Team leader Jin Wenhyuk knocked on the dormitory door one by one, reminding the team members to get up at that time, and also warned, "Pack your team uniforms and everything, don't wear the wrong ones, it doesn't matter whether you are a starter or a substitute, otherwise you will have to
fine……"
Gu Xing rubbed his eyes that were sore from staying up all night. He first picked up the glass on the bedside table and poured water into his mouth. Then he got out of bed and folded the quilt.
The club issued three sets of summer short-sleeved uniforms to each player.
He got the team uniform yesterday morning and washed it. Now he put it on and looked in the mirror to see the effect.
Different from the spring racing uniform, the front of the summer team uniform is pure black, with the VG team logo on the left chest and two sponsor advertisements - Devil's Claw and Douyu on the right side.
The overall feeling is very capable.
After washing up, Gu Xing changed into his clothes and shoes, picked up his backpack and went downstairs to join his teammates.
"There are steamed buns on the dining table. If you are hungry, you can take two to cushion your stomach." Brother Long scratched his hair that was tangled up due to sleep. "We have a game at seven o'clock in the evening. It's okay to eat a little at noon.
"
He knew that Gu Xing was a newcomer, so he explained to him, "Just remember to try not to eat too much food before the game. That will make you sleepy, which will slow down your reaction and affect your condition."
Gu Xing was able to figure this out quickly. When he had exams in the afternoon in high school, he would not eat very much for fear of getting sleepy.
Last night, Jin Wenhe briefly explained to him the process of starting the game, so Gu Xing ate two meat buns and ran to the training room to unplug all the keyboard and mouse cables on his desk.
Although LPL officials have prepared keyboards and mice in advance, most players currently choose to bring their own, after all, their own things are easy to use.
Gu Xing wrapped the peripherals with a mouse pad and put them in his backpack, and boarded the bus outside the base villa with his teammates.
After sitting down, I was just about to find a Jay Chou song from the music library when I saw Jin Wenhyuk sitting next to me and motioning for him to take off his headphones.
"What's wrong?" Gu Xing didn't understand.
Jin Wenhe said seriously, "I see you are quite nervous, so I came here to enlighten you."
Gu Xing felt confused, "How could you tell I was nervous?"
Jin Wenhyuk:?
After hearing this answer, he was at a loss.
Logically speaking, young people who have never had any public performance experience before will feel a little nervous before the first official LPL game.
This is completely understandable.
After all, you have to compete in front of thousands of spectators live and online, and it is very normal to have psychological burden.
VG Club now attaches great importance to youth training, and it is necessary to provide psychological counseling for newcomers before playing.
It is for this reason that Kim Moon-hyuk takes on the task of relieving pressure for players.
He did it very smoothly. Even though he didn't major in psychology in college, he gradually developed it.
During the period when he was the leader of the VG team, all the players who received his pre-game coaching would give a thumbs up.
Jin Wenhe never expected that he would be defeated by two newcomers who just joined VG in the summer split!
In the first regular season game, JackeyLove appears.
When he went to have a pre-game talk, he found that the kid had a confused look on his face. His original words were as follows: "Dude, I didn't feel nervous even if I was doing live broadcasts for many people. It wasn't just a game, so there's nothing to worry about."
?”
After thinking about it carefully, I found it acceptable. After all, Jack had live broadcast experience before playing professionally, and the number of viewers was not small. He was bombarded with various rhythms every day, so he should have a strong ability to withstand pressure.
But what is the situation with Gu Xing?
Jin Wenhe was puzzled.
It is true that Gu Xing has never done live broadcasts and has never participated in official competitions.
But he has the ability to be like a social nerd.
In the past, I had the opportunity to be broadcast in happy hour Internet cafes. Even if my rank is very high, after experiencing the satisfaction brought by showing off the first few times, normal players will have to face the attention of others every time they start the game. It is inevitable that they will feel a little bit uncomfortable.
