I'm a platinum-level author, so what if I play professionally?

Chapter 133: Leading by 10,000 in economy but still getting overturned?

"Wow! G2! They showed amazing perseverance in the match point game! On the other hand, Snake's performance in this game is really off! This is completely different from the Snake I know! They played so chaotically this game, and that team fight was completely unnecessary!"

Hearing Guan Zeyuan's words, Ji De nodded and said, "It feels like Snake played a little too casually in this game! That won't do. Snake is already at a huge disadvantage, and they need to adjust their strategy as soon as possible!"

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Guan Zeyuan continued, "But the only good news for Snake Esports right now is that Corki is still developing very well, with a 4-0 score, and he didn't die in the team fight just now, but he was forced to use Flash. It feels like Snake Esports now has to focus on playing Corki. During the time when he doesn't have Flash, they should avoid fights and protect Corki."

"Yes."

As the Snake team fell into a disadvantageous position during this period, the netizens in the live stream started arguing.

Since the official traffic push only started after the second game ended, a significant portion of the viewers in the live stream were actually only starting to watch from the third game onwards.

[What the hell are they doing?]

【This is what our LPL teams are like, they're playing terribly.】

[This fangirl is a total annihilation engine.]

What is Bai doing?

[Haha, this message popped up on my homepage, it's hilarious!]

[Is a comeback from 0-2 to 3-2 underway?]

[G2: Let's give them two wins first.]

I don't understand how this lineup can win.

While netizens were questioning the situation, the director repeatedly focused the camera on Song Wen and Wang Ke.

In the contestants' photos, both Wang Ke and Song Wen had flushed faces, seemingly arguing loudly about something, and their expressions were extremely agitated.

【？？】

Did you have a fight?

Stop messing around! What are you doing?!

【Me and the Black and White Duo had a fight, what do we do?】

[I guess the black market sellers felt the white market sellers were being cheated.]

[Even if I hadn't left the Snake Team, we wouldn't have gotten this far, right?]

The fact that this game turned out this way is clearly the fault of the team's commander.

I knew it, the Snake Esports team has had it too easy.

What to do? The red paper stick and the white paper fan started tearing each other apart.

[Don't rush, let me see if this is recorded among the six-time champions.]

I've caught up to the latest chapter, and this matter is indeed recorded in it.

[I have this recorded?! What does it say?]

[What kind of record is this? You motherfucker, you tricked me out of my subscription money!]

The match had now reached the 29th minute.

The economic gap between the two sides has reached seven thousand.

The Snake team is down by 7,000!

Snakes' bench.

The atmosphere was extremely tense as G2 prepared to take down Baron Nashor.

Song Wen and Wang Ke were indeed engaged in a fierce confrontation.

"Can't you fucking give proper orders? Are you even capable of what you say? If you can't, then get the hell out of here! I have no idea what you bunch of idiots are so arrogant about. You played like this against G2, what are you talking about as SKT?!"

Seeing that Song Wen had fired the first shot, Wang Ke understood immediately.

Song Wen's words are excerpted from a speech by the RA Club management in front of the players and coaches.

Wang Ke feigned exasperation and yelled, "What the hell does this have to do with me? I was doing so well in the bottom lane, and suddenly we were completely wiped out!"

Song Wen laughed angrily: "Don't you know why we're collapsing? This stupid Vietnamese idiot, blindly going into the enemy jungle? Why did you pick Graves for him! Giving him Graves every game, all those strong junglers, is he stronger than the enemy jungler?!"

Seeing Song Wen quoting so many classical texts, Wang Ke was not to be outdone.

"Why did he get caught? Wasn't it because you didn't pressure Orianna in mid lane? Corki was the champion you chose, and I told you to practice him a long time ago. You did a terrible job, all you did was steal kills, and you still have the nerve to say that? Is it that hard to practice one champion per season?!"

