A philosopher once said that the working day often seems long; The time off is fast and fleeting.

For Lin Feng, the two-day rest time was like nothing, and the foreplay was over before it had time to start.

April 1, 2017.

The second edition of the Asia Invitational Tournament knockout round has officially kicked off.

Starting today, all matches will be played at the Oriental Sports Center Gymnasium.

In the center of the gymnasium, the stage for the competition has been set up. The stage is square, with two soundproof rooms sitting at two diagonal corners, like the Radiant and Dire springs on the Dota 2 map, across the river.

Because it was the first day of the knockout round, there were not many spectators who came to the scene.

At 9:30 a.m., the lights came on.

In order to welcome the arrival of the knockout round, the organizers specially prepared an opening performance.

is responsible for the performance, which is the very popular Poison Spring Combination. Several highly sung songs as the opening, the two of them jumped and jumped on the stage, and the last song "Run" pushed the atmosphere to the peak.

After the opening song, there is a martial arts performance with national characteristics.

Twelve warriors dressed in white practice uniforms and holding various blades battle each other on the stage. On each person's practice uniform, a team's logo is embroidered.

Twelve warriors, symbolizing the twelve teams, will compete on the knockout stage.

The warrior representing the Phoenix team, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, danced like a tiger.

Lin Feng and a few teammates crowded at the exit of the entrance passage, watching the battle on the stage.

Their game was scheduled for 5 p.m., and they didn't have to be there so early. But Pillow and Chubby had to watch the performance live, saying that this would be the atmosphere.

There was no way, Lin Feng and the others had to come to the gymnasium early in the morning.

Fortunately, the organizers are very caring and arrange a lounge for each team in the background. In the lounge, there are sofas, chairs, snacks and drinks, and overall it is quite comfortable.

"I'll go, it's pretty good." The pillow stretched his neck, looked at the stage, and said something in his mouth: "I'll borrow it from that buddy in a while, and let's play a trick." ”

"You? Just don't hurt yourself. Chubby began to scare people as usual.

"What's the matter, you're not convinced?" The pillow squinted past and invited: "Or, let's touch each other and see who is the cow." It's not to mess with you, your brother and I have also practiced. ”

"Huh." Chubby squinted his eyes, sneered a few times, and ignored him.

"Look at your cowardice." Pillow pouted and continued the pursuit.

But Chubby no longer spoke, but looked very attentively at the stage. At this time, the lights around have weakened, and only the center of the stage is brightly lit.

The first game of the knockout round is about to begin.

On the stage, there are only two warriors left, one with the OG team logo behind the back, and the other with the NEWBEE team logo behind the other.

The first matchday of the knockout round, the first match, from the upper bracket.

OG VS. NEWBEE.

OG is the first in Group A, NB is second in Group B, and the two strong teams are scheduled to be the first to appear.

The two warriors battle each other in the center of the stage, and then the music changes, and the two teams enter the arena through two passages in the opposite corner.

As the absolute core of the team, the SCCC was the first to take to the stage.

The two teams then lined up and greeted their opponents with fists, before entering their respective rooms.

Team Phoenix had returned to the lounge, and the footage was broadcast all the time, without delay, and they didn't have to be in the audience.

Soon, the two sides entered the BP stage.

The NB team was selected first, and they actually took out the puppy at the first hand.

The strength of the puppy in this version is very high, and since the other party did not take it out at the first time, it is understandable that NB chose to take it out with one hand.

But then, the situation is very serious.

On OG's side, the first hand selected the necromantic dragon, and the second hand took out the little Naga.

As soon as these two hands came out, a burst of exclamations erupted in the audience.

The Phoenix team, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but shake their heads.

"How can NB choose a puppy in the first place? Although the puppy is strong, it is taken out at the first time, which is a bit of a tiger. Chubby said he didn't understand.

"No, it's going to be sanctioned right away." Liuliu was very calm and began to analyze the lineups of the two sides: "As soon as OG Little Naga came out, the puppy was locked up to death. ”

"NB has to make up some heroes who can deal with little Naga, otherwise, this game will not be easy to play."

Lin Feng was also pondering the lineups of the two sides, and when he heard Liuliu's words, he agreed: "The puppy can't handle the little Naga fantasy." ”

Immediately, he gave his thoughts: "But they can't help it, the hero pool of uuu9 is here." ”

"In the version of the strong hero, he will be a sword master, a puppy, and a pat bear."

"If you don't choose early, you may not be able to choose."

Liuliu leaned on the sofa and immediately continued: "It's still that the hero pool is too shallow, and BP is easy to target." ”

But then, NB chose Warlock, Sand King, Shadow Fiend, and Ryan. In the entire lineup, only Ryan can barely handle the little Naga fantasies.

And OG, on the other hand, took out Blue Cat, Enigma and Big Bull, a proper late-stage team battle lineup.

As soon as the lineups of the two sides came out, the situation of the game seemed to be clear.

"NB lineup, if you can't defeat the opposite side in the early stage, it will be gone." Liuliu analyzed.

"It's true that you can't take the team battle in the later stage. It's too risky for them to choose this way. Lin Feng immediately qualified the game.

For teams at the same level, a BP win would give them a huge advantage.

So there is a jargon in the circle: BP wins, wins half.

In the first game between NB and OG, the trend was basically the same as Lin Feng's prediction.

NB wanted to seek suppression in the early stage, but it couldn't find the opponent's key big brother. The game dragged on to the late stage, and the OG little Naga and the mystery lineup were formed, and the team battle was almost crushed.

NB paid for their BP and lost the first game.

In the second game, the first four hands of OG selected Enigma, Great Sage, Alchemy and Necromantic Dragon.

And NB wants to target the opposite side of alchemy, choosing Centaurs, Rubick, Pat Bears, Water People and Elf.

"They want to pat the bear and the elf, double." Chubby said.

"It should be, these two brothers are in the middle of the road, and OG alchemy can't play at all." Lin Feng added.

Judging from the lineup of the first few hands, NB has a certain advantage.

But immediately after, OG took out one last hero, which surprised everyone - Blackbird.

"It's over, Mid Lane Blackbird, their alchemy is the No. 1 position." Liuliu was very serious, frowned, and said, "NB has been yin again." ”

Lin Feng looked at the lineups of the two sides, and couldn't help but worry about his good friend Sccc. The hero of the Blackbird, whether it is a pat bear or a water man in the middle lane, has a slight advantage.

The point is that OG is another late lineup, and if NB wants to win, it must win the game in the middle of the game.

But the game is not always satisfactory.

When NB achieved a certain advantage in the early stage, the two big brothers were too deep in the line and were arrested one after another. The good advantage situation was actually dragged by OG.

In the late stage, the NB lineup simply can't pick up the team with the other party.

After losing a few waves of team battles, NB knocked out GG.

After losing two games in a row, NB fell into the lower bracket. The OG team, on the other hand, made it to the upper bracket finals, where they have secured the top three spots in the tournament.

This is also the reason why the Phoenix team is desperate and wants to finish in the top two of the group stage.

According to the competition system, the team in the upper bracket can enter the top three if they win the first BO3. Win one more BO3 and you'll be in the grand final.

On the other hand, a team like Team Phoenix that fell into the lower bracket needs to play a total of 5 rounds to reach the Grand Finals.

One BO1, followed by 4 BO3s.

And each will be harder than the other, and each will be harder than the other.

After watching the game between NB and OG, Lin Feng felt a little envious and a little emotional, and at the same time had a faint impulse in his heart.

Didn't OG also win the championship in one win in the lower bracket and put on a good show?

They can, why not!

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