Very uncomfortable.
Gu Xing didn't pay attention at all at that time, and the surrounding environment and onlookers could not bring any pressure to him at all.
It's a beautiful thing if someone can watch you play!
He longed to interact with the audience and opponents again, but unfortunately LPL rules did not allow it.
"Are you really not nervous?" Jin Wenhe repeated again.
Seeing Gu Xing nodding his head repeatedly and urging him to leave quickly so as not to delay his listening to the song, Jin Wenhe felt disappointed.
Is there something wrong?
The bus started slowly and headed out of Haowang Mountain to Minhang District.
The LPL Summer Games will be held at the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center, which is about half an hour's drive from Songjiang University Town.
Jay Chou was still singing "The sparrows chattering on the telephone pole outside the window". Not long after, the VG League of Legends bus arrived outside the venue.
Manager Lu Wenjun glanced out the window and said, "There are club fans and official photographers outside. Please pay attention."
Gu Xing packed his bag and when he got out of the car following Xiao Duan, he saw someone next to him holding a mobile phone and a camera to take pictures.
He waved hello to the other party calmly and generously.
However, the people around him didn't know Gu Xing. They thought the young man was quite handsome, so they focused on the other players.
Gu Xing is not very popular.
It is even said that the entire VG team has no fans.
If it weren't for the two champion Korean players, Imp and Easyhoon, there probably wouldn't even be those big fans who arrived at the venue early to take photos.
Lu Wenjun didn't care about that and led the team members into the venue through the backstage passage and found the room with the VG team's sign.
"This is our lounge. Players mainly do their activities here before the game," Jin Wenhe explained to Gu Xing. "Of course, if you have any familiar friends from other teams, you can visit the other team's lounge, as long as it doesn't violate the rules.
good."
Gu Xing nodded to indicate that he understood, and after entering the room, he looked at the interior environment of the lounge.
The space here is quite spacious, almost as big as the training room in the base.
There are also two whiteboards, one of which has a map of Summoner's Rift.
The difference is that there is no computer and there is an LCD TV hanging on the wall.
"Why is there a TV in the lounge?" Gu Xing was very curious.
Jin Wenhe answered all questions, "When you go on the field and start the game, this TV will broadcast the live broadcast of the game, and will also play the team's audio to let people in the room know the content of your communication at that time."
Gu Xing suddenly realized.
Not long after, a staff member came in and informed the contestants to put on makeup.
This link is completely a blind spot for Gu Xing's knowledge. He usually only uses facial cleanser and Dabao, and never puts on makeup at all.
After arriving in the designated room, Gu Xing sat on the chair and let the makeup artist play with it.
"You're new, this is your first time here?" the other party said slowly.
"How do you know?" Gu Xing asked, not understanding, "Because I looked around when I came in?"
The makeup artist said carefully and carefully, "Not only that, whoever has delicate skin is a newbie. Anyway, in your line of work, your work, rest and diet are not healthy, and there is basically no one with good skin."
"In April, I was in charge of makeup at the Jing'an Sports Center in the second-tier league. One of the teams in the finals was called YM, and there was a young man in there who had really amazing skin..."
"Is there any way to avoid it?" Although Gu Xing didn't care much about appearance, since his foundation was not bad, he felt there was no need to waste it.
"Exercise more and drink more water. There are many methods, but the most important thing is self-discipline." The makeup artist is a chatty person, so she chatted a few words when she had nothing to do and taught him some tips.
Back in the break room, Gu Xing took out the keyboard and mouse from his backpack and handed it to the staff for official testing to see if it complied with regulations.
Jack handed him a white disposable paper cup with the LPL logo printed on it.
"The beverage machine is in the corridor. There are Coke, Sprite, milk tea and coffee. You can pick it up yourself. It doesn't cost you anything to drink." Yu Wenbo has been here several times before and is quite familiar with this place.
