Orphan Road King [Esports]

"I played S in the last year, and I also lost in the semifinals." Staring at the floodlit projection screen in the small black room, Wu Quan suddenly said, "At that time, I played five rounds, and when I reached the fifth round, I'm basically in a state of blank mind."

You Song listened quietly and didn't speak, but he remembered the match Wu Quan was talking about.

Before he came to Shanghai to enter the CNG youth training, he watched this series at least five times.

This is also an extremely famous Bo5 in the history of the League of Legends Global Finals. Five rounds were played, and each round was played for more than 35 minutes. To a certain extent, there are even a few years of finals without losing.

Wu Quan's reputation was also completely raised in that year, and he became a business card for the LPL top laner to go to the world, a representative of growing old and strong.

In addition, he chose to retire not long after finishing that Bo5, which simply added another layer of story color to this series, making it even more interesting to talk about.

It can be said that in the eyes of most people who have watched this Bo5, it is a classic moment and a highlight symbol of Wu Quan's career.

You Song is no exception.

But now when Wu Quan took the initiative to mention it, and there was still regret in his tone, he suddenly realized that it didn't seem to be the case.

"After losing the fifth game, I didn't fall asleep all night." Wu Quan's voice seemed a little ethereal in the playback of the game video tonight, "It's very strange. When I played, my mind went blank. Instinct is operating, after the game is over, I can’t get rid of it, and I can replay various scenes at that time in my mind all night.”

"I'm afraid I have been thinking for three whole days. If I hadn't done this in one wave at that time, the trend of the game would have been different."

"It's really useless to think so, but if you lose the game, you just can't control it."

You Song opened his mouth, trying to say something, but he couldn't utter a single syllable.

"After watching the finals and returning to China that year, the doctor told me that my wrist was really going to be disabled, so I told the team to retire." Wu Quan said again, "Many people thought it was right for me to retire bravely. Several players in the same period as me are basically 'lost in the late season', only I retired with the sign of top laner in the top four of the S tournament."

"But in fact, as long as my hands can support the intensity of the game, I will not retire like this."

"I know that my best result should be the semi-finals of the S competition. If I persist, I will not be able to enter the finals, but I really want to continue."

"I retired just because I couldn't help it."

You Song didn't know what to say when he heard this.

He probably guessed what Wu Quan wanted to say to him, but it was precisely because he guessed that he was speechless.

The next moment, Wu Quan really turned his head to look at him, and said, "I understand the pain of losing the game. With a good reputation and brand, but not getting the results I want, I also understand the gap."

You Song nodded: "Yeah."

Wu Quan: "But you are still young, this is only the first year, and the chance of playing back next season is still very high."

Competitive sports are cruel, and there are people who regret it every year. As a player, all you can do is start over again and again.

Therefore, young people always have more possibilities than others.

Wu Quan was indeed trying to persuade You Song, but it wasn't to make him think about it, or to make him ignore it.

How could you think about it?How could you not care?impossible.

The only way is to remember this feeling, and then cheer up and fight again.

……

The resumption is scheduled for the afternoon of the next day.

The CNG players who had a rest all night seemed more energetic than last night, and all of them arrived on time.

And be prepared to be criticized by Zhou Yuefei for at least three hours.

To everyone's surprise, Zhou Yuefei actually asked with a pleasant face before the official resumption: "Have you slowed down?"

This question made everyone look at each other in blank dismay for a while, but they were reluctant to answer, and finally they all nodded together vaguely.

Zhou Yuefei: "Just slow down."

A group of people felt like they were facing a big enemy, and they always felt that his sentence might be followed by the sentence "Then I will scold as much as I want", and they became more nervous for a while.

After holding his breath for about five seconds, Zhou Yuefei finally spoke again and said, "I took over CNG with only one goal, which is to win the championship."

You Song: "..." Sorry, stop scolding.

Just when everyone lowered their eyes subconsciously because of his words, he continued: "But in my plan, you can make it to the playoffs this year, and you have the hope of winning the championship next year."

The voice fell, and the audience froze.

He continued without changing his face: "So you guys actually surprised me by reaching the semi-finals in the summer split."

Everyone in the room was shocked.

So far in the summer split, every time Zhou Yuefei gave them a post-match review, he was quite strict.

In fact, he doesn't swear very much, and is better at killing people with his invisible eyes.The last time they played against JS, they lost a game, and he looked as if he wanted to poke a few holes in each of them with his eyes.

When they won both games, they rarely received praise from Zhou Yuefei, at most they said that today was not bad.

So at this moment, when Zhou Yuefei said that they gave him a surprise, how could everyone not be shocked?

Even You Song, who usually had the most contact with Zhou Yuefei, was stunned, his eyes widened, with an expression of not being able to believe what he had heard.

Seeing them like this, Zhou Yuefei actually laughed and said, "Okay, I've said all I need to say, and it's time to replay. After the replay, let's watch UOG play SVG together. Only when they have a result in this match can we prepare in a targeted manner." Quarterfinals."

"And the result of this game is related to whether we have a bubbling match." Wu Quan added, "Our fate is in the hands of UOG and SVG."

