It is worth mentioning that during the period before the start of the Asian Games, the domestic LPL is still in full swing.
It's just that clubs with participating players cannot participate in the competition. Therefore, except for IG and RW, no strong team has appeared in the LPL recently. The discussion heated up directly due to the Asian Games draw!
[Let me go, China, South Korea and Vietnam are in the same group? 】
[I never thought that an Asian Games could produce a death group. If you advance to the second place in four, you will definitely get rid of one]
[We are the ones who won’t leave, right? I’m so worried]
[Fuck you, don’t say anything if you can’t speak, will we lose to Vietnam?]
[Indonesia is such a bitch. If you are not satisfied with the host country giving you a direct promotion spot for the main draw, you have to sign a lottery, right?]
[Be content, brother, at least Indonesia still has a hand in hand. If China, Vietnam and South Korea were to divide themselves into a group, I can’t imagine how brutal the fight would be]
[Wanwan is almost smiling. After the host country finished drawing, Group B is a bunch of people. There is no pressure at all in the group stage]
[Has anyone posted Wanwan’s comment in PTT? I’m too lazy to read it. The UI with the tombstone engraving is like shit. I feel like my myopia will increase by 100 degrees after reading it]
At the bottom of this comment, some friends actually attached the URL of the reposted post. Click on the portal to see the essence of the PTT forum.
Gu Xing clicked on the post among the comments about "Your uncle, please pet him." He saw a white text on a black background, which had a strong visual impact.
[What a fair draw, pop the champagne!]
[To quote the mainland, it’s a good draw, why is it a good draw? I hope the CN representative team will play KR’s trump card first. If we win the championship in the future, we can give 1/3 of the credit to the CN team]
[Fengtang and Snake must work hard, proving that you two can still win even without Kasa!]
[By the way, can we study the opponents in the semi-finals in advance? It’s not difficult for the top spot in Group B to qualify! 】
Netizens from Mainland China and Wanwan Forum had completely opposite attitudes. Gu Xing had now accepted the result of the lottery. Seeing that their discussion was completely calm, Quan was just having fun.
After Jack rushed out of the bathroom and repeatedly confirmed that the air conditioner temperature was 26°C, the two of them fell asleep peacefully.
Thanks to the completely adjusted work and rest schedule during the last training camp of the sports team, they slept full of energy until early the next morning.
Gu Xinggang planned to invite his teammates to have breakfast in the restaurant downstairs in the group chat, but he found a general message from Abu, saying that the award server had arrived, and he could go to the lobby on the first floor to queue up and receive it in an orderly manner.
"Elbow, come downstairs with me..." Gu Xing grabbed the lazy dog Jack and was about to go out, but suddenly he heard a knock on the door.
When he got up and opened the door, he saw Abu's bright smiling face.
"brother
No, you can try it on later, and I will wear this outfit on the opening ceremony of the e-sports event."
"Thank you!" Gu Xing thanked him.
"It's a small matter," Abu's smile deepened, "Gather at the door of the dormitory building at 9 o'clock. Let's go to the newly built training room together."
After saying goodbye to the coach, Jack couldn't wait to open his clothes bag.
"Wow..." Yu Wenbo opened his mouth, "Jiang Zi is official?"
They received a set of orange short-sleeved training uniforms during the training camp, but they were incomparable to this award-winning uniform!
There are two tops in total, one is a white short-sleeved bottoming piece, and the other is a red and white jacket.
Apart from the Olympic rings and the national flag on the chest, the most eye-catching thing is the Great Wall pattern that snakes upward from the right waist, which is tall and three-dimensional and highly recognizable.
The lower body is in navy blue sports pants, and the legs gradually taper from top to bottom, making them look quite slim.
In addition, there is a pair of red running shoes, and the entire award-winning outfit is sponsored by Anta.
Gu Xing put his coat directly on his body, looked back and forth in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction.