While Gu Xing was pouring down a cup of Coca-Cola, Jin Wenhe brought back all the players’ peripherals and prepared the team members to go on stage to debug the machines.
It's still early now, the audience hasn't entered the venue yet, hundreds of seats are empty, and only the on-site staff are there.
The spotlight above the head was not turned on, and the stage looked dim and monotonous.
"The people in black are the referees. During the game, they will stand behind the players' seats to supervise to prevent cheating," Jin Wenhe introduced to him. "The seats are arranged like this... the top laner is at the edge, facing the inside of the stage.
In order, they are jungler, mid laner, ADC and support."
Gu Xing found his seat. The computer was turned on, the monitor was a 24-inch standard, and the USB interfaces for peripherals were placed on the table.
After plugging it in and making sure that the keyboard and mouse could be used normally, a referee instructed beside him, "There is a private server client on the computer desktop, and the ID has been registered for you. You just need to restart it."
It is worth mentioning that the game server used by the college league only has a fixed amount of gold coins and points when it is refreshed. All heroes can be used, but they are in an unowned state - similar to the weekly free form. If you want to buy skins, you have to buy them first.
hero.
Once the game server points are used up and are not officially refreshed, you will no longer be able to buy skins.
The LSPL and LPL have entered the professional e-sports system. In order to ensure the purity and low latency of the event environment, the competition is set up on-site servers and uses private servers. This kind of server officially provides full heroes and full skins, so you can use it casually.
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When Gu Xing heard that all the skins were unlocked, he couldn't help but be very happy. You must know that apart from the season rewards, he only has one paid skin - Muay Thai blind monk, which was given by Jack.
Even Ding Ran, who has invested a lot of money, can't keep up with the number of private server player accounts!
Gu Xing looked at his 20 pages of runes and couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
Never had such a rich fight been fought before!
He quickly inlaid the runes and made the best use of them, making subtle adjustments to each page to deal with different enemy lineups.
In the personal information in the upper right corner of the client, the name of VGVirtue is particularly eye-catching.
…
"Welcome back to Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center. This is the live broadcast of the 2016 League of Legends Professional League Summer Season. Hello everyone, I am the commentator!"
He has a strong voice and a colorful hairstyle.
Miller, his commentary partner, was shown to be gentle and gentle.
"Today is also the first match day of the third week. In the 5 o'clock match that just ended, EDG easily swept IG 2-0." Wawa was still informing the audience about the results of the last game. "Currently, IG still has no problem with the bottom lane.
It was resolved very well, and only Rookie was online in the entire team."
"If this continues, I can only say that IG's road will be more difficult this summer."
Miller echoed, "Yes, that's right. In the upcoming game, RNG, currently the top player in Group B, will face VG, which is ranked third!"
"This can also be called a focus battle. Both teams changed their ADC players in the summer. Uzi and Imp met in the finals of the S4 World Championship..."
The director also showed a close-up of the player seats of the two teams on the big screen.
The moment Uzi appeared in the camera, the packed audience suddenly burst into cheers!
As the champion of the Spring Split, RNG has also received strong reinforcements. Now it is gaining momentum and its popularity is at the top of the league!
In contrast, the number of VG fans is not large, and the outpouring of support has obviously slowed down.
When the camera shifted to Gu Xing, he looked relaxed and showed a bright smile.
Miller introduced to the audience, "VG jungler Virtue, this is an 18-year-old youngster, currently ranked number one in the national server, and has never had professional game experience before. This summer, he will appear in the club together with JackeyLove, who has previously appeared.
On the list.”
After learning about Gu Xing's appearance, I prepared some information, but other than the story of climbing to the top of Ionia, there really wasn't much to talk about.
As for the remaining breaking news about "Suppressing the opposing jungler for 80 dollars in trial training, which made imp say he was right", Miller could also guess that the protagonist was Gu Xing - after all, VG only has two junglers, and World6 is considered an experienced player.
