Three hours later.
"Let us congratulate FV Team for once again crushing them with a score of 3: 0 and successfully entering the finals!"
"FV Team has relied on their extraordinary performance and bottomless tactical reserves to surprise us time and time again despite the fact that the domestic teams are not optimistic about them. I believe that they will be able to give us an outstanding performance on the finals stage next week just like today …"
"Everyone, please rest for a while. Don't leave. There will be FV team members being interviewed later."
The two commentators for the domestic broadcast were very excited. They felt that one of the commentators was almost out of breath after commentating on FV Team's final score of 3: 0. They could not help but want to hand him an oxygen tank.
However, that was understandable because FV Team's performance was too inspiring!
The pressure from rolling the snowball was too suffocating!
Previously, many people were still worried that FV Team could win 3: 0 in the top eight because their opponents were too weak.
The team in the top eight was also a European and American team. They might have won the group stages but the best-of-three and best-of-five were two different games. What's more, many people were suspecting that the opponents in the group stages were too weak?
However, after the semifinals, no one discussed the strength of the opponents anymore. That was because there would definitely be no weak teams in the semifinals!
The opponent who had been defeated by FV Team with a score of 3: 0 this time had also experienced the baptism of the top eight. No one doubted their strength even though the other party had entered the top four with a score of 3: 1.
On the other hand, FV Team ended the battle with a clean 3: 0. They had not lost a single small game until the finals. This was enough to prove that their powerful dominance had already begun to show signs!
Someone was already discussing the problem of FV Team's "champion look".
Pei Qian looked at the bullet screen that was filled with bullet screen comments like a carnival. He looked at the unprecedented popularity in the live-stream, which was at least two to three times higher than the group stages.
Logically speaking, it should be a good thing for every E-Sports enthusiast to celebrate if a domestic team defeated a foreign team and entered the finals.
As an E-Sports enthusiast who unconditionally supported domestic teams, Pei Qian should have such a mentality.
However, Pei Qian could not be happy at the thought of his shares in FV Team.
FV Team was already very dangerous now. Pei Qian could foresee that even if FV Team lost in the finals, they would still be able to become IOI's number one team in the country after returning to China as long as they did not lose too badly!
Although in the esports industry, most people thought that the runner-up was the biggest loser, there was a premise and context to this statement.
The key was still in the audience's expectations. If the audience felt that they had hope of winning the championship and ended up in second place, then they would definitely curse. However, if the audience felt that it would be difficult to advance from the group stage and ended up in second place, then it would be far beyond their expectations!
The main reason was that the other two teams were green leaves. They were eliminated in the group stages, greatly lowering the audience's psychological expectations, allowing FV Team to have a wider stage.
The screen switched to the interviewer's seat after the exciting scenes of the entire competition were played. The official host and translator of Finger Games were ready. The interviewee this time was the captain of FV Team, Pan Ying.
There was also an interview after winning the top eight competition. However, the host of Finger Games and the team members who were interviewed were obviously not well-prepared, especially the host. She might not have expected FV to win.
Thus, the interview was filled with very conventional questions. There was no effect on the program nor did it have much impact.
The host obviously came prepared this time.
After a simple introduction and greeting the audience, the interview officially began.
Host: "We saw that you have defeated your opponents cleanly with 3: 0 in the two competitions since the top eight. May I ask if you are surprised by this outcome? After all, your opponents are also very strong teams. What was your estimated score before the competition started? "
Pan Ying was still the same as before. He was silent and did not look too excited. After listening to the translation seriously, he said into the microphone, "It's not surprising. The estimated score is 3: 0."
The host was a little surprised. "Are you that confident? As far as I know, there are usually two styles of team tactics: one is the preparation type, that is, after studying a few systems, they would consider all the unexpected situations encountered in the competition in advance, and let the competition develop according to their own tactics. The other is the improvisation type. The coach would pay more attention to the player's condition, choose the hero that the celebrity player was good at, and make some changes on the spot. May I ask which type FV Team is more inclined to? "
Pan Ying said, "99% of the time, it's the first type."
Host: "In other words, everything that happened in these two competitions was actually within your plans, right?"
Pan Ying nodded. "Yes."
The host was even more surprised. "Then didn't the team coach adapt according to the condition of the players and the opponent's lineup?"
Pan Ying thought for a moment and said, "Coincidentally, the other party's performance was within our coaches' expectations, so there was no need to adapt."
The host continued to ask, "FV Team used a total of 22 different heroes in these six small competitions. Is this also within the plan?"
