[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 209

After the end of the 1st set.

We moved to the waiting room, leaving our opponent in the opposite booth, staring blankly, standing still.

"Everyone did well."

It wasn't a game that particularly needed feedback, so the feedback time naturally turned into a discussion of merits and awards.

"You too, Noona. Your gank was insane."

"I didn't even gank bot lane."

In fact, perhaps they lost their will to fight after the mid and top solo kills, as the opponent's bot lane also crumbled quickly.

Solo kill, solo kill, solo kill.

This game was that kind of game.

"Still."

Kim Jaemin chuckled mischievously.

"You did well too, Yeonwoo."

"Ah, yes!"

"Jihoon, you too."

"No."

"Alright, that's enough. Everyone, gather here."

Everyone gathered in front of the monitor installed in the waiting room at Baek Seong-an's words.

"Everyone did well in this game. So, speaking of which…"

Kim Jaemin, the master of reactions, was the first to react to Baek Seong-an's proposal.

"Oh, ooh… Let's do it! It'll be so fun."

"What about you guys?"

"I don't mind."

Seo Yeonwoo answered first,

"I'm fine with it too."

Kim Jihoon followed.

"Yujin, what about you?"

Baek Seong-an's proposal was so sudden that it didn't seem to fit in this important match, but it was definitely fun.

For me, I was leaning more towards approval than disapproval.

"Uhm… well, let's try it."

The truth is, I'm not confident that we'll lose no matter how we do it.

Above all, Baek Seong-an didn't even suggest throwing the game, so it was a story worth trying.

"Okay."

"Get OLZ ready!"

With the staff's shout, we headed back to the stadium.

"Let's begin."

The 2nd set ban-pick began.

["We're going as we talked about before. Got it?"]

["Yes."]

Baek Seong-an's plan was simple.

Since the difference in capabilities between the opponent's team and our team was clearly confirmed, they just wanted to finish the game quickly without dragging it out.

This wasn't just to end the game quickly.

Unlike the qualifiers, the Challengers Korea promotion/relegation main round is broadcasted on the internet.

In other words, regardless of the game's outcome, the game content itself is being watched by viewers and related parties.

To give a strong impression to the viewers and other teams watching.

That's what Baek Seong-an wanted.

In other words, a kind of entertainment.

'Of course, I don't think our team's popularity will be low…'

It's not something I can say myself, but until just before the team was formed, I was in a position as an internet broadcaster where I was no less than a major company.

In fact, even if you just go into communities related to League of Legends, you can easily find stories about me or our team, so I could say that our recognition and popularity were sufficient.

Why did Baek Seong-an, who must know that fact well, make such a suggestion at this point?

It's obvious.

'It wouldn't be bad to repay them like this.'

A return to the fans who have supported and watched our team until now.

That will be this game.

At the core of the plan was a ban-pick that was a bit out of the ordinary.

["We're going to cut champions with good line clearing as the main focus."]

"Yes."

Since our team had the right to choose the side in the 2nd set, we naturally chose the blue side.

The champions we banned were as follows.

[Orianna]

[Syndra]

[Miss Fortune]

Then, the 2nd set ban-pick was completed.

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[OLZ / GKG]

Top: Jace / Malphite

Jungle: Kindred / Rek'Sai

Mid: Twisted Fate / LeBlanc

AD Carry: Jinx / Aphelios

Support: Trundle / Lulu

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Picks determined with only one purpose in mind, without caring about the opponent's counter picks.

But it didn't matter.

Because of that, the opponent was also led to choose champions far from line clearing as we intended.

["Am I the only one nervous?"]

"Don't be a chatterbox and concentrate."

["Ugh."]

They might realize something's wrong now that the ban-pick is completely over, but the ban-pick is already over.

All that's left is in-game play.

And that was a part that our team was more than confident in.

After the loading passed quickly,

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

The full-fledged 2nd set game began.

["Did everyone set their runes?"]

["I set mine."]

"Me too."

["I set them too!"]