Yes, it can be completely ruled out.
But his first reaction when he saw the news was that someone was making a prank.
Miller, like the vast majority of viewers, believes that it is impossible for the jungle position to command 80 dollars. This is the experience he has accumulated over many years of commentating and watching games.
So he simply didn't mention it.
But the audience in the live event room still remembers this incident.
80 dollars, so-and-so calling you right has become a famous meme on the forum recently, and there are endless arguments in the barrage.
[If the incense pot doesn’t charge him 80 dollars, let Uzi call him right?]
[Again, with RNG’s lineup, I don’t even know how to lose!]
[However, VG’s new jungler is quite good-looking, and his smile is so sunny]
[MLXG is known as Harry Potter, isn’t it bad? 】
[If Virtue can press the incense pot for 80 dollars today, I will eat five pounds of shit!]
Wawa also felt that the jungle matchup situation in this game was not optimistic. "Today, the rookie will face Xiangguo. For Virtue, it is a severe challenge, but also an opportunity for growth and progress..."
His tone was gentle.
Gu Xing, who was sitting in the player's seat, didn't know how the audience and commentators evaluated him. He was wearing sound-isolating headphones and could only faintly hear the noise from the audience, but he couldn't tell what people were saying.
"Xiao Gu, come into the room and get ready to start!" Brother Long reminded him.
Gu Xing quickly accepted the game invitation that popped up in the upper right corner of the client and entered the custom room named 'PB_LPL_RNG_VG_GAME1.1'.
PB is ‘Project Banana’, the abbreviation of Project Banana, followed by the name of the league and the two sides.
Game1.1 is the first room opening in the first game. If you encounter any BP problems or on-site bugs and need to restart the game, it will become Game1.2.
Mainly to facilitate referees to write reports after the game.
All five members of Gu Xing's VG team are on the right side of the room. The team did not have priority in selecting sides in this round, and was on the red side in the first round.
On the left side of the custom room, there are all RNG prefixes.
Two world champions Looper and Mata, Uzi who has entered the World Championship finals for two consecutive years, and the talented young boy Xiaohu who even defeated Faker alone in the mid-season...
As well as his direct opponent in this game, the Spicy Hotpot who is also in the Seven Wolves!
In the process of thinking, Imp had already started typing on the keyboard and exchanging greetings with his two old teammates.
The private server has been adjusted. Not only the text in the client and the game, but also the voice system can be switched to Korean, and chat and typing are no problem.
The three Koreans were chatting animatedly in the room, but Gu Xing did not interrupt.
He noticed that the spectator seats were no longer occupied by coaches from both sides like in training games.
Instead, they are OB01 to OB04, four backstage staff responsible for cutting the screen to the broadcast screen, and six accounts: LiveProducer (field producer) and HeadRef (chief referee).
"Check the equipment again," the referee reminded Gu Xing and others, "if it is confirmed to be correct, we will start."
"No problem, let's go, let's go!" Brother Long was eager to give it a try.
Gu Xing took a deep breath, adjusted his excitement, and prepared for the first game of his career!
A sonorous and powerful sound came from the earphones, and the customized room changed into competitive recruitment mode!
"RNG is on the blue side in this game. They came up and put Vampire on the ban position first," Miller followed the train of thought. "Vampire is also a hero that has been significantly reworked in the mid-season version. Now it is very strong and has a powerful attack effect."
French brush, very suitable for Easyhoon.”
Redmi did their homework before the game, so they banned Leopard Girl without much hesitation.
Today's Leopard Girl has dominated the jungle, and her high jungle clearing efficiency and flexibility have made her favored by professional teams.
Moreover, Mala Xiangguo has not changed his playing style yet. He is very good at roles such as Leopard Girl and Male Gun. If VG on the red side does not ban him, RNG will probably grab it.
"RNG's second ban slot is given to ice girl Lissandra," Miller laughed when he saw this. "It's very specific to Mr. Hou. He deserves to be the core of the VG team, and the treatment is quite luxurious!"
