Yesterday after watching the match, the feeling of “unsettledness” lingered in my heart for a long time. I happened to see a netizen’s words and felt a deep connection – he started his engagement with this sport from elementary school, while I only began to get involved in university.
When I sat down to write, I thought of the “legendary twins” from the Yueshan Badminton Academy – Lin Dan and Li Zongwei. And Faker, he is like the “evergreen pine” or “perennial tree” in the esports world, a perfect combination of talent and extreme self-discipline.
He wasn’t without losses, but we hadn’t lost to LPL; when a friend asked me, was it because of a particular team’s fans? Not really. The domestic education system’s nurturing supports our own teams, which is natural. It’s not about a specific player or team’s fanbase – we like watching high-quality matches featuring the Chinese team.
Commentators largely guide viewers’ emotions; their embellishment of key match moments has magnified that feeling of unsettledness many times over.
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Starting with S3, I started playing League of Legends when I was in sixth grade because at that time we didn’t have a good computer and felt it would affect my studies, and I thought I wouldn’t get into university, so I played it sporadically. My rank consistently remained Gold and Silver. However, I also continued to watch tournaments intermittently. As a small kid, I was moved to tears watching it. But I always remember that year of Royal Never Give Up (RNG) and OMG relentlessly attacking the rookie version of Faker. The confident Faker easily took down two teams with a single play. Following that, the Samsung Blue vs. White match, the gap between the two regions’ broken players was overwhelming and couldn’t be compensated for.
After going to university before enlisting in the army, I continued to be obsessed with League of Legends. I searched online for small and medium-sized videos, wanting to become a master player. But I would also be distracted by other small and medium-sized things. However, I clearly remember the night RNG won the championship, when I woke up the next day and saw the slice video, I burst into tears because it felt like LPL really had a chance. When I was in the army, I also heard about FPX winning the championship, as the situation was special at the time, so I didn’t pay much attention. To be honest, when EDG won the championship, I wasn’t particularly surprised, considering that a non-all-Chinese team had already achieved a championship once, and I hoped for an all-Chinese team to achieve a true championship. The fleeting RNG won all the games in that year, but lost the most crucial game, where Faker consecutively made five kills with Galio, and in the last game, he perfectly timed his “closing eyes to pray” play, completely destroying Uzi’s champion dream. I don’t know how many hearts were broken and players quit.
After returning from military service, I followed the competition year after year, always unable to catch up with Faker. From WBG in the year of my postgraduate entrance exam to BLG last year, and now AL in today’s top eight, as I watched Faker use Xerath to get kills and steal Ethan’s Baron Nashor, I knew this game was lost. Honestly, it makes me feel really bad watching him. I really have a lot of feelings for the League of Legends game. Not only do I play well, but I also know the background stories of most major heroes. I also know the stories of LPL and LCK teams.
Oh, LPL this region is obviously lagging behind LCK in terms of atmosphere and strength comparison. I also hope that LPL will have a full Chinese team win the championship. I’ll end with Wang Duo Duo’s words: “Maybe one day we will lose confidence in electronic sports like League of Legends because the Korean control is still continuing today, but it won’t be today.”
I still hold onto the dream of an all-Chinese team winning the championship, just as I have fantasies about some things in life.