League of Legends: Arrow of Champions

Chapter 683 [703] Battle of Conferred Gods

May in Lucheng coincides with the rainy season. The drizzle that has lasted for three days dilutes the heat caused by the sudden rise in temperature a while ago. Xu Qingru was awakened by the vibration of her mobile phone in her deep sleep. Gradually wake up from the deep sleep of the afternoon nap.

She sat up and stared blankly for a while, then picked up her phone to check the time, it was 32:[-] in the afternoon, one hour before the afternoon class, and the three roommates were still taking a nap.

She got off the bed lightly, walked into the bathroom to wash, and when she came out again, the laziness when she first woke up was gone, refreshed, she sat down at the desk under the bed, opened the glass of water she poured before going to bed, and took a small drink. After taking a few bites, I stood up again, looked at the class schedule, came back to sit down, found the afternoon textbook, and sat there to preview the afternoon class.

This is a habit she has developed since she was in junior high school. It has not changed over the years. After more than ten minutes, after a brief review, she has already understood the content of the afternoon class. She got up and washed an apple and came back. They also began to wake up one after another. After freshening up, some changed clothes and some put on makeup.

After eating the apples, Xu Qingru took off her nightgown, changed into the long skirt she wore in the morning, combed her hair, and then sat and waited for the roommates to finish dressing before going to the teaching building together.

When they arrived at the lecture theater, there were still more than ten minutes before the 02:30 class time, and there were not many people in the classroom. She and Shao Dan found a seat in the second row and sat down, then turned on the phone, picked up the message and replied , chatted with Zhang Qianqian who was far away in Jiangcheng, cut the software again, and checked to see if there was any news of concern.

Then on Weibo, I saw the latest itinerary news officially released by sky: all arrived at San Francisco International Airport, and thanked the official staff who came to pick up the plane, as well as Jiang Qianyu.

In the photo below, Lin Xuan and other SKY members are wearing team uniforms, holding a national flag, facing the camera and making a silly gesture of victory. In the second photo, Jiang Qianyu, who is wearing a simple white T-shirt, stands out among them. Dazzling outside.

"It's been so early?"

Although she pays attention to sky, she can barely be called a fan, but she is far less concerned about these things than a real fan. After learning about MSI, she also knows that the LPL division does not need to start from the play-in round, and there are still eleven days before the main match. I really didn't expect Sky to go so early.

But soon, she thought of another possibility of passing so early, clicked on the picture, put her chin on her hand, and sat there in a daze.

Countless events happen every second in this world. In such a grand situation, Sky’s going to North America is undoubtedly not worth mentioning. If you want to narrow it down to LPL, some people will still notice, and what's more, it will have some small effects on a small number of people, such as mood.

For example, look forward to it, discuss it, or watch it.

Prior to this, a relatively unified opinion has basically been formed on the Internet regarding the trip to MSI for SKY or the LPL competition area it represents. Naturally, quarrels are inevitable, but even neutral viewers or fans who defend SKY will definitely not I don't expect them to win the championship, and I don't even dare to have too much hope in the finals. When I refute some people's belittling remarks, most of them say: "It can't be worse than TL, right?"

The team that represented the LPL division in last year's MSI was TL. Even though no one dared to expect them to beat Carne, they lived up to expectations. In the semi-finals, they were swept out by the TNE team in the North American division with a score of 1:3. , didn't even see Crane's face.

Although TL was weak in foreign battles before, there was no lack of criticism, but many viewers still had expectations. After all, in terms of performance, TL is still the strongest team in the LPL, but it is often not satisfactory in the World Championship... in criticism Amid the scolding, there are always people who help them "explain" and "support the field", such as "too tired from playing too many games in a row", "players are not used to it when they go abroad", "jet lag, poor health, poor diet" and so on. .

Some people also called for "give the club time to improve", "don't put too much pressure on the players", "it's because you expect too much"...

