For Love of the Game

The S6 season "City of Despair" World Finals will be held in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's e-sports strength is already very strong, and this year is their home field, which will inevitably make it even more difficult for teams from other countries.

Everyone in Maple Moon rested in the hotel for two days, and reported to the competition site on the third day. The opening ceremony of the World Finals will be held that night.

South Korea's e-sports venues are already very complete, with a huge stage in the competition hall, a soundproof room, and all the facilities in the waiting room. In addition to the main commentary station, there are twelve separate commentary rooms on the second floor, which can be used for real-time commentary from various countries. Broadcast the game.

This is the first time that Fengyue people came to the competition site of the World Finals. Just seeing the elegant cobblestone-shaped building from a distance, my heart felt surging.

The isolation line at the entrance of the contestants was stretched several hundred meters. Fans crowded outside the isolation line and looked forward to it, and bursts of cheers could be heard from a distance.

Everyone in Fengyue got out of the car, and fans cheered immediately. Most of them didn't know the members of Fengyue team, but they would scream excitedly when players from each team appeared, but they didn't know Fengyue The team members, but know Shen Huai.

That is Shen Huai who has played supporting roles in many internationally famous movies!Moreover, he is the son of international superstar Shen Nuo Shen, even if there are people who don't know Shen Huai, as long as the people next to him remind him that he is Shen Nuo's son, those people will immediately light up their eyes and scream.

For a few hundred meters, they were yelled at all the way.

Seeing this battle, Hai Xing became very nervous, and looked forward with his head held high, not daring to glance around at all.

They had just turned a corner, and there was another burst of screams from the other side. Zhang Jiayan led the WG team members striding forward from a distance. WG is already a veteran team in the World Finals, and they often get places , Almost none of the fans who came to watch the game did not know them.

"Feather God, Snow God!"

Zhang Jiayan waved at them from a distance, half of the sleeves of the team uniform were rolled up by him, revealing his strong and strong arms, his loud voice suppressed the screams of the fans, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a mouthful of white teeth .

Shen Huai couldn't help laughing, "Zhang Jiayan, how is your leg?"

Zhang Jiayan patted his injured leg, "It's okay, I can barely walk by myself."

Song Xueyang said, "You've been hurt for a hundred days, so don't force yourself."

Zhang Jiayan leaned closer and said in a low voice, "Isn't this going abroad for a competition? It would be too embarrassing for China if we were still on crutches."

Liang Minghui next to him looked helpless. Their captain not only wanted to be strong, but also wanted to save face. For the sake of going abroad for the competition, everyone let him go.

The players of the two teams lived in a hotel for several days during the training camp before, and they had a good relationship. They talked and laughed all the way into the venue, and most of the tension in their hearts dissipated.

Teams from many countries have gathered in the venue. A total of 18 teams from 24 countries have been shortlisted for the World Finals. Seeing players with different skin colors and looks gathered together for the same game and the same competition, everyone felt Can not help but raise a sense of pride.

"Zhang Jiayan!"

A voice sounded from behind, and a short-haired girl rushed towards Zhang Jiayan from the position of the door, and jumped straight towards Zhang Jiayan.Zhang Jiayan's leg injury is still not healed, everyone pulled him back with lingering fear, Jia Yunge stepped forward to block Zhang Jiayan, and then stopped the girl.

"Yo, Yunge!" The girl didn't notice, she raised her hand and pinched Jia Yunge's face.

Jia Yunge smiled and waved the doll to greet her. Liang Minghui also said, "Long time no see, Brother Bao, you look much thinner than last year."

Complimenting a girl for losing weight is more effective than complimenting her for being beautiful. Cui Baozhen immediately cheered up, "Is that so? I'm still worried that I will grow fat on my stomach every day!"

Zhang Jiayan said frankly, "You are already so skinny, so what if you grow some flesh?"

To some extent, sometimes straight men's compliments are even more unexpected.

Shen Huai looked this girl up and down. He also saw this girl in the replay of last year's World Championship. Cui Baozhen, a player from South Korea's Live team, is currently the fifth-ranked player in the world's qigong masters, and her professional ID is Queen, South Korea. Fans generally call her Queen.

