Chapter 41: Playoffs Begin

The regular season was over.

[Like this! ST decorates even the last game of the regular season with a victory! Achieving a total of 24 match wins against 12 teams in the Master League! An undefeated regular league!]

Even KTT, which was called the last hurdle, was defeated, and the remaining teams were new teams that weren’t even in LOCK, so there was a difference in class.

“Playoffs…”
“It doesn’t matter who comes.”

I said that, tapping Fluke’s back, who still had a stiff expression even after today’s victory.

There are a total of 12 teams in the Master League.

This number includes a few new teams that are not in LOCK, and we had no losses against them this season.

Even KTT, which was called the last hurdle, was defeated, and the remaining teams were new teams that were not even in LOCK, so there was a difference in class, so it didn’t matter who came to the playoffs, we had a lot to say.

[ST, showing perfection itself without giving up even a single set, it’s not time to stop yet!]

[That’s right. Because the Master League continues!]

[Playoffs starting next week! Please pay a lot of attention!]

So, in the winner’s interview in front of the now-familiar fans, I smiled brightly.

“I don’t know who the playoff opponent will be, but I’ll end the season in the order they come to ST.”

It would be better for the opponent to go home early and rest.

Because I will never give up the victory.

“Hey, hey. The selection starts.”
“Isn’t there a bigger TV?”
“Where’s a big monitor.”

No matter how good ST’s welfare is, they don’t install a TV the size of a large billboard in the 3rd division practice room.

“Where did Fluke go?”
“To get popcorn.”

It’s not normal for a guy to come with popcorn for the first-round selection ceremony, which won’t even take a few minutes.

It would be nice if he showed even half of that guts in the LOC World Cup.

While I was thinking about this and that, Fluke arrived at the practice room.

“I’m here.”

I naturally took some popcorn from the side and asked.

“Is the caramel flavor good?”
“No. I only put a little salt.”
“……”

It seems that it’s not just my imagination that the upper bodies, except for me, are gradually becoming muscular.

“So who can choose who now?”
“The 3rd place team chooses who to play against from the 5th and 6th place teams. The 4th place team automatically gets the remaining one.”

The playoff format basically has advantages according to the regular season ranking.

The 1st and 2nd place teams in the regular season advance to the 2nd round, not the 1st round, and the 3rd to 6th place teams play the 1st round playoffs first.

And the team that wins there faces the 1st and 2nd place teams in the 2nd round, and in the 3rd round, the winners of the 2nd round and the losers play once more.

The team that wins the match between the winners goes straight to the finals, and the losing team plays the 4th round, called the finals advance match, with the team that won in the loser’s bracket.

When all these processes are over and two teams are selected.

Only then is the final.

“…Why is it so complicated?”
“If it’s a simple tournament format, the league can’t handle it the moment a famous team is eliminated at once.”

Just imagine the 1st and 2nd place teams in the regular league finishing the season by losing a single match.

Putting aside the fact that viewership will drop, the very reason for holding the regular league disappears.

It’s because there is no merit for the top teams.

The advantage of knowing in advance the ban-pick or joker pick of the team we will face in the 2nd round while the 1st round is in progress is a bonus.

“Then if we win all, we only play three matches?”
“If we win, that’s right, right?”

At Strike’s question, I nodded.

By the way, these guys.

They didn’t even pay attention to the playoffs and don’t even know the format because they were in last place last season, so their personalities are certain.

“Then we have only three matches left in our season.”
“Are you confident you won’t lose?”
“Eun Seol, you have to carry the log.”
“……”
“I’m kidding. I’m kidding.”

It’s a bit sad to hear the bottom lane, which was targeted and dug into by all the opponents in the 2nd round, say this, but considering how they get beaten every time they’re targeted, only patience increases in my heart.

Should I throw popcorn?

Honestly, at this point, I think public opinion will be on my side no matter what I do in the team.

I think it will probably be something like ‘True couldn’t stand it and…’ on the internet.

“Just practice properly.”
“I’m playing solo queue hard these days.”
“I’m sure you are.”

Well, actually, there is a last resort if they keep getting targeted in the playoffs, so it’s not a big problem.

