Chapter 118
The rain in Seattle always comes and goes quickly. Sometimes the sky is clear when the game starts, but it starts to drizzle after the game, and the sun is shining brightly when the next game starts.
Sometimes you can even see a rainbow hanging in the sky.
Although not as fast as the Olympics, the group stage schedule is also very tight. On the first day, Group A will have a BO1 single round-robin match, with each team having to play 3 games. On the second day, it will be Group B. On the third day, it will be Group C. On the fourth day, it will be Group D. On the sixth day, it will be Group A's turn to play a round-robin match with a change of sides, followed by the other three groups.
GG is in Group A, and after the opening ceremony of the World Championship, it is their turn to compete.
The teams will be re-grouped after the quarterfinals, so anyone can be an opponent. SEA didn’t train much that day, but instead gathered in the lounge to watch Group A’s game.
"DCS can still make some progress."
Lu Yang ate McDonald's while saying, "Fortunately, we met their No. 2 seed. Their No. 1 seed, BBJ, is the most capable."
“RCG is really strong.”
Yan Shusheng frowned, "One of the reasons why we were able to win the Olympics was that their coordination was not as good as ours. After all, they didn't have as high intensity training matches as we did. Now that they are back at the club, their coordination and strength are still top-notch."
"Harmful."
Lu Yang put a French fry in his mouth and said, "The game will start tomorrow. Coach, please don't try to boost others' prestige and destroy your own morale. We have good teamwork."
Yan Shusheng glanced at him and said, "GG will face RCG and BBJ. There is a high probability that they will not even make it out of the group stage."
"Um."
Su Zheye also said: "GG is a little difficult."
Sure enough, GG lost two out of three games on the first day, and there was a lot of criticism online.
On the second day, SEA and DCK, the third seed, played P3 for 44 minutes. The economy, kills and battle situation of both sides were very tense. In the end, in the ancient dragon group, SEA's mid and jungle made an effort and wiped out P3 in one wave, ending the game.
SEA also won the other two games and currently ranks first in the group in points.
But SEA is the No. 1 seed of DPL after all, and the opponent is the No. 3 seed of DCK. There is still constant criticism online, and the Weibo super topic forum is full of bloody storm.
[Playing against the third seed was a mixed bag, and I almost lost. I should go home quickly and avoid embarrassing myself.]
[Are you feeling proud of having won a gold medal? Are you feeling proud of having won a gold medal? Are you feeling proud of having won a gold medal? 】
[Every year is the most promising year for DPL, but every year we are beaten by Korean daddy. 】
In Group C, XY met FEL. Originally, XY's playing style was biased towards DCK's style because both Cs were Korean players. Now they ran directly into DCK's number one seed and the game was ended by the opponent in 27 minutes.
Group D is currently in the best condition. The experience of playing against the South Korean team in the Olympics allowed Gao and 555 to lead TRG to beat the fourth seed DCK. The other two teams in the group are both from the wildcard zone. They won easily and are currently ranked first in the Group D standings, just like SEA.
After a day of rest, the second round of group round-robin BO1 began.
Although it is called a rest, the four teams of DPL did not relax at all. They kept scheduling training matches, reviewing games, scheduling training matches, and reviewing games throughout the day.
Especially GG, they started to arrange training games with SEA after the Group B match on the second day of the competition. As they are in the same Chinese region, SEA naturally hopes that everyone can advance together, and they will accompany them in training games and share experience without reservation.
So in the second round of the round-robin match of Group A, although GG lost to RCG, it still defeated BBJ and scored 3 points, the same as BBJ.
As long as RCG defeats BBJ in the last game, GG can successfully advance to the quarterfinals because of the win-loss relationship between GG and BBJ in the second round.
However……
"I always feel that this team has bad intentions."
Lu Yang stared at the entire RCG team on the big screen: "They're not going to lose on purpose, are they?!!"
RCG's current score is 5 points for five wins. Even if they lose this game to BBJ, they will advance to the quarterfinals as the first in the group.
If RCG loses to BBJ, BBJ will reach 4 points and will be able to squeeze out GG and successfully advance.
"Oh shit, no way!"
The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more possible it seemed: "Even if they lose, they can still advance as the group leader, and they can also make our GG be eliminated. Damn, they won't really do that, will they?"
The other people in the training room didn't say anything, but from everyone's slightly solemn expressions, it could be seen that everyone understood this tacitly.
There was a knock on the door.
Huang Heran opened the door and saw it was TRG's wild assistant.
Since other groups didn't have any competition today, they didn't go to the scene.
555 only took one look at Lu Yang, who was looking excited, and guessed it: "Fuck, you guys didn't think of it too, did you?"
Lu Yang rushed over: "You thought of it too!"
"yes."
555 nodded. "We are also talking about this. In the last game, RCG almost crushed BBJ. If they don't do anything weird, there is a 90% chance that they will win. It depends on whether RCG wants to win or not."
"Don't forget."
Su Zheye leaned back on the sofa and suddenly said lazily, "We 'stole' their gold medals at the Olympics."
