Chapter 131: 50-50, I also often solo kill him

"First battle victory! The LPL region's first appearance in the S12 World Championship ended in a hearty victory!" Miller in the domestic live broadcast room, who was slightly sleepy, woke up instantly.

Guan Zeyuan shouted loudly: "Although it is early morning in the country, I think this game should be worth the early rising of all viewers! As expected of our number one seed!"

"I hope today our other brother teams in LPL can cheer together! Play a three-game winning streak!"

Under the camera, the teenagers in the EDG player seat stood up and hugged, celebrating the first victory of the World Championship journey.

And the moment he took off his headphones, Ye Bo listened to the thunderous applause in the opera house, only feeling refreshed!

There were many North American fun-loving people at the scene holding "TSM" cheering signs that didn't even come to this World Championship, and they spontaneously shouted EDG's team name at this time.

Even more people were shouting Ye Bo's ID loudly.

G2 is a European team, and North American audiences are happy to see Europe being abused.

And this game can be said to have opened their eyes.

EDG didn't go to MSI this year, and foreign audiences' impression of them still stayed in last year's Iceland season.

And this absolute crushing victory successfully made these host audiences recall this team, remembering that they are the defending champion!

"EDG presented everyone with a textbook way to win in the World Championship patch!" Rekkles said very seriously on the commentary desk: "Frankly speaking, I haven't seen their system this year."

Rekkles and Perkz didn't enter the World Championship, and they had long passed their career peak.

But as active players, they are naturally very aware of the patch changes this year.

The two compared EDG with the teams that appeared in the World Championship before, and obviously felt very different.

Looking at it, it seems to be just simple bottom lane laning to get laning priority, cooperating with jungle invasion to get little dragons, and then playing solo kills and operations.

But in fact, from G2 not being able to find the counter-attack point of the lineup throughout the game, and being pressed and beaten throughout, it can be seen.

They were obviously suppressed in the game, which is difficult for bystanders to feel personally!

In the past LPL, the label was basically fighting to death, fighting if there was a chance, and creating opportunities to force you to fight if there was no chance!

Either you die or I die!

Besides that, there is an extreme example, which is just like a shrinking turtle, only playing defense, waiting for the core equipment of the carry position to be formed before fighting.

And EDG, it is very like combining these two styles into one.

There is offense, there is operation, from the lineup side, G2 is restrained to death, and there is no chance to even try to fight back.

If it is obviously a group fight that can't be beaten, then it's not not cowardly, it's sending it for nothing!

Rekkles couldn't help but sigh: "This EDG is so strong."

Perkz started to change his face again, directly leaning back.

"Oh~ actually I guessed it, Caps is still not good without me, the bottom lane can't be stable at all~"

"Actually, that turn-around interruption Ye Bo pulled off like a magic trick, I really hadn't thought of playing it that way. That move must have given Caps wrinkles, haha!"

Ye Bo in the player seat, hearing the commentary desk at the scene seem to be reading his ID, subconsciously looked up.

And seeing the camera on the side pointing at himself, he naturally made a "Yeah" scissor hand, smiling brightly and looking at the camera.

When this scene appeared on the big screen at the scene, it caused a noisy sound wave again!

The director cut the screen to the G2 player seat on the other side of the stage.

Caps pursed his lips, and you could tell he was very uncomfortable just by looking at his expression.

Usually, people say he is optimistic, but to say that he traveled thousands of miles to Los Angeles and didn't want to win, that is purely lying to himself!

Optimism that can decide whether to win or not is called optimism.

Optimism that can't win at all is called "only can be optimistic."

And he can understand the language of the commentary desk at the scene. Listening to the objective evaluation of the commentary desk, he suddenly felt even heavier.

"G2 is off to a bad start, being beaten so embarrassingly in the death group, the qualification situation is already somewhat not optimistic..."

"I hope they adjust well, there is not much time left for G2, I hope G2 can show a little bit of the foundation as a European dynasty!"

Under normal circumstances, this is just the first game of the group stage, and the prospect doesn't seem to be so bleak.

But this is Group A!

EDG and T1 are like the two big mountains in Group A.

In the head-to-head confrontation with one of the competitors, returning in such a miserable defeat, besides proving that G2's state this year is really not good, it is reasonable for commentators to make such an evaluation.

