LPL History

Chapter 220 The New King Raises His Banner and Sweeps Away the Storm; A Perfect Victory and a Golden Cup Prove His Legend

With WE.A winning the match and moving closer to the Summer Championship and even the World Championship, the emotions of the 60e fans are rising even higher.

WE.A's crushing 5-0 victory over EDG gave the 60e fans a satisfying feeling of revenge.

On the internet, wherever there is a League of Legends community, there are now countless reports about WE.A and Zhou Li.

Zhou Li, who was at the center of public opinion, focused his attention on something else at this moment.

[On August 20th, OMG defeated Royal Club 3-1, advancing to the winners' bracket. Watched the match for a while, but it got a bit boring; might as well practice dancing.]

On August 21st, in the first round of the loser's bracket, EDG faced Royal Club, and EDG narrowly defeated Royal Club 3-2. It's clear that EDG's current form is not good, quite different from the EDG I remember.

[On August 22nd, in the winners' bracket final, they easily defeated OMG 3-0.]

On August 23rd, in the loser's bracket final, EDG faced off against OMG. After a grueling five-game series, EDG lost 2-3 to OMG, completely losing their chance to compete for the championship. After the match, a user with the ID ZK on the Anti-Pressure Bar posted a message containing photos of himself entering and leaving the OMG club. The post stated that he had spent a day and a night at the OMG esports club the day before the EDG vs. OMG match, seemingly teaching OMG his strategies for playing against EDG.

This incident quickly caused a huge reaction on the Internet, and netizens said that in the decisive game, OMG's style in both draft and tactics was very different from the past. I must have been secretly plotting behind OMG's back, indirectly eliminating EDG.

I was furious about this rumor and called Zhu Kai over to give him a stern reprimand. People like us should be more discreet when doing good deeds; how could he use an ID with his initials to post on the forum?

After the incident escalated, the woman started nagging on Weibo again, loudly accusing me of helping OMG cheat and fantasizing about a rematch.

Before I could even respond to Abu's accusations, the 60e fans had already launched their attack. All I did was tell Abu on Weibo—if he barks again, I'll be staying at Royal Never Give Up (RNG) tonight, and EDG won't even get third place. Surprisingly, Abu really stopped barking; I guess the boss called him. But it doesn't matter. Whether he barks or not, I've already booked a deluxe king-size bed at RNG.

[On August 24th, the third-place match took place. I was in the stands and witnessed Royal Never Give Up (RNG) defeat EDG 3-1. Afterwards, UZI thanked me on Weibo, posting a picture of me teaching Insec how to play Lee Sin. That chubby guy is really mischievous.]

8 month 25 day.

The Shanghai World Expo Grand Stage.

OMG player bench.

Lingyao's left hand gripped his crotch tightly, an instinctive defensive action he made to prevent urinary incontinence under extreme tension.

The sweat from his right hand had soaked the entire mousepad, forcing him to call the referee to pause the game and replace the mousepad.

"Lingyao, relax, don't be so tense."

The older brother, whose face was a little pale, offered a word of comfort.

Lingyao turned to look at her elder brother.

He wondered if it was because of the stage lighting, but he had never seen his dark-skinned, burly older brother look so pale and frail.

Lingyao didn't reply, but simply glanced at each of her teammates.

Wu Zhuangtai pursed his lips, his eyes were lifeless, and he no longer had the shameless look he used to have.

The small umbrella seemed to support a huge mountain peak. Wu Zhou knew that a normal young man would indeed react this way when faced with excessive panic and tension.

In fact, he did have that reaction, but compared to the mountain peak of Xiaosan, he was like a small grave mound by the roadside.

Noxia is in the worst condition among the five.

His face was deathly pale, his lips were trembling, and even his eyes were filled with tears.

This young man, who has been a professional player for less than two months, seems to have gained a new understanding of professional competition today.

It's no wonder that the OMG players looked so disheveled; it's just that they were about to lose the game.

As the winner of the upper bracket, WE.A was automatically given a 1-0 lead in the finals.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, WE.A destroyed OMG's base in just 19 minutes and 59 seconds.

