Chapter 247 SKT champion skin preview, Chen Yiqiu: I would be very honored if I could enter the Bird's Nest
"That's right. If you want to maintain the first place, you must keep winning. I believe in the Reaper players and SKT I will always maintain my excellent record and status.”
Jin Min I stabilized my mind and smiled. Asking the last question: "Finally, I would like to ask you two, your record in this spring split so far is still in a state of complete victory. Do you have the confidence to continue to maintain it?"
"Of course."
"If we can, we will keep winning and not let down the fans who are looking forward to our victory."
Chen Yiqiu and Lee Sang Hyuk's decisive answers aroused the climax of applause at the scene.
In the following time, SKT did indeed do everything they said.
After the New Year, the spring competitions in major competition regions around the world can be said to have officially entered a white-hot stage.
On the LCK side, after SKT defeated LZ, they still maintained their due dominance in the regular season. Although the new jungler Peanut's style is sometimes incompatible with this SKT, it is obvious. This is still a version that belongs to SKT.
At least they adapted faster than other teams in the same division.
From the end of January to the beginning of March, in addition to losing two small games, SKT won all BO3 games in the regular season. With points and a strong posture, SKT is already aiming for MSI, the grand event in the first half of this year.
In other divisions, LPLEDG is showing a slight decline. EDG, which has lost its backbone, has already lost to RNG in the first half of the crucial season of S7.
RNG is as strong as ever. It is worth mentioning that in addition to EDG and RNG, the ancient giant WE, which was not noticed by everyone before, shined in this year's LPL Spring Split.
WE, which has gradually improved its team last year, used the poorest lineup to achieve results that exceeded the price/performance ratio.
The bottom lane was once ridiculed as the handsome brother-in-law in South Korea. In the LPL, he broke out as a genius AD. The jungler Kandi is even the top jungler. Coupled with the stable 957 in the top lane and the mid lane support Xiye, WE's momentum is almost on par with RNG.
This made countless ancient fans cry. Because the team has a deep foundation, WE is different from other teams. It has accumulated popularity at an extremely fast speed and has become the most eye-catching 'upstart team' in major competitions around the world this year.
The changes in other divisions are not too big. Teams such as G2, TSM, and C9 are still the dominant players in North America.
“So if we can play this year’s MSI, I think besides RNG, WE is another opponent that we need to pay attention to.”
At the end of March, the LCK spring regular season has come to an end. , SKT almost lost to the Spring Split Finals, so on this day, Kkoma listed WE as one of their major opponents in the first half of this year.
The word WE was written on the whiteboard.
"I have watched a few WE game videos. Overall, I feel that this team has no obvious weaknesses, but the performance of the players actually depends on their personal status... In other words, they may be better in the competition. Ups and downs? "
Lee Sang Hyuk sat on the sofa and expressed his feelings about WE.
“Their mid laner is not as strong as Xiang He, I think it may be our breakthrough in the competition.”
Bae Junzhi agreed.
When Chen Yiqiu next to him heard this, his eyelids jumped.
Although Xiye was nicknamed Sheila, it was a civil war. If I remember correctly, it was a foreign war. This B was not good at all.
Especially when facing Faker, in terms of personal ability and performance, he is definitely as fierce as a tiger in foreign battles.
This is in stark contrast to Xiye and his good gay friend Ming Kai.
“It’s better to pay more attention to Xiye and not be careless. In addition, RNG and Europe and the United States must also pay attention. There are many strong teams in MSI this year. If we want to prove our dominance in the new season in the international competition, we have to do more. Work hard.”
“Yiqiu is right.”
Kkoma nodded in agreement: "Of course, we can't forget our opponents in the division. Judging from the points status of this year's spring split so far, I think LZ will still have a high probability of becoming our final opponent in this year's spring finals. ”
“So, everyone, can you win the first championship of the year? Army, it's up to you."
"Don't study MSI's opponents here, but in the end we won't even be able to go to MSI..."
"Hahaha, no way."
“LZ, they have made progress, but we are not weak either.”
"Coach, you are worrying too much. I am already studying the horror game at Yiqiu's house."
Everyone in SKT laughed out loud.
In their eyes, LZ is not fully developed yet at least, and its real strength should come in this year’s Summer Split and the S Split.
"Okay, let's start training..."
Kkoma clapped his hands and prepared to go out to get a glass of water.
