On the way back after taking off my makeup, I repeatedly watched the video of the live broadcast just now, especially the replay of the part where Zhao Xuan announced that he would retire if he lost the final. To be sure, his intention to challenge us is clear. Judging from the video, I was not very satisfied with my performance in front of the camera just now, I don't know if the news I received was too sudden, and I felt completely overwhelmed by the other party in terms of momentum.

Many people in the barrage are also commenting, saying, "Chen Liao looks a little confused." ”

I can't forget the way Zhao Xuan looked at me, although I don't think my emotional intelligence is too high, I always feel that his eyes are not looking at me, but looking at something behind me. And what he said, "Even if I can beat time, if I can't beat you, it doesn't make any sense." This is completely a challenger posture, and it is reasonable that he should not say such a thing to a rookie like me as an old-timer. And we hadn't fought each other before, so naturally we couldn't talk about any grievances, and it seemed a little strange that he was talking to me in such a chilling tone.

Later, I thought about it carefully, and it was clear in my heart. As an old fan who has been following esports since ancient times, I still know a lot about the love-hate relationship between them and the older generation of esports players.

The Syracuse team of that year lost twice to the Tian Yuan Relic team led by Luna in the semifinals, and finally failed to cross the threshold of the finals. From Zhao Xuan's point of view, although the team fell apart because of infighting, most people may think that if they can win the Luna to enter the finals, or even win the championship, maybe the so-called contradiction will not exist, and everyone will have a different ending.

Although the infighting among teammates in the team led to the disbandment of the first-generation Syracuse team and had nothing to do with the opponent of Luna, there is nothing wrong with saying that it was broken up by the latter. As an old rival back then, Zhao Xuan's other wish in addition to wanting to return to the top league is probably to find the moon god to "take revenge" and defeat him once in the game. It's a pity that God didn't fulfill people's wishes, and before he rushed to the top league, Luna had already announced his retirement early. In this way, he lost the opportunity for revenge.

However, fate is often so inscrutable, and our Longyuan team, which was funded by the Luna God and led by me, who played in a style similar to the Luna God, became the biggest enemy in their way to the top league. Then defeating us can naturally be regarded as revenge. So his words were not said to me, but to our behind-the-scenes boss Zhang Guangyue.

Seven or eight years have passed, Zhao Xuan is still fighting, and his strength is still not to be underestimated, but if he doesn't defeat the Moon God's team, everything is meaningless.

When I got back to the hotel, the team exploded.

Song Yi: "Chen Liao, you translate for the translator, what do you mean that the four of us are very good?" ”

Me: "I'm just joking, it's just a show, why do you take it so seriously?" ”

Song Yi: "Hmph, I don't care, you have to compensate us." ”

I smiled and said, "It's easy to say, I'll invite you to dinner after the finals." ”

Of course, the focus of normal people will definitely not be on this matter, Xie Liuying saw me coming back, and asked worriedly: "Is Zhao Xuan's sudden announcement of retirement a good part of your discussion before the start of the show?" ”

Me: "It shouldn't be, the program team didn't know in advance, and when he said that, I saw that the director was stupid." ”

Zhou Zhenyu: "Not only does the program team not know, but their team doesn't know either, you see, the Syracuse team just posted on Weibo." ”

I hurriedly turned on my phone, and sure enough, the client pushed a Weibo post from their team according to my interest.

"Regarding Zhao Xuan's announcement in the live broadcast that he may retire after the final, the club did not know before, we are currently investigating its authenticity and communicating with Zhao Xuan, please wait for the follow-up results, everything is subject to the club's official announcement."

Me: "It looks like the team didn't know about his hand beforehand. But what was his intention in doing so? People usually announce their retirement after important games or in the offseason, and he doesn't disturb his own military morale when he plays like this before the finals? ”

Zhou Zhenyu: "It's hard to say, maybe he just wants to do the opposite, firstly, he really wants to retire, and secondly, he has such a determination to break the kettle, maybe it can stimulate the morale of his teammates and the club." After all, most of their team members are young players except him, young people, they always think, it doesn't matter if they lose this time, there will be a chance next year anyway. But Zhao Xuan's announcement before the final that he would retire if he lost the match would put some pressure on the youngsters, because once they lose Zhao Xuan, it will be difficult for them to maintain their impact on the top flight. Therefore, even young players can only play this final with the belief that they can only win and not lose. ”

Liu Chuanhao: "It seems that he is really an old fox, not only calculating his opponents, but also calculating his teammates." ”

"So we can't lose either." Zheng Mingchuan said

Me: "yes, after watching the game for so many years, I don't want to be the backdrop for someone else's 'rejuvenation' legend. ”

On the day of the finals, it rained lightly during the day in N City, but it suddenly cleared up in the evening, which was a rare good weather.

The game time was 7 o'clock in the evening, we backpacked to the stadium, and along the way, we could see that many fans came to the stadium gate in advance to line up or take pictures. Because of the previous "smashing the keyboard", "one hit two" and this "Zhao Xuan live broadcast announced retirement" incident, the popularity of the minor league finals was very high, and everyone used the game account to receive the tickets to watch the game by themselves, who knew that because of the venue, the tickets were sold out early, so the free tickets were sold at prices on various websites. The official has also spent a lot of effort to crack down on scalpers and ticket sellers, which can be regarded as a happy trouble.

Fortunately, we all wore masks and quietly entered through the back door, so we were not spotted by fans. Probably because of the finals, I always felt that this competition was different from the past, and this time I could feel the noise in front of me in the backstage lounge. I adjusted my breathing and replayed the content I had prepared in my head as I did before the college entrance examination.

I feel that my mental state is not bad, I feel much better than before the college entrance examination, because the college entrance examination is a lonely battle, and now that I have teammates, I believe that even if I make any mistakes or play badly, they can make up for it with their performance. And for them, I'm the same, and that's probably the biggest benefit of esports.