Chapter 69: Surface Brothers T1
The exclusive domestic broadcast rights of LCK this season are in the hands of Huya. Today, Huya’s commentary is jointly provided by Keji and Junri.
Junri: “Welcome everyone to the first match day of the fourth week of the 2020 LCK Spring Split. Today’s game commentary is brought to you by Keji and Junri. The upcoming match is the first news agency battle of this year. T1 vs. KT.”
Keji: "The pre-match enthusiasm for this game can be said to be very high. The afternoon before yesterday, KT's official blog suddenly announced the joining of a Chinese player, which aroused countless discussions among Chinese viewers.
His ID should be pronounced Zuocheng, and he is also jokingly called Orange Brother by netizens. Whether it is Cheng’s nationality as a player or his status as a student at Seoul National University, it is topical enough. It is worth noting that before this, Cheng Quanquan Quan is just a stranger without any professional experience.
It's obvious that KT's move is a desperate move. When the team has two top laners, they also signed a passerby at this time. Obviously the coach Hirai has some ideas. "
"That's for sure! To be honest, even if I'm a coach, I have to have some ideas."
Junri joked in Mandarin with a hint of Northeastern flavor, "KT has started five games in a row with a losing streak. If your coach doesn't have an idea yet, it's probably because he doesn't want to do it anymore, or he has already found a new home for next season."
Compared to Junil, Keji's speaking style is much calmer, "Also, although it's hard to say about his performance on the field, but from some rankings, we can see that Cheng is a very strong player. I believe that many KT fans include We LPL fans are still looking forward to his performance.
However, I just received news from the broadcaster that KT's starting top laner today is still SoHwan. He is not Cheng as everyone guessed before the game, but he also followed the team to the game site and has a chance to appear. "
Junil: "To be honest, Aiming is in really good shape now, but why is KT's record so poor? There are problems with the teammates and there are problems with the coach.
Being constantly pushed to the lane in the top lane, you still give Bono the entire weak jungle position, which makes it difficult to play in the jungle and hard to play in the lane.
If Cheng has a chance to play, let's see if KT changes. Having a strong top laner who can control the lane will be of great help to the jungler and teammates. "
Corgi: "Anyway, now is the time when KT is in urgent need of recharging. Let's see if our good brother T1 can make a profit."
"What are you thinking about?"
Junri smiled and said in a slightly funny voice: "T1? They are just superficial brothers! I, KT, will use SKT as a power bank, and SKT will stab me, KT. How do you still expect T1 to charge KT?"
Due to the high popularity of today's game, the barrage in the Huya live broadcast room was very lively.
"Haha! It's so real, superficial brother."
"T1: Who is KT? I've never heard of him. He's calling me brother."
"I, T1, don't recognize the favor owed by the barbecue stall."
"KT has been charging SKT every time, and every time after charging, he turns his back on them and doesn't recognize them. It's so fucked up."
"Fuck! Brother Chengzi didn't show up, so I had to wait half an hour early."
"Are you kidding me? Refund your money!"
"I was fooled. I supported KT, but you actually told me that Brother Chengzi couldn't join!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely play. KT will lose anyway, so who will win? (Funny)"
"Guapi, beat KT hard and bring Brother Chengzi up."
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The friendship between the two brothers of the news agency has been around for a long time, but it was basically KT’s unilateral contribution.
Before this year, no matter how bad SKT's state was and how good KT's state was, it would be difficult for both sides to defeat their opponents when they met KT.
What's amazing is that every time SKT is in bad form and falls into a losing streak, it can recharge itself when it encounters KT and immediately regain its form.
Not to mention, last summer split, SKT fell to the second-to-last position in the standings after losing five games in a row. At this time, KT came to deliver points.
SKT, which easily defeated KT, instantly recovered and climbed from second to last to the top of the standings with a nine-game winning streak.
Such magical things have happened not once or twice, so SKT fans always like to call KT a good brother.
However, as good brothers, SKT is not so particular.
KT is a good brother of SKT, but SKT is KT's superficial brother.
Just like the old captain said before retiring: We helped SKT every time, but SKT never helped us.
After the end of S6, in order to defeat SKT on the throne, KT invested heavily and chose to form Galaxy Battleship.
As a result, S7's KT became the team that lost to SKT the most times that year.
After being double-killed in the spring regular season, they were swept 3:0 in the finals. They went to the Intercontinental Championship thinking they could win the championship. However, SKT suffered an upset loss to WE and KT failed to get a medal in the Intercontinental Championship.
In the Summer Split, KT lost to SKT in the last round of the regular season despite theoretically not qualifying, and was double-killed by their opponents, which prevented them from directly entering the Summer Split finals. As a result, they did not gain the points to directly enter the S Tournament.
Then in the playoffs, KT was defeated by SKT in a two-to-three battle for tickets to the finals. They failed to enter the finals and once again missed the opportunity to qualify directly with points.
Now KT has one way left to qualify directly: that is, SKT wins the summer season championship, and KT will become the second seed of LCK because of the points.
So, good brother KT put aside the past grudges and helped SKT play training games, hoping that SKT would win the championship.
As a result, SKT was cleanly defeated by KZ, which emerged in the summer season, in the finals, and sent good brothers to play in the bubble game.
However, the bubble game has an exclusive war god Samsung.
Under the law of Master An's one-sword one-traitor, KT, which has the remnants of Samsung, Mr. Pawn, Mr. Dai and Mr. Mata, is in tragedy again.
After such an annual drama, KT's hopes of entering the S game for several consecutive times were shattered by SKT. SKT sank the KT galaxy battleship one by one.
The key is that SKT is ruthless every time it meets KT, and it seems to stumble when it meets other opponents. No wonder Mr. Dai cried with joy after defeating SKT the following year.
S7 is the most exciting year in the drama of "good brothers", and the most thrilling year is last year.
Last season, the good brothers helped SKT when it fell into a trough.
When KT needed help the most, SKT lost to KT's relegation rival HLE after nine consecutive wins, and sent KT to the relegation zone.
If KT had not successfully avoided relegation in the end, we would not see this pair of good brothers in LCK this year.
Of course, this good brother is not what KT wants to be, but there is a mysterious force that makes KT start to fall when it meets the opponent.
As the deadly enemy of the news agency, KT fans' resentment towards SKT is definitely the deepest among all LCK teams. They are always looking forward to KT giving the opponent a head-on blow.
However, this year's KT is extremely weak, and the current T1 is in good shape.
It seems that it will be beaten again this year.
In South Korea, in addition to being broadcast online, the LCK games will also be broadcast live on the game TV channel under the Korean cable sports station SPOTV.
The Korean commentary was jointly provided by Dangun and CT, while Bit and Kim Min-na attended the analysis desk.
Compared with the more professional commentary desk, the analysis desk often has various commentators, players, and coaches.
Kim Min-na: "A particularly eye-catching game is coming. Although the player who attracted attention is not in the starting lineup, I believe that most people are looking forward to Cheng's appearance like me."
Bit: "Currently this season, T1 ranks first in the standings with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, while KT ranks last with a record of 1 win and 5 losses. Today's game seems to have little suspense.
It has been 600 days since KT defeated SKT last time, and today this number seems to continue to increase."
Kim Min-na smiled: "Compared to the result of the game, I am more concerned about whether Cheng can play in the game. Will the first foreign aid appearance in LCK history be today?"