Cui Baozhen is a Chinese. Her mother is Chinese. When she was studying abroad, she met her father and then married in a foreign land.So Cui Baozhen's Chinese is very good, and she likes China very much. She also registered Weibo and a live broadcast room in China, which are all managed by herself.Because she is humorous, she often mentions in various public occasions that she is half-Chinese, and she is deeply loved by domestic players. Everyone calls her "Brother Bao".

"Hey, is Nana here?"

Liang Minghui shook his head, and Zhang Jiayan said, "God of War didn't get a place in the World Championship this year, and Team Hu didn't come to watch the game."

Cui Baozhen frowned, glanced at Song Xueyang and his team uniform with the word "Maple Moon" printed on it from the corner of his eye, suddenly raised his head, and said fiercely, "You just defeated God of War? I can fight with Na in a year." Seeing this once, Na was completely destroyed by you!"

Everyone in Fengyue looked at each other in blank dismay. They really didn't expect that there would be people who would take their anger out on others because of this kind of thing.

Zhang Jiayan corrected, "God of War lost to Fengyue in the group stage, and we WG defeated them in the finals."

Cui Baozhen: "..."

WG crowd: "..." Captain, didn't you see that Brother Bao was very angry?He actually took the initiative to take the blame!

Cui Baozhen has a good relationship with Zhang Jiayan, so naturally he wouldn't blame him, his eyes were like knives passing over everyone in Fengyue one by one, I don't know if it's because of her beauty, or because of her round face, it really didn't let everyone feel it deterrence.

"Bao Zhen."

One hand gently hooked Cui Baozhen's collar, pulled her back, and brought her directly into his arms.

"What are you doing here?"

The man's voice was not loud, as if he hadn't woken up, and he was lazy.His forehead hair is a bit long, covering his eyes a little, and his skin is very fair, as if he has never been exposed to the sun. He looks cute, but none of the contestants present think so. The fact is that since he walked into the venue From that moment on, the noisy voices around had gradually quieted down.

He is the ace player of last year's Korean champion team Rider, known as the world's number one solo god, and also the one who just defeated Shen Huai in an online match half a month ago - Jin Chengjun.

Jin Chengjun's eyes flitted past Shen Huai's body as if nothing, then looked at Song Xueyang, then lowered his head and asked, "Are you talking to that handsome guy?"

Cui Baozhen pushed him away speechlessly, "Jin Chengjun, get lost!"

The two spoke Korean, and they didn't understand it. They saw that Jin Chengjun's face was calm and his tone was gentle, but Cui Baozhen looked like he was going to eat people.

In the end, she wanted to leave angrily, but Jin Chengjun held her back and said something, then looked at Shen Huai.

Cui Baozhen turned her head and stared at Shen Huai, "He asked me to tell you..."

She seemed to think of something, her tone changed suddenly, "You are very handsome, are you interested in having sex with him?"

For a moment, the players of the two teams were silent. Shen Huai raised his eyes to look at Jin Chengjun, and Jin Chengjun also looked at him. His eyes were very serious, as if he could see a little expectation from it.

Song Xueyang stepped forward to block Shen Huai behind him, and said with a smile, "Sorry, we are here to participate in the competition, not to talk about love."

Cui Baozhen shrugged and said to Jin Chengjun, "He said that there are no friends on the field. If you want to be friends with Shen Huai, you must win him first."

Jin Chengjun glanced at Song Xueyang indifferently, pulled Cui Baozhen and left.

Zhang Jiayan looked at their backs in amazement, and patted Shen Huai on the shoulder, "God Yu, don't forget to take it to heart, I guess it was a joke."

Shen Huai didn't pay much attention to it, but Song Xueyang who was beside him had already begun to emit air-conditioning involuntarily, like a humanoid refrigerator.

When they went inside to report and sign, Guan He happened to lead the team downstairs. As the runner-up team for two consecutive years, his appearance also caused quite a stir.

Zhou Ning couldn't help looking over, Guan He was wearing the pure black uniform of the Xiaowolf team, and he was walking up the stairs, looking very elegant and calm.

"Team Yan, Team Song, Yushen." He greeted them one by one.

Zhang Jiayan said, "Xiaolang came quite early."

