Chinanews client, Beijing, October 31 (Wang Hao) The final chapter of the S10 League of Legends global finals will arrive on the evening of the 31st.
Between China and South Korea, one team will have the last laugh.
But the game a few days ago is still vivid.
In a civil war, SN wins and TES loses.
SN's victory over TES game poster.
Interviewing the loser after the game is a cruel thing.
Yu Wenbo, nicknamed "A Shui," sat on the stage, facing the long and short guns and the reporters' continuous questions.
Compared to last year, he has gained a lot, and some viewers said that he is more and more like Uzi.
This is the second consecutive year that Ah Shui has stopped at the semi-finals of the S game. For most of the League of Legends professional players, this result is already very good.
But for him, who won the S championship on his debut, it is obviously not enough.
In 2018, just reaching the age to play, Yu Wenbo made his debut on the iG team. His ID in the game was JackeyLove. Many viewers called him Ah Shui.
He won the S championship with his teammates that year, and played a flash in his career in the eight-to-four game, which has always been regarded as a good talk.
A water contest poster.
In 2019, internal problems occurred in the iG team, and the performance was ups and downs throughout the year. In the end, several players "fought their lives" or fell in the S semi-finals.
Another year later, Ah Shui moved to TES. Together with his new teammates, they won the Mid-Season Champions Cup, the LPL Summer Championship, and became the LPL No. 1 seed.
LPL is the English abbreviation of the top league in the Chinese mainland of the League of Legends, but when it comes to the S game, it has become a banner for all teams to fight for.
TES had high hopes before the game, hoping that they could win the third championship for LPL after iG and FPX.
After experiencing the "Let the second chase the third" in the quarterfinals, TES encountered the third seed SN of the LPL division, and the opponent of Ah Shui was Huanfeng.
Perhaps not many people know the name Tang Huanfeng, but after this year’s S game, the pristine game ID with the same pinyin as his name is destined to come to the minds of more e-sports fans.
The JackeyLove opposite him, ID was ridiculed by fans for "bells and whistles".
Two high-quality LPL ADCs, one fire and one water, met on the highest stage of the professional arena.
Huanfeng competition poster.
In the League of Legends game, ADC refers to the bottom shooter, and is often the main output of the team.
But the pursuit of the ultimate output means that you have to face the ultimate danger. Compared with other positions, the ADC's defense ability is weaker. Simply put, this position is doing the job of licking blood with the tip of the knife.
"Radical", "bold", "fearless", these adjectives can be used to describe the two of them.
Their playing styles are so similar, but so different.
On the night of the semifinals, Ah Shui's performance was not good. TES lost to SN 1:3, and he had to bear great responsibility.
After the game, he didn't look much when shaking hands with his opponent.
When interviewing the loser, Ah Shui said: "After one year, I have actually won a lot of big and small honors. It's a pity that I didn't get the biggest trophy in the end. Generally speaking, for me. It should be pretty good."
But public opinion would not be so tolerant of him. These remarks were quickly interpreted as "no spirit after having an S championship" and "no desire to win".
Perhaps it was because of the early experience of being a game anchor, or it was born with a big heart. Ah Shui has a big heart beyond his age.
When his debut performance on the court was young and the audience scolded him as "killing AD", he also firmly believed that "I can still save him."
Before an LPL game in 2018, the players of iG were chatting. The veteran mid laner Rookie said that after coming to the LPL, he didn't win a league championship. It may be his own problem.
As always, Ah Shui gagped, and secretly wiped away tears. Fortunately, that year, they together won the S championship, which is more precious than the LPL championship.
Since 2019, due to long-term irregular work and rest, Ah Shui’s health has gone from bad to worse. That year, the overall level of the team was also unstable. At the last moment, they struggled to get on the last train of the S game.
Some people say that Ah Shui loses his heart after he has the S championship, but the spectators who watched the bubbling match and insisted on the match would definitely not have such thoughts.
Huanfeng poster.
Ah Shui’s opponent, Huan Feng, performed in the semi-finals far less than the eight-to-four match.
In the final, he will face the ADC of the Korean team DWG. To win the championship, he needs to adjust his status as soon as possible.
The young man with the fire in his name comes from the seaside in Guangxi.
Since his parents divorced since childhood, he followed his mother in a difficult life.
When he was 12 years old, his mother also abandoned him without leaving a word.
He lived alone for three years in the hut where a family of three lived.
At night, Huanfeng lived on the sofa. In the past, his small room still contained his childhood things, comic books and toys, but after living alone, he couldn't sleep in that room.
Huanfeng began to contact the League of Legends. Fortunately, he did not become an internet addicted teenager who was not doing his job properly, but turned into a vigorous professional player on the court.
How hard will it be to break into a big city from a small seaside town?
He just said: "Sometimes, when a person really wants to do something, he can really do it well, don't believe it."
Screenshot of the game.
The former loneliness has shaped Huanfeng's introverted and even withdrawn character.
But in the S10 eight-to-four game, he controlled the characters in the game, set up guns and sniped on the opponent's high ground, arrogantly... It is hard to believe that a player with such courage was only in China a year ago Fight in the league.
After the semi-finals, some spectators said that the 12-year-old Huanfeng returned home with no one, and the 20-year-old Huanfeng had to give him a hug after the game.
From the moment he shakes hands with Ah Shui with victory, he will shoulder the expectations of the outside world for the domestic ADC, challenge the trophy that Ah Shui has won, and face the pressure that Ah Shui has faced.
This year, LPL's ADC was impressive in the world, but also this year, the most famous ADC in LPL history chose to leave.
On June 3, Uzi announced his retirement due to physical reasons.
Image source: RNG club official Weibo
Uzi, also known as Jane Pride, was called "Puppy" by the audience. In the early years, because of his aggressive playing style, he was also nicknamed "Mad Puppy".
In 2017, in the S7 semifinals held in China, Uzi's RNG team lost 2:3 to SKT from South Korea.
At that time, everyone could not predict that this was the last time in his career he was so close to the S championship.
The finals were held in China and the Beijing Bird's Nest Center. When the song ended, it was a civil war between the Korean team. This made all LPL fans regretful. Many of them were disappointed with Uzi.
Just two days before this year's TES and SN competition, a documentary about Uzi's physical rehabilitation after retirement was released on the Internet. It recorded how much pain and sweat there was behind the "crazy".
After the S7 semi-finals, when the audience was still immersed in disappointment, the staff had to send him to a doctor urgently because of injuries.
Jian Pride (third from left) and his teammates stand on the podium of the Asian Games.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Before retiring, the story behind the elimination was little known.
Nowadays, people who are close to the real journey want to apologize to Jane Pride who bid farewell to the professional arena, will it be too late.
In the semi-finals, Ah Shui and Huanfeng were not outstanding performances, which reminded many people of Uzi's outstanding performance in the international arena.
But the past has become history, and the future has unlimited possibilities.
This year, the S game is also held in China. It is a pity that the new generation of ADC players hopefully can make up for it.
On the 31st, Shanghai, the League of Legends Global Finals, Huanfeng will carry the boundless hope on that stage.
I hope all he hears and sees are encouragement and support.
Come on, LPL, come on, Tang Huanfeng!
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