Chapter 527: No Comparison, No Harm

Congratulations to VG…… they won a splendid opening victory!

After Wawa finished shouting, he turned his head and gave his partner Miller a hostile look:

"How to say, Teacher Miller, I said there's no need to worry, any lineup is fine! We've got this in the bag!"

Miller showed a slightly embarrassed yet hard-to-conceal smile, lowered his head to adjust his glasses, and readily admitted his mistake:

"Um, VG really played well this game; basically we can say they fully exerted the effect this lineup should have. Early game, Jiao Shen successfully ganked Karsa, after which the tempo took off, then a smooth snowball in the transition phase; throughout the match they suppressed FW from start to finish, including the final push which was swift and decisive, ending the game at the peak of their lineup's performance. I have to admit, I misjudged this game."

"Hehe~"

Guan Zeyuan chuckled twice, giving Miller a way out,

"I think there's no need to be too harsh on Teacher Miller; after all, as LPL commentators we naturally want VG to win—concern breeds chaos."

Afterwards, the post-match statistics panel was posted in the livestream room; the highest damage dealer was Fu Lan Duo's crocodile, with a 31% output share far ahead, and the performance was also splendid, kill count almost reached double, deaths only two.

Liang Yan's damage wasn't high, ranking fourth, but the actual numbers weren't much lower than second and third place Gangzi and Easyhoon.

The barrage was thick and dense:

【Fu Lan Duo is awesome!】

【In such a one-sided game, playing crocodile is the most fun; in teamfights you just charge in and swim like a dragon】

【Who gets the MVP?】

【The enemy jungler isn't said to be the LMS Wild King, so why are they so fragile? ~】

【Stay calm, it's just beating an wildcard team, nothing to be proud of】

【If in this best-of-six-to-four match FW can't even get in, then they really can only sit at the wildcard table】

On the tieba, netizens were also heatedly discussing, though not all were blind praise, and many maintained a cautiously optimistic attitude.

【Beating FW proves nothing; FW came up from the play-ins, needing to play play-ins shows they're inherently weak】

【It's not that FW is weak, but VG is too strong; don't believe it? Just wait and see FW crush G2!】

【Crushing G2? What nonsense, are you dreaming?】

【There really are people who think the current Ou Mei is still a pushover……】

【Calling Ou Mei a pushover isn't wrong; just look at TSM】

【A North America champion can play a Bo5 against a Vietnamese team and have a back-and-forth, almost getting swept—if that's not a pushover, what is? The only strong team in Ou Mei is G2; the rest are still pushovers】

【Winning gets praise, losing gets blame—isn't that the anti-fans' tradition? How come now even winning gets you blamed? The pigs and dogs just self-indulge in their dark little circles; if they come out and embarrass themselves, don't blame the tieba users for digging up your main team's dark history】

……

At the match venue, after VG's members shook hands they came to the stage center to thank the audience, and amid the audience's applause they returned backstage.

KT's side closed the door to their lounge tightly; hearing the noisy celebrations from the next-door lounge, everyone exchanged glances, the atmosphere a bit awkward.

As the saying goes, 'No comparison, no harm.' With the same lineup, we picked ours and played it into a mess, while they picked theirs and slaughtered the opposition like cutting melons and vegetables……

Coach FIFAHUN's face was as still as water, his icy gaze sweeping over everyone:

"If you lose again next match, do you still have the face to go back? I won't say more; you should know what to do."

Thinking of the methods used by our home region's audience, everyone present felt a chill. Lose again? If we lose again, we truly won't be able to go back!

Of course, the MSI main stage has just begun; Korean netizens aren't too pessimistic. Netizens vent, vent—when it comes to believing in their own region's strength, LCK netizens could be said to be the most confident in the world; even while criticizing their own region's representative team for being lackluster, they don't forget to throw a couple of barbs at VG, nothing more than saying the opponents are on a different level and VG's win over FW doesn't really prove anything.

……

FW's members have also returned backstage.

It was originally not a high‑chance game; losing was expected. Although it wasn't completely indifferent, the atmosphere within FW right now isn't too bad—they still have the mood to watch the opponents' post‑match interview.

On the computer screen, that man stood beside the interview host without an interpreter, speaking fluently in English, saying nothing disparaging about FW; moreover, most of the host's questions were unrelated to this match, instead chatting about his experiences after transferring to the LPL region. One could say this interview was specially prepared for his personal fans, asking about the topics they care most about.

The atmosphere in FW's lounge became even more relaxed, with everyone occasionally sharing a knowing smile.

Even Karsa would occasionally chuckle along with his teammates, as if nothing had happened.

Coach Zhan Ma, however, saw the stiffness in Karsa's smile and the bewilderment in his eyes; after a moment's thought, he rose from the computer, walked over to sit beside Karsa, placed a hand on his shoulder, and asked gently:

"Hong Haoxuan, are you alright?"

Karsa glanced at him, his eyes somewhat evasive, forcing a smile:

"Nothing's wrong, what could happen to me."

"Good then……"

Zhan Ma patted Karsa's shoulder twice,

"Losing one game doesn't mean anything; you must believe in yourself. If you feel lacking confidence, just think this way: the opponent is after all the World's No. 1 Jungler, getting crushed by him isn't actually shameful."

Karsa said I know.

Of course he knows; how could Karsa not know how strong the opponent is?

He has indeed prepared for this a long time, which shows he values the opponent greatly.

But he still feels lost and bewildered.

This is like before 520 arrives, you watch countless action movies learning eighteen martial arts moves, preparing to battle her for three hundred rounds that night; when the time actually comes, she lies down and lightly takes off her white teddy bear, and you immediately wet your pants.

Who could stand that?

Everyone says those who make it pro are geniuses; I can crush so many pro players, making me a genius among geniuses, yet why would a genius like me still be crushed like this?

Is the gap between geniuses also this big?

Am I not even worthy of being a decent opponent to him?

Zhan Ma still tried his best to comfort him, but he also knew that this sort of thing can only be digested by Karsa himself over time.

Just hope it doesn't affect the upcoming matches.

Still, as said before, the MSI group stage is a best-of-six-to-four; FW's chances of advancing are still quite good; Coach Zhan Ma came to coach FW, also hoping to bring out a slightly better result, but let's not end up really sitting at the wildcard table.