Gu Xing found his seat, adjusted the direction of the cold wind above him, asked the flight attendant for a blanket, and then slumped comfortably in his chair and browsed on his mobile phone.
There is a lot of news in the online e-sports circle during this time.
When it comes to the most important thing, the League of Legends field is still not ranked high.
But it comes from Dota2 next door.
Wings, which won the TI6 championship last year and created the myth of the domestic Moba e-sports double championship with VG, fell apart!
Due to labor conflicts and other issues, its champion members left Wings and established a new company.
Then the ACE Alliance, composed of the owners of major clubs, was unhappy with this and threatened to ban the five former champions and impose bans on them.
Some of the team members were intimidated by ACE and rebelled, jumping out to start a fight with other teammates.
In the end, the farce ended, leaving a mess of chicken feathers on the ground.
The Guardian Wings have now disappeared from the Dota 2 map, causing everyone to lament.
There are many discussion posts in the anti-battle now.
[These clubs are really mean. It’s disgusting to form an ACE alliance and cover the sky with one hand, right?]
[If you really don’t respect the players as human beings, can the boss die? If Dota2 fails to win the Ti championship in the future, will ACE be responsible?]
[Haha, do you see the superiority of the LOL team? League of Legends doesn’t have such bad things]
[Laughing, they are just a bunch of birds. You don’t think that the LOL club is a good bird, do you?]
[Seriously, it’s all thanks to otto for this, to show the swordsmen a clear path @ spongebob electric batoner, go and flush his Weibo! 】
[Chief Que, OTTO single-handedly destroyed the Sean Blade Tower, and everyone should be punished for his heinous crime!]
When Gu Xing saw this place, he really felt like living in Bengbu.
During this year’s Spring Split, the Seven Wolves held a party.
During the dinner, Xiangguo mentioned the incident of being taken advantage of by the Wings boss.
The other party wants to take advantage of LOL's high popularity and buy an LPL team to make money and expand the club's business scope.
As a result, I bought the SAT without having the foresight.
Encountered the bad luck of the electric baton, the team ranked last was directly demoted!
An investment of tens of millions has shrunk by more than 90% in just six months!
The remaining places in the secondary league will also be relegated again in this spring split and will be eliminated in the City Heroes Contest!
At this point, all the money the Wings boss made from the Dota division was wasted.
It can be called the top bastard!
The continuous dropping of SAT grades has in turn made the financial situation of Guardian Wings extremely stretched, and it cannot even pay out wages and bonuses.
This led to the angry members of Wings all leaving the team, breaking the biggest news in the recent e-sports circle!
According to Maggot Baby, as the culprit, the single electric baton player in SAT naturally has to take the blame.
Not afraid of big troubles, they also set the pace in various places, preaching how the electric batons destroyed the Divine Wings of the Protector of the Country through a chain reaction.
Gu Xing smiled and couldn't help but feel happy, tears welling up in his stomach.
They both became famous after winning the championship in 2016, and their projects are all Moba type. He and the members of Wings have a lot in common.
Seeing that the Divine Wings of the Protector of the Country had now become a piece of history, Gu Xing could not help but feel the sadness of a rabbit dying or a fox dying in his heart.
When he was chatting with Xiang Guo and others in the spring, he never expected that Wings would end due to blind expansion of investment.
Then Gu Xing felt a little lucky.
Thanks to him at VG.
Although this club has been criticized for a lot of things - for example, it is too superstitious about the strength of famous Korean players, buying people only based on their paper strength and not caring about whether their styles match each other...
But the advantages are horizontal comparison, management is relatively standardized, the boss is willing to throw money away, and the personality is open-minded and courageous.
When a team doesn't even buy its players, that's the real pill!
After Gu Xing adjusted his mood, he slid his finger down again, and what came into view were recent anecdotes.
It's all about him.
The first is the interview where Gu Xing made an innuendo at Riot when asked about the rework of Kindred.
The aftermath is still lingering.
The reason is that some professional players came out to criticize it and made it more popular again.
BrTT, a big fan of Gu Xing in the Brazilian League, was the first to speak out.
“Virtue’s signature Kindred has been redone, which puzzles me. As many players have said, Kindred’s strength is not super high, and there is no need to make changes. This makes people feel that it is Riot’s fault. Deliberately targeting a certain player."
