Chapter 32: Domestic Anti-Korean Sentiment

  The match finally went on for 37 minutes, and W1 took down the first game with a big score of 15 to 4!

  Can't help but say that a well-developed star mom in team fights is really disgusting, with her infinite milk and infinite Q skills AOE causing tons of damage. The early EDC team fight was already not going well, and even if this war team's ability to drag the late game is super strong, under the economic difference of over 10,000, it's hard to escape the fate of being pushed back to base!

  The first game ended with W1's complete victory!

  Just as the game was entering a brief commercial break, a figure burst through the door and appeared in the conference room.

  "Chen Cheng? You've finally arrived!" The moment she saw the person, Bai Yue's eyes lit up and she jumped out of her chair, almost rushing to Chen Cheng's side. "How come you're only here now? Do you know how many training matches I've arranged recently, all for your sake? I've been waiting for so many days, I thought you'd changed your mind!"

  White Moon's eyes lit up with excitement, as if she had just seen a lifesaver.

  "Since I promised, I will definitely come." Chen Cheng carried a large box with several sets of spare clothes inside. After careful consideration for several days, he had already made up his mind to embark on this e-sports path.

  "Great, great! You kept your promise, I didn't misjudge you!" The white crescent moon's whole face was beaming with a smile. "Taobao Fist, come over here, isn't there still an empty bed in your room? Quickly help Chen Cheng move his luggage over, Chen Cheng sit down and watch the match with us!"

  "What?!" Taobao Fist was shocked, this coach's bias is too heavy! He's so enthusiastic about that kid, and he even asked him to help with his luggage, who does he think he is?!

  So, Taobao Fist didn't dare to disobey the coach in front of so many people, and could only reluctantly pick up Chen Cheng's large trunk and storm out!

  "Never mind him, let's watch the game!" The white crescent moon pointed to the big screen and said. "Today is the quarterfinals of the playoffs, W1 vs EDC, the format is BO3 knockout match, both teams have finished the first round, W1 took the lead, you came just in time, next round W1 won't be so easy!"

  "Did EDC lose the first game?" As soon as he heard this, Chen Cheng's expression changed to one of incredulity. He had watched all four games between W1 and EDC in the regular season, and in his opinion, EDC was far stronger than W1, even capable of rivaling domestic powerhouse ONG, but he never expected them to lose the first game.

  "Yes, they didn't lose because of their strength, but because of the BAN selection. After the match is over, I'll tell you in detail about the first game!" It's not hard to see from White Moon's tone how much he values this new player beside him.

  This made the other LCD team members sitting in the back row frown, especially the veteran Pi Ye's heart was somewhat dissatisfied. Isn't this favoritism? When has the coach ever been so enthusiastic and considerate towards them?

  As the captain of the team, Hidaka Ayame is relatively broad-minded, but Hakuren's overemphasis on Chen Cheng has inevitably planted a thorn in his heart!

  "Alright, welcome back, this is the 2014 LPL Spring Season playoffs quarterfinals, currently underway is the second match between EDC and W1. The two teams are competing for a spot in tomorrow's finals...". The big screen flickers, and three formally dressed commentators appear before everyone's eyes. "In the just-concluded first match, W1 took a commanding lead with a large margin of victory, currently leading 1-0 against EDC, holding the match point..."

  In the midst of the commentators' endless chatter, the game screen reappeared, and the second match finally began!

  Compared with the previous game, this round W1 was divided into blue side, and EDC came to purple side!

  "It goes without saying, this EDC will definitely BAN Soraka!" White Crescent prophesied.

  As expected, EDC's first BAN went directly to the currently almost unbeatable Korean top laner, they learned from their lesson in the first game!

  After several minutes of BAN picks, the final lineup for both sides was confirmed as:

  Top lane: Master Yi, Jungle: Lee Sin, Mid lane: Yasuo, AD carry: Vayne, Support: Nami!

  EDC: Top lane Garen + Jungle Sejuani + Mid lane Syndra + AD Ezreal + Support Nami!

  "EDC has finally learned their lesson, this lineup is much more scientific, the front row is strong enough, the mid laner is versatile, and the jungler is explosive. And they even have a strong opener with an assist! This lineup is at least one tier stronger than the previous one!" White Moon commented on both lineups. "On the other hand, W1 seems to be blinded by their victory in the last game? They actually picked an all-AD carry lineup and even took a Varus without mobility in the bot lane. I don't think anyone has used this hero in the spring season so far, is he that confident?"

  "They're just taking a big gamble, as long as the blind monk can set the pace in the early stages, this lineup is still quite good to play with!" Hanae was also thinking about this BAN pick. "Blind Monk playing well can indeed bring up the rhythm of a game, but do you think the captain is an idiot? I guess their jungler got confident from using widowmaker last game, what do you think, Chen Cheng?"

  Unconsciously, Hifumi threw the topic to Chen Cheng's hands, and he was very willing to listen to what this coach had to say about the popular player.

