Looking at the handsome young man standing up calmly on the screen, even a player as arrogant as him had to admit that he had become a new legend in the League of Legends project.
SKT's substitute, who started from a humble beginning, took only two and a half years to quickly surpass the results created by the previous generation's big devil Faker.
And he has just reached adulthood.
He is about to enter the most peak stage of an e-sports professional player.
An 18-year-old Triple Crown winner, oh my god!
Even Smeb felt powerless and insignificant when he thought about this achievement.
Even though he has been recognized as the strongest top laner in the LCK, his record against Xu Ruoguang...
The current winning rate is,zero.
This is a daunting mountain.
So even if smeb wants to surpass Xu Ruoguang again, he must consider whether he still has that chance.
For him, unrealistic goals are of no benefit.
Even if Xu Ruoguang retires now, he has become a legend that is almost impossible to surpass.
This is the value of the Triple Crown, three consecutive championships!
"very impressive."
In the rest area near the Bird's Nest main stand, Riot president Tryndamere couldn't help but murmured.
He looked at the young man bathing in blue and silver fireworks on the big screen in the distance.
"It's really, really amazing."
I couldn't help but sighed again.
“From now on, it’s not the Emperor who needs the League of Legends, but the League of Legends who needs the Emperor.”
As the president, he has seen more things.
A Triple Crown player is already a legend. Even if Riot wants to prevent him from winning the championship, we must respect him.
Because he has now become the signature of this game.
"S8 change plan, is it ready?"
"It's finished."
Ruiz pushed up his glasses and replied calmly.
"Repair it again and cancel the suppression on the top lane."
Tryndamere nodded and made a decision that surprised Ryze.
"?"
He didn't say anything, but that's what he meant on his face.
Now that the situation is like this, the role of the top lane has been weakened to this point, and he can win the championship.
If we don’t target him, what else will we do next year in other divisions? The LPL can handle it all alone.
Cancel the suppression of the top lane? This is wrong, right?
"Continued championships will result in a decrease in the competitiveness of all other divisions and a decrease in the number of spectators in other divisions except the championship division."
Ruiz asked seriously,
"Tryndamere, are you serious?"
"It's no longer useful."
Of course Tryndamere knew why Ryze said that. In the past two years, many Korean viewers have stopped watching games at all. They can't beat Xu Ruoguang anyway, so what's the fun?
However, his will remains firm.
"It's no longer that simple to target the Emperor."
"S7 is not only the LCK, but the number of viewers in other regions is declining rapidly. For IP-only games, the data is very good, but the number of viewers is still exaggerated. So, why?"
Tryndamere tapped the railing lightly.
"Rhythm."
He uttered a word.
"Slow, too slow."
"A version that relies on ADC as the main output will inevitably cause a slow rhythm, because ADC needs a three-piece set to take over the game. The development time before this period is almost garbage time, at least for the audience.
.”
"A very large number of viewers have complained on Twitter that this version of the game makes them sleepy, almost like Season 4."
"As a spectator, do you want to see a fierce collision, a back-and-forth game, or do you want to see a game that develops for thirty or forty minutes and then ends with a team battle?"
As the president of Riot Games, Tryndamere has always been at the helm of Riot Games. Even when Penguin became a shareholder, he signed a treaty guaranteeing his power.
The development of League of Legends is all driven by his hand.
His vision and judgment are extremely terrifying.
"What the audience wants to see is not that Emperor, the player, does not win the championship. This may have some impact on them, but it is really not big."
"What they really hate is a stagnant game without any passion."
"They need to watch it. They want to see more frequent battles. This is the most important thing, Ryze."
"On the surface, not letting Emperor win the championship is a good solution, but the essence of this matter is that the uncertainty of the game is too low, because he is too strong, and sometimes the suspense is lost before the fight."
"That's why the audience gets bored."
"Therefore, it is useless to continue targeting Emperor, especially in terms of improving the number of spectators and expanding influence, it is completely useless."
"We need to make a more perfect, more intense, and more early-mid-tempo version to arouse players' enthusiasm for watching the game."
"This is what we really need to do, Ryze."
"Open up our pattern!"
Winter nights come very early, and winter has already entered in early November.
So the night sky at this time was already pitch black, accompanied by starlight.
Under the bright lights of the venue, some dry cold wind blew randomly through Tryndamere's eyes, which were burning with fireworks.
His eyes are talking.
Good brother, come and lead the League of Legends to a new peak with me.
Ryze smiled.
"Listen to me, BOSS."
Tryndamere laughed and stretched out his fist.
