Chapter 33: Old Grudges! (Additional Update)

  As expected, EDC successfully turned the tide and steadily took down the second game!

  Moreover, due to the loss in the second game, the morale of the W1 team members seemed to have suffered a significant blow. Although they took an economic advantage of over 2,000 within 10 minutes of the start of the third game's blind pick mode, they ultimately failed to avoid being overturned by EDC!

  EDC team successfully secured the spring season final ticket!

  Don't look at this team as a newcomer to the LPL league, but this team has domestic top-notch standards in every position, especially in the jungle and bottom lane combination, their personnel configuration is so luxurious that countless teams are envious!

  Wild factory long is naturally not to be said, even if last year's S3 season performance was not so satisfactory, but in the domestic wild player scarce environment, he is still the deserved national service first wild!

  ADC NaMe, the first core of the former PE war team, is also called by Fist official as the most valuable ADC player in the entire S3 season. In simple terms, it is officially recognized as the world's number one ADC. Although this title is not seen much by domestic players, at least it can prove NaMe's strength to some extent!

  As for the auxiliary player Volcano, even if we don't mention his famous Hero Machine, his auxiliary strength is absolutely the best in the entire national server at present. At least he can be ranked among the top three of LPL, or even the top two!

  Such a dream combination team, how can it be not strong?

  In comparison, although W1 has a veteran player like Smiley Strawberry, their mid laner, jungler and support are all rookies who have just entered the professional league for the first time. Their performance is unstable, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and they can't be compared with EDC's all-star lineup at all.

  Especially in the mid laner position, although EDC's mid laner U is also entering the LPL league for the first time, his performance in the spring season is far beyond that of W1's mid laner XueXue. In terms of team awareness and contribution, U is far superior to XueXue!

  If he didn't have enough confidence, how dare he post on Weibo before the game saying "I'm going to beat W1 10-0?"

  Even in terms of individual strength, U completely exploded the opponent in the most critical blind selection game, using the same hero Cinderella. Whether it's in terms of skill release accuracy or contribution to team battles, Xue Xue was completely exploded!

  Let's take the wave at 14 minutes as an example. W1's jungler Mantis was caught by the enemy support and mid laner, but Snow's QE surprisingly missed, only to be countered by U's QE which successfully stunned three people. The female tank then landed a big move that instantly killed Mantis who tried to get close to output, resulting in a successful 2v3 team fight that left everyone in disbelief!

  And because of this wave of mistakes, W1 paid a terrible price for it. Not only did it lead to the two people being grabbed and killed on the road, but also directly lost the little dragon, allowing the economy that was already in the lead to be overtaken by EDC, laying the foundation for a comeback!

  At the end of the game, EDC's Cinderella stats were 3/0/3, while his opponent's Cinderella was 0/2/0. Throughout the match, he didn't even get a single assist, and apart from having slightly more minion kills, his team contribution was almost zero, it's really unbearable to watch!

  Don't look at the S4 season starting from this mid-lane position, but it's still the most critical part of the entire team! Once our mid laner is not as good as the opponent, the pressure and negative impact on the entire situation are also the greatest, making it extremely easy for the entire team to collapse!

  The great king FAKER's team, SKT, is the best example. Why could SKT win S3 World Championship, All-Star Game and two consecutive OGN Champions (Korean domestic league) twice? It's all because of the great king's dominance in the mid lane, which was unprecedented and unmatched even at his peak, no other team's mid laner could rival him!

  Although the current meta is no longer dominated by mid laners, the mid lane remains the most important role on the entire map. The mid laner is still the leader of the team and as long as they don't collapse, there's still hope for a comeback!

  This is also the main reason why Chen Cheng wants to fight in the middle of the road, first of all, he is not a person who is willing to be inferior to others in terms of personality!

  "It's said that W1 team's forum has been turned upside down, many fans of W1 are blaming XueXue, and even started a petition with 10,000 signatures asking the club to replace the mid laner. It seems like XueXue is really going to become a substitute for Korean players! Pi Ye held an IPAD in his hand, observing the reactions of various forums towards this match."

