Chapter 96: Group Stage
After getting up to watch the game between our old friends Wings and LGD, the five of us came to the hotel’s dedicated team viewing room.
The group stage was held in an e-sports hotel. It was actually similar to playing online, except that there were more monitors and referees in the room.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Wings played the first game against EG.
Leather Shoes started milking mode right at the beginning: "To be fair, Wings trained so many times on us, so it should be no problem to fight EG, right?"
I smiled bitterly: "That's not necessarily the case."
Although we often lose to Wings in training records by 2:0EG, the game of Dota is not as simple as the big fish eating the small fish. It is more like rock-paper-scissors, which requires mutual restraint. The weak link of Wings lies in the lane.
Weak at the top, and EG is a team that is very particular about lane.
What's more, our sparring match with Wings... is more of an entertainment match than a training match.
Big brother Ice Girl, mid laner Chaos, No. 3 Blackbird... If nothing else, come back to Butcher Bomber. God knows how effective such a training match can be. It is really good to relieve the pressure.
Watch the game again.
EG selected the elf Gahaskar, coupled with the milk push combination of Dark Priest, the eldest brother chose Night Demon, and the third position chose Batrider.
The lineup is very fierce, and they want to keep fighting in the mid-term to kill the opponent. However, the Wings they met are a team that likes fighting more than them. In other words, Wings is better at fighting.
But when the Wings lineup came out, we were all stunned.
The eldest brother is Poison Dragon, the mid laner is White Tiger, the third position is Xiao Mingbian’s Woodcutter, the second ice is Sand King… the oracle of Team Y.
How can we win against the opponent's team of Haskaja Night Stalkers when we only have the control of one hand, the Sand King?
Leather Shoes was also puzzled: "Wings can also choose this lineup, do you have any explanation?"
"I don't know." I spread my hands to show that I was used to it.
The community has been lamenting that Wings is "eating again".
This is of course not a criticism of Wings, but a kind of meme. Because BP always likes to come up with some inexplicable lineups, and they often act artistically, losing opponents they shouldn't lose, and overturning impossible games. People give them nicknames: "
Spinach is a lantern, betting on a dog is doomed."
We have trained a lot with Wings and know that they have this kind of personality and like to play and fight, even if it is Ti.
"Don't talk, study." Cheng Qing has become a die-hard Wings fan since the training game.
"I'm going to see the godfather on the other side playing OG."
I turned around to watch the other round of Group A, and I was even more speechless. The lineup here was not normal either. Maybe mid laner Juggernaut battled Miracle Bro mid laner. The first day of the schedule was full of artistry.
In the end, both sides shook hands and made peace 1:1.
Wings actually won the first single control lineup... In the second game, EG did not believe in evil and continued to choose the elf, Huskar, and Night Demon system. Wings was better and directly sacrificed Erbing's Butcher... The result was natural
It's a loss.
In the first game, LGD relied on the mid laner Juggernaut to win the victory. Miracle saw it in his eyes and felt itchy in his heart. In the second game, he also selected Juggernaut to hit. The perfect data of 22/2 in the game led the team to regain a victory.
In the following game, Wings lost to TNfamous 0:2 and scored two points. On the first day of the group stage, they had one win, one draw and one loss, accumulating three points.
After LGD drew with EG, they easily defeated Infamous 2:0, and then drew with Alliance, with the same three points.
On the other side, EG defeated NAVI, tied with OG, and accumulated four points.
OG's state on the first day was a bit mediocre, with only four points.
It seems that on the first day, none of the major teams were in the right state.
"OK! It's time for us to show off our skills!"
We just started to get up, brush our teeth and wash up, because our game will be in two hours.
The DOTA2 community, which has been silent for a long time, has repeatedly erupted into heated discussions due to this international invitational tournament. The most popular topic in the past two days is:
"Can OG win the Ti6 shield?"
"Why is VGJ not favored by others when it comes to crushing EG with its hard power?"
"Is Wings a psychopath or a foodie?"
"What ranking will the five Chinese teams achieve in the end?"
…
After all, it is Ti that breaks the Guinness World Record for e-sports prize money every year. Even major media platforms have begun to broadcast reports about the 6th International Invitational Tournament, which shows its influence.
Today is VGJ.T’s real Ti competition, the first game against the powerful European team, Secret.
When it comes to Secret, we have to mention their captain Puppy. His name is "Puppy" but he is actually a strong man, about as tall as two leather shoes.
People who are familiar with Navi must be familiar with Puppy and Dendi, two natural matches in Dota. They played from Dota1 to Dota2, and also won 1 championship and 2 second place in TI. Even though they are now parting ways, they are called the best duo in the history of TI.
Not an exaggeration at all.
Arteezy in the first position and EE in the second position are all old faces.
Generally speaking, the strength of this team is at the top of the first line, not even above the first line, but it is more than enough to beat us (ranked according to the strength list).
We simply went into the battle room to adjust the equipment, and our match against Secret began immediately.
Because we just finished playing the wild card game the day before yesterday, our hands were still hot, so we got into the groove very quickly.
"The first one, what should I say? Are you playing tricks?" To be honest, after watching the previous rounds of competition, I was a little itchy.
Yang thinks it’s okay: “I’ve already played Wings, so it’s not too much to play a little bit, right?”
Fy smiled: "You mean you want to be the No. 2 Ming Deng?"
AME, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically smiling happily and chanting: "Rikimaru, Rikimaru, Rikimaru..."
Last night, he and Bu Zhi had a video chat until midnight. He probably cleared up what he had said, and he stopped feeling depressed and started to get angry.
At the beginning of BP, we are in Radiant and the secret is in Dire.
The secret is to choose the elf Huskar, who is very popular these days, and pair it with EE's mid laner Art Werewolf.
Not to be outdone, we grabbed the Daniel Ice Soul and gave Leather Shoes a third position, Void. I took Carl myself, and the big brother position was naturally given to AME Water Man.
Riki pill?
Chapter completed!