Wild King Trap [E-sports]

On February [-]th, the base is on holiday.

Spring Festival holiday.

The members of the NOG [-]nd team were released earlier than the [-]st team, and they all returned to their hometowns after the Spring Festival travel rush. The cooking lady at the base also had a holiday early, so there was only the [-]st team left in the base. The day off was only given for one training match.

As soon as the holiday was over, 611 and Chen Yangyang caught the plane in the middle of the night, and rushed home overnight for the New Year. Brother Liao and Lan Xing's family were both in Shanghai, and Yang Huanwen left a little later for the plane the next morning.

At twelve noon, only Yu Duo and South were left in the training room.

Smoking is usually not allowed in the training room, but now that everyone is empty and no one cares, Yu Duo opened the window and came back to light a cigarette: "Are you leaving this afternoon?"

"Ah."

"What time is it?"

"Three o'clock."

The cold wind poured in through the window slits, and swept the whole room in an instant.Yu Duo exhaled the smoke, the smoke was white, Lin Huinan couldn't see Yu Duo's expression clearly.Yu Duo said, "Then I wish you a Happy New Year."

Lin Huinan fell silent.

At that time, he had just finished a ranking, and Yu Duo had just entered a ranking.Lin Huinan took off his headphones and looked at Yu Duo's computer screen.Yu Duo locked the prince.

The prince, the prince of Demacia.

Lin Huinan hadn't seen Yu Duo use the prince in a qualifying match for a while.The prince is a rhythmic jungler, but when the developmental wild core era came, the prince gradually declined. From a popular jungler who symbolized the glory of an old era, he gradually became an unpopular hero that no one cares about in the arena.

The prince used to be the emperor of the field in S3 and S4.

The five members of the champion team of the global finals of each S competition will have their own hero skin. ——Yu Duo's skin is the prince of Demacia.

But in this round of qualifying, Yu Zhuo did not use the "XSD" champion skin, but the 45 yuan "Dragon Slayer Warrior" skin.

From S3 to now, Prince Yu Duowan has been using this skin all the time.

Lin Huinan suddenly said, "Why don't you go back to Beijing with me."

Before Yu Duo could ask, Lin Huinan said again, "Go to my house to celebrate the New Year."

Yu Tuo turned his head back, raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Huinan for a while: "Shall I go to your house with you?"

There was still one minute left for the red buff to refresh. Yu Duo grasped the gap and tilted his head slightly towards Lin Huinan, as if his shoulders were about to rest on Lin Huinan's.He took a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "Isn't it suitable? What is my status and you go home to celebrate the New Year? During the New Year, how many members of your family, you, your mother, your father, your grandpa, your grandma... and you in NOG new captain?"

The two are close at hand.

Lin Huinan lowered his eyes and could clearly see Yu Duo's eyelashes, which looked like a small brush. When Yu Duo smiled, there would be a shallow sharp arc on both sides of Yu Duo's mouth. It was not a dimple or a dimple, and it didn't look like a dimple. Gentle and mellow, but with a sense of ruffian.

Lin Huinan seemed to be bewitched, he raised his hand and gently wiped the corner of Yu Duo's mouth with his thumb.

Yu Duo fell silent for a moment.

Lin Huinan also fell silent.

"...ha," Yu Duo leaned back, and rubbed the corner of his mouth with his knuckles, "Is there something dirty on my mouth?"

"...It's gone now." Lin Huinan put his hands back into his pockets.

Yu Duo turned his head, pretending nothing happened, and began to clear the jungle from the red buff, but his voice was a little lower: "I took it with good intentions, but I really don't need it." He paused, his tone was weird, "Unless you said you have to bring one every year The captain goes home for the New Year."

"..." Lin Huinan said, "There is no such thing."

The atmosphere was a little stagnant, and the two of them didn't say anything for a while.Lin Huinan sat quietly by the side, watching Yu Duo finish playing the ranking.

