Chapter 124 Red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves, the Pig King turns out to be a family! 【Six thousand! 】
The Intercontinental Championship is Riot’s attempt.
In other words, this is not a simple competition in the first place.
"Are you still thinking about the so-called Asian Contest?"
The IEM Korea representative stared at the night sky outside the window and remained silent.
In the silent room, his most trusted subordinate walked behind him and spoke after a brief silence.
"..."
The Korean representative turned around and nodded noncommittally.
"That's not good."
For IEM, Riot Games’ intention to hold a so-called intercontinental competition is simply obvious.
On the one hand, it wants to completely cut off IEM's e-sports influence on the League of Legends project. On the other hand, it also wants to stimulate regional conflicts and increase attention.
For Riot, MSI is held once a year, plus the S game is held once a year.
It’s really...too little!
After all, e-sports is not a traditional sport.
If you want to continue to make this cake sweeter and more delicious, you need to learn from those successful cases.
The method adopted by fist is very simple and crude.
They know that there will always be conflicts between regions, such as LCK and LPL, or Europe and North America.
Stimulate this contradiction, and then gain greater attention and further enhance the influence of the event.
This is what Riot wants to achieve.
This is actually a good thing for the division. After all, there are more competitions between top teams in other divisions. The division will have a clear understanding of what level its current strength is. It is not as ignorant about the S competition as before. .
For the audience, they can see an exciting BO5 with their old rivals in the division, and both sides are the top four teams in the division.
This kind of competition also ensures quality and will not be boring.
No doubt a good thing too.
However, this kind of thing is very bad news for third-party tournaments like IEM.
At the beginning of the birth of each competition area, it went through rounds of silent and bloody games.
OGN?
LCK?
Korean fist?
Riot headquarters?
It's all part of the game.
The current structure was formed through constant consultations and exchange of interests between the two parties.
No one wants to say no to benefits unless there is a greater good.
But now, Riot is no longer satisfied with the current situation.
Using the intercontinental competition to reduce the dimensionality of other Korean local competition teams will make it stronger.
Firmly hold on to the rights to host all events in this project called League of Legends!
This is the ultimate purpose of Riot’s intercontinental competition.
It wants to firmly hold the right to speak in the League of Legends competition in its own hands.
Faced with the menacing fists, IEM actually had nothing to do.
Because all interpretation rights belong to Riot Games.
Riot has not breached the contract, and IEM can still hold League of Legends events.
However, someone must be willing to participate...
Without any influential competition, unless the amount of prize money reaches the level of V's investment in Dota, it will be difficult to support a new league environment.
This is the conspiracy of the fist.
It is the rule maker.
Dissatisfied?
Then don't play.
So what the person in charge of IEM Korea is thinking about is not to help IEM save the overall situation.
He is thinking: How can one surrender to the fist quietly?
As the person in charge, he is very aware of the popularity of League of Legends in South Korea.
In addition to many StarCraft and Warcraft players, the vast majority of players have turned to League of Legends.
As for Dota?Koreans don’t play much.
Because it was Riot that reached an agreement with OGN at that time, not Valve.
Valve is very domineering, and any event broadcast rights must be under his supervision.
And OGN obviously cannot accept this.
Once Riot completely separates League of Legends from IEM, one can imagine what will happen to IEM.
This is also the reason why the person in charge wants to surrender to Riot.
It’s an honor to be the dog at Riot headquarters!
“Let’s drum up as much emotion as possible.”
After thinking for a long time, he said with a smile.
"If they lose, LCK will also have a headache, right? Leave this problem to them. Once LCK loses, they can only eliminate the impact as much as possible, and IEM will become their best choice again."
The subordinate answered "yes" without hesitation.
But he spoke with some doubts, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Ok?"
The person in charge sat down and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Go ahead."
"No matter what the outcome is, can I still follow you?"
The subordinate spoke cautiously.
The person in charge's eyes moved slightly, "Of course."
Watching his subordinates leave the room, he turned back again and stared at the long night.
In such a dark night, there was strangely no sound of thunder.
"Want to start a confrontation?"
He muttered to himself.
"So...are you satisfied with this gift?"
He actually doesn’t think LCK will lose at all.
And once the LCK wins, as the intercontinental competition becomes heated, Korean IEM will immediately suffer a huge blow.
By then, it will be time for him to advance to the top with his current "credit".
"We are one of the participating teams in this intercontinental competition."
In the RNG base, Bai Xing tapped the table gently, without any warmth in his eyes.
"We must control public opinion well and portray us as a weakling, a weakling who dares to challenge the strong."