Some people scolded, but some people always praised it. After this incident, for a long time, the entire network was full of scolding, "always refresh the lower limit", "only unexpected and impossible", "reverse breakthrough" "Myself" and other jokes, many fans saw it, and also looked at the screen and pretended to be disconnected from the Internet.

The Ichthyosaurus team "lyed down" and collected a large number of fans. Since then, their popularity has truly been able to compete with TL, the "Phantom God of Civil War", and even overwhelmed them in some periods of time.

It is very difficult to change people's inherent impression. Either time accumulates or the impact is large enough. Sky defeated Yulong in the final without any fancy water, but it was difficult to win in five rounds. The strength of the Yulong team It is also obvious to all that under such circumstances, to represent the entire division in the mid-season competition... Most viewers still prefer the Yulong team in their minds.

After all, after the rise of the Yulong team, the overall state has been maintained very well, and Sky... is still a "newly promoted LDL team" in the eyes of many people, and it lost eight consecutive games in the early stage of the regular season, and the entire LPL was at the bottom First, even if they win consecutive championships afterwards, it will be difficult for people to have enough trust.

In various forums, many people have made "detailed", "fair" and "reliable" comparison charts. There is no doubt that the entire six people of Sky, plus the coaching staff, are all unbearable except for the bottom lane who can fight. One hit, not to mention comparing with STR, even Europe and the United States can't compete.

Some people also released screenshots of sky players' recent RANK training, or some animations from OB live broadcasts, and most of the subsequent comments were:
"I can't even play tank tanks well, but I still want to practice Carry heroes"

"I don't plan to watch this MSI. If I watch it, I will watch how the LCK beats the world and continues to win the championship."

"Don't say that, Sky top laner once killed Cui Mingxiu solo, I guess he wants to regain the title of world's number one top laner (manual dog head)"

"I'm afraid I'm not living in a dream"

"Burial Allies"

"Even Yasuo has been pulled out in the middle lane, he must have been killed by the Demon King to abandon his healing"

"Xiaoxue's Thresh has something to eat."

"Okay, no MSI this year"

……

After this period of winning streak, especially after winning four championships in a row in the playoffs, Sky's popularity and attention have been greatly improved. Coupled with the original fan base, in fact, the popularity is in terms of the entire LPL. It's not low, but no matter whether you are a new fan or an old fan, you still don't have much confidence in Sky's MSI this time, and you don't have much confidence when you refute it. Those who are more tempered can only talk to those trolls.

The focus on MSI is naturally not limited to the audience, but also in the circle. For example, the commentator Fang Kai was "forced to no choice" by the barrage during the live broadcast before Sky's departure, so he had to talk about the situation of this MSI. He then Give the ranking of each position in your mind.

Among the five positions, except for the jungler, the five members of STR ranked first. Among them, Cui Mingxiu was especially commented on by him, saying that he "crushed everyone else with a single line", and the ranking of sky, except for Lin Xuan and Jiang Yingxue, was ranked first. Except for the second place in the bottom lane, everyone else only said, "There is no need to mention it, it all depends on whether the brother-in-law can grow up or not."

He was originally for the sake of popularity, so he was naturally biased, and Zhang Fei and Wang Fei also posted Weibo during the finalists, expressing their views on this year's MSI. The ranking did not change much, but in the mid laner ranking, BGM's mid laner Next was placed first, and An Chengye was placed second.

In Sky's ranking, Zhang Fei and Wang Fei put Sky's bottom lane combination first, and added a sentence, "In terms of performance in this competition area, and in terms of the role of their respective teams, Sky's bottom lane combination is absolutely No. [-]. One", and STR's bot lane combination was placed second.

In addition, in the jungle ranking, Zhang Fei put Liu Handong third, Wang Fei put him fourth, and explained, "If Jinu (Liu Handong ID) is given room to play, I feel that he is no better than any jungler. Weak, if it is not easy to get ahead, the ranking in my heart will be even higher."

This basically represents the strength level of sky in the hearts of most audiences in this MSI.

