Chapter 5: Life rises in the east and falls in the west, love till death!
"It's time, ROXTigers, to win your championship trophy!"
"From the original HUYATigers, GETigers, to KOOTigers, and then to today's ROXTigers, this is the third time the Tigers have reached the LCK finals, and they finally broke the curse!"
"In sports competitions, we can always see countless regrets. Life does not always have a good ending, but at least they have no regrets tonight!"
"We once thought that if we wanted to win the championship, we could not do without good infrastructure, a comfortable and spacious training room, and a sound club system, but they did it!"
"I'm proud of them. Look at this group of teenagers. They train hard, are extremely dedicated, and have great love for e-sports. After two years of ups and downs, they finally won their first league championship."
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"What a wonderful story!"
Each commentator expressed his or her feelings passionately, or spoke out words that had been written in his heart for a long time, thus moving countless audiences.
In the competitive seats at the scene, coaches Nofe, Ssong, top laner Smeb and substitute mid laner Cry rushed to the stage the moment the KT base exploded, excitedly hugging the players on the stage and cheering in celebration.
Kuro just wanted to hug his teammates to celebrate, but after five rounds of fierce battle, he was already a little exhausted, and he got up too fast. After a sudden dizziness, he pulled the e-sports chair and knelt on the ground.
"What's going on, brother Rui Xing? Why did you suddenly give me such a gift!" Lin Qiguang immediately helped Kuro up and joked.
Kuro burst into tears and said: "If you kid can help me win the S championship, you can let me kowtow to you!"
"Oh?!" Lin Qiguang immediately exclaimed, attracting everyone's attention, "Did everyone hear it? Everyone testified to me. After winning this year's global finals championship trophy, you must not Let him default!”
The team members responded one after another, and even Nofe and Ssong did not stop them. This shows how harmonious the atmosphere in the ROX Tigers team is.
The youngest, Peanut, was laughing and crying at the same time. Gorilla, the dad, had tears in his eyes and kept fanning the corners of his eyes in an attempt to stop the tears from flowing down.
And he said harshly: "It's so hot, so hot that I'm crying."
How could the LCK finals scene be so hot?
Before Lin Qiguang returned to the team, the players' training, food and accommodation were all squeezed into a private house. Due to financial constraints, they were reluctant to even turn on the air conditioner in the summer.
Because the venue is air-conditioned, the game day every week is the day that the team members look forward to the most.
This situation can be said to be unique in the LCK, the world's number one division today.
Lin Qiguang smiled extremely brightly. His eyes swept over the team members one by one, and he was filled with emotion.
In his previous life, ROX Tigers was his favorite team. In his mind, the Tigers' defeat and eventual disbandment in the World Championship was second only to S7's lack of an LPL team in the finals of the Bird's Nest.
The story of ROXTigers is very similar to that of DWG four years later, but they ultimately lacked some luck and failed to reach the top of the world stage.
In this life, Lin Qiguang hopes that his joining can help ROXTigers make up for that regret.
"When you've laughed enough and cried enough, just stand up! There are trophies waiting for us to win, you brats!"
After a while, Nofe regained his composure, opened the door of the competition room, and greeted the team members to collect their awards.
"Gogogo! We are the champions!"
"America! Here we come!"
Pray and Gorilla ran at the front, shoulder to shoulder. Nofe pulled Smeb and Ssong and asked Kuro and Cry to follow them. Lin Qiguang walked at the end, holding Peanut, who was almost crying until he had no energy.
Although Peanut's fighting style is very fierce, he is actually a very emotional boy, and what's more, he is petite?
So this look of crying and laughing is really cute.
The players and coaches came to the stage one after another and stood in a circle around the LCK championship trophy. The cheers of the audience could be heard in their ears, and they felt a burst of satisfaction in their hearts.
The camera passes over the bodies of the ROX Tigers one by one. If you look carefully, you will find that their white uniforms are very clean.
In addition to the Tigers team logo on the chest, there are only two advertising sponsorships:
On the left is "Huya Live" and on the right is "YY.COM".
Unlike other LCK teams that rely on e-sports clubs, and e-sports clubs rely on companies such as SK News Agency, Samsung, and Korea Telecom (KT), ROX Tigers' purity is almost unmatched in the LCK.
This is a team composed entirely of "frustrated people". Both the coach and the players have faced the dilemma of unemployment.
This team has no boss or management, just a group of men and teenagers who cling together for warmth and love e-sports.
It is dreams and life that have supported the members all the way to where they are today.
Amid the cheers of the audience, the team members lifted the LCK championship trophy together, and a burst of flashes struck, recording this precious scene forever.
Then the members stood in a row, with Nofe standing on the far left, Ssong standing on the far right, and the seven members in the middle.
"Roaring Emperor" Quan Yongyun came to Nofe with a smile and shouted to the audience in his extremely iconic "roaring" style:
"Friends in the audience, standing next to me now is the newly promoted LCK league champion and the number one seed of the LCK in this year's League of Legends global finals——"
"ROX——Tigers!!!"
Uniform cheers resounded throughout the audience again, witnessing the birth of the new king of LCK, and the Bo5 with such ups and downs and constant suspense. At least the ticket price was worth it.
