's previous useless move.

This useless move has now become a losing move, because it has led to a deeper crisis in the lower left corner.

Since White has no room to retreat, Yu Lijun plans to cut off from above.
But after Black played again, it then chose to play a lower position after White extended its territory.

Yu Lijun hesitated again. It seemed that it would be fine to continue growing, but it seemed to be losing its rhythm.

In the end, she chose to take the initiative and severed one of her hands by striking the opening in the abdomen.

Black escapes.

White plays again.

Black captures, White captures, and Black captures again.

Then came a very unexpected move. Yu Lijun suddenly imitated Lin Ruo's previous method and tapped the area near the edge in the upper left corner.

Lin Ruo knew that she wanted to use a feint to attack the upper formation, but had she considered how to do it?

Lin Ruo rushed forward and, after being blocked by the white pieces, made a sharp move by blocking the gap in the vacuum.

After that move.

Yu Lijun may not know her actual win rate yet, but the commentary from Fox in the live stream clearly shows that, based on the real-time win rate analysis by AI, White's win rate dropped from 40% to 10%.

Yu Lijun's thinking was still limited to rescuing the predicament on the bottom, but in fact, at this point, appropriately discarding a piece would have been the best way to salvage the situation.

For example, it might just start to grow again, then veer off course in a second direction, effectively cutting off its tail to survive.

However, Yu Lijun did not do that, but instead became more and more entangled.

"That move was a terrible one, too unconventional."

Wild Fox's commentary seemed to have already foreseen the outcome, and could even clearly judge that with the win rate dropping to this level, it would be a miracle if they could even last until the hundredth hand.

Yu Lijun, who was in the audience, seemed to be thinking in the same direction. Her delicate brows furrowed, she tidied her hair, and seemed to have an urge to sigh helplessly while resting her chin on her hand.

so hard.

She looked up at her calm and composed opponent, Lin Ruo, then at her own flustered state, and couldn't help but shake her head.

This really made the viewers in the live stream feel sorry for them.

[Give me some face, Lin Gou, please don't make things difficult for my Yu sister.]

[That Lin Gou really doesn't know how to cherish women. What kind of skill is it to bully a girl like this? If he's so capable, he can bully me. I'm not afraid.]

[To bully you, do you know how to play Go? Let's play Connect Four, right?]

[Fine, fine, everyone's had a tough time. Since they've gone this far in bullying us, I just want to ask one question: when exactly will Yu-meimei finally cry?]

[After you finish typing, could you please get Yu's contact information for me? I'm good at comforting people.]

[Next time I meet Lin Ruo, I'll just break his finger. That way, he won't be able to hurt Sister Yu.]

[That despicable Lin Gou, bullying a girl like that! I'm completely against him now, I'll hate him for life. Anyone else want to join me?]

[I'm with you. Unless Lin (Lin Gengxin) wins another League of Legends World Championship next year, I'll hate him for the rest of my life.]

[Damn, if you don't want to criticize, then get lost. Isn't Lin a sure thing for a three-peat next year? What are you barking about, you fake hater?]

...

The viewers in the live stream clearly hated Lin Ruo to the core, but all of this seemed to have transformed into the motivation for Lin Ruo to act ruthlessly and recklessly.

You must be tired after sitting for so long. Are you hungry, Sister Yu? Let's finish eating soon.

When Lin Ruo is able to find such an obvious flaw, especially since there is a gap below, he will only let his opponent know what a chasm is.

At this point, all Yu Lijun could do in the lower left corner was to try her best to protect the struggling dragon.

Lin Ruo quickly and efficiently slaughtered her first dragon.

There's no need for complicated operations. You've already gotten this far, so this dragon is practically prey laid out in front of me.
If Lin Ruo can't even eat this, then she probably has anorexia, but unfortunately, she doesn't.

So he ate quickly and comfortably, but Lin Ruo had a big appetite, and even after swallowing the dragon whole, his stomach was still not fully satisfied.

So he wanted to eat another dragon.

But here's the problem: it seems like White doesn't have a second large group of stones that can be clustered together, so there's not much that can be done.

However, Lin Ruo was not in a hurry.

He planned to leave the game running and wait for his opponent to make some moves, then open his jaws and devour the second Baron Nashor once it started to take shape.

Yu Lijun probably didn't expect that the reason she went smoothly afterward was because her opponent simply wanted to get rich quick.

However, with frequent mistakes, even if Lin Ruo had the idea of ​​taking down two dragons, Yu Lijun didn't seem to be able to hold on until then.

The main problem was that with the lower left area completely collapsed, the central area was also in grave danger, which led White to make many wrong moves in an attempt to turn the tide.

Therefore, when the two sides had only reached the 80th move, Lin Ruo was already leading by nearly 20 points on the black side, which was an irreversible and enormous gap.

At this point, AL's winning percentage had reached an astonishing 99 to 1.

Given that every move now requires more than five minutes of thought, and the resulting move may not even be the right one, Yu Lijun feels that continuing to persist is the most foolish idea.

Therefore, she chose to stop the clock and concede defeat less than an hour into the match.

The referee, who came upon hearing the commotion, was initially surprised that the game had ended so quickly. However, after carefully examining the pieces on the board, he suddenly felt that White had made a move too late.

The entire lower area of ​​the chessboard was almost completely breached, while the upper area was not breached because both sides had only moved about eighty moves and could not place enough pieces on the upper area.

So why not invest earlier?

How can you play if you're already more than 20 points ahead while you're still in the planning stage? You can't play at all.

The sooner you cast your ballot, the sooner you'll be free from this burden.

Is it because girls have more hair and can pull more without going bald that they didn't invest early?
You probably don't know.

All that was known was that Yu Lijun's expression wasn't too bad. Even after losing the match, she still maintained a pure and beautiful smile, slowly getting up to shake hands with Lin Ruo to end the final ceremony.

This made the viewers in the live stream somewhat unhappy.

What's going on?

Why didn't our Sister Yu cry, even though she didn't win?

(End of this chapter)