Chapter 197-Haidilao, the Four Poisons
IG won the game, but the ability displayed by IG made everyone in SKT look solemn.

"Their teamwork has improved a lot compared to last year."

Kkoma said in a deep voice, stroking the non-existent beard on his chin.

He didn't understand why we lost to IG last year.

Fumanduo sent him messages on Kakao Talk every day, and even took photos of the S3 and S5 championship trophies to ask him which one looked better, which was really infuriating.

Last year's defeat was a severe blow to everyone in SKT.

If it weren’t for the version that favors IG too much and Yuan Shen too much.

If it weren't for Yuan Shen's strong personal strength, if it weren't for the terrifying dominance of the heavy-tank version of the top laner, SKT would not have lost at all.

In terms of teamwork, SKT is stronger.

In terms of team chemistry, SKT is stronger.

In terms of tactical depth, SKT is still stronger.

Except for the top lane matchup, SKT is stronger than IG in the other four positions!

But even so, they still lost.

If Yuan Shen had not suddenly emerged, they would definitely have won the S5 World Championship, and it is even possible that they would not lose a single game and win the championship with a perfect record!
Bad luck.

This is a summary of all LCK teams’ losses last year.

SKT is no exception.

But this year is different, this year is no longer a top lane version.

Even if Yuan Shen switched to being a jungler, it would be useless.

This year's version is the mid, jungle and support version. Riot will not favor one position for two consecutive years.

SKT has the world's top mid, jungle and support configuration.

Top laner Lee Ho-sung, mid laner Lee Sang-hyuk, support Lee Jae-wan.

Jungler Jiang Shanjiu, jungler Pei Xingxiong.

ADC Bae Jun-sik.

The current SKT has three Lees, two Baes and one Kang, a perfect lineup.

SKT made a comeback with full confidence.

Kkoma made a guarantee with SKT's top management for this MSI.

However, after IG's first game, they sensed an element of unease.

Compared to last year's IG, the current IG is undoubtedly more collaborative. As for their tactical depth, it can be seen from their endless magical BPs in the LPL.

……

IG got off to a good start with a huge economic advantage and a big score.

The comments were full of joy and cheer, with only a few commenting that Rookie flashed into a wall, and everyone just took it as a joke.

It was as if no one had criticized Jack when he was at a disadvantage in the bottom lane before.

Outputting when the situation is against you is not advisable. Anyone who jumps out to sing a different tune at this time will be treated as a moron.

After the game, Yuan Shen led the IG team to shake hands with their North American brothers.

Although they lost the game, the opponent did not look dejected or sullen. Instead, he smiled and shook hands with everyone in IG.

Seeing the smile on the face of his North American brother, Yuan Shen couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

If this happened in LPL, the person would have been criticized so badly that his mother wouldn't even recognize him. The only thing missing is a live broadcast room full of people refining ashes and holding mourning banners and sticks to criticize him.

He is still smiling after losing the game. He has no shame at all.

The atmosphere in North America is more relaxed. Their level of professionalism is not high, but compared to teams from other regions, they are the ones who truly play games.

"Kakao is doing well in NA. He and I are brothers."

Xmithie held Yuan Shen's hand with a wry smile on his face.

In this game, he was defeated by Yuan Shen.

"Forehead……"

Yuan Shen was a little embarrassed. Since Kakao went to TSM, they would occasionally chat on WeChat, but most of the time they were silent to each other.

After shaking hands, everyone from IG went to the center of the stage and bowed to the audience.

In an instant, the five IG members were engulfed by overwhelming cheers and applause, and they enjoyed the glory of this moment.

The feeling of winning the game will never get boring no matter how many times you do it.

The LPL audience at home was so enthusiastic.

Even though there are still some IG black fans and Korean fans making sarcastic remarks in the live broadcast room, those who can come to the scene are definitely the true fans of IG.

When I went back to pack up my peripherals, the pre-game trash talk suddenly started playing.

The next game is between G2 from the LCS.EU European region and FW Flash Wolves from the LMS region.

Seeing the figure on the screen, Yuan Shen suddenly stopped and watched with interest.

Ah P, he is very familiar with it.

Compared to the optimistic family LGD, G2 is the truly optimistic one.

A P was the biggest contributor to IG's championship in S8 in history.

Today, Ah P is in his prime, and he is at the peak of his career as soon as he debuted. He is the new generation of French king in Europe and the United States.

This person is truly optimistic.

The guy who makes dirty talk before the game, interacts on Twitter, is a genius at photo-editing, is the best at making face slaps, and serves as the backdrop for famous scenes.