"Continue to use the all-China class to promote it, so that even if we lose, it doesn't matter because we tried our best."
"Actually, sometimes, we don't necessarily win."
The format of the intercontinental competition has now been released, and Shirahoshi, as the boss, knows it very well.
Foreign war does attract more fans than civil war.
But if we lose in the foreign war, we will be scolded even more harshly than in the civil war! Can RNG defeat the Korean team today?
Shirahoshi didn't know, but he didn't need to think about it.
Make all preparations, and first control the public opinion environment in your own hands.
Netizens are actually stupid, and so are the viewers.
To put it bluntly, they are all a ragtag group of people, and any rhythmic navy force can make them dizzy and rush towards them.
Just give them a goal, and even if they lose, the monstrous tsunami will only hit others first.
It has nothing to do with RNG.
RNG tried its best.
Of course, winning is even better.
Bai Xing is also a fan of RNG and a rational fan.
"What did the team members say?"
Thinking of this, Bai Xing asked about the current situation of the team members.
“I’m very excited and want to win!”
The subordinate said without hesitation,
"No matter which player they are, they are training very seriously now. They really want to win the intercontinental competition."
"Yes, we will shoot more clips and post them on our Weibo to let fans know how hard we are working."
Bai Xing nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes!"
The undercurrent has begun to surge uncontrollably.
"This tastes really bad... Speaking of which, why do you bring this kind of thing when you come to our place?"
In the EDG base, Xu Yuan picked up a piece of Korean kimchi with some disgust and looked at Smeb who was furiously eating at the side with a puzzled expression.
Xu Yuan now speaks Korean. After all, he didn't speak Korean to Smeb in the first place just to see Smeb's attitude.
After all, if Smeb really wanted to get good grades, he would definitely learn Chinese.
And if Xu Yuan showed his Korean proficiency from the beginning, then Smeb might not learn it thinking that someone would translate it.
However, in reality, in top-level competitions, any opportunity is fleeting.
By the time Xu Yuan translated, the opportunity was probably gone.
In order to prevent this communication delay, Xu Yuancai deliberately did not speak Korean to Smeb.
Today, Smeb is able to speak some more everyday Chinese.
"Did you eat? I did."
It's probably limited to this extent.
However, he can already speak information about the game very quickly.
After all, the names of many resources are easy to remember.
Smeb said nothing and continued to cook vigorously.
It wasn't until all the food was eaten that he let out a sigh of relief and squinted his eyes with a comfortable expression.
"belch--"
He burped and then said.
"Because deft told me before that the food at EDG is very poor. I was worried that I would eat instant noodles every day after coming here, so I specially brought some kimchi."
Xu Yuan's mouth twitched.
Mr. Dai is really harmful to people.
Although the food at EDG was really bad before you left.
But the food at EDG has been much better since I came here!
defamation!Pure slander!
Xu Yuan glanced at the pickle jar, and suddenly his expression was a little subtle.
There is a line of words on it: made in China.
Korean kimchi, made in China? Cattle! It can only be said that CN is indeed a vast country with abundant resources and talented people.
They know how to make money.
"The intercontinental competition is about to begin. Do you feel anything special?"
Xu Yuan smiled and mentioned the intercontinental competition.
"After all, you were still playing in the LCK last season, and now you have to help the LPL in the intercontinental competition not long after you came here. Isn't it a little weird?"
"No."
Smeb shook his head.
"I actually have no sense of belonging to the LCK."
This is the truth.
As for Smeb, the LCK audience has never placed any hope on him.
They have SKT, they have Samsung.
KT?Not is often attacked by fans of SKT or SSG because of trivial matters.
What SKT fans like to say the most is, "The strength of LCK is actually the prestige created by SKT. SKT is the team that best represents LCK."
In a sense it is true.
But as a ROX native, Smeb naturally has no sense of regional honor for the LCK, which is involved with SKT.
He has only one purpose, to defeat SKT!
Rather than saying that I feel weird, I would rather say...
He was already looking forward to it.
SKT!
This time, we can finally compete again on the international stage!
I will definitely tear your mouth and teeth into pieces!
When he thought of this, Smeb stood up immediately.
"I'm off to training."
Something's wrong, why is he curlier than me?
Xu Yuan's eyes became sharp.
After casually grabbing a few bites, we immediately walked out of the canteen.
I don’t know if Korean Shenniu is online yet, please give me some weight to speed up!
In addition to EDG and RNG, the other two participating teams are also very excited.
MSI is a competition where only the first place can go. The two teams WE and OMG also really want to beat the Koreans.
In other words, there is no team that doesn’t want to fight Koreans at this time.
Which player doesn't want to play in international competitions?
