I Never Thought T1 Could Beat BLG

I never thought T1 could beat BLG.

After watching today's four games, two things stood out most:

1. Just as I expected, T1 without ZOFGK is far less competitive. They had no answer for a BLG team this hot.

2. Faker isn't old yet.

I'm not someone who buys into curses. Because of the history, every LPL fan can't help getting nervous whenever an LPL team faces T1 in the Worlds knockouts. But I'd always believed this year's BLG, and especially the BLG of right now, could take T1 down. They could even flat-out stomp them.

But after watching four games, I have to admit that Worlds Faker really is something else. He put enormous pressure on BLG in every single game.

Before the series, I kept telling my friends I was terrified that Peyz would crush Viper in the bot lane, especially if he got a late-game hard carry like Sivir and wasn't behind on gold.

Looking back after the match, Peyz's situation was a bit like GALA's back on JDG. In these games, his impact and threat were nowhere near those of Faker in the mid lane.

Luckily, Viper finally found his form in the knockouts. His Ezreal was absolutely special. Put any other ADC on that Ezreal, and I think that game could have gone either way.

ON's ult at the dragon pit in Game 4 was like that Q-Flash from two years ago. I've always thought this comes down to luck. Two years ago, luck was on T1's side. Two years later, Oner's Wukong decoy showed that luck was on BLG's side this year. If luck had been a little less even-handed, maybe this day would have come two years ago.

When the series ended, along with the joy, I felt a little lost. So that's it. It's happened. But what drifts away with it? The careers of countless brilliant LPL players, and a youth that countless LPL fans can never get back.

This year's final finally brings together the two strongest teams. Maybe this year is the best possible ending.

Either Knight or Chovy will lift the first trophy of his career in New York.

I can't help thinking of the name of this year's theme song, "Know My Name."

The wind rises today, in my name!

My highest respect to Lee Sang-hyeok! He's no longer part of this year's story, but the ending hasn't been written yet!

Even though I was nervous before the series, I'll only ever believe in the players on the stage now!

It's just like what Bin (Chen Zebin) once said:

So-called fate is often just an excuse we make when we feel powerless. The ones who conquer fate are usually those who refuse to stand still and wait, who break its chains themselves.

I think that's the true character of the LPL, and the spirit of the Chinese nation too.

Let's go, BLG! See you at the finals!