Chapter 236: Turning Los Angeles into a Library (Part )

Although this round of conversation before the game has made Lee Sang-hyuk crazy about improving his strength.

But if everyone is really like the protagonist in the comics, and can become stronger as long as they have firm beliefs, then there wouldn’t be so many disappointments in e-sports competitions.

You want to win, and others want to win even more, so why should you be the one laughing last?
Especially when SKT is still at a disadvantage.

Because the MSI schedule is very tight, in fact, the semi-finals were held the day after Lee Sang-hyuk and Park Jae-yoon had this conversation.

SKT, vs. G2.

Facts have proven that compared to the East Asian teams that are crazy about their combat power in any industry, the European and American teams are actually closer to the true meaning of the game in some aspects.

They seem to be sincerely pursuing the joy of the game.

The joy of victory counts, and so does the game itself.

When this point is projected onto the team's performance, two results emerge.

One is G2's emerging talent for liveliness.

If the audiences in other regions didn't know much about this European powerhouse when the major regions were playing their own games,

Since MSI, G2 has quickly made their name known around the world with their unparalleled ability to organize events. In some ways, their popularity has even surpassed that of the invincible Fanhua.

After all, compared to the big devil who beats up anyone, the good brother who looks careless and unserious at ordinary times but can show terrifying strength when he is serious,

It often leaves a deeper impression on people.

The second is the tactical reserve which is quite interesting in comparison.

You can always see all kinds of weird heroes and weird strategies in G2's games.

Moreover, unlike the strong teams in East Asia, which use fancy moves because they have truly researched and believe that this style of play has great potential, the European teams may really only use fancy moves for simple and crude reasons such as "it looks good."

Don’t talk about whether it is strong or not, just see if there are any highlights, right?
This kind of frivolous style of play is not competitive against a team with strong hard power like Shang Fanhua.

Just like that animated picture that says “Sir, times have changed”, no matter how much fun you have, I can shoot you down with one shot.

After facing some discomfort and unfamiliarity with the new tactics at the beginning, Fanhua was able to quickly find a response strategy and make corresponding tactical execution, and then used his operational capabilities that were several levels higher to grind G2, who had fallen back to normal rhythm.

This resulted in G2 only being able to gain an early advantage at best even if they tried their best against Fanhua, and then gradually started to lose their way.

Mainly an Ultraman-style team.

However, facing the current SKT, what G2 can perform is completely on a completely different level.

The fledgling Caps and A-P were able to basically complete the task of exchanging subs with the double C of Mapo.

SKT did not have enough tactical reserves and execution capabilities to regain the rhythm.

So much so that those tricks that could only be considered as playing snakes in front of the flowers became truly feasible tactics in front of SKT.

So facing G2's fancy double-teaming, SKT doesn't have any corresponding tactical reserves to deal with it?

Wake up, the coach is busy fighting for power, and you still want tactical reserves?
Anyway, even if the tactics fail, Park Jae-yoon will take the blame.

It was his arbitrary behavior that disrupted the team's training plan and rhythm, which prevented the team from practicing tactics well.

The current SKT coach actually has some of the style of a famous coach.

Don't get me wrong, this "famous coach of the generation" refers to Tyronn Lue.

On one hand, the ball is given to the big brother of the team, and on the other hand, all resources are tilted to the ace of the team. Isn’t it the same tactic?
However, if SKT's coach had one-tenth of Lu's tactical proficiency, this SKT team wouldn't have been defeated 2- by G in the semifinals.

That's right, Lee Sang Hyuk, who just made the bold statement "I will always win",

And so, the very next day, under the watchful eye of an NBA sweep expert, he received the first sweep of his career.

If you look back at this game, the audience will find that most of the time, judging from the situation, SKT even had the advantage.

After looking at the data summary of the three games, SKT is actually leading in both total kills and total economy.

Faker and Deft, who were in a rage, and even IPX, who regarded this game as their last dance, all performed better than usual in this BO5.

Wunder, who was able to suppress Park Jae-yoon's 80 knives in the competition, was chopped into a fool in front of Park Jae-yoon's bloody giant axe in this game.

His performance gave SKT hope of challenging the great devil Fanhua in the finals.

But in the end G2 easily won 3:0.

Because they are more decisive.

The fearless G2 players will immediately start switching lanes to look for opportunities even if they are at a disadvantage in the early stages.

With certain tactical support, they frantically create opportunities to outnumber their opponents, and act decisively and go all in as soon as they see a loophole.

But SKT doesn't have that kind of courage.

The jungler and the support only wanted to protect their big brother, but the big brothers were getting more and more excited, throwing the already simple tactics to the wind.