"You will never let me down."
In the bird's nest, the voice of the explanation is still echoing.
"...They succeeded! The final winner of S7, IP, just like their team name, has endless possibilities!"
"A year ago, if I had told you that faker would come to LPL to fight Emperor again and win the S7 world championship, you would have thought I was talking in my sleep, but it just happened."
"On this night, the cheers of the Bird's Nest will only ring for IP at this moment. The new king is already looking down on the world!"
Xu Ruoguang was actually quite excited.
When he put down the mouse, he was about to jump up to celebrate with his teammates, but unfortunately, the table got stuck in his body.
There's nothing I can do about it, I'm over 1.8 meters tall and this will happen if the chair is pulled too close.
So he could only stand up slowly with an awkward yet polite smile.
The cheers all over the mountains and plains exist only for them.
Please listen carefully to the name of the team they are shouting.
"IP!"
"IP!!"
"IP!!!"
The air is filled with hot breath, making people unable to help but cheer along.
The enthusiastic audience was in high spirits and selflessly chanted the name of the new king.
Blue and silver fireworks scattered under the light. As soon as Xu Ruoguang stood up, he felt his body light up.
Xu Ruoguang looked at his teammates who had already lifted him up in astonishment.
"What are you doing?"
"Celebrate, Brother Guang!"
Amidst the noise, Ah Shui, who was grinning with bared teeth, looked like a silly Shiba Inu.
"Don't talk to him so much. Come on, kids."
kkoma laughed loudly and took the lead.
"One, two, three, get up!"
As he counted down, Xu Ruoguang, who was a little frightened for the first time, was thrown up.
The drone suspended in mid-air recorded his panic and stunned expression so well that it became a famous emoji about him.
"Fuck, put me down!"
"What the hell are you doing?!"
"Holy shit, shit!"
Xu Ruoguang couldn't help but curse.
The child is ignorant and scolds for fun.
After being thrown three times, Xu Ruoguang, who was a little dizzy, was finally let down.
In a circle, everyone surrounded him.
"Brother Guang, we won the championship!"
"Brother Guang, we won the championship again!"
"Brother Guang, why are we so damn strong!?"
"Brother Guang, this is so cool!"
There were all kinds of sounds coming, and Xu Ruoguang could no longer distinguish them clearly.
Even Faker, who had always been expressionless and cool, was jumping up and down with excitement at this time.
Apart from S5, this is the happiest time for him to win.
Xu Ruoguang finally succeeded and burst into laughter.
"Yes! We won the championship, hahaha!"
Joy has gathered into the ocean.
But in another player's seat just a few dozen meters away, it was a different scene.
Uzi took off his headphones, his eyes were red, he wiped his eyes silently, said nothing, and calmly packed away his peripherals.
He already wanted to restrain himself.
However, the moment the main crystal exploded, I couldn't help but get red eyes.
Again…
Failed.
Even if you say you don't care ten thousand times, you won't be able to deceive yourself.
He wants to win the championship, he wants to get the supreme Summoner's Trophy, and he wants to become a champion player.
It's a pity that everything is just a dream after all. The past years have made him learn to be relieved but he can't learn to let go completely.
He can accept defeat, and he can accept abuse and ridicule.
But I still can't help crying because I lost such a game.
However, he has learned to hide it.
"If you cry again, you will be scolded as a giant baby again."
Uzi thought mockingly, trying to amuse himself.
So he is acting very calm now, even though there are thousands of emotions surging under the calm surface.
The smoke is floating in the desert, and the rain is dim.
Uzi probably felt like this at this time.
Some people have won three consecutive championships at the age of eighteen, and some have never won a championship at the age of twenty.
This may be the difference in life.
Most of life is a failure.
In the entire seven years of League of Legends, there has only been one Xu Ruoguang.
He has a lot of money, he has a lot of fans, and he already has a worry-free life.
However, the only thing he didn't have was the trophy he coveted.
His life is not miserable, but he really couldn't be happy after losing the championship.
This is the true mentality of this first-generation professional player who has been exposed to League of Legends since S2 and entered the World Championship in S3.
"puppy……"
Xiao Ming, as his bottom lane partner who got along with him day and night, didn't pay attention to the harsh words Uzi said in the last moment and looked at him with a little worry.
Uzi forced a smile, "I'm fine, let's go."
"here……"
"It no longer belongs to us."
Xiao Ming's face darkened and he nodded silently.
Xiangguo sat on his seat, lowering his head for a long time, hammering the table unwillingly, clicking playback from time to time, dragging the mouse over and over in silence, watching.
