Chapter 203
IG has not been eliminated yet…
This sentence did not attract much attention and was soon drowned in the terrible curses and public opinion.
When RNG was flattened by SKT for the third time, it was blown up and the sky fell.
The more we expected before the game, the more we were devastated now.
In an instant, several LPL commentators burst into tears on the spot. I remember that my heart felt blocked and painful, and the 40,000 to 50,000 spectators in the Oriental Sports Center wailed.
Countless LPL viewers and RNG fans were completely in despair, trance, and inexplicably cold at this moment.
Some audiences off the court, regardless of gender, and the most fiercest leader who usually resists pressure, are now crying. The major domestic live broadcast platforms on the Internet have been filled with countless abuses and insults.
Anger, despair, helplessness, and even discouragement, at this moment, filled the hearts of all LPL viewers.
How many years have it been?
The S game has been held for 7 years, and the LPL region has worked hard for 6 years.
In the S7 held in ZhongG this year, this strongest all-Chinese team in history gave them hope.
But now… hope is shattered again.
I don't know how many times this has been shattered.
Year after year of anticipation, year after year of disappointment, this time it's stronger than before, not the quarterfinals, but the semifinals... but... what does a semifinal mean? If you don't win the championship and don't enter the Bird's Nest, what's the difference between the semifinals and the quarterfinals?
From the moment RNG lost the game, the LPL's second seed RNG withdrew from the S7 stage. In this year's LPL region, only IG is left... and IG... a third seed, and it was promoted from the qualifying round. Now that EDG and RNG, the two first and second seeds, are gone, what's the difference between IG... and not being there?
Look at their opponents, SKT, which has already been confirmed to advance to the Bird's Nest, and... a LZ that has defeated SKT.
How to play?
Unless IG can win two games in a row, directly eliminate LZ, and then kill SKT.
But this dream that can't even happen... how can it come true? The most promising year... there will never be another year like this. This year with the right time, place, people and attention.
It's over, it's all over, RNG is over, LPL is over, and China G Esports is over.
The official hype for a whole year, the god-making for a whole year, the momentum for a whole year, and their youth... are all over!
This year's China G Bird's Nest will become a Korean G civil war...
Countless people feel exhausted at this moment. Those who have waited for six years, shouted for six years that there is the most hope, but in the end they are disappointed every time. Those who have not experienced it cannot empathize with the feeling of despair.
"……"
Backstage, the IG team watched helplessly as RNG, who had imagined the future with them and laughed and chatted with them before coming, was eliminated and out of the game.
The reactions of the audience, the choked sobs of the commentators... all of this gave them an unprecedented impact.
"How did they lose... RNG, what the hell... Woohoo..." Ning Wang, a 5'80" man from Northeast China, couldn't control his emotions at this moment, panting heavily. The other members of IG also turned their heads away, their sadness and complexity were beyond words.
No matter how fiercely the fans of the two teams quarreled, RNG was their only brother team in S7.
The two teams came from the same division and played training games together throughout S7. The tacit understanding and friendship they had when facing the fierce enemies from other divisions in the world championship was not something outsiders could imagine.
Even the audience put aside their prejudices against each other before the game started and cheered for the LPL twin stars together, let alone them?
Now... one of the twin stars fell on the first day, and IG was confused and helpless about it.
"RNG！RNG！"
"LPL！LPL！"
Just when everyone was in low spirits, a deafening roar suddenly rang out from the front.
The sound waves gradually became uniform, and the 40,000 to 50,000 spectators in the audience shouted wildly.——
"LPL！LPL！"
"LPL！LPL！"
"LPL！LPL！！"
The sound was so loud that it broke through everything in an instant!
This is... RNG's counterattack. All the audience at the scene are cheering for LPL!
It is also the unwilling hope of everyone after despair. Cheer for IG, who will play next, and for themselves!
Regardless of winning or losing, regardless of whether they can only reach the semi-finals this year, as long as they don't win the championship, everyone will continue to wait!
Waiting until the day when the LPL region holds its own world championship trophy.
Not for anything else, just for... that youth that can never be returned, that sunny afternoon that can never be returned... buddies shouted to sit together in the Internet cafe for five consecutive days.
Yes, plus a bottle of iced cola.
All the IG people watched all this in silence. Until RNG left the field, the terrifying cheers had not disappeared.
IG also went back.
Today's game is over, and tomorrow it will be their turn to play.
This is also the last battlefield before the start of the 2017 World Finals.
If they win, they can advance to the Bird's Nest, and the significance is self-evident.
Losing... is nothing, after all, RNG has lost, and no one has any hope for IG now. At a time like this, low popularity and being looked down upon actually become advantages.
At least after IG is eliminated, there won't be too many people criticizing them. They were silent all the way, and the entire RNG club in the same car collapsed, especially the five starters. They witnessed with their own eyes the shocking scene of the audience cheering for LPL after they were eliminated.
Because of this, they seemed more guilty and ashamed.
When they returned to the hotel, RNG still did not communicate with IG and were about to leave.
The IG people wanted to say a few words of comfort, but seeing their state... they didn't know how to start. They could only sigh and turn around to go back.
""Hey."
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind.
Everyone turned around.
They saw that all the RNG players who had just left were back.
Xiang Guo's eyes were red, staring at everyone in IG, wanting to say something, he stammered for a long time, and finally uttered only a few words:"Brothers... come on!"
"……！"
IG looked at each other and looked at RNG seriously,"We will definitely go to the Bird's Nest, the home of LPL, and we will definitely not let Korea and G fight each other!"
RNG nodded and turned to say goodbye.
At this moment, there is no need to say more, just a word of"Come on", it represents everything, represents the sustenance and the beautiful vision for IG's next game.
When IG walked into the corner, the RNG people who had been holding on finally couldn't help it, Xiang Guo burst into tears and covered his face
"We can’t lose anymore…LPL can’t wait any longer, and no one can wait any longer…"
"It was just a draft... Why did I lose? Wow…"
"Win...you must win...please, you must win tomorrow…！"
We must win tomorrow!
This is the only thing RNG can do now.
As they were eliminated, they could only cheer for IG in this most useless way...
They have already withdrawn from the S7 stage, and their S7... is finally over.
At the same time, this is also the prayer of the few IG fans who still have new hope.
With this helpless prayer.
The next day, October 29.
IG got on the bus and came to the Oriental Sports Center.
Today, IG will play against LZ.
Why are they going?
To kill LZ and destroy SKT.
If they never come back?
Then they will never come back.