Chapter 137 Sorry, I have already promised Ah P [Complete in 10,000 days!]
Riot Headquarters.
"MSI, how's it going?"
The chief designer paced and walked over.
"It's going very smoothly so far, and there aren't many in-game bugs."
Someone immediately replied.
"That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about the number of spectators at MSI."
The chief designer was a little dissatisfied and emphasized.
"To be honest, it's a bit...unsatisfactory."
"Excluding the LPL divisions where we cannot make statistics and need Tencent to provide data, the expectations for this MSI are not high in all major competition divisions."
"Especially in Europe and the United States, the number of spectators is even declining."
"Why?"
The chief designer frowned.
"Many people said that the current version is a bit too boring."
The Riot staff in charge of operations sighed,
"In the current version, the average game time is around 35 minutes per game. It is often a wave of groups in the late stage, and the front has been developing."
"They feel a little sleepy after watching such a game."
"Um?"
The chief designer was stunned,
"No way? I watched K1's game yesterday."
"They are a team we are paying more attention to. Aren't they playing at a fast pace? They are also very passionate."
"Yes, but you have to know that K1 is different."
"They are the only team that plays such a beautiful and aggressive early rhythm. The other teams are completely different from K1."
The staff member said helplessly,
"K1 does not represent the overall level of this MSI."
The chief designer fell into deep thought,
"Is that so?"
"Yes, except for K1, almost no team can end the game before thirty minutes."
The staff responded in the affirmative.
The chief designer was silent for a while,
"Okay, I'll go talk to the senior management right now."
That night, a meeting was held.
Some people proposed to speed up the version and make the game more confrontational to attract more people to watch the game.
But other people believe that if this is done, already strong early-stage teams like K1 will receive too many version bonuses, and the fairness of the game will be lost.
K1 is one of the teams that Riot is focusing on. If it speeds up rashly, wouldn’t it mean that K1 has been hand-picked to win the championship?
This is not what Riot wants to see.
What they want to see is more competition between powerful players, rather than one dominant player.
Only this kind of competition can be more attractive.
Otherwise, if you know who will lose and who wins before every game and can only expect an upset, then it will be too unsuspenseful to watch.
This kind of game is not good to watch.
In the early stage of K1, they were a little bit defensive.
In previous years, Riot Games did not target any team particularly excessively. They would only suddenly launch a big wave and randomly send away some lucky teams.
For example, the tank version of the S5 summer game suddenly changed to the top lane version in the world game.
For what? Just to make the final championship battle more suspenseful!
But this year, the issue conflicted.
Because K1’s play style is the play style that the audience loves to watch most.
They just like this kind of bloody competition.
If we continue to adjust the version later, the rhythm will continue to slow down.
The purpose of weakening K1 has been achieved, but what about the number of spectators?
This is where fists are struggling right now.
After all, a game still depends on its popularity.
The low number of spectators indicates that the game is going downhill.
Xu Ruoguang didn't know anything about the tangle on his fist.
What he believes in is that soldiers will come to block the water and the earth will cover it. No matter how you deal with the version, if I really can't do it, can I just follow the version?
Are my teammates not worthy of trust?
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
There are still three hours until the game against SKT starts.
Xu Ruoguang put on the black K1 team uniform, straightened the cuffs of his jacket in the mirror, and showed a smile.
Today's condition is very good.
Followed the team to the competition venue.
There is a reason why I came so early, because I wanted to record some interviews from other competition areas.
Xu Ruoguang walked into the recording room with a somewhat surprised look in his eyes.
"President Eunjung?"
"It's me inside."
Enjing waved to him happily,
"Long time no see, Emperor player."
Xu Ruoguang walked up to her and nodded slightly.
“Long time no see, is Eunjing hosting this LCK interview?”
"Well, it was originally for another person, but I've been having some free time recently and can't stand people anymore, so I thought about it and came here."
Enjing winked playfully,
"Are you surprised?"
Xu Ruoguang smiled slightly,
"A few, maybe, mainly acquaintances. We haven't seen each other for so long."
"Okay, there's no need for any unnecessary pleasantries. Are you ready, Emperor? If so, let's start the interview now, right?"
Enjing said with a smile.
"okay."
Xu Ruoguang nodded.
The camera came over and focused on the two of them.
Zhao Enjing quickly switched states.
She is a very serious host, and she is different from usual when she enters working mode.
He put on a business-like smile and said to the camera,
"Today we invited the top laner Emperor from the K1 team. He once played for our LCK team SKT and is also the core player of the K1 team in this MSI."
"Emperor player, would you like to say hello to the Korean fans?"
Xu Ruoguang smiled slightly,
"Hello everyone, long time no see, I'm Emperor."
"As for Korean fans... I'm a little surprised that I still have Korean fans, but thank you very much for your likes."
"Okay, then I would like to ask Emperor players, in this MSI, your goal should be to win the championship, right? What are your current thoughts when facing SKT?"
Xu Ruoguang nodded without thinking,
"Yes, our goal is only to win the championship."
"I think that as a professional player, chasing championships is something you must do."
"As for my thoughts on facing SKT, I would probably just play well. After all, I have a reason why I can't lose."
Enjing nodded,
"Then I would like to ask Player Emperor, a few days ago you told player Faker to be careful. Do you really mean that?"
Xu Ruoguang was happy,
"Well, I really want to win against him, and I think he should have the same idea."
"This could be the game that proves who SKT really is on C."
Enjing smiled,
"That being said, is the Emperor player very confident now?"
"I'm very confident in my own performance, and I also believe in my teammates."
Xu Ruoguang said slowly,
"I believe they will accompany me to win this MSI."
The next questions were also relatively formulaic. Enjing paid great attention to some more sensitive issues, such as K1's tactical layout and so on.
She didn't embarrass Xu Ruoguang.
"Okay, thank you Emperor for the interview, and I wish Emperor will perform better and better."
She concluded with a smile and ended the interview.
Xu Ruoguang breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't really like interviews.
Just when he said goodbye to Zhao Enjing and was about to walk out.
Enjing suddenly stopped him.
"Xu Ruoguang."
"Um?"
Xu Ruoguang turned his head in confusion.
she asked with a smile,
"After MSI is over, as the host, can you take me to visit Shanghai?"
"No, I have already agreed to perkz."
Xu Ruoguang was a little stunned and then calmly replied.
He smiled apologetically and walked out.
Eunjing was left with a messy face.
perkz?
Who is that? It can't be the perkz I thought, right?
Am I not as good as him?
In the G2 training room, Ah P, who was training, sneezed.
"Coach, the air conditioner is turned on too low!"