"This shouldn't be like this here. Am I a fucking idiot? What am I doing? Liu Shiyu, what the hell are you doing? I'm going to tell you the truth, you idiot."
He muttered to himself, over and over again, angrily cursing himself.
The customer who had already packed up his peripherals touched Xiangguo's shoulder and said, "Let's go, Shiyu."
Xiangguo suddenly raised his head and glanced at him silently.
Then without saying a word, he roughly pulled off the peripherals and walked to Uzi who was waiting at the front.
"gone."
He doesn't want to talk to the closed account now.
In the documentary of Mala Xiangguo, he said, "The reason for pursuing a career must be money. When you have money, you will open a hot pot restaurant and become a small boss. This is my idea."
However, when it comes to playing games, his desire to win is not inferior to anyone else's.
After retiring, Mala Xiangguo had a low emotional intelligence, his mouth was so bad that he couldn't stand it, and he became more and more unskilled.
But this doesn't stop him from being one of the strongest junglers in the world.
People are never black and white.
Even if all saints have shortcomings, what's more, what about these Internet-addicted teenagers who were popular in the eyes of the public a few years ago?
Viewing them dialectically is the most correct way.
When it gets dark, it seems like a player is worthless; when it gets loud, it seems like he wants to lift a player to the sky.
This kind of diode thinking really doesn't work.
letme, is probably the most different person among this group of players.
After the IP call, his first reaction was relief.
Finally finished.
After being tortured three times in a row, Xu Ruoguang really shattered his Taoism and even his self-esteem.
But then, he also felt some unwillingness.
If I perform better and stabilize the lane, will my chances be greater?
To put it bluntly, who doesn’t want to win if he can really win the championship? Of course letme wants it too, he is not a fake greyhound racer.
However, it is too late to say this now.
So he just put away his peripherals skillfully and stood up.
The RNG team walked down to the player tunnel. Their bodies were covered with blue and silver fireworks sprayed for IP, but no one had the extra thought to shake them off.
Uzi couldn't help but stop.
Turning sideways and raising his head, he happened to see Xu Ruoguang's bright smile on the big screen.
He already holds the trophy in his hands at this moment.
The trophy is very heavy and big, but probably no professional player would want to get it.
It is a dream that countless professional players cannot touch until they retire.
"so good."
He took a breath and didn't look any further.
RNG, sadly exited.
The following time belongs only to the final winner tonight, IP.
Photographer Ichimura took pictures seriously, recording the IP's appearance when he won the championship.
In the photo, Xu Ruoguang picked up the trophy as the main player.
faker and Ah Shui act as double C, one on the left and one on the right.
There is quite an illusion of a blue dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.
Xiao Peanut and Xiao Wu each stretched out a hand and held it on the trophy with a smile on their face.
KKoma and Bin stood a little behind and also extended their hands to help Xu Ruoguang hold the trophy.
It is worth mentioning that because S5's SKT substitutes also received skins, which caused controversy, Riot Games has modified the rules. Only in key games, such as games that affect the rankings, or in BO5 knockout games, can you obtain skins.
So Abin has no skin.
However, this does not affect Bin's very good mood.
In his opinion, he is very happy to be able to compete in the World Championship.
This champion has nothing to do with him in the first place, so he should have no skin.
If he really wants it, Abin still hopes that one day he can rely on his own strength to fight for it.
Even if you fail, you still have no regrets.
When a professional player can no longer play and is about to retire.
When he looks back on his career, this is the only thing he can do with a clear conscience.
So no matter what his results are, he is already a successful professional player.
After the group photo ended, Yu Shuang walked onto the stage with a smile on her face.
"Then next, I would like to invite Mr. Tryndamere, the president of our Riot Games, to present the award to the S7 World Champion IP!"
The audience and barrage are also very face-saving.
"Fuck you, barbarian!"
"To be honest... I have read Ai Xi's book."
"Good guy, I've seen it too."
"Guigui, borrow one to talk!"
"Where's Galio? The hero appears!"
"Search 960087108 on QQ and join the group. There are exciting programs!"
"And you, my friend, you are the real hero!"
"We are all NTR lovers, right? I love the God of War with one sword!"
"Tauren are the best in the world!"
Tryndamere, who was waving to the audience with a smile on his face, never imagined that what was being discussed on the barrage was this kind of thing.
Next, of course, the medals will be awarded as usual.
Tryndamere sent them one after another, talking to the players cordially from time to time, and seemed very kind.
When he walked in front of Xu Ruoguang, even Tryndamere was a little stunned.