But just after taking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something and looked back at everyone: "Tonight the official will release the original preview of our champion skin. Don't forget to promote it on their respective social media."
< br>“Wow, it’s finally here.”
“My Champion skin, woo hoo.”
“Can you hurry up? The S7 is almost halfway through, and the champion skin hasn’t come out yet. The efficiency of fist is really low.”
When everyone heard the sound, they immediately began to discuss it, and no longer thought about training.
After defeating LZ last time, I went back to the base and saw the original image of the first version of the champion skin. They were not very satisfied. They communicated with Riot several times, and finally, under Chen Yiqiu’s strong suggestion, they made a version that everyone liked. Original skin image.
Now that Riot Games has accelerated its progress, it is expected that SKT’s third set of championship skins will be available for pre-sale when MSI begins or ends.
Now that the spring playoffs are about to begin, the original image is released to build up the hype.
"Okay, let's train first and watch at night."
Kkoma said with a smile. His improved eye skin has also been improved, and he is in a very good mood now.
"Okay, okay, brothers, get moving!"
"Come on, come on, let's make an appointment with LZ for a training match. Wanghu, you go and make an appointment."
"Huh?"< br>
“Ah what, hurry up.”
“Okay...”
Little Peanut muttered in a low mood.
"What's wrong with you?"
Chen Yiqiu asked curiously.
"Brother...when can I get the champion skin?"
Little Peanut looked at Chen Yiqiu eagerly.
Chen Yiqiu was stunned and said happily: "Hurry up, let's get your first set of championship skins in October this year."
"You said it, you can't go back on it!"
This kid in Wanghu is so easy to fool. When he heard what Chen Yiqiu said, he immediately cheered up and started actively backstabbing his former brothers, and frantically provoking LZ into a fight.
……
Eight o’clock in the evening.
SKT official media and Twitter officially announced the original skin images of their S6 global championship. There are six sets of original skin images, namely: SKTReaper, SKTBengi, SKTFaker, SKTBang, SKTWolf, SKTBlank, and a set of eye skins. SKTKkoma.
Among them, it is different from another world. In another world, the S6 version of SKT champion skin is quite colorful, but in this world, because of Chen Yiqiu’s suggestion, the skin has been changed to It has a slightly ink-like flavor.
It just fits this year’s new black and white team uniform of SKT.
Chen Yiqiu’s Jess skin is the more special among the five. Because of his Chinese identity, Riot Games is very willing to ‘lead traffic’ to the LPL region with the largest number of players.
So Chen Yiqiu’s skin has the same style as SKT, but a lot of ancient Chinese elements are added to the details.
For example, even if the giant cannon he is holding turns into a dragon-patterned firecracker carved with auspicious animals, the shape is a bit like a halberd. Chen Yiqiu has seen the special effects of the first version. The long cannon is not so much a cannon as it is similar to a sword. If you are angry, there will be an ink dragon pattern appearing at the position where the skill is released, highlighting a person who wants to make money.
Several other people were inspired by him and made many detailed designs of their own. For this reason, Riot officials have been arguing with SKT a lot.
Because none of the champion skins they made before were so laborious. Some of SKT's requirements were too harsh, which made them very reluctant.
But because they wanted to amplify Chen Yiqiu's Chinese identity as much as possible in order to set off a trend in the Chinese competition area with the largest number of players, they really spent a lot of money this time.
And when the original pictures of these skins were released for the first time, they immediately aroused heated discussions around the world.
The Chinese competition area is particularly lively.
【Ichao, what a handsome dragon! Or an ink dragon? ! 】
【Is this year’s champion skin so fast? Didn’t we have to wait until July or later? 】
【The gold content of the Triple Crown! 】
[No, Chen Sheng’s original picture is a bit explosive. Isn’t this ink style Chinese style? 】
【Why does Reaper use Chinese style? He is an LCK player! 】
【Don’t be embarrassed, Chen Sheng is not Chinese? 】
【It’s over, I originally hated Chen Sheng, but after seeing this skin, I have to buy it no matter how much I hate it. 】
【Is this the first time in history that this kind of skin appears? If you don’t buy it, you are not Chinese! 】
[Laughing, Fist made a good plan. Since Reaper won’t come back, then I’ll let his skin come back! 】
【6! 】
The fans in the LPL competition area reacted very enthusiastically to the new skins, especially Chen Yiqiu’s skin. In actual practice, the official posted the original image of this set of skins on League of Legends customers the next day. At the end, a big picture recommendation was given.
