Rebirth: War on the Honest

"Coach, I want to play Dota!"

We all have that moment when we want to look back after going through thousands of sails, but in the end we can't.

Can't go back, can't go back, can't go back.

The moment Chen Tianyu saw the clock, he recited the ending of the dream over and over in his mind.

Because I like it so much, I hate it; because I can’t get it, I choose to escape.

And because I had been disappointed with myself for a long time, I got drunk.

Gu Yun broke all the reasons for him one by one in his story.

His brain was still aching from a hangover. The alcohol, if he wasn't careful, could make him lose all opportunities for a turning point. Like most ordinary people, he would end the dream he had pursued wholeheartedly.

However, a miracle really happened.

Under the aura of a talented boy, he is like Rukawa Kaede who is unwilling to pass the ball. He has been taking too much resources and protection from the team. Others do not even have the opportunity to shine side by side. On the field, they are given space and time.

Too little.

On the contrary, just like Sakuragi Hanamichi in Slam Dunk, Gu Yun, as the mid laner, always has opponents who are much stronger than him, and he is not the strongest among his teammates at all, but he is the protagonist who can lead the team to victory.

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Because he is very self-aware and understands his teammates very well, he also proves the famous saying "Unity is strength".

The coach can naturally find his own position and complete the perfect strategic layout.

When Gu Yun changed his team play style and stood in the mid lane position, he saw a truly trustworthy comrade.

Comrades who are truly willing to pair up, sacrifice each other, and cooperate with each other.

The deserter fell, and the one who rose from the dust was the transformed man, Chen Tianyu.

This is the only way for every boy to grow up.

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In the third round of the loser's bracket, Chen Tianyu finished his rest and returned to the competition.

Gu Yun, who returned to the coaching position, could see that Chen Tianyu had indeed completely absorbed his style of play and reintegrated into the Nanhu team.

Facing the old rival DK team in China, every game did not feel stiff at all. This must have been done by watching the video before the game and being fully prepared.

Freeing up the support in the mid lane position, there will always be unexpected spiritual moves. Under Gu Yun's BP selection, the Nanhu team has never suffered strategic and tactical losses, especially in the mid-term when fogging and shielding are used to advance.

Routines always lay the foundation for victory in the game.

And it was also in the mid-term that the transformed Cty began his own counterattack.

Giving up on farming money, relying on his teammates, and winning in team battles, Chen Tianyu's top-notch operation coupled with his changed entry awareness perfectly fulfilled his role as a mid laner, helping him and his partners win one game after another.

A victory.

Gu Yun's personal practice and Chen Tianyu's prodigal son turned back, on the stage of the Dota2 International Invitational Tournament, a story of passionate youth was performed.

Fighting all the way from the lower bracket, this Nanhu team is like going through a passionate basketball comic.

At the beginning, there was the irritation caused by the rare opponent in domestic training. At this time, the Nanhu team entered the competition with a championship heart, but unexpectedly drew 1-1 with a mediocre team, and the atmosphere in the team reached a deadlock.

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Of course, what followed was a cliché complete defeat against all major teams and fell into the loser bracket.

Then he changed his generals on the battlefield and fought hard with all the powerful men. He fought fiercely again and again, and moved forward step by step unexpectedly.

A desperate comeback and eliminated the powerful European team M5 1:0.

Relying on Rubick to steal the mysterious ultimate move, he defeated the North American giant EG team 1:0.

In the third round of the loser group, they once again changed their players and defeated their old rival DK team.

In the fourth round, against Zenith, the favorite to win the championship, Cty used his signature Shadow Demon to win the game without losing any blood.

In the fifth round of the loser's group, amid the cheers of thousands of spectators, they successfully avenged IG 2:1 and advanced to the finals of the loser's group, locking in the top three.

In the loser's bracket finals, they defeated China's undefeated Myth 2-0, which was 14-0 in the group stage. They are recognized as the strongest LGD team and are in hot form, advancing to the TI finals.

There were victories, failures, losses, and joy. Finally, after transformation, Chen Tianyu and his teammates defeated the big devil Navi and stood on the championship podium together.

This victory can be said to be the victory of the team and the victory of the new team, but in the final analysis, it is the struggle of a group of ordinary people. It is the last glimmer of a reborn person who turns the tide and burns out his youth. It is a perfect ending.

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The Second International Invitational Tournament not only received intense coverage from many e-sports media, but also aroused the interest of major television media.

CCTV News Channel interviewed the Nanhu team live in Seattle, and finally reported on the Chinese team's victory.

NBC, one of the three major commercial broadcast and television companies in the United States, interviewed Erik Johnson, the marketing director of Valve, and looked forward to the arrival of the next invitational competition.

NBC also reported in detail the invitational tournament venue, prize money, the TN team from China defeated the defending champion Navi and other important information, and also conducted a brief interview with Valve's marketing director.

As the largest e-sports event, with a record-breaking million-dollar prize and the Chinese background of the Nanhu team, e-sports projects that have never been mentioned in the past have been put on film by authoritative media. CCTV13 and CCTV1 have both contributed to it.

A brief report of about 1 minute.

In this incident, regardless of other factors, CCTV’s support for e-sports is non-committal.

At least CCTV has given a positive evaluation to e-sports, and its concept has become more familiar to more people.

The program no longer expresses opposition and criticism in an official form, and the documentary about the Nanhu team winning the championship is still broadcast in the "Sports World" column.

It is equivalent to a disguised admission that the four heavy words of e-sports are finally no longer synonymous with not doing business properly, and are no longer widely hated by everyone, but are a real sport.

When children with unrecognized talents want to join in the fun and go through all the trouble to explain to their parents, they finally have an extra excuse and a sense of self-confidence.

There is also a lot missing - such as the embarrassing situation when future star player Maybe first wanted to play e-sports as a professional, and communicated with his parents, who had no idea what e-sports was.

From the veteran professional players in 2006 to the new players now, it has been a full 6 years, and it has been a handover of almost a generation of players. It has really been a long wait.

But the life of a professional player is destined to be a life of struggle.

Looking back at the six years of struggle, there are tears of sadness at being criticized by others, sweat from rigorous training and competition, tireless work by commentators and video writers, and diligent promotion by live broadcast platform anchors...

And the audience in front of the screen, ordinary audiences like Gu Yun, silently supported, as if supporting the pure land in their hearts and the unfinished dream of childhood.

In the Dota2 project, its motto is to never give up until it wins the championship. Do you still remember the runner-up trophy that Ehome threw at the airport? That is the flag of this generation of e-sports people.