After spending two days at home with his wife and children, Lin Cheng finally flew to Hangzhou to meet up with his national team teammates.
At 2:30 pm on September 2, Lin Cheng’s flight landed at Xiaoshan International Airport.
Maokai from the coaching staff came to pick him up at the airport, and Lin Cheng followed him to the Intelligence Building after getting off the plane.
The Intelligence Building is located in Xiaoshan District. It belongs to the Hangzhou Chess Academy and the Tianyuan Building across the river. It is also the venue for the chess events of this year's Asian Games.
The pre-match training of the Chinese national e-sports team is held inside the Intellectual Building. E-sports, which entered the Asian Games for the first time this year, is also considered to be an intellectual sport like chess.
It is worth mentioning that all events in the current Olympic Games are physical competitions. Without any mental sports included in the Olympics, e-sports will definitely be further marginalized.
You know, both China and Japan have tried hard to promote intellectual sports such as Go and Mahjong to be included in the Olympics, but failed. League of Legends players’ expectation that LOL be included in the Olympics can also take a break.
If the game is cold, it is probably useless.
Therefore, the Asian Games medal is likely to be the only national team honor that Lin Cheng can strive for in his life.
Without doing any more sightseeing, Lin Cheng followed Maokai straight up the building to the hotel dormitory.
"You put your things away first and take a look around. I will take you to the training room later and take a look at the schedule and other things."
Maokai gave two instructions and went to find Abu to return his orders. Lin Cheng put away his luggage and took the opportunity to visit the room.
The environment is okay, and it should be much better than the training accommodation environment before the summer split.
Lin Cheng first sent a message to his wives to report that he was safe, and then briefly looked at the schedule posted on the wall.
The schedule of what the players should do at each time period is very strict.
Different from the daily disrupted schedule of e-sports players, the training stipulates that you have to get up at 8 o'clock every day and hand in your mobile phone before 12 o'clock in the evening. In between, there are training reviews and other matters.
After a while, Abu came over with Maokai and Zhu Kai.
Abu asked Lin Cheng if he was satisfied with the environment and offered to take Lin Cheng to familiarize himself with the canteen and training area.
Lin Cheng was a little surprised.
Even Mr. Kang was not so considerate to him in KT. These three guys are actually pretty good.
Who said that the EDG coaching staff is three brothers?
Of course, it may be that the coaching staff is also under a lot of pressure.
There is a lot of talk on the Internet about the EDG coaching staff relying on connections to select players. The three brothers also hope that Lin Cheng's thighs are thick enough to help maintain their reputation.
"Don't go out during this period. If you have special requirements, you can tell us. For the time being, stick to RANK every day to keep your hand feeling..."
After chatting, we arrived at the training room.
"Hello! Look who's here?"
Jiejie, who was waiting in line at RANK, immediately saw Lin Cheng and immediately said hello.
"Lin Cheng! I miss you so much!"
Xiao Ming waved the mouse pad at hand, his enthusiasm was like that of a long-lost brother.
It can only be said that Lin Yoona's signature is very important.
Other teammates also noticed Lin Cheng. If they had time, they would come over to chat, and if they didn't, they would just say hello. Everyone had been chatting in the group for so long, but it didn't seem like they were doing anything cool.
Lin Cheng didn't delay too much. He just said a few words to his teammates and sat down in his seat to start RANK directly.
The national server account is provided by the coaching staff. The main thing is to maintain the feel. The two days of training games will be the highlight.
Lin Cheng started ranking, and Abu and the other two brothers stood behind and watched Lin Cheng play the game.
Lin Cheng lost the first game.
I went crazy in the Master Bureau.
Lin Cheng didn't care and continued to play the game to adjust the feel.
Although you can't stop sending it, you have to dare to operate to the extreme when playing ranked. If the ranking is as stable as a tortoise, I'm afraid you won't be able to operate even if you wait for the game.
Therefore, many top offensive top laners often overachieve in rankings, and Lin Cheng is also unavoidable from time to time.
He had a calm mind, but the three brothers from the EDG coaching staff who were watching the game behind were under great pressure.
Anyone can have problems in the Asian Games, but Lin Cheng can't.
The three gangster brothers are very aware of the current public opinion environment.
Lin Cheng is considered to be the only point in the Asian Games that can stabilize the match against the Korean team. If something goes wrong with him, it may be difficult for others to hold on.
The three brothers have been criticized by netizens because of their family tree selection. If the Asian Games fails, the one who will suffer the most will definitely be the EDG coaching staff.
After playing two games, it was dinner time, and Lin Cheng followed his teammates to the cafeteria.
"Brother Orange is here!"
There were already players from other sports eating in the cafeteria. I don’t know who shouted something, and several players wearing national team uniforms came to Lin Cheng to take a photo.
There are a total of six national teams in e-sports training here, including two mobile games and four computer games. Lin Cheng basically didn’t know the players in other sports and could only smile politely and take photos.
As both players on the e-sports team, Lin Cheng never expected that he would have fans in other sports.
But for the last group photo, someone Lin Cheng knew came to take the photo.
The AME of the DOTA2 national team is Xiao Se.
This is undoubtedly the strongest C in Chinese Dota, and it is also the only card.
"come on!"
"Come on, too! People who play in the water, remember not to mess with the high ground."
As soon as Lin Cheng opened his mouth, he revealed that he was watching the game next door, and everyone around him couldn't help but laugh.
"Everyone here!"
Lin Cheng raised his hands and waved around: "Everyone, please cheer for the competition! Win glory for the country! I will watch the game and cheer for you."
The scene was silent, as if no one expected Lin Cheng to play like this in the cafeteria.
"come on! Come on!"
Some people reacted and started clapping in response, and the atmosphere gradually became heated.
The teammates next to him were all dumbfounded.
Isn’t this person too social?
Although we have not seen each other here for more than half a month, the players in each event are not too familiar with each other. Everyone gathers together for dinner and then leaves without much communication.
Lin Cheng's character may not be liked by everyone, but his sincerity and sunshine are hard to dislike.
"Lin Cheng is still very popular!"
Xiao Ming began to think, is this called personality charm?
No wonder you are so close to the sisters from Crown, no wonder you can get Lin Yoona's autograph.
After a simple interaction, Lin Cheng finally sat down and prepared for dinner.
Dinner is a pre-packaged lunch box. Each person gets one box of lunch + three boxes of vegetables. It doesn't look too refined, and the clear soup is less watery and not as appetizing as the canteen in T1.
"It doesn't taste good, but these foods have been tested for anti-doping. We can't order takeout during this period, we can only eat these safe foods."
Xiao Ming carefully explained the reason to Lin Cheng, "You are from Sichuan and you can't get used to it. You can try Lao Gan Ma to adjust the taste. Lao Gan Ma has been tested for doping."
"You underestimate me! I've been eating Korean food for so many years, there's no reason why I can't get used to Chinese food."
After saying that, Lin Cheng took a bite.
"Who's taking care of Lao Ganma? Give me some advice!"
