Chapter 1579 Finale

Having done their homework, the commentators solemnly introduced the champion of this year’s finals, Team Samsara, after listing all the past champions.

The Samsara players were already congratulating each other as they walked onto the stage.

The awards ceremony would be held immediately after the match. The only regret for Samsara was that this wasn't their home stadium, so they couldn't hear too much cheering. There was applause, but it was only out of courtesy from the Blue Rain audience, and they definitely didn't share, nor did they want to share, in this joy.

So, Samsara's celebration seemed rather low-key. This was obviously a sign of respect for the home crowd. Teams that won championships on the road had always done this. Their real celebrations would begin when they returned to their city and their home stadium.

But no matter what, the awards ceremony would still take place. For this moment, this stage didn't belong to Blue Rain, but to the entire Alliance. Samsara was the protagonist, and the atmosphere on stage would be centered around Samsara. No one would overly empathize with Blue Rain's loss. At this moment, the Blue Rain players silently stood off to the side of the stage. They could have chosen to leave and retreat to the rest area, but the Blue Rain team stood together neatly under the stage. Even in defeat, they showed their usual grace.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..." Ye Xiu was very emotional when he saw this scene.

"It's a good thing Yu Wenzhou replaced you as captain. Blue Rain has really changed too much. If you, this scoundrel, were leading the team, you'd all be standing there flipping everyone off, right?" Ye Xiu said to Wei Chen.

"Tch..." Wei Chen only weakly responded. Ye Xiu glanced at him and found that although Wei Chen's expression was calm, he could still see that he wasn't very happy. Obviously, as someone who came from Blue Rain, he still had a bias in this match. And this bias was certainly not hoping to see Samsara lose after spending 20 million. He was Blue Rain's former captain, a guy who once cared for and loved this team more than anyone else. Although he would never admit it, although he said he was only mixed up in Blue Brook Guild for the stat points, although he retired because he was discouraged after losing to Yu Wenzhou.

Ye Xiu didn't say anything more. In the broadcast, the chairman of the Professional Alliance, Feng Xianjun, walked briskly onto the stage, took the microphone from the host, and officially announced Team Samsara as the champion of the Glory Professional Alliance's eighth season to all the live audience and in front of the broadcast cameras.

Afterward, each player on Team Samsara received a champion's medal with esports characteristics: a champion mouse and a champion keyboard. Specially made and marked with the logo "8th Season Champion," the special meaning they represented was probably something no one would measure with money. Each player on Team Samsara stepped forward to receive them, their expressions very excited.

Then, the championship trophy truly awarded to Team Samsara was personally handed to Zhou Zekai of Team Samsara by Feng Xianjun.

This was another away game, and Zhou Zekai was such a low-key guy, so even the act of raising the championship trophy, which would definitely be a bit of a mockery in the eyes of Blue Rain fans, was simply omitted. Chairman Feng Xianjun clearly had a special affection for this new champion captain and kept whispering something in his ear. These private words were naturally not broadcast. What everyone saw on the program was Zhou Zekai still smiling awkwardly, and he didn't say more than a few sentences even to the awarding chairman.

Perhaps knowing that the audience didn't like the scene in front of them at all, after completing these necessary steps, every环节 that could be omitted was omitted.

But the hosts and guests of this TV broadcast were facing all Glory viewers, so there was no need to care too much about the emotions of the live audience. At this time, they were chatting and laughing. Seeing that they would soon be packing up and leaving after the awards ceremony, Li Yibo humorously said, "Compared to most people who like to win the championship at home, Zhou Zekai might prefer winning the championship on the road like this. That way, he has to say much less."

"Haha, you're right. If this were his home stadium, I don't think he would have gotten off the stage so easily. I don't know how many times he would have been pulled back to say something in public."

The second round was short, but it was completely over after all. The depression in the hearts of the broadcasters, advertisers, and other people didn't need to be known by the fans and viewers. The audience who bought tickets to enter the venue would also receive corresponding compensation for this situation, but these were not important topics right now.

The broadcast's promotional reel had already begun to play, showing the new champion's journey to victory. From the regular season to the playoffs to the finals, exciting scenes were edited into a set. These were all prepared in advance. Samsara had them, and so did Blue Rain. But now that Samsara had won, the behind-the-scenes stories of Samsara were appearing before the audience.