"If I were to put myself in Draven's shoes and have to be reworked by the designer just because of a random kill in the league... I'm afraid I wouldn't be as peaceful as Virtue!"
BrTT Draven's proficiency alone is not as good as Jack's.
But more than popularity, BrTT is a true god in the South American LOL circle!
As soon as this statement came out, Brazilian players were very excited and left messages under Riot's Twitter, wanting an explanation.
Seeing that the situation gradually turned into a favorable situation, more and more players jumped out later.
Star players who have been targeted by Riot Games over the years have all secretly poked fun at the designer in recent interviews.
The most important one is undoubtedly Faker.
"To be honest, adapting to version changes is an essential quality for professional e-sports players," Lee Sang Hyuk said calmly, "but this does not include unnecessary targeting."
"I have personally encountered many, and I should have a say in this... Sometimes Riot must think carefully about whether a change has positive and healthy significance for the game and competition, and consider the problem from a more rational perspective, rather than arbitrary Governed by perceptual emotions.”
Faker is tough-talking, but at this time he also knows who he is on a united front with.
If the speeches of the previous group of star players could still calm the fist.
Gu Xing and Li Xianghe's successive openings undoubtedly made them uneasy!
The reason is simple.
The League of Legends competition is now in its seventh year.
During this period, Bilson, Oucheng, Deft, Clearlove... and many other top players with countless fans in major leagues were born.
But there are not many stars who can truly achieve globalization.
Double champion Lee Sang Hyuk counts as one.
Gu Xing also has potential now.
What they have in common is that as long as their ID and face appear on the live broadcast screen, they can attract viewers from several competition regions around the world and have fans all over the world!
It really annoyed the two of them, and the negative impact it had was extremely detrimental to the future development of Riot!
Gu Xing saw that Riot Chief Designer Ghost Crab posted a tweet explaining the situation last night.
The general meaning is very simple.
First, he claimed that he had recently received feedback from many professional players and players, and expressed that Riot dealt with the problem very quickly.
Then move on to the topic.
Ghost Crab detailed the designer team’s ideas for changing Kindred.
Gu Xing browsed carefully and almost laughed at what the other party said.
According to Riot's theory, they believe that the original Kindred's passive that increases the percentage of damage is too unfriendly for tank heroes, and conflicts with the mid-season version of Riot's concept of changing and reworking front-row characters.
Just imagine, Tank is struggling to endure the humiliation and bear the burden. He finally manages to get a two-piece set and rushes out to fight in a group. However, Kind Jue easily shoots through the defense line based on percentage damage. How aggrieved will he feel?
Riot designers further elaborated on the mechanical problems of Kindred. The subtext expressed in the words was that the previous weak period of the heroes of Everhunt Twins was too vague, making it difficult for opponents to target.
Ghost Crab claims that a price must be paid to obtain this god-level mechanism of normal attack with percentage damage.
He also used Vayne as an example - this hero's laning ability is too weak, and his line clearing level is worrying, and the disadvantages are obvious.
It is unscientific and unreasonable to use this to demonstrate that Kindred did not pay any price when acquiring extraordinary power.
That’s why it was reworked!
Gu Xing didn't know what to say for a moment.
Riot, why don’t you talk about the old version of Kindred’s poor ganking ability and low combat effectiveness in the early stage?
If Qian Jue is really as strong as you say, why is it that no one uses her in the professional arena except me?
Avoiding the important and choosing the easy answer, right?
The ghost crab adheres to the concept of giving it a stick and then feeding it a sweet date.
Then it was said that the designer colleagues had received the information that Kindred’s strength was lower than expected after the redesign, and decided to give Yangling a little help in the upcoming version 7.12.
Finally, he reiterated his attitude, saying that Riot's original intention of serving all players will remain unchanged, and it will always adhere to a scientific and systematic patch installation process, and will make unremitting efforts to create a friendly and fair environment for professional competitions and ranked matches.
Perfect PR!
Although everyone with a discerning eye knows that the fist is targeting Gu Xing, the chief designer came out to explain Tai Chi, and there is probably no further follow-up.
Gu Xing knows very well that the current limit of what he can do is just this.