"Me!" Song Wen's face flushed red. "I'm 6-0, the only positive kill! Did you draft me with this lousy draft? I knew we were going to lose from the start! I can't win in lane, I can't win in team fights, I'm just relying on my individual skill to carry the team. How are you supposed to play a game like this? You didn't give any commands from start to finish, and how many Qs did your Thresh miss?"

"Yes!"

Wang Ke's voice grew increasingly agitated: "How can you blame me? You guys were fighting so chaotically, it confused me too. You didn't listen to anything I said, and you didn't give me any feedback. I didn't know what to do either; my hands just kept shaking!"

Song Wen sneered: "Whatever, with this kind of attitude, I don't care whether we make it to the finals or not."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Huh? Was I too lenient with you before, or are you just going through a rebellious phase?!"

The two argued so fiercely that none of the other three members of the Snake Team dared to utter a word.

Having reached this point in the match, they knew that their performance in this round was extremely poor.

Now, the two older members of the team are arguing, and they have no intention of interrupting at all.

At this moment, a feeling called shame is lingering in everyone's heart.

Everyone knows that Song Wen and Wang Ke were very close brothers before joining the team. Although they often argued about rankings and wouldn't even sit at the same table for breakfast, this time was obviously different.

Moreover, the reason the two argued this time was clearly because of them.

Wang Ke wanted to give them a chance to perform, so he gave them the most authority in the BP process.

There's absolutely no problem with Song Wen wanting to win.

"Keep getting cocky. You got swept by SKT in the group stage, and you haven't even made it to the finals yet. SKT hasn't even played a match. Keep getting cocky."

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Hearing Song Wen's words, Wang Ke retorted, "What the hell am I getting cocky! Who the hell's cocky? Little K, are you cocky?!"

Upon hearing Wang Ke directly name him, Crystal looked embarrassed and stammered, "Uh, I did play poorly this game."

"Useless! Xiaolan, have you gotten too cocky?!"

Saint Gun scratched his head and said, "I do have a problem too—"

"Useless! You Vietnamese, have you gotten too big for your britches?!"

The girl, shaking her leg, asked in confusion, "No, I'm not arrogant."

"6

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Song Wen took a deep breath.

"You stupid Vietnamese idiot xxxxxxxxxxXx"

"I've gotten too cocky, bro."

Snakes' rest room.

Zuo Wu looked at the arguing crowd with a helpless expression.

"What's going on? They're arguing even though it's only 2-0!"

If G2 were to come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2, Zuo Wu wouldn't even dare to imagine the consequences.

If such a thing were to happen, the Snake team would face more than just online backlash from netizens.

Seeing Zuo Wu's anxiety, Zhu Kai remained calm and said, "Manager Zuo, don't worry, your concern will only make you lose your composure."

Zuo Wu was stunned for a moment upon hearing Zhu Kai's words.

"What do you mean?"

"These two are obviously acting, didn't you notice?"

"acting?"

Zuo Wu quickly realized why he had felt something was off.

He was indeed under immense pressure. As a team manager who deals with external parties year-round, interpersonal skills are an essential skill, yet he somehow lost his judgment in this matter.

But then, Zuo Wu's gaze toward Zhu Kai changed.

This pig is starting to seem to be getting more and more intelligent.

"Coach Zhu's ability to read people is truly extraordinary."

Zhu Kai smiled innocently: "I learned it all from Manager Zuo. Manager Zuo cares too much about the team. I don't have much ability. Whether it's the players or Manager Zuo, I can only play a supporting role on the sidelines."

The scene of the game.

After a heated exchange of insults, the Snake team members managed to regain some of their composure.

Facing G2's attempt to force a team fight at Baron, Snake Esports fought a 4-for-3 team fight in front of the Baron pit. Although they still lost, they at least stopped the opponent's Baron rhythm.

Then, Song Wen, the only survivor, seized the opportunity and stole the dragon from the remaining two G2 players, escaping unscathed.

The economic gap between the two sides is quite large now, and if they want to close it, they can only do so little by little.

