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" Gen.G 3: 2 DK "
On October 22, 2022, at the Hulu Theater in Madison Garden Square, New York City, Ruler, AD player Ruler, used Lucian's slippers to win four kills, the "LCK Civil War" in the World Championship came to an end.
Gen.G advanced to the semi-finals, and DK completely ended its journey in the S12 World Championship of League of Legends.
E-sports has always been like this. Those who win the game win everything, win flowers, cheers, and win the spotlight. The failed party usually leaves the field lonely, decoupled from the full-scale game after the interview, becoming the topic of conversation for others after dinner.
But this time, DK is not.
Their match against Gen.G is hailed as one of the most confrontational Bo5s in recent years. This game was not simply digested as "who wins, who loses", but was regarded as the most worth watching game so far and displayed on the list.
The previous similar game dates back to 2016, the top 4 of the S6 World Finals ROX vs. SKT.
The number of viewers of DK and Gen.G matches counted by foreign media
DK lost this game , but some people called it the most powerful team outside the top 4, and their admiration was beyond words.
DK lost this game. Some people regret that LOL's S game is not like Dota's TI. There is a room for the loser group to go back to the world, and there is no battlefield where DK can return.
DK lost this game, but someone in is still shouting the name of the DK player and labeling him as "powerful".
DK lost the game, but more people want to watch DK win. Some people say: "If it must be LCK to win the championship, then I hope this team is DK."
" Gen.G 2 : 2 DK "
Most people did not expect that DK could advance the game to this point.
The game has reached its fifth game. The classic "Silver Scrapes" was released on the court. This is a tradition of LOL. When BO5 (five-game three-win system) is played to the last game, this classic BGM that has been used for ten years will be released.
Just now, DK won the fourth small victory through his jungler Canyon's suffocation rhythm, dragging the game from desperate situation into a game without a way out, just like the Western Cowboys' gun-scraping BO1.
faced a crucial game. Gen.G chose to use as many resources as possible to target Canyon. After grabbing the heroes with higher priority, he successively lost 4 junglers who can be regarded as "core". He wanted to reduce the pressure on his jungler in this way.
, while DK's jungler Canyon won the hero "Kaiyin" who had a selection rate of only 1% and a winning rate of 0%.
This is a game without a way out.
Gen.G is strictly guarding DK and wants to use the advantage of vision to prevent Canyon from invading the wild area of Peanut (id: Peanut).
but they did not guard against it.
Canyon uses the hero’s mechanic to perfectly bypass all of Gen.G’s defensive vision, snatching away two of his wild areas before Peanut discovered it. The invasion of
is very personal and impressive. However, this invasion cannot influence the outcome of the game. DK is still gradually at a disadvantage in the rhythm of Gen, and is even forced into a desperate situation.
or Canyon, he snatched two little dragons from Gen.G alone, and in a key team battle, he knocked out three opponents at the same time, giving extreme control, while saving his hope of turning the tables.
or Canyon, he and the top laner broke into the crowd and grabbed the crucial "little dragon" under the siege of four people, laying the possibility for the victory of the subsequent team battle.
or Canyon. When the opponent took the dragon and was about to retreat, he used his skills alone to avoid all the fatal control. One person dragged five people, winning the DK a chance to have a wave of life team.
DK failed to win this team battle.
" Gen.G 2 : 0 DK "
Gen.G has won the first two games of this quarter-finals knockout match in a row, and has once again forced its old rival DK to the edge of the cliff.
goes further, their "proud" genius mid laner Chovy can get rid of his identity as a "final eight-final last-shot family", reach a height that he has never reached, and continue to move towards the championship.
And for DK, they have no way out. If they lose another game, they will be eliminated, end their S12 schedule, return to their hometown in South Korea, and watch their fellow countrymen continue to fight in the United States. In this match between
, DK's AD player deokdam won Aphelius, who had the most highlights in his career. Faced with the "Tsar" chosen by Chovy, DK's mid laner Showmaker locked down "Sviin", is a hero who is not easy to beat Tsar.
is considered to be inferior to the Tsar. The radiation range of this hero's skill is not as wide as that of the Tsar, and the damage is not as high as that of the Tsar. However, this hero can provide enough control for the team and can gain more opportunities for his AD players. The
game was held until 9 minutes and 50 seconds. Showmaker flexibly dispels Chovy's key skills, and uses Chovy's radical and in-depth to complete the single kill of this genius mid laner.
match reached 17 points. At this time, DK had already led the economy by 5,000. In the process of continuous advancement in the middle, Showmaker miraculously used his skills to control 3 enemies at the extreme distance. crushed the possibility of Gen.G turning the tables, completely transforming DK's advantage into a winning momentum.
At this moment, everyone in the audience was shouting Showmaker's name and calling out the legendary mid laner of DK.
commentary Guan Zeyuan looked at the crystal explosion of his home team Gen.G's base, and applied a line derived from "Fate series·Magic Girl Ilia", and lamented the legendary contestant:
" Showmaker prayed to the gods, and only responded to him was the self two years ago!"
" EDG 3 : 2 DK ”
S11 Global Finals, in Iceland Reykjavik , EDG won the Summoner Trophy that they won only eight years after they founded the team. While they were cheering, DK, as the failed party, had already packed up their respective peripherals and returned to the lounge to prepare for the next interview with the loser group. Some jokes in the interview were intercepted and released by the media. Interestingly, these fragmented and fragmented things seem more eye-catching, and caused a stir in China.
Many people contacted the previous "glare" after the SKT competition and came to some of their own conclusions. This is the mentality of the defending champion's unbearable loss, and all kinds of ridicule and criticism came to the news.
