With everyone's eager anticipation, at 6 pm on October 26, the first game of the 2019 quarterfinals between IG and GRF started.
The boys of the GRF team arrived at the competition venue early and in high spirits. The IG team, which has been in dramatic ups and downs this year, has given them a glimpse of the LCK's turnaround.
This deeply stimulated this group of young players. Each of them couldn't wait to overthrow the IG dynasty and tell their stories to the world.
IG's side seemed much calmer. Not only did they not discuss much about today's opponents on the bus,
Even the team members would glance at Yu Hui's chest from time to time, then quickly look away and pretend that nothing happened.
This left Yu Hui speechless, and he couldn't help but secretly cursed Principal Wang for causing the trouble.
Naturally, the IG guys were not really bold enough to look at Yu Hui. To be more precise, they were looking at the logo on the chest of Yu Hui's uniform that was different from theirs.
Those are two stars, different from the three gold stars of SKT, the triple crown dynasty. The stars on Yu Hui's clothes are pink and sea blue, but the meaning is the same as that on the SKT team uniform.
At first, I wanted to give two gold stars to symbolize that IG wanted to compete for three championships, but Yu Hui’s first championship was not won at IG, but at EDG, so Principal Wang played a little trick here.
By separating team and player honors, there is a way to reflect the meaning of Yu Hui's personal double championship.
Using her iconic hair color when she won the championship to depict the color of the stars is also more in line with the player's personal style.
Anyway, Yu Hui is IG’s major shareholder. Her personal success and the team’s success are both guaranteed profits for the club itself.
However, they are inevitably a bit unfriendly towards other team members. They definitely don’t dare to tattoo one star on their team uniforms. It’s easy for them to pretend to be incompetent and get criticized by netizens~
So instead of saying that everyone in IG is coveting Yu Huiren or something like that, it is better to say that what they are coveting is the fame and fortune represented behind those two stars.
"Just give me a little more attention! Focus on today's opponent! I have emphasized to you several times that today's team is very strong individually!"
It was true that he couldn't stand their blazing eyes. Yu Hui gently touched his chest with one hand to block everyone's gaze. Only then did everyone regain their composure.
Then he came face to face with the angry looks of coach Kko, manager Meng Nan and other girls in the logistics department.
"A bunch of perverts!"
"tui! Scumbag!"
Several people suddenly turned red and couldn't even lift their heads from being sprayed by all the girls.
"Ah this..."
Kko waited until everyone was done complaining, then stepped in to bring the topic back to the topic:
"Okay, okay, you can't do this anymore, otherwise the club will directly fine you. You don't want your behavior to be known by your fans, right?~"
"What Asuna said just now is right. The team we faced today is... very strong! I believe you can also feel it when studying and reviewing the battle during this period."
After hearing this, several people nodded one after another. After gathering their minds, they thought of GRF. They also looked serious.
After reviewing the key games of LCK's GRF game in the past year, everyone at IG found that they seemed to have ignored this young team too much.
Regardless of their personal strength or teamwork, this group of people can basically be said to be the most ideal strong team template in the LCK division.
Their only shortcoming that is not a shortcoming is their lack of experience in competitions, which can lead to mistakes due to lack of experience and being too young and impetuous.
Whether in the spring or summer split, GRF's strength is very strong, and its record is also extremely gorgeous. It can be said that they were beaten all the way in the LCK.
However, it is precisely because of their youth that the league was dominated by SKT led by Faker in the spring and summer seasons. They won very few small games, and they never won a BO3 or BO5 game.
SKT is like a father beating his son.
, so most of GRF's reputation was absorbed by SKT and used as a wedding dress.
But this does not mean that they are weak. At least from IG's point of view, GRF is far more difficult than SKT.
After all, the system that SKT is proud of is not easy to use on IG's side. Khan is Asuna's number one prisoner. No matter how you look at it, Griffin is more threatening because of unfamiliarity.
Seeing everyone talking about the advantages of GRF one by one, Yu Hui couldn't help but nodded. The GRF team really shouldn't be underestimated.
Even though they don't seem to be well-known, in the past two years, almost all of GRF@'s starting five are core members of various teams.
It can only be said that my fate was bad when I bumped into IG in my previous life. When I met Mike Ningren in the explosive stage, I was carried away by him~
In this life... well, it's also a bad fate~ Because Ning Ren will still be IG's starting jungler in today's game, their lifelong enemy Yu Hui will naturally be put on the chessboard.
We arrived at the competition venue without chatting for too long. After a brief refreshment to adjust our mental state, the competition was about to officially begin.
During the grand introduction by the host, the two teams came on stage one after another and stood face to face to pose for the Boss.
The live audience who came to watch the game could not see much clearly due to vision problems, but the water friends who watched the live broadcast
Regardless of whether you were watching football or looking at clothes, the first thing you noticed was the two unconventional stars on Yu Hui's chest.
Without too much explanation, netizens instantly understood the meaning of these two stars that kept changing colors under the light.
After all, SKT, the team in the world that uses stars to symbolize honor, has long instilled this concept into the world.
"Gitui! Two stars mean double crown, right? Doesn't it feel a little too ostentatious?"
"That's right! SKT only dared to embroider three stars after three championships. Asuna has only won two consecutive championships, and she can't wait to pretend to be the boss?"
"Upstairs, Asuna is already the boss, why do you need to pretend? Besides, you only have two championships. What championship do you have?"
"You don't need to read too much into it. This obviously means that Asuna wants to win the championship! She is determined to win the S9 championship!"
At this time, the players from both sides have already sat in their own competition rooms and started preparations for the BP session. The three commentators have also officially connected to work.
[In view of the general environment,
"Okay, dear audience friends, good evening! Hello everyone, I am Doll!"
"I'm Miller!"
"I remember as the commentator."
Wawa: "We are now in the Magic City to bring you real-time commentary of the live game. This game is also the first game of the highly anticipated quarterfinals!"
"Eight into four, IG vs. Griffin..."
According to the commentators, Griffin won the first game with a small teamfight victory.
Bo5 suffered its first defeat at the beginning, and everyone at IG was not too entangled. This just confirmed their previous statement that GRF was difficult to deal with.
The emotions of the commentators and the audience are quite stable. At least IG's loss is not ugly. It can only be said that the state is worse than GRF.
Bo5 is very elastic, and IG should be able to fight back once its hand is warmed up.
This was indeed the case in the second game. GRF played a game with the black technology Galen Cat's combination in the bottom lane, but was countered by IG's Xiaofa Niutou bottom lane combination. IG successfully evened the score.
It also brought the game to the most watched third match point game.