May NO.19, the knockout round of the play-in competition ended. In addition to the LCK division champion STR, the LCS (EU) division champion BGM, and the LPL division champion SKY, who directly advanced to the main match, the other three division champion teams have also been confirmed. They are LMS champion TPA, LCS (NA) champion ATM and EVOS (Vietnam) champion LVT.

The next day, the official release of the player rankings of the six teams in this MSI mid-season championship.

Different from the global finals, the official ranking of MSI players is divided according to their position, not the directly unified "Top [-]".

Top Road: STR, ATM, BGM, TPA, LVT, SKY
Jungle: TPA, LVT, STR, BGM, SKY (Jinu), ATM, SKY (Zheng)
Mid lane: BGM, STR, ATM, TPA, SKY, LVT
Bottom lane: SKY, STR, BGM, ATM, TPA, LVT
Auxiliary: STR, SKY, ATM, BGM, TPA, LVT
This list is somewhat unexpected, because out of the five members of STR, only two rank first. However, in the subsequent description and preview, it is not denied that STR is still the most powerful in this year's MSI. It is not an easy task for the team and other teams to prevent them from continuing to win consecutive championships on behalf of the LCK division.

Among the six teams, both SKY and LCT are newcomers, but SKY has won two MSI championships in a row, so in the official list, SKY has also spent a lot of ink, especially for Lin Xuan:

"SKY used to be the strongest team in the world, and their bot laner Chen Muyu single-handedly revolutionized the position of ADC, which is also the undoubted core and carry point of the entire team.

The LPL division has always been rich in top ADCs, but unfortunately, since Chen Muyu retired, it seems that there has not been such an amazing ADC player in LPL, but now we seem to see such a possibility again.

This rookie, who is not yet 20 years old, participated in last year's global finals as a substitute. At that time, he was a support player for Loong's second team. When the main AD player was unable to participate in the game due to illness, he was ordered in an emergency. And brought us an almost subversive stunning performance. This year he led his team to the top league, won the championship, and came to us again.

We have reason to look forward to his performance. "

Jiang Yingxue has also received attention because of her status as "the only female player in this year's MSI". The official report seems to be a bit dishonest. When mentioning her, she deliberately introduced her as "an amazingly beautiful girl", but Subsequent comments highly praised her performance in the spring split: "She has an operation and awareness that is not inferior to any male player, and together with First, with her tacit cooperation and impeccable operation, she almost defeated all opponents in this division."

At two o'clock in the afternoon on May 22, local time, the MSI race kicked off at the Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium in San Francisco, and the game officially began at three o'clock.

The schedule has already been announced:

The first NA division champion ATM faced the Vietnam division champion LVT.

In the second game, BGM, the champion of the EU division, faced STR, the champion of the LCK division.

The third LPL champion SKY faced the LMS champion TPA.

In the fourth game, the NA division champion AMT faced the LMS division champion TPA.

In the fifth game, BGM, the champion of the EU division, faced the champion of the Vietnam division, LVT.

In the sixth game, the LPL champion SKY faced the LCK champion STR.

……

Because of the time difference, Sky’s first match was not yet five o’clock in the morning in China, and most of the LPL audience was still sound asleep, so except for a few people who set their alarm clocks and got up early to watch the match, most of them didn’t go to watch it. The first compatriot battle between SKY and TPA.

The second game, the high-profile battle between SKY and STR, was already at [-]:[-] p.m. local time, and it was morning in China. Even if many people hadn't woken up, they had already woken up and turned on their phones.

Therefore, most of the viewers who pay attention to the MSI game, no matter what kind of mentality and original intention they have, have witnessed this "Battle of the Gods" that pushed the quality and excitement of the entire MSI game to the peak.

Of course, before this, there was an episode about one of the important participants: outside of training, he made the first visit in his memory as a prospective son-in-law. The target person had already met and had the same bizarre experience His future father-in-law, and his sister-in-law, whom he met a long time ago but whose relationship was not harmonious.

(End of this chapter)