Chapter 43: I don't understand the match, but I understand the players

Su Xing's schedule was very normal. Just like the past few years, he woke up not long after dawn.

After getting up and washing, he went downstairs to run for half an hour on the pedestrian path around the residential area, then went to the breakfast stall at the entrance to buy a portion of soy milk and steamed buns. When he returned home, it was already past eight o'clock.

After a simple breakfast, the vegetables Su Xing ordered online were also delivered. He was busy until noon, not only cooking lunch but also preparing the vegetables for dinner.

In this way, it wouldn't be so troublesome at night; he just needed to stir-fry for a few minutes to eat.

After finishing all this and eating lunch, it was close to 12 o'clock when he sat back in front of the computer. After opening the computer, Su Xing felt like he didn't know what to do.

He was no longer a professional player, no longer needed high-intensity ranked games to maintain his feel, and didn't need to deliberately practice so-called version champions. Su Xing's gaze fell on the Korean server client on the desktop and the document with the account and password. After thinking for a few seconds, he sighed slightly.

"Forget it, just play one game."

This play lasted for seven hours.

When the sky outside the window gradually darkened, Su Xing slowly stretched and looked at a page of green records with great satisfaction.

Korean server Challenger is nothing more than that. "Eat, I guess they are almost done casting the match, and it should be time for the training match."

Su Xing glanced at the time and got up to heat up the food in the kitchen. As a result, when he was halfway through eating, there was movement on WeChat.

Uzi sent a voice call request.

"Is the match over?"

Su Xing asked after connecting: "..." "Wait for me for five minutes, I'll come after eating."

"OK, we'll wait for you."

Uzi was silent for a moment, and his tone sounded a bit hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

Su Xing heard that Uzi's tone was a bit wrong.

"The TES match is over."

Uzi paused for a few seconds and said, "The match result is 3:2."

"Oh, then I guessed right."

Su Xing was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the match result he analyzed casually would come true?

"Forget it, you eat first."

Uzi said, "I guess a large group of TES fans are waiting for you to start streaming."

Su Xing:... Bad, TES fans won't think that the reason TES lost the match is because of my analysis, right? A few minutes later, Su Xing sat back in front of the computer and opened YY and the stream.

"Su Xing is here."

Uzi was the first to notice Su Xing appearing in YY and smiled, "He's here. Quick, you guys go to his stream quickly. Don't scold me, I'm innocent too!"

"What happened?"

Su Xing was a bit surprised. How could anyone dare to scold Uzi in Uzi's stream?

"You guessed 3:2 yesterday, and now TES lost, and they all feel like you are cursing..."

Uzi couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Now that clip of your prediction of the match result is trending on Douyin and Weibo, and TES fans have all run to my stream to prepare to hold you accountable."

"Oh, what is there to hold me accountable for?"

Su Xing's tone was a bit disdainful, "Even I, who hasn't played games or watched matches for several years, can guess the match result. Doesn't this prove that TES's problems haven't been solved for several years?"

"Stop, stop, stop, this is too bold."

Uzi was suddenly sweating. Complaining in the WeChat group is fine, but saying these things in the stream will really cause a big rhythm. "However... honestly, what did you base your analysis on?"

Uzi was still very curious.

Logically speaking, Su Xing didn't know any changes in the current version at all, and didn't even know the so-called tournament popular champions. How did he manage to predict an accurate match result just based on the rankings of the two teams in their respective regions and the roster? "I don't understand the match, but I understand the players."

This simple sentence made Uzi and others fall into silence. Does the championship aura really exist? "According to your inference, the current TES has already fallen into the loser's bracket. If they meet G2..."

Uzi hesitated to speak.

He thought of Su Xing's view yesterday. He believed that once TES encountered a European team, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Prepare for the worst result."

Su Xing said slowly, "Actually, fans are sometimes too harsh on players. It's already a second seed; expecting them to take down the first seed of another region is a bit unrealistic. Winning is naturally the best, but even if they can't win, it's not like they committed a heavenly crime..."

"The worst result..."

Uzi's heart sank slightly. What is the worst result of playing such a BO5 match? Nothing more than being 3:0. My goodness, if TES is 3:0'd by G2, the Weibo and forums will be turned upside down.

"Without expectations, there will be no hope."

Su Xing sharply critiqued, "Although I can understand the feeling of fans wanting the teams or players they like to win everything, sometimes version adaptability, player state, and even coach performance are all a series of factors."

"If you lose, you should be scolded, but if it's just because you can't beat a team stronger than you, you have to be scolded, I think it's a bit unnecessary."

Uzi:... No, wait, wait! If you say that, then when the LPL first seed RNG lost to G2 back then, was it... Listening, why did he feel Su Xing was implying something? But he had no evidence.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, let's not talk about it, let's start today's training match first."

Uzi hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, Su Xing, in a few days we might have to go to the tournament server to play training matches."

"Huh?"

Su Xing was a bit surprised. Why start playing training matches on the tournament server for no reason?

"The game version will be updated in a few days, and there are too many changes this time."

Uzi explained, "But the Old Man Cup is played on the current version, so we have to go to the tournament server to play."

"I see."

Su Xing nodded and said, "Is the tournament server account issued by Huya? My old account should have been recycled..."

"Yeah, Huya asked the officials for a batch of accounts."

Uzi smiled, "I guess they will send them over in a bit. I'll send them in the group then."

"Go, go, go, where are they?"

AJ asked, "Who is the top-laner of Doinb's team?"

"Seems to be a retired player too."

Uzi smiled and said, "Their lineup is quite competitive. All five lanes are not weak, and Doinb and Su Xing can both command."

"Then it's fine..."

AJ was a bit speechless. Why is the intensity of the top lane in this Old Man Cup so high!!! Can't you bring an old man who has been retired for five or six years to lane against me? "They created the room."

Immediately after, Uzi pulled everyone into a custom room, and after everyone communicated and confirmed, the curtain of today's training match was pulled open.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 44 =====