At three o'clock in the afternoon local time in South Korea, the final officially started.
The start time was spot on with almost no delays.
But as usual, there must be a performance at the opening.
The performance time will not be too long, it will still be mainly about competitions, and the performance will serve as a warm-up at most.
However, no matter how simple a program is, including the replacement of props, it will take about ten minutes at least.
Su Can and the others watched the performance up close at the waiting area.
What can I say about this performance? If you watch it live, you might feel better.
It just felt normal at the scene.
If we were very close to each other on stage, it wouldn’t work.
First of all, it’s a matter of perspective, not seeing the whole picture.
The second thing is that the speakers on the stage are too noisy. It’s really unbearable when it’s so close. It’s a torture to the ears. Su Can can’t wait to put on the headphones right now.
After the performance, under the roar of the famous LCK host and commentator "Roaring Emperor", the two teams appeared one after another.
Judging from the enthusiasm of the cheers at the scene, Su Can could basically tell it at once.
The people who came to the scene were basically our own people.
The stage set up in this stadium was not far from the auditorium, and Su Can could hear "Come on" coming from the audience.
"Okay, welcome everyone to watch the finals of the 2018 Global Finals. I am the commentator Zeyuan."
"Hello everyone, I am the commentator Remember!"
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Duoduo!"
"..."
The three commentators in today's final are different from the previous finals.
In the previous finals, it was the three old ones, and the others had no chance at all.
A slight change was made this year to give a new generation of commentators the opportunity to commentate on the finals.
And this explanation is the most important final.
Of course, it's impossible for the three senior ones to give up. Their qualifications are there.
Without them, to be honest, many players would feel a little regretful about this historic championship moment.
This year’s arrangement is to explain it in two waves.
Start with these three, and go down after the first scene of commentary.
Because according to EDG's style, basically the probability of 3:0 is very high, and there are only three opportunities in total.
In the next two games, substitutions will be made, and those three people will be replaced.
Unlike in the past, there was not much analysis today. The three commentators just chatted briefly after the opening.
To put it bluntly, the championship is all ours, and everyone no longer feels nervous at all.
Relatively speaking, when it comes to your own work, you have to be a little more casual.
The second brother even joked: "To be honest, I am very happy today. It is my first time to commentate on the finals of the World Championship."
"And I'm very lucky. For the first time, there are two teams from our LPL to commentate on the finals."
The other two laughed, and the colonel even answered: "Yes, I just stood here and looked at the personnel information of the two teams, and I felt like I was in a trance."
"I thought I was explaining our LPL finals."
Wang Duoduo didn't talk much when he was with the two of them, but simply echoed: "Today's game can also be said to be the autumn finals of our LPL."
"completely fine!"
"Let's look forward to it, the game is about to begin!"
"..."
Backstage, the three senior commentators who were preparing to appear later were very emotional when they heard the second brother and the three of them talking on the stage.
Commenting on the finals for the first time, I felt so lucky to have an LPL team and be able to witness the LPL win the championship.
There’s not much to say about Changmao, but Wawa and Miller came from the darkest era.
There was so much sadness along the way.
Especially in every world championship, in recent years, they have been commentating on the Korean team's civil war, which is definitely not interesting at all to them.
Being able to witness the LPL win the championship, whether they cry or celebrate, it all represents their feelings for the LPL.
Back to the game, EDG was on the red side in the first game.
This game can be said to be very interesting, and the confrontation between the upper and middle teams is the focus of everyone's attention.
Needless to say, the top laners on both sides have very gorgeous operations, which can be regarded as top-level operation monsters.
IG didn't do anything today. Before Su Can saw the starting list, he thought he would continue to play Duke. If he really lost, he would let Cheng Lu come up.
In the original time and space, it was purely a matter of switching Duke when playing KT, which almost took IG away.
The principal even called the principal personally. Many people in the circle had complaints and complained directly to the principal.
After beating KT, there will be no chance for Duke to play in the subsequent semi-finals and finals.
In today's world, IG has never met KT at all, and it is not very difficult to reach the finals.
It is estimated that after two rounds of games, we can see that the intensity of top lane substitutions is completely different, and the team's strength has also been greatly improved.