After brushing the red level 7 and grabbing it, he skillfully circled the opposite ward without vision - the opposite bot lane duo had no time to react, and even the two bot lane teammates hadn't reacted yet, the prince just Already EQ flashed, flashed sideways on a very short flight path, shot a wave of perfect "[-]" flying, knocked up the two people on the opposite side at the same time, and assisted the flash to follow up——

"(Prince Demacia) Double? Kill!" (Double Kill!)

Lin Huinan sighed lightly, as if he was nostalgic.

The prince started with two heads in the game, followed by the overall Tianshun, the Hanbok king game, a group of kings on the opposite side were beaten 0-5, 0-6, 0-8, and the game ended by surrendering in the last 25 minutes.

Before the base exploded, the opposite assistant looked at the Prince's 15-0 record and angrily uttered "Jun? Gap" (Jungle Gap).

Yu Duo quit the game, checked the time, and finally glanced at Lin Huinan: "It's [-]:[-], are you going to the airport by then?"

"Let's go later."

Lin Huinan's tone was very restrained, looking at Yu Duo, he seemed to have something to say: "You really don't..." But he stopped after talking.

The second monk Yu Duozhang couldn't figure it out: "I'm really nothing?"

"It's nothing, I was wrong." Lin Huinan said quickly.

After tidying up his clothes and putting together the peripherals, Lin Huinan's expression was indifferent, and he couldn't see any particular emotion, but his actions seemed to be pressing the accelerator button, hurried and flustered, almost with a hint of irritability.

With a bang, Lin Huinan pushed the swivel chair to the computer desk with his knees, and put it right.

"I'm on the plane at three o'clock," Lin Huinan picked up his coat, rarely put it on so casually, and almost buttoned it wrongly, he lowered his head and said calmly, "Then I'll be leaving first. You remember to keep your word and go to exercise... See you in the next year."

Yu Duo was stunned for a while, watching Lin Huinan striding towards the door: "Then...see you next year. Happy New Year."

Lin Huinan's back paused slightly at the door: "Happy New Year."

……

After two o'clock, Liu Hao sent Lin Huinan a WeChat message: What time did you arrive at the Capital Airport today?

Lin returned to Nanji and cherished words like gold: 5.15

Five fifteen, not a single o'clock.

Liu Hao replied: ...

Liu Hao is Lin Huinan's cousin, but he is ten years older than Lin Huinan, and the two of them didn't grow up together because they had a pet relationship, at most they could be regarded as "former teammates".

Lin Huinan was in S4, and the New Era Internet Café team started playing League of Legends after winning the World Championship, but Liu Hao is an old player who played all the way from S2. When Lin Huinan first started playing League of Legends, he often played with Liu Hao. platoon...but then Liu Hao became a "former double platoon teammate".

Because in the second month, Lin Huinan went to gold.

In the third month, Lin Huinan went to Drill One.

In S5, there was no "Master" and "Grandmaster" ranks between diamonds and kings at that time. Below the kings, the highest is diamonds. According to the statistics of player ranks in each region, the number of players in diamonds and above ranks does not exceed 2% in each region. .

Liu Hao Gold.

gold one.

At the beginning, Liu Hao thought that Lin Huinan was going to double row with Lin Huinan, and he thought he was going to take his "Bronze Five" cousin, but later he realized, "Hey, why is he already gold", "Hey, why is he getting platinum", " Hey, what kind of game is this? Why did I change from 0-10" to "When will I fuck this kid get one".

Liu Hao already knew Lin Huinan was good at playing games, but after more than two months, Liu Hao never thought that his cousin's game talent was so terrifying.

At that time, Lin Huinan was only in the eighth or ninth grade, fourteenth five-year, and he didn’t pay attention to anything about League of Legends except for qualifying and professional competitions—because the difference in ranks was too great, he couldn’t double queue. Liu Hao thought about asking Lin Huinan to play a few entertainment modes together, but Lin Huinan ignored him.

