On January 19th, the LPL Spring Split officially started.
"Xu Mengyuan has something good, his electronic music is a bit nice," A Guang said.
"Have you not heard Ike's landing music? This is not Xu Mengyuan's original music. This is the BGM specially designed for Ike by Riot Games. I remember the name, the boy who shattered time!"
Listening to Ming Kai talking about his family treasures, Yang Yi immediately thought of Ike's skin that was very similar to Ming Kai's - the willful academic master, and almost laughed out loud on the spot.
The opening game of this year's LPL Spring Split was RNG vs. IM, and the second game was IG vs. OMG. Meiko was the only one who attended the opening ceremony, and the rest were just there for a formality and to watch the opening ceremony performances.
In previous years, the person who represented edg at the opening ceremony was the factory director. After all, he is edg's golden signature. However, this year the factory director decided to devote all his energy to the game, so Meiko took over the important task of facade.
Wait, why do I feel that these people on the stage are so handsome? The one in We can almost catch up with me. Are they really here to compete?
Yang Yi looked at the representatives of these teams on the stage and thought for a moment that he was in the wrong place and had walked to the scene of some talent show.
Fortunately, after he took a quick glance, he saw the representative of the LGD team, Punished, nicknamed Dharma King.
After the opening ceremony, everyone in edg did not stay to watch the opening game between rng and im. Instead, they went directly back to their home base to prepare to continue training, because their game was on the next day, and their opponent was qg, who had just undergone a major change.
QG's lineup on paper this year is not bad either. Although the new top laner Kabe is not well-known, there is also a promising substitute Khan in the team. The jungler is clid, who has killed Brother Bath in rank before, and the mid laner
It’s Jin Gugu doinb, and the support is the experienced Nuo Xia, but the adc player alone is a bit stretched.
LPL has regulations that a team can only play two foreign players at most. In order to give khan a chance to play, qg also specially bought a substitute jungler Xinyi. Unfortunately, the midfielder is the core of qg's team and cannot be replaced easily, so khan
I can only be a water dispenser manager, otherwise as long as qg changes to a mid-range ad, they will be another team with a chance to compete in the world championship.
Based on the trial training performance during this period, the edg coaching staff is currently arranged as follows. When playing against a weak bottom lane team like qg, Yang Yi will be played in an effort to directly open a breakthrough in the bottom lane; facing we, omg and rng who pay such attention
For opponents in the bottom lane, let Korean adcs like zet come on the field, resist the pressure in the lane, and wait for teamwork to be completed.
As the saying goes, we must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically. In order to make his debut battle without regrets, Yang Yi put in 100% effort to train seriously.
However, as I continued to practice, I heard a shocking news from my teammates - in the opening match just now, rng was crushed by IM in two consecutive sets, losing 2-0.
Yang Yi and his teammates were shocked when they heard the news. Although they had thought that im would win before the game, no one had thought that im would crush rng 2-0.
im used to be the second team of edg, and now im's base is also opposite edg. The two teams are naturally very familiar with each other, and making appointments for training matches is as easy as eating and drinking, so Yang Yi and others know im very well.
In terms of strength, just from the performance in training matches, there are several teams in the lpl that are better than them.
But it’s not unreasonable if you think about it. IM’s personnel did not change much during this transfer period. They just replaced avoidless with ben4 in the jungle position. There are four old players and one newcomer, and the team’s command has not changed;
But rng is different. Without mata as the brains of the team, their operations and early rhythm are much worse than last year. What's more, the top laner has changed from a top laner like looper to a top laner like letme.
..The strength of blue-collar top laners will naturally drop a lot in a short period of time.
Even though IM was eliminated in the first round of the group stage last year and went home to the top 16, it was ridiculed by online viewers that it was the second team of EDG. The first team was in the top eight every year and the second team was in the top 16. This is very reasonable.
But the prerequisite for the top 16 of the World Championship is that he can at least reach the World Championship?
Thinking that IM, who he beat so hard every day in training matches, was actually an above-average team in the LPL, Yang Yi felt a little inflated for a moment, but he soon came to his senses.
If the training matches were any indication, edg would not have been beaten 4:0 by FNC in the S5 quarterfinals.
What does the old saying mean?
There are no weak teams in lpl, not to mention qg is not a very weak team. After all, they almost entered the world championship last year.
After some self-reflection, Yang Yi once again devoted himself to intense training.
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Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center is the most representative venue for LPL competitions.
Yang Yi took the EDG bus and arrived outside the venue. Before he even got off the bus, he was shocked by the enthusiasm of EDG fans. Before he even took off his headphones, he could hear the penetrating shouts of the fans.
"Come on edg!"
"Come on claerlove!"
"Director, I love you!"
"Come on meiko!"
Fortunately, although these fans were enthusiastic, they still knew a little bit about the rules. They did not directly surround the players after they left the bus, but kept a relatively safe distance very well. They seemed very organized and disciplined.
Much like some professional rice circle teams.
Having said that, there are indeed signs that the lol fandom is slowly developing into the fandom. In other words, no matter what group, as long as the scale reaches a certain level, it will inevitably move closer to the fandom. In the past two years, the official has even been deliberately
Guide this process.
But it’s not that Yang Yi can’t understand the official approach. After all, everyone has to make ends meet.
As we all know, men’s spending power is the lowest no matter which country they are in. Normally, everyone has to look hard to buy LoL peripherals and figures. When buying skins, you have to have both special effects and feel. It’s not as generous as those from Jimei.
, as long as it looks good, I will buy it.
Yang Yi criticized the fandom culture in his heart, and walked towards the backstage passage of the venue with his head buried. It wasn't that he was pretending to be cold, but he was a newcomer and couldn't have any fans, so naturally he didn't talk to them.
Handshakes and signatures.
The team leader just said in the car that they would have to put on makeup and other things after arriving in the lounge. Wouldn't it be nice if they went there first so that they could finish these trivial matters first?
When Yang Yi was about to enter the venue, he was unexpectedly stopped.
"majesty...can you give me an autograph?"
Yang Yi turned around and saw a girl who couldn't be said to be very beautiful, but quite cute, looking at him while holding up her support sign.
The request was not excessive, so Yang Yi naturally had no reason to refuse.
The girl seemed very happy after receiving the signature and said "Come on" to Yang Yi seriously before leaving.
For a moment, Yang Yi suddenly felt that he had one more reason to become a professional.
