Chapter 161 Knowing Everything
Half a month later.

The draw results for the Asian Games qualifying tournament were announced.

LCK and Hong Kong are divided into one and a half groups, and they will also play the opening match on the 5th.

But it has been said before that China and South Korea might meet in advance. However, in this draw, the two teams were not drawn in the same half, so they still have to wait for the final to meet (change, the final).

On the same day, Xia Sen and others also moved into the Asian Games Village.

Everyone's attire, the classic athlete's red of hope, is hard not to attract attention.

When entering the village just now, Xia Sen also saw several celebrity athletes whom he had only seen on TV before.

I'm too embarrassed to take pictures, so I can only enjoy my eyes.

However, Xia Sen did not expect that they seemed to be quite popular and were soon surrounded by several people carrying cameras.

"Bighand, what do you think of the environment here?"

"As an athlete of League of Legends e-sports, what do you think of the schedule and the rules of the BO3 elimination match?"

"Coach Kouma said they are confident of winning. What do you think?"

The staff member didn't stop and led them straight inside. Xia Sen didn't know whether he should answer for a moment and was stunned.

After all, everyone has a work permit, so it’s impossible for them to have sneaked in.

To be honest, along the way, not only did some people come up to interview them, but there were also fellow travelers who raised their phones to take pictures of them.

Before coming here, Xia Sen had never thought that they would all be so well-known. After all, e-sports is still not up to standard in the eyes of most people outside.

All I can say is that he still underestimated the popularity of the game League of Legends and his own fame.

At least until this year, the daily active users of the league have increased a lot, and when it comes to the e-sports circle, anyone who knows a little about it knows that LPL has a talented mid laner who reached the peak in the true sense as soon as he debuted.

Even on Twitter, the topic of Bighand has taken the lead, and many foreigners have become his fans, saying that they must buy tickets to watch the world game offline.

After understanding the necessary facilities and conditions of the rooms, training rooms, competition venues, canteens, etc.

Xia Sen finally came out of that dazed feeling.

But I have to say that the environment here is indeed very elegant, and has a unique sense of Suzhou gardens.

As a member of the older generation who participated in the Jakarta Asian Games, Meiko was so moved that she almost cried.

The environment in the last session was really unbearable. It’s still better to be in the local area.

Although Xia Sen and other team members don't like to be interviewed, coach Zhu Kai is different.

Go wherever there is a camera.

The media who have some knowledge of e-sports are of course very curious. Who doesn’t want to have a thorough interview with the world champion coach and the head coach of the Asian Games national team?
Zhu Kai had the same idea. Who doesn’t want to have his handsome face appear on CCTV?

After tidying himself up, he put on a most confident smile.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhu Kai, the head coach of the national team training and competition of the League of Legends e-sports division. I am also the head coach of the EDG club. I have won honors including but not limited to the World Championship, MSI, and domestic league."

So many treasures!

After a few pleasantries, the reporter got down to business: "Because we participated in the Asian Games in advance, we can skip the group stage and directly advance to the quarterfinals. I want to know if this will give the national team more time to prepare?"

"First of all, we have to thank the WE team for their time, but, to be honest, we actually had a perfect running-in process a month ago, in just two weeks, and the players have a good chemistry, you know."

Zhu Kai said this with confidence.

"Second question, this tournament is different from the last exhibition match. It is a real tournament, and your opponents are top professional players from various countries. We want to know what your goals are for the team?"

"That's definitely the champion." Zhu Kai's tone became serious, and he emphasized the word "champion". "And we only have one opponent, and that is the South Korean team, but we also have great confidence."

The reporter was a little surprised, thinking that this man was too arrogant. In fact, he used to interview athletes mainly in traditional sports, and those people were more humble than each other. When facing the interviews, they lowered their posture more than each other.

It's rare to see someone who makes such harsh remarks before the game.

The next day, Zhu Kai’s interview was posted on the forum, and everyone suddenly changed their opinion of this “legendary” coach.

"Turtle, Zhu Kai is so confident, it seems that the training is very effective."

"NB, Zhu Kai, just don't do it. To be honest, with these few faces in the national team, the gold medal is not a problem."

"Zhu Kai has personality."

"I want to see Bighand's personal interview, why isn't it here?"

"Maybe I'm too busy preparing. I hope I can win the gold medal!"

On the same day, LCK's LOL representative team also landed in Hangzhou.

It has to be said that Faker's popularity has always been T0. The entire airport was almost packed with people. Needless to say, most of them came for Faker.

Day two.

