Chapter 235-Main venue, Olympics!

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"Shit!!"

Bjergsen, who is usually gentle, couldn't help but curse, saying that the game was too frustrating.

He had no strength to do anything, so he just watched the people across the street jumping up and down and tearing down their house.

On the scene, the economic gap has widened to eight thousand.

After all the outer towers were lost, the North American team was under great pressure in vision for the Baron.

They had already thought of the scenario for the Chinese team, how the opponent would play next. They would first take the fourth little dragon, then Jayce would bring pressure alone, and they would look for an opportunity to kill the dragon instantly. With the speed of the three heroes, Cassiopeia, Miss Fortune, and Graves, killing the dragon would take ten seconds!
Sure enough, the Chinese team took down the small dragon and started to move on to the big dragon.

The North American team decided to go all out and gank Jayce while the opponent was gaining vision for the Baron.

The tree flashed directly and left Jayce at the three wolves in the lower jungle area with WQ.

Yuan Shen fought and retreated, continuously stacking up layers of Black Cleaver and War Fervor.

Maokai is too fragile in front of Jayce. With the team economic advantage accumulated by Caitlyn's fast push and the personal difference in online last-hitting, Jayce is already almost one major item ahead of the opponent in terms of economy.

Calculate the kill line, suddenly take a breath of Ruined King, turn around and deal all the damage, turn on the super energy load and attack continuously, stand and attack without understanding, and kill the big tree on the spot.

At this time, the rest of the North American team rushed to the battlefield. They had never expected that a tanky frontline player like Treant would be killed by Jayce after just a short delay.
Seeing that Jayce was about to run away, the Dragon King used a long-range ultimate skill, trying to slow him down and hold him back. Yuan Shen flashed decisively, dodged the ultimate skill, and came to the blue buff.

But at this time, he realized that his retreat was indeed blocked by the blind monk.

The Chinese team discovered Zhi Seng's circling from behind in the dragon pit's vision and blocked Jayce's retreat route.

If Jayce continues to retreat, he will undoubtedly run into Lee Sin face to face, with no way to escape.
Just when everyone thought that Jace was doomed, Yuan Shen suddenly came up with an idea and turned and ran towards the Toad.

Switch to hammer form, use the E skill to knock the toad from the jungle to the bottom lane, place a ward, and leap into the sky, all in one go.

The corner of the wall at the blue buff will block your vision.

The blind monk who was following behind saw Jayce suddenly running towards the direction of Toad and hiding in the shadow of his field of vision.

When the blind monk turned his head and was about to collect the kill, he found that the person was gone.

“Where are the people?”

Xmithie looked confused and he sent out several question marks in succession.

Their brains were stuck for a moment, and it took them two seconds to guess how Jace escaped.

It's too late to chase after him now.

Jace had escaped.

This wave of spiritual escape filled the screens of all major live broadcast rooms with 666.

At the same time, the Chinese team took down the big dragon, widening the economic gap to nearly ten thousand and establishing their victory.

With an economic gap of nearly 10,000, plus the lineup's advantage in the mid-to-late game, the Chinese team can only be turned around if they make consecutive serious mistakes and are wiped out by the opponent in three waves.

But the probability of this is almost zero.

Garbage time.

This is a sports term born in the basketball court. It refers to the situation in the NBA game in the United States where the score difference between the two sides is so great that the lagging side has no chance of catching up.

Now is also garbage time in the LOL game.

The five members of the Huaxia team worked together to advance, carrying out the demolition work with great force.

Treant tried to start a team fight, but he had just rushed forward and in less than two seconds, his health bar melted.

Graves, Cassiopeia, Policewoman, and Jayce, with huge economic advantages, the output of these four heroes is explosive, and the hard damage directly kills Maokai.

The game lasted 38 minutes, with the kill ratio of 8 to 1. The Chinese team destroyed the base in one wave and won the second point.

"Let's congratulate the team for winning this China-US match." Miller commented with a smile: "This burst didn't have many kills. It was a pure tactical operation game. It was played beautifully and controlled the rhythm of the game from beginning to end."