Jack was also very excited to experience the feeling of receiving the award, so he even put on sweatpants together.
Since there was only a floor-to-ceiling mirror in the athletes' dormitory, he could only stand with Gu Xing.
Just looking at his face, Jack, who has not yet gained weight and turned into a steamed bun and kohlrabi, is not bad. His skin is fair and his facial features are delicate.
But the floor-length mirror can illuminate the whole body.
Yu Wenbo's height of about 1.7 meters and his incredible head-to-shoulder ratio look very inconsistent.
And people are more irritating than others.
Gu Xing is about 1.8 meters tall, with a tall and straight body and long legs. His waist and hips want to touch Jack's chest. The gap is very obvious.
"I won't read it anymore!" Yu Wenbo was very angry and waved his short hands in displeasure.
Only then did Gu Xing realize how funny the scene of both of them putting on award-winning uniforms was, and he immediately laughed out loud.
"Hey, you have such short legs..." He really didn't want to laugh, but he couldn't help it.
"Hurry up and go eat!" Jack raised his voice in an attempt to cover up the ridicule of his jungler. He took off his award-winning uniform angrily and walked downstairs.
Gu Xing quickly followed and headed to the restaurant together.
The Asian Games Village gathers athletes from all over the world. In order to cater for everyone's dining culture, the restaurants have everything from East Asian Chinese food, sushi and kimbap, to South Asian curry paste and flying pancakes, to Indonesian specialties.
You can even find fried dough sticks in Gu Xing.
Just after picking up the meal, he was recognized.
"Virtue?" an athlete with a redbud regional flag printed on his chest exclaimed in surprise, and then he shouted in half-baked Mandarin, "Can we take a photo?"
"No problem." Gu Xing said disrespectfully.
The HK athlete was overjoyed and quickly took out his phone and handed it to Jack, making his request, "...help?"
Yu Wenbo's face turned dark with anger.
Standing next to the successful Gu Xing, he was almost like a background board, and now he had to take on the role of a photo-taking tool.
That’s not true!
But Jack couldn't save face and refused, so he finally agreed in a protracted tone.
"彳庍口巴."
But this is just the beginning.
After taking photos with the HK athletes, many people spotted Gu Xing and rushed to ask for autographs and photos, recreating the scene of entering the Asian Games Village yesterday.
Yu Wenbo, who was following him, was naturally the only one to raise his camera and cell phone to take pictures.
He couldn't refuse, and the smile on his face almost faded.
Fans outside say that I am both the chosen one and the only one. Does this mean that I am the only one who takes photos?
After struggling for a long time, Gu Xing finally saw off a group of fans. As soon as he got a bowl of soy milk and sat down without even showing off the fried dough sticks in his mouth, another athlete recognized his identity and came up to chat.
Since then, there has been an endless stream of newcomers, so Gu Xing had no choice but to patiently communicate with fans and meet their needs one by one.
It wasn't until the deadline for the team to assemble at 9 o'clock that Gu Xing found an excuse to escape.
While on the road, he touched his flat belly and sighed helplessly, "What do you mean this is? I haven't even finished breakfast!"
Seeing Gu Xing's hungry look, Jack gloated, "You deserve it!"
"Oh," Gu Xing glanced at him, "It would be great if I were as popular as you. I could walk around the Asian Games Village without worrying about being recognized by fans. How different is it from me..."
Jack gritted his teeth and said, "That's almost it! You can't stop it!"
The two of them rushed to gather together. After hearing about the incident of Gu Xing being treated as a precious animal, Abu expressed deep sympathy for this incident and secretly decided to help the star with his food in the future, so that he would not have to go to the cafeteria and have trouble eating.
After all members of the CNLOL team gathered, Abu took them to the office building of the Asian Games Village.
The Asian Electronics Federation has set aside an entire floor here to provide training venues specifically for e-sports athletes. Among them, the League of Legends project occupies most of the area due to the large number of people.
