Chapter 204 [Opening Battle! 】
"It's a pity that you couldn't come to RNG," Uzi said hello to Xiao Ming. "Otherwise, with our cooperation, we might be able to accomplish a lot."
Xiao Ming hugged Brother Crystal next to him with a playful smile, and joked, "The pressure on the dog concubine is too great. Wait until I am ready before becoming a teammate."
Shi Senming knew before coming to IG that he would be rotated. Joining RNG would not only provide a high salary, but also stabilize the starting position in the support position.
But here comes the problem
If RNG's AD is still Wuxx or Nami, Xiao Ming will definitely choose a team that can start in the top professional league.
Unfortunately not.
It is no secret in the professional circle that Uzi has strict requirements for support. During the Dark Light period of the S5 Spring Split, two support players were replaced at one point.
He also had a conflict with Nuo Xia during the live broadcast ranking, and was called "SB assistant", which caused the ancient beauty to change his name directly, completely bringing the conflict to the surface.
If he had no choice, how could Xiao Ming allow himself to be pressured in the game?
If you don't perform well as an assistant at IG, you guys won't randomly solve cases on Weibo, let alone hold bank parties on major e-sports forums.
At this time, there was another person beside Chu Ge.
Letme walked over cautiously and greeted Chu Ge, "Dow! Oh my God, I am your fan!"
Chu Ge's expression changed, "Don't say that!"
Yan Junze said he was his fan, which was actually not wrong.
Before he became the emperor, he was a carry-type top laner. In S5, he served as the top laner of the established RNG. It was not until White Star bought Looper after S6 that Letme was transferred to the second team Royal Family and used warriors in LSPL. The top laner masters thunder and lightning.
At this time, the makeup artist lady also came over and signaled IG to go over to do makeup first, and the reminiscence between the players of the three teams ended.
Just
The two new team uniforms that Zhu Songge had just been given out were taken away by Brother Shengqiang and Baiyun.
After entering the studio, you can see the changes very intuitively. Whether it is the logo of the staff's work clothes or the trump card logo placed on the ground, they have all become Tengjing's logo.
Even the staff of the makeup artist team and photography team who signed the Banana Project last year have been replaced, and there are only a handful of familiar faces.
Obviously, the outrageous operation of the Banana Plan really shocked Riot China, and directly gave Teng Jing a death order to change all the team battles.
Even ordinary staff are not immune!
Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Tengjing's operations in later generations also had outrageous operations, fortunately he knew how to reasonably arrange the schedule and select the program host.
During today's shooting, Chu Ge finally understood what it was like to have hand cramps while posing the Poss.
The boyish look with his hands in his pockets couldn't satisfy the PD requirements at the scene. Those who didn't know it thought that Chu Ge would be on the front page of "Harper's Bazaar" tomorrow.
As for the promotional video, Tengjing's director also placed Chu Ge in the absolute top position throughout the whole process. During the group photo, he also stood in the absolute C position. When he saw Letme behind him, his index finger twitched.
I can't wait for the Spring Split to start immediately, take out the Sword Queen and tear through the LPL and let all the blue-collar top laners feel the sword energy blowing from Demacia!
No way.
Chu Ge's performance this year allowed a group of top laners who were wandering at a crossroads to make a decision to see the playability of the carry-type top laner.
The top laner in the LPL must not only be able to start a team and handle injuries, but also be able to take the initiative to attack and take over the game as the C position!
But Yan Junze obviously doesn’t know.
After he was promoted to RNG, he was destined to be unable to escape the fate of playing a tank.
After the shooting, Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief and drank the small bottle of mineral water handed over by the staff. On the return minibus, Tabe was still chattering, "I wasted a day today, and I still have to go to the training match." Keep going!”
Liu Qingsong sighed.
The high-intensity training put his whole body at a critical point, as if he would be exploded by a fire at any time.
However, after learning that he could start the game, Liu Qingsong is now really pained and happy, and he insists on breaking through his critical value.
No way.
No matter how much you love something, when you treat it as a job, you will feel some resistance in your heart, and even those who can't persist will feel disgusted.
IG's running-in journey lasted until the day before the start of the spring split
The problem of being late in the team has been alleviated somewhat, but there is still someone who always wants to be late, which leads to the players often eating all kinds of weird food.
It wasn't until Yaqi couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to help make a meal that Chu Ge finally realized how good it felt to be alive.