The topic of media interviews on LCK was also spread online.

Right at the start, Kanavi came up with his big face.

Originally, other people had prepared the translation, but when Kanavi spoke in fluent Chinese, the reporters who didn't know much about e-sports couldn't understand it.

The quality of Korean athletes is so high? Do you have to learn Chinese to play in a competition?
What kanavi meant was very simple, that is, the environment here is good, the food is good and the sleep is good, and he is looking forward to the game with the Chinese team.

Netizen comment: He came out of the JDG cafeteria and said the food was delicious, so it really was delicious.

Faker also said that compared with five years ago, the place here is much better, the Korean food is also delicious, and he is very grateful to the relevant persons in charge of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

He also said that his hand injury has healed, and he is very grateful for the concern of LPL netizens and will give his all in the next game.

Zeus was as optimistic as ever, like a curious baby. He walked around the Asian Games Village on his first day and had a meal with Bin when he met him.

However, there was no translator around either of them. They were either chatting across servers or simply exchanging greetings in English, which neither of them was very fluent in. This scene was captured by the reporter.

Both domestic and Korean websites were happily guessing the content of the conversation between the two top laners.

"bin: You never beat me."

"Zeus: Let's eat first. This sushi is OK."

Ruler and Kaeria started training without stopping. Ruler was traumatized by the Asian Games.

Five years ago, when I was standing on the podium, I didn’t dare to look at Faker. It was really terrible. This year, I really have to atone for my mistake to Brother Xianghe.

Chovy strolled around, trying to find Xia Sen. He really wanted to make friends with strong people!

But obviously, he couldn't meet Xia Sen who was adjusting to the jet lag.

2 days later.

The Asian Games group stage begins.

In terms of game time, although the game is played at home, due to time and schedule constraints, there is no official live broadcast room for the group stage in China.

Those who want to watch it in China can only find the streaming service based on their own ability.

After a simple opening ceremony, the South Korean team faced the Hong Kong team.

There was no suspense in the game. It was a bit of a waste of Chovy's talent to play on the field. The Hong Kong team had no chance to resist at all.

Since they couldn’t watch the game, most domestic viewers could only look at the Hupu ratings after the game.

It turns out that it was really an all-round crush. Even the top laner YSKM had no power to resist Zeus. Zeus's data on playing Quesanti blew away YSKM's data on playing Fiora.

This is really a gap in hard power. At the beginning of the spring season, everyone was expecting YSKM to be the next Zeus, but now he has become just like everyone else.
After the group stage on the 26th, the four teams that advanced to the knockout stage have been determined.

The four teams in the upper half are South Korea vs. Saudi Arabia, CN Macau vs. CN Taiwan.

In the lower half, China will face Vietnam and India will face Malaysia. Everyone thinks this grouping is a good one.

In the upper half, South Korea’s only opponent is naturally Taiwan. You know, the provincial team’s lineup is not bad.

They are basically all well-known in LPL. Their coach is also the champion coach of S9, and their support is the world runner-up. Their honors are comparable to Karie.

If you insist, there is still a chance.

If the provincial team can give us some support, how great would it be if we could meet in the finals?

On the 27th, the knockout round begins.

The eight teams will compete in a BO3 format within one day to determine the top four places.

The race was short, but exciting.

The first battle is about to begin, and Xia Sen and his companions have arrived at the lounge in advance to prepare.

Before arriving at the venue, I could see that there were really a lot of people coming to watch the game.

Soon, the first battle began.

In fact, the South Korean team and Saudi Arabia had met once in the semi-finals of the last Asian Games.

It was a natural sweep then, and today's result is no exception.

Just looking at the BP, Xia Sen feels like he is going to fail. All members of T1 were given the strongest heroes of the version. How did they do that?
Xia Sen commented: "This is the difference in strength, but there is nothing we can do about it."

After winning 2:0, Saudi Arabia was eliminated. T1 didn't feel anything and waved goodbye to the audience.

In the second game, Macau played against the provincial team.

The provincial team played in a much more methodical way and it was obvious that they were fully prepared. Their performance against the South Korean team in the semi-finals was indeed a big deal.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, but netizens at home knew that the big one was finally coming.

Everyone crowded into the live broadcast room early in the morning, but seeing that the Tengjing competition was still not being broadcast, and they said that it would only be open until the semi-finals, netizens could only run to the Rat TV station cursing.

"Brothers, cheer for Xia Shen."

"Fuck, Tencent Esports is really serious. They got the broadcasting rights but didn't broadcast it. I'll test them."

