In the morning, BurNIng and LaNm are downstairs and checked out on time, and after a slight delay, we have the others who are leaving on the morning flight. Spirits seem to be as high as they can be after losing a major final… or perhaps it just hasn’t sunk in yet. I know it hasn’t for me yet at that point. They’re discussing loudly — boisterously, even, what went right and what went wrong for them the previous night. LaNm is confident in what he says, MMY often offers a different perspective, while BurNIng sometimes agrees, and sometimes disagrees with the both of them. I go with them through security check, and after half an hour in which they never stop discussing, their boarding call is heard, and I herd them over to their boarding gate.

　　早上，BurNIng和LaNm准点下楼退房。短暂延误之后其他早班飞机乘员也来了。以刚输了一场大赛的决赛来看，他们的精神看起来很不错了。。又或者只是低落的情绪还没有来袭。我知道我自己当时还没开始有低落的情绪。他们热烈地讨论，甚至有点吵闹，讨论昨晚的比赛哪些是对的，哪些是错的。LaNm对自己的观点很有信心，MMY常常提出不同的观点，而BurNIng有时候同意，有时候对他们俩都不同意。我陪他们过了安检，他们又不停地讨论了半小时，终于要登机了，我带他们到了登机口。

　　MMY smiles wanly before quickly turning away, the manager nods in appreciation, LaNm waves and simply says “See you next time”. BurNIng lingers a little bit, turns to me, smiles, and says “Give me a hug!” And then DK was gone, as quickly as they’d come.

　　MMY 弱弱地笑了一下，很快地转身而去，经理点头以示感谢，LaNm挥了挥手简单地说道“下次再见”。BurNing徘徊了一下，转向我笑笑，说“给我一个拥抱！”然后DK就匆匆地走了，正如他们匆匆地来

　　Perhaps it didn’t sink in for them until they got back. It didn’t sink in for me until the trip home. I only then realized that I had so wanted to be able to send them home that day with the trophy, with a major tournament title. I’m sure they wanted it way more than I ever could have imagined.

　　也许他们回去以后才会进入低落的情绪。我在回家的路上才感到心情开始低落。知道那时我才意识到我有多么希望能够送他们带着奖杯回家，带着重大赛事的冠军头衔回家。我知道他们比我能想象的更加希望。

　　All credit to Kaipi/Speed, they played to their style and didn’t let anyone or any external factor (of which there were many — all the more impressive for them) stop them, and that’s what winning is about. As for DK, MLG Columbus weekend has given me an unimaginable chance to be close to them, get to know them, and perhaps even help them. I can only thank MLG and Adam for the opportunity, and my respect and liking for DK and each of their players has only increased, if that was possible at all. DK — BurNIng, LaNm, Mushi, MMY, iceiceice… you guys are great.

　　所有的荣誉归于KaiPi/Speed，他们打出了风格，并未让任何人或任何外部因素（有很多外部因素在那儿盯着）阻止他们，这才是真正的胜利。至于DK，MLG Columbus周末已经带给我机会在想象不到的近距离接触他们，了解他们，甚至帮助他们。我只能谢谢MLG和Adam给我这次机会，我对DK和DK每一位队员的尊敬和喜爱又增加了，如果还能增加的话。DK——B神，国土，大Mushi，毛毛鸭，三冰。。。你们都太棒了！

　　Thank you.

　　谢谢你们所有人。

　　shout outs to Cyborgmatt, Xixi, LD, Vykromond, Lumi, DPM, Godz, Merlini, Tangeng, Sun-Tzu, Dendi, Valve Chris, Valve Phil and family, and anyone else I missed but enjoyed the company of, for being fun to chat or hang out with at various times during the weekend. You all helped me keep my sanity while I went through with ~14 hours sleep over 4 days.

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　　最后附上文中提到的reddit帖子原文和翻译：

　　I can hopefully address this in its entirety.

　　DK were asked late (late, as in after the last group stage match) on Saturday night if they'd prefer playing first or second on Sunday. After some brief deliberations, DK decided second would be slightly better. Their reasoning was as follows (in no particular order of importance): They'd been tired as hell, and the potential extra rest in the morning would be very welcome. Between NaVi and Speed/Sigma, NaVi are 3-time TI finalists and having the extra time to prepare for NaVi, on paper, might've been the marginally better choice -- having some extra time in the morning meant they could either stay up later discussing (which they did), and get up earlier to warm up/prepare (which they also did) while also catching up on some rest.

　　Unfortunately that resulted in DK needing to play every single one of their matches on Sunday back-to-back with almost zero downtime due to delays that snowballed from before they even went on stage for the first time. And they didn't get to eat or rest from roughly 10am until 11pm as a result.

　　For the sake of 'addressing in entirety' I'll add my own opinion as well (please note this part is purely my own opinion as a fan, and I am not speaking for anyone but myself, as a fan and viewer): IMO, yes the fatigue affected them. If you look at their last two group stage matches, they were similarly tired after a similarly long day of matches, and their play was similarly sloppy compared to their nearly-pristine performances against the likes of Alliance or NaVi. The last two group stage matches and the last two finals matches both came around the same time in the night -- the combination of long days and jet lag did add up and take its toll around the same time both nights. The long, gruelling games on Sunday just drained them even more.

　　我也许能整体上说明一下这个问题。

　　DK在周六晚上很晚（最后一场小组赛之后）的时候被问道他们想周日的时候先比半决赛还是后比。考虑了一会儿以后，DK决定第二个打会更好。他们的理由如下（未按重要性排序）：他们当时累成狗了，早上多睡一会儿比较好；在NaVi和Speed/Sigma中，NaVi进了三界TI决赛，如果有更多的时候为和NaVi的比赛作准备，或许会略微好一点——早上时间更充足意味着要么晚上可以讨论到迟一点（他们确实这么做了），或者早一点起来热身/准备（他们也确实这么做了），与此同时，还能稍微多睡一会儿。

　　不幸的是，这样做的结果是DK周日的每一场比赛都成了背靠背的比赛，由于早在第一场比赛之前就开始滚雪球的赛程延误，DK每场比赛中间几乎没有任何休息时间。他们从早上10点到晚上11点就没有吃过东西或者休息过。

　　为了从‘整体上说明一下’，我再说一下个人观点（请注意这一段完全是我作为粉丝的个人观点，不代表任何人只代表我自己，一个粉丝及现场观众）：以我来看，是的，疲劳影响了他们。如果你看了小组赛最后两场，经历了一整天比赛，他们当时（和周日晚上）差不多累，相对之前同诸如Alliance和NaVi的比赛来看，打的也差不多烂。小组赛最后两场和决赛最后两场在晚上差不多的时间进行——漫长的一天加上时差联合起来在同一时间对选手造成了损害。周日的前四场繁重累人的比赛也更多地耗尽了他们。