"Lin Weixiang, how many times have I told you, never go up and fight with others!" During the review period after the game, Tabe kept emphasizing, "Liu Qingsong is doing vision work, so don't always think about those broken players. Soldiers, just retreat!”
Lin Weixiang said a little aggrievedly when he heard this, "I think the jungler is in the bottom lane. I'll keep him first. We can win 3 on 2!"
"What's the use of winning?" Tabe said helplessly, "Liu Qingsong and Han Wanghu went to invade. You push the troops through and retreat, and then look for opportunities to support again!"
"Otherwise, why would I ask them to practice wild-assist linkage and improve vision rate?"
After coming to IG for so many days, both Shi Senming and Liu Qingsong have been partners with Lin Weixiang in training matches. They originally thought that Xiao Ming and Da Congming were not compatible, so they asked Pinus to practice more with him.
In the first few games, Tabe was still looking for support, until one day when training with RNG, both support players left the lane to support.
As a result, something happened on the bottom lane.
Tabe solved the case instantly.
The ranked team spent a long time looking for a spy, but the problem turned out to be their newcomer AD.
I thought Lin Weixiang just didn't look smart, but after the training match, all kinds of weird ideas shattered Yaqi's database.
I can only say.
The powerful people are all the same, and the food cooks are all kinds of weird.
After coming to IG for so many days, Lin Weixiang has been constantly restraining his desire to operate and adapting to the rhythm of IGAD as soon as possible, at least until now.
He will communicate his intentions with his teammates before going up, at least to ensure that he will not be impulsive and lead to being killed by the line.
But in terms of running-in and top-level league experience, Lin Weixiang still needs to accumulate more experience. After all, some things cannot be achieved through training games.
There was nothing Wang Boqin could do.
His original intention was that Brother Jingjing could lead the newcomer Lin Weixiang, but the physical hardware problem was really a flaw.
"Okay, the review is over."
Yaqi also recorded the questions of the last game on the whiteboard and said loudly, "Everyone should go to bed early today and perform well in the opening game tomorrow."
"Strive for a good start!"
Zhu Songge sat in the back of the training room and made a phone call, reporting the situation to his boss, "The team's recent state is not bad, and the three players who won the championship are not impetuous."
"Newcomer?"
Zhu Xangge tilted his lips and said, "In tomorrow's game, we will give the audience a brand new IG!"
Nosuke has no problem getting used to it. As long as his thinking in the bottom lane does not slip, the bottom lane can actually be stable. The three championship groups composed of Chu Ge, Ning Wang and Rookie have an advantage against any team.
Peanut can also integrate into the team very well. When both Mantis and Poodle are banned, Wild Core's play style can also ensure that IG can gain an advantage.
"RNG isn't that good either," Rookie waved his hand nonchalantly, "You restrained yourself and fought, but in the end Letme still had to be the breakthrough point."
"How to play this?"
Chu Ge clicked on the ranking again, "I'm not holding back. My tank hero really needs to be improved. The main reason is that the Letme warrior plays too green, which makes me look like a god of war."
In order to change the original tactics and allow Nosuke and the newcomers to get started quickly, the coaching staff asked Chu Ge to choose a tank to mix in the top lane every time.
Chu Ge indeed thought so.
But during this time, he himself had raised his Titan proficiency to S level, and Letme's warriors were like toys in front of him.
The tank level 6 single-kill warrior also used a pressure knife.
That’s outrageous!
To know.
The proficiency the system improved for Chu Ge was not only an improvement in operation, but more importantly, the battle records provided by the memory fragments, which allowed him to judge the strength, weakness and damage of the hero to a very terrifying level.
If you have a good understanding of heroes, you can still perform well in the lane even if you don't operate them yourself.
"Then he's too good!"
While Rookie was talking, Syndra used her skills to try to kill the opponent with a single hit, but the result was that the opponent escaped with blood.
"Fuck! I'm a loser too! This Enchantress and Syndra have really changed and I can't play anymore!"
Syndra also had changes in the pre-season. The setting of catching three goals after W was maxed out was deleted. The current W attribute is to cause an additional 20% true damage.
It returned to the original version, highlighting a repeated horizontal jump.
In the World Championship, a Syndra who scored three goals was designed, making this hero completely become a T0 hero in the World Championship and a big devil in the middle.
But after the World Championship ended, he immediately cut it back.
Rookie, as the owner of Syndra's champion skin, has changed so much that he can't even calculate the damage accurately.
This is especially true for Enchantress
After being unable to use Enchantress the way an assassin would, Rookie could only treat LeBlanc as a new hero to adapt to her gameplay.