The current situation only allows them to continue delaying. After all, Snake Team's lineup still has Graves and Corki as backup in the late game.

Ensuring Song Wen's development has now become the top priority.

After a heated argument, the three members of the Snake Team completely turned into obedient children. When Wang Ke told them to go east, they dared not go west, behaving very well.

At 32 minutes, G2 pressured Baron Nashor again. Since everyone had almost used up their summoner spells in the previous team fight, Wang Ke decided to give up Baron Nashor.

SofM and Thresh provided cover near Baron Nashor, feigning a team fight to delay G2's Baron Nashor attempt.

Draven, playing as an airplane, occupies the middle lane and quickly clears the wave.

Gnar with Teleport will split push in the bottom lane.

G2 spent a long time battling Thresh and Graves in front of the dragon pit, only to find that when vision of the mid lane minion wave reappeared, Corki and Draven were already pushing their second turret.

Meanwhile, Gnar had already pushed the minion wave across the river.

Realizing they had been tricked, G2 immediately rushed Baron Nashor.

When G2 started attacking Baron, Wang Ke immediately stopped Saofen from trying to steal it.

With Alistar, Lee Sin, and Orianna on the opposing team, and Graves having such short range, if he dares to stand above the dragon pit for even a second longer, G2 will definitely choose to engage directly, giving SofM no chance to steal the dragon.

So Thresh brought Graves directly to the top lane to clear the minion wave, in order to delay the pressure on the minion wave after G2's Baron buff.

After G2 finished taking down Baron, Corki and Draven had already destroyed the mid-lane second turret. They then immediately rotated to the bottom lane, where they pushed down the bottom lane second turret with Gnar before quickly retreating.

On the commentary desk, seeing Snake Team give up Baron Nashor, Guan Zeyuan said, "Snake Team has directly given up on contesting Baron Nashor with G2! In that case, they'll face G2's Baron buff in the next wave."

Pushing forward will be incredibly stressful! It feels like we're going to lose at least one major hill!

Remember said, "However, I think Snake's decision was actually correct, because honestly, if they were to engage in a team fight head-on now, Snake's chances of winning would be very slim. By taking down two of G2's turrets while G2 was fighting Baron, they actually managed to catch up in gold."

"Yes."

However, remembering this is definitely worthwhile, which has clearly hit a nerve with netizens.

After all, they've heard it too many times: it's not a loss.

[6666, even giving up the dragon wasn't a loss.]

[If the dragon gives way, then the home base should be given away too.]

It's definitely true.

[It feels like G2 could win in one fell swoop.]

The base exploded, but it's not a big problem.

Snakes' bench.

Wang Ke glanced at the minimap and immediately said to Song Wen and Holy Gun, who were recalling to base in the bushes in front of the Stone Golem, "You two, don't recall yet! See if Ecept gives you a chance!"

Wang Ke knew that Rambo had a teleportation scroll (TP).

Snake has just pushed all the minion waves towards G2's direction. G2 still has a second turret in the top lane, while the minion wave in the bottom lane has reached the entrance of the high ground.

With the Baron buff in hand, the best course of action for G2 is to have Rumble split push in the bottom lane to push the minion wave forward, while the other four players group up in the mid lane and push towards Snake's high ground.

This is also the 4-1 split push strategy that most teams choose after securing Baron Nashor.

Given the current situation, even if the plane and Nar return, they will most likely not be able to hold the high ground.

If an opportunity can be found on Rambo's single lane, it will create a five-on-four situation, which will allow them to take the high ground.

Upon hearing Wang Ke's words, Song Wen and Holy Gun immediately canceled their return to base, while Holy Gun started attacking the Stone Golem to quickly build up his rage.

As Wang Ke predicted, Ecept soon appeared in the bottom lane.

The "carefree" nature of European teams was also on full display at this moment.

Ecept didn't even consider the possibility that Snake Esports might be lurking in the bottom lane. After clearing the minion wave, he swaggered off and continued forward.