Although Easyhoon is famous as a brush hero and is known as the defensive tower in the middle, the audience's impression of him is that of an enhanced version of Ugos, who never leaves the line while grinding.
In fact, this is pure prejudice.
He also plays a roaming support role.
Ice Girl is his most commonly used roaming mid laner, and her proficiency is very high.
Currently, there are only three ban positions in the game. Giving Easyhoon two of them is already a sign of respect.
Hongmi knew that Ice Girl was very capable of restraining LeBlanc in the current version, and the opponent's mid laner Xiaohu had a good grasp of LeBlanc, the Trickery LeBlanc, so he chose to pin her to death.
The main reason is to prevent Xiaohu from frequently linking up with the Incense Pot after taking out the Enchantress to drive the rhythm of the game.
"RNG's last ban gave a small section of Thresh, while VG blocked the troll!"
Troll is still the nemesis of the front row in the current version, and it has certain single-band pulling ability, so it may be troublesome for Looper to get it.
Both teams have used up all their ban slots, and now it’s the blue team’s RNG turn to make the first choice.
Fly, the head coach of RNG, is also a Korean. He asked Xiangguo through a translator, "Do you think you need to grab the male spear?"
Graves is still a popular choice in the version, and his combat power is too strong.
"Hmm..." Mala Xiangguo thought for a moment, "Take it, I can carry it."
Although the opposite jungler is a newbie, it is just as he said before in the Seven Wolves.
It is impossible for oneself to underestimate the enemy and let him go.
"No problem, the male gun was chosen first," Wawa looked to the other side, "VG took out Ike and Bron!"
This version of Ekko is mainly used as a top laner. It does not require much magic power to deal decent percentage damage, and it is also very effective when facing tank heroes.
Unlike Troll, who simply restrains the front row role, Ekko is not very lethal to the front row in team battles. The main reason is that he has flexible characteristics and can rush into the back row to threaten the enemy's output.
To put it bluntly, he's a jerk.
"RNG got Sivir for Uzi and Niutou in the support position, and decided to hide the top and middle solo lane choices until the end." Miller saw that VG selected Lucian and understood Redmi's intention, "It looks like
VG’s bottom lane is going to put pressure on the lane, and they certainly don’t want Uzi to develop smoothly into the later stages.”
Wawa then said, "VG's fourth choice was to get the excavator Reksai, and they also want to focus on the early rhythm and try to speed up the whole team!"
"RNG's last two choices are Poppy and Syndra!" Miller's eyes lit up, "The two backhand heroes in the middle and top can perfectly deal with VG's forced group start!"
Hongmi was pacing behind the player bench, while discussing hero selection with his mid laner.
"If I choose the yellow chicken," Easyhoon looked at Gu Xing, "can you withstand the pressure in the jungle?"
The hero Desert Emperor basically cannot help the jungle in the early stage, so he just hangs in the lane and grinds.
He was afraid that the RNG midfielder would destroy Gu Xing's jungle area.
"It's okay, I won't touch the jungle with the opponent," Gu Xing thought for a moment, "You just have to choose."
Hongmi finally nodded and Xiao Duan helped lock down the Desert Emperor!
In the end, the lineups of both sides were determined.
Blue side RNG: top laner Poppy, jungler gunner, mid laner Syndra, bottom laner Sivir + Niutou.
Red side VG: Top laner Ekko, jungler Digger, mid laner Yellow Chicken, bottom lane Lucian + Braum.
"Gu Xing, just perform normally and show your strength in the training match," Hongmi pinched his shoulder, "It's just a regular season game, don't take winning or losing too seriously."
"Understood," Gu Xing flexed his fingers with a look of great anticipation, "Don't worry!"
The cheers from the audience were non-stop, until the moment Summoner's Rift came to the scene, the sound reached its peak in an instant!