Otherwise, changing one's own cognition based on the original basic understanding will be more time-consuming than practicing a new hero.
"The designer wants you to retire at the third watch, but you won't survive until the fifth watch!"
Chu Ge joked, put on his headphones and entered the Korean server rankings.
January 19th, the opening game of the LPL Spring Split.
All members of IG were in high spirits, and they were very excited while sitting on the bus heading to Super Brand Square.
As the starters, the two newcomers were a little excited.
"Lin Weixiang, stop moving your eyebrows!" Chu Ge looked at the smart man in front of him and kept laughing, "You are the most nervous Zeng Xiaoxian, right?"
"Hey, hey," Liu Qingsong pursed his lips and slapped his partner on the back. Lin Weixiang immediately became honest, "This guy has been suffering from ADHD since he was a child. When I slept with him in the dormitory of Dong Xiaosa base, he would sleep at night. No one has to be quiet.”
"He always makes the bed creak and squeak.
As soon as the words came out, the originally noisy bus seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and the IG training team looked at Shao Shao in astonishment.
"Hahahaha!"
I don’t know who broke the silence first, and then there was a burst of laughter!
The bus drives slowly in the center of Shanghai.
Supermarket Plaza is located in the most prosperous Lujiazui, and you can see the Oriental Pearl Tower across the street. It is no exaggeration to describe this place as every inch of land is precious.
"Finally bid farewell to the dilapidated venue!" Chu Ge said with a smile on his face, "I still remember waiting for the elevator downstairs for more than 10 minutes with RNG and the others."
Rookie nodded and joked, "At that time, you were still a little transparent in EDG. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the little transparent became a full-fledged e-sports idol."
“This area, these rules are simply too good!”
Gao Zhenning looked around and asked, "How much capital will enter the LPL today? I feel that the investment in League of Legends over the past few years is not as high as today's total!"
As Riot announced the number of online viewers of the global finals, the huge traffic pool and revenue made capital start spending money at all costs, just like a wolf smelling fishy smell coming to take a bite out of the e-sports industry.
As a game manufacturer and the official operator of professional competitions, Riot will naturally seize this opportunity to completely spread the popularity of League of Legends!
After getting off the bus, the players have a separate entrance channel and no longer need to take the freight elevator to get to the venue like they do at the Hongqiao Performing Arts Center.
The team members arrived at the scene relatively early, but there were still many fans waiting outside the red canvas railings of the channel.
Fans on both sides kept waving their support cards. Among them, Chu Ge's fans could visibly hide from the explosion. Many fanatic fans even shouted Chu Ge's ID crazily!
Holding his backpack tightly, Chu Ge walked along the railing, high-fiving fans one by one, and walked into the player tunnel after a while.
Arrive at the 5th floor of Super Brand Plaza, where LPL’s new venue is located. At this time, promotional slogans can be seen everywhere in the venue. When you enter the gate, you can see the huge LPL division loge, and on the side is a photo of IG's winning moment at Staples Center.
The LPL refers to the layout of the studios in the European and American divisions. It is the exclusive glory for the global finals champion. Every audience can see this picture.
In addition, a group photo of the team that won the LPL division championship was also produced and pasted on the back, with the date of the championship marked.
On the other side of the gate is an area dedicated to receiving team support items, and there is a voting pool next to it, where spectators who come to the scene on the day of the game can vote.
After the game, the official will also announce the support rate of both sides.
Chu Ge and the others also had a new team lounge. The on-site staff with work badges led the team members outside the lounge and officially handed the key to Zhu Song.
It feels like a new house.
Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang could not help but look at the stage through the long tunnel of contestants, and inexplicable nervousness poured into their hearts.
They have also played live games in the LSPL, but compared to the popularity and attention, there is no chance of them being comparable to the top leagues.
What's more.
They also took the stage to represent the IG team that had just won the global finals. The highlight moments left by their predecessors finally turned into pressure and fell on their shoulders.
"Don't be nervous," Chu Ge patted Shao Shao on the shoulder and said softly, "WE are still the original team of the S6 Summer Split. Our men are just defeated, so relax."
All the major teams in the LPL have received a large amount of investment, but WE is still poor. In order to maintain the absolute management rights of the team and club, owner Pei Le refused investment from big capital and only took on a few small players like HK. share funds.
This also led to them not spending any money on reinforcements in this year's winter competition.
Instead, they made a fortune by selling youth training players, and Theshy was one of them.