At this moment, Gnar, who was hiding in the bushes, had already accumulated enough anger to transform into Mega Gnar.

It wouldn't be accurate to say that Ecept was completely unprepared; he did throw a harpoon into the bushes to test them.

However, Song Wen and Saint Gun Bro directly dodged and turned the tables.

Completely unaware of the danger, Rumble practically walked right up to Gnar's face, probably also wanting to farm a bunch of Krugs while he was at it.

What awaited him was Nar's Buddha's Palm!

"Black and Flandre are still hiding in the bush! Rumble has no idea someone is waiting for him there! Gnar uses his ultimate and slams Rumble against the wall! Wow! Corki's damage output is just too high! Rumble didn't even have time to use Zhonya's Hourglass before he was instantly killed!!"

"Snake Team's ambush was incredibly clever! Who would have thought they'd ambush G2 in this position when they had the Baron buff! Rumble, with his ultimate, Flash, and Zhonya's Hourglass, couldn't even use a single skill!"

As soon as Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, Ji De quickly interjected, "Ecept did use his skills to scout bushes as usual, but I have to say, Black and Flandre are incredibly meticulous. Under these circumstances, they were clearly highly focused, managing to dodge Rumble's harpoon with their positioning!"

"Yes."

"In that case, with Rumble dead, G2's bot lane is empty! Snake can completely continue to pressure G2 in the bot lane and delay the Baron buff!"

Guan Zeyuan had just finished expressing his opinion when he saw that the plane and Gnar had immediately activated Teleport!

"Wait! Those two teleported directly! Is Snake Team going to engage in a team fight head-on?! Gnar didn't have his ultimate this time. Although they have one more person in the team fight, they don't actually have that much of an advantage! And Caitlyn on G2's side is incredibly fed, the gold difference between the two sides is 10,000!! And they also have the Baron buff!"

Guan Zeyuan's line of thinking is actually not wrong.

Allowing Gnar to continue pushing the bottom lane and forcing G2 to recall and defend the bottom lane inhibitor is indeed the safest approach. Before Rumble respawns, it can delay G2's push for at least thirty seconds.

But such a choice is merely "not losing out" in the true sense.

For the current Snake team, simply breaking even is clearly not enough.

Because once Rumble respawns, G2 can still push down their high ground with the Baron buff.

And then, the Ancient Dragon will soon spawn.

Once the mid-lane base is destroyed, Snake will face not only an economic disadvantage but also pressure from the minion waves. If not handled properly, G2 could very well secure both dragons, and then Snake will truly have no hope of turning the tide.

Furthermore, Wang Ke had another piece of information: during the team fight at the 29-minute mark, the policewoman used Flash during the chase.

There are 27 seconds left until the policewoman's Flash ability is ready again!

His own Flash ability lasts for twenty-one seconds!

By making good use of this Flash advantage, coupled with the numerical advantage, Snake Team has a real chance to win this team fight!

In a sense, professional League of Legends matches and casual ranked games are essentially two completely different games.

Professional competitions are actually more like "playing chess".

While emphasizing the importance of taking turns, you should also consider three steps ahead when making each action and decision.

Instead of taking it one step at a time.

Furthermore, compared to chess, which gives you ample time to think, in League of Legends, the time you have to make a decision is often just a fleeting moment.

In that split second, you need to maintain a high level of focus to observe the enemy's movements, while integrating all the information in your mind—present, past, and future—to make a judgment!

This is extremely energy-consuming and mentally taxing.

This is why you can play a dozen ranked games a day at home, while professional players would be ruined if they played ten games a day.

At this moment, G2's four players had already pushed the lane across the river in the mid lane.

After seeing Rambo get killed by a squat, my first reaction was to retreat.

Then we saw a teleport (TP) icon lit up in the vision left by the Snake team at the second tower behind them!

However, Thresh's overly aggressive positioning gave G2 the idea to initiate a team fight directly, and for a moment, there was a two-second argument in G2's voice chat.