"Well, warm up tonight."

In the opening ceremonies of the finals over the years, it has become an unwritten rule for the teams that won last year's championship and runner-up to play warm-up games, and it is also the focus of the audience's attention at the opening ceremonies. Often the team that can win the warm-up games has a great hope of winning The world champion of the year.

Counting this year, Xiaowolf has participated in the preliminaries for three consecutive years, and has also served as a foil for other teams for three years.For them, this year's warm-up match is no less important than the World Championship. All the players have serious faces, and they are obviously ready to fight the enemy.

Shen Huai asked, "What mode will you play in this year's warm-up?"

The warm-up match will not be BO3 or BO5 like the official game, but one or two modes will be selected in advance and designated players will participate.

Guan Hedao, "A 1V1 single player Solo game, a 6V6 hostage rescue game."

Shi Yi couldn't help asking, "Team Guan, do you want to play solo?"

For all viewers, it is definitely a visual feast to see the world's top level solo Solo in the warm-up match.

Guan He looked at Jin An, "No, I want to direct 6V6, and I plan to let Jin An play Solo."

Everyone's eyes fell on Jin An, and Hai Xing and Shi Yi were even more envious.

Solo in the warm-up match, whether you win or lose, is enough to become a lifetime memory for a professional player, because this is the opening before the World Championship, and it also represents the collision between the two strongest teams in the world today.

Jin An looked much more serious than usual, obviously he was bound to win this Solo.

Guan He had a quick chat with them and then led the team to the waiting room to prepare for the battle. Before leaving, he looked at Zhou Ning vaguely, and Zhou Ning moved his lips silently, cheering.

Two hours later, the opening ceremony of the "City of Despair" S6 World Finals officially began. Teams like Fengyue who do not need to participate in the warm-up match just need to wait quietly in the background. OK.

So everyone sat together and watched the opening ceremony lively. The commentators from various countries took their seats in their respective soundproof rooms. The commentators sent by China were Yao Jun, Niuniu and Juzi.

The speech by the chairman of the competition committee and the live program are not important. What everyone pays most attention to is the warm-up competition.

The warm-up match was participated by Team Xiaowolves and Team Rider from South Korea. The first match was a solo game. Jin An played for Team Xiaowolves, and Square was the player for Rider. Both Jin Chengjun and Guan He stayed to play. It's 6v6, and this move can be regarded as giving other players in the team a chance to perform.

Square's profession is a light sword swordsman, ranked No.16 in the world of swordsmen, and he is also a very ordinary player in the Rider team. The two are of equal strength and the competition is very fierce.

After two years of precipitation, Jin An received guidance from Shen Huai in the wild card competition, and his level has improved compared to the national competition. He has a more precise grasp of the timing of the mechanic's ultimate move, and has experience in coordinating with Liang Minghui and Jia Yunge to play a series of bonuses , I also have experience in skill combos.

He is a player specially trained by the Xiaolang team for 2V2. He has a very clear positioning and is better at using air battleships to consume remotely. The commentators on the scene were all amazed at his progress.

Square is not to be outdone. The South Korean team did not participate in the wild card competition. Most people know about them from last year. Square’s attack speed is faster than last year, and his combos are smoother. He is still very young, and his career is on the rise. A short set of combos let people see his infinite possibilities in the future.

These two people chased each other regardless of their superiority, and everyone was nervous for a while. In the end, Jin An miraculously ended the match with a one-stroke collision, and won the victory for the Xiaowolf team first!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Liang Minghui, "Jin An's character, I am really worried that if he loses the solo match in front of the global audience, he will be so angry that he will jump off the stage."

The words are a little exaggerated, but everyone knows Jin An's character of not admitting defeat and desperate for face, so it is not unreasonable.

The Xiaowolf team won the first round of the warm-up match, and the next round was 6V6. All the remaining players from the two teams played, causing the audience to scream with excitement.

Everyone was even more nervous in this match. Although they believed in Guan He's strength, there were more uncertain factors in 6V6, and Rider's ace player Spade also played in this match.

As the well-known inventor of the fast-break team battle, the Xiaowolf team has fully played its own style. Guan He led the team to the enemy's lair at the beginning of the game. The spawn points of the two teams were close to each other. Rider's captain did not expect it at all. Guan He came so fast, he was caught off guard and was beaten first.

