LPL History

Chapter 245 Provincial Team's Devastation, Island's Lament, Korean Server's Hidden Edge, Interstellar Cold

"Damn it!"

TPA's mid-laner, morning, couldn't help but curse out loud.

"Achie, you're messing with a little brat! I'll fuck your mother, you're such a useless idiot!"

Top laner Achie, blushing, retorted:
"Why are you yelling at me! This is so weird! The enemy ADC is so well-farmed, I can't possibly withstand it."

"What do you mean you can't handle it? I think you're just throwing your life away."

"I'm sending your mother here. If you keep yelling like that, I'll get rough with you!"

"That's interesting, what do you want?"

What do you want?!

"Alright, alright," someone said, trying to calm the two down as they were arguing. "Stop fighting."

Achie was clearly out of control, and scolded:

"It's all your fault, Bebe! Saying things like 'what if we can win' doesn't mean everyone doesn't know whether we can win or not. We clearly can't beat them, so why put so much pressure on us? And now you're playing the good guy and comforting us."

Bebe, who was being blamed, looked completely bewildered.

"Why are you criticizing me? I didn't say a word!"

"Okay, okay, I was the one talking just now."

The gentle voice rang out again.

Zhou Li, who came over to shake hands, patted Achie on the shoulder.

"It's okay, you've done a great job. Just keep up the good work next time."

Faced with Zhou Li's words of comfort, the TPA members felt both ashamed and indignant.

This person is absolutely despicable.

In the quarterfinals BO5, TPA was undoubtedly defeated 3-0.

The total time for the three games combined was less than sixty minutes, and TPA's total kills in the three games did not even exceed two hands.

The two sides are not evenly matched in terms of capabilities in any aspect.

TPA's only role in this quarterfinal was to once again help WE.A demonstrate their strength to players worldwide.

After the handshake segment, Zhao Enjing, wearing high heels, excitedly walked onto the stage.

Looking at Zhou Li standing beside him, Zhao Enjing suddenly spoke, her voice even a little hoarse.

That was because she had screamed so loudly backstage when she saw WE.A win big, and it had ruined her voice.

"Zhou Li, congratulations on defeating TPA and becoming the first team to enter the semifinals of this World Championship. How do you feel right now?"

In response to Zhao Enjing's question, Zhou Li smiled and said:

"It's alright, I don't have any particular feelings. After all, it's the national team playing against the provincial team, so the result was expected."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, the translator beside him looked embarrassed and stammered for a long time before finally saying in Korean:

Zhou Li said the result was expected, so he didn't have any particular feelings.

"Ugh."

Zhou Li sighed.

This is where the importance of mastering a foreign language becomes apparent.

He glanced at the translator beside him, then suddenly spoke in Korean:
"Brother, is that what I meant? If you can translate it, then translate it; if you can't, then go down and do it myself."

Zhou Li's words left the translator stunned, unsure of what to do next.

Zhou Li waved his hand impatiently, and this time, he directly emphasized "national team playing against provincial team" in Korean.

Then, seemingly feeling that it was still not international enough, Zhou Li repeated it again in English in order to make global players clearly aware of this point.

"Well, it's fine. Nothing crazy really, 'cause when the national team plays a provincial squad, the outcome's pretty much what I figured."

"boom!"

The scene erupted in cheers!
No one expected that Zhou Li would not only start team fights everywhere in the game, but also start another extremely exciting team fight outside the game with just a few words!
LPL Official Livestream Room.

The live stream chat erupted in excitement when Zhou Li gave his first answer in Chinese.

When Zhou Li repeated himself in Korean and English, netizens finally couldn't hold back anymore.

【66666! 】

[Damn, no wonder he's a general! He's gone on another expedition to reclaim territory!]

[Brother Zhou is awesome and domineering!]

[Haha, this is hilarious! A national team playing against a provincial team!]

[The key point is that he even repeated it himself in Korean and English, so now netizens all over the world really know.]

When did Zhou Ge reply in Korean and English?

This might seem unreasonable to others, but according to the Zhou Dynasty's rites, it's perfectly proper.

Perhaps the most illogical and impolite system in the world is the Zhou Dynasty's rites.

At this moment, the most vulnerable people globally are probably Taiwanese netizens.

No one expected that the TPA team, which was thought to represent Taiwan's League of Legends, would shine on the world stage once again.

The result was not glorious, but merely restoration.

[Holy crap, what is he talking about taking a bath?!]

[Those useless TPA guys can't even win this!]

[Hilarious! He dares to say that to me if he dares.]

What can you do? What can you do if he comes right in front of you?