Pan Ying nodded. "Yes."
Host: "Is this all of FV Team's tactics? Or could it be that there are still many tactics that have not been used? Will they consider using new tactics in the finals? "
Pan Ying: "We'll see."
The host smiled awkwardly. Pan Ying was simply an interview black hole. Every time he answered, it would be two words, and it would only be one sentence. This interview was really tiring.
However, he was an official host after all. His professional quality was still very good. Finally, the interview was almost done. The host said, "One last question. Choose someone who has always supported you and say something to him."
Pan Ying pondered for a moment. "Tell Boss Pei."
"Thank you very much for your tactical guidance, Boss Pei. If not for Boss Pei's guidance, encouragement, and support, if not for Boss Pei helping us build confidence, we would definitely not have been able to come this far!"
"We will definitely prepare seriously and strive to achieve good results in the finals to repay Boss Pei for his support!"
At the end of the interview, the excited audience had yet to recover from the joy of victory as they sent bullet screen comments to interact.
"Say a few more words! The host is speechless. The interview black hole can't be moved! "
"Haha, Pan Ying is really a man of few words. However, he might be tight-lipped in order not to reveal his tactics, right?"
"I'll lose if I say one more word!"
"Why do I feel like he's pretending? FV Team's two 3: 0 results were all within their expectations? They don't even need to improvise on the spot? "
"How many new tactics has FV come up with in the past two competitions? There is a different team battle lineup from the past. There is a division, and there is an early invasion and suppression … Isn't that all the tactics? "
"Twenty-two different heroes were used in six small competitions. If I were the opponent, I would have vomited. What the hell is this? How can I ban this!"
"Today, the opponent's coach has already fainted. FV snatched a hero that no one has ever used before. The other party was immediately embarrassed. I feel like an entire week of preparation has been wasted!"
"Isn't thanking Boss Pei a little too utilitarian? Boss Pei is the boss. He might be the sugar daddy, but how could he give them tactical guidance? Could Boss Pei be a hidden gaming expert? "
"Boss Pei is GOG's designer. What's wrong with giving FV Team some tactical guidance? Don't be fooled by Boss Pei's identity as an entrepreneur and investor. His job is a game designer! "
"Boss Pei is actually behind this? Boss Pei is really everywhere! "
"Didn't Boss Pei go to the venue to support FV Team during the qualifiers? That's not strange at all! "
Pan Ying's "blackhole-style interview" quickly spread across the entire internet, especially FV Team's tactical reserves. It also became a hot topic on the internet.
Others might not understand what Pan Ying was implying, but Pei Qian could.
Thank you for your support. This was obviously talking about the business class air tickets and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel;
Thank you for the tactical guidance. This was obviously talking about the tactical choice in the qualifiers!
FV Team had fought ten rounds and was in a difficult situation during the domestic qualifiers to fight for the number one seeded spot. Some team members had doubts about Pan Ying's playing style and felt that it would not be easy to win.
It was Pei Qian who stood against everyone's opinions and decided to continue playing this way. That unified the team's thinking and allowed Pan Ying to continue leading the team and improving.
What's more, it was Boss Pei's decision to let Ye Zhizhou, Zhou Pengyuan, and the others lead the team and do tactical analysis.
That was why Pan Ying thought that the person who helped FV Team the most was Boss Pei!
However, this was very hopeless to Pei Qian.
I didn't mean it that way at all!
He did not expect that a casual sentence from him would give Pan Ying so much confidence. A series of coincidences had created such a monster team like FV!
Fortunately, the audience did not know about these things.
Most people were obviously still immersed in the joy of winning the competition. They were mainly discussing the exciting operations and tactical details in the game. They did not pay much attention to Pan Ying's interview and the mention of Boss Pei in it.
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. This was a blessing in disguise.
However, just as he was about to turn off the television and the forum to have lunch, he suddenly saw a new post on the forum.
"FV Team's tactics are obviously a variant of GOG's tactics!"
"I felt that FV Team's playstyle was very familiar before. Now that I think about it carefully, whether it's attacking the line, leading the side, or the team battle coordination, they all seem to have the shadow of GOG Team! The tactics of a few veteran GOG teams have all been used. It's just that it's not so easy to see it because it was played in IOI's competition! "
"You should understand just by looking at FV Team's head coach. Old Zhou is a celebrity player of GOG and one of the ten old DGE players. He's using GOG's tactics to play IOI!"
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