The EDG crowd put on masks and went to the opposite side of the stage to punch the opponents.

Caps looked at the strange and young face in front of him, and had to sigh in his heart.

Clearly he was born in 1999, how come looking at the other party, he suddenly had the illusion of "twilight years" on this field...

This rookie named Ye Bo left too deep an impression on him.

The other party's meticulous details, fierce offensive, and terrifying operations all made him under great pressure!

Mainly, he always felt that the other party could occasionally come up with processing angles he hadn't thought of, causing Caps to keep a feeling of being frightened during laning.

Caps praised sincerely when punching: "Very powerful, especially the wave that interrupted my operation, hope again."

Caps, who was also wearing a mask, did not have a clear enough voice.

Ye Bo's English grades were also not very ideal.

He could only say very seriously: "Oh yes yes, good good!"

This cross-server communication actually matched the frequency inexplicably.

After the two sides punched, the EDG crowd came to the center of the stage, hooked their shoulders and backed each other to bow to the audience.

The North American old brothers and domestic audiences who came from afar were extremely enthusiastic, hitting cheering sticks hard, and occasionally mixed with sporadic whistles.

When going down the stage, Ye Bo saw Ming Kai holding the microphone waiting for himself, his smile couldn't stop.

"The state is hot, little Ye Bo! You hit Little Caps to attention, well done!"

"But your mentality is really strong, I was worried that you would be nervous in your first World Championship."

For Ye Bo beating Caps, Ming Kai and Meiko just now were secretly happy in their hearts.

After all, in the quarter-finals of S8, EDG was sniped by FNC led by Caps and Rekkles at the door of the quarter-finals 3-1!

Although Ming Kai was no longer on the front line that year, because he was still on the big list—inexplicably added a quarter-final to his resume!

I, Ming Kai, am wronged!

"Interviews in North America are not pre-scripted, and they ask questions more directly... Oh, anyway, you play freely!"

Ming Kai originally wanted to urge again, but thinking that the public relations department couldn't manage here across the ocean, he, who loves trash talk, simply gave up this time.

Of course, it was mainly because it was useless to urge.

And before he could speak, Jie Jie took Ye Bo's peripherals and the four of them returned to the backstage first.

The live female host Sjokz ran over, looked at Ye Bo and smiled, and walked back to the center of the live stage together.

"Welcome the interview guest of this match! Mid laner Ye Bo from EDG team!"

As soon as this was said, the scene instantly broke out into noisy cheers!

The scene made Ye Bo feel a bit flattered.

He originally thought that the liveliness after the game ended was because his team was the defending champion of last year, and he was taking advantage of the team.

But he didn't expect that when only he was left at the scene, the atmosphere under the stage was even more high-pitched and enthusiastic!

Ye Bo underestimated his popularity abroad.

What foreign fun-loving people remember most is actually not the champion of every year, but those who left famous scenes and talked about things, which makes it easier for them to remember.

For example, a survey done by the well-known foreign e-sports media ESPN—the Chinese players with the highest popularity in overseas regions are WeiXiao, Uzi, and Ming Kai.

And the so many "highlight-level" operations that Ye Bo played on the LPL field are simply incredible things for ordinary foreign audiences!

"Wo~~ It seems that Ye Bo has a lot of live fans! Can you say hello to everyone in English?"

Ye Bo has never been stage-frightened, and raised the microphone generously.

"Hello, everybody!"

Although it is an extremely non-standard spoken language and pronunciation.

But with this inexplicably confident tone and volume, it presented a completely different atmosphere.

Naturally, no one at the scene cared about any grammar, just synchronously came a louder wave of cheers.

Sjokz smiled and officially started the interview: "Then as the opening match of this game, and also your first World Championship in your career, ending in such a relaxed way, did you expect it before the match?"

After listening to the translation, Ye Bo decisively nodded without any avoidance.

"That's for sure, as the number one seed of the LPL region, we win the number two seed of other regions, this should be a matter of course, there shouldn't be any difficulty!"

"Not to mention that my teammates are all world champions, they are all very powerful... Oh, of course, I am also very powerful!"

Sjokz laughed, but soon gave approval: "That's for sure, after all, Ye Bo harvested the first MVP of the group stage in the first game, it is indeed very powerful!"

