Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

In the summer of 19, on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai.

I stood in front of the giant Mei Ben, as small as the dust in a cluster of galaxies. Jiang Feng still ignored the embarrassment of pedestrians and made my well-dressed hairstyle wet and sticky. I have been here to see a lot of concerts, but I did not expect that one day I can see the DOTA2 International Invitational tournament I am most looking forward to.

When watching the match offline the year before, the pop-up "SHANGHAI" made everyone cheer. This means that every CN Dotaer can witness this event that belongs to all players within reach.

When it comes to TI9, the one that gets the most attention is LGD. The defeat of TI8 the year before, especially Ame's "millions of waves of Water Man", set off a bloody discussion on the Internet. There are also some people who feel sorry for Maybe.

At that time, I was more concerned about Ame. Thin eyebrows, thin fingers, indeed more in line with the aesthetic of girls. I act more like a star-chasing girl, and the discussion of professional performance is often wrong with people and things.

The impression of Maybe is actually fragmented. In the early years, when DotA was still popular, I was studying in Fudan University, and my classmates and I gang up from day to night every day. I have written in other articles, forty thousand DotA in four years, and it aroused a wave of questions from readers at that time. It is true that the enthusiasm of those years went to DotA and the school's e-sports club.

At that time, the 11 platform is the main platform occupied by everyone. Listening to the seniors at several levels, the ladder points system used in 11 was born out of the AA platform, which once went out of the platform of many early professional players and belonged solely to college students. There is always a Somnus, M ID hanging there on the home page ranking. Those glamorous ones have nothing to do with me. After all, I am still comparing with the senior majors next door whether his 1 point is more popular, or my 1 point lich is more helpful to the team. We don't pay much attention to the game. Three or five good friends, day and night DotA, is a small world. Until turning to DOTA2, until there is TI, the scattered eyes finally have a place to focus.

In 2015, Maybe made its debut on the TI stage. At the time of graduation, everyone was scattered around the world, and only the fighting side by side within the four screens kept pulling us back to the time when we had nothing to do but were comfortably wasted. The friend said that this is the first place on the ladder of the 11th platform at that time, the talented young man. I just know that the ID, which seems to be very close and familiar, is actually so far away from ordinary players.

I can't remember exactly why I bought a ticket that was many times more expensive than the price to see the TI9. Maybe I want to see my favorite e-sports player, maybe I want to see the Chinese team reap the champion they haven't seen for a long time in their own soil, or maybe they just want to know what kind of friends are holding on to the game they have loved for so many years.

Until the semifinals, LGD was chased by liquid one and two. There was a brief silence in the auditorium, and then I saw a large number of people stand up and walk out of the meeting. In the same way, I ran out and stood in the tuyere crying bitterly, regardless of the frequent glances of the people passing by. It's an atmosphere. As long as you love this game, love those who always accompany the familiar ID. Even if you don't like LGD, you can't avoid the feeling of suffocation after disappointment.

There is a group photo of Ame and Maybe leaning against the wall, but looking in different directions. Maybe crouched on the ground and Ame stood on the left. this was the last time they participated in the TI as teammates. When I got home, there was an email reminding me that I had picked scarlet in a certain FirstBlood. I was not so happy that I changed hands and hung it on the trading platform.

Soon, the epidemic hit, encircling all of our lives into a mass of turbulence. I am still an ordinary, enthusiastic old player, and I no longer pay much attention to professional news. I vaguely remember that Ame changed ID, sent to the second team and came back, and Maybe formed his own new team. More people are summoning souls, talking about the Wings of that year and how Sean Dagoda is.

Next time, I'm sure you can. "

Everyone is waiting for TI10, waiting for the even-numbered miracle of the Chinese team. It was also the first time that I charged the book to level 1000 and got the small gold shield of the entity. But there was no TI that year.

Until 2021, Romania, belated TI10. My attention is still in Ame, today's bleak body. He changed his hairstyle and didn't seem to be so handsome. Maybe started a new stove with his former comrade-in-arms, still carrying everyone's expectations. It's just, "it backfired," he said. The beautifully decorated shield in the middle of the stage is obviously so close, why can't you hold it in your hand?

After the little elephant finished the competition, there were a lot of bad comments about Fy on the Internet, and there was no lack of years of Maybe. A meme often appears in my various dota groups: Ame and Maybe shake hands and say, "this is the teammate you chose?" If you think about it, Maybe has been doing well at online pot conferences over the years and will never be at the center of the storm of controversy.

That year, however, an even more desperate scene was in the final. There is no need to repeat the match between LGD and Sprite, because it is so strange and teasing that I still remember every detail of that day to this day. After the game, my friends and I were not even in the mood to play mammoth, let alone tossing and turning, because we didn't sleep that night.

After the game, we went to eat Xiaolongbao, a famous online celebrity in Hangzhou. The steaming Xiaolongbao is very fragrant and the meat filling is juicy and full. But our reaction failed to live up to its taste. In the steaming fog, I looked at my friend, my friend looked at me, and gave a long alas. In fact, we can't see each other clearly, but we can sigh with tacit understanding. Sigh and sigh, but there is nothing more. It turned out that my tears had run dry as early as when I was in TI9.

This year, like most players who will return during the TI, I have been out of the hole for more than half a year to continue to watch a few games. It has to be admitted that the fans no longer have the general mood of watching the World Cup, and they really don't care so much.

Maybe new crown positive, then RNG was eliminated, Maybe announced retirement. This pile went viral on Weibo. What was special about the eliminated game was that Maybe and his teammates gave players a 107-minute game, a record game time in TI history. We call it the bladder Bureau. The most patient and familiar situation. In fact, this happens every day in the game. In the last few minutes, in the face of super soldiers, Maybe still chose to meet the enemy with shield and continue to fight. Like the name of the game Dota, they fearlessly guarded the remaining ancient relics until the last minute.

My vision is blurred. What comes to my mind is a different scene. For many years, in the era of DotA, in the small engine whose picture was as bright as a cartoon, it was far less dazzling and beautiful than today's DOTA2 ink. There are also many players, together with their friends, to create countless myths in parallel worlds that lean against the world tree and guard for 140 minutes. Since the original ID, the original game, many people have had their own eternity under the Frozen Throne and the Tree of the World.

After the game, Maybe said on Weibo: "my youth is destined to have regrets and feelings. Thank you all for your concern and encouragement. My youth is over, Somnus out." I was already sobbing in front of the mobile phone screen. Making his debut in the name of a talented teenager, he has expressed his desire for the championship team on many occasions. However, "fate only happens, and the mystery of the cycle of cause and effect is hard to find."

Is youth over? Then those of us who watch them year after year, where do we place our unfinished dreams of youth?

After the game, Maybe met Ame in solo que. "jiayou a chunyu" he said to his former teammates. It seems that many, many years ago, someone said "song ni de yu bie diu" to his friends in World of Warcraft.

After wearing off the morale of the youth, he was unexpectedly so sad. Friends, concerns, honors, battles, we use these words to describe our dota, and use dota to maintain our youth memories. However, can't get that shield, all of these no longer exist?

Under his Weibo comment, one person said: "Somnus out, but Maybe come back!" You see, there will always be people who don't give up and hope. I want to see Maybe come back again. Once the enthusiasm has never dissipated, it is just folded into a paper plane, waiting for the next gust of wind to blow, so we will never grow old.

This article is from the official account of Wechat: game Research Society (ID:yysaag), author: Yuase

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