Chapter 315: Lower Bracket Final IG Defeats SKT! Dark is right, LPL really doesn't deserve it!
# LPL does not deserve to win the world championship #!
When the post-game interview belonging to Dark finally ended, such a hot search entry quickly rushed to the top of the list on the hot search list.
Because when Dark defeated the LPL team again and scolded the LPL region in the post-match interview again, all the LPL viewers who watched MSI's live broadcast could no longer suppress the strong excitement in their hearts, and they chose to land on the bib and began to express their opinions on Dark's remarks.
If it were in the past two years, whenever Dark players angrily scolded the LPL region as "garbage", the majority of LPL fans would definitely scoff at Dark's remarks, and even speak ill of Dark himself.
But today, when the IG team, the champion of the spring tournament in the LPL region, couldn't even win a small game in the face of the G2 team, all LPL fans finally realized that at the level of the LPL region, there is no confidence to show off on the world stage!
"S7 World Championship semi-finals, S8 World Championship runner-up, originally I thought this year's LPL was the most promising year, but now it seems that LPL is not as good as a year at all!"
"Dark is right, the LPL is too rubbish, even without his existence, the LPL region doesn't deserve to win any world championship at all!"
"In the hybrid division, I only know how to buy Korean aid, I don't know how to train my own rookie players, I just want to produce results immediately, I have never thought about long-term plans, if such an LPL can win the championship, there will be a ghost!"
"Although Dark scolded very hard today, I am very grateful to Dark for being able to scold all the problems in the LPL region today, otherwise the group of LPL officials and team management, as well as the professional players themselves, would still want to continue to mess around!"
"Listening upstairs, do you still have hope for the LPL division? But pull it down, the LPL division is already rotten, even if Dark points out the problem, they won't change it, it's better to go out of business and disband! β
"Besides, since two years ago, when Dark started scolding the LPL division, if the LPL wanted to change, it would have been changed a long time ago, but the result is not only to make money and mess up?"
"NaΓ―ve LPL fans still thought that LPL was saved, and mature LPL viewers have now become LEC and LCK fans!"
"If nothing else, these LPL professional players alone don't deserve to win the world championship!"
"LCK has Faker, people are self-disciplined, simple, and only want to play results, LEC has Dark, although they are strong, they are still getting stronger."
"But can any of us in the LPL stand up and carry the banner of the division? By the world's No. 1 CJB player Uzi? Or is it Ming Kai, who relies on the top eight every year? Or do you rely on the garbage who only knows about PC tires? β
"This hot search entry is interesting, the LPL division is not worthy of winning the world championship, is this a problem of unworthiness? They simply don't have the strength! β
"But it doesn't matter, my brother is already downplayed, just like the national football team, should anyone really expect the LPL to really play well in the World Championship, right?"
"Whoever is really looking forward to it, who is the big XX!"
In the hot search entries, countless LPL viewers scolded Dark because of the post-game interview remarks of the Dark player.
Of course, this time they are not scolding Dark himself, but the LPL division!
In addition to agreeing with Dark's remarks, they even began to look for "evidence" from the LPL region over the years to support Dark's views.
For example, S7's Uzi will not be Xia, for example, LPL coaches often lag behind LCK in the World Championship BP, such as this year's MSI, although the OG team and the GRF team were eliminated early, they still stayed in the local area to continue to accompany the G2 team and the SKT team to play training matches, on the other hand, the JDG team returned directly on the day of the loss, and there was no "regional cohesion" at all!
But although countless evidence is proving the garbage in the LPL division, in this case, there are still some fans in the fan circle who are trying their best to maintain the LPL region and the IG team.
"IG did get a clean sheet today, and the problem Dark said did exist, but that doesn't mean that IG won't win the next time they meet G2!"
"I'm really going to be annoyed by you gang of dog traitors, obviously the final finals haven't been played yet, it's like the IG team is really going to lose the game, what's the matter, surrender before you fight, is it so spineless?"
"It's you guys who only know what is in the nest that makes the environment of the LPL division worse and worse, and you have the ability to compete with foreign divisions! Also LPL garbage, the most garbage is you gang! If you had been supporting the LPL, the LPL would have won the championship long ago! β
"If you just look at the historical results to decide the outcome of a game and the ownership of the championship, then what kind of world championship will League of Legends do in the future, can't you just send the championship trophy to the G2 team base?"
"Today's IG team lost just because it was not in good shape, in fact, there are not so many such and such problems at all! Besides, Shibetsu should be impressed for three days, and now there are just three days left before the final finals, and when IG comes out of the lower bracket finals, it will be the moment for IG to create miracles! β
Although countless LPL viewers are denouncing the LPL division, some LPL fans are still extremely stubborn, and they have also created the effect of "one fan on top and ten black".