This was the unanimous opinion of the DCK team, who felt that the Chinese team won unfairly and stole their gold medal - even though the Chinese team had a huge advantage in the last game and refreshed the [All Night] mode, and even though the Korean team had a complete advantage in the random locations of both teams.
Su Zheye laughed again: "They can even unplug the network cable, so why can't they do something so 'reasonable and legal'?"
The air suddenly fell silent, and no one spoke for a long time.
555 and Twelve didn't leave either, and stayed in SEA's training room to watch the game with them.
RCG's BP was relatively normal, and they were evenly matched with BBJ during the laning phase.
...But in the first round of the game, RCG was already leading by more than 2k in the laning phase.
Both sides took a small dragon in the jungle resources, and then RCG took the first vanguard. After forcing a team fight, they exchanged 2 for 3 and then directly pushed down the middle tower.
"Changed your gender?"
Lu Yang said: "RCG is starting to play well?"
Jiang Yiwen: "Even if they wanted to lose, they certainly wouldn't act so obviously. After all, they still have to maintain their so-called 'esports spirit'."
In the first 20 minutes or so, the two sides had not widened the gap, and RCG was still leading by 3k. However, at the 27th minute, RCG forced a team fight at the Baron. When their jungler and support were reduced to half health by the Baron, BBJ took the opportunity to join the fight and killed the RCG jungler first. Not only did he grab the Baron, but he also caused the team to be wiped out.
The competition venue was in North America, so most of the people at the scene were BBJ fans, and there was an immediate burst of excited cheers from the audience.
In contrast, you can hear a pin drop in several DPL training rooms.
After all, BBJ is the No. 1 seed in North America, and their strength should not be underestimated. After getting the Baron buff and economic advantage, they started to snowball.
Their support plays very well and always appears in unexpected positions, which causes great concerns for the RCG double C.
The [Dusk] mode was refreshed at 29 minutes. BBJ played it safe and did not actively attack the [Ghost].
Another six minutes later, in the decisive battle for the Ancient Dragon, the RCG mid laner made a positioning error and was kicked back to his own group by the BBJ jungler. The AD pulled a hook and killed him directly!
BBJ no longer attacked the Ancient Dragon, but started a team fight. After a 2 for 4 exchange, the remaining three people attacked in one wave and ended the game.
The moment the RCG crystal exploded, the barrage in the live broadcast room went crazy.
[How shameless! F*ck. 】
[Minimum is showing off in the fountain again, so weak. He is showing off here just for the DPL to see after losing, idiot. ]
[What can I do?...GG lost to BBJ in the first round, so I can only depend on RCG.]
[We will do the same tomorrow! SEA will deliberately lose to the second seed of DCS so that P3 can't enter the quarterfinals! ]
[Oh, this kind of villain will succeed... But I don't think SEA will. ]
“——Fuck!”
After a long silence, Lu Yang broke the silence with a swear word.
555 almost crushed the mineral water bottle in his hand: "How shameless! Damn! How can these Koreans be so disgusting? They are not afraid of GG even if they make it to the quarterfinals, but they just won't let him in."
Sui Ran had been looking at the schedule and points. After a moment, he suddenly raised his head and said, "We can also eliminate DCK's third seed in this way tomorrow."
"right!"
Lu Yang's eyes suddenly widened: "Although P3 played on par with us in the first round, they lost to the DCS No. 2 seed. That means if P3 loses to us again tomorrow, we can also deliberately lose to the DCS No. 2 seed to prevent them from advancing!"
"Yes."
Jiang Yiwen nodded: "But we have to make sure we win the first game tomorrow against P3. Otherwise, if we lose to these two teams and P3 wins against DCS, we won't be able to advance."
555: "You will definitely win P3!"
The first game of Group B on the next day was between SEA and P3. Since Quantum Slayer and Snow Girl were both banned, Gu Yuan chose Purple Spirit Emperor Spider and then chose Blood Lotus Priest for Su Zheye.
Purple Spirit Emperor Spider was originally a jungler who started the pace in the early game. Gu Yuan kept coming to the middle to gank, and with the perfect cooperation between the two, Su Zheye was already 4/0/3 in ten minutes.
SEA simply didn't follow P3's Korean-style operating rhythm. They kept forcing the team to fight with the vanguard dragons and big dragons, and took three of the first four dragons.
Then the [Dawn] mode was refreshed, SEA sped up directly, took the Ascendant buff and exchanged 1 for 3 in a team battle, wiped out P3 on the high ground, and ended the game in one wave.
"Nice!!"
As soon as Lu Yang entered the lounge, he started shouting, "What do you mean? Should we send P3 home early?"
Sui Ran: "I definitely have no objection."
Jiang Yiwen: "I have no objection either."
Su Zheye didn't say anything.
Yan Shusheng frowned and was about to speak when Gu Yuan suddenly said, "We should still go all out in the next game. Don't think about losing on purpose."
Lu Yang was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"
"If we beat DCS, whether it or P3 advances will still depend on the outcome of that one game. Their results should be determined by their own abilities, not by us."
Lu Yang immediately said: "But RCG..."
Gu Yuan's tone was very calm: "How can the accomplishment and quality of a great country with a history of 5,000 years be compared to that of a tiny country?"
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