All eight teams entering the main competition stage are training together here, with slightly crude partitions separating each team into a separate small space.
When Gu Xing and others found the nameplate with the CHN logo and red flag, they saw that there were already people communicating in the cubicle next door with the Taigeuk flag hanging on it.
The door is open, and formal training obviously hasn't started yet.
"Wanghu?" Gu Xing knocked on the door and greeted his good brother.
"Brother okay!" Little Peanut narrowed his eyes and smiled, his young face full of joy, "Long time no see!"
"Hey, isn't this Gu Xing?" Smeb crossed his legs and said harsh words, "Waiting for the group stage, just wait and see how we can defeat you!"
"Don't make me laugh," Gu Xing looked full of confidence, "Mai Bo, you don't really think that the players on the KR representative team are better than us, do you?"
Song Jinghao sneered, "In terms of player level alone, we may not have much advantage, but what about the coaching staff?"
He pointed at Edgar, Kkoma, ZanDarc and Mafa beside him, "You dare to go against them? First, consider how much tactical reserve you have!"
Smeb held his head high and proudly, "I'm not afraid of you finding out. We have already made targeted plans for LPL teams during training, and we even have hidden cards. You are waiting to die!"
Song Jinghao was sure of winning, and felt that coming to Jakarta was just a formality, and it would be effortless to win the gold medal!
Gu Xing fell silent.
The coaching level of the KR representative team is really impressive.
If just showing these IDs is not scary enough, then think about the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix of the CN representative team?
Only Abramovich's resume is pretty good, but knowing that he hasn't had any first-line training work for two and a half years, how much help can he provide?
Before the training camp, when discussing the rosters of both sides, the difference in coaching level was emphasized on the Internet, believing that the gap in training strength between the two sides was too large.
At that time, although Gu Xing felt that the coaching staff of the CN representative team was not very good, his overall mentality was quite optimistic, thinking that as long as it was sufficient, it would be fine.
Now that he has experienced the level of Wolong Fengxiao, Gu Xingcai realizes that the online maggot baby still overestimates the strength of the coaching staff.
There is no comparison with KR’s star-studded coaching team!
On the first day of joint training in Jakarta, the flaws of the CN coaching staff were exposed.
Because RW went to Chengdu to find OMG to compete, Gu Xing had to temporarily find another team to compete with.
I happened to meet the war horse of the Wanwan team, and the two hit it off and planned to play two rounds of training matches.
After all, Wanwan is in Group B and does not have a direct competitive relationship with the CN representative team before the semi-finals, so it is most suitable to be a match partner.
Riot attaches great importance to this Asian Games and has specially packaged and provided the 8.15 version of the server to the event organizers for daily training of the eight teams.
As a result, in the first round of training matches, Fengtang took out a set of mid laners to ignite the Enchantress to deal with Xiaohu's teleportation Syndra.
Under normal circumstances, Enchantress carries teleportation in the professional arena to support her teammates. By the way, it can also come in handy in the mid- to late-game solo.
However, Fengtang has long realized that after the current teleportation is weakened, it will be difficult to play any role in the laning period, so he directly uses ignition to forcefully seize the laning rights!
As soon as Gu Xing started fighting in the river, Maple used ignition to hang on Xiaohu, and supplemented it with a full set of skill output. He first disabled Li Yuanhao and then went to Gu Xing.
Lacking the summoner skills to compete, Xiaohu did not dare to resist in the face of Fengtang's constant threat, which directly led to the loss of the mid lane right!
There was a problem with the right of a vital branch line, and Gu Xing was forced to give up the fight for resources. Later, he even did not dare to enter the river.
Even so, Wanwan Zhongye still refused to let him go.
Maple seems to be using Ignite to the extreme. He will cast it as soon as the CD improves. Either he is helping himself to seize lane rights, or he is disgusting in the jungle.