It is unrealistic in itself to use his influence to put pressure on Riot Games and make them adjust the version of Kindred.
After letting out a long sigh, Gu Xing wanted to watch some lighthearted news.
Sliding down with your finger, you saw another message related to yourself.
The official League of Legends blog released the public screen chat box when VG faced JD.com in the second round.
The finished film of 618 is on JD.com, and combined with the scene of JDG’s fiasco, it looks particularly joyful.
Gu Xing glanced at the comment area and saw a variety of replies.
[I can only say that VG is very good at the overall program effect]
[Go to Jingdong? Hehehe, I didn’t expect Brother Xing to have such a hobby]
[Identified as pure and heaven-defying at a glance]
[?When I type a question mark, it’s not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem]
[The most outrageous thing is that Kuro and Smeb, two Korean aids, also followed suit. Do you two know what JD.com does?]
[VG swept JD.com and then lost to Suning. Now you know which company has the strongest 3C products, right?]
Gu Xing looked down and found that apart from the recent e-sports news, there were also a large number of netizens discussing the upcoming intercontinental competition.
After all, this is the first innovative event held by Riot Games, and the competition system is quite novel, and the strength of the participating teams is also very high, so it is reasonable and reasonable for it to attract so much attention.
[What does Brother Meng say? Is maintaining Asia’s championship the lowest goal?]
[Otherwise, there are only three divisions, and our LPL can’t even win the game]
[I think it’s not difficult to win the championship. The VG people give me the nickname LCK Killer. I’ve never had any problems in foreign battles. With my big brother here, won’t victory be within reach? 】
[Brother, have you seen the competition system? You can’t just rely on one team in the finals, other friendly forces also have to play a role!]
[To be honest, I feel that the intercontinental competition is not very optimistic. In the past two years of our LPL, only VG has been able to achieve results in foreign competitions. The level of other teams is really not high and they have no advantage over the LCK]
[Quie, since S3, OGN has guaranteed a double semi-final in every world competition. Half of the world's top teams are serious. We only have a double semi-final in S4, and the overall strength is worrying]
[And VG’s current state doesn’t seem to be particularly good. They even lost to Suning in an upset. I don’t dare to think about what will happen next! 】
By the time Gu Xing was about to finish reading his comments, the flight had already landed at Kaohsiung Airport.
As soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he felt the hot and humid summer wind blowing against his face, as if it was wrapping around him, making him breathless.
"Good guy," Uzi next to him complained dissatisfiedly, "Why is it so hot? It's really hard to bear..."
Gu Xing glanced at him and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Uzi is already fat, and just looking at his body shape, you can tell that he is very afraid of heat.
Not long after getting off the plane, Uzi was already turning into a steamed lobster, and his originally fair face turned as red as blood, as if Rambo had turned on the red temperature mode.
"Just bear with it," Gu Xing tugged on his collar as a way to cool down, "Kaohsiung is like this. Sister Li, it will be much better when we get to the hotel."
Wanwan Province is located in the south and is surrounded by the sea. Kaohsiung is located in the southernmost part of the island. The climate is humid and hot, and it is not considered livable in any case.
Shanghai Stock Exchange is the younger brother among younger brothers in this regard!
The four teams took their suitcases and took another group photo outside the airport.
With Jin Yibo around, the photo quickly appeared on the league's official blog account with almost no delay, attracting countless cheers from netizens.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is worth mentioning that when they took pictures, they not only held the flags of the four participating teams.
There is also an LPL division flag - bright red depicting the general shape of Summoner's Rift, which is extremely eye-catching.
It represents everyone’s identity and also reminds everyone who they are fighting for this time!
Taking the bus to the hotel where he was staying, Gu Xing quickly ran into the bathroom to take a shower after getting the room card.
After being exposed to an area not covered by the air conditioner for just a moment, sweat soaked his back, almost sticking his short-sleeved uniform to his body.
After changing into a new set of clothes, he made room for Jack, who lived in the same dormitory, while he sat on the sofa and sent messages to his family and girlfriend to report that he was safe.
Yu Wenbo took a shower very quickly. When he walked out of the bathroom, his posture was exactly the same as that of a Shiba Inu, shaking his head back and forth and throwing water droplets everywhere.
