Although NW won the first game like chopping melons and vegetables, most of the spectators in the audience knew one thing:

NW is a team that was born with no shortage of terriers.

At a time when the team was still called the "Dragon Gate", it and its players were an important source of "funny material" for major video producers at the time, and it also frequently appeared as a backdrop for major classic battles, and after it was reorganized and acquired by more professional clubs, the frequency of these famous scenes has not decreased.

Jokes such as "I fought with Hellfire", "Three seconds of the Holy Sword" and "30,000 enemies fell in one second" are too old jokes to be mentioned for the time being, but the two seasons have undergone a complete bloodbath, and the reconstituted NW has not escaped this curse.

Among the stalks that this new NW is pasted behind, the most famous are the two corporate culture phenomena of "Roshan Group" and "NW BO3".

The former probably means that the NW team often fights around Roshan Hang that ordinary people can't understand, and these team fights are often remembered as key turning points in the authorities' games; The latter is a summary of a strange rule in a series of BO3s that NW often plays.

In short, one is crushed, two are turned, and three are crushed.

NW's BO3 matches tend to have smooth sailing in the first game, no matter what enemy they face, they can play like a top team and crush their opponents with their own strength; In the second game, there are usually problems of one kind or another, although you may have a certain advantage in the early and middle stages, but in the end, most of the time, the game will be buried due to some inexplicable mistakes.

As for the third game, due to the big advantage in the second game, the game was overturned, and the skills and tactics were deformed, and they could only resist the opponent who was chasing back the match point and the morale was booming.

This ironclad process has gradually changed from a low-level game that players hate, to a more "meme-like" team feature, and the current NW is indeed not the young team that will have technical deformation due to defeat, and this personnel lineup that has been tempered on the stage of the C League for two years does have the strength to challenge the vast majority of teams in the world.

"We all know that NW has always had a tradition of being crushed, and although it has changed considerably since last season, the strength of this team in the BO2 or BO3 battles is always a 'stalk' topic, what do you think of Team V?"

After the end of the first game, the commentators on the on-site analysis table did not stop directly to analyze, but started another round of discussion on all aspects of the game.

"That's actually a joke now."

Of course, V's understanding of his former city derby opponent NW is also quite deep, and after retiring, he has no confidentiality baggage, of course, he can also speak freely: "If it is said that in 16 or 17 years, the NW who just changed and reorganized, there is still some truth in saying this, NW at that time did highlight a game that would not fight, and they were very strong in the game of BO1 one-shot trading, but the game often dragged on for a long time, and they were a little confused." ”

"But the current NW has indeed changed a lot of those old things and bad habits, and of course the professional attributes are also a lot stronger, although their strength may be a little inferior to those top teams, but the overall strength must not be underestimated."

"So you mean, you're still bullish on NW in the next second game?"

"That's right." V' generously admitted, "There are actually a lot of problems in this TRB team now, and they don't have a core that can stand up consistently, or no one can give the team a bottom line. ”

"Yes, many viewers can actually see that TRB not only does not have a lower limit for the team, but there will be weaknesses in many positions, especially Carry, who is not qualified at all in this game."

"TRB's Carry is also a veteran, and we also invited this veteran to share with us his career experience, as well as some of the problems and current situation encountered by the team recently, and then we will hand over the time to the broadcaster, and look forward to what this highly decorated 'veteran' player has to talk to us."

Seeing that the two old brothers next to him were going to pull the topic towards the level of the players, I felt that if I continued to talk like this, I would immediately have to open up the analysis and commentary of the group before the live broadcast room was burned by possible TRB fans, and the dialogue was brought back to the normal track, and with his announcement, the lights in the stadium dimmed, and the scene of "Riverside Night Talk" in the preview also appeared on the big screen.

TRB's team spirit, the core player Meglio and the host who are also from Europe sat opposite each other on the stone bench by the river, and the two people of the same age did talk quite stylishly.

As a long-established player on a team that has been famous for a long time, Meglio doesn't spend time introducing his team and himself, and the host asks him more about the deeper, "what do you think about these things?"

As a region with an equally early start to e-sports, the player base and competitive background of the European region are actually not weaker than those of the CN region, in fact, before this obvious division in 2010, it was the teams in the European region that completely dominated the Dota.

Meglio also came from that era, and as the core player of Dice6, the strongest team in Europe and the strongest team in the world at that time, he has experienced a lot.

But these are not well reflected on his doll face, and unless specifically stated, I am afraid that anyone who just sees him with his eyes will not think that this teenager is already in his late twenties and has been investing in the Dota project for ten years.

"Leilei, this Me...... How old is he? ”

The girl who had been holding Lu Xinlei couldn't help but ask like this, her question had lasted for the entire game just now, so there was no problem now.

"I remember this year, 26?" Lu Xinlei doesn't remember very clearly, in the man's memory, this man with the ID name Meglio was also one of his important opponents, but in the Asian Invitational Finals when they went head-to-head, Meglio did not beat him, "But it is indeed an older group of players - it really can't be seen from the appearance." ”

"Oh yes." Wu Leyi pulled out her hand, "You don't look like a sophomore college student, the interference of the baby face is really strong." ”

"Don't use me to make sentences for everything......"