"Team Samsara actually defeated Blue Rain three to zero in the individual competition. I think a lot of people didn't expect this result before the match." The work of the commentators and guests was not over yet. This second round ended after playing only the individual competition, but a large amount of broadcast time was left over. At this time, they had to find various content to fill it up, and then arrange the content behind. The TV station wasn't unfamiliar with this kind of thing, but it was really sharp to have such a long period of time to fill this time.

"Well, this victory, of course, was due to the outstanding performance of the Samsara players, but everyone should not ignore that the real decision on the outcome of this second round was, in fact, Samsara's lineup arrangement..." Li Yibo had wanted to say this as early as when the results of the finals came out, but there was no time for him to interject his analysis of the match at that time. Li Yibo held it in for a long time, and now he finally had the opportunity to show his vast insights.

"You're right. I believe Blue Rain didn't expect Samsara to be so strong, taking such a tough stance in the individual competition," the commentator said.

"And Blue Rain's team, their flaws also have a certain impact on the ranking and lineup arrangement of the individual competition and the team arena," Li Yibo said.

"Oh?" The commentator was slightly puzzled at first, but quickly reacted and quickly interjected, "You're talking about Blue Rain's captain, All-Star-level Yu Wenzhou, a Glory tactics master, who usually doesn't participate in individual duels. And we know that the core players of a team are usually the six-man combination for their team competition. Generally, only the healer class won't appear in single-player duels, but Blue Rain's team, including their captain, has two core players of the team competition who won't participate in single-player duels."

"So, Blue Rain is really in a difficult position. They can't have one more strong player to ensure that they can play in both events. But if they only play in the single-player event, I don't think any strong player in the league would be willing to do so," Li Yibo said.

"That's right. But even if this player is strong, it's impossible to replace Yu Wenzhou or Xu Jingxi, a healer, in the team competition."

"In the end, Blue Rain suffered a bit from the competition system!" Li Yibo said.

"It seems that Blue Rain needs to make a little change, think of a way," the commentator said.

"Do they need to?" Li Yibo smiled.

"Don't they need to?" The commentator was puzzled. Isn't that what you said? Isn't that what you meant? But seeing Li Yibo's smile, the very familiar commentator suddenly realized, "Oh, it is said that starting next season, the playoffs will be reformed."

"Well, although it's not yet known what kind of system it will be, a year is enough time for the league to come up with a good system that maintains the suspense and competitiveness of the competition," Li Yibo said.

"But the regular season system will remain unchanged, right?" the commentator said.

"Hehe, Blue Rain has no problem dealing with the regular season. Their performance in this league is enough to illustrate this," Li Yibo said.

"That's right. Blue Rain has actually been leading this league and entered the playoffs as the regular season champion."

"Hehe, although this year's finals were a bit short, I think it can be called a classic," Li Yibo said.

"Well, after all, this is the first time in the league's history that the finals have ended early," the commentator said. "And with the change of the season, it may be the only time."

"And this time, it just happened to bring the characteristic of this competition system, which requires attention to the arrangement of troops, to the extreme. Samsara relied on a courageous and energetic lineup arrangement to finally defeat Blue Rain. I think it can be called a perfect commemoration of this competition system, which is about to withdraw from the stage of history," Li Yibo said.

"You said it so well."

It has to be said that Li Yibo is quite experienced in commentary and hosting. A finals that ended early, a finals that made the popularity of people waiting to make profits half-dead, a finals that made countless people feel unsatisfied, was forcibly described by this guy as a classic finals. And the angle he analyzed was also completely tenable.

"This finals, I believe, will leave a deep impression on all viewers. Especially for the players who have been paying attention to the Professional Alliance for the past eight years, this will be a classic commemoration," the commentator gave another very appropriate summary. At this time, the two sides who had finished the match had rested for a while and had begun the press conference. The broadcast switched to the scene of the press conference.

Although Team Samsara played in a high-profile and arrogant manner, when he got off the stage, Zhou Zekai was as dull as a gourd, standing there in a daze. It was really difficult for people to hate him. What's more, Blue Rain wouldn't be so rude. As the losing side, Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou, took all the responsibility. He never concealed his flaws and always faced the trouble his shortcomings brought to the team. Li Yibo's analysis was indeed reasonable, and Yu Wenzhou said a lot about this issue.

Ace player Huang Shaotian didn't even have the chance to play in this match, and it could be seen that his emotions were quite low. When reporters asked him what he wanted to say at this time, he rolled his eyes and said a sentence that everyone thought would never come out of this guy's mouth, which was extremely rare.

"I don't want to say anything," Huang Shaotian said.