Yuan Shen, who was familiar with Ah P's deeds, immediately "detected the factors" when he saw the trash talk footage of Ah P.

"What's your expectation for this tournament? Of course, winning the championship."

Ah P smiled widely, showing his big white teeth.

"Last year, FNC lost to SKT. This year, we will replace FNC to regain the glory that belongs to Europe. SKT? Are you talking about the SKT that didn't win a single world championship last year? The Korean division has declined. Now is the era of Central Europe.

CLG? Sorry, EU＞AN, we are the strongest team in Europe, as for the other teams, I forgot their names, sorry hehe..."

"Our only opponent in this MSI is IG."

"..."

The reaction on the scene was a bit strange.

Suppressing laughter? Confused? Surprised?

There are.

Domestic audiences have never encountered such an optimistic and cool contestant, he is so unique.

Of course, the most common comment is still that sentence.

If it’s not me, who are you sending it to?

A P's words have basically offended all major competition areas in the world.

Stupid LCK, stupid North America, and never mention Flash Wolves and wild cards.

Even the FNC team, which has the most fans in the European region, was used by them to be beaten to death.

You have to know that in terms of the number of fans, the dark horse G2 cannot compare with the powerful FNC at all.

Yuan Shen has reason to believe that if this MSI was not held at China's home stadium, Ah P would be afraid of being beaten to death by the enthusiastic audience and might even step on IG.

Amazing.

Jack is usually very coquettish during live broadcasts, and now it is really like the big coquettish meets the little coquettish, and I admire him very much.

Soon, the match between G2 and F2 began.

A P chose Ryze.

The current Ryze and the S5 version only have their damage weakened and the CD of their skills increased, there is not much difference.

Riot announced plans to rework Ryze as early as last year, but it has remained just a plan until now.

Slow efficiency?
There is no way, too many things in S6 need to be changed.

Too many heroes need to be reworked.

A P came to the middle lane and showed the team icon to the opposite side.

Not G2, but IG.

The LPL audience immediately started to boo.

To be honest, A P is too sexy.

So something big happened in this game.

Karsa, who usually has a good temper, seemed to be pissed off as well, and madly targeted Ryze, killing him three times in the early game, causing Ryze's record to become 0-3.

The Flash Wolves are a team that has always had a good early-game rhythm, but in the mid-game, they made their usual mistakes.

The decision to kill the big dragon was a mistake. For a long time, the Flash Wolves team had a characteristic, which was that they were invincible before 20 minutes.

It doesn’t matter if you are the world champion or not, I had the final say 20 minutes ago!
But after twenty minutes, when the Baron spawned, Flash Wolves seemed to be under a spell and had no idea how to play or how to end the game.

The same is true for this game.

Poor decisions in several mid-game dragon fights allowed G2 to regain some ground.

The style of this game was completely different from the previous one. Both teams played extremely aggressively...

Or in other words, they gave each other too many opportunities.

Both sides had chances to win the game.

Unfortunately, Flash Wolves won the subsequent team fight and ended the game directly.

A P, who made those dirty remarks, suffered his first defeat in MSI.

When Karsa was interviewed after the game, he asked directly: "Do you remember FW's name now? If not, we can meet again in the group stage."

Karsa's words also excited the audience.

Many LPL teams have also turned their attention to the LMS region, which is also part of the same league.

Many LMS players and coaches seem pretty good?
The tragedy of G2 has just begun.

Obviously, the SKT team, angered by G2's trash talk, put in all their effort and taught G2 a lesson, ending the game with a huge score of 23:3.

A-P's Ekko was even ordered by Faker's Ryze.

23分钟的比赛，数据2-6-0和9-0-6形成了鲜明对比，补刀落后41刀，对位经济落后五千还要多。

After suffering disastrous defeats in both games on the first day of MSI, Ah P's expression of distress and confusion immediately became a hot topic on Tieba and was photoshopped into various emoticons.

For example——

Who can stand this? .jpg
I want to go back to my country.jpg
Is IG playing against me wearing another team's uniform? .jpg
After Doublelift, he is still the only European and American player who is so popular in LPL.

After SKT defeated G2, they faced the wild card team SUP.

Needless to say, it was a crushing defeat.

Next, CLG played against FW.

Europe and the United States have always been rivals, and before the game, Ah P started his antics again.

He posted a tearful emoji on Twitter, manually @ed CLG’s official Twitter account, and posted a “0:2”.

Obviously, even G2 can't beat FW, and AP doesn't think CLG, which is even worse than them, can win.