Facing the powerful enemy EDG, they must stick to the strongest lineup without any chance of trial and error.
As for the mid lane, Broiler and Junior are two well-known mid laners in the LPL, and their performance in the past two years can be said to be very C.
Their duel is also very interesting.
When the Koreans face the civil war in the LPL finals, these are the only things they can hype.
Look at the matchup in the middle, who is the hope of South Korea's mid laner, who can carry the banner of Feike and so on.
This is why more people want to see EDG win the championship.
There are Koreans in both teams, so there is nothing we can do about it.
EDG has been playing in the mid lane for so many years and has always performed very well. In the past two years, he has been a top player.
Not to mention that it is impossible to replace people. Even if you plan to change people, you can't find a good choice at once.
But after all, after Su Can got involved, EDG only had a Korean player.
In addition, the biggest leader on the road is one of our own, so everyone can accept it more or less easily.
Now no one is thinking about whether the all-China class must win the championship.
I don’t even have a championship yet. I need to complete my zero breakthrough first and then think about other things.
IG's top lane came out in the first three moves, and it can be said that they locked the hero Ozat very directly.
In this version of the World Championship, Ozat's intensity is indeed very high.
In today's situation where there are so many strong top laners, and they can still maintain a high fielding rate, you can imagine how far it has gone.
It is estimated that Su Can is the only top laner in the World Championship, and I have not played this hero so far.
If you can reach the finals, it proves that Su Can has played the most games among all the top laners.
Su Can really doesn't like to play the hero Ozat, and there is always a feeling that it's not going well.
In addition, there are too many choices for top laners now, and I can occasionally do some chores. If I don't play this hero myself, there are no restrictions.
IG doesn't care whether you play or not. Su Can mainly plays all heroes.
So IG doesn’t dare to just gamble that you can’t play this hero.
Now I am still guessing which hero Su Can will play, which is a bit naive.
IG is not afraid of being snatched away by EDG. They also know that in the case of the red side, Su Can will most likely not play the hero first.
I'm just worried about being targeted in the ban position in the second round.
Seeing that your top hero came out so early, EDG has also made changes.
There is no need to force the last Counter position to the top lane. It is completely fine to give it to the middle lane. After all, the duel between the two mid lanes is also very crucial.
As a hero, Ozat has no possibility of swinging. Once he comes out, he will be the top laner.
Even if the opponent really shakes it forcefully, there is a high probability that he will be knocked unconscious in the end.
Besides, with Su Can's strength, he doesn't have to worry too much about laning issues.
"I chose Sword Demon on the top lane to fight Ozat. There's no problem with that."
After Wang Duoduo saw the sword demon, he couldn't help but said: "Both sides are sword demon masters. TheShy's sword demon who descended from the river in this World Championship impressed us deeply."
"But OhYes's sword demon is also very good. Let's see what kind of sparks OhYes will create when wielding the sword demon with TheShy!"
"And it can be seen that EDG made certain adjustments. They chose to leave the counter position to the mid lane."
"..."
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say yet."
When Wang Duoduo was so impassioned, the second brother and the senior colonel had already started to remind him uncontrollably.
The two of them commentate on EDG's games a little more. After all, EDG is now the most popular, ranking first in strength and traffic.
This kind of team's competition attracts so much attention that it is difficult for ordinary commentators to arrange it.
Usually they are the ones who are somewhat famous and have seniority.
I have been commentating on many EDG games, and I basically all have this experience.
The second brother said with a smile: "This Sword Demon is not necessarily for the top lane. We still have to see how we choose people in the future."
"Indeed, EDG prefers to swing, especially when it's on the red side."
Wang Duoduo also reacted quickly and handled it well without embarrassing himself.
After they said this, everyone really became interested.
Could it be that the Sword Demon really went to the middle?
To be even more extreme, Sword Demon can also go to the jungle.
In the subsequent selection, when the middle lane was targeted in the second round, IG gave Broiler the Enchantress.
There is nothing to say about the famous two-ball and one-cock enchantress.
If played well, you can use Enchantress to directly turn this game into a horror game.
Both sides are witch masters, but if you look at them at their peak state.
My younger brother is obviously better at playing the 2.0 version of the Enchantress. When he took out the Enchantress last year, it felt too oppressive.
