Chapter 495: I came, I saw, I conquered (4)

Wang Ji stood in the middle of the three, speaking quickly and passionately:

"Alright! Welcome to all the summoners present and in front of the screens, this is the Nanjing Aoti Zhongxin Gymnasium. As you can see, the upcoming spring finals will be live-commentated by us three. Hello everyone, I am Ji!"

Hello everyone, I am Miller.

Hello everyone, I am Rita.

Alright, then before BP officially begins, let's first take a look at both sides' data...

When the director put up both teams' data, the three commentators exclaimed in unison:

"Um..."

The director's picture not only had regular season data, but also playoff data.

Rita: "VG has only played three games in the playoffs so far, so this data is actually somewhat biased, but honestly, looking at it…… it's a bit exaggerated."

Miller: "Indeed exaggerated."

Ji: "The contrast is really obvious."

Rita: "If we just look at the data…… emmm……"

Miller: "Um..."

Ji: "......"

Bullet comments:

【Just looking at the data, no need to play】

【Ma Ge is right, just give the trophy to VG!】

【The gap is too huge hahaha】

Ji: Continuing this topic would be awkward, so quickly shift gears:

"Well, the data does have some reference value, but we can't blindly judge heroes by data; EDG is actually quite good at creating miracles..."

Rita, not knowing what she thought of, almost burst out laughing at the words, coughed a few times before finally suppressing her laughter, then said:

"Well, at the same time they are actually a very stable team..."

Bullet comments:

【Do you mean creating miracles in reverse?】

【Daring to throw the black pot at someone else's embassy, this is indeed a miracle in esports history】

【Three-year S-series group stage record 4-2, three-year quarterfinals, who dares say they're not stable?】

【Commentating is too hard......】

【I like this female commentator, she plays memes →_→】

【Although a bit bland, I also like it】

Then the bullet comments started drawing swords again.

Fortunately BP finally started, so the commentators didn't have to keep thinking how to give EDG a boost.

As the four big screens switched to the BP interface, the live audience burst into cheers.

The venue's lighting colors switched to the ban phase color, the giant crystal lamps at both ends of the stage also emitted the same light. At the same time, the entire stage turned into a giant screen, simultaneously displaying a BP screen similar to the one above, filling the venue with a sci-fi feel; the atmosphere was indeed pumped to the max.

Image: S7 LPL Spring Finals Live

"BP has started!"

When he shouted that, Ji felt a sense of relief,

"We need to inform the audience friends that the finals Bo5 uses a pre-match coin toss to decide side selection, and in this match VG guessed the coin correctly, so they get priority side selection for odd-numbered games, while EDG gets it for even-numbered games; in this game VG actively chose the blue side."

Although after the semifinals Gangzi and Sima Laozei discussed that Gangzi would play all the games in the finals, with Sima Laozei sitting below just watching how he'd crush the opponent, but as expected, the next day Gangzi sobered up and found Ma Ge, saying last night was just a joke.

Afterwards the two discussed again, finally deciding that Ma Ge would play the first game of the finals, regardless of win or loss, Gangzi would take the remaining games.

This was the result amicably discussed by the two AD carries; naturally no one else would have objections.

Thus the person sitting in the VG player's bench AD position at this moment is Sima Laozei.

Given that Sima Laozei only plays this one game, everyone unanimously decided to let Ma Ge have a fun game, ultimately picking a pseudo four-protection-one composition again.

However, this time they didn't give Fu Lan Duo Qing Gang Ying again, after all they'd already punished her, Liang Yan's anger had also subsided, so naturally they wouldn't keep harping on this endlessly. Moreover, giving Fu Lan Duo Qing Gang Ying before wasn't entirely to punish her; there were other reasons, such as testing Qing Gang Ying's strength, and occasionally applying pressure to Fu Lan Duo to prevent this kid from getting carried away; in short, there were many considerations, just no need to spell them out, anyway no one would take it to heart.

Besides, after picking Qing Gang Ying, didn't they also give Fu Lan Duo a Nuo Shou to let him have fun and come back?

The hero Fu Lan Duo got this round is also fun to play.

Under ten minutes, both sides' BP ended, the lineups are as follows:

VG, Blue Side

Top Lane: Flandre, Kled

Jungle: Firrrrrre, Verdant God

Mid Lane: Easyhoon, Karma

Bot Lane: Smlz, Big Mouth

Support: Caveman, Thresh

Coach: Loong

EDG, Red Side

Top Lane: Mouse, Wine Barrel

Jungle: Clearlove7, Mang Seng

Mid Lane: Scout, Hu li

Bot Lane: Zet, Jinx

Support: Meiko, Lulu

Coach: Nofe

The lineup was locked in, the coach left the stage, and the ten thousand spectators in the venue began cheering for their supported teams. However, because the venue was huge and lacked guidance, initially the cheers from both sides' fans were chaotic. Eventually, the female fans stepped in, gradually unifying the chants. The fans' cheers from both sides gradually became synchronized, maintaining a call‑and‑response rhythm—your side finishes singing, my side appears, and they still coordinate fairly well.

In the VG players' section, everyone finally made a small adjustment to their peripherals, setting them to their most comfortable positions, then sat in their chairs waiting for the map to load, chatting idly.

Fu Lan Duo habitually teased Liang Yan:

"Jiao Ge, the other side doesn't believe in evil, always stealing your blind guy—what do you say, give him a taste of his own medicine?"

Now Fu Lan Duo doesn't dare to call that four‑character nickname in any public setting.

Xiao Duan interjected:

"What Jiao Ge? Call him Jiao Shen!"

Liang Yan wasn't swayed by the provocation, casually saying:

"I feel queasy, he wants to take it, let him have it."

"Actually, Ming Kai's blind monk isn't weak."

Sima Laozei objectively evaluated his close friend—before joining VG, netizens often teased that the factory chief was Sima Laozei's adoptive father, but recently, when someone said that again in a livestream, Sima Laozei denied it on the spot:

"My only adoptive father is our team's jungler."

Thus, it became widely known that Sima Laozei's adoptive father turned out to be Liang Yan……

Of course, Sima Laozei's relationship with the factory chief remains as close as glue; their peak valley accounts are even maintained synchronously, every time they log in they duo‑queue to climb ranks, and their rankings sit right next to each other. Consequently, netizens again teased that Sima Laozei refuses to acknowledge the factory chief as his adoptive father in order to form a CP with him, otherwise it would be a chaotic mess…… All we can say is that netizens' imaginations run wild.