However, instead of reinforcing the players, Homme, the champion coach of S4, was introduced as the head coach. I hope that the five most correct people can make great achievements this year.
It will take some time before the game officially starts. Shiquan Culture under Tengjing has done everything in place to ensure the perfect success of the first league!
While Chu Ge was sitting on the soft green tatami playing with his mobile phone, his attention was involuntarily attracted by the note posted on the wall.
[There is a camera here, and it will remain open throughout the game. No player or staff member is allowed to turn it off or damage it without authorization]
Chu Ge does know this.
The content captured by the camera does not belong to the official team, but the club's operations staff will load the captured content into their own USB flash drive after the game.
Whether to publish it online for the audience to see depends entirely on the club's operational decision, which is similar to the exciting part when Jiejie and Ale chatted and publicly invited Taoist priests.
After a while, the staff led the team members to the special dressing room. Chu Ge glanced at the girls who were putting on makeup normally. The girl who originally teased King Ning for his dark face was no longer here.
But the new batch of makeup artist girls are even better looking.
Chu Ge was a little confused. Is Banana Project focusing on the entertainment industry where "appearance is justice", or is the aesthetics of boxing culture better?
While putting on makeup, team leader Chen Zi slowly opened the door and walked in, whispering in Chu Ge's ear, "Rui Rui and her roommate are also here today, specifically to cheer you on!"
"Isn't she going to class today?"
"Who wants her to be a fan?" Chen Zi clicked his tongue twice, "Your girl's female fan is as good as Mystic. I took a look at the venue when I came over earlier."
"Good guy!"
“Those who didn’t know thought it was a four-character concert!”
At this time, the makeup artist had also finished the work. After Chu Ge’s eyebrows were slightly thickened, it was officially over.
Back in the lounge, it was almost time to go on stage. Just when Chu Ge was about to put his phone in his private box, a WeChat message rang.
It was Gao Ruirui who sent the picture.
Chu Ge opened it and took a look.
It's a picture of her at the scene, tilting her little head to show her bright eyes, taking a photo with the Chu Ge poster under the light of the scene.
One more message is needed.
"Come on, pigeon!"
"I finally tricked my roommates into cheering for you. They usually don't play the PC League of Legends!"
"Go, go, go! (><)"
Chu Ge quickly responded with an OK expression, and quickly threw the phone into the cabinet at Zhu Songge's urging.
"WE is a very good opponent for us now. Everyone must be serious and make full use of what we have in training games."
Before going on stage, Tabe was still chattering.
For newcomers, their most important task now is to accumulate experience in top leagues. The LSPL, which treated others like pigs, is far away from them.
Whether it is WE's laning style or strength, it is just right for the current IG.
Chu Ge knew it very well.
WE2.0 in 2017 is not weak. 957 is at the peak of his career. The title of Kang Dilong's son will also be fully carried forward this year. In addition to being Xiaohu's power bank, Xiye will face any top mid laner. It is capable of fighting.
The bottom lane duo of Zero and Mystic are not too aggressive in the lane, and Zero is better at roaming to help Kandi open up the situation.
In the previous life, WE won the 2017 LPL Spring Split under the leadership of Homme.
Underestimating them, even if they are as strong as IG, they have to pay the price.
Under the guidance of the staff, the players on both sides came to the edge of the stage to wait for the stage. Since the exit channel was in the center, the players stood on both sides of each other.
"Pigeon, please be gentler!"
957 held his eyes and smiled bitterly, "Give me a chance to kill the world champion!"
"Okay!"
Chu Ge unexpectedly agreed, "If you tell Kandi not to come, I will kill him for you, otherwise don't blame me for not practicing martial ethics!"
"Whatever you want."
Waving his hand to Renjie, "Brother Leg is what we use to sell him."
Kandi really wasn't lying.
In Chu Ge's vague memory, WE ranked last in the league in terms of Ueno affinity rate. 957 became an independent top laner, a great achievement in resisting pressure!
While the players from the two teams were joking and joking, Ren Dong, who was wearing a blue suit on the stage, gave a passionate speech at the opening ceremony.
“Welcome to Shanghai Super Brand Plaza!”
"This is the 2017 LPL League of Legends professional league organized by Tengjing Sports. I am your old friend, Ren Dong!"
"Four months later, the LPL war has reignited again! After the lively transfer period, players from various teams have made adjustments one after another, hoping to achieve greater success in 2017!"
"First of all, let me introduce to you the names of the teams participating this year!"