Good brothers from Europe and America, walk together hand in hand.

On the first day, the score was 0-2. This is what Ah P meant.

However, CLG actually won.

Policewoman Stixxay perfectly led the tempo of the entire game, making everyone pay attention to this top policewoman in North America.

The comments on the Rat Channel were instantly flooded with comments.

CLG＞FW＞G2.

NA＞EU.

The screen was filled with human head emojis, and this meme was even pushed into the top three of the Twitter list after IG defeated SUP in the last game of the day.

Because G2 and SUP had the same score on the first day, both were zero to two.

G2 is equal to the wildcard team?

Nothing seems wrong.

The North American audience mocked wildly, and the European region also cursed.

All the trolls in the world are the same. The trolls in Europe are also saying things like "The entire G2 team should go back home", "They owe FNC a championship", and so on.

The first day of MSI is extremely hot!
Audiences in the global LOL community are having a party.

After the game, IG packed up their things and left the stadium through the player-only channel, preparing to find a place to eat.

"We're going to play SKT tomorrow, I wonder what their current level is like."

IG still attaches great importance to SKT.

As early as the beginning of the season, Yuan Shen focused on three LCK teams.

SKT, ROX, SSG.

SKT is the number one enemy ranked first.

However, the relationship between IG and SKT is actually very good, and they often arrange training games.

Of course, it’s Fu Man Duo’s relationship that counts, but both teams also want to know more about their opponents.

“It’s hard to say. I don’t even know whether the strength of the LPL region has increased or decreased this year.”

Rookie spread his hands. Anyway, he felt that there was no mid laner in LPL who could put too much pressure on him.

This is true for Pawn and Wei Shen as well.

Before the start of every world championship, many viewers come out to give their opinions.

In some regions, it’s a fight between gods; in some regions, it’s a fight between noobs.

Some people think that the operational division with fewer mistakes is strong, while others think that the team that is good at fighting is strong. Each has their own reasons.

But in fact, this is just the result of different styles of competition.

After watching the LCK finals, many people felt that the Korean team was too strong and they didn’t know how they would win this year.

But once the World Championship or MSI comes, we will know that the reason why LCK has no flaws is because the pressure they face is not enough to cause problems with their operating rhythm.

Before the fight, no one dared to aim at mastering the strongest playing style in the current version.

The IG team's bus stopped at where they were having dinner.

A Japanese food store.

The team members got off the bus noisily.

"This Japanese restaurant is good. At least the sashimi won't give you diarrhea."

Rookie said.

They come to this store often, and even at such a critical moment in a competition, they would not come to the store to test the drugs.

"Yuan'er, what do you want to eat today?"

Zizhi asked, hugging Yuan Shen’s neck.

"beef noodles?"

"Shit, you're starting over again, aren't you?"

Jack and Xiao Ming, who were familiar with the four poisons in LPL, looked at Yuan Shen in surprise.

"I wanted to say this last time when we ate at Haidilao in the summer finals, but we ate with EDG, so it doesn't matter, hehe." Xiao Ming was smiling.

Everyone in IG naturally knows that a bowl of beef noodles can ruin the world's number one ADC Nami.

At this moment, Fumanduo suddenly picked up his mobile phone, exclaimed "Huh" in surprise, and then started replying to messages.

"what happened?"

Yuan Shen asked.

"It's Coach Kkoma, asking me what delicious food there is in Shanghai."

Yuan Shen was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something and asked in confusion: "What store did you recommend?"

"Hmm...it's the Haidilao we ate at last time. I think it's pretty good."

Haidilao...

Yuan Shen was a little embarrassed.

The inertia of history is really great.

What is supposed to come will eventually come.

Many memes were born in the 2016 MSI.

Among them is Haidilao, which is considered the top of the four poisonous companies in the e-sports circle.

Half an hour later, Yuan Shen watched with interest the video posted by SKT’s official Weibo account of the entire SKT team eating at Haidilao.

Guapi Zhongdan smiled and gave a thumbs up to express his affirmation, and said a lot of things in Korean.

Rookie translated, roughly meaning, "Haidilao is great, the waiters are very considerate, and the atmosphere inside is like being back home. Thank you very much for the recommendation from the IG team. I heard that they had a great performance in the summer finals after eating Haidilao last time. It is indeed delicious. I will come again next time."

"It's bad... We ate at Haidilao, but we went there with EDG!"

Fu Manduo held his forehead with his hand and sighed continuously.

He didn't know how to explain this to Kkoma.

All I can say is that the local Haidilao only helps local teams.

(End of this chapter)