["I set mine."]

[OLZ Honor(Jace) : Demolish]

[OLZ Outlaw(Kindred) : Demolish]

[OLZ Getback(Twisted Fate) : Demolish]

[OLZ Jammin(Jinx) : Demolish]

[OLZ Protein(Trundle) : Demolish]

5 Demolish runes.

It's a form that can't come out in a normal game, but we didn't intend to play this game normally.

"Let's go."

The destination is the opponent's blue.

Contrary to the previous game where the opponent aimed for my red, this time, I aimed to take the initiative on the bottom side.

The moment we boldly invaded the opponent's blue jungle like that.

"Aphelios is here."

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[OLZ Outlaw(Kindred) has targeted GKG GookOoK(Aphelios)]

The Aphelios, who was watching the vision, seemed flustered, not knowing that we would invade the blue side.

["I'll use Flash."]

Baek Seong-an was experienced.

If he draws a card in advance, the opponent will expect a Flash, so he used Flash first without drawing a card in advance and then immediately drew a Gold Card.

It was excellent TF mastery.

Aphelios also used a matching Flash when the Gold Card flew, but the card had already flown.

Ding─!

The fate of a squishy AD Carry who had used Flash and was caught in a stun was as good as decided.

When Kim Jihoon's Trundle naturally blocked Aphelios's escape route with a forward-Flash pillar, Aphelios had to face our team, which was swarming, without being able to do anything.

-First Blood!

-An enemy has been slain!

"Nice."

["Good!"]

["Good job."]

After achieving results in the early invade, the opponent also seemed to understand and gave up on the blue side jungle.

We've taken the first step of the design.

The reason I'm trying to focus on the bottom side, not the other lanes, is simple.

The first tier turrets in the top and mid lanes have a demolition effect that was created to counter the past line swap meta, which exists for the first 5 minutes.

In other words, if you want to quickly destroy the turrets and apply pressure from the beginning, you have no choice but to pour effort into the bottom side.

'They can't not know our intentions… They gave up the jungle quite easily.'

It seems like their mentality was quite shaken in the previous game.

Otherwise, how could a team that claims to be challenging for pro not know our intentions?

-Minions have spawned!

The full-fledged laning phase began.

The early game was uneventful.

To be precise, it seemed that way, for now.

"I'll go bot right away."

["Yes."]

At only level 3.

It's a difficult timing to attempt a bot dive in the first place.

But that's only when the numbers are 2:3, and if it becomes 2:4, the story is completely different.

"You can go now."

["Confirmed."]

Mid's early Teleport.

The opponent's LeBlanc took Ignite instead of Teleport to pressure TF, so the only way to respond to this was to push mid and scrape at the turret barrier.

We can give up that much anytime.

If we were aiming for a perfect game in the previous game, and we actually did it, this game was the opposite.

It's okay to give up kills to the opponent.

It's okay to give up turrets to the opponent.

But instead, we'll take your nexus.

"I'll hit first."

Bot dive in a 2:4 situation.

Among the opponent's current laners, only Malphite has Teleport.

However, what can Malphite, who isn't even level 6, do by taking a cover Teleport bot?

Furthermore, the top lane situation is not such that Malphite can casually take a cover Teleport bot.

If he makes a mistake, he could take more damage than getting a kill in the bot lane.

Malphite, who knows that fact, couldn't take the cover Teleport in the end.

And…

Under the acquiescence of those laners, we gained a numerical advantage in an instant, slowly taking turret agro and catching the opponent's champions one by one.

-An enemy has been slain!

-Double Kill!

Bot lane exploded.

Of course, in return for that, we suffered line damage in mid and scraped the barrier a bit, but that was nothing compared to the damage the opponent's bot lane suffered.

I immediately recalled and, after eating our red jungle, headed back to the bot lane.

It was to further increase the speed of the game.

"This time, we'll burst bot one more time and look for Herald."

["Okay."]

As we went to the river to eat the scuttle crab, I met Rek'Sai.