There is a saying, although it is ugly: It is better to be in the top nine than at home.
But don’t say it, really don’t say it! The truth is this, those who go are definitely better than those who haven’t.
OMG at this time was actually an all-Chinese class, but these things were like underwear, some people chose to wear them inside, and some people chose to wear them outside.
For WE, who lost to EDG in the Spring Split, they also want to make a mark in the competition.
The four LCK teams this year are already very clear.
The first team is naturally the division champion SKT of the LCK S7 Spring Split.
Although they lost to EDG, it was obvious to the naked eye how difficult EDG was playing at that time. SKT's system was so good that many teams were killed directly when they faced it.
It’s hard to have much resistance.
The second team is naturally KT.
Although KT's strength seems to have dropped a lot due to Smeb's departure, that's just an appearance.
After a search during the transfer period, they found a top laner who also performed very well and had begun to show his talents: Khan!
Originally, khan would return to LCK in the summer of 17, but this time it was different. Originally, he would join Longzhu gaming, which was still a team in the middle and lower reaches of the league at this time. Longzhu gaming was referred to as Longzhu, and later changed its name to KZ/ DRX.
However, this time due to Smeb's departure, KT had a vacant top unit.
After a fierce trial competition, Khan, who has begun to show superior strength, successfully joined KT and became KT's starting top laner in the current summer split.
And in the summer regular season, it has gradually begun to gain some prestige.
Therefore, compared to KT in the spring, it is difficult to say that KT in the summer split is completely weakened, and may even be stronger than the spring.
It all depends on how well they get along.
Khan's personal ability is not bad! Originally, he was also the unquestionable number one top laner in the LCK at a certain period.
is SSG.
SSG, the Samsung team, was later renamed GENG.
It was also the original... S7 World Championship, taking away SKT [-]-[-], showing an undoubted strength gap.
The top laner withered Cuvee, the jungler An Zhangmaambition, the mid laner Crown, the bottom lane team Ruler and Baolan's eternal inner demon corejj.
This is also Xu Yuan's heart, EDG's biggest rival in S7! Because their playing rhythm is so good.
Many people may want to say that.
S7 is the incense burner version. As long as AD can make C, isn't it easy to win?
In fact, in this version where AD needs to produce the most output and is the most important, AD does not need much laning strength, but team fighting ability.
Give a very simple example:
You said AD can win if it can C, so is Bang that much worse than ruler? No matter how strong the ruler is, he won't be able to defeat Bang even once, right?
The reason why SKT was beaten by Samsung with such an exaggerated record of [-]-[-] in the finals is because Samsung always has an advantage in the jungle.
When the C positions on both sides were similar, Samsung's Ueno became the straw that broke the camel's back.
In every game, SKT's top and jungle players were dizzy due to Samsung's use of military lines.
It was a complete operational win.
Huni can't beat Cuvee at all. No matter what hero Cuvee chooses, he can't beat him! It is true that he is Cuvee's great eldest son, and his filial piety is terrifying.
In this case, due to the version, others have to play around the bottom lane, causing the single-lane cuvee to be unscrupulous.
Coupled with Samsung's terrible control of vision, it is natural for SKT to lose.
But here comes a problem.
Known posture is Huni's net worth contributor, Chun Chun's son.
It is also known that huni cannot defeat cuvee at all, and his filial piety is exaggerated.
So... cuvee is gesture?
The fourth team, MVP.
This team is a bit interesting. Although it is also a veteran team, it does not have many star players.
Top laner ADD is quite capable. He later joined the BLG team and can be considered a relatively qualified top laner.
The ID of the jungler is a bit abstract: beyond Of course there was nothing wrong with it at the time, but Xu Yuan almost choked with laughter when he saw this ID.
Because in later generations, the word beyond has basically become a curse word.
Beyond is equivalent to being forced to raise.
There's nothing much to say about the mid laner. His ID is lan, which is actually a basket.
The bot lane team consists of maha and max, they are also two pure bastards.
Overall, it can be said to be the weakest LCK team.
But after all, he is No. 4, which translates into a broken No. [-] seed.
In the history of League of Legends, only one such team, DRX, finally achieved results.
Today's fourth seed, even the LCK team, is completely useless and has no hope of winning.
You don’t really think that all the fourth seeds are DRX and have the possibility of winning, right? The review is: It’s fantasy time.
The reason why a miracle is a miracle is that it cannot be copied.
A No. [-] seed for a capped championship? Haha, just listen.
SKT, KT, SSG, MVP.
These are the four participating teams in the LCK intercontinental competition this year.
On the LPL side, there are EDG, WE, RNG, and OMG.