"Then I'll kowtow to him and praise him, what else can I do?"

[Damn it, TPA should just be disbanded already, let's just blast them down with the Americans' cannons.]

On stage, Zhao Enjing clearly didn't expect Zhou Li to be so hostile as soon as he opened his mouth.

After a brief moment of surprise, Zhao Enjing was now even more astonished by Zhou Li's fluent Korean.

Standing beside him, Zhou Li seemed to have guessed what Zhao Enjing was wondering about. After putting down the microphone, he said in a low voice without any shame:

I learned Korean especially for you.

They've been married for so long, Zhou Li's skin is now thicker than a city wall.

But Zhao Enjing's face instantly turned bright red. She never expected that Zhou Li would be so bold as to say such things to her in front of a global live broadcast.

Before Zhao Enjing could react, she heard Zhou Li sigh again.

"Oh no, I forgot to cover my mouth. Will someone be able to tell what I said from my lip shape?"

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Zhao Enjing panicked, her ears turning bright red.

She quickly composed herself and continued, "We know that your opponent in the semifinals will be the winner between SSB and OMG. What are your thoughts on the upcoming match?"

Zhou Li suddenly smiled even more broadly.

"I advise the SSB team to surrender early and not be so stubborn. They should take this opportunity to go home in the quarterfinals and not let me meet them in the semifinals."

As soon as Zhou Li finished speaking, the entire scene erupted into another huge discussion.

Meanwhile, the Koreans were completely on the defensive.

It was one thing for Zhou Li to criticize Samsung online before, but now that he's standing on their Korean soil, he actually dares to say these things in front of the camera. He's just too damn arrogant!

Korean netizens were furious, and while they were criticizing Zhou Li, they also took the opportunity to criticize the shameful SSB.

Because Zhou Li's remarks caused such a huge sensation, the authorities, although they also wanted to generate buzz, were afraid that if Zhou Li continued to speak, things would become increasingly uncontrollable, so they simply called off the interview.

Zhou Li didn't seem unhappy at all after stepping off the stage.

After all, he had already said what he wanted to say in two sentences.

"The national team playing against the provincial team" is a review of history, while "angrily criticizing SSB" is a look to the future.

Unfortunately, Hyun-kyung was not in this year's World Championship.

Zhou Li always considered himself to be a very single-minded person.

He might be able to specialize in three or four subjects, but he certainly can't go from two to one. There's no such thing as someone going backwards as they get older.

I heard that Hyun-kyung is hosting a StarCraft 2 tournament this year.

Fortunately, he had found out about this news early on.
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October 4th. Nothing much to do tonight. Thinking that Eun-jung must be tired after a long day hosting, I invited her to practice a duet dance together. In the afternoon, the match between Samsung White and LMQ started. As expected, it ended in a 3-0 sweep. I watched the whole live stream, and based on my understanding of Samsung White, they were clearly holding back their strength in those three games. Death's Declaration smashed his keyboard after the match; that kid's going to be suspended again.

October 5th. SSB vs. OMG. This match also garnered a lot of attention, as it determined whether the semifinals would feature three LPL teams surrounding an OGN team. But to be honest, the thought of three LPL teams in the semifinals makes me a little nervous.

OMG performed brilliantly in the first game, gaining a huge advantage in the early game. However, SSB managed to turn the tide in the mid-game. To my surprise, OMG pulled off a spectacular comeback with only 50 HP left in their base. Although the opponent changed, the game still unfolded on the stage of this quarterfinal.

I remember the reason I truly fell in love with watching League of Legends matches was because I witnessed this classic game where a team came back from 50 HP to win in an internet cafe. It was the first time I experienced the passion and romance of League of Legends matches.

It can only be said that luck is a mysterious thing. Some things belong to OMG, and in the end, they will still belong to OMG.

However, after winning the first game, OMG exposed the weakness of LPL teams in terms of tactical reserves in the subsequent BO5 match. In the end, SSB defeated OMG 3-2 and successfully entered the semifinals.

Although they lost the game, in a sense, OMG has already succeeded. After all, it is not easy to be labeled as "honorable in defeat" by the audience in a competitive competition.

Moreover, it's clear that SSB truly gave it their all this time, and OMG displayed many of the qualities Samsung Blue had shown. Although Samsung Blue dominated the OGN league, their core player, DaDi, had serious mental issues.

If Xiao Siqi hadn't emptied OMG's coffers, OMG might actually have won.

The match between the two teams lasted from 2 PM to 7 PM, a full five hours. Eun-jung, the host, was exhausted, and I felt sorry for her, so I invited her to give her a spa treatment.

