Chapter 467 This is the new generation of the LCK!
Chapter 467 This is the new generation of LCK!
Author: imaginative
Chapter 467 This is the new generation of LCK!
He put on an elegant black suit, combed his hair like an adult, put on a burgundy tie, and straightened his cuffs in front of the mirror.
Xu Ruoguang, get ready to go.
Brother KKoma will accompany him today. He is also wearing a handsome suit and is waiting at the door.
And it’s not just KKoma, but also Canyon and Viper.
The three of them are all members of today's freshman challenge competition.
Yes, even though Canyon won the S8 world championship, he is still a rookie to the fullest.
The moment he saw Xu Ruoguang, his eyes lit up and he clapped his hands.
"good."
Xu Ruoguang smiled restrainedly,
"Brother is also very handsome today."
"After all, I am a married person, and she insists on dressing me up, ugh."
Although he was sighing, the smile on KKoma's face never disappeared.
"Let's go, brother."
The four of them got on the UR club car and headed to the venue for the Freshman Challenge.
Freshman Challenge, an event that has never been held in the LCK before.
On the one hand, many teams at that time hid their valued newcomers and could not release them to play in such exhibition games.
On the other hand, the previous LCK president did not have this idea either.
But the current president, Lee Min-hyuk, is different after all. He has the decisiveness and control that the previous president did not possess.
Seizing the desire of LCK teams to occupy the popular time slots to attract traffic, we directly created the Freshman Challenge.
Different from the freshman challenges in later major regions, this LCK freshman challenge is extremely serious.
On the one hand, it represents interests, and on the other hand, this Freshman Challenge will directly determine who will be the most promising newcomer in S9 this year.
Each major team also did not hesitate to send out their own precious rookie players according to the positions allocated by the competition committee.
From the perspective of future generations, the players on both sides were undoubtedly luxurious.
The first is the Emporer team led by Xu Ruoguang.
Top laner, player from KZ, rascal.
This player is still relatively unknown now, but later on he has become a player that everyone has to call him brother when they see him.
Speaking of which, Gezi Ge is a player who has a bit of a bad streak.
When I was 16 years old, I played professionally for the first time and joined a team called YW. However, YW was disbanded three days later and all members left the team, which was also difficult.
What to do if there is no team?
At that time, the brother who was not wanted by anyone in the LPL or LCK was so worried that he gritted his teeth and became ruthless.
You don’t want me, right? I’m going to go to LJL [Japanese Division].
I joined a team called [Rascal Jester], and ended up returning to Korea within two months. However, in order to commemorate this not-so-good early career period, my brother’s ID, rescal, came from this.
After returning to South Korea, although after Khan was bought by SKT, Ge Zi Ge quickly succeeded in becoming the starting top laner, but another very unfortunate thing happened in the summer split.
In March of last year's Spring Split, he was banned from the game until July last year because of his high-pitched remarks about the suicide of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun.
Now she can really be called a newcomer, a true star chosen by heaven.
The jungler is a newcomer from KT, pyosik, who was originally a player who debuted early in the S8LCK internal talent selection.
He also played in last year's Spring Split, but his performance was not very good. Although the rhythm was good, as a jungler, he often failed to win as a key punishment player. As a result, he was directly demoted by KT after the S8 Summer Split last year. As a result, he was transferred to the Development League.
Played pretty well again.
That's why KT is ready to give him another chance in S9 this year.
The mid laner is a newcomer from LCK's dark horse team Griffin. He has shown potential just after his debut last year, chovy.
AD, the new AD from SKT, Gumayusi.
This is a new AD AD who just joined SKT a few days ago after finishing S8. However, because his brother is a famous professional player and his own talent is indeed excellent, even if he only joined not long ago, he still gets
He gained SKT's attention and let him participate in the Rookie Challenge.
Support, the new support player from the Samsung team, Life.
This...forget it, there is no need to introduce him since he was born.
As for the opponent, Faker, the people he leads should not be underestimated either.
