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Chapter 303: The opening match ended in a loss; Guan Zeyuan's prediction came true?
"As for LGD's opponent in today's opening match, JDG, many viewers may not be familiar with them and may not have any impression of them!"

After a pause, Guan Zeyuan continued, "Actually, JDG is not a new team that joined the LPL. The two teams that joined the LPL in the summer split are SNG and DAN."

"During the Spring Split, JDG was still called QG."

"Now you all understand, right?"

"Yes!" Changmao nodded. "After being acquired by JD.com, the QG team was renamed the JDG team!"

After the introduction.

The two teams that will be playing their first match today are now taking the stage.

The first to arrive on the main stage were the five members of the JDG team and their head coach.

When the JDG team members appeared on the field.

The audience politely gave them some applause.

Of course, genuine cheers and applause were basically gone.

There weren't many JDG fans at the scene at all.

With only a handful of people, they naturally couldn't generate much buzz.

After all the JDG team members took the stage.

Then it was LGD's turn to take the stage.

Every time someone from LGD went on stage, the audience erupted in a huge cheer.

When Zhou Dian took the stage, the cheers reached their peak.

The LPL match venue was packed to capacity today.

About half of the audience members came specifically to watch LGD's opening match of the Summer Split.

As for the remaining nearly half of the audience, they were there to watch the second match, RNG vs. OMG.

Both teams are all-Chinese rosters and are veteran teams.

It's normal to have a lot of fans.

Although LGD just won the MSI championship, they don't have a deep foundation in the LOL fan community.

In terms of public opinion discourse, we are far from being able to achieve a monopoly.

Currently, LGD fans, along with their old rivals RNG fans and Uzi fans, frequently engage in heated online arguments.

Neither side completely overshadows the other.

There's no way around it; it's part of the LPL fan ecosystem.

If you're not playing with an all-Chinese team, winning the MSI championship alone won't be enough to unify the fanbase.

The tactic of stripping someone of their citizenship.

There's simply no solution!

Despite not being an all-Chinese team, they should be able to win LPL's first S-series championship.

Only in the midst of fan wars can this tactic be countered.

After the equipment debugging was completed.

The opening match of the 2017 LPL Summer Split was a best-of-three regular season game between LGD and JDG.

The first round of the competition has begun.

In this BO3 regular season match, LGD had the right to choose sides for games one and three.

JDG has the right to choose sides in the second game.

LGD deserves an extra right to choose sides.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the seeding order before the regular season group stage.

Because the matches within the same group are a double round-robin tournament.

LGD and JDG will play two BO3 matches against each other in the regular season.
This time, LGD has one more side selection option.

So, in the next regular season match between the two teams, JDG will naturally have one more chance to choose sides.

They are completely equal.

Soon, the first round of ban/pick began.

In the first game of the BO3 series, LGD proactively chose the blue side.

"Alright, let's look at the draft picks for the first game!" Guan Zeyuan shouted. "LGD on the blue side, JDG on the red side!"

"LGD chose the blue side in a fairly standard way; that's what most teams would choose!"

After a pause, Changmao continued, "After all, playing against a JDG team isn't something LGD needs to actively choose the red side!"

Here, Changmao subtly flattered LGD.

Most commentators in the LPL region are like this.

When a player or team gains popularity and becomes very popular.

Most commentators, when commentating on a player's or team's match...

They often offer a forced, insincere compliment, even when there's nothing to say.

Even without the angle of licking.

Even when trying to create a unique angle, you have to be eager to please.

It's shameless to try and gain attention!

However, Guan Zeyuan had a different opinion after hearing what Changmao said.

"It's not that simple!" Guan Zeyuan shook his head. "I think it's really hard to say what will happen in today's match!"

"Oh, how so?" Long Hair asked immediately.

"In terms of strength, LGD just won the MSI championship not long ago, they are definitely a top team in the world!"

Adjusting his glasses, Guan Zeyuan continued, "However, as everyone knows, esports is extremely dependent on form and game understanding!"

"As far as I know, the LGD team took a break after MSI, although the break was not long."

"However, the LGD team has only been back with all members for two days, and they are severely lacking in preparation for the Summer Split."

"Therefore, I believe that LGD's current competitive state and understanding of the new version of the game are most likely not keeping up with JDG's!"

"If LGD loses to JDG today, I won't be surprised!"

Guan Zeyuan is someone who really likes to share "insider information" that few people know on the commentary stage.

Saying things that are considered revealing or juicy often satisfies his sense of superiority and accomplishment.

To put it bluntly.

Hey, you viewers don't know about this, do you?
Hey, I happen to know.

What a coincidence!
Guan Zeyuan openly expressed his "rational pessimism" about LGD while on the commentary desk.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among many LGD fans.

With consecutive victories in the LPL Spring Split and the MSI Mid-Season Invitational this year.

LGD has also successfully attracted many fans who don't play games much.

This is inevitable.

For LGD fans who frequently play League of Legends and have their own independent insights...

Guan Zeyuan's words were not entirely central.