  "It's hard to say, apart from W1 indeed lacking AP output and a strong top laner, just looking at the lineup doesn't reveal any obvious advantages or disadvantages, can only say that EDC's lineup is more secure." Chen Cheng did not make any rash judgments.

  "Not bad, after all, Yasuo and Jax are also quite terrifying once they get going. It's still got to be seen how both sides perform, if you can already tell who wins just by looking at the picks then what's the point of even playing?" Little Star chose to stand on Chen Cheng's side.

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  Under the mixture of small stars, Piyota can only temporarily let Chen Cheng win a horse because the game has already started!

  Compared to the normal laning phase in the previous game, this time the purple team EDC actively chose to swap lanes, swapping Obama and female tank to top lane to target Jax. The reason for this move was not only because they were destroyed in the previous laning phase and became the breakthrough point for the opponent's victory, but also because they had chosen Jax!

  Any player who has played League of Legends knows that a well-developed Master Yi is incredibly powerful in team battles and one-on-one combat, with Three Talents and Wuqu's defeat, this hero can almost single-handedly blow up all other heroes!

  They must suppress his development as much as possible!

  Both sides were in a balanced opening with BUFF exchange, and there was no conflict until 3 minutes into the game!

  Until the game came to 3 minutes and 30 seconds, EDC's jungler Spider and top laner Giant suddenly went around mid lane to grab a wave of Yasuo who was overextending, successfully forcing out his Flash!

  Compared to this, W1's jungler has always had a somewhat dreamy feeling, always lagging behind the captain, and even after 8 minutes into the game, he still hadn't managed to initiate an effective gank, not even forcing out a single flash from the opponent!

  The captain is still the captain, W1's jungler Ruo has impressive performances in normal matches, but when it comes to this kind of lane swap situation, how to gank and prevent ganks, the captain is obviously better than him by more than one level!

  At 8 minutes and 30 seconds into the match, Syndra from the purple side landed an ultimate QE, successfully knocking out Yasuo on the opposite side. Then, both Gangplank and Twisted Fate appeared from the bushes at the same time, continuing with a combo, coordinating with Syndra's ultimate to successfully take him down and secure First Blood!

  It's worth mentioning that Yasuo's Flash cooldown was only 3 seconds away, and his EDC control over this timing is simply perfect!

  The second half of EDC has started to take off, and the captain truly showed off his strength as LPL's first jungler!

  Under the strong rhythm led by the factory director, EDC reversed the passive beating in the previous game, set up ambushes everywhere, and opened up all lines, almost every line had a significant advantage, W1 could only be led by the nose and had no power to fight back!

  The match lasted 18 minutes, with a team economy ratio of 26.3K/31.4K, EDC led W1 by five thousand in gold, and the mid laner alone was ahead by nearly two thousand, almost having an extra major item!

  "This W1 mainly lost in the mid lane position, although W1's mid laner has good talent, but his awareness is still not enough, compared to Palm Master back then, it's still a lot worse." White Crescent suddenly became sentimental, when he was a professional player, he had fought against Palm Master before, and they were old acquaintances.

  Chen Chen deeply agrees: "Mainly because their styles are too different, the team leader is good at roaming support heroes, often using cards like Sylas, but W1's new mid laner is strongest in laning ability, and likes to use heroes with strong laning abilities. Just now he was caught by the factory director because he pushed too far, not knowing that XinDra deliberately let him push."

  Ge Dapao is right, this new mid laner who replaced the original one is indeed a bit of a drag, no wonder he has been persuading Chen Cheng to replace him!

  "That's well said, what's the use of just having strong laning abilities? Since they chose this assassin-type hero, but still rely on laning so much, in a whole match you can hardly see any roaming and supporting. It has to be said that this player really lacks team awareness. I heard that W1 management has already negotiated with two high-ranking Korean players, one of whom is going to replace this mid laner?" As an esports person, Bai Yue's news was naturally very well-informed.

  "It's not just W1, teams like Kingzone and IG have also brought in Korean players for the summer season. Now many players are complaining online that LPL is going to become a Korean professional league. We haven't even played against Korean teams yet, but we already need to start resisting them domestically!" Little Star said dejectedly.

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  PS: I saw some friends complaining in the review section that the main character didn't appear for two chapters, and Kitty has deeply reflected on this. However, I still want to explain here that writing about this match was absolutely not done for the sake of padding, but rather as a setup for the next chapter. Everyone should understand after reading it~~~~~~ To be honest, Kitty is also very reluctant to write about real matches that have already happened, because everyone has seen them before, and if Kitty wants to write about them, she would have to go back and re-watch the match again, and can't just write whatever comes to mind. So, what you read might seem a bit dull. Hereby declaring that future chapters will not detailly describe other matches, at most just a brief mention, once again thank you all friends for your recommendation votes and reward support, thanks~