Chapter 180

Just as Nofe expected.

ROX lost.

In under thirty minutes, they cleanly lost the match.

At the moment ROX's crystal exploded, the live commentator's shocked shouts echoed throughout the venue:

Congratulations G2!!!

The biggest upset since the start of the S6 World Championship has been born! The European team, which no one expected to win, actually defeated the LCK's first seed, ROX!

G2! They are worthy of the title of King of Europe! Today their performance can be called one of the most glorious pages in the history of the European League!

They swept through the championship favorites!

The Ou Mei division is after all a world where the strong are revered, so this time the audience finally stopped being stingy with their cheers and applause.

When the G2 players came to the center of the stage to take a bow, the entire audience stood up, giving the five youngsters on stage the most enthusiastic cheers and praise.

In the YouTube official match livestream, the barrage from European fans flooded the entire screen:

【G2! My god!!!】

【Won?! Am I dreaming?!】

【I can't believe we actually beat ROX, this is practically a miracle!】

【Teary-eyed, thanks G2!】

【Even if we end up as also-rans, even if the quarterfinals were a 3-0 sweep, having this match is enough, enough for me to brag about G2 all year!】

【Swept ROX! So cool!】

【King of Europe, long live!!!】

In the LPL livestream, the screen was full of "holy shit" and "crashes".

Well, crashed.

LPL viewers don't really think G2 is truly stronger than ROX; they just think ROX was careless.

This is also the view of all viewers worldwide, including Ou Mei viewers and G2's own fans.

Otherwise, could G2 really have the strength to sweep through the championship favorites?

If that's the case, how strong would G2 have to be?

Wouldn't that be the level of a tailor-made champion?

Even when the European tournament officials posted the good news on Twitter, the lines similarly contained phrases like "ROX was careless" and "crashed".

Of course, Firrrrrre also said in the post-match interview:

"It's a bit of a pity, I feel the opponent isn't as strong as imagined, maybe they were careless; I hope next time we face them ROX can be more serious and stop messing around."

Also, when explaining why they chose such an extreme lineup, Firrrrrre confidently replied:

"The so-called slow pace is definitely an illusion; the core of this version is to grab early-game tempo and take first blood tower, but maybe because S6 just started, everyone is playing more cautiously."

"Of course, it's not that late-game lineups can't be played; it's just that if you can't even survive the early game, what's there to talk about late game? Precisely because we faced ROX with a challenger's mindset, we chose this lineup."

"But ROX wasn't prepared to meet G2 at their peak; it's a shame, like you made all the preparations, then rushed in and the boss died outright."

European viewers immediately went into ecstasy.

The last time European post-match comments were this overbearing was in S1.

LCK netizens were of course enraged, pretending not to care by saying ROX is a habitual crasher; they've grown used to it, but in fact they were so angry they scolded all over their Korean online circles, only regretting that S6 wasn't held in Korea so they couldn't go offline to give ROX a real piece of their mind.

And on Some Cat TV.

Liu mou sat quietly in front of the webcam, listening to Lu mouwei's maniacal laughter through the headset, watching the barrage wash over the audience interaction column like a waterfall.

【Flipping water water!】

【I'm splitting】

【Ya'er, I listened to your advice and didn't buy G2, lost a hundred million!】

【Never listening to you again!】

【I already knew that in a match with such outrageous odds, an accident would definitely happen; unfortunately I didn't dare to bet, and indeed I missed the chance to turn things around.】

【No way, why are there so many gambling addicts?】

Liu mou didn't speak for a long time, just quietly watching these barrage comments.

But his thoughts weren't on the barrage at all.

After a long while, he finally came up with a conclusion that barely convinced himself:

"Jiao Shen is indeed awesome."

"But mainly, today's date is off."

The audience didn't care, just kept demanding he pay up.

Liu mou continued on his own:

"Why say the date is off?"

"Well, you guys look."

"First match, Flash Wolves lost to North America's third seed C9, maybe a minor upset?"

"Second match, Snake Team beat SKT, maybe counts as an upset, maybe not."

"Fifth match, the wildcard beat North America's second seed — tell me if that's an upset."

"Damn, one day? What Tiger Team being careless, Jiao Shen being awesome — those are secondary, you know? This is the damned ultimate invincible 'flipping water water' culprit of the tiger being pecked to death by a chicken, brothers!"

"The date is off!"

"Today is Black Sunday!"

Don't say it, you really shouldn't say it, but as soon as the audience heard, they felt it made sense!

Damn, six matches in a day, four upsets — if it's not a fix, then something's definitely off, it's Black Sunday!

Thus, as if they had discovered the truth, many people rushed to the major platforms and began scrolling.

Clip marketing accounts followed suit and posted videos.

Coincidentally, this G2 match was the final match of the day's schedule; after watching it, there were no more matches to watch, so people could only go online to surf, and naturally the number of viewers increased.

After a while, the term 'Black Sunday' suddenly went viral.

However, on the Chinese internet, there are also some serious researchers who solemnly analyze the reasons for G2's victory over ROX for netizens and acknowledge G2's strength.

For example, on a certain site, LPL commentator Joker posted a video shortly after the match, detailing several key rhythms of G2 in this match and concluding that G2 is very likely to become the biggest dark horse of this year's global finals.

But Joker, among the LPL commentators, is of the type with poor reputation and public appeal, basically having no popularity; his video release actually had a negative impact on G2, making netizens even more convinced that G2's victory over ROX was purely accidental.

Furthermore, later on, on a public account with few followers, an author named Leeuwenhoek published a match analysis article several thousand words long, detailing the nuances from pick/ban to combat in the G2 vs ROX match, and precisely pointed out that the reason G2 could sweep ROX quickly was the key rhythm point: Mang Seng at level 3 ganking mid and landing a double summon of Syndra.

The author's understanding of the game is deep enough, and his writing skills are not weak; the progressive logic lets even those with low skill understand, and there are several positive comments under the article.

But unfortunately, this public account really has little popularity, so the article did not cause any waves across the entire network.

Meanwhile, after returning to the hotel, the ROX team members began conducting a thorough review in the training room.