Top laner, the new top laner who plays on behalf of AFS, kiin.
This player actually made his debut in EEW, which does not technically count as his first year.
But because EEW was so rubbish, it was directly relegated to the Korean Development League after S7. In a sense, Kiin was only in his first year in AFS in S8, and he could barely meet the standards of a newcomer.
Jungler, the new jungler from UR, Canyon.
Although he is said to be the world champion jungler who was just released last year, Canyon can really be regarded as a solid rookie jungler in the LCK, and he has only played for one year.
...and then win the championship directly.
Naturally, the mid laner cannot be Xu Xiu.
If Xu Xiu and Canyon play mid-jungle in this freshman challenge, then others will really stop playing. This mid-jungle pair is one of the top mid-jungle pairs in the world right now, and one of them can even be eliminated.
The mid laner is the new mid laner from the KT team, Ucal.
KT valued Ucal very much. When he joined KT in 2017, he was not yet 17 years old. Then when he turned 17, KT immediately put him on the roster to serve as Pawn's substitute.
Last year in S8, Ucal did realize some talents and played very well during the period when Pawn had to be treated for his injury.
AD, of course, is the newcomer AD, viper, who represents UR.
Griffin was one of the four kings last year.
After all, it is common knowledge that there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings.
LCK officials also had to take the situation of GRF into consideration. The other position allocated to UR was AD, so UR sent viper, which also helped GRF occupy a spot.
As for the final support, it is naturally SKT’s newcomer support, Effort.
This player is currently playing in the bottom lane with the captain of the Air Force who has transferred to SKT.
The lineups of both sides are as follows:
Xu Ruoguang Team: Top laner Rascal
jungle pyosik
mid laner chovy
AD Gumayusi
Auxiliary Life
Team Faker: Top laner Kiin
Jungle Canyon
Mid laner Ucal
AD Viper
Auxiliary Effort
The lineups on both sides are actually pretty good.
From the perspective of future generations, except for the two assistants who may not be particularly eye-catching, the other players are basically top-notch, and there are many top-level players.
This is the foundation of LCK now.
Although S6 and S7 were defeated by K1 and IP led by Xu Ruoguang, LCK has never been willing to fail. Each club's youth training has been very successful and has been committed to discovering new talented players.
And now, this group of still somewhat immature players has also stepped onto the stage of S9's Freshman Challenge.
It shouldn't be too far away from the day when some of their players who haven't officially competed yet will enter the arena.
"It's so big."
This was Xu Ruoguang’s first impression when he came to the scene.
The Freshman Challenge will be held at the Vase Seoul Art Arena in Seoul. It is much larger than the venue of previous competitions, almost the same size as the LPL venue.
This is not ironic. You must know that the LPL venues have always been the largest among all competition regions, such as LCKLEC, and the venues are generally not big.
Chairman Lee Min Hyuk, who was coordinating the scene, naturally saw the UR group coming to the scene and walked over with a smile.
"Ruoguang, you are still very handsome today."
I always praise him when he opens his mouth. This president seems to be very approachable.
"You look very handsome too, President Li."
Xu Ruoguang nodded slightly and thanked,
"Thank you for your previous statement to protect me."
In the finals, Xu Ruoguang stepped on Teng Jing's face hard.
However, after the game, LCK officials took the initiative to take the blame and directed the pressure of public opinion onto them.
This is indeed worthy of Xu Ruoguang's gratitude.
"This is what it should be. If you are willing to trust us in the LCK, we will naturally protect an outstanding player like you."
Lee Min Hyuk smiled and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to mention it further.
"As far as I know, Ruoguang, don't you really like this kind of activity?"
He was a little curious,
"Why are you willing to come here this time?"
"I came here because I wanted to see what kind of opponents I will face in the future. President Li, how do you feel about the new players?"
Xu Ruoguang asked rhetorically.
"Not bad. They are a group of very energetic children. You will definitely have expectations for them after watching them."