October 6th. The final quarterfinal match. WE.B vs. Alliance, the number one seed from the European region.

Although I didn't have much of an impression of this team, only knowing that Alliance's mid laner was the player who played Anivia, Roshan, they were considered the strongest team in Europe, as the European Summer Split champions. So I still had Tabe do some research on them. His final conclusion was that there wasn't much to research.

Alliance's top laner, Wickd, was the team's absolute weak point, playing terribly. Therefore, Tabe devised a simple strategy: relentlessly attack Wickd's weakest link. Ultimately, WE.B successfully defeated Alliance 3-1, becoming the last team to advance to the semifinals of this year's World Championship!
To celebrate, I invited Eun-jung to open a bottle of champagne.

10 month 7 day.

The four semifinalists for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship have been determined.

They are--

Teams WE.A and WE.B from the LPL region.

And SSW and SSB teams from the OGN region!

The four teams that made it to the finals are two from the LPL and two from the OGN!

Furthermore, they are both teams belonging to the WE system and the Samsung system!

WE's ten players versus Samsung's ten players! This semi-final has definitely generated a lot of buzz and excitement!

LPL fans and OGN fans were completely excited.

It's worth noting that this division is quite interesting.

If WE.A and SSB share one partition, and WE.B and SSW share one partition, then there are three possible outcomes.

First, two LPL teams will meet in the finals!
Secondly, two OGN teams will meet in the finals!
Thirdly, one team each from LPL and OGN will compete for the final championship in the grand finals!

Regardless of which outcome the semi-finals lead to, the final result will be the most discussed one yet!
It's worth noting that such a targeted and highly relevant discussion is unlikely to occur in the history of the World Championship, not only in the past but also in the future.

On the internet, any website or media related to League of Legends had already run the sensational headline "[WE's Ten Teams vs. Samsung's Ten Teams]", making the semi-finals a hot topic like never before.

The semi-finals will be held in Seoul on October 11. Although there are still a few days until that day, netizens have expressed their eagerness to watch.

Fans of both sides, in particular, have been extremely anxious every day during this period.

While League of Legends enjoys such immense popularity, another game that was once a global phenomenon seems somewhat forgotten.

10 month 10 day.

The StarCraft II China-Korea showdown finals were held in Seoul.

The reason for choosing this time to hold the event was that the China-Korea StarCraft 2 alliance, seeing that the game was being suppressed by League of Legends and could not stand up, wanted to directly confront League of Legends and grab some traffic.

Unexpectedly, League of Legends experienced a surge in popularity and buzz that year!

This competition started on the 8th and lasted for three days, but up to today's final round, it hasn't attracted much attention.

What left the Chinese side even more speechless was that a skilled player suddenly appeared in the domestic StarCraft 2 game.

Starting in July of this year, this player with the ID "lion" has been dominating domestic StarCraft 2 professional players online.

This time, they have made it to the finals as a dark horse, and will compete for the championship against INnoVation, the Korean GSL champion and known as the strongest Terran player in Korea.

The StarCraft 2 community in China, which is currently experiencing a talent shortage, is naturally very happy that young players are emerging.

But the key issue is that this newcomer player named Lion has risen to prominence far too quickly.

If this had happened when StarCraft 2 was at its peak of popularity, it might have been brought up and hyped up a lot.

However, those who still pay attention to StarCraft 2 are mostly old-timers and don't know much about this newcomer.

Naturally, this also prevents the competition from generating buzz.

Moreover, many people were not optimistic about the final result of such a newcomer facing INnoVation, a top player from South Korea, in the finals.

The most outrageous thing is that since the offline competition started, Lion has been wearing a mask every day and is unwilling to appear in front of the media too much. This has made many seniors very unhappy with him, who think that this kid is pretending to be mysterious.

Backstage.

After touching up her makeup, Lee Hyun-kyung looked at her exquisite makeup in the mirror and sighed helplessly.

Thankfully, she can rest now that the finals are over. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to watch tomorrow's League of Legends semifinals, which she had gone to great lengths to get tickets from a colleague.

Lee Hyun-kyung checked her makeup again, glanced at the time, and got up to leave the dressing room.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw a tall man standing on the other side of the corridor. When he saw me, he walked towards me.

Seeing the other person wearing a mask and hat, looking mysterious, Lee Hyun-kyung felt a sudden panic. She even subconsciously looked up at the surveillance camera to make sure she wasn't in a blind spot.

Lee Hyun-kyung probably would never understand.

Zhou Li, the jungle king, has come all the way from Summoner's Rift to gank her in the Koprulu Sector!
(End of this chapter)