But the Rider team is not a rookie, everyone rose up to resist, this wave was evenly matched, both sides were equally killed and injured, but the aces of both teams were still alive.

Without hesitation, Guan He raised his sword and rushed towards Jin Chengjun. There was a deafening shout on the field. The two top gods faced off in the final duel. In the end, Guan He narrowly won with 10% blood volume advantage. The Chinese commentators Yao Jun, Niu Niu and Juzi were very excited.

The most important reason why Xiaowolves' fast attack style is famous all over the world is that Guan He is very good at using a little advantage to snowball. After killing Jin Chengjun, he immediately led the team to disrupt the enemy formation regardless of life and death. , ambush, and outflanking, defeated the Rider team and won the 6V6 victory in one fell swoop.

In the two warm-up matches, the Xiaowolf team won all of them. This exciting news made the Chinese fans excited, and even the WG and Fengyue people on the scene admired it.

To beat last year's champion team Rider in the warm-up match, the Xiaowolf team is really too strong, which means that they have great hopes of winning the world championship this year!

Netizens in the live broadcast room also held high the national flag and brushed 666. They have waited for so many years, and this year's Xiaowolf team finally gave them hope!

The members of the Maple Moon team were very surprised. In their opinion, Xiaolang's strength was much stronger than that of the national competition. Even they felt that this year's champion must be Xiaolang.

At the end of the opening ceremony, all the players came to the stage to pay tribute to the audience, and the captains of the 24 teams came to the stage to draw a group match. The 24 teams will be divided into 4 groups, with 6 teams in each group, and a single round-robin BO5 points system within the group. In the end, the top two with the highest points in each group will qualify, and the order of drawing will be in accordance with last year's ranking.

Team Rider, as last year's champion, won the priority draw for the three Korean teams. Fortunately, the three Korean teams were in three different groups.

Then there was last year's runner-up team, Xiaowolves. Guan He was drawn into Group A. This group currently only has the Korean Live team. The Live team is strong, but it is still a little worse than the Rider team.It's just that these two teams have already made a reservation for the first and second places in Group A.

Then there is Zhang Jiayan from WG. The hearts of Chinese netizens are raised. In order for the Chinese team to get a good ranking, everyone hopes that the three teams can be drawn into three groups to avoid civil wars before the quarterfinals, just like South Korea. Same for three teams.

Zhang Jiayan was lucky and got drawn into Group D, which was the only team in this group for the time being.

Finally, there is Song Xueyang. The audience is very unfamiliar with this young Chinese captain. He looks too handsome and looks harmless with a smile, but only players who have participated in the wild card game know that this seemingly gentle and harmless How powerful the captain is.

When Song Xueyang drew the results, Hai Xing kept praying in the audience, and finally the results came out.Song Xueyang "lived up to everyone's expectations" and was drawn into Group A, which has already gathered two teams, Live and Xiaowolves, and it is not known whether other strong teams will join in the future.

The netizens in the live broadcast room were all dumbfounded. Captain Song's marksmanship was perfect, but the level of the lottery was really not that good.

The final teams in Group A are: Nordic ERO team, Korean Live team, Turkish CC team, British ShowTime team, and Chinese Xiaolang and Maple Moon teams.

Among the six teams, apart from Turkey's CC team, the rest are not fuel-efficient lights. They are enough to qualify for the quarter-finals. Even if the Nordics and the United Kingdom are excluded, Live and Xiaolang alone are blocked before the quarter-finals. The two giant Buddhas, whose strength and status are beyond compare.

WG is not bad. Although there are strong American D2 teams and Australian teams in Group D, it is not too difficult to play overall.

Zhang Jiayan bid farewell to Shen Huai, "It seems that we won't be able to meet each other before the quarter-finals, you have to work hard, and everyone from Maple Moon, see you in the quarter-finals!"

Zhang Jiayan's words cheered everyone up immediately. It's not like they haven't played in the group stage where there are so many experts. They are here for the championship, and even three thousand enemies can't stop them!

"Okay," Shen Huai said with firm eyes, "I'll see you in the quarterfinals."