Lee Min Hyuk smiled and nodded,
"I won't disturb you anymore. The contestants are in the room over there. You can join them. Xiang Hyuk has been here for a while, and he has been wondering why you haven't come yet."
Xu Ruoguang laughed dumbly and nodded.
Led by the staff, they arrived outside a room.
Xu Ruoguang knocked on the door gently. The sound inside the door fell silent, and then a somewhat immature voice of a young man came.
"Come in."
Xu Ruoguang opened the door and saw some familiar and unfamiliar players.
After all, he already knew players like Chovy.
He looked at it slightly and couldn't help but be a little amazed.
Because many of the players look very young, almost just old enough to compete.
However, players of this age have high hopes from the club and have come to compete for the main role in the league broadcast stage.
It shows that the club is very confident in their performance.
Is this the new generation of LCK?
And as Xu Ruoguang appeared in front of the players in the room, many players couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh."
Gumayusi is one of them,
He has known Xu Ruoguang for a long time.
In other words, as long as players are determined to embark on the professional path, no matter which competition region they are from, it is impossible not to know Xu Ruoguang now.
Although I had long heard that this player was very handsome, Gumayusi really didn't expect that the pictures on the Internet were not really high-profile, but on the contrary, they were actually a bit realistic!
Such a senior, I really want to be a good friend with him.
Although Gumayusi is a bit arrogant, how could he be so when facing Xu Ruoguang?
At this moment, he also spoke happily,
"Senior Emporer, you are here."
"Well, I came a little late because Brother KKoma couldn't get up, so we didn't wait too long, right?"
Xu Ruoguang smiled broadly, and without hesitation passed the blame to KKoma, whose mouth twitched.
"No, no, we just arrived."
Rascal waved his hands hurriedly, looking very respectful.
He is not an arrogant player, because the early stage of his career was not smooth. Rascal is actually a person who respects his seniors very much and takes good care of his juniors.
This is a person who once knelt down in front of the audience who were still watching him during the New Year’s Eve live broadcast after the so-called bullying incident at Samsung. He is a very grateful person.
In fact, the Samsung bullying incident was completely tricked by the demon editor. The fat guy who seemed to be bullied also said that the people who bullied him the most were actually King Emperor and support life. On the contrary, rascal helped him.
Quite a lot.
Even if the little fat man was asked to go for extra training, he would train with the little fat man until four o'clock.
The most you can say is that he is a bit strict, and he also leads by example.
"Don't be so respectful. The future LCK arena is mine and yours, but in the end... it's still mine."
Xu Ruoguang said seriously.
"Yes, yes...ah?"
Rascal was stunned.
Then when he saw Xu Ruoguang laughing, he realized that he had been teased and touched his head in embarrassment.
The initially unfamiliar atmosphere relaxed a lot in an instant.
KKoma next to him looked calm, but Viper was stunned.
A player like Guang Ge can really enjoy himself no matter what time he is.
Xu Ruoguang followed the crowd and walked into the crowd and found the old acquaintance.
"Oh, Xianghe."
He sighed.
Gumayusi on the side was a little confused, but Lee Sang Hyuk sneered.
"Don't sigh like a fool all day long. Just start sighing and sighing every time you open your mouth. It's a bit too stupid."
"Haha, damn, are you too aggressive?"
Xu Ruoguang clicked his tongue.
"I laughed, but you can't stand it?"
Lee Sang Hyuk continued to sneer.
"Le, it would be great if your ability on the field is as tough as your mouth."
Xu Ruoguang didn't say anything else and started attacking directly.
"Clam, are you in a hurry?"
Lee Sang Hyuk retorted and spoke with the six skills of a gentleman.
"Then I'm anxious. That Xianghe used to be so honest, but now you are too abstract."
Xu Ruoguang was a little sad.
If Chairman Lee knew that he had brought Lee Sang Hyuk to what he is now, the LCK career would probably be over [Sad]
"You're smiling. Didn't you ask me to play Tieba back then? I am now level 13 in Sunba, which is higher than you. I hope everyone knows."
