Chapter 9 GOG Global Invitational Tournament Finals

September 25th, Sunday, the final day of the GOG Global Invitational Tournament.

Two domestic teams, H4 and EK Club, successfully met in the finals!

Among them, SUG was originally a favorite to win the championship. However, after a fierce five-game battle with EK Club led by Jiang Huan in the semi-finals, they regrettably lost and withdrew from the championship competition.

This match was played the day before yesterday. Originally, SUG's overall strength was much stronger than EK, but Jiang Huan reversed the situation on the top lane, carrying the team through five games with his extremely meticulous operations and calm decisions, attracting countless fans and making the audience's blood boil.

The H4 Club effortlessly won the semi-final 3:0 against the only remaining foreign team, FRY, and advanced to the final.

H4 and FRY, these two veteran clubs, can be considered rivals. The opening ceremony of this Global Invitational Tournament was played by these two teams, and at that time, they fought back and forth, with the situation being very tense at one point.

Due to the grouping, FRY climbed to the top four by stepping on the corpses of foreign teams all the way, and can be said to be the strongest foreign team at present, so many viewers did not dare to underestimate their strength.

Everyone thought this would be an evenly matched game, but unexpectedly, H4 Club ended the battle with a clean 3:0.

Although they missed two games, the audience still felt it was worth it. After all, who doesn't want to see domestic teams decisively crush foreign teams?

Many people also discovered during the competition that these domestic teams seemed to be continuing to grow!

When H4 Club played against FRY in the group stage, they seemed a little unaccustomed to the environment of the competition and were a little timid, missing many opportunities.

But when they met again in the semi-finals, H4 played much more decisively. In addition to the lineup, tactical choices, and teamwork, FRY Club seemed a little difficult to resist.

The managers of these clubs knew the inside story.

Because during the World Championship, these domestic teams had been taking advantage of various opportunities to play training matches together, improving and progressing together!

In short, Jiang Huan, the captain of DGE's first team, and Huang Wang, the captain of the second team, successfully met in the finals!

On various live streaming platforms, the popularity of the GOG Global Invitational Tournament finals directly exploded. Some platforms even experienced crashes and freezes, and had to urgently purchase additional bandwidth.

As for the venue, needless to say, the tickets were sold out long ago. Even the newly opened Idle Fish Internet Cafe 3.0 esports lifestyle halls were crowded with onlookers.

In short, the popularity of the GOG Global Invitational Tournament reached its peak with the arrival of the finals!

Many people predicted the outcome of this competition, mainly based on three matches:

EK 3:2 SUG

H4 3:0 FRY

SUG 3:1 FRY

The match between SUG and FRY was played yesterday, with SUG winning the third place. Although from the results, SUG's strength was obviously higher than FRY, it was still a 3:1.

Therefore, most people felt that the strength of EK and H4 clubs in today's final should be evenly matched!

Moreover, the successful meeting of Huang Wang and Jiang Huan, the two former DGE captains, in the final further increased the popularity of DGE Club.

...

Pei Qian sat in the audience, wearing a black mask. Seeing that no one around him was paying attention, he dared to lift the black mask from below, put the straw in, and secretly take two sips of his drink.

The day before yesterday, Pei Qian ran into He An at Idle Fish Internet Cafe and finally calmed He An down, preventing the secret from being exposed.

On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, Pei Qian sat in Idle Fish Internet Cafe, and about a dozen people asked to take photos and autographs with him.

Everyone regarded Pei Qian as President Pei's actor, so they stopped disturbing him after taking photos.

Pei Qian felt that this situation was acceptable, so he decided to come to watch the finals today.

However, considering that almost all the people at the competition site were Tenda players, and it was almost impossible not to be recognized, Pei Qian still put on a mask to greatly reduce the risk of being discovered.

Soon, the two commentators on the commentary台 (tái) began to analyze the game and warm up the competition, and the promotional video began to play on the big screen.

The competition officially began!

The audience cheered for the two teams according to the previously agreed rules.

"EK, 加油 (jiā yóu)! (Add oil! / Go!)"

"H4, 加油 (jiā yóu)! (Add oil! / Go!)"

"DGE, 加油 (jiā yóu)!!! (Add oil! / Go!)"

After the two sides finished cheering, the entire audience suddenly shouted DGE together, and the sound was even louder than before.

Pei Qian: "..."

This is a pit!

Not only that, the director's camera also very considerately focused on the support signs held by the audience in the front row. There were support signs for EK and H4 clubs, but most of them were for DGE.

"Huang Wang: Boxing 선수 (xuǎn shǒu) (athlete/player), online 폭행 (pok haeng) (assault/beatdown)!"

"Jiang Huan: There is nothing that operation cannot solve. If there is, then operate hard!"

"Hello? DGE, stop carrying!"

"We DGE are invincible!"

"DGE, the only designated champion of the GOG Global Invitational Tournament!"

"GOG Global Finals < DGE Club Civil War!"

