Chapter 231 Challenger
Time flies, and January 30th comes in the blink of an eye.
Since flying to Yanjing to face RNG on January 19, for more than a week, everyone in the SN team has been in a state of continuous rotation.
On January 20, Yanjing Wukesong Stadium challenged RNG away;
On January 23, Xi'an Qujiang International Convention and Exhibition Center challenged WE away from home;
On January 27, Chongqing “Hero’s Heart” E-sports Interactive Entertainment Center challenged Snake away from home.
Counting the easy victory over VG in the first game of the spring on January 16, the SN team has won four consecutive BO3 games, and still maintains an unbeaten record in small games.
In addition, in the middle of this intensive schedule, on January 25, the new base of Suning E-Sports Club located in Honghui Vision BOX Industrial Park in Shanghai was officially announced. On the same day, all members also attended the signing ceremony sponsored by Samsung Electronics.
On January 28, the SN team finally returned to the Magic City, but there was no time to rest, because on January 30, they had to face FPX at the Hongqiao Tiandi LPL main arena.
This is a tough battle!
After buying Doinb and Tian in the new season, FPX changed from the weak mid-to-lower level of the LPL last season and won RW, Snake and JDG in three consecutive BO3 games.
Although it has not achieved a 100% winning rate in small games like SN, judging from the current record and on-field performance, FPX in the new season already has the prototype of a strong league team.
For Cui Ze, who has a certain God's perspective, even though he knows that the current FPX has not fully evolved, in his heart this team is still a very difficult opponent.
For the rest of the SN team, perhaps because even though they have been wandering around for days, there is still no opponent who can match and win the unbeaten streak, they do not pay too much attention to this match against FPX.
After playing this BO3, it’s time to take the Spring Festival holiday and take a good rest. Therefore, even if the manager and coach say something like “Everyone should treat the game well” and “Strive for a complete victory and have a good year”, the players’ thoughts are still there. It's inevitable to feel a little carried away.
Cui Ze rushed back to the hotel where he lived without stopping, chatted with the team members for a few words, then returned to the training room and began to invite the team to play training matches.
On the 29th, SN and TES made an appointment for a training match. They won 4 and lost 2 in a BO7 match. The overall condition still looks good, and the players have more "confidence".
Cui Ze had nothing to say about this situation.
At this time, SN actually needs a defeat to let the team members regain their sense of normalcy.
Of course, it would be best to keep winning.
Anyway, for Cui Ze, with the buff of [Champion's Heart], no matter who the opponent is, he will definitely go all out.
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January 30, 5 pm, Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.
Cui Ze packed up his things as usual, took a bus with his team members, and returned to the "long-lost" LPL main venue.
The last meal was eaten at 1 o'clock at noon, and the competition only started at 9 o'clock in the evening, so the players will definitely be hungry when the competition comes.
However, no matter how hungry you are, you cannot eat normally, especially carbohydrate-based staple foods, because when digesting food, the brain will suffer from insufficient blood supply to the brain. Insufficient blood supply to the brain will inevitably cause people to feel sleepy and reduce their reflexes, which will greatly affect the game. competitive status at the time.
Therefore, during this period, players will eat high-calorie, easy-to-digest foods to replace their main meals.
For example, chocolate bars, bananas, carbonated drinks, energy drinks and coffee are all favorite foods and drinks among e-sports players.
Under the watchful eyes of fans, SN and his team entered the competition venue, and then made various preparations in the lounge.
After putting on makeup, the team members sat on sofas and chairs playing with their mobile phones and listening to music to kill time, while coaches and analysts were doing pre-game BP analysis and design.
It’s not just a matter of improvisation. In fact, the coaching staff has been doing BP analysis and design all the time. The basic BP idea was finalized last night.
It's just that if they don't find something to do during this kind of pre-game preparation, it seems a bit like they are not doing their job properly.
To put it bluntly, it’s just fishing.
Of course, it is also possible that some coach or analyst will have a flash of inspiration and think of a better BP design to help the team win by surprise?
It's not impossible.
Cui Ze glanced sideways at the hacker beside him and saw him crossing his legs, shaking his head and humming a tune with a contented look on his face. He couldn't help but ask, "You're not nervous at all. How can I say that? There’s no pressure to play FPX today, right?”