"Are you planning to target me next year? I don't care."
"No, no, no, you don't have a very good impression of us? But we really haven't targeted you."
Tryndamere opened his eyes and told lies. After speaking, he couldn't help but laugh.
Yu Shuang next to me was dumbfounded, why are we still talking about this?
The key point is that she understands English. Can this...what she said be broadcast?
"Download the version and play hard. Let me see your performance, Emperor."
After laughing, Tryndamere's expression became a little more serious.
"We will not target you anymore. I can tell you that the next version will be the era of mid and upper jungle."
"We can still disclose this little bit of information. With your understanding of the game, it's easy to see."
Xu Ruoguang narrowed his eyes, "So kind?"
"A perfect dance music would be a bit out of place without perfect dancers."
Tryndamere smiled,
"I think there are still top laners in this world who are more suitable for the S8 version than you. The future top lane pattern will undergo unprecedented changes. If you don't learn to change, you will be abandoned by the times."
"I hope you're not like that."
Xu Ruoguang smiled slightly, but what he said was crazier than anyone else.
"Before I retire, the title of the strongest top laner in the world will only belong to the ID of Emperor."
You’ve already won the Triple Crown, why can’t you be crazy?
"I will choose Camille this year, but I really haven't thought about my skin next year."
Tryndamere laughed loudly, "Emperor, I like your confidence, come on."
"Thanks!"
Taking the medal from Tryndamere, Xu Ruoguang put it on casually.
This thing is actually nothing special, just a world championship medal.
He has worn it three times.
"Okay, then, let's invite Mr. Tryndamere to announce the S7 FMVP player for us."
Yu Shuang breathed a sigh of relief and finally finished talking.
She didn't hear the subsequent conversation about the game version, because Tryndamere leaned over and whispered to Xu Ruoguang.
FMVP, most valuable player!
If the world championship is an honor that belongs to the team, then FMVP is the most shining honor for individual players.
For many players, receiving this honor will make them very happy.
Of course the same goes for Xu Ruoguang.
But...actually, that's it.
The main thing is that he has already won it twice and thinks it is unlikely this time.
After all, as we all know, Riot Games’ selection of FMVP only depends on the performance of the BO5 in the finals, and in this BO5, both Faker and Ah Shui had their own C, and their performances were both outstanding.
Therefore, in this situation where anyone can give it and it is reasonable to give it to anyone, there is a high probability that Riot will not give it to a player who has already won it.
Either faker or Ah Shui.
faker is more likely because he is a Korean player.
This year, the LCK has nothing to gain. According to the urine quality of the fist, there is a high probability that it will be awarded to faker to comfort the LCK.
Don’t be discouraged, little brother. Look, isn’t the MVP player from your LCK?
Although the LPL won the championship, the FMVP belongs to your LCK.
From God's perspective, this is something to mention.
Anyone who has watched the S11 finals, whether they should give it to Scout or Jiejie, actually everyone has the answer in their mind.
The most important thing to beat DK is that jiejie blew up Canyon.
This is the most basic logic.
Once Jiejie can't withstand the pressure, EDG still wants to play the fifth game?
It’s so funny that you may not win even if you play RNG.
So Riot might really do something like this and give FMVP to faker.
But just when Xu Ruoguang thought he wouldn't give it to him, Tryndamere spoke.
"Everyone, I will reveal to you now that the FMVP player of S7 is————"
"IP.Emperor!"
Tryndamere read out Xu Ruoguang's ID without hesitation, and Xu Ruoguang was a little stunned.
It's like this situation at this time.
Fist: Deduct 1 to get FMVP
Xu Ruoguang: 111, brother, are you really giving it?
Fist: Really awesome!
Under the field, cheers suddenly sounded.
Faker's face looked a little disappointed, but he quickly applauded without hesitation.
He is not convinced by others.
But he was convinced by Xu Ruoguang's words.
"I'm super, it's Brother Guang again!"
"Light, light, light, light, light, light!"
"It's too hot Brother Guang!"
Tryndamere waited for the cheers to calm down a bit before continuing to speak.
"In S3, a player named faker came out of the blue, brought us unprecedented operations, and successfully won the championship."
"In S5, faker, who failed in the S4 bubble competition, won again and became a double champion."
"However, just when we thought faker was already the best player, Emperor appeared in front of the whole world."
"In other sports, whenever a dominant player appears, others will always say, oh, this is the era of so-and-so player, and the same is true for League of Legends."
"If we talk about S3 and S5, this is the era of faker."
"So, since Emperor entered the arena, the period from the late S5 to the current S7."