"Yes." Ji De nodded and said with a smile: "Jayce in Ruined Black Cleaver, this equipment style is very novel, and the single-line ability is very strong. I feel that the Ryze and Jayce that Yuanshen picked today are likely to be popular in the arena for a while."

"The Edison of e-sports." Miller joked.

There were no setbacks during the handshake session.

Both sides were very friendly, and the eldest brother, who was of Chinese descent, even gave them a warm hug.

After returning to the locker room, the Huaxia team summarized today's game.

No tactics were used in the first game. Only a very conventional lineup was chosen. The team was at a disadvantage in the early stage, but fortunately they managed to stabilize their development in the mid-term. Yuanshen's Ryze turned the situation around with an amazing performance and won a narrow victory.

But in the second game, both sides clearly showed some real stuff.

On one side is the fast attack system of Dragon King + Jhin, and on the other side is the fast push system of Policewoman.

The team had too little time to get used to each other, and the policewoman's fast push was already one of the few tactical routines that Yuan Shen and his team had.

The North American team is the same in this regard, and everyone lacks coordination.

However, Uzi's appearance in this game also activated Xiang Guo. The sudden change in his jungle style had an unexpected effect, which confused Xmithie. As a result, the North American team's tactics were completely failed, and they fell into a disadvantage in the early stage. They were pushed 4-1 by the Chinese team and died in operations.

"Their coaching staff must be collecting Xiang Guo's data now." Abu said: "Next time, when they are prepared, it may not be so smooth.

The representative teams had never played training matches before, and their understanding of each other was limited to their performance in the local league. Their attention was completely on Yuan Shen and Jack, and they didn't care about Xiang Guo, the jungler, at all.

This resulted in the North American team being unable to adapt to the change in opponent style when the combination of Xiang Guo and Uzi came on the court.

Once you have mental preparation and research, the results won’t be so good.

"Don't panic." Xiang Guo said optimistically.

"Haven't we figured out their style?"

Yuan Shen nodded and agreed: "It's normal to study each other. From the perspective of the competition schedule, we have taken advantage..."

Hearing this, everyone laughed.

It is indeed an advantage of the schedule, because there is a major event today.

North American team vs. South Korean team.

In traditional sports, South Korea is just a weakling compared to the two major countries of China and the United States.

But in e-sports, this small country really should not be underestimated. Since the representative teams have never played training matches with each other, the strength of the South Korean team has always been a secret.

In the bullying games in the past few days, the three giants didn't play seriously. They could win by just picking some cool heroes. They crushed the opponent on all three lines. Their true strength couldn't be seen in this situation.

The weight of the North American team is enough to allow the Korean team to show its true strength.

The confrontation between China and the United States was held in today's opening match, while the father-son match between the United States and South Korea was held in today's final match.

During this period, the Chinese team still has to play several games, and the one that Yuan Shen really wants to complain about is the team from Saudi Arabia.

It's okay to have limited edition luxury peripherals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but why do people all wear 24k pure gold rings and gold necklaces when playing games? Yuan Shen and the others can feel the strong aura of the rich even from a distance of more than ten meters.

Through the revelations of journalists, several people on the Chinese team learned that there was a 15-year-old royal member on the Saudi team who ran away from home to pursue his e-sports dream. He lived a hard life and his family only gave him 300,000 yuan in pocket money a month.

If you can't live happily anymore and can't make achievements, you will be caught by your family and inherit the fossil property...

"???"

When hearing the news, all the members of the Chinese team had question mark faces.

In this game, Yuan Shen found that his teammates played very hard, and each of them seemed to be aroused by their hatred of the rich.

Saudi prince's ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel...

The level of the five opponents was only diamond rank at best, and they were beaten very badly. This game could be called a massacre, and even Xiao Ming was a god.

The Huaxia team played a few games against weak opponents, ended today's schedule, and finally came to the highlight of the day.

