Chapter 353 The Head Coach Starts Warming Up
"What the hell, what kind of move is that? How come players from the lsp club are so fierce?"
"I knew the Huaxia team was strong in Dota and Warcraft, but fighting games like King of Fighters and Street Fighter have always been dominated by European and American players!"
"Who's that player from Huaxia?"
"I know, her name is Luo Ling. Wasn't she the champion of last year's net cafe competition in Huaxia's continental region?"
"Net cafe competition? But she's up against last year's world champion. Is this a heavyweight match?"
"What world champion? Have you ever seen a net cafe champion rub the world champion's face on the floor? This is ridiculous!"
"Yeah, almost got comboed with a 'one two three', this world champion's skill seems pretty inflated!"
"KO!"
"The match is over. Congratulations to Huaxia's lsp team for winning the gold medal in the Street Fighter event! America's mvp club has to settle for second place with regret, while Qingqiu's GMP team takes the bronze. Let's cheer for them!"
"lsp!"
"lsp!"
"Old Color Critic!"
"Damn, why do I feel like they are cursing at us!" the faces of the lsp team members were all somewhat embarrassed.
"Next, let's interview the players from the lsp team," the host walked over to the winning team, "Please tell us, lsp club members, winning the gold medal in such a major competition on your first try, and even blanking the former champions, how do you feel right now?"
Luo Ling touched her nose, "Uh... I don't think we were too strong, but rather our opponents were a bit weak. They fell before I even went all out!"
Wei Weihai shook his head, "Nothing special to feel, to be honest. This level of performance wouldn't even qualify for a sparring partner in our lsp team, so I don't really have a great sense of achievement."
Team member A: "In a best of three series, I didn't even get the chance to play. I have nothing to say."
Team member B: "I've never thought about winning the world championship. I'm not the least bit interested in the world title."
Substitute player: "I just want to say one thing, the head coach is awesome!"
"No wonder they were trained by Zhang Menglong. Each one of them is like the old Count of Versailles."
"What's with the cryptic talk here? They all seem like members of the Demon Cult to me."
The audience on-site were roaring with laughter, while the mvp players were all ashen-faced.
Last year's world championship, both Luo Ling and Wei Weihai has participated, but neither of them even made it to the quarterfinals with their skills. They couldn't imagine that in just one year, their skills would have improved to such a remarkable extent.
"This head coach must have some special training methods. He's very strong!" The mvp coach didn't blame his players. He watched their entire match and realized that the skills of the opponents almost completely crushed theirs, whether it was the effective operations per minute or the ability to seize opportunities, they were by no means comparable to his players.
"Head coach, if this continues, lsp team is going to take home all the gold medals at the Esports Olympics!"
"No! We absolutely can't let the Huaxia people be so proud!"
"But their strength is overwhelming. We have no confidence in any of the remaining events when faced head-on," a coach said.
He had studied the videos of every match that lsp team had played and the conclusions he drew were almost enough to drive him to despair.
"Then let's not face them head-on!" Steve, mvp's head coach, said with a dark expression, "No matter what, we absolutely can't let the Huaxia people take all the gold medals. Their prestige internationally is already too strong; we can't let them rise any further, in any domain!"
"What do you mean?"
"Next Monday is the PUBG competition, and these battles are anything but fair," said Steve, "I bet the other countries are not feeling too good after being beaten like this, right? Tonight, you go and invite them for me. I'll treat them to drinks!"
...
The competition was in full swing, and the members of lsp team seemed to have hacks activated as they charged through the battlefield. They were ahead in awareness, extremely fast with their hands, and their team coordination was seamless.
Out of ten events, lsp club had already nabbed the gold in five, and in the remaining ones, they exhibited a terrifying dominance in four.
The last event, League of Legends, had lsp team and Qingqiu Country's sk2 team placed in different regions, making it temporarily impossible to discern the disparity in their strength. In their respective regions, they both demonstrated overwhelming dominance.
Both lsp team and sk2 team commanded Thunder and Lightning in their regions. Except for lsp team losing a minor match against Huaxia's veteran RDG team, they won all other matches!
And SK2 was even more terrifying, Player Li He's performance this year was even more formidable than during his peak several years ago—they advanced straight to the finals with an undefeated record in their division!
As the most iconic esports competition, the tickets for this final match sold out a week prior, and prices online surged to three times their normal value!
The spectator seats capable of accommodating twenty thousand spectators were completely filled, and at the center of the venue, the match was broadcast live on a massive LED screen.
Twenty thousand people watching live, with the global viewers surpassing 100 million through the live stream—this championship match even had more prestige than the S tournament!
"The banning phase is over for both sides, let's officially move into the game!" the commentators started their live commentary of this thrilling match with palpable tension.
"We can see that SK2's players are very aggressive—they've already grouped up and invaded LSP's jungle!"
"Oh no, LSP team's SOA player is caught out alone, Li Ge's Galio actually learned Taunt at Level One!"
"SOA is locked down! He's been killed!"
"His teammates followed up, but the enemy team's all five are there!"
"Ah! Losing three players in a Level One team fight and having their jungle invaded, LSP's start is very disadvantageous!"
SK2 is truly a veteran strong team; they have a wealth of experience in big matches. Although the LSP players have been trained by Zhang Menglong, they had only formed the team a month ago, and the coordination between teammates had not yet reached a level of seamless understanding.
Additionally, most of them were not professional players before, and under such pressure, it's very difficult to perform to their fullest capabilities.
In the first match, with a significant disadvantage from the start, SK2's team demolished the base in just 18 minutes.
"Yes! Hahaha! What LSP team, what Huaxia's pride, our Qingqiu Country's team is the strongest!" SK2's coach, beaming with pride, watched his players. The past few days, their other squads had been beaten soundly, but today they finally recovered some ground!
"No worries, everyone just do your best, and let's aim to make a comeback in the next game!" the LSP coach consoled the players, but it was, after all, the finals; playing under the shadow of a lost point, the players' morale was understandably low.
In the second match, LSP's performance left much to be desired, with frequent mistakes from the players, even causing chaos in their own ranks. Li Ge and Push'N Bang played with daring and showmanship, steady as ever, and brought the match to match point.
What infuriated the Huaxia audience most was that at the end of another game, SK2's top laner played with just one hand, holding a cup of milk tea in the other, as he casually destroyed LSP's base!
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"God, such poor sportsmanship, and they call themselves an international team?"
"Truly embarrassing!"
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Carried away with pride, SK2's club taunted on their own social media platform:
LSP can start thinking about what to have for dinner in an hour.
The resting time plus the match duration for a League of Legends game generally doesn't exceed one hour. This final is a best-of-five, and they had already won one match. Implicitly, they were suggesting that everything would be over after the next match, aiming for a 3:0 sweep against LSP.
This provocating tone immediately sparked resentment among countless Huaxia viewers, but facing such a situation, they didn't have much confidence to rebut.
And LSP's top laner went even further, posting on his personal social media:
I'm planning to play with my feet for the last match!
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"Mr. Zhang, we're sorry," the disheartened team members said one by one, returning to the training room.
"It's okay, you've performed very well," Zhang Menglong consoled the team members, "I wasn't planning to step in, but since they're talking trash and provoking us, I can't stand it anymore."
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"According to messages from the LSP team, in the final match point, they'll be switching in a substitute player—it seems they've prepared a trump card!"
"Oh! They're coming out, let's see who their substitute player is?"
"Huh? Isn't that their head coach?"
"Look, the head coach is warming up!"
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