The extra burst damage made Gu Xing complain endlessly, and he didn't even dare to fight back before the equipment was formed - after all, the serious injury mechanism provided by the ignition effect also restrained the recovery of blood volume when punishing wild monsters, and he lacked health supplies.
On his own, he is no match for Maple!
And once Gu Xing fails, this national team will have no rhythm at all!
In the first training match, the CNLOL team was pushed hard for 26 minutes!
"I knew..." Gu Xing took off his headphones with a look of helplessness on his face, "The weakening of the transmission will have a great impact."
"Quie," Xiaohu pinched his drake voice and nodded in agreement with his jungler's opinion, "I feel that except for a few heroes, the other mid laners must bring ignition."
A pure combat summoner skill plays an immeasurable role in early battles for lane control and small-scale team battles!
Xiaohu learned a lesson in this game.
Seeing the players' reactions like this, Bai Crescent immediately blushed, which was even more eye-catching than Uzi's red reaction.
He mumbled and admitted his fault, "It's my problem..."
Zhu Kai followed quickly and apologized to the players with a look of shame on his face, "I am also responsible. I saw that teleportation was weakened at the time, but I always felt that this change affected the passerby game more. Teleportation is more important in the professional arena."
Gu Xing gave a short sigh.
If it had been during last year's World Championship, teleportation would not have had such an exaggerated reaction on the summoner's skill ecosystem in the middle. People would still play tool heroes, and they would have to bring teleportation to radiate to support the side lanes, which is nothing more than to adjust the rhythm of the game.
Just slow down.
But this is the S8 summer game!
After the changes in the mid-season version, the designers have been emphasizing duels and lane rights. You have no advantage in the middle. The mage has to hold back 1,300 gold coins to make [The Lost Chapter] when Dolan's ring returns to mana and is cut.
】, it is simply difficult to reach the sky!
And during this period, the River Swift Crab is released to the opponent by default, which will also affect the competition in the jungle and Canyon Pioneer!
It turns out that Teleport can account for half of the skills worn by hero summoners in the middle, because the cooldown is very short, so you don’t have to think too much when using it. Even if the opponent is a igniting dog, you can trick the igniting dog out by exchanging blood, and replenish the status after returning to the city.
Still can TP go online and continue to develop.
But this time the cooling time has been greatly increased, and the involution of line rights in the middle will become more intense!
You can use it once at most during the laning phase with teleport. If someone brings ignition, they will force you to go home. After the CD is restored, they will harass you or enter the jungle, and there is nothing you can do!
In this situation, most mid lane heroes are forced to follow the trend and lead the ignition, otherwise you will lose the rhythm!
"No, you two need to improve your version sense." Uzi couldn't stand it any longer. "Look at her, it's obvious before today that teleportation in the middle is not easy to use. Maple comes up and ignites it!"
"Because of your work mistakes, our players have to spend a lot of time trying to make mistakes. How can we train?" Jian Aoyao said harshly.
He has never had a very good temper. If any support dared to cheat him in qualifying, Uzi would scold him bloody, let alone such a serious and important occasion as the Asian Games!
It’s just one event in four years. By the time of the next Asian Games in Hangzhou, Uzi will probably retire!
He just wanted to work harder to win the gold medal and go back to honor his ancestors.
It would be strange for Uzi not to be annoyed when he encounters this pair of lagging coaching staff!
"The evolution of version deduction is one step at a time, one step at a time. If you can't keep up with others today, tomorrow KR and Wanwan may be studying the solution to version tactics. We haven't even understood the version. Wouldn't it be a joke when we play?
"Gu Xing couldn't help but criticize.
Bai Yueya and Zhu Kai were neither coaching members of the national team, and their relationship was not close to each other. After being told by the star player of the team, they just stared at the floor, wishing to find a crack to squeeze in.
"...If it doesn't work, I'll do it," Abu planned to take action, "Bai Jiao and Zhu Kai, you two can be responsible for the statistics, and also manage the logistics of the players."
