In tonight's two sets of best-of-three matches, Team BAT and Team Seven Ghosts were ranked 13th and 15th in the LSPL division this season, respectively.
Since the last four teams in the rankings had fought until the end of the season, the difference in points between them was only a few millimeters. Therefore, if Team Seven Ghosts could win the first group of best-of-three matches tonight, then they could directly jump back to 13th place and avoid the danger of being eliminated.
Once the BAT team was defeated, they would naturally become the first team to be eliminated this season.
It was still the same sentence.
From the LSPL to the City Hero Competition, the gap between the two competitions could almost be described as a "chasm." Even in the hearts of the vast majority of Chinese players, an LSPL team could still be considered a second-tier professional team in the country, but if it was reduced to the City Hero Competition …
It could only be called a semi-professional team.
It sounded like two completely different things.
"And the top executives of the team clubs will also feel pressure," Lin Feng explained to Ceng Rui and Tang Bingyao.
Lin Feng explained to Ceng Rui and Tang Bingyao, "Basically, these second-tier esports clubs are burning money. It's not like the owners of these clubs get their money for nothing. They can't just let your team burn money like that. Burning money is fine, but you have to see results first."
Tang Bingyao nodded, not fully understanding.
"So, if they don't do well, the boss won't invest anymore?"
Ceng Rui shook his head.
"It's not even about achieving good results, but at the very least, you have to ensure that your team doesn't drop in levels. Otherwise, if you drop out of the LSPL, you'll have to start all over again from the City Hero Tournament for another year. The time cost for that would be huge."
He turned to look at Lin Feng. "But I didn't know you were so familiar with these things, Lin Feng."
Indeed, although Ceng Rui knew that Lin Feng was recognized as the strongest mid-laner in the country back then, in his opinion, Lin Feng's careless personality and temper meant that he would only focus on the game. These e-sports clubs and other things that were linked to money should have been rejected by Lin Feng.
Lin Feng laughed when he heard this.
"Oh, of course."
"It's true that I want to focus on the competition … But during the S1 season, Fatty and I were so poor that we couldn't even afford to travel to the competition. Under those circumstances, we had no choice but to grit our teeth and think about these things."
His words were spoken very lightly. Coupled with a certain someone's bright and sunny expression, it was as if the hardships of the past had been washed away by time and were not worth mentioning at all.
However, Ceng Rui and Tang Bingyao's expressions turned solemn and serious.
They knew that even though Lin Feng's words were light, they could still hear how much hardship Lin Feng and his team had gone through in the past.
Tang Bingyao turned to look at Lin Feng's profile. Her heart ached.
It seemed like everyone could only see Lin Feng's Maple ID surrounded by dazzling lights. They could only see Lin Feng's radiant smile, but very few people knew …
Just how much hardship and hardship had he endured behind such a smiling face?
With that in mind, the girl pursed her lips. Then, she mustered up her courage and quietly extended her hand, placing it beside someone's hand.
She gently covered it.
Suddenly, Lin Feng felt a warmth on the back of his hand. He turned to look at Tang Bingyao and saw that she had a distressed look on her face. He immediately understood what was going on. He scratched his head with his other hand and smiled.
"Ah, it's not as hard as you guys think.
"Although it wasn't easy for so many teams during the S1 season, it was also because the environment wasn't good at the time. It allowed everyone to be more pure as a pro player."
"There wasn't that much to think about. All I had to do was try my best to get some travel expenses and a little sponsorship. Then, I had to work hard to compete.
"Actually, it was a very fulfilling and happy life."
Ceng Rui subconsciously nodded, and a look of agreement appeared on his face.
"That's right.
"Compared to the past, the current domestic eSports environment is much better. However, there are also many temptations of various benefits. Any professional player might not have a high monthly salary, so it's easy for them to be attracted by those livestream contracts and other messy monetary benefits. On the contrary, they won't be able to concentrate on the competition like the previous professional players."
Lin Feng smiled. "Yes, that's true."
Just in the LSPL A-League alone, the few members of Team Rocket that Lin Feng had met at the crayfish restaurant gave him a bad impression.
The members of Rocket were only second-rate professional players, but they had already used their status and strength to hook up with female fans. When they acted arrogantly, it was as if they had just won the S Series World Championship.
In the end, the people in the eSports circle were too impetuous. There were fewer and fewer people who were willing to work hard to improve their strength and compete.
But then again …
Lin Feng turned his head and looked at the big screen on the stage. At this time, the screen had already lit up. The first match of the best-of-three match had officially begun.
"Today's two best-of-three matches …"
"These teams are probably going to put their lives on the line."
… …
Lin Feng's words weren't wrong at all.
Even if these LSPL second-rate professional players would usually skip training and play other random mobile games, open a live stream to earn extra money, or hook up with female fans …
But today's two best-of-three matches were both relegation matches.
It was a matter of their own team and their own interests.
Under these circumstances, the first best-of-three match between BAT and Seven Ghosts was going to put their lives on the line.
The first match lasted for 32 minutes. Although it wasn't long, the intensity of the match was enough to make the audience gasp in amazement. Wave after wave of applause followed. Even Su Xue and the other commentators and guests were stunned by the match.
"Team Seven Ghosts and Team Bat … this round is not bad!"
"Both sides are doing their best."
"Oh, no!"
"It's more like they're doing 120%!"
Su Xue couldn't help but shake her head, feeling sorry for the two teams.
"Sigh, with this level of condition, wouldn't it be great if the two teams could perform like this in the previous matches?"
"Then they wouldn't be at the bottom of the leaderboard. They wouldn't even need to fight relegation matches!"
She had seen Seven Ghosts and BAT's performances in previous matches, and they were completely incomparable to today's. The difference was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Another guest next to him answered with a smile,
"You can't be too sure about that, Xue."
"Originally, people need to be in desperate situations to break out of their potential. Today's Seven Ghosts Battle Team and BAT Battle Team were also forced out."
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