【Ye Bo is fooling this group of foreigners, pure succubus attribute!】

【Real-time reprint DYS: Damn, what does Ye Bo mean! Who is he implying!? Winning the second seed as the first seed is a matter of course!?】

【Dead bald man just wants to say that T1 captures EDG every day and is afraid of being rushed, even the truth doesn't dare to say it! Coward! No wonder even the hat can only be worn in green!】

【Hehe, playing an European and American trash is noisy, what lineup is G2 this year? What's there to blow about winning this game?】

【Laughed, anyway, I have already imagined the words of these filial sons later: {Playing a group stage T1 is noisy}, {Who doesn't know T1 is powerful in BO5}, {Playing an old Big Fly is noisy} -> Even the old Big Fly can't beat! Just be glad that someone helped EDG solve T1 last year, directly confiscating your championship!】

【Damn, you said all the words of the stringer, what else can the stringer say?】

The barrage quarreled without agreement, as if as long as it involves popular teams, it is a point and explosion.

However, it does not affect the scene.

Sjokz continued the interview, and they were all relatively routine questions.

It was just when it came to "what is the favorite food after coming to Los Angeles for so many days."

Ye Bo thought for a long time, and finally answered "Boxed Lunch" honestly.

No way, although the quarantine is over, Ye Bo and the EDG crowd are not very dare to go out to the street to stroll.

Besides worrying about getting hit, it is mainly unsafe.

Thinking of the many days coming to New York, I can often hear the bustling city center street downstairs in the middle of the night, with the sound of "biubiubiu," which is really scary.

Sjokz smiled awkwardly and hurriedly changed the topic: "Then what about the outlook on results?"

Ye Bo answered affirmatively again.

"That's for sure, I want to take back the trophy we returned an hour ago!"

"I said one sentence before coming, as EDG's mid laner, I will guard everything of EDG!"

After listening to the translation, the foreigners who heard this for the first time screamed again.

Perhaps because of cultural differences, foreign countries do not recognize "humble culture," but that kind of arrogance that is confident to the extreme is more worshipped by them.

Sjokz also raised a smile again and asked the last question.

"Then the last question."

"Regarding your biggest competitor in Group A, T1, I don't know how you evaluate them?"

"Or rather, do you have confidence in defeating them in the subsequent group stage? Especially regarding the match between you and Faker..."

The rustling sound at the scene suddenly pressed down.

The audience waving T1 flags and warming up for the next BO1 pricked up their ears, curious about the answer to this question.

And regarding this question, Ye Bo thought about it quite seriously.

Only then gave a real answer.

"Because I haven't officially fought against the opponent on the field, I can't express any evaluation, but I have confidence!"

"We have played training matches, it's 50-50."

"Faker, I also often solo kill him!"

Ye Bo really didn't lie.

The relationship between the two clubs EDG and T1 is originally good, after all, they often "import goods" from each other's youth training camps, and now there is a mid laner with an F-headed R-ending hanging on the second team.

Plus the few exchanges between Ye Bo and Lee Sang-hyeok, it was mentioned naturally before, and a training match was scheduled.

Of course, that was already around the playoffs.

Ye Bo took the initiative to use Yone to cooperate with Brother Shengqiang Ge to practice laning, also because of this—because Zeus's Yone in that training match cut Brother Shengqiang Ge's laning to pieces.

And when the World Championship patch was settled, the two sides were about to become opponents.

Especially since the group draw was in the same group, it was naturally impossible to schedule a battle again, and the previous patch was too different, so there was not much reference value.

When returning to the stage after the interview, the venue for the next match had also begun to be arranged, and the electronic big screen at the back was replaced with the team flags of T1 and DFM.

Ye Bo returned to the room, and the teammates were laughing and playing.

"Ye Bo is back! You let Ye Bo judge, you say that Qiang Ge's ranking is higher than mine, is it unreasonable!" Jie Jie jumped up with a smile.

"What, what ranking?"

Brother Shengqiang Ge explained: "Hey, it's our own domestic top 20 selection, this guy is not convinced~"

Ye Bo took the phone and understood roughly.

The so-called "top 20" selection in the mouth of the European and American commentary desk at the scene before was actually released by the Riot official in previous years.

The so-called "officially certified first xxx" came from this list.