"It's acceptable. After all, the games before the finals are all sure wins."

"It was great to fight Vietnam today. Can my brother overcome his inner demons?"

"Haha."

Before going on stage, Xia Sen saw the other team's head coach clearly, who was the legendary jungler of LPL, Sofm.

Bin and On’s old teammate, Xun is also jokingly called Sofm’s spokesperson in China by netizens and is responsible for the operation.

Several people reminisced about the past few days.

Bin said that he wanted to increase the strength of Sofm, and Sofm asked xun: Can you provide support?

on：.
Jack looked at some old faces of the other party, and some bad memories came to his mind.

Okay, today I have to completely get rid of this nickname.
At the live commentary booth, Wang Duoduo and Gu Gu had been preparing for a long time.

"After watching the first three BO3s, we will face the clash between the national team and the Vietnamese team. The opponent should not be underestimated. After several years of development, the Vietnamese division has been getting better and better. In last year's World Championship... Sorry for going off topic."

"But we have to believe in our athletes. They will definitely win today's game."

"The national team chose Peng Lixun as the jungler in the first game. Peng Lixun and mid laner Xia Sen are old partners, so we don't have to worry about their tacit understanding at all."

In the director's camera.

Players from both teams have already sat in the battle seats. In the eyes of domestic audiences, Sofm, the coach behind Vietnam, looks so out of place.

The main thing is that Sofm should sit at the bottom. Is there anyone else in Vietnam who can play besides Sofm?

"Isn't Sofm going to play jungle?"

"He has no coach when he goes to play in the jungle, and Levi is pretty good at playing."

"Yes, Captain Bing has played for JDG before, so his strength is no problem."

"Brother is in danger, three GAM players are selected."

"It's okay, brother looks very relaxed."

Soon we entered the BP phase.

"The Vietnamese team had the priority to choose the side, and they took the initiative to choose the blue side."

"The blue team has the power to ban and pick first, it all depends on how the Vietnamese team thinks."

Sitting in front of a computer.

Xia Sen took a deep breath. After almost two months of settling down, his hands had become slightly warm.

First round of BP.

The Vietnamese team banned Leblanc, Tristana, and Jayce right away, and then grabbed Neeko, obviously after some research.

But it didn't work.

"The Chinese team used the combination of Desert Butcher and Wild Huntress. They wanted to play this classic combination right from the start."

Soon, the lineup was determined.

Blue side (VSC): Master Yi, Monkey King, Neeko, bottom lane Kaisa (Purification) and Titan (Weakened).

Red side (LPL): Crocodile, Nidalee, Quesanti, bottom lane Aphelios (Purification) and Sett (Weakness).

"Fuck, Meiko's Wukong is really daring."

"What BP is Zhu Kai, do you want to make the river fight reappear?"

"And the mid laner Quesanti, is this what we are researching? It looks solid, but I always feel that it would be unstable for Xia Shen to use this kind of hero. Shen still has to be the C."

Both supports chose to weaken because both sides had that kind of strong burst point.

Seeing the prototype of the lineup, Sofm looked very happy in front of the camera.

They got the lineup they wanted, the standard version of T0 double C of Neeko and Kai'Sa, plus the strong opening of Titan and Monkey King, which made the team battles very easy to play and they could advance and retreat.

This is the set of moves they are most proficient in during their usual training.

Neeko and Monkey King radiate to the lower half, so the disadvantage in the upper half doesn’t matter at all.

I was thinking I could at least have a big bite.

But he was a little surprised by the opponent's move to snatch Quesanti from the third floor.

Are you still playing mid laner Kui in 13.12? The opponent's mid laner is playing a bit fancy.

Wang Duoduo: "After the selection of Quesanti, the Chinese team's lineup is really solid. The laning against Neeko is not stressful. In the mid-term teamfight, with the help of Crocodile and Quesanti, Nidalee will be under much less pressure and have a lot of room to perform."

GuGu: "Yes, this time the Chinese team chose a lineup that focuses on the jungle core. Peng Lixun is also very proficient in the hero Nidalee and often uses her in the league."

"The Vietnamese team is under offensive pressure. It depends on whether they can break through from the middle and bottom."

"I think it's still a bit difficult. Xia Sen's mid laner rarely has any problems."

The local audience of the Laoshu TV suddenly found that the barrage was almost occupied by dense Chinese words.

I put it on Google Translate and found that it was basically all "Come on, God Xia!"
No, don’t you have your own live broadcast room?

(End of this chapter)