"Being misinterpreted is also the fate of e-sports players." After this, as the full text of the interview was released, more shooting content was released on the spot.
At home and abroad viewers know that "glare" is the program effect that event photography wants to achieve, and "blaming the blame" is just an ordinary joke among DK contestants. That was their last fight for top laner Khan.
It is a blessing to lose your horse. It was also the leak and fermentation of this interview clip that made many people who did not follow the LCK team see the most joyful interview with the loser group in history.
In this interview, Showmaker talked about S11's failure, admitted that the champion EDG was more prepared, and accepted his failure calmly:
"Failure always runs through life, this is life."
In this interview, Canyon talked about the two junglers who defeated him one after another, RNG's Wei and EDG's Jiejie.
While laughing, he joked that he had the idea of making friends with these two Chinese junglers in the spring season interview, and then, he was defeated by the two players one after another.
"Acknowledge failure and praise opponents" may be considered a virtue for all players participating in competitive events.At least in this way, what you do will look like "can be taken up and let go" by outsiders, which is very pleasing.
Because of this, after this interview, DK once again attracted a lot of fans, and many viewers who love e-sports began to pay more attention to these players of DK.
They found that Khan's joining gave the DK team a new vitality. S11's DK gives the audience a relaxed and happy atmosphere, and it is a symbol of strength in the eyes of opponents.
However, after entering the country, these impressions left more live broadcast effects that may be popular. Geographic isolation has made many people gradually ignore why DK players usually interview as long as DK participates in the game.
This is a good thing. It is precisely because of this that more people in China who care about the competition can laugh louder when watching the DK performance performance.
" DWG 3: 1 SN ”
I think what really makes DWG famous should be the S10 Global Finals. Perhaps this year should be considered a year with "no much suspense" for DK.
In the league, they led the LCK standings with a record of 16-2, directly advanced to the final round of the LCK playoffs, and then gave the DRX team a 3:0 without any surprise in the finals.
, and in the international arena, compared with LPL, which was fiercely fighting in the same region, DWG once again beat DRX, defeated G2, avenged the 2019 quarterfinals and entered the finals at the same time.
This is the stage of the World Finals when DWG came for the second time. It was the first time that the five of them reached the last World Finals. In the recording dialogue before the game, they played for 3 years. Showmaker, who was just 20, said a passage that countless professional players would never forget:
The final of that year was SSG vs. SKTht
The final score was 3-0
At that time, I saw Faker sitting in a chair and crying. I couldn't forget this scene
This moment I thought if I could become a professional player, I must win all
Now the trophy is right in front of me. I have to consider whether this will be the only opportunity in my life
I believe LCK can have the dominant position in the past Faker has made an indelible contribution
Recast the glory of LCK I have no choice but to
After this, in 2021, before DK met RNG, RNG's mid-lane player Xiaohu recorded this passage:
I hope the younger generation will understand that from the moment you set foot on the professional arena, you have only one goal, which is the champion.
Before that, in 2016, Faker published an article titled "The Undead" in the "Star Stand". In this article, Faker wrote:
If in the future, if there are children who want to grow into the next Faker-, I will definitely do my best and become a role model.
Even EDG before S11, carrying the civil war name of "the quarterfinals every year", will say in interviews again and again:
EDG has always been the champion since its founding.
Year after year, some teams have become champions, and some teams have left the stage with the hope of fans.
People who are not professional players cannot understand what the professional attitude of "professional players" is, but I think at least it should not be "even if the semi-finals are successful".
" Gen.G 3 : 2 DK ”
After being eliminated by Gen.G, DK's players went to watch the next day DRX's game against EDG. DRX has their former teammate "Genshin Impact (id: BeryL)".
That was their first generation teammate of DWG.
DWG is not a team with a strong backer behind it. He is a young team that has climbed from the bottom Internet cafe league step by step to LCK.
During the Internet Cafe League, a chain of Internet cafes called "Ong" agreed to lend them ten computers for competition training.
is not only trained in Internet cafes, but also the coach is responsible for the food and drink of the contestants in DWG (not named at that time). The coach will prepare lunch and dinner for the contestants in person every day, and even the coach’s parents will come to help from time to time.
These bitter past events were like passing clouds and smoke, and they were only left in the hearts of the cornerstones of the team building at that time.
Back to the last game of the quarterfinals, Showmaker sat in the audience and saw that EDG was 10,000 behind the economy and facing the stealing of the house, but they were so surprised that they couldn't speak. They were a little nervous to see DRX being pushed into a desperate situation like them. Seeing that DRX succeeded in chasing two and three in the end, they became excited again.
As professional players in League of Legends, they will also be happy to see the wonderful game. As professional players in the Korean competition area, all DK members support those teams that have stepped out of LCK. is the first member of DWG. They look at BeryL who embraces his teammates on the stage and sincerely hope that he will go to the end.
Why no one hates DWG? He clearly defeated Suning from LPL in 2020 and won a championship trophy for LCK in Shanghai, China.
Because DWG relies on its own strength, it has been going up from the Internet cafe league, and has been promoting the cup with its own strength after three years. He respected Suning before the game and applauded Suning after the game.
Why are everyone regretting DK?
shows his extraordinary resilience when he is in a desperate situation in the game; shows his superb performance with Canyon's personal touch; shows that he can still perform perfectly because of Showmaker's sacrifice for the team; shows that the DK players express their gratitude and respect to the fans in the competition area off the court; shows that the DK players have a professional attitude that makes people chew and tastes for 4 years.
Because DK may be the last light of fire flashing out of the quagmire as it is professionalized in LCK.
But DK failed to win that team battle and stopped in the quarterfinals.
htmlOn October 26, DK's official tweeted: All staff returned to South Korea safely. S12 ofDK is over.
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