  As a fellow professional, who can't help but feel a chill in their heart when seeing such things!

  "I had guessed it a long time ago, let alone this pot is Snow's, even if he performed well, he wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being frozen by Snow!" Taobao Fist is not loud but when it strikes, it's shocking. "What kind of people are W1's management team and brainless fans, don't you know?"

  Unexpectedly, Taobao Fist's out-of-bounds remarks did not trigger everyone's disgust, but instead were tacitly accepted by all.

  "It's true, if the top beam is not straight, the bottom one will be crooked. I'm just angry that it wasn't us who sent them back to their hometown. Don't give me a chance and I'll make them pay for what they did!" Little Star was even more straightforward.

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  It wasn't until the match was over and everyone had dispersed that Chen Cheng finally managed to grab a chance to be alone with Xiao Xingxing: "Xiao Xing, what's going on between our team and W1? You guys seem to really dislike them."

  "You don't know?" Little Star was very surprised.

  "Should I know?" Chen Cheng was a bit confused.

  "I thought you would know, it's not a very deep grudge, but the reason is that W1 team was very shameless and performed a 1-0 on us in a match, which made our team lose the qualification for the playoffs." Little Star recalled. "That match took place a week before the end of the regular season, at that time our team's matches had all been played, we were tied with IC, the old strong team, with 16 points and ranked fourth, according to the competition system at that time, because our win-loss relationship with IC was the same, four games each won two games, if the score is the same, then an additional game must be played to determine the qualification for the playoffs - but at that time IC still had a game that had not been played, which was against W1's BO2, in that match, W1, who was in high spirits, crushed IC team with a big score in the first game, and ended the game in less than 35 minutes, making it impossible for IC to fight back. Seeing such a scene, everyone thought that as long as W1 played normally in the second game, IC's final score would be tied with us, also 16 points..."

  "What was that?" Chen Cheng's eyelid twitched as he suddenly remembered something.

  "That's right, it was that one game. As a result of the second game, W1 surprisingly brought out a weird lineup with Death Song in the jungle and Captain on top lane, handing over the victory to IC team. In the end, both teams tied 1-1!" Xiao Xingxing gritted his teeth. "At that time, W1 was already stably sitting on the third place in the standings, even if they lost all their subsequent matches, it wouldn't have had any impact. But what's infuriating is that because of that one game where they brought out a weird lineup to entertain fans and attract attention, IC managed to take down 1 point from the jaws of defeat, successfully surpassing us with 17 points, squeezing our team out of the top four, and ultimately we were eliminated from the playoffs!"

  "If that wasn't W1 intentionally acting, it's likely that we LCD team would be standing on the final stage today!" Xiaoxing said with increasing indignation: "You say such a team, how can we possibly have good feelings towards them?"

  "So that's how it is." Chen Cheng suddenly understood. To be honest, he had watched the live broadcast of that match at the time, but because he hadn't thought about going pro at all back then, plus the commentator was praising W1 for daring to try out a new lineup and adding a beautiful landscape to the league, so he didn't connect the dots that the game would have such a severe impact on LCD.

  Come to think of it, when can't we try a new lineup? Why do we have to use this weird lineup in the final round of the regular season, which determines the fate of both teams?

  Since they've put out this lineup, they basically didn't think about winning at all!

  It's been said that W1 and IC are two strong teams that have come a long way since the S2 season, and it seems that the private relationships between the two clubs and their players are indeed very good!

  But even if you have a good private relationship, can't you still not ignore the principle of fair competition and throw the game?

  No wonder LCD team members expressed joy and pleasure when W1 was eliminated by EDC2 1-0 in the semifinals, it turns out there is such a hidden story!

  No wonder LCD team members expressed joy and pleasure when W1 was eliminated by EDC2 1-0 in the semifinals, it turns out there is such a hidden situation!

  "It seems that from now on, I need to understand the grievances and conflicts between various teams. I'm still too inexperienced in this line of work!" Chen Cheng thought to himself.

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