"Hey, what are you doing..." Gu Xing almost got splashed, but fortunately he reacted in time to avoid it. He couldn't stop urging, "Hurry up and pack your luggage, we have to gather for lectures later."
Jack turned on the hair dryer to dry his hair, and Gu Xing took the time to organize the keyboard and mouse in his backpack.
The phone keeps vibrating.
Gu Xing opened it and saw that it was Jin Yibo who had brought members of the four LPL teams into a group chat to facilitate unified scheduling in the next few days.
The group name is quite good - the four kings compete for the top of Asia!
Even if he dares to act awkwardly in a stadium with tens of thousands of people, his scalp will go numb.
Gu Xing had no choice but to deliberately ignore the group name, "The training room is in the conference room at the end of the corridor... Xiu, follow me in and take a look."
The two of them went out holding the peripherals and happened to bump into Clearlove in the next room.
Gu Xing looked at the other person up and down.
"What's wrong?" Ming Kai felt suspicious.
Gu Xing hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Your posture is exactly the same as the promotional video for last summer's competition!"
Jack glanced at Mingkai after hearing this, and then burst into laughter.
"Ah this..." Ming Kai lowered his head and looked at his own image.
He had just finished taking a shower, and before he had a chance to blow dry his hair, he wanted to go see the training room first.
Her appearance is almost a perfect replica of her wet and seductive look in last year's summer promotional video, except for the funny move of lifting up her clothes to reveal a full set of abdominal muscles!
Ming Kai got angry and chased Gu Xing, trying to punch him twice.
Gu Xing is tall and has long legs, and he can quickly get rid of Gui Jiao Qi with a quick step.
On the way to the training room, he happened to see Uzi walking out of the elevator, holding a bottle of iced Coke in his hand.
Uzi's face was red, and he was so wet that he almost fainted from the heat.
"Let's go, Uzi!" Gu Xing called, "Bobby is urging us to train in the group!"
Jane proudly waved her hands.
He had just wasted some time buying a bottle of Coke, and he hadn't washed up yet.
"You guys go ahead and play, I'm going to take a shower!"
After saying this, Uzi himself realized something was wrong and paused for a moment.
It's just that his whole body was unbearably hot and he really didn't have the heart to correct his statement anymore, so he quickly opened the door with the room key in hand.
Jack couldn't help but mutter to Gu Xing, "What does this mean, I drive myself?"
Because of the ranking hang-up incident, Uzi was once dubbed the Bathing Emperor and the Bathing Dog, which was well known in the LOL e-sports circle.
Unexpectedly, Uzi would actually start his own group now!
Gu Xing couldn't answer the question, so he chuckled twice before finding the room designated by Bobby, reaching out and pushing the door open.
"I'll go..." Ming Kai's eyes widened in disbelief, "Is it true?"
Jack opened his mouth and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The conference room has now been renovated.
It is conservatively estimated that there are four long tables in the space of 300 square meters.
There are various parts and monitors placed on the ground.
Staff members wearing Riot T-shirts are busy here, assembling computers and gaming chairs.
There are also several tactical whiteboards in the center of the room.
The huge conference hall was transformed into a giant training room!
"How generous!" Gu Xing was amazed.
Ming Kai, who is well-informed, has never seen a similar scene, let alone Gu Xing, who has only been in the profession for a year.
No matter how luxurious the training room in our training base is, the shocking experience it brings is far less than this conference hall!
Jin Yibo was standing at a high place directing the employees to work. When he saw the contestants coming, he couldn't wait to introduce them:
"There are four rows of long tables in total. Seats are divided according to teams. The projector can be installed immediately... How about it? Isn't it great?"
"The needle doesn't poke," Gu Xing praised, and then started to joke as soon as the conversation changed, "It's these four long tables that give me the innocent beauty of Hogwarts."
Jack grinned happily.
As we chatted, more and more professional players squeezed in.
Everyone's reaction was the same as that of Gu Xing and others, and there was endless praise, echoing in the empty room.
The contestants debugged the computer to confirm that it could be used normally, and were chatting noisily during the process.
"Which region's server are you playing on? It can't be the Taiwanese server."
"Don't mention it, I heard that the level of players on the Taiwanese server is very low. Doesn't playing on the Taiwanese server assimilate ourselves?"