"Yes." Zhou Yuefei expanded on this topic, "We don't have points in the spring, and we get 70 points for a win in the third place game, and 40 points for a loss. If UOG goes all the way to the top and beats SVG in the semifinals, then SVG will play against us in the third place game. , No matter what the result is, they will at least have a bubbling match to play, because they are the third place in the spring and have 50 points."

This You Song really didn't count.

After the start of the playoffs, apart from training, he was replaying games every day, and the two Bo5 games were so close together, all he could think about was how to win the game as much as possible, and how could he have time to count points.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, Zhou Yuefei has already counted it to them.

"To put it more simply, ZXG, who defeated us, had no points in the spring, but they entered the finals with a guaranteed 90 points; the results of SVG and UOG have not yet come out, and the two teams have a guaranteed 90 points and a guaranteed 70 points; In addition to the semi-finals, there is also the QSD of Chunguan, which is also 90 points; the LU of Chunya, which is 70 in spring and 20 in summer, is also 90 points."

"That is to say, there are already four teams with higher points than us, namely ZXG, SVG, LU and QSD."

"The summer crown goes straight to the S game, and the spring and summer total points are the second recommended, and the remaining three teams with the highest points go to the bubbling match."

"According to this rule, our only way is for SVG to kill UOG and let UOG play against us in the third place match, and then we win the third place match, with a tie of 70 points, and play the bubbling match based on the relationship between victory and defeat."

He listed the guaranteed points of his competitors, and used the simplest and clearest way to describe the situation that CNG faced that was out of his control.

After speaking, everyone understood, but they were also speechless.

After a long time, Shang Zhou sighed and said, "Oh, if I had played better yesterday and made it to the finals, this would not have happened."

He did not play well yesterday, especially the third game, so he was the one who blamed himself the most after the game last night.

This was the case last night, but today he heard the bad news that he might not be able to play the bubbling match. As the captain, he was naturally even more ashamed.

"Don't do that." You Song persuaded him, "The five of us played together, let alone finished it."

"Yes, it's all over, there's no need." Wu Quan also said, "Let's replay the game first, and leave the rest to God."

I don't know if it's because they have to wait for God to decide their fate, but today's replay time flies so fast.

Obviously every game has been passed through very carefully, and everyone has heard a bunch of mistakes they made, but there is still the illusion that it is over in the blink of an eye.

At 10:[-] p.m., [-] minutes before the semi-final that will determine their fate, the replay is over.

Everyone left the small black room one after another, ready to watch the game in another place.

Usually, if everyone wants to watch the game together, it is indispensable to order various takeaways, barbecue hot pot milk tea, and nothing less.

But today no one thinks of it at all.

A group of people just sat on the sofa on the first floor, watching the game in silence.

As a result, the entire first floor was filled with a tense atmosphere, and later even members of the operation team came to join.

You Song received a message from Jin You in the middle of the first game.

Jin You said that the group was engaged in Lianmai Watching Competition again, and asked him if he would come.

In view of the fact that his atmosphere was extremely stagnant, and the commentary was not in place in many details, You Song hesitated for a while, and agreed to join the Lianmai army.

Then, as soon as they went in, Jin You was sighing: "If Lao Xue loses, will Praise's team not be eligible for the bubbling match?"

Others don't seem to understand, can't explain clearly, is that so?

"Let me check it later."

"We've reached the second game of the semi-finals, and someone should have already started to forget it."

"I seem to have seen some e-sports self-media made a summary last night. I'll look it up."

You Song: "There's no need to read it, it's just what Veteran said."

Everyone was startled when they heard his voice.

"I rely on Praise, when did you come!"

"Praise is here?!"

You Song: "Just came in."

After realizing that he had finished speaking, the Lianmai channel fell into a brief silence, and he quickly added: "I happened to be watching the game, Veteran asked me if I would come, so I came, we are too nervous, everyone If you don’t talk, you can talk more to ease our emotions.”

"It's okay, we will help you pray together."

"Yes, and I think Lao Xue is in a good state today, and SVG has a better chance of making it to the final."

"Stop milking me. What if Old Xue dies? I think the first old Tang is also in good condition. Just now, he hit three times and ran away!"

Old Tang is UOG's mid laner Real, whose full name is Tang Jiashi, and he is also in their group.

Of course, at this moment, others are on the field like Xue Yanchao, friends for many years, fighting for victory in the first round.

You Song is not very familiar with Tang Jiashi, but he is very familiar with Xue Yanchao, so he is even more careless when speaking.

Now listening to a bunch of people talking about poisonous milk and not poisonous milk, he said casually: "It's okay, the really strong team is not afraid of poisonous milk, if he loses it must be his own problem."

This is the truth, and it is also what he said when he chatted with Xue Yanchao himself half an hour ago.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a familiar voice came from his earphones.

"Fuck, You Song, you are yin and yang! I heard it!"

It's Xu Jiyang.

You Song: "???" Why did you appear here!

"Hey, I'm driving the public mic." LU's mid-ranger Zhang An Qi whispered.

You Song: "...But I really don't mean Yin Yang."

"And he said it himself, if I really blamed me for breastfeeding LU for losing the game, then he is too stupid."

"Wow, then he is an idiot performing live." Zhang Anqi was probably slapping the table and laughing wildly, "Not bad."

The other people who connected with Mai also laughed.

"Laugh at me, Bastard is no match at all."

"Praise is so annoying hahahahahaha."