Fat Brother: "Keep it up! It was only one loss. You're in the lower bracket now, so you still have a chance! Keep it up!"
Xiao Guang: "Exactly! G2 is really strong. There's no shame in losing to them!"
Su Zhe read the messages of comfort from the two of them in his WeChat dorm group chat and let out a heavy sigh.
His first loss in the Professional Arena had come much sooner than he'd imagined. His Nip had worked so hard to make it into the Katowice Main Tournament, only to face G2, the previous Katowice champions, in their very first match.
It also made Su Zhe understand the gap between his team and the genuine top-tier teams.
Before the match, es3tag had been full of confidence, saying that G2 was a weird team and the easiest powerhouse team to upset. But as soon as they faced them, he'd been brought back down to earth.
They hadn't managed to win a single map in the Bo3. M0NESY had put up a terrifying 64–22 KD with his Big Sniper across the two maps. Headtr1ck, the team's own sniper and a fellow Navi trainee from the same batch as m0NESY, had been utterly dismantled in their head-to-head matchup.
As for Su Zhe, the free-roaming role depended heavily on his teammates. His unconventional play had caused G2 some trouble, but their lack of firepower in straight-up fights meant that in many rounds, he hadn't even had time to look for an opening.
Su Zhe replied in the WeChat group, "I'm fine. Break's over, so I'm going to train."
Fat Brother: "Mm-hmm! I checked your upcoming schedule. You won't be facing any ridiculously strong teams, so you've still got a good chance of making the playoffs!"
Xiao Guang: "I'm still waiting for