Personally, I don’t want to use it, but if necessary, I’ll have to give a hint to the coach.

Anyway.

Meanwhile, the team that placed 3rd in the regular league smoothly chose 6th place, and the 4th place team automatically met 5th place.

“Who will win?”
“You said you’d win everyone and play only three matches.”
“I’m just purely curious who will come up.”

Even Fluke chimed in, so I briefly recalled the memories of the last match.

“I think the team that throws less will go up.”

From my point of view, our team also has a lot of turns pushed back, but other teams in the Master League are worse.

Considering how many times a comeback occurs when the global gold difference is about 3,000 to 4,000 gold, the current worry was a very useless thing.

“I think Milky Way is trying to match the tempo with the Grand League, and the others are so-so.”
“Why is her standard always different?”
“I told you. I’ll only be satisfied if it’s a LOC World Cup winning team.”
“Then you should go to our team’s 1st division. You’ll be satisfied with a three-peat team.”
“…Sigh.”

That’s a bit.

ST1 without Fraud?

I’ve already experienced it.

A lot.

I didn’t want to experience that again right now.

“Come to think of it, I think this team is also pretty good.”

Yeah.

The top is fine, the hunter listens to me well, so that’s good, and the bottom lane, I don’t know about the laning phase, but the team fights are amazing, so this is fine.

“Why did your expression suddenly rot?”
“I suddenly felt the importance of our team.”

It’s good that I’m not tap dancing on a log.

I turned on the broadcast again after a long time.

I try to broadcast often during the season, but compared to when I used to do it all day after school when nothing happened, it’s always a drop in the bucket.

“You’re watching the Master League well these days, right?”

As soon as I said the broadcast comment, the chat window scrolled down.

—True, you b*tch!
—You ruined solo queue, you ruined solo queue, you ruined solo queue, you ruined solo queue
—Is it right for mid Teemo and mid Garen to come out?
—But the funny thing is, she won…
—Info) Our mid is not True
—Damn
—I’m so pissed
—Please do a standard pick…

“That’s all for the blood and flesh when we go to the playoffs.”

Actually, around the middle and late stages of the league, I don’t know why, but Teemo was banned once.

Just because we go to the playoffs doesn’t mean the teams we face will change completely, so this in itself meant that the champion I picked had a lasting effect.

—First of all, the users have seen blood
—lolololol
—I went from Gold to Silver and can’t take questions
—If you do that in solo queue, it’s right to go to Bronze, not Silver
—lololol
—Most of the champions True picked are macro champions, how do you use them in the lower ranks?
—Macro-only is not effective in solo queue
—lol Especially mineral tiers are just headbutting dinosaurs

“Then, let’s take this opportunity to look at the macro skills by tier?”

First of all, considering the number of viewers watching my broadcast, it shouldn’t be difficult to find one or two people for each tier.

—Friend request…you’ll give it?
—True’s friend request?
—Sh*t
—Let’s do it right now
—Squeak squeak
—Please be friends even for a moment
—lolololol

Since it is necessary to add as a friend for observation, my account’s friend request window, which was already saturated, overflowed even more along with the chat window.

“Then, I’ll watch from Bronze, so please write your ID in the chat window.”

It’s complicated to prepare for a lottery, so I just picked one person at random.

“If you get a friend request, you can just play solo queue once.”

So I chose one nickname from the chat window and started watching.

And within 3 minutes of starting, the viewer was solo killed.

—?
—lolololol
—You get out~
—I’ll show you something lol
—I’ll show you the game exploding
—lololol
—That’s too much.

“Still, this is good.”

I don’t expect physical skills from Bronze in the first place.

—???
—As expected, protecting viewers is True-nim’s level
—Still, because they watch her broadcast…
—lol
—She’s covering that.

Of course, my thoughts didn’t last long.

“No, why are you managing like that there?”

—lolololol
—You finally opened your mouth because you were frustrated?
—True can’t stand it anymore
—Ox recommends True’s brain proxy activation
—I thought you were going to watch how Bronze does it by spectating.
—?? : Not human.

First, let’s save this game.