Later, when Liu Hao checked Lin Huinan's record, he found that this kid had played hundreds of games, all of which were fucking qualifying matches, not to mention the entertainment mode, even in ordinary matches, he hadn't played a single round.

Pulling the record again, from top to bottom, there are princes, blind monks, widows, and praying mantises all in one row—all are junglers.

Among them, the use rate of the prince is particularly high. Basically, in the round where Lin Huinan didn't choose the prince, it was because the opponent's jungler robbed the prince.

Liu Hao has always suspected that Lin Huinan is a fan of Yu Duo - a die-hard fan, the kind who can't be torn apart, the kind who won't get tired of practicing hundreds of times for love and anger.

But Lin Huinan never admitted it, and asked him, "You are not Yu Duo's fan, why are you practicing so many princes?" If you win fans, you can't play the prince anymore."

Liu Hao was choked speechless, but he thought what’s the matter even if he was a fan of Yu Duo, it’s not ashamed, why didn’t he admit it——S4, the 2014 global finals, the jungler of all LPL They are all fans of Yu Duo.

Oh, but except for his cousin.

Two years later, in S6, League of Legends released a new rank "Master". Between the king and the diamond, Lin Huinan quickly became a master again.

Being a master is the top 0.05% of the players in each district. Liu Hao believes that Lin Huinan must have this ability to go one step further, and then become a king. The king is the top [-] in each district. Basically, apart from the anchor, he is a professional player... But at this time, Lin Huinan seemed to be tired, as if he suddenly lost interest in League of Legends overnight, and didn't bother to go online anymore.

Liu Hao often queues up with friends, and every time he goes online, he sees Lin Huinan's profile picture is black.

Liu Hao also asked Lin Huinan what was going on, but Lin Huinan's answer seemed to be cursing: "League of Legends is too simple, it's not much fun. If you win too much, you don't want to play anymore."

At that time, Liu Hao had just knelt ten times in a row, and his friend called two young players from the secondary league to come to the fifth row but failed to drive him: "..."

But Lin Huinan still occasionally watches LPL professional leagues.

until S7.

Seventeen years.

The finals of that year were predicted by audiences in all divisions before the game as the most exciting, strongest confrontation, and highest gold content since League of Legends held professional competitions. It will also be recorded in the history of League of Legends professional competitions. a final—

The team participating in the finals, one NOG: the summer champion of the LPL division, the No. [-] seed, the undoubted top team in the LPL division throughout the year, and it was still [-]-[-] in the MSI (Mid-Season Championship) in May Defeat Polaris, the championship team that narrowly won the championship.

Another North Star: The top team in the LCK division for a whole year, won the spring and summer championships in South Korea, and lost only one small game in the regular season civil war in South Korea for a whole year... only at MSI Being defeated by two to three, NOG was able to win the mid-season championship.

NOG and Polaris that year were undoubtedly the strongest teams in the world's first echelon, and there were only two of them in this first echelon.The gap between the following teams and their gap is so exaggerated that it may not even be T2, only T3 and T4.

The ticket price for the final night of S7 was sky-high, breaking through the highest ticket price in the history of the S competition, and even tripled the highest ticket price.Up to now, the highest fare record has not been broken.

But Liu Hao was not short of the ticket price. As soon as the list of finals came out, he prepared in advance to fly to Busan, South Korea overnight with a few friends to watch the finals.

Liu Hao also asked Lin Huinan if he wanted to go. At that time, Liu Hao remembered that Lin Huinan had already belonged to the League of Legends, but Lin Huinan said he would go.

Although Lin Huinan never admitted it, Liu Hao could vaguely see that this kid had a knot in his heart.

This "knot" is not a grievance, nor is it a estrangement. It has nothing to do with anyone. It means that when a person is growing up, he meets something that makes him think about it, or a person that makes him think about it.This kind of thinking is often unrequited love, and there is no result.But over time, the knot unraveled by itself.

Liu Hao didn't know who Lin Huinan was thinking about, but he guessed that Lin Huinan basically didn't play the game of League of Legends anymore, and he was willing to take leave from school to go to Korea to watch the game, probably to end this thinking.