As for the LMS region?
They just came here to make up the numbers. Everyone knew that the highlight of this Asian competition was not them.
There may still be a lot of suspense when EDG beats SKT, but EDG basically didn't hold back when it beat the LMS teams.
Even if the LMS division can resist South Korea, the winning rate in the LPL division is not high.
There is a lot of discussion online.
Compared with the previous somewhat vague concept of regional competition, this intercontinental competition can be said to have put all contradictions in the light.
South Korean team VS Chinese team.
It's that simple and rude.
The top four from the three major divisions compete, which is the best verification of the overall strength of the division.
For LPL viewers who have attached great importance to overall honor since ancient times, it is difficult not to attract their attention in this intercontinental competition.
And because except for EDG, the other three teams have never played against the LCK team, so the fans very rationally chose to work together.
Again, what if you lose? After all, although the current LPL has won the MSI trophy, it has no confidence to say anything about the first division.
I don’t even have an S crown, so it still deserves it?
The shadow left by LCK to LPL naturally still exists.
"This time LPL viewers need to work together! Any insult directed at the four teams in the Intercontinental Championship is prohibited during the Intercontinental Championship!"
Such an announcement was posted on the homepage of Tieba.
The atmosphere now is relatively united.
After all, there will be no civil war this time, only games against teams from other divisions.
Then there is no need for fans to attack each other.
The common goal of everyone is to reach the finals and play an exciting BO5 with LCK.
If you want to reach the finals, you cannot do without the performance of any LPL team in the group stage.
The first place in the group stage this time will directly advance to the finals. However, the second and third place in the group stage still need to play a semi-final BO5, and the rules of the finals will be followed.
And here we have to mention the rules of the finals.
To sum it up simply in four words: Tian Ji races horses! When reaching the BO5 stage, the two competing divisions need to provide the order of appearance of the four final teams before the game.
It's all confidential.
This means that even if the competition area is relatively weak, as long as the weak ones are not plagued, then there is a chance to win.
Use the crappiest team against the strongest team in other divisions, and then make perfect use of Tian Ji's horse racing principle.
You can even win directly without going to the fifth game of BO5.
All teams must play once in the first four hands of BO5. Once one side gets three points, the game ends directly, and there is no fifth hand.
The fifth team of BO5 will be decided by the coaches of the four teams through joint discussion.
This usually means that the strongest team in the division will play by default.
Therefore, whether it is LPL or LCK, whether it can achieve the first place in the group is more important.
After all, although the possibility of the LMS overturning in the semi-finals is low, it does not mean that it is impossible.
As for the LMS qualifying first, the LPL and LCK compete for second and third place...
If anyone really thinks it is possible, then he may have grown up by slipping through the mud.
"Without further ado, you emperor bastards, please come out and give me a warm word! In this intercontinental competition, this real-name system will not insult RNG. Can you bastards do it?"
"Nonsense, we've already played several intercontinental matches. We're all brothers. Who's bored and scolding you?"
"Yes, the bastards are also trying to calm down for me during this period, so that I can still cheer for EDG during the group stage."
"I will abide by the armistice agreement from now on and will cheer for other LPL teams in the intercontinental competition!"
"Okay, okay! That's it. It's hard for us to fight in the first place. Now let's stop fighting each other. Let's work together to kill the Koreans first!"
"Haha, I really don't know what you are thinking. Can the LPL beat the LCK? Do you understand that you must first settle down when fighting outside?"
"I just checked the B above. Faker is level 10, LCK is level 12, purebred tadpoles plus Korean miscellaneous, @ resist pressure bar service team 1. It's time for Sima Zhang Aiyu to get to work!"
"Don't worry, it's been ten. In addition, you will be banned for one day and given a warning."
The online dispute did not affect EDG's winning streak.
As the running-in gets better and better, today's EDG rhythm becomes smoother.
Until early July, there was still about a week before the intercontinental competition.
EDG still maintains a terrifying record of unbeaten games including small games.
During the period before the intercontinental competition, Xu Yuan also paid attention to the Korean server.
Because he is waiting for someone.
A person who should have become famous during this period of time.
Soon.
As he expected, an ID named [ZhanQiSuSuSu] suddenly appeared among the ranks of Korean server kings.
A smile appeared on Xu Yuan's lips and he clicked on his record.
Not surprisingly, the choice of hero is basically the rat-mouthed Ice Verus.
In every game, there is a piece of equipment lying on the auxiliary body: Scorching incense burner!
"Finally... here?"
Xu Yuan stared at the equipment and took a deep breath.
The incense burner monster is here!
(End of this chapter)