After all, strictly speaking, when MSI adopted a double-elimination format for the first time, the IG team does have a chance to win the final championship, and as long as the finals don't start for a day, such an opportunity will always exist.
So, in the face of these brain-dead fans, the majority of LPL viewers who have seen through the virtues of the LPL division did not say anything more to them.
Because they know that it will only take three more days for Team IG to face their final test.
And when the time comes, whether the LPL division will be exposed in its original form or shameful and courageous, will be completely clear!
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With the G2 team's post-match group interview over, today's upper bracket final has finally come to an end.
However, for all members of the G2 team, because there was still the last BO5 finals to play in this MSI, they did not go to relax after returning to the hotel that night, but immediately began to prepare for the final finals.
As for the final finals opponent of the G2 team, there are currently three possibilities, namely GRF team, SKT team and IG team.
At the same time, because the GRF team and the IG team are both the reasons for the defeat of the G2 team, in the new round of finals preparation, the G2 coach's focus is on the SKT team.
After all, in their opinion, if the SKT team, which has always been slow to heat, can really defeat the GRF team in tomorrow's lower bracket match and advance to the lower bracket finals, then with their stronger and stronger level, it is very likely to complete the revenge on the IG team and then reach the final MSI finals!
And when the MSI schedule came to May 20, the third round of the lower bracket finally started between SKT and GRF.
As everyone expected, in today's BO5 match, in the face of the defeated GRF team in the LCK Spring Finals, the SKT team, which is getting better and better, played bravely, directly crushing the GRF team in all directions, and successfully eliminated them directly with a score of 3-0!
So, what countless LPL fans have been worrying about finally happened.
Although Team IG had successfully defeated Team SKT before that, it was clear that Team SKT was not in shape at the time.
But now, when the SKT team has gone through the baptism of the lower bracket and reappears in front of the IG team with a new look, whether they can complete the double kill of the SKT team really needs to be put on a big question mark!
"Come on IG team, you must not lose to the SKT team, otherwise the LPL division will really become a garbage division!"
"It's true that the operation of the IG team is not good, but we are absolutely good at fighting, and we must directly fight the SKT team tomorrow, and we must not give them any chance to come back to their senses."
"Don't worry, the IG team can definitely beat the SKT team, and as long as they cross the SKT team again, they will definitely be able to complete their revenge on the G2 team in the finals!"
On May 21st, when the 2019 MSI Lower Bracket Finals were about to start, before the game, countless LPL fans couldn't help but have high hopes for the IG team again, hoping that they would not fall down, and that they could raise their eyebrows for the LPL region with a big victory!
This is true not only for LPL fans, but also for the players of Team IG.
In the pre-match promotional video for the lower bracket finals, the IG team players all had resolute expressions and frowns, as if they were ready to make the final preparations for the disaster, and released cruel words to the SKT team, saying that if they can win the SKT team once, they will definitely win the SKT team twice.
However, just after the start of the first game of the lower bracket final BO5, the SKT team directly gave the IG team a slap!
As Dark said before, the LCK team's understanding and research of the version is always ahead of the LPL team, so much so that in the first game of BO5, the SKT team directly released a big move that made the IG team unprepared and caught them off guard.
The IG team thought that in the case of losing one game first, as long as they switched sides by red and blue, they could have an advantage in BP, but they never expected that after switching sides, the BP of the IG team would be even worse than the first game!
So without saying a word, in the BO5 of the lower bracket finals, the IG team ushered in a desperate situation of falling behind 0-2 at the beginning.
Fortunately, after the two teams changed sides again in the third game, the BP of the IG team made timely adjustments, and after all the IG five players exploded, they returned a game through their personal strength.
But when the SKT team took the initiative to change sides in the fourth game, and made better BP and came up with a better lineup, the shortcomings of the IG team in tactical reserves were instantly exposed!
3 to 1!
There is hardly any suspense, the IG team, which had just defeated the SKT team 3-1 in the group match a few days ago, was successfully avenged by the SKT team 3-1 in today's lower bracket final just a few days later!
Not only did he say goodbye to the MSI stage, but he also completely confirmed all the remarks of the Dark contestants before this!
"Let's congratulate SKT on making it to the MSI Grand Finals as the lower bracket champions, and next up is the upper bracket champion G2 team!"
"At the same time, we also want to express our regret to the IG team, or it can't be said to be regret, because today's loss of the IG team has indeed exposed a lot of problems."
When the players of the IG team ended the handshake session and sat in the players' seat in a daze, the middle laner Rookie player could no longer suppress his inner emotions and cried in front of the camera, the LPL commentators on the commentary seat were more helpless in addition to their distress.