However, because this list has never been guessed correctly, and every year the higher the ranking, the worse the death, so it is also called the "poison milk list."

Later, because the controversy was too great, the Riot official stopped making and releasing this list after S8.

Instead, it was organized by well-known e-sports media at home and abroad.

And this year's domestic list is a player vote conducted by LPL official with "Palm League of Legends."

"I ranked seventh, Brother Shengqiang Ge actually ranked sixth!" Jie Jie said indignantly: "It must be that he pulled votes on Weibo before and pulled to cloud players! I'm so anxious, I'm so anxious!"

Meiko teased with a smile: "Don't treat me as a person, I ranked eighth, what did I say." 【141】 Brother Shengqiang Ge sat with Erlang legs crossed, deliberately showing a proud face. 【142】 "Oh, Jie, you can't think like that." Ye Bo comforted without raising his head. 【143】 "Why do you think you are seventh? That's because netizens feel that you can already take over the mantle of the big factory manager, so they controlled the votes to seventh for you!" 【144】 Jie Jie felt comforted at first, but suddenly felt strange: "No! Ye Bo, you are also scolding me!" 【145】 "? Zhao Lijie, what do you mean?" 【146】 "Uh, Factory Manager, I mean seventh place is too high, how can I take over your mantle, you are still here!" 【147】 Ye Bo flipped through the list and could find that the judgment of the team's strength at home and abroad is indeed very different. 【148】 For example, in the foreign ranking, all of T1's members are outside the top ten, but in the domestic list, they are almost all within the top ten, as if this team has an extra bonus in the hearts of LPL audiences. 【149】 "What about me, what about me?" 【150】 Ye Bo flipped back for a long time and didn't flip to himself. 【151】 Jie Jie leaned over, and was speechless: "No, Ye Bo, why would you think of flipping backwards?" 【152】 "Where else can you rank, pull to the bottom!" 【153】 Ye Bo pulled the list down, and saw his avatar at the very bottom. 【154】 A full 10000+ votes, ranking second! 【155】 The third place is Samsung's mid laner Chovy, with 9000+ votes, perhaps because of the deep impression left by suppressing Faker's performance in the regional finals. 【156】 As for the first place, that obviously goes without saying. 【157】 Faker, who ranked 19th in the foreign ranking and almost fell out of the list, led everyone by 20000+ votes in the domestic list! 【158】 "Hey, I have to say, Fei Fei's first place definitely has off-field factors, just looking at the performance of this season, it is obviously Ye Bo's first, these netizens are really..." 【159】 Jie Jie complained somewhat indignantly. 【160】 Ye Bo was very happy, after all, compared with the foreign list, it increased by ten places. 【161】 "Okay, okay, their game started." 【162】 The crowd originally planned to return to the hotel after the game, but waiting for Ye Bo to return from the interview, T1's game happened to start, so they simply stayed backstage and insisted on watching this game with masks. 【163】 Obviously, they also attach great importance to this game. 【164】 T1 vs DFM, another group match of S11. 【165】 DFM, as the only hope of the Japanese region, has entered the group stage for two consecutive years... As a result, they bumped into T1 and EDG in the group stage for two consecutive years! 【166】 The EDG crowd naturally didn't expect to be able to find any secret weapons of the opponent through this game. 【167】 As long as they can see some clues of BP, or the focus of tactics, it is very profitable. 【168】 But the facts proved that they thought too much. 【169】 The opponent's hard strength is really too weak. From the beginning of BP, Ye Bo felt that T1's BP was too strange. 【170】 It was almost exactly the same BP structure as the summer season, it can be said that there was no change, simply like not keeping up with the World Championship patch. 【171】 If it were another team, it would definitely be considered that the opponent did not master the patch. 【172】 But this is T1. 【173】 The greater possibility is that the opponent is releasing water, or is hiding tactics! 【174】 This has to mention that the draw order does have a certain difference in luck. 【175】 Because G2 is famous, even if it is only the European number two seed this year, EDG must definitely put all their energy to deal with it—result didn't expect that their lineup this year is so not resistant to fighting! 【176】 And DFM can only show that they do have a certain strength, but not much. 【177】 From the beginning of the game, T1 showed the laning advantage of all lanes. 【178】 Zeus doesn't know if the lens is blurry, maybe he misread the three letters of the opponent's top laner ID Evi as three numbers. 【179】 Choosing Jayce, the hammer in his hand is simply like a Hextech whip, pulling the opponent into a spinning top and going crazy into the sky! 【180】 The gap was presented in three minutes of laning, and the first TP was hit in five minutes, which is a visible strength gap. 【181】 Oner is like incarnating as a sky-high substitute, the rhythm of the whole game is extremely explosive, as if he can always appear in the position where he should appear most. 【182】 A Lee Sin operation is smooth and flowing, grabbing wherever he goes! 【183】 The most "invisible" one is even Faker! 【184】 Of course, the meaning of invisible is just that there is no solo kill, but choosing Azir, whose laning ability is weakened again, still suppresses the opponent's mid lane Da Zuo and can't breathe. 【185】 "If they are not releasing smoke bombs, I feel that Azir's priority is still not low," Ye Bo is still painting and changing on the notebook. 【186】 This game has no much value for review, the EDG crowd waited patiently until the end, and then got up and returned to the hotel. 【187】 And at the same time. 【188】 The regular match in Madison Square Garden Theater is still in full swing. 【189】 Three LPL teams played on the first day, except for RNG in Group D, which was on a bye, both TES and JDG played. 【190】 JDG's first opponent was LCK number one seed Gen. G. 【191】 As the third seed of LPL, facing the biggest opponent in the group, everyone didn't have too high expectations for them. 【192】 And Samsung's first game really showed the strength of the number one seed, Chovy incarnated as a development demon, actually possessing a terrifying 360 knives in 30 minutes! 【193】 35 minutes, Samsung stewed meat with a slow knife, and took the game with a large score of 19-4. 【194】 If the first game is harmless. 【195】 Then the second game, TES, which was highly anticipated by everyone, gave everyone a big one! 【196】 The reason is nothing else. 【197】 Because TES actually lost miserably to the European team RGE, and it was a 18 to 6 big score abuse game! 【198】 Originally thought it was a good start—never expected, it was only one victory! 【199】 【Ya Gao is really a pure mixer! Don't mix anymore, Ya Gao! Choose your invincible Azir!】 【200】 【Left hand squeezes Ya Gao! Right hand brushes!】 【201】 【TES is really invincible, even North America can lose? Roll and sit at a table with RNG!】 【202】 【? Don't be black, RNG is losing to Japan! TES is at least losing to North America, how can losing to a wildcard team like Japan be so shameful? It's really don't want your face!】 【203】 【Don't be black, RNG can only go to Group D, can't lose to Vietnam, at most lose to North America!】 【204】 【Hey, if EDG loses again, I feel that LPL can go home early this year~】 【205】 【Serious? I want to whistle, just with Big Fly's state today, Ye Bo can easily knock Big Fly dizzy!】 【206】 (End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 132 =====