Even if it were a second later, OMG would have broken through four defenses in a second and surrendered.

But WE.A didn't give them a chance to surrender.

This brought the game directly to match point.

Although before the match started, the OMG team knew that their chances of winning against WE.A were very slim.

After all, the pressure that this WE.A team put on them in the game was even greater than when they faced SKT in the All-Star game!
Especially the night Zhou Li stayed at their club, in just one night, what Zhou Li taught them enabled them to defeat EDG, a team they had never beaten this year.

But they clearly underestimated the terrifying power of WE.A.

It was obvious that Zhou Li hadn't been taking the competition seriously before, but today, facing the championship trophy, this man seemed to finally show his true strength.

In the current version where the average duration of a professional match is around forty minutes, WE.A destroyed OMG's base in less than twenty minutes. This means that OMG's three lanes plus jungler have completely collapsed, and it is a defeat with no power to resist!

At 19 minutes and 59 seconds, the kill score was 21-0, and the economic difference was 14,000!

In the words of netizens, they didn't even kill bots this fast!

Now, facing the match point, ten minutes into the game, Zhou Li's Lee Sin is almost godlike!

Such immense pressure caused OMG's players to lose their composure and resort to a tactical halt.

However, what the OMG members didn't know was that the shock from netizens outside the company was no less than theirs!
Unlike previous years, this year's finals broadcast included not only the official commentator's first-person perspective but also a player's perspective!

The official team will select one player from each of the two teams to broadcast the game from their first-person perspective.

And without a doubt, Zhou Li became the contestant that everyone was looking forward to.

After learning that they could watch the Zhou rituals from a first-person perspective, netizens were thrilled.

Keep in mind that's the first-person perspective of the current number one jungler in the Chinese server!
Compared to the God's-eye view in the main live stream, the player's first-person perspective allows viewers to observe more detailed and intuitive operations, thereby improving their own skills!
This is a rare opportunity to improve your gaming skills!
As a result, the popularity of Zhou Li's first-person perspective live stream once surpassed that of the official live stream.

However, when netizens flooded into Zhou Li's first-person perspective live stream, their reactions were almost identical.

Vomited.

No one can leave Zhou Li's first-person perspective live stream with bloodless eyes and a clear mind.

【Wait, what is this? Is it a bug? Why is the screen flying around randomly?!】

[SB official account, can you please stream this?!]

[Damn, my eyes hurt so much, I feel like I'm going to go blind.] [Wait, is this how Zhou usually plays games?]

What does "five cuts in one second" mean? What did you see?

If we're talking about the most miserable person right now, it has to be Guan Zeyuan.

After that Lucian jungle game, and considering Zhou Li's words, Guan Zeyuan has indeed given up the idea of ​​continuing to do commentary.

Even though he was a summer intern, he had signed a contract with the company, so he had to cooperate with the company to complete the explanations stipulated in the contract.

Today's match was his last commentary during his internship.

In fact, the company values ​​Guan Zeyuan quite a bit, as he's a very capable young man; otherwise, they wouldn't have let him provide commentary for Zhou Li's first-person perspective livestream.

It's worth noting that a live stream from Zhou Li's first-person perspective would definitely attract a large audience.

Faced with the company's high regard and this excellent opportunity, Guan Zeyuan's extinguished ambition was rekindled.

If I can do a good job this time, continuing in the commentary industry might be a good choice.

However, what he never expected was that what awaited him was not a bright future, but a nightmare.

Guan Zeyuan was completely stunned as soon as the first game began.

Seeing the screen filled with flying objects, he even suspected that Zhou Li's mouse was malfunctioning, and even said in the live stream that the match should be paused.

However, the director told Guan Zeyuan that Zhou Li had always played games this way.

One sentence made Guan Zeyuan start to doubt his life.

Zhou Li's actions reminded him of StarCraft, a game he had played before, but League of Legends and StarCraft are two completely different games!

He had never seen anyone play games like that before!