US-South Korea showdown.

In the first game, the North American team directly used the fast attack system of Dragon King + Jhin, while the Korean team chose a lineup with Tsar and Annie as the core, with very strong team battle capabilities.

Without the jungler being suppressed, the North American team played very well in the early stage, and once led by 4,000 economy. However, after several waves of dragon team battles in the mid-term, the Korean team reversed the situation and won the game with a solid team battle lineup and outstanding performance of the players.

In the second game, the North American team continued to use black technology and brought out the new hero Ivern.

As for the South Korean team, when Tsar was banned, the mid laner chose Clockwork, and the team battle lineup was still the same.

Seeing this, Yuan Shen lost interest in continuing to watch. "They plan to hide their tricks in the group stage and don't plan to show their real stuff at all." Abu speculated thoughtfully: "I feel that in the next group match against us, they will most likely not show their real stuff either, and will only play this set of conventional lineups.

“I’m afraid they will save their real tactics for the knockout stage.”

"Damn it." Xiang Guo muttered: "It's boring, so gloomy!
"In fact, this is the smartest thing to do."

Yuan Shen patted his shoulder and said, "There are too many weak teams in the group stage, and they are not worried about not being able to qualify.

The South Korean team has no obsession with being the first in the group. In their opinion, only the one who laughs last is the real winner.

"Of course, I agree with you."

“It’s really boring.”

Yuan Shen said so.

SKT was also hiding things at the beginning of the previous MSI group stage, but they didn't expect the players to be in such a bad state and almost hid something.

There is nothing wrong with the South Korean team's approach, which is the most stable approach with the highest winning rate.

However, this approach lacks some spirit.

Too utilitarian.

In the end, the US-South Korea showdown ended in a 1:1 draw.

In the current version, Green God is the only jungler who can greatly enhance ADC.

When the opponent was not Uzi, Big Brother became more confident, and with the support of his teammates' four-protect-one system, he successfully carried the overall situation, fought for nearly fifty minutes, and won the second game.

The South Korean team did not reveal any valuable tactics in this BO2. They just let the players perform normally, make good use of the characteristics of their heroes, and play in a conventional manner.

But there is one thing worth noting.

According to Feng Ge's data analysis, the cooperation between the Korean team players is excellent, and the degree of team coordination is the best among the Big Three.

There are three reasons for this situation.

First, the South Korean team was the first to finalize the roster and start running-in, which gives them an advantage in training time.

Second, their coaching staff is highly professional and they know very well how to integrate a team scientifically and efficiently.

Third, even if we are reluctant, we must admit that LCK players have strong execution capabilities when it comes to following orders.

Once it is determined who will be the commander of the team, no matter what the rest of the people think, they must obey the coach in action. Otherwise, they will be scolded, beaten, slapped, and hit on the buttocks with a water bottle... Even someone as high-ranking as Faker must obey the team's arrangements, just like in an army, subordinates must obey their superiors.

In this regard, neither North America nor China is good enough...or rather, we are more humane.

Unless one's status is extremely high, the command of an LPL team is decided by discussing with each other.

It is hard to say which of these two management methods is better.
The Korean team's approach may result in high team execution, but if the person in charge makes a wrong decision, others have to keep their own ideas to themselves and carry them out, which is a bit like a dictatorship.

Yuan Shen prefers LPL-style management.

At least, in this environment, the atmosphere for playing games will be happier and more comfortable, and the atmosphere for getting along with teammates will also be better.

In the next few days of competition, the Big Three continued to dominate the battlefield.

Apart from a few strong European national teams that once caused trouble for the Big Three, the other teams were all weak teams and inexperienced ones that could not even reach the LSPL level.

"It's a pity that I didn't get to see the European All-Stars." Yuan Shen felt quite regretful.

There is no way. In this competition based on countries, the European region is in an awkward position. The nationalities of their players are too diverse and they come from all over Europe. They can't pull out an EU team, right?

I can only say that I am grateful to our ancestor Qin Shi Huang and the generations of predecessors who have fought for the concept of "great unification"...