After the cheers died down, Quan Yongjun began to interview Nofe, Cry, Smeb, Kuro, Pray, Gorilla, and Peanut. The questions were basically the same:
"What do you think about winning the LCK Summer Split championship at this moment?"
Nofe was a little excited and incoherent when answering, repeating several times "how difficult the team has been in the past two years," and said that he was very honored to serve as the coach and supervisor of ROXTigers.
Cry said: "Although I didn't get to play in the finals, I'm very satisfied to be able to stand here as a member of the ROXTigers."
Smeb said: "I am very happy to win the first league championship trophy in my life tonight. I also apologize to all the fans who support the ROX Tigers. We could have ended this game 3:0, but I was in the third game and the third game. My performance in the four games was not very good and my mentality was not stable enough. I will continue to work hard in the future.”
Kuro cried and said: "This is the fourth time that our ROX Tigers have entered the finals. I almost thought we were going to win the runner-up for the fourth time. After entering the third game, I really felt great pressure and my state changed. It got worse and worse, but finally I did it!”
Pray laughed and said, "Kuro has been crying since the end of the game. In fact, I wanted to cry too, but I thought Peanut was crying too, so I thought it would be a shame for the audience if no one in the team could interview him."
Gorilla also said with a smile: "After losing in the previous four finals, I cried when I went back, but today we are the champions, so I will always keep smiling. And the next fifth final, I hope it will be like today, It ended with a smile.”
Peanut said: "As the representative of LCK, I will show you an even better performance in the World Championship and win the title of World Champion!"
After the interviews with the head coach, starting players and substitute mid laner Cry, Quan Yongjun finally came to the side of the much-anticipated Lin Qiguang.
Among the members of ROXTigers, Lin Qiguang, whose ID is Flashlight, is not the most popular. After all, he is neither the cornerstone of the team nor does he appear as frequently as Peanut, who only joined this year.
But since he joined the ROXTigers, he has been outstanding in every game:
On Day 1 of the third week of the Spring Split, they played against SKTT1 for the first time, allowing the team to win three consecutive games in the regular season and win two games of MVP.
On Day 4 of the third week of the Spring Split, I faced SSG for the second time in my career. One game of Jian Ji and another game of Quinn completely led SSG through the top lane and sealed three stars.
On Day 3 of the eighth week of the Summer Split, Lin Qiguang, who returned to the team, once again showed his unrivaled personal strength. In one game, AD Kenan led the way, and in one game, the captain team battle was picturesque, and KT was blocked.
On Day 6 of the 10th week and Day 5 of the 11th week, the two Bo3 games against CJ and AFS were won with zero seals.
In three Bo3 games in the summer split, with a total of 6 appearances, Lin Qiguang scored KDA data of 40-12-52, including an astonishing 16 single kills!
What does it mean to have a solo kill in 16 seasons?
This means that he only used the data of three Bo3 games to become the fifth solo kill leader in LCK history!
The one ahead of him is:
Faker, 2016 Spring Split, 17 solo kills;
Faker, 2015 Summer Split, 19 solo kills;
Ggoong, 2015 Summer Split, 22 solo kills;
MaRin, 2015 Summer Split, 31 solo kills.
Of course, these are only one of the reasons why Lin Qiguang has received so much attention. There is another very important factor:
He is Chinese.
"Next, Flashlight player, there is a question in my heart that I have always wanted to ask you. I think this question is also what many viewers and fans want to hear."
"Your debut in the Spring Split was amazing, but less than a week after your debut, you suddenly left the team. You didn't return until the eighth week of the Summer Split, and then helped the team win the first place in the regular season and the Summer Split championship."< br>
"Because of the exposure of some fans, we all know that you are a top student at Seoul National University, so is your temporary departure because you can't give up your studies?"
"Having returned to the team in the second half of the summer season, have you made up your mind to give up your college studies and continue working on the road of e-sports?"
Jin Yongjun’s question is very serious, but it is also of great concern to many LCK viewers and ROXTigers fans.
As we all know, the professionalization of e-sports in South Korea is very high, which has also led to the fact that most professional players have low education levels, generally graduating from high school or even junior high school, and very few are college students.
As a top student of Seoul National University, the first institution of higher learning in South Korea, even if Lin Qiguang is an international student from China, he must be a top academic figure, and his family background must not be bad.
Why would a college student with such a bright future come to play e-sports in a hotheaded way?
"Ahem!" Lin Qiguang cleared his throat, his smile quickly faded, he stood tall and held his head high, raised his hand to straighten the bangs on his forehead, and said seriously:
"When I first decided to become a professional League of Legends player, my friends and classmates advised me that LOL could be just a hobby for recreation, and there was no need to abandon my studies because of it."
"Since I was a child, under the education and urging of my parents, I have always been a good boy and a good student in the eyes of others. I have received countless awards. However, none of the things I have worked hard for have been my best. True love.”
“It wasn’t until I started getting into the game League of Legends that I experienced an unprecedented freedom in Summoner’s Rift, and a boundless romantic dream in the League of Legends universe.
"At that moment, I was thinking, if a person never works hard for the people and things he loves deeply in his life, he will regret it for the rest of his life, right?"
"I don't want the day when I grow old and lie in bed and think back on my life's experiences, I still have the regret of not trying even though I knew I could do it."
"That's why I stand here today and meet you all. Life rises in the east and falls in the west, but love will last until death!" (End of Chapter)