The hacker immediately turned his head and smiled playfully at Cui Ze and said: "Hey, aren't you here? I played IG's training match a few days ago. Brother Ze, you even suppressed the cock. Isn't it just a little bit of a showdown when you hit Doinb? ”
"You..." Cui Ze shook his head and started preaching: "It's not like I haven't played training matches with FPX before. Can't you feel whether their current level is strong?
"Not to mention that the spring season is only half way through, and we haven't achieved the results and honors we imagined. Even if we do win the league championship or the world championship, we must not slack off."
"Just like the line from the Juggernaut - a true master always has the heart of an apprentice."
The hacker couldn't help but shrink his neck after hearing this sermon, but soon returned to his playful smile: "Brother Ze, I noticed that you have become more and more mother-in-law recently, and you always tell a lot of truths to your brothers. , you don’t really want to inherit Brother Li’s will and become the new god of the alliance, do you?”
Hearing this, Snake also chimed in with a smile: "That's right, Aze, if you continue like this, I might as well give you my 'Mom' nickname, and I'll call you 'Ze's Mother' from now on. What?" Like? ”
"Hahahahaha——" Everyone laughed.
Faced with everyone's teasing and laughter, Cui Ze was not only not annoyed at all, but also laughed with them.
As a human being, your thoughts must not be too eccentric, and your brain must not be one-dimensional.
Just like a teacher, make a few enemies and make many friends.
Just because others have different opinions from you on certain issues, you cannot regard them as objects that should be criticized or enemies that should be attacked.
Instead, we should look at the problem more comprehensively, not only to clarify the priorities of multiple contradictions in one thing, but also to clarify the priorities of two aspects of a contradiction.
For an e-sports player, achieving good results and winning honors in his career is the main contradiction. This main contradiction must be overcome by uniting the entire team and giving full play to their strengths at the right time and at the right place.
In the process of playing professionally, the difference in professional attitudes between team members towards this career is a major contradiction. Even if you don't agree with your teammates' ideas and concepts, you should still respect them and provide appropriate guidance in appropriate ways.
After laughing, Cui Ze thought for a moment and changed the subject: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. You all still remember that this year's World Championship will be held in Europe, right?"
"Remember."
"Of course I remember!"
"It seems that the finals are in Paris?"
"That's right, Paris, a city known as the city of romance." Cui Zegang praised, then laughed and complained: "I don't know if it's romantic or not, but the smell of feces and urine on the streets is quite strong."
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"Ah? The smell of shit and urine?" "No, buddy, do you mean the smell of shit and urine literally?"
Hacker and Wolf Xing asked questions in disbelief one after another.
Snake smiled and said: "Aze didn't lie to you, you can really smell shit and urine on the streets of Paris, because people there are not very hygienic, and public restrooms have to pay and are not cheap, so there are always people defecating in the corners of the streets. Pee.”
"Ugh——"
"Brother Snake, stop talking. Besides, I'm going to spit out the banana I just ate!"
"It turns out that the stories above in Yilin are all false..."
Somehow the topic shifted to Yilin and the readers, and a few angry young people criticized these slanderous newspapers and periodicals.
"Then again..." After the brothers calmed down, Cui Ze spoke again, "If we can enter the World Championship, we will have to use the European server for training in Europe."
“I heard that the level of the European server is not very high?”
“I don’t know if it’s better than the national server, but it’s definitely not better than the Korean server.”
"But when the time comes, Riot will issue a super number, right? If you win a round, you will gain two or thirty points, and if you lose a round, you will lose a few points. You will soon be able to beat the Grandmaster King."
Cui Ze took a sip of coffee and commented: "In fact, compared to the strongest king, I still like the name of the European server - Challengers."
Lang Xing blinked: "What do you mean? Is there any difference?"
"Of course there is a difference." Cui Ze explained: "In fact, most of the league titles in our national server are literally translated according to the settings of the American server, such as gold, diamond, and even master. It is also a literal translation of Master and the word Challengers..."
Snake suddenly interjected: "It means 'challengers'."
"Yes, that's right, 'Challengers'." Cui Ze smiled and nodded, "To this day, I still feel that compared to 'The Strongest King', the meaning of the word Challengers is better, even if this The number of players in this rank is less than 0.01%, which is truly one in a million.”