Flandre sat with his legs crossed, deliberately putting on a smug face.

"Oh Jie, you can't think like that," Ye Bo comforted him without looking up.

"You have to think, why are you in seventh place? That's because the netizens feel you can already take up the mantle of the Great Director, so they rigged the votes to put you in seventh!"

Barrier felt comforted at first, but suddenly felt something was off: "That's not right! Master Ye, you're insulting me too!"

"? Zhao Lijie, what do you mean?"

"Uh, Director, I mean seventh place is too high. How could I take up your mantle? You're still here!"

Ye Bo flipped through the rankings and could see that there was indeed a large discrepancy between domestic and international judgments of the team's strength.

For example, T1's entire roster, which was ranked outside the top ten in foreign rankings, was almost all within the top ten in domestic rankings, as if this team had an extra bonus in the hearts of LPL viewers.

"What about me? What about me?"

Ye Bo flipped back for a long time and still hadn't reached himself.

Barrier leaned over, immediately speechless: "Master Ye, why would you think to flip backwards?"

"Where else would you be ranked? Scroll to the very bottom!"

Ye Bo scrolled down the list and saw his own avatar at the very bottom.

A full 10,000+ votes, ranking second!

Third place was Samsung's mid laner Chovy with over 9,000 votes, perhaps because the impression left by his suppression of Faker in the regional finals was profound.

As for first place, that obviously goes without saying.

Faker, who was ranked 19th in the foreign rankings and nearly fell off the list, was far ahead of everyone else in the domestic rankings with 20,000+ votes!

