“South Korea, formerly an international powerhouse, was 0-2 against china in international LoL petitions. china’s EdwARd GAmING beat South Korea’s Griffin at the 2018 mid-Season Invitational, and china had again defeated South Korea in a thrilling best-of-five relay during the 2018 LcK-LpL-LmS Rift Rivals event.”
“the gold medal victory at the 2018 Asian Games was yet another accolade in china’s remarkable 2018 international run, and raised further questions about the strength of South Korea prior to the 2018 League of Legends world championship, which will be held in South Korea.”
(而这次在亚运会赛场上,中国队出色发挥,战胜韩国队,是对传统电竞豪强的又一次挑战!)
“After every teamfight win, every objective, the crowd erupts with rhythmic cheers of “加油!” (jia you) urging team china to succeed. these fans managed a near-impossible feat:surpassing the levels of enthusiasm from the home LoL pro League crowds in cities like beijing, chongqing, hangzhou, xi’an, chengdu, and Shanghai.”
“to the players themselves — some of whom had endured condensed super-schedules with their regular teams just to represent their countries in this tournament — it means more than we can understand from an outside perspective.”