Lee Sang Hyuk showed his masterly style with his hands behind his back.
"strong."
Xu Ruoguang gave a thumbs up.
You are so awesome, Lee Sang Hyuk, Sunba Level 13, ghost.
Gumayusi, who looked confused on the side:...
Why do they all speak Korean, but I can’t understand them at all?
Xu Ruoguang was too lazy to talk to Li Sang Hyuk. He knew that Li Sang Hyuk, who was rejected by him last time, was a little anxious.
His eyes fell on the somewhat immature boy behind Li Sang Hyuk.
"A youth player from SKT?"
"Ah, watch your words, it's our SKT, it has nothing to do with you."
Lee Sang Hyuk sat down on the sofa and replied lazily.
Xu Ruoguang ignored him and looked at Gumayusi with a smile.
"How is your life in SKT?"
"Not bad, Brother Emporer."
Gumayusi couldn't figure out what he meant and replied cautiously.
"Okay. I heard that you just joined SKT. Let me tell you a little tidbit about Lee Sang Hyuk. Don't tell anyone else."
"ah?"
Gumayusi was stunned.JPG
Any gossip about Brother Sang Hyuk?
Or the kind that can’t be told to others?
Gumayusi was undoubtedly curious.
At this moment, he thought of a lot.
Brother Sang Hyuk is already in a relationship → Brother Sang Hyuk is already secretly married → Brother Sang Hyuk already has a child → Brother Sang Hyuk’s children are all working professionally → Brother Sang Hyuk is divorced → Brother Sang Hyuk has an unspeakable terminal disease
→Opening next month.
Lee Sang Hyuk probably couldn't have imagined that in just a few seconds, his whole life had been arranged by Gumayusi, and he even planned to sit at the children's table when the dinner started.
At this time, Lee Sang Hyuk had already laughed, "How could you? I only stayed in SKT for one season in total. You know what the heck."
Xu Ruoguang laughed and told Gumayusi.
"Let me tell you, when I was playing professionally in SKT, there was a toilet vandal in SKT. At that time, he blocked the two toilets in the base. As a result, Wolf almost had no place to go to the toilet. That toilet
It’s full of rice cakes, Lee Sang Hyuk must have eaten them secretly and then threw them in for fear of being discovered.”
Gumayusi was shocked.
Is there such a thing?!
Lee Sang Hyuk couldn't bear it anymore, "That's definitely not me. I told you, and later it was found out that it was Scout. Why don't you believe it?"
"Impossible, Scout sleeps in the same room as me, how could I not know it was him who ate it?"
"Is it possible that he was eating alone at that time?"
Lee Sang Hyuk sneered.
"Um?"
Xu Ruoguang fell into deep thought.
Xiba Li Rucan, you didn’t really want to eat alone at that time, did you?
Xu Ruoguang, who made up his mind to find time to ask later, left here to prepare to chat with other young players in his team.
Looking at his back, Gumayusi said with some emotion.
"Brother Sang Hyuk, you have a good relationship with the Emporer players."
Lee Sang Hyuk was shocked like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"How can I have a good relationship with him!"
"But just when we were chatting, the smile I saw on your face was the most in the past three days."
Gumayusi said with a smile.
"Brother, you are actually very good friends, right?"
Lee Sang Hyuk:......
"You are very observant. If you can't scan out the opponent's lane in the next game, and every time you miss one, I will train for an extra hour today after returning to SKT."
He said quietly.
Gumayusi's face changed, "Ani, brother!"
At this time, Xu Ruoguang had already walked in front of Rascal and Pyosik.
Of these two, one is the top laner in his team, and the other is the jungler in his team.
Xu Ruoguang recalled some information about today's contestants that he had read before setting off, and his eyes when looking at Rascal couldn't help but soften a little.
This guy is so unlucky.
"Are you Rascal?"
"Hey, Brother Emporer."
Rascal subconsciously wanted to bow, but was supported by Xu Ruoguang.