"But even if they reach this level, it doesn't mean that they are really the so-called 'strongest'. There are professional players above them, and even professional players who have won the S game, if they don't have awe If you treat this game and this profession with all your heart, there will still be latecomers who will defeat them.”
In Cui Ze's view, the highest ranking list of the League of Legends national server is named the Strongest King. This title seems to mean being arrogant and enjoying comfort.
In fact, it seems that no Chinese League of Legends e-sports player can truly reach and stay at the top like Faker.
In comparison, the title Challengers is more in line with the competitive spirit, because even the first person in the history of League of Legends e-sports like Faker, his career has never been smooth sailing, and he wants to defend the honor of "the first in history" , only by meeting the endless challenges with tenacious perseverance day after day can we become the highest mountain and the longest river.
After hearing these words from Cui Ze, the team members fell into deep thought one by one.
At this moment, they recalled their past experiences.
I remember the joy when I first came into contact with League of Legends, the painful memory of being tortured into a muggle by my opponent when I was first ranked, and the excitement when I reached the strongest king rank after working hard day after day. The ambitious person who embarks on a career path...
To this day, they still have not been able to climb the highest mountain. Strictly speaking, only Snake has stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the rest have never even been qualified to climb.
But now, just because of winning a few consecutive games in the league, are you starting to feel a little elated and satisfied?
In the lounge, as the team members pondered, the atmosphere became extremely quiet. No one dared to breathe loudly for fear of disturbing them.
……
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a clear and melodious sound of high heels hitting the ground from the music outside the lounge door.
As the saying goes, the voice arrives before the person arrives. As soon as you hear the voice, you know it is a woman.
Sure enough, soon Luo Xin, who was wearing a blue-gray princess dress and silver slender high-heeled shoes, carefully pushed the door open and entered. Seeing that the lounge was completely silent, she immediately asked with some embarrassment: "That ...Sorry, did I bother you?”
Everyone in the lounge heard the news and left. Cui Ze naturally turned his attention to Luo Xin, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
Since two years ago, Luo Xin has been dubbed "the most beautiful legs in LPL" by many critics. However, I have never seen her as a host before. Now that I see her, her fame is well-deserved.
A section of fair and firm thighs was exposed under the princess skirt that ended at 10 centimeters above the knees. A pair of slender silver high heels of at least 6 centimeters stretched the already eye-catching curve of her calves longer, and also made her The straight and slender legs look even more sexy.
Seeing her coming to visit, Lin Qing greeted her with a standard hospitality smile and said hello: "Hey, it's Luo Xin. She looks really beautiful in her outfit today."
"Thank you, Manager Lin. Of course I have to dress nicer when I return to the LPL, hehe."
"That's true, uh... let me introduce you to our SN team members?"
As Lin Qing said this, he made a 'please' gesture and welcomed Luo Xin in.
In fact, there is no need to introduce her one by one. Lang Xing and Sima Laothi have known her before, and Cui Zeming has also met her on Douyu 2. The only ones left are Hacker and WeiWei.
It must be said that Luo Xin's communication skills are indeed very strong. Just a few simple greetings quickly livened up the atmosphere in the lounge.
After saying hello, Luo Xin took out his mobile phone and shook it: "Manager Lin, didn't I return to LPL hosting today? I want to disturb you, take a few photos and record a short video, you see..."< br>
"Uh..." Lin Qing subconsciously looked at the old thief Sima.
With Marco's temperament, he can allow you to take pictures of him from the side, but it is absolutely impossible for him to cooperate with others in taking group photos.
Luo Xin immediately understood and waved his hand with a smile: "Don't bother Brother Ma, I'll just ask player Cui Ze. I told him about this last night and he agreed."
Lin Qing immediately turned to look at Cui Ze, and Cui Ze nodded in affirmation.
Eleven years have passed, and in the end, the person LPL needs to face is still Faker, and he is still Lee Sang Hyuk.
Maybe one day, I mean maybe.
Maybe one day we will lose confidence in League of Legends e-sports, because the legend of Lee Sang Hyuk is still being written to this day.
But, not today!
Come on BLG!
With the regrets of the royal family eleven years ago, let’s face that man!
If BLG can win the championship, the book club will send out 999 red envelopes!
(End of chapter)