After watching these light boards filmed on the big screen, Pei Qian felt very desperate.

DGE Club was completely popular, and it couldn't be stopped!

Pei Qian was very helpless and could only keep comforting himself. It's okay, the team members have already been sold. As long as the recruited team members can't perform at such a dominant level in the future, as long as the team members of other clubs also train to become muscular men, DGE Club will no longer be famous...

...

The final was very intense, with both sides fighting back and forth, and the cheers from the audience were even higher.

Zhang Yuan and Coach Ya Ling sat below to watch the game and were very invested in it.

Although Coach Ya Ling didn't understand GOG, after all, these team members were brought up by her and had a special feeling, so she came to the scene.

Although she didn't quite understand what was happening on the big screen, she still felt excited when she heard the cheers from the audience and fully realized the excitement of esports competitions.

"Although I don't understand at all, I still enjoy watching it. What's going on?"

"If I could understand it, it should be especially exciting, right?" Coach Ya Ling showed a longing expression.

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Yes, they are playing very well. However, not all esports competitions can have this kind of program effect. President Pei's layout is very important!"

Coach Ya Ling was a little surprised, stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "What? Did President Pei arrange a fixed match?"

Zhang Yuan was a little dumbfounded: "How is that possible!"

"President Pei will not cheat, he will definitely use a more high-end and natural method!"

"Actually, at the beginning, I was just running DGE Club as an ordinary club. But obviously, President Pei considered it much further than me. He regarded DGE Club as a talent training base for the entire GOG domestic league, becoming a benchmark and model for all clubs!"

"In many cases, capital is blind and disordered, and it is impossible to expect capital to maintain the order of the entire league. In order to guide the league to get on the right track faster, President Pei used this point-to-surface method!"

"First, concentrate on training two strong teams like DGE, and beat all the domestic clubs, so that they understand that 'the times have changed';"

"Then, break up all the team members and fill the shortcomings of these clubs. At the same time, use the awareness cultivated by the team members to quickly improve the competitive level of all clubs in the short term."

"In this way, not only the domestic team's crushing of foreign teams is confirmed, but also the strength of the domestic teams is more balanced."

"The former can ensure that the domestic team crushes the foreign team and stimulate the pride of domestic players; the latter can ensure that the two teams in the final are close in strength, fighting back and forth, and playing a wonderful game."

"Can the viewing performance of the game be bad if you do these things?"

"It seems that when I won the Best Employee award and wanted to establish an esports club, President Pei had already anticipated this. Not only did he solve the profit and publicity problems of DGE Club and the托管 (tuō guǎn) (trusteeship/managed) gym, but he also established a good competitive ecosystem for the game GOG. It's simply a win-win situation!"

Li Ya Ling nodded frequently.

Although she didn't quite understand what was going on, it was enough to know that "President Pei is awesome"!

...

Both sides exhausted their best efforts and fought fiercely for five games. Huang Wang and Jiang Huan took turns carrying, but in the end, H4 Club's overall strength was better, and they successfully won the championship.

Although Jiang Huan played perfectly in all five games, EK's teamwork was still slightly worse than H4, and they regrettably lost.

But Jiang Huan's performance has conquered players all over the world. In the hearts of many people, he is already the strongest top laner!

H4 Club stood up and shook hands with the members of EK Club one by one.

Huang Wang hugged Jiang Huan: "Although it feels great to beat you, I have to admit, you are still a little stronger."

Jiang Huan smiled slightly: "It's okay, it's all the same."

"No matter who of us wins the championship, the championship belongs to DGE!"

Huang Wang nodded excitedly: "That's right!"

Brilliant fireworks erupted from the stage, golden rain fell from the sky, and the members of H4 Club rushed to the championship trophy in the center of the stage with ecstasy, welcoming them with a tsunami-like applause and cheers.

H4's jungler Pang Ling excitedly rushed to the trophy, grasped the waist of the trophy with both hands, and tried to lift it up.

However, an embarrassing scene appeared, and the trophy didn't move at all!

Pang Ling was a little puzzled, could this trophy be welded to the award platform? Otherwise, why wouldn't it even move?

Huang Wang chuckled: "Weak."

He reached out and grasped the trophy's slender waist, the muscles on his arms bulged, and he directly lifted it over his head with one hand!

At this moment, countless flashes of light lit up under the stage, recording this historic moment.

Huang Wang's thick arms held up the huge and heavy trophy, and golden rain slowly fell from the sky.

Pei Qian, who was sitting under the stage and saw this scene, slowly had a question mark floating over his head.

?

If I remember correctly, isn't this trophy 28 kilograms?

Nearly 60斤 (jīn) (Chinese pounds/ 30 kg) ah!

This is supposed to be lifted by the five of you together, you brainless muscle man!

Pei Qian suddenly had a bad feeling.

This picture of Huang Wang lifting the trophy, isn't it going to be on the hot search again, becoming a living advertisement for DGE Club and the trusteeship gym?

A broken trophy can backstab me?