But it makes a lot of sense, and it's not just random nonsense.

So, it's basically acceptable. But for fans in the fandom...

Regardless of the reason, and regardless of whether what is said is true or not.

As long as you say something negative about something they like, or point out a shortcoming.

They were unhappy about it.

If they're not happy, then they'll criticize you.

At this moment, in the official LPL live broadcast room.

Immediately, many more comments appeared criticizing Guan Zeyuan.

[You know nothing, yet you're offering your opinion!]

[Are you a professional player? You think you can just say LGD is in bad form and therefore bad? That their game understanding is lacking and therefore they're not good enough?]

[Exactly, you, a commentator, are you qualified to comment on LGD?]

[No, we should be happy that Guan Zeyuan said that! If he doesn't think highly of LGD, then LGD is guaranteed a win today!]

[You actually believe his so-called "jinx" persona?! The so-called "jinx" is just a simple case of poor game understanding, isn't it?]

[That's not entirely true. Even those with a deep understanding of the game can't predict the outcome of a match, right? Frankly, this kind of thing is unpredictable; there are just too many variables!]

[No, I think Guan Zeyuan makes a lot of sense, so why is everyone criticizing him? It's just watching a League of Legends match, can you please stop with the fan culture stuff?]

[Huh? LOL players have fan clubs now? Do we have "brothers" in the LOL community?]

All I can say is that LOL players definitely have fan bases, but it's highly unlikely that LOL players have a dedicated fandom!

Ignore these people; they're not LGD fans, they're just trolls trying to stir up trouble!

[Just skewer them, skewer them well!]

【.】

When the sudden war of words that had been stirred up in the live stream subsided.

The draft phase of the first game in a best-of-three series.

The selection process is almost complete.

Here are the heroes that LGD has selected.

It's clearly the same kind of thing that's commonly seen in the Spring Split playoffs and the MSI Mid-Season Invitational.

It’s the same old thing.

There was absolutely nothing new.

Meanwhile, LGD's opponent, JDG...

They pulled out some new things that hadn't appeared at all in the Spring Split.

For example, Kassadin in the mid lane.

For example, the top laner Jarvan IV.

Clearly, JDG has done their research on the version of the game for the Summer Split.

Of course, the new findings after the research will vary in quality, whether good or bad.

The audience was unaware of it either.

After all, this is only the first match of the Summer Split.

These new things from JDG urgently need to be tested in actual matches.

More than 30 minutes later.

The verification results are in.

The new thing JDG came out is actually quite useful.

LGD lost the first game of this BO3 series.

Moreover, they lost without much chance to fight back.

JDG maintained the advantage throughout the entire match.

The advantages have been gradually expanding.

In the end, LGD's disadvantages became too great, and they couldn't hold on any longer.

Naturally, they lost the first game.

On the large screen at the scene.

When the blue team LGD's base crystal was destroyed.

Guan Zeyuan announced loudly, "Then let's congratulate JDG team for taking the first win in this opening match of the Summer Split, and temporarily leading LGD team with a score of 1-0!"

"I think most viewers didn't expect this result before this game, right?"

After a pause, Guan Zeyuan continued, "After all, JDG was only a team that would be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in the Spring Split!"

"It's quite surprising that they managed to defeat the newly crowned MSI champions LGD right from the start of the Summer Split while retaining the same roster as in the Spring Split!"

At this moment, Long Hair took over the conversation.

"To be honest, what you said before this match, Zeyuan, was really quite reasonable!"

Pushing up his glasses, Long Hair continued, "Judging from the performance in this match, LGD's team does indeed have some issues, both in terms of game state and understanding of the current version!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Zeyuan immediately said, "Hey, let's be realistic! In this game, Zhou Shen's competitive state on LGD's side was still very good, but unfortunately, one man can't fight against many opponents!"

These are the five players on the LGD team.

It's the same as yesterday's practice match.

Apart from Zhou Dian, the other four players clearly haven't adjusted to their current competitive form.

There's no way to fix it; it's not something you can just change on your own.

After a period of vacation and neglect of training.

The athletes will inevitably need to undergo a period of continuous training before they can fully recover to their peak competitive state.

As for the timing...

It might take three to five days if it's fast.

The slower ones will take more than a week.

This is why, under normal circumstances, teams will recall their players more than a week before the start of the new season to prepare for it.

If we don't start regular training sessions, the athletes won't be able to recover!
These are the players from the LGD team.

Apart from Zhou Dian, who has never stopped training.

The others had only been recovering for a day.

How could he possibly fully recover his previous competitive form!
This is the first game.

Eimy in the jungle was completely outclassed by JDG's jungler Clid.

The bot lane duo is not in good form and is at a disadvantage in the laning phase.

Of the four players in LGD besides Zhou Dian.

The only player who didn't fall behind during the laning phase was Wei Shen.

However, Wei Shen also didn't have an advantage in the laning phase.

Unfortunately, in this game, Wei Shen was facing Kassadin.

If you don't have an advantage in the laning phase, what's the point of playing Kassadin later on?
(End of this chapter)