Chapter 661: Win the gold!
"We are... the champions!"
In the commentary booth.
Wawa, Miller and Ze Yuan said in unison.
"Congratulations to the national team for their 3-0 record, sweeping the South Korean team and winning the game."
"We won the gold medal in the League of Legends event at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games with an absolutely overwhelming performance!"
"Today, every player on the national team played to their best and destroyed the South Korean team's resistance with an unstoppable attack."
Wawa's voice was full of excitement: "I would also like to thank the coaching staff, the logistics team, and all the summoners who supported the national team on site and in front of the screen. Today's victory is the result of your joint efforts!"
The lights of gold and silver shine alternately.
It formed a gorgeous picture on the stage.
On the left side of the big screen, under the CHN abbreviation and the red flag, VICTORY, which represents victory, emerges.
This is in stark contrast to the DEFEAT that the South Korean team is facing.
“Awesome!”
"The Chinese team is invincible!"
"From the preliminaries to the finals, the national team has never lost even a small game. This gold medal is absolutely valuable!"
"MD, so exciting!!"
"This is a true showdown between nations. The Chinese team is awesome!"
"I am in tears, brothers."
"The so-called super silver box battleship of the Koreans is no good. It was easily smashed to pieces."
"Do you know the value ?"
"The all-Chinese team is invincible!"
“…”
The comments in the major live broadcast rooms were boiling.
Tieba, forums, and various player groups have entered celebration mode.
From a pure strength perspective, the Asian Games, which is dominated by the competition between China and South Korea, is inferior to the S series championship.
After all, without the participation of the two major regions of Europe and North America and many other teams, the only truly exciting game was the final BO5.
but.
Officially entering the Asian Games and winning the first gold medal is a milestone record in the history of e-sports!
This means that e-sports has received the same treatment as traditional sports, and has since passed the dark period of discrimination and suppression and officially entered the mainstream!
As for the so-called "just an exhibition match", this is full of nonsense.
Please understand one thing - any major event that has never been held in an international arena must go through a performance or demonstration match before it can become an official event. For example, karate, a traditional sport, became a performance event at the 1990 Asian Games, and was listed as an official event at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games.
This is a mandatory requirement.
Non-esports are not taken seriously or are treated differently.
The director's perspective swept across.
All the Chinese spectators stood up, waving the red flags in their hands and cheering louder and louder.
The accompanying Tencent official staff hugged each other and cheered.
Ruofeng, Wei Xiao, Wei Shen and other former LOL professional players present raised their fists high and roared, expressing their sincere feelings on behalf of previous generations of e-sports players.
"Brothers, we win!"
“Win!”
"This is the Asian Games gold medal!"
Inside the soundproof booth.
The national team players were extremely excited.
Especially for Xiye, who just joined EDG in the summer season, and UZI, who has never won first place except the team championship of the Intercontinental Championship, their excitement is even more difficult to conceal.
A prosperous boy and a little fat boy, all entered the red temperature mode.
However, this time, the red temperature had full lethality and wiped out all the opponents.
The other side.
The Korean players were in extremely low spirits.
Being suppressed from the preliminaries to the finals, Chidi, who felt that he had done nothing wrong but still couldn't win, tried to hold back, but finally couldn't hold it back anymore. Two tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, and he lay on the table in front of him and sobbed.
Top laner Kiin clasped his hands together with a frozen expression, as if he couldn't believe what was happening before him.
It was not until the national team members led by Xing Dao walked across the main stage and approached in front of him that Kiin stood up instinctively as if awakened from a dream. For the first time, he stretched out his hands, but he grasped nothing and only grabbed a handful of air.
It was only the second time that I shook hands with Xing Dao.
Faker let out a long sigh and looked at Xing Dao, who was standing behind Xiaohuasheng, with a complicated expression.
It seemed as if thousands of words were rising to my throat.
Nearly two years.
In every clash, Faker never won even a small victory against Xing Dao.
Such a blow is unbearable even for someone as calm as the devil.
But in the end, Faker, who didn't speak the language, just put his fist on his chest when shaking hands to show respect.
Xiao Huasheng beat up his idol at the first fan meeting, and was beaten up by his idol every time thereafter. In the last match of the Asian Games, he was even beaten up by the second Earth Dragon which would determine the outcome of the match.
In addition to feeling uncomfortable, I also felt admiration for my idol.
I secretly made up my mind to work hard towards the goal of becoming a factory manager.
The most interesting ones are Xiye, who was in high spirits and killed Faker for the first time, and UZI, who had been wanting revenge for many years after losing to SKT led by Faker in the S3 season.
The expressions of the two people were happier than each other.
Even his mouth full of white teeth were revealed when he smiled.