But now that the old version of the enchantress has been changed back, it is obvious that the cock is more powerful.
"If IG has the Enchantress in the middle, I think it would be better for the Sword Demon to go up and choose another hero in the middle to defeat the Enchantress."
After seeing IG's choice, the commentary is more pertinent.
Sword Demon does not have an easy time facing a flexible hero like Enchantress.
If you go to the jungle, it will be more abstract. In everyone's impression, Haro seems to have never operated the Sword Demon.
In fact, the swinging and other things are just these commentators adding to the drama. It is true that they were scared by EDG before.
During the selection process for this one, Sword Demon selected Su Can in advance to fight on the road.
When selecting people, he specifically asked Su Can whether Sword Demon was good or not.
If Enchantress is there, EDG has nothing to hesitate and just takes out the Ice Girl.
Among the currently available mid laners, Ice Girl and Ryze are the ones who are good at beating the Enchantress.
However, IG dealt with Ryze in the first round. If nothing happens to this hero, he will be banned to buy a house today and will not be released at all.
For the rest, Ice Girl is a pretty good choice.
It's not that it's easy to fight in the lane, at least it's not afraid of you, the enchantress.
The ice girl with aftershocks is basically unlikely to be killed by the enchantress alone, unless there is a strength gap between the two parties.
And once the ice girl has her ultimate move, she will have a stable control in her hand, and you, the enchantress, will not dare to step on it casually.
Later in the group fight, you, the enchantress, want to come up to steal people or consume them.
There is also a high possibility that you will not be able to go back once you get up. This is the point of the Ice Lady Counter Enchantress.
The most uncomfortable thing for the Enchantress is that no matter who she hits, it is impossible to bring about purification.
You said that you should use a mage to fight the Ice Girl. I'll bring a Purifier and that's it. The threat of the Ice Girl will be reduced directly.
But the Enchantress brings purification, this is really too abstract.
If you want to have less control without purification, mercury shoes are an option.
Some players can be the first to equip mercury shoes when playing Enchantress.
It's hard to say with the character of a broiler, but if you don't show up, your own risks will increase.
If you buy mercury shoes and can't wear them, the enchantress's outburst won't be so scary.
"Wow, the lineup is selected and the game is about to begin."
"Come on, viewers, let's enjoy this LPL final together."
"..."
At the beginning of the game, both sides played very steadily in the first game.
It can be seen from the lineup. Even when EDG was on the red side, they were able to choose such a normal and reasonable lineup.
It shows that the first game is very important, and no one wants to increase the risk by playing the whole game.
Even before stepping down, the coaches on both sides specifically warned them to be more steady and find the right opportunity to fight again, and not to rush!
However, after entering the game, the style of the game soon changed.
Of these two people, one didn't listen to the coach's words, and the other couldn't quite understand them.
If you speak Chinese on IG and you say "be more steady", Cheng Lu might hear it as "be more fierce".
When we came to the line, the soldiers had not yet come online, and the top orders on both sides were already thinking about operations.
This is also the reason why Su Can likes to face off with Cheng Lu, and he highlights the fun.
After the soldiers came online, the two sides really started to compete.
In a first-level duel, both sides are not very powerful, and normal top laners would not do this.
But neither Su Can nor Cheng Lu could hold it back. Since you attacked me, I won't be polite.
When the director saw the fight starting on the top lane, there was not much to watch in the early stage anyway, either to watch the jungle brush or to watch the last-hitting in the lane.
There is a crazy fight going on in this place, so you don’t have to look around for camera changes.
"Wow, you don't have any skills, so you have to fight hard?"
"In the first wave of blood exchanges, neither side seems to be making any money."
"Oh my god, the first wave of soldiers has just come online, and both of them are half-healthy?"
"..."
Seeing this scene, even the commentator was confused. He had never seen such a confrontation.
After watching for a few more seconds, the colonel became completely anxious and couldn't help but said: "No, you guys are just fighting, at least you can make up for it."
There were 6 minions in the first wave, and it was as if the two of them had agreed upon it. They only gained experience and didn't replenish a single sword.
Now the CS count is all 0. If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder, seeing this makes me feel really uncomfortable.
(End of chapter)