"I would rather play on the top of the canyon than on the Taiwanese server!"
Seeing everyone arguing, Jin Yibo quickly turned up the volume to drown out their voices.
"Let me just say a few words!"
The conference room became as quiet as a chicken.
"Don't worry about the training server issue that everyone is more concerned about," Jin Yibo answered the question, "because we don't have time to play ranked, and we don't have to experience the local 'customs'!"
"According to the coaching staff's proposal, during the entire intercontinental competition, we can abandon the qualifying competition and instead customize the entire battle to consolidate the player's strength and simulate tactics at the same time!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a rustling sound in the room.
There was a bit of excitement on the faces of the players.
Normal training consists of several groups of battles and qualifying matches.
In this intercontinental competition, I felt the difference as soon as I came here!
After all, we have never fought such a rich battle before!
Now I don’t have to worry about who to practice with.
For example, in the middle unit, three players, Kuro and Xiaohu, Xiye and Scout, compete with each other, which can fully meet their own needs.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And with the intensity here, the training efficiency will be even more impressive!
In this case, there is no need to go to qualifying practice in a short period of time!
"Let me make it clear first that the head coach of our LPL division for this intercontinental competition is Hongmi," Jin Yibo said. "The selection criteria is very simple, which is the results of the spring competition. I think everyone should have no objection!"
Hongmi stood up and nodded to the players at the four long tables.
Gu Xing acted as the big brother and was the first to give applause and encouragement to his coach.
Team members from other teams followed suit one after another, and loud applause broke out and lingered in the conference room!
Redmi’s strength is obvious to all.
At least in the three-point land of LPL, no coach can do better than him.
The honors I have received with the team in the past year are also very impressive and impressive.
"The schedule of the Intercontinental Championship is not long," Hongmi explained briefly, "I hope to get along well with everyone in the next few days and work together with everyone to win."
He glanced at the head coaches of the other three teams.
This will be his temporary colleague.
But this lineup...
White Crescent, Firefox and Nofe.
The first two were his subordinates when he was the head coach of LGD in 2015, and Nofe is an old rival and old friend.
Hongmi can only lament that e-sports is indeed a circle, and it can come full circle wherever it goes.
"Don't worry," Bai Yueya was the first to stand up and express his opinion, "We are old partners, I am definitely good at assisting you!"
"Right, Firefox?" He turned to look for Firefox.
Firefox recognized Redmi's working ability and immediately nodded in agreement.
Jin Yibo's head is covered with black lines.
No, it was an illegal operation when Hongmi coached two clubs. Everyone knew it in their hearts, so that’s it. Can you please stop doing it in a high-sounding way?
As expected, there were several new players in the audience who didn't know the history of the alliance's rivalry. They were already filled with questions, wondering when Hong Mi and Bai Yue Ya had ever worked together.
Bobby quickly changed the subject.
"This is the first time Riot Games has held an intercontinental competition. Some of you may not know the specific rules. Let me outline the schedule for you first..."
"There will be a total of four days of competition from July 6th to 9th, of which the first two days will be the group stage. Each team will challenge the same-ranked opponents in the spring split of the other two major regions."
Jin Yibo knew that most of these Internet-addicted teenagers were father-in-law, so he explained in more detail.
"For example, VG is our Spring Split champion, so it will face the Spring Championship teams from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and LCK, namely Flash Wolves and Longzhu, to repeat the mid-season matchup."
The lecture was very easy to understand and no one in the audience asked any questions.
"The group stage is a BO1 format. Each team has two duels, and the entire division has a total of 8 games, sorted by the number of wins."
Jin Yibo continued to explain, "But it should be noted that regardless of the points in the competition area, you can enter the knockout stage in the next two days."
"Then we still play with hammers?" Xiang Guo has not read the details and is confused about this. "Is it possible that this is an exhibition match?"
"No, the top division in the group stage can get preferential treatment," Jin Yibo replied, "They can directly advance to the finals, and the third day of the schedule is for the divisions ranked 2-3 to fight, and the second division can also hold a BO5.
Prioritize the selection of sides.”
"The format of the knockout round is relatively innovative. Both divisions decide the participating teams before the start of each round. The selection is relatively flexible. The only restriction is that each team can only appear on the stage once in the first four games."