Meglio doesn't hide his distrust of the future - this TRB team was almost single-handedly run by him after the dissolution of Dice6, and the core of the team is also the double support combination of FAce and Mivah, with whom he has played a lot of games, and the most amazing era of TRB Red Bull did not belong to these three veterans, and the most amazing TRB at that time was the player Magician in the mid laner position.

But after all, the small temple can't keep the big bodhisattva, and the ambitious Magician didn't stay here for long after the TRB results, and soon after, after receiving an invitation from AquaRiuS, a rising star in the European competition, he did not hesitate to switch to the team that brought him supreme glory in the future.

TRB, on the other hand, can only rely on constantly filling the lineup by constantly discovering newcomers from the second and third tier teams, and even from the ladder passerby bureau.

The most important thing is that after several unsuccessful attempts at Ti, FAce and Mivah also had the idea of quitting, and Meglio, who was about the same age as them, was more or less affected by them.

"Retiring is not something that is impossible to talk about for players of our age."

Meglio on the screen calmly answered the host's questions that might have gone too far, and there was no negative emotion: "TRB is where I and my old brothers play games together, we may go on and on, but TRB - ah, there may be no sponsorship at that time, we may use the name Dice6 again, and then find a few old guys who are as old as us, and we can still play games together." ”

"In addition to competitions, Dota is a good game in its own right, pals." Meglio smiled and joked to the audience on the other side of the camera, off the big screen, "Don't just watch the game, you can download a Dota client if you have time, and it's nice to play two games together." ”

"Do you hear that, cloud players?" The translator mischievously added some local elements, "Even Meglio doesn't care if you don't have a client and still point the way." ”

"I didn't mean that."

"Okay, joke here, then Meglio, back to the game, where do you think you should be in this ESL? Also, which team do you think will stand out? ”

"We didn't play very well in the group stage, finishing second in the group, and the other three group winners are not easy teams to solve, so I thought I could have booked a ticket back to Copenhagen."

"Is it so crisp?" The half-joking, half-self-deprecating prediction made the hosts laugh dumbly, "So since you think TRB may fall in the first round, who will move on beyond you until you win the championship?" ”

"Normally," Meglio scratched his head, the gesture made him look younger, "I think it could be NW, their roster can get a good spot in Ti, and I don't think there are too many teams in this competition that can go head-to-head with them." ”

"Of course, if the conquerors attack in full force, of course, but now the main force of the conquerors is in Stockholm, so I think NW is very capable of calling itself a favorite."

"In addition to NW, this current conqueror also deserves everyone's attention." Meglio sees himself as an outsider, and instead of judging the other teams as a "competitor", Meglio puts himself in the shoes of a spectator, "Although they are all young, I remember the average age of this team......"

"19 years old." The moderator added.

"Well, they have the kind of courage that is unique to young people, and they have the courage to seize the flash of inspiration and the creativity that is beyond the ordinary, and if they are in good shape, they are also a force to be reckoned with."

……

"Eh, this conqueror, it's your team."

Wu Leyi pinched the cheek of the girl in her arms: "It feels good to be approved by this old player." ”

"It's amazing." There is no need for Lu Xinlei to hide this, "Although we are indeed very powerful, yes." ”

"That's over, you will definitely become famous all of a sudden after the game, if you can win the championship, you are so cute, the big sister who comes to you to hug must be everywhere, and then I will become an outdated woman that no one wants."

For the girl who added drama to herself in her ear, Lu Xinlei chose to ignore it for the time being.

This part of the riverside night talk is actually not too long, each player counts various events, in fact, the actual video time is only about 15 minutes, and the final cut out of the clip is only five or six minutes, but this is enough to fill the intermission time of BO3.

After the presenter said, "Let's talk about it today" and wished Meglio to play well in the next match, the handshake between the two men marked the end of this interview video and the beginning of the second match.

"Viewers who are familiar with Dota games should be familiar with Meglio, he can be said to be one of the most experienced players who survived that wild era, and he is also one of the few players who came from that era and is still fighting in the professional arena, no matter what the outcome of this game, he deserves our respect."

"Then please welcome the start of this game with applause!"

Judging from the results of the previous game, if NW does not make any serious mistakes, the result of the second game will not be too surprising, and TRB will probably leave the game after this game.

At this time, sincere applause for the former pioneers who came from afar is no problem at any level.

Of course, this does not mean that the domestic players who make up the majority of the audience in the stadium hope that TRB will defeat the local team NW, and etiquette will be etiquette, and when the game officially starts, people will still give more cheers to their supporters.

Lu Xinlei, who applauded the players in the arena with the surrounding audience, took a shallow breath and spit out thoughtfully.

The game officially began, and there was nothing new in the first round of banning positions between the two sides, and in the first round of selection, TRB directly pointed out the combination of mammoth and alchemist.

"It's a combo."

Mammoth's bestowed power allows the alchemist to have a terrifying development rate in the mid-term, and in the face of such a face-up BP, NW's next choice is also straightforward:

"Bloodseeker."

A hero who is completely focused on laning and early and mid game small team fights.