What made Guan Zeyuan even more uncomfortable was that after only five minutes of the live stream, he felt like his eyes were about to go blind. By the ten-minute mark, he could no longer control himself and had to blink hard to relieve the nerve discomfort. At the fifteen-minute mark, he started to have a splitting headache.

This was just the effect the visuals had on him. You should know that Guan Zeyuan didn't look at the information Zhou Li was switching screens with, but Zhou Li was collecting and analyzing information while looking at it!

What Guan Zeyuan found most unacceptable was that he had absolutely no idea how to explain Zhou Li's actions!

If Lucian jungle was a nightmare to commentate on back then, today's match was child's play.

It's important to understand that first-person perspective commentary is inherently much more difficult than God's-eye view commentary.

The commentators and the players share the same information.

However, the screen switching in Zhou Li made it impossible for Guan Zeyuan to see anything clearly.

Therefore, he had no way of knowing what Zhou Li wanted to do or what his purpose was in doing so.

Fortunately, OMG saved his eyes, and WE.A swept them in less than twenty minutes.

During the fifteen-minute halftime break, Guan Zeyuan didn't have time to share his unique insights into the game with netizens. He poured a few drops of eye drops into his eyes and then closed them to rest.

Netizens did not blame Guan Zeyuan for not reviewing the match.

Because netizens are also resting with their eyes closed.

But soon, the second match began.

Those who couldn't bear the intense strain on their eyes could simply leave the live stream, but Guan Zeyuan was stuck there.

Fortunately, the pace of this game was very fast. Just ten minutes into the game, Zhou Li's Lee Sin was already close to godlike.

It is foreseeable that this will be another fast-paced game.

Just when Guan Zeyuan thought he was about to be free, OMG called a timeout.

This made Guan Zeyuan's veins throb, and he felt like his head was about to explode. OMG directly replaced UZI as the person Guan Zeyuan hated the most.

He could only continue to close his eyes and rest.

"Guan Zeyuan! The match has restarted!"

The director's voice came through the headphones, and Guan Zeyuan, still a college student, quickly adjusted his state and devoted himself to the commentary.

"Okay, we see Zhou Li has come to the bottom lane again! A Sonic Wave! So what happens while the Sonic Wave is gliding—Zhou Li switches screens to check the top, mid, top jungle, and bottom jungle—he uses an R-flash to kick Nami back! Then he smoothly uses a ward hop to pull out the turret's attack—he then checks the mid lane, top river, bottom river, and fountain again?"

In the live stream, netizens pointed out Guan Zeyuan's mistakes.

[The streamer forgot to mention that Zhou Li glanced at the defensive towers during the first wave and the high ground during the second.]

Seeing the comments popping up, Guan Zeyuan gave an awkward smile:
"Um, the streamer's eyesight is indeed a bit poor..."

He forced back the intense discomfort radiating from his nerves and continued speaking:

"Zhou Li entered OMG's jungle to steal their red buff, so he glanced at the Baron, Dragon, and the tri-bush... pulled a monster, then glanced again... wow, this screen switching is really painful!"

Guan Zeyuan simply couldn't continue explaining and broke down.

He endured the nausea and dizziness for twenty minutes, watching as WE.A wiped out OMG on their high ground and began pushing their base. Only then did he muster his strength to speak:

"Let's congratulate WE.A... Brothers, next time... well, I guess we won't see each other again."

Compared to Guan Zeyuan's commentary, Miller and Bella in the official commentary livestream were clearly extremely excited!
"WE.A! They can end the game now! They've secured the final victory!!"

"Congratulations to WE.A! As a team that was just promoted from the second division, they won the 2014 League of Legends Pro League Summer Championship with an undefeated record in just one season!!"

Bella, her face flushed with excitement, completely disregarded her trembling steps and shouted excitedly:

"WE.A! They've created a miracle! I think not only in our LPL region, but even in other regions, probably no team could accomplish such a feat! Just like what Coach Miller said during WE.A's first match, this team with an average age of only seventeen is unleashing a youth storm! And back then, probably no one would have imagined that this youth storm would continue to this day!"

"I think most of our viewers are just as excited as I am to see if this youthful storm can sweep onto the world stage!!"

(End of this chapter)