This is not because the official has 'forgiven' Chen Yiqiu, but the better this skin sells, it may increase the popularity and vitality in the country this year.
In short, for the sake of the competition area, no matter how dissatisfied with Chen Yiqiu's original decision, they had to do this.
...
"Come on, come on, let's have a casual chat. Let's take some simple photos here. It will be over soon."
The next day.
SKT has a rest day.
Everyone finished training in the training room in the morning, and by noon, Riot Games had sent a filming team, mainly to shoot a documentary about the Spring Split.
Everyone in SKT put on their team uniforms, sat down one by one, and then chatted as if nothing happened.
They had experienced this kind of shooting many times, so they acted very calmly.
But when Riot Games personnel were just about to start shooting, they squatted down and took a look, and suddenly noticed something was wrong: "Hmm..."
"What's wrong?"
Next to Seeing this, Kkoma came over and asked.
"That... position is wrong, blocking it."
The Riot photographer said something cryptic and pointed to the seats of SKT people in front.
Kkoma followed and looked over, then his face darkened.
It turned out that Blank's chair was blocking Faker and Chen Yiqiu from behind, blocking most of their heads.
Even if you block one, you want to block two?
Immediately, Kkoma waved his hand irritably, and a staff member immediately ran up to him. When Blank looked confused, he and his chair were pulled to the edge of the camera.
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"Hahaha."
When Pei Junzhi saw this, he couldn't hold it back and almost laughed out loud.
“That’s too much.”
"Brother Shanjiu...it's so miserable."
Little Peanut, who was next to Chen Yiqiu, turned his chair and felt that he finally understood the meaning of "lifting the person and the chair together".
It turns out that weak people even breathe wrong.
Xiao Hei also blushed a little and quickly apologized to Li Sang Hyuk and Chen Yi Qiu.
“Let’s get started, let’s get started.”
Kkoma urged impatiently, and the recording officially started here.
After five minutes, the staff gave an OK gesture.
"OK, that's it, everyone is free to move around, and then... Yiqiu, come with me."
Kkoma came over and greeted Chen Yiqiu.
Chen Yiqiu stood up in confusion: "Coach, what's the matter?"
"It's like this. The director here wants to film you alone, mainly about some issues related to this year's S7 World Championship... This is what Riot has requested, and you know... this is the situation now."
Kkoma briefly explained.
Chen Yiqiu understood this as soon as he heard this.
The so-called individual interview should be what Riot Games and LPL strongly requested. The main reason is to gain some popularity. If SKT really wins the Bird's Nest championship again this year, then Chen Yiqiu may still bring support to LPL even if he is not in LPL. Come on with a lot of heat.
Similar to the S6 championship, everyone wants to continue to win.
And this is also good for Chen Yiqiu. Opportunities similar to last year's "Legend in Prosperity" are not available to just anyone.
After he won the championship last year, his fame in the LPL and around the world has grown by leaps and bounds. The contribution of the documentary "Legend in Prosperity" is not low.
"Okay, let's go."
Chen Yiqiu sorted out his things and followed everyone to the next door.
He sat in front of a computer, first logged in to his account, and pretended to be doing daily training for interviews.
"What do you think of this year's global finals?"
The director outside the camera asked the question.
Chen Yiqiu thought for a while and said: "This is undoubtedly the grandest World Championship in history."
"S7 will be held in your country, and you are now 'Serving' in the LCK (South Korea) division, what do you have to say about this? Do you want to say something?”
“I think competition knows no borders. Just like our country’s table tennis team, there have been many great players, and some of them have been hired by outstanding teams around the world. This may be That’s the charm of competitive sports.”
"Are you confident about this year's World Championship?"
"For now, I think our team is in good shape, so I'm more confident... However, we are still far away from the S Championship, so I can only say It depends on the situation at that time.”
Chen Yiqiu didn’t finish his words.
"What about yourself? If you can really enter the Bird's Nest this year, how will you feel?"
The main event is here.
Chen Yiqiu paused and said loudly: "I will be very excited and honored. As our country's international sports center, the Bird's Nest has always been a stage that every Chinese athlete dreams of, and I am no exception."
( End of chapter)