Jin Yibo was afraid that the team members would not understand, so he spoke very slowly.
"When it comes to the fifth set of the deciding game, you can vote in the division and assign the team that everyone thinks is the most suitable to play the deciding game for the second time!"
Gu Xing added, "It feels similar to Tian Ji's horse racing, right?"
"Ah, yes, yes," Xiangguo nodded fiercely, "Then who is the inferior horse responsible for the sacrifice? Go up and touch the dragon ball on the opposite side, and you will get a free wave first, hahaha..."
There was silence in the conference room.
No one answered his words.
Xiaohu, who was sitting next to Liu Shiyu, quietly moved his chair to get further away from his jungle.
Gu Xing put his hand on his forehead, not knowing what to do.
It was Jin Yibo who was mature enough to change the topic with a smile, "We just landed today, so we can rest until 0:00 in the morning. You can go back to your room to rest or go out for a few rounds - but you need to report the itinerary with your team leader in advance.
"
"After 0 o'clock, you must start training in your seat!"
Gu Xing saw the message notification light up on his phone.
When I opened it, I found that it was an invitation from Flash Wolf jungler Kasa, inviting him to go to the famous local Lingya Night Market tonight.
Accompanying him is the auxiliary Snake.
After receiving the invitation, Gu Xing thought for a moment and asked the other party if he could bring a few more people.
Casa agreed without hesitation.
When they met, he was still shocked by the army brought by Gu Xing.
Not just VG members, not just LPL players.
Even the LCK players who just arrived this evening were dragged over by him!
Ten people were gathered here and there.
Others rely on strength to gain a career, but you have to rely on connections, right?
Gu Xing also hired a professional translator, Mr. Jihou, to help with communication, so that there would not even be a language barrier.
Before entering the night market, Little Peanut held up the camera and circled around, and insisted on circling Gu Xing's neck to take a group photo.
"I just came to the night market, and here is Nan Feng Braised Pork Rice. The price is cheap and reasonable," Casa introduced, "A bowl is about NT$40."
"Wow..." Jack was shocked, "What kind of magical price is this?"
The tall Rat King was very interested in meat and insisted on having a bowl.
After listening to Pray's request from his relative of the same age, Li Zhixun went up to the store and asked, "Hello, there are a lot of us. Is it okay to dine in here?"
"Gods and demons?" The shop owner was an uncle. He frowned and didn't understand what the Marquis said.
Now it was Li Zhixun's turn to be confused.
"It's for 'internal use'," Snake said in a soft tone, "We don't do dine-in here."
"You don't need to speak mainland Chinese," Gu Xing smiled and put his arm around Li Zhixun's shoulders, "They basically say 'eat in the store', right?"
Easyhoon didn't understand why the same language could be divided into two wording patterns, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
The Chinese he learned was mostly written language, and no matter how fluent he was, he couldn't compare with the real locals, and sometimes the words he used would still have distinct traces.
"There is a jade seller nearby. Haoxuan, go and buy a few more bowls." Snake told Kasa to go do some errands. "The weather is so hot that we need to relieve the heat."
The local area is still hot and humid at night, and the night market is so crowded that people who can squeeze in can hardly breathe.
"Don't forget, I want to add frogs to lay eggs!" Snake added.
Gu Xing shivered.
"What kind of frog lays eggs? It sounds like dark cuisine..."
Smeb acted as a curious child, "Am I the only one who wonders what Aiyu is?"
He can guarantee that he has never heard this word in his Chinese learning process.
Gu Xing was also confused.
It wasn't until Casa came back with two big bags that they understood what these strange words were.
"It turns out to be a pearl." Gu Xing's nerves relaxed.
"Look at the shape. Does it look similar to a tadpole?" Snake explained, "The wording is very vivid."
"Aiyu is ice powder?" Jack guessed.
"Ice powder? It seems different..." Snake was not sure either.
He didn't know how to explain it, so he could only act as a riddler, "I can only say that everyone who understands understands, and those who don't understand can't do anything."
Casa also enthusiastically made a suggestion, "There is also a beef noodle shop over there, do you want to eat it?"
“The beef noodles here are very famous!”
"Get out!"
This time, the LPL players reacted extremely violently, pushing Kasa with their hands.
