"Swerte ba tayo na mas magaling tayo sa kanila o dahil hindi napunta sa atin lahat ng champions?" tanong ni Yours at tinanggal na ang headset sa ulo
Pasok na kami sa Knockout Stage at last game na rin ng Group D. Wala kaming talo ni-isa at madali naming natalo ang lahat ng kalaban sa tatlong araw. Hindi ko alam kung swerte kami o talagang magaling kami. Indonesia, Thailand at China ang kalaban namin. Surprisingly, natalo namin ang China ngayon at dikit ang naging laban pero nakuha namin.
For Group D, China team at kami ang makakapasok sa Knockout Stage. Pasok na rin ang Abyss, at same standing sa amin na walang talo. Nakatulong siguro ang practice namin tuwing gabi. After our games for the past few days, we had a practice with Abyss. Minsan talo kami, minsan panalo rin. We treat it like an official game so I think that helps.
During our two days' rest, we practiced again. Siksik ang schedule namin ng practice at ginrab na namin ang chance dahil Knockout Stage na rin agad. We had to beat ourselves in practice until we collapsed. Even Abyss were working hard even though they're the defending champion. They told us that all of the teams improved and can beat them in just a snap.
Kung sila ay natatakot, mas kami ay natakot din kaya kahit tapos na ang practice namin kasama sila. We still had a practice on our own. Si Coach na ang sumusuko sa amin pero mismo si Knight na ang nagsabi na i-grab ang oras.
Today is the first day of Knockout Stage. Huling game kami at kalaban namin ang champion ng Malaysia. Sila ang Rank 1 sa Group C. Napag-aralan na namin ang galaw nila at alam din naming gano'n din sila.
Sev improved his hand and was able to overcome his shaking hands. I guess that his mental health helps that. He's okay now and has recovered. Sometimes, siya na ang nagbibigay motivation sa lahat. His confidence is bringing all of us to do good. Minsan pag under the pressure na si War, he'll back up on him.
Everyone breathed and calmed when we got the Victory against the Malaysian team. We didn't cheer and keep ourselves composed. The score was 3-2. It was a tight game. Muntik na naming hindi makuha 'yon.
"Tangina," pagmumura ni Yours at tumayo na. Coach went to us and formed a circle so we could hug.
Sev hugged me and kissed me on my forehead. If I did not protect him from the opponents' Jungler, we would lose the game. Muntik na siyang mamatay doon. After that, he was able to kill three of the opponents and that gave us the win.
"I love you," aniya. Tumango ako at ngumiti. I can see the pressure on his eyes but eventually it softened. Nag-sink in na sa kanya na nanalo kami.
4th day of the Knockout Stage and we stayed in the Upper bracket and we will fight the Indonesian Team Champions. They were the team that we met in the press conference. Napag-aralan na namin sila noong nasa bootcamp pa lang kami. They are aggressive but we had a plan that we made for them. I just really hope that it works.
They opened Miya and Estes which we didn't pick. It's a trap. Naramdaman din ni Knight 'yon kaya nag-Bruno siya. Yours picked Tigreal. They banned Hayabusa, but opened Fanny. Ayaw ni Sev mag Fanny kaya nag Barats siya. I picked Novaria since they opened it and War picked Paquito.
Mukhang hindi tumugma ang plano nila. They really thought that we will pick our most used and read heroes? We'll lose the game if we do. They didn't ban it means they can counter everything that we will do using those heroes. PInag-aralan nila kami at nakakatuwa dahil alam nila ang capability ng bawat isa sa amin. That's the respect and validation that can boost our confidence and it really did.
"Sino gusto maging MVP?" tanong ni Sev. Mahina akong natawa. Mang-aasar na naman siya.
"War kaya?" ani Knight.