Because as Dark said, Team IG's defeat was completely expected!
For the IG team, although there were two days of preparation time between the upper bracket final and the lower bracket final, it was clear that during these two days, the IG team did not develop anything new, and they were still playing the SKT team today with the same tactical system that they used to lose to the G2 team.
The coach's BP is not good, the team's lineup is not good, and the performance of the IG players today is also very unsatisfactory.
Not only are they very seriously targeted by the SKT team on the hero pool, but after coming up with non-strong heroes, they are also very spicy, often making some very undisciplined operations, resulting in the burial of advantages, or the expansion of disadvantages.
Among them, the only game won was almost a copy of the only game won in the S8 finals last year, if it weren't for the players of the IG team who played an unreasonable victory through their personal operations in the team battle, then today's lower bracket finals, the IG team will probably lose with a score of 0-3!
"At this point, the journey of our LPL division in this MSI has come to an end."
"Whether it's the JDG team or the IG team, I hope that after they return to the LPL, they can summarize the experience and lessons learned in this MSI, and strive to correct all the problems that have been exposed."
"It's not just these two teams, it's all the LPL teams as well, because we have to make changes to have a chance to play better in the S9 Worlds in half a year!"
"The bad news is that in this year's MSI, we only finished third in the LPL region, but the good news is that the major teams in the LPL region have every opportunity to learn and adjust through the next summer tournament!"
"As long as the coaching team of our LPL team can spend more time studying the version, and the players can spend more time expanding the hero pool, then in the S9 World Championship, there must still be hope of winning the championship in the LPL region!"
"Come on, LPL!"
"LPL will never give up!"
When the IG team officially lost the lower bracket finals, the LPL commentators choked up, because they really didn't want to see the LPL region collapse, and they really didn't want to see the LPL region return to the darkest era.
But in the S9 World Championship half a year later, can the LPL division really be ashamed and brave?
Every LPL audience has a pessimistic attitude towards the answer to this question.
After all, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and dripping water through stones is not a day's work.
When the LPL region has reached such a "rotten" level after so many years, do you want to change your mind and become a new person in just one summer game?
Nothing is possible!
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"Huo, although I knew that the IG team had a high probability of losing, I didn't expect the SKT team to actually reach the finals!"
After the lower bracket finals, how the IG team and the LPL region will follow up will be carried out, G2 people don't care at all.
The only thing they care about now is the last opponent of the G2 team in this MSI, Team SKT!
"The SKT team is really the only designated father in the LPL region, although they didn't do well in the past 2018, but this year it seems to be cheering up again."
"The main thing is that this year's MSI is a double-elimination format, if it was the previous format, this SKT team would most likely be eliminated in the semi-finals, but this year's double-elimination format gave the SKT team too much time to prepare, so they had a chance to come out of the lower bracket."
"It's Faker, it's worth the triple crown, let's play the full-form SKT team in the finals, and it's really difficult!"
When the G2 team stayed in the hotel and learned the results of the lower bracket finals, the G2 people in the training room couldn't help but start talking.
After all, the double-elimination format is a very tight schedule, and after the lower bracket finals today, the finals will be played directly tomorrow, so they will have to leave the hotel after a while to work with Riot and the SKT team players to shoot a pre-match promotional video for the finals overnight.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, it's not like we haven't won against Team SKT?"
"Two years ago, at the 2017 MSI, our G2 defeated SKT 3-2, and although they are getting better and better this year, why not our G2?"
"Besides, all of our strength hasn't been fully exerted yet, and when we play the SKT team tomorrow, we will just use ten percent of our strength!"
Hearing what his teammates were talking about the SKT team, Dark chuckled softly and said confidently.
Although what his teammates said is true, tomorrow's SKT team will definitely be the best SKT, but in Dark's opinion, even so, no matter how strong the SKT team is, it will definitely not be better than their G2 team!
And, for Dark and the G2 team, they will never allow the dynasty belonging to the G2 team to be interrupted in this mediocre 2019 MSI Finals!
"Dark is right."
Dark's voice fell, and the smiling voice of the G2 coach slowly sounded.
"In the previous games, whether it was JDG team, GRF team or IG team, they didn't add up to half of our tactical reserves, but the SKT team in the past two days took out a lot of hole cards in order to win the GRF team and IG team."
"Coupled with the double-elimination format is quite an advantage for the upper bracket champions, we have been preparing SKT for two days, but they are preparing us only for one night and one morning."
"So in my opinion, tomorrow's finals, as long as you play normally, and you don't even need to play extraordinarily, you will be able to easily defeat SKT and win this MSI championship!" (End of chapter)