"I am Chinese, there is no need to be so respectful."
Xu Ruoguang waved his hand,
"You must seize this opportunity today and perform well, rascal."
His expression became much more serious.
"I've seen your resume. It's not easy to get to where you are today. Do you know that? Excellent professional players will never be defeated by difficulties. They will get up even if they fail many times."
"I believe you also have such qualities."
"Inside!"
Rascal heard before that Brother Emporer is a very crazy player.
Logically speaking, such players are generally arrogant.
But after actual contact with him, he gave Rascal a very good feeling.
In Rascal's limited career, no one had ever said such earnest advice to him.
He was a little moved, his eyes turned red, and he raised his hand to wipe them.
Pyosik, who was standing next to him, was obviously incapable of empathy.
He debuted a year earlier than the original timeline because of the internal talent selection competition held by S8LCK last year to welcome Xu Ruoguang's arrival.
As someone who was debating whether to be a Qianjue anchor or play professionally, he immediately received an invitation from KT Rolster in the LCK.
It's a pity that the performance of young P in the first year of his career was not very satisfactory, because he often lost the dragon and was demoted. It was only now that S9 was taken seriously again.
He was a talented jungler when he debuted, and his first year was generally good. He was not given to KTV by KT, and now he is taken seriously again.
How could he possibly empathize with a player like Rascal who was forced to rack his brains to find opportunities to play in various major competitions?
But Rascal rubbed his eyes, obviously very moved.
Pyosik felt that there was something wrong with him standing nearby stupidly?
Thinking of this, he immediately raised a hand and covered it in front of his eyes. The smile at the corner of his mouth had not dissipated, and he secretly looked at Xu Ruoguang.
Xu Ruoguang:……
Does this B think I can't find out what he is doing?
"Stop pretending Pyosik, there's no need."
He said angrily.
It’s really amazing. Can you pretend to do this?
Pyosik immediately put down his hand and looked at him with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
After comforting Rascal for a few words and chatting with Pyosik about his experience in the Development League, Xu Ruoguang walked up to the mid laner and support.
AD is Gumayusi, whom he has just met.
Chovy is really tall. Xu Ruoguang’s height of 183cm is already outstanding in the LCK, but now Chovy is almost as tall as him.
[In fact, Chovy will continue to grow in the future and will reach 187 in 2022, haha.]
As an opponent in last summer's competition, Chovy still had a deep impression of Xu Ruoguang.
The two chatted for a while, and Xu Ruoguang chatted with the support person next to him, Life, and then waited for the freshman challenge to begin.
As the time reached the scheduled time, Quan Yongjun walked onto the stage with a smile on his face.
“Welcome everyone to the 2019 LCK Freshman Challenge. I am today’s host, Quan Yongjun!”
"Today, under the leadership of Emporer and Faker, ten outstanding new players will compete in two very serious rounds."
He said seriously.
"Then, let me introduce today's competition process to you."
"First, the ten players on both sides will compete in a solo match in corresponding positions by catching pairs."
"The rule of victory is the second blood, or the person who can remain at the end in the shrinking range of the Howling Abyss."
"Until the final SOLO king is determined today."
"In the second round, both sides will conduct BP under the leadership of their respective coaches, Coach Xu and Coach Li, and conduct a very serious BO3."
He paused and waited for the cheers from the audience to subside for a while before continuing.
"And the third round is the most watched, the coach's solo competition!"
"Best of three games, Emporer versus Faker!"
As soon as these words came out, the cheers in the stadium became crazy again.
The same goes for barrages.
"Xiba, Emporer fights Faker? I have to watch it now!"
"Faker player fighting!"
"Master Emporer is invincible! Teach the despicable SKT a lesson!"
"What's wrong with you, SKT?"
"Are you from Xiba trying to ruin Korean e-sports?"
"Faker? It's okay, I'm Emporer!"
After waiting for the scene to become quiet again, Quan Yongjun smiled and waved his hand.
"Then let's invite two coaches and their players to come on stage!"