He looked serious.
It turns out that Abramovich is serving as the head coach in this Asian Games. He is mainly responsible for controlling the overall direction and not making mistakes. He is not responsible for specific measures and tactical discussions.
But this pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks were so outrageous that Ji Xing couldn't stand it anymore.
There is no way, the difference between the upper and lower limits of LOL coaching positions is too huge, at least much higher than the gap between top and second-tier league players.
Strong coaches such as Edgar and Kkoma can independently build an operating system, which has a profound impact!
For example, the operating philosophy of Samsung Ten Sons back then, and the solid gameplay of SKT’s double-C backing, jungler and anti-crouching tools, and side-to-side road-centered gameplay during its heyday have greatly promoted the ecology of professional League of Legends e-sports.
So much so that there are still many teams built following the thinking of these two giant clubs!
As a behind-the-scenes coach, he has been able to write an important chapter in the development of LOL e-sports. You can imagine how important it is!
On the other hand, although inferior coaches have their own coaching styles, they also have obvious shortcomings.
The first choice, being dizzy and proactively taking the red side, and blindly trusting the player to take the Fire Man and release Galio are all typical examples.
A rookie coach would go even further and lead the team astray!
Is this version of the hero strong? I want to give it to the opponent to give it a try.
Are we going to play a dual shooter? Put it on the opposite side, Jax. There’s nothing to worry about!
A real man wants to fight hard!
The gap between coaches is so obvious.
Abu also knew that criticizing Bai Yueya and Zhu Kai at this moment would not have much effect, and he had to go into battle himself.
"We can play a game of Karma in the assist position," another training match started. Ji Xing stood behind the player bench, "Prince Duan, you know how to play, right?"
"Of course!" Duan Deliang agreed loudly.
"Then choose," Abu motioned to the team members to quickly get the hero, not forgetting to explain the reason to the players in the process, "Karma was changed once by the designer in the 8.14 version. The basic armor directly increased by 6 points, and the mana recovery attribute was also improved.
Moreover, the range radius of the Q skill is wider, which is just a small damage reduction. I think the overall effect is still strengthened, which is a major benefit to the support position."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Isn't it the line rights version now? Choose Kalma, you can just grab the line rights..."
In the following few training matches, with Abramovich's intervention, the national team's position stabilized again, and their winning rate against Wanwan skyrocketed.
The heavy burden in Gu Xing's heart was relieved a little.
Although Ji Xing's character is not that good, he does have two skills in terms of professional ability. Otherwise, he would not have been able to bring the team's strength to its peak while serving as the head coach of WE and EDG.
However, they have not been able to make up for the time lost due to Crouching Dragon and Phoenix. They have been studying the 8.15 version and gradually figured out the new game environment. However, the wild core dilemma that arose previously has not yet been resolved.
August 25, Mahaka Square.
This is the host venue for the e-sports events of this Asian Games, and it is now overcrowded.
The venue was packed with spectators and various media, most of whom came here to watch two e-sports superstars - Virtue and Faker.
Their names are not only resounding in the field of e-sports, but their repeated championships and overwhelming publicity have made them famous!
Gu Xing was prepared in advance and ran all the way to avoid reporters when entering the venue, but unfortunately he still failed.
These reporters ran too fast.
After answering interview questions from several media outlets, Gu Xing successfully entered the background.
He came face-to-face with Faker, who was also in a state of embarrassment.
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, obviously upset by the media.
When they met this time, the two of them passed by each other without saying much. Before leaving, Lee Sang Hyuk just left behind a well-spoken Chinese sentence.
"...See you on the field!"
While Gu Xing was putting on makeup, Zhu Kai ran over panting, holding the flagpole tightly with both hands.
"Brother Xing, this is the flag. You will use it when you come on stage!"
"Thank you!" Gu Xing said with a smile, took the national flag and placed it beside him, taking deep breaths to soothe his racing heart.