Ren Dong waved his hand, and the ceiling spotlights in the main square illuminated the battle flags hanging from the ceiling. There were 12 flags in total, symbolizing this year's participating clubs.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Ren Dong raised his voice again.
"Today the LPL Spring Split battle is about to begin. The two teams that will be unveiled for us first are."
"The 2016 LPL Summer Split Champion, the 2016 Global Finals Champion, Invictus Gaming from the No. 1 seed pool of Group A!"
The live stage suddenly ejected a burst of colorful electronic fireworks. IG players wearing black team uniforms from the outer tower came to the stage one after another, lined up in a row, and took steps to fight.
The audience at the scene was not stingy with their applause and cheers. The huge muffled sound made by the cheering sticks made the contestants on the stage feel unparalleled enthusiasm.
Chu Ge, who had not appeared on stage for a long time, felt the cheers and could not help but close his eyes and enjoy the feeling of the scene.
It was as if he was born for the League of Legends stage. The bigger the occasion, the better Chu Ge felt he could perform.
However, as a newcomer, he seemed a bit awkward because he was clueless and unhappy. He stood upright on the stage and held his hands behind his back like a kid who made a mistake in kindergarten.
Not just the two of them.
Even Little Peanut, who came to the LPL for the first time, was taken aback by the enthusiasm at the scene. You must know that even SKT did not have such a posture in the LCK.
But Little Peanut soon understood.
IG was crowned as the new king of the LPL division, and it also won the global finals championship on the head of SKT. It is normal for the domestic audience to be enthusiastic.
But
Among the vast number of Chu Ge's anime support cards, Peanut has found many fans who support him. It is obvious that Peanut's excellent performance in the Tigers coupled with his handsome face.
It has attracted a lot of LPL fans.
Another aspect.
Many people will regard Little Peanut as the epitome of RoxTigers, the most inspiring team last year, to express the purest e-sports spirit.
On the other side, when all members of WE came on stage, although there were also hardcore 60E cheering and shouting for them below the stage, it was completely different from the lively scene of IG's appearance.
This scene
It is no stranger to old viewers. It is simply a reversal of the 60E mineral water incident, and the protagonists today are indeed the sons of dogs who are at the top of the fan list!
【Yo yo yo! Isn’t this the 60E of the past? Things have changed, and you were so arrogant back then]
【It’s so funny! The audience this time is so real, I really didn’t expect that the remnants of ancient times still exist]
[Don’t be embarrassed, okay? WE is the team with the most fans in the league, so I won't go into detail about those sarcastic remarks, right? 】
【Dog rice circle, right? I'm sorry I went to the wrong set because I only looked at my face but not my face. What kind of WE champion do you think you have? 】
[Little Peanut doesn’t seem to be able to play today, so I’ll have to reluctantly continue to watch my husband’s performance! 】
After the players from both sides made their appearances, they returned to their teams and began to debug their equipment, log in to their competition server accounts, and communicate with the referee behind them.
The director also took this opportunity to switch to a promotional video for the LPL Spring Split.
Today's LPL Spring Split promotional video is divided into five short films of 1 minute or more, namely the Journey Chapter, the Hope Chapter, the Persistence Chapter, the Brand Chapter and the Glory Chapter.
The glory chapter currently being played is not so much a promotional video for the LPL Spring Split as it is a documentary about IG’s success in LPL glory, with Chu Ge’s footage and narration throughout.
When the scene was fixed on the Silver Dragon Cup, the scene was cut to the commentary box.
"Hello everyone, I am today's commentary doll!"
"I'm Miller!"
"Hello everyone, I'm Rita!"
Under the words of Wawa, a large number of financial sponsor dads were read out, and Miller took over the conversation, "New year, new atmosphere, today's LPL has changed a lot compared to last year."
"The new recruitment mode for the 5Ban position will be officially implemented. This will be a huge test for all teams!"
"Yes," Rita nodded slowly, "In last year's World Championship, we could see that the ban positions of each team were very nervous, especially when facing IG, they had to deal with several powerful players led by Dow. role, so that the heroes of other team members are all outside.”
"Now there are 4 new banned positions, which is obviously not a good thing for IG!"
Wawa also nodded and added, "Especially since they started to bring new models again in this spring split. The bottom lane duo is Lwx and Pinus from the defunct TCS team!"
When Wawa was disseminating character information cards to the audience, the BP screen of the competition appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Okay, now we can see that IG's jungler today is still King Ning. They got the priority to choose the side and took the initiative to win the blue side."
(End of chapter)