In desperation, Europe's star players could only split up, and some even gave up directly, concentrating on the summer games and were too lazy to participate in the Olympics.

In this situation, as the days passed, the situation of qualifying for the group stage became clearer.

Every day's competition has exciting materials or bronze sand sculpture materials, which emerge in an endless stream.

Although teams from many countries were eventually eliminated, they put in some very exciting and imaginative performances, leaving a deep impression on players around the world.

The China-South Korea showdown was held on the last day of the group stage.

Just as predicted, the opponent didn't care about the title of first in the group at all and still put out a standard team battle lineup.

Not interesting.

The topic of picking up corpses in bars is a popular one in society, but the truly experienced veterans disdain it.

Because a drunk girl will be as motionless as a doll, she won't even make a sound, and she will smell of alcohol. She may even vomit. In addition, a drunk person's body will be very heavy, and it will be difficult to even hold him or her and pose him or her.

In short, it's totally boring. I might as well turn on the computer and start League of Legends to shoot planes.

Or play Genshin Impact.

The Korean team's concealment of their skills is almost as boring as a drunk girl.

Therefore, the Chinese team did not use any tactics. After winning the first game, they let the players choose the heroes they liked and the outcome depended on luck.

In the end, the game also ended with a score of 1:1.

The list of top eight is released.

First in the group, the Chinese team.

Second in the group, South Korea.

Third in the group, the North American team.

The competition system is very similar to the S competition, and the groups are also determined by drawing lots.

Everyone is watching to see how the Big Three will be grouped.

Yuan Shen from the Huaxia team went up to draw lots, and he lived up to everyone's expectations by drawing the best lot.

North America and South Korea were divided into one half of the zone, while the Chinese team was in a separate half of the zone.

When people saw the result of the draw, the comments in the live broadcast room of the draw ceremony were filled with three words in a row.

comfortable.

This draw means that before the final, the Chinese team will not encounter the other two strong teams at all, and can just sit back and watch the fight.

After the quarterfinals began, the popularity of the competition instantly rose several levels, and the number of viewers increased.

Ironically, many other Olympic events combined are not as popular as the e-sports exhibition games.

This made the Olympic Committee, which was following the progress of each project in real time, marvel.

Today's Olympics are becoming less and less like they used to be. Hosting a successful Olympics not only does not make money, it even faces huge losses. Therefore, many countries and cities are unwilling to host it.

Once upon a time, bidding for the Olympic Games was an honor and a proof of expanding international influence.

It is said that only Paris and Los Angeles are willing to bid for the 2024 Olympics, which is very disappointing.

Therefore, the Olympic Committee made a very "smart" decision. It gave the 2024 hosting rights to Paris, and then directly gave the 2028 hosting rights to Los Angeles.

This is the first time in history that the International Olympic Committee has announced the host cities for two consecutive Olympic Games.

why?
Because they are afraid that when the next Olympic Games is applied for in 2028, no country or city will be willing to apply.

"Sir, times have changed."

A planner from the Olympic Committee said to the executive director: "We must recognize the influence of emerging industries. Only in this way can we gain benefits from emerging industries and maintain the vitality of the Olympics! This exhibition match has attracted too much attention. I suggest that the final be moved to the main venue!"

As it was an exhibition match, previous e-sports competitions had always been held at the secondary venue.

The venue facilities are very simple, and the players' rooms don't even have air conditioning. Uzi was almost turned into a hot dog these few days, and he lost several pounds just from sweating.

Despite being so simple, the venue for the e-sports competition was packed. Compared to many venues where not even one-third of the seats were filled, this popularity was truly enviable.

These popularity means traffic, which means money!
It would be such a waste if we don't take good care of it.

The Olympics is not as grand as some people imagine. It also has to make money and earn a living.

In the end, the executive head of the IOC was persuaded and decided to move the final to the main venue of the Olympics.

That is...

Maracanã Stadium.

(End of this chapter)