He has always been known for his ability to withstand pressure and his good mentality, but he still feels a little nervous when he takes the court in this Asian Games.
The symbolic meaning is completely different.
While waiting, the bearded man wearing the Saudi flag in front of him looked back at him and extended his hand to shake his hand warmly.
"Virtue? I really like watching your games. Even my ID was changed for you in this Asian Games!"
Gu Xing was confused.
Just when I was about to ask this guy what his nickname was, I heard the other person change the subject again.
"By the way, Virtue, do you have any idea of coming to my place to continue playing games after retiring from the LPL?" The bearded man beamed, "I can sponsor a European or Asian team, you just need to join, and I will give you this amount of salary a year.
…”
He held up a finger.
Ten million?
Gu Xing laughed dumbly.
I'm afraid this is not enough.
His 1+1 contract with VG guarantees a salary of at least 10 million per year, in addition to live broadcast contract income!
Seeing that he was not interested, the Saudi man frowned slightly, "10 million US dollars is not enough? I can add another one or two million, but it is really the limit. You know, now Riot Games has raised the league seat fees to sky-high prices...
"
"Take the young master?!" Gu Xing thought for a time that he heard wrongly.
I thought it was 1000W RMB!
Turns out you said the unit is US dollars?
Do oil guys have that much power?
Gu Xing only thought that the other party was joking. After all, this salary was more than twice the highest salary in LoL history. It was really a bit of a joke.
"Come on, it's your turn." He motioned to the Saudi men to come on.
The bearded man sighed and shook his head, adjusted his mood, and then stepped onto the stage holding the national flag.
Next…
“…the People’s Republic of China!”
Gu Xing clenched the red flag with both hands, his Adam's apple swallowing up and down due to nervousness, and strode towards the spotlight.
Inheriting the ambitions of our predecessors, countless older generation e-sports people have paid countless blood and tears, and it has blossomed and bore fruit today.
In the 15th year after e-sports was listed as the 99th official sports competition by the country, he represented China's e-sports and took the first step to enter the Asian Games.
The moment Gu Xing stepped onto the stage, a vast wave of wanton joy rang out from the audience. In an instant, it had the potential to soar into the sky and lingered in the venue!
The flashing lights in the stands were non-stop, and the audience raised their cameras to freeze the historic moment of Chinese e-sports!
After a brief opening ceremony, the first game began quickly.
Gu Xing stepped onto the stage and met the Saudi man face to face.
In the first game, the two countries will start a battle.
The atmosphere in the national team is lively. This is the team with the weakest overall strength in Group A. According to the information obtained before the game, all members of the Saudi team are international students, and their rank is at best Korean server diamond.
Not to mention operations, if they really want to compete with the national team, they may not even be able to survive the laning period!
Follow the instructions of the referee behind you to enter the custom room, and the Saudi team also pulls the contestants in one by one.
Gu Xing was chatting and laughing with his teammates, picking up a paper cup and filling his mouth with ice water, when he heard Jack exclaim.
"I'm sorry, the ID of Saudi Arabia on the other side is too scary, isn't it?"
"What's going on?" Gu Xing had a bad premonition. He took a closer look and saw a person's ID in the opponent's nickname column that was very eye-catching.
LoveVirtue?
Something's wrong, there's Nantong!
Gu Xing almost spit out a mouthful of ice water.
The atmosphere in the national team was more cheerful.
"Good guy, this is Brother Xing's die-hard fan!" Li Yuanhao laughed loudly, "He is still playing jungle, and he just happened to be facing off against Brother Xing!"
"Hey, boy, does Saudi Arabia have the money to spend? It's several hundred million ahead of us at the beginning?" Letme joked.
Gu Xingze sat up straight, kneaded his knuckles and made a crisp sound, his expression became serious.
If you have this kind of ID, it is reasonable for me to teach you a lesson, right?