For a team, mentality was sometimes even more important than strength.
You might not be strong enough and inferior to your opponent, but if your mentality was good enough, you might even be able to play 120% of your usual state and win against a stronger opponent or even turn the tables.
But if your mentality was not good …
Then you might only be able to play less than 70% to 80% of your original 100%. You might not be able to win against an opponent weaker than you or a match that you should have won.
In fact, the previous set of best-of-three match between Tongji and Fudan was a good example.
If Tongji could win the first game, then the confidence and morale of the team members would skyrocket in the following second game. They might even have the chance to beat a top veteran team like Fudan with two consecutive wins and become the first team to advance to the finals.
But it was precisely because they had a big advantage in the early stages of the first game that their opponent managed to turn the tables in the middle and late stages that they lost the first game, that even a team like Tongji would inevitably be affected to a certain extent.
So in the second game against Fudan, even though they had staked everything on one throw, they were still unable to turn the tables and were unfortunately eliminated.
And here.
Speaking of Tongji Team, they had already done very well.
After all, in the case of losing the first game, whether it was the old captain who was the soul of the command or the other four players, they still forcibly stabilized their state and continued to fight tenaciously. In the end, even if they were defeated, they still brought great pressure to the opponent, Fudan, and brought an intense and wonderful game to the audience.
But in comparison —
At this time, the overall state of the foreign team seemed to be quite bad.
Not to mention that the morale of several team members had been hit, as the captain of the team, Zou Siyuan seemed to bear the brunt of the impact. He began to be muddle-headed in the early and middle stages of the first game. His ADC, Policewoman, seemed to be sleepwalking. She did not play any role in commanding and stabilizing the team's morale, and even caused a bad negative impact on the team.
Such a situation might not have been noticed by the audience, but West Wind and Mo Sheng in the commentator's seat saw it clearly. They couldn't help but shake their heads.
"This state … the second game will probably end faster than the first game."
"It's just a bloodbath, and it directly broke their mentality."
It was intermission time. The two commentators on the stage switched off their microphones and chatted in low voices.
West Wind looked towards the seats of the other teams not far away, a look of helplessness and regret on his face.
"These students now …"
"In terms of competitive strength, they're actually not bad. Some of them can even reach the King of Masters in the national server — they might not be inferior to some professional players."
"But when it comes to mental fortitude … the difference is too great."
Mo Sheng nodded in agreement and cast a glance at the audience.
"Teams like Tongji and Fudan just now can truly be regarded as top university teams."
"Strong psychological quality, daring to fight, able to withstand setbacks, and able to withstand pressure."
"A team like Upper and Outer …"
"On paper, their strength can be ranked at the top of the echelon of higher education, but if we do a more detailed and comprehensive evaluation, they can only be considered second-rate at best."
As she spoke, she glanced in the direction of the Foreign Academy Battle Team.
This glance.
She glanced at Zou Siyuan.
To put it plainly.
Most of the time, the core and soul of a team determined the upper limit of the team.
And now it seemed that the captain of the foreign battle team.
Her performance was a little disappointing.
…
The two commentators on the stage couldn't be blamed for making such an unkind evaluation of the foreign battle team.
Because the situation at the moment was really like this.
On the foreign battle team's side, the atmosphere seemed heavy and depressing. After all, it was the first game that ended in such an embarrassing and even dismal way. They didn't even have the chance to make 20 shots. For the foreign battle team, which was usually proud and confident, it was a kind of blow.
But.
It was a best-of-three match after all.
Although they lost the first game, at least they still had a chance.
There were also friends and relatives of their school and many female club members in the audience to cheer for them, which also forced several members of the foreign battle team to cheer for each other:
"It's okay, it's okay, it's just one game."
"This time, their bottom lane was too smooth, and they took the classic combo of Obama and Gabron to play out the effect."
"Just ban Obama later! At least we can't let them take both of these heroes. "
"I feel that Piggy Girl's wandering gank was a little less damage in the early stages. If they react at the bottom lane, it won't be easy to kill them. Why don't we change to a more violent one next round, like Mantis or Blind Monk?"
"LuLu's W-turn into a sheep was also destroyed by the opponent with Purify. I say it's better to choose Hammerstone or Bull-Headed Sungirl. They have more control and are more violent."
They were all young students.
A slight setback would naturally make people depressed for a while, but in the end, they would still be able to reorganize their emotions for the upcoming match and actively try to communicate, discuss, and come up with new ways to deal with it.
But while the foreign battle team members were arguing fiercely, they found that there seemed to be one less person participating in the discussion. They turned around and looked at their captain in surprise.
"Captain Zou?"
"President, give me some advice."
However, at this time, Zou Siyuan seemed to have realized something and raised his head, revealing a blank expression.
"Ah … what?"
The ADC captain of the foreign battle team looked extremely dejected and pale at this moment. He was completely different from the state he was in before the last game. It was as if he was a completely different person.
It was as if his original confidence, pride, and conceit …
Because of the match just now, all of it had been completely obliterated.
The foreign battle team members could not help but feel a little anxious.
"Captain, we're discussing what to do next."
"You should make a decision too!"
"That's right, there's still one more game. If we work hard, we'll have a chance to win!"
"Don't be the first to give up!"
The muscles on Zou Siyuan's face twitched slightly when he heard this, but the dejection in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest. He looked up at his team members and laughed dryly.
"Do you think there's still a chance?"
"You've all seen Obama, haven't you?"
"That level …"
"He's not on the same level as us at all —"
As he spoke, he seemed to recall the scene of the previous game, and he could not help but feel a little more fear in his voice.
The suffocating feeling he felt when he encountered Wildsnow Nightsong in the ranking game of Electra …
It was as if a shadow had once again welled up in his heart at this moment.
It was not because the opponent's ADC was "Lin Feng."
It was because the feeling he felt … was actually so similar to the top ADC of the Chinese LPL, Wildsnow Nightsong.
The other foreign battle team members could not help but choke when they heard this. They opened their mouths to refute their captain, but found that they could not find any suitable words to refute him.
The control and performance of the opponent's ADC Obama in the last game …
It weighed heavily on all of their hearts.
Then …
Was there really no other way?
They had not even played the second game, and they were already going to tacitly give up and accept the elimination?
For a moment, the atmosphere was silent.
But it was also at this time that the foreign battle team's jungler suddenly gathered his courage and carefully said:
"There must be some other way …"
"In addition to the strategy just now, didn't we discuss another way before?"
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