This cautious mentality has caused them to miss countless opportunities to turn the situation around.

At the last moment of the third game, Lee Sang-hyeok paid tribute to Ye Xiu, one of his idols in LPL.

Tsar, quicksand shift, flash, use the ultimate skill and spin push.

However, with Peak Cap's reaction speed, how could he not react in such a big advantage?

"Are there any chances? Flash push! Push in vain!!!!" The commentary station on the Korean side has always been in this kind of ghostly and howling commentary style. "We saw that although SKT, especially their two young but dazzling carries, had given their all for victory, they still couldn't stop the strongest team in Europe from advancing!"

"They will be the first to get the tickets to the MSI finals!"

"In this game, they really showed a stronger strength than our young SKT!"

Although the commentary desk was very loud, at least it still maintained the demeanor of a competition area.

However, the live broadcast room in South Korea is not so harmonious.

"Shake it! What the hell is that bastard Blank doing?"

"Except for bullying the weakest players in the group during the group stage, has he ever suppressed any jungler from any other team?"

"Gam has such a weak team, but Levi was able to fight him back and forth!"

"Such a rubbish jungler and support should just die! Even that bastard IPX knows to try his best in the finals!"

Amidst the cursing, the topic soon deviated to a strange angle.

"What on earth is SKT's management doing? Don't they have the support of a big conglomerate? Why don't they strengthen the roster? Why don't they demote a useless player like Blank? What are they waiting for?"

"The management is wasting our Sang Hyuk and Hekwi oppa's youth! Professional players only have a few years to bloom!"

“Aaaaaaah! I can’t stand it anymore. I’m going to blast SKT’s management!”

"Let's go together! How about this, we hire a truck or something, write a sign on it and park it in front of SKT, how about that?"

"As long as they don't strengthen their roster, we won't drive the truck away!"

"Okay, okay, let's do it!"

Lee Sang-hyuk, who was still devastated and upset about losing the game, had no idea that the reorganization of SKT had become an irreversible outcome.

……

"Beat BMG! Beat BMG!..."

At this time, everyone in the player tunnel of the Staples Center waiting to go on court could not help but marvel at the uniform shouts that echoed throughout the venue.

"Everyone says that the NBA's home court is terrifying. Today I got to see it for myself." Sun Zheping couldn't help but sigh.

After G2's pleasing 3:0 victory yesterday, the gap seemed to be even bigger in the second day's game.

The match between Fanhua, which won all the games in the second round and ranked first, and C9, which barely ranked fourth in the second round.

Although they performed well against SKT in the group stage, there is indeed a certain gap between the LCS powerhouses and those of other countries.

It’s not that the White Eagle guys are born to be incompatible with MOBA games, but their enthusiasm for training is far from as high as that of the East Asian kings.

Although the European team also has similar problems, it is better than the North American team.

This results in the White Eagle team always giving people a feeling of being lacking a breath.

Moreover, compared with the two galactic battleships of China and Europe, C9's personnel configuration is not as good as expected.

They also have a breakthrough, and it is very obvious.

For example, their black... no, African-American White Eagle assistants.

Another example is their only jungler who has a legitimate background and is also quite "correct" in some aspects.

It has to be said that since the White Eagle Air Force funded the team, the establishment of the C9 team also took some rank factors into consideration.

zzzq's things are always indispensable.

Even the factors considered when building the team are not so pure, so it is conceivable that the combat effectiveness of this C9 is not so terrifying.

Although the quality of their three Cs is indeed beyond doubt, whether it is Impact in the top lane, Bjergsen in the middle lane or Big Brother in the bottom lane, they are all excellent players who have proven their value in another world.

But again, in a competition of the MSI level, this flaw is fatal enough.

Therefore, in the competition stage, they barely made it to the semi-finals, and they hardly won any games against the strong teams, only defeating SKT.

The win was thanks to Zheng Yanyong's buff, which made him jealous when he saw Park Jae-yoon.

It was precisely because of their poor performance that the bad news about them before the game spread across the entire Internet except for the White Eagles.

However, White Eagle himself does not think so.

"This is our land, our home ground! Countless White Eagle elders are looking forward to our performance!"

"Although the White Eagle Country is vast, we have nowhere to retreat. Los Angeles is right behind us!"

Before the game, C9's head coach cheered up the players, and this was roughly what he meant.

I don’t know if this will work for these guys of three skin colors and four nationalities.

In addition, C9 also used some connections to prepare a big gift for Fanhua.

The devil's home court in Los Angeles.

　Here is the first update, there will be more later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)