The day before the finals, Liu Hao was so excited that he didn't sleep well, so he joined a room with a few buddies and insisted on fighting Landlords all night.

Landlord Lin Huinan refused to come, but the next afternoon, Liu Hao saw two faint blue marks on Lin Huinan's eyes.

Not only Liu Hao, domestic forums have exploded in the past few days, and they are all optimistic about NOG. It seems that NOG has won without a fight and has become the first team with double S championships in the history of the League of Legends professional game... This team The team still belongs to the LPL!

It was a cold day.

Busan has an oceanic climate. Winters in Busan are always warm and humid, but that day was very cold, and the temperature dropped again and again. At dusk, the light rain on the weather forecast turned into light snow, which scattered in the auditorium. layer.

The auditorium is open-air, and the venue for the competition is also open. The big screen is used for projection, and the heating in the venue is turned on to the fullest to ensure that the players will not have cold hands that affect the operation.

Liu Hao's tickets are all VIP tickets, and in the first few rows, he can see the players of the two teams in front of the seat from a distance without looking at the big screen.

It was cold, but the enthusiasm of the auditorium almost turned the snowy sky over. The audience shouted "NOG!" Unconvinced, he wanted to shout "Polaris? Champion!" to the sky, and the venue was so noisy that sitting next to him had to yell loudly.

Liu Hao was holding an umbrella, shivering from the cold, but his brain was as excited as if it was on fire.

He asked Lin Huinan loudly: "Who do you think can win!"

Lin Huinan didn't speak.Liu Hao lowered his head and saw that the leaflets in Lin Huinan's hands were tightly clutched like a ball of waste paper, staring intently at a certain direction of NOG.

Liu Hao laughed and shouted loudly: "I also think NOG can win! If NOG wins the double crown, I will go to Neo to buy a car tomorrow when I return home!"

In the anticipation, the first game started!

Before entering the arena, Liu Hao estimated that at least half of the [-] spectator seats were fans from China and local Chinese students studying in Korea. ——So one can imagine how enthusiastic the voice of "NOG" was on the scene.

But this enthusiasm, like a bonfire lit in this snowy day, slowly extinguished.

A silence.

But this silence is the silence of LPL.

In the first game, 52 minutes were played.A full 52 minutes.

Whether it's a professional game or a passerby game, if a game reaches 52 minutes, it means that all ten players on the field have entered the late stage of Liushenzhuang.

Polaris used the word "operation" to the extreme in this game, like a precise mechanical watch, every hand: second hand, minute hand, hour hand, knows exactly which direction it should point at any moment, without any delay. Difference.

Leading the line, pushing the tower, taking the dragon, and starting the team are all the best solutions for the current situation. Even if you are forced to start a team by NOG, you should sell the players if you should sell them, and fight back if you should go up. The loss must be minimized.

In 52 minutes, the two sides in the field added up to 12 kills. —Ten people added up, and they died a total of twelve times in nearly an hour.

This is a two-way tug-of-war that tortures the players and the audience.

Polaris is the final winner of this tug of war.

The Korean spectators in the arena endured for 52 minutes, and at this moment, they were all boiling... With the level of ordinary players, they may not understand the game or the psychological game of the players, but they can understand that Polaris won.

Liu Hao's face turned pale, and he murmured: "This round is gone, is it gone?" He comforted himself in a panic, "It's okay, two wins in three rounds, there are many chances, and MSI also won three to two. ……Oh shit!"

Liu Hao still couldn't hold back and scolded: "Fucking NOG, if they want to win, can't they win faster? They beat the audience every day for a year!"

Lin Huinan didn't hold an umbrella, and sat in the snow, motionless, like a sculpture.

The second inning started.

The LPL audience was completely silent.

This one played for 68 minutes.This game is not the most exciting round in the history of the S game, but it is the longest round.

If the NOG is compared to a sharp sword, then Polaris is a thick, blunt stone.