After this stage.
Abu and Mala Xiangguo also came to the front stage. The seven of them walked to the center of the stage and unfolded a bright red flag for a group photo.
"The Chinese team—"
"champion!"
"The Chinese team—"
"champion!"
"The Chinese team—"
"champion!"
“…”
The audience cheered in unison again.
"We have waited for this moment for too long."
Miller was deeply touched: "In 2013, when I first commented on the League of Legends game, I never thought that our players would be able to come to the Asian Games stage one day. This is really... so exciting!"
"We started much later than South Korea in the field of e-sports," Ze Yuan said, "We have always lacked a rigorous and sufficient system or operating model."
"With the style of the entire LCK region, they can get along well in a short period of time."
"The Korean team selected the best players in each position - the talented top laner Kiin, Peanut who once suppressed Zz1tai as a fan, the best Chidi and Corejj, and the demon king Faker, whose strength we all know."
"We rely more on the individual abilities of the players. Victory in important matches is often due to the superb performance of a certain player. So before the official start of the match, our commentators, the coaching staff, and the accompanying staff were all a little worried."
"But the national team still showed its invincible strength in the final and won the gold medal!"
"The MVP of the BO5 has been announced." Wawa looked at the display on the screen: "The MVP of this Asian Games final is top laner General. General led the team to win the championship with a great performance on Zed, an invincible performance on Akali, and a reversal of the situation on Gangplank in the last game. This MVP is well deserved!"
Before, Korean baseball could still find various excuses to whitewash itself, such as the top lane was a shortcoming, the jungler was not good, the bottom lane was unqualified, and the strength of one team did not represent the overall strength of the region.
After the Intercontinental Championships and the Asian Games, all of this was completely shattered.
Xing Dao replaced Faker as the active player in League of Legends, and his achievement of being the first person in history is no longer controversial!
When the national team players wore the national flag and walked around the field.
In the center of the stage, the podium prepared for the champion, runner-up and third place winners slowly rose.
"ladies and gentlemen!"
“The League of Legends competition at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games has now come to a successful conclusion.”
"The team that won the bronze medal is... the Taiwan Province team of China!"
The host's voice echoed: "Next, please welcome the Taiwan Province delegation to the stage!"
Wait until the provincial team wearing blue and white uniforms reaches the third place and stands.
The South Korean team members who won the silver medal walked out one by one from the left channel as they were introduced, and came to the right position representing the second place.
only.
There was no happy expression on the faces of the Korean players.
Chidi was even wiping away tears.
The people waving ominous flags and sticks in the audience also seemed powerless and were mostly just going through the motions.
"Next, everyone please stand up."
The host shouted in clear English: "The team that won the gold medal in the Asian Games League of Legends event is... China. Let us welcome the Chinese team to the stage to receive the award!"
The spotlight came on again.
The national team players unfurled the red flag and stepped onto the main stage bathed in golden light.
During the process, he shook hands with the third and second place winners one by one.
Walk around the field.
Only then did he walk to the highest podium wearing the national flag.
"Next, please welcome Mr. Huo Qigang, Chairman of the Asian Electronic Sports Federation, to present the awards to the participating athletes!"
The Summoning Glory background song starts.
Wearing a hand-made tailor-made suit and a plaid Hermès tie, Ho Kit-yung walked in front of the provincial team.
With a smile on his face, he hung a bronze medal on each contestant.
The front of the bronze medal features the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Stadium in relief, and the back features the red sun logo of the Olympic Council of Asia with sixteen rays of light. Although it only represents the third place in the League of Legends event, it is also a very rare achievement.
Next.
Huo Qigang came to the South Korean team.
Silver medals were taken from a tray held by a hostess in a white gown and presented to the South Korean team members.
The first two teams stood still, and Ho Kit-yung came to the middle position.
The host raised the volume to the highest level: "The champion is - The people's Republic of China!"
“China No.1!”
The glittering gold medal is hung on the chest of every member of the national team, and only the champion is qualified to carry the national flag onto the stage with it spread out behind him.
After taking the photo.
The live sound effects paused.
The audience fell into silence.
The camera switched to the opposite side of the stage, where a bright red flag was fluttering above the ominous omen flag and the plum blossom flag.
As the passionate melody resounded throughout the venue.
The national flag slowly rose.
The familiar lyrics were sung by every Chinese .
This moment.
The comparison of technical content between the Asian Games and the S-League, and whether it was an exhibition match or not were all thrown out of the window.
Everyone who was familiar with the lyrics felt extremely excited and proud.
Wearing a gold medal, draping the national flag, and having the national anthem played at the Asian Games are absolutely the highest honor that is like a dream for e-sports, which was regarded as a scourge more than a decade ago!