Two seconds is considered a relatively long time unit in League of Legends!

At this point, G2 seemed to be in a bit of a bind, but they quickly decided to turn back and deal with the best-developed plane that had TP'd in.

The three members of Snake Team followed closely behind G2's steps. Just as G2 was about to retreat to the second tower, Wang Ke directly chose to use Flash to initiate the team fight!

Thresh's Doom Pendulum controlled Orianna and Caitlyn, and then reliably hooked Caitlyn!

The male gunner immediately followed up with a smoke grenade to block the view!

Seeing their key carry engage, G2's formation was stretched again, forcing them to turn around and deal with Graves and Draven focusing fire on Caitlyn!

"White! They chose to Flash in and force this team fight! They want to kill Zven's Caitlyn! Caitlyn doesn't have Flash right now! But the damage output from both of them seems a bit insufficient!! Orianna's ultimate pulled in two, but Draven was killed first! Oh no! This team fight is going to go wrong!!"

Just as Remember's shout faded, Guan Zeyuan immediately exclaimed, "Wow! White! What are you doing! How can you force an engagement like that? Snake Team is going to lose this team fight!!"

The pink-haired Graves almost immediately unleashed all his damage on Caitlyn, but even after Thresh's crowd control ended and Draven's ultimate hit her again, Caitlyn was still able to recover from her low health with a single heal!

"Graves is down too! Snake, you played too aggressively today—but the plane has already landed! Black!"

He used Valkyrie Dive followed by Blink, charging straight into the crowd! Black! A rocket launcher and a Gatling gun instantly killed the policewoman!

"But Black is in a dangerous position too! Lee Sin's RQQ kick is guaranteed to hit—! Lee Sin's Sonic Wave was blocked by Gnar's body as he jumped in!! Lee Sin's kick actually gave Corki a better space to deal damage!!"

"The plane's damage output is extremely high! Orianna tried to find an opportunity, but Black dodged her QW! Orianna activated Zhonya's Hourglass! But her teammates couldn't hold on any longer! Lee Sin used Flash with low health, but was still killed by a rocket from the plane! Alistar tried to protect Orianna! He used W to knock the plane away, but Orianna was forced back up by Thresh's Q!!"

"Wow! G2! It looks like they're about to get wiped out with the Baron buff!! G2 is getting a negative return on that Baron!"

"Yes!"

With Gnar killing Orianna and Corki chasing down Alistar, Snake Esports pulled off a 2-for-4 team fight, wiping out G2!

boom!

A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the crowd!

"Wow! Snake's teamfight was incredibly decisive! If I'm not mistaken, Caitlyn's Flash was almost ready again just one second before she died! After this teamfight, Snake has completely reversed their early game disadvantage! They even managed to push down one of G2's mid-lane inhibitors! Who did that Baron Nashor?!"

Guan Zeyuan's tone was full of joy.

While this team fight doesn't necessarily mean Snake Esports has won the game, it at least puts the balance of power back on.

In the live stream, the chat exploded instantly.

【66666! 】

I made this decision too decisively.

[Wow, that was really impressive! That Flash into the middle of the enemy team really got me in stitches.]

[If you don't understand, just ask: what day is it now?]

After this round, the score is at least 50/50.

[Incredible! A 10,000 gold lead and still getting turned around? Is this even human? Even a dog couldn't pull that off!]

At this moment, the atmosphere in the G2 players' booth had undergone some subtle changes.

At the start of the third round, everyone felt hopeless.

However, as the fighting continued, they discovered that there seemed to be hope again.

Finally, after defeating Baron Nashor, they were ready to embrace the joy of victory.

But now, being wiped out while having the Baron buff has instantly thrown everyone off balance.

At this moment, everyone's mentality is even more desperate than at the beginning!

Wang Ke, sitting in the Snake team's bench, breathed a sigh of relief.

After this team fight, he knew that the game was basically over.