"Hey, if you ask me, Faker being first definitely has external factors. Just looking at this season's performance, Master Ye is clearly first. These netizens are really..."

Barrier complained with some resentment.

Ye Bo was actually quite happy; after all, compared to the foreign rankings, he had improved by a full ten spots.

"Alright, alright, their match has started."

The group had originally planned to return to the hotel directly after their match, but while waiting for Ye Bo to return from his interview, T1's match happened to start, so they simply stayed backstage wearing masks to finish watching it.

Clearly, they also placed great importance on this match.

T1 versus DFM, another group stage matchup from S11.

As the only hope for the Japanese region, DFM made it to the group stage for two consecutive years... and ended up running into T1 and EDG in the group stage for two consecutive years!

Of course, the EDG members didn't expect to uncover any secret weapons from the opponent through this match.

As long as they could see some clues about the BP or tactical emphasis, it would be a win.

But facts proved they had thought too much.

The opponent's raw strength was simply too weak. From the start of the BP, Ye Bo felt T1's BP was too strange.

It was almost entirely the same BP structure as the Summer Split; one could say there were no changes at all, as if they hadn't kept up with the Worlds patch.

If it were another team, one would definitely think they hadn't fully grasped the patch.

But this is T1.

The greater possibility is that they are sandbagging, or hiding tactics!

This brings up the fact that the draw order does indeed have some luck involved.

Because G2 has a reputation, even if they were only the second seed from Europe this year, EDG definitely had to respond with full focus—————but they didn't expect their lineup this year to be so fragile!

And DFM can only prove that they do have some strength, but not much.

From the start of the game, T1 displayed a laning advantage in all lanes.

Zeus, not knowing if his glasses were blurry, might have mistaken the three letters of the opponent's top laner ID, Evi, for three numbers.

Picking Jayce, the hammer in his hand was like a Hextech whip, frantically whipping the opponent into the air like a spinning top!

A gap appeared within three minutes of laning, and the first TP was forced out at five minutes; it was a visible gap in strength.

Oner seemed to have transformed into a top-tier substitute, his rhythm throughout the game was explosive, as if he could always appear in the position he was most needed.

His Lee Sin mechanics were silky smooth, ganking wherever he went!

The most "invisible" one was even Faker!

Of course, "invisible" just means he didn't get a solo kill, but picking Azir, whose laning ability had been further weakened, he still kept the opponent's mid laner from catching his breath.

"If they aren't throwing a smokescreen, I feel the priority for Azir is still not low," Ye Bo continued to scribble in his notebook.

This match didn't have much value for review. The EDG members watched patiently until the end, then got up to return to the hotel.

And at the same time.

The main event in the Madison Square Garden Theater was still in full swing.

Three LPL teams played on the first day. Except for Group D where RNG was on a bye, both TES and JDG played.

JDG's first opponent was the LCK first seed, Gen. G.

As the LPL's third seed, facing the biggest opponent in their group, everyone didn't hold high expectations for them.

And Samsung did indeed show the strength of a first seed in their first match. Chovy transformed into a farming monster, actually possessing a terrifying 360 CS at 30 minutes!

At 35 minutes, Samsung slowly stewed the meat, taking the game with a large score of 19-4.

If the first match was still harmless.

Then in the second match, TES, who were pinned with high hopes by everyone, gave everyone a big one!

The reason was none other than.

Because TES actually suffered a crushing defeat to the European team Rogue, and it was a 18-6 blowout!

Originally thought to be a good start————never expected it was only one win!

【Yaogao is truly a pure freeloader! Stop freeloading, Yaogao! Pick your invincible Azir!】

【Left hand squeezes toothpaste! Right hand farms!】

【Top Esports is truly invincible, they can even lose to North America? Go sit at the same table as RNG!】

【? Don't troll, RNG lost to Japan! Top Esports at least lost to North America, how is that as embarrassing as losing to a Wildcard team like Japan?】

【What Master Ye said is really right! The European first seed beats our second seed, the Korean first seed beats our third seed, the hierarchy is strict, no problem!】

【Hehe, if EDG loses again, I feel the LPL can go home early again this year~】

【Serious? I want to scream. With Faker's state today, Ye Wen could easily knock him out!】

(End of chapter)