This sword can cut deep scars on the stone, but as long as there is no sword to break it or pierce it, it will only be slowly blunted by the stone, and gradually lose its strength. all their advantages.

At the end of this game, the mentality of the players on either side has become more sustainable.

In the end, Oolong made an extremely small mistake—a team battle broke out, and he chose to clear a super soldier who was about to push home first, and the teleportation was delayed by a second.

This second ruined the game.

One second later, the teammates started a good team, but there was no follow-up double C (shooter + mid laner) damage to keep up. The scalp was instantly caught when it entered the arena.

In the end, there was only one Yu Duo left, and it was difficult to support alone. A wave of extreme operations in Dalongkeng replaced the Polaris double C.

But it's done.

Polaris 2:0.

Liu Hao opened his mouth, as if he was dumb.

A girl sitting behind him was whimpering and crying.

Lin Huinan's chest heaved violently a few times, he kept his mouth shut, and did not speak. The flyer that was frozen hard in his hand was clenched into a ball of waste paper that couldn't be tighter.

Liu Hao was a little dazed, and asked to himself: "You think... can they let the second chase the third?"

No one answered.

But the third game told them the answer.

No.

Or rather, impossible.

NOG, a team that was once touted as being on par with gods in China, told all LPL audiences that they are just ordinary mortals.

After the first two tug-of-wars with an average duration of 60 minutes, the willpower of all NOG players has reached the limit of collapse - Polaris is not feeling well either, no team can play two two-hour games with ease , as if at your fingertips.

But the difference between Polaris and NOG is that Polaris won.

The belief in winning the championship, the championship is in sight, and the belief that persistence is victory can also support the North Star.

——What about NOG?

In the third game, it was a mess.

In this round, except for the jungler, everyone in NOG seemed to be sleepwalking, as if they didn't know what time it was, where they were sitting, whether they made a mistake, a mistake, or a mistake.

In the big-screen shot, the NOG shooter's eyes could be seen to be red, and he was staring at him tightly to prevent him from crying out.

This team of champions seems to be completely terrified of being beaten. The upper, middle and lower lines are all at a disadvantage. Everyone is timid, afraid that the opponent will find another chance to catch them to death. Should they go up or not? Neither.

From Yu Duo's camera, Yu Duo frowned and kept yelling a word, yelling, yelling, as if trying to wake up his teammates.

The audience couldn't hear the voices of the players in the team, but Yu Duo's words could be guessed from the shape of his mouth:

"Don't be afraid! Fight hard!"

But in the end Yu Duo didn't wake up his teammates, and NOG didn't have a miracle either.

In the third game, the game ended in 38 minutes.

In the end, Polaris also reached the end of his battle, with several waves of mistakes in succession. If Polaris is still in the first round, he can end this game within 25 minutes. ——But it doesn't make much sense, and NOG is not in the state of the first round.

The snow gradually fell and drifted into the stadium from the outside, and a thin layer of white accumulated on the edge of the stairs in the stadium.

Polaris 3:0.

The Korean audience cheered and applauded thunderously.

And some spectators who came from China to watch the game have already started to leave.

Lin Huinan didn't leave, but sat dead silent in the first row of the auditorium.

He saw that as soon as the third game was over, the NOG shooter took off his glasses and lay down on the table crying. Oolong tea raised his head, his eyes were red, and he was shaking. The NOG top laner took off his glasses and wiped it with his sleeve Rubbing his eyes, NOG's assistant sat on the seat, bowed his head and said nothing.

The Polaris players and coaches on the other side were cheering, embracing, and celebrating.

And Yu Duo stood alone behind his chair.

Lin Huinan thought that the next scene might never be forgotten in his life.

Yu Duo walked to the front of the stage alone, bowed deeply to all the audience and the cameras, did not laugh or cry, and quietly said a word in the noise.

The mouth shape was: "I'm sorry."

The author has something to say: ps: Master Duan was published in September 2014, and the text is adapted from the department.