The professional circle's evaluation of Qiu Fei can be summarized in four words: he was born at the wrong time.
In the past, Sun Xiang came out of nowhere, in the middle, Tang Rou traveled a long distance, and in the latter, there are talented newcomers chasing each other.
In the entire eight years of Qiu Fei's career, he never entered the World Invitational Tournament.
——Even though he has been participating in the World Youth Championship as a member of the youth team since the eleventh season, competing internationally year after year. And soon, among a group of teenagers who have never shouldered a heavy responsibility, he has achieved success.
Served as captain in a practical sense.
However, no matter how many quotas there are in the national team, it is impossible to accommodate the third tactic.
...But what does it mean to be born at the wrong time? If his talent is similar to that of Sun Xiang and Tang Rou, or similar to Zhou Zekai, no matter how small the team is, it cannot cover up his shine.
In the final analysis, the qualifications are still not there.
In e-sports, food is the original sin.
However, other than that, anyone can only say that Qiu Fei's performance as the leader of the team is impeccable.
In the eleventh season, Excellent Era struggled to avoid relegation, finishing in 17th place.
In the twelfth season, he took another step forward and finished in 13th place.
In the 13th season, after three full seasons of hard work, the former group of teenagers finally climbed to ninth place, just one step away from the playoffs.
In the fourteenth season, we entered the playoffs. That season was called "the last madness of the golden generation". Blue Rain, Tiny Herb, Happy, and even Void Thunder, all the major teams, all the main players, tried their best to win the championship at all costs.
The strangulation was particularly brutal. Excellent Era barely made it to the top eight, but eventually fell to the Bingyu Sword and failed to make any further progress.
Season 15, semi-finals.
Season 16, runner-up.
At this point, although Excellent Era has never won a championship since returning to the league, it can already hold its head high and stand upright among the strong teams.
At the end of the seventeenth season, Sun Xiang retired.
Club Excellent Era spent a lot of money to buy back One Autumn Leaf.
After eight years, the war spear pointed directly at the sky finally welcomed back the red maple decorated with three stars that was inseparable from it.
From having nothing to the return of the God of War. Qiu Fei led the whole team to fight step by step, and he played a huge role in every step of this process.
At that time, the media generally believed that One Autumn Leaf would return to Excellent Era and, of course, would be led by captain Qiu Fei.
——If it weren’t for the twists and turns in the eighth season, this young man whom Ye Xiu personally taught might have become the master of One Autumn Leaf in the ninth or at least the tenth season.
However, three days later, Excellent Era announced that it would hold a press conference. As the captain, Qiu Fei brought a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a childish expression, in front of the public.
"Ji Jinglin, the newcomer of Team Excellent Era, will compete using One Autumn Leaf at the beginning of next season."
One sentence shocked the whole audience.
Ji Jinglin was blinded by the white flashing lights. Beside him, Qiu Fei's familiar voice sounded steadily through the microphone throughout the press conference:
"Ji Jinglin is a newcomer who grew up in the Excellent Era training camp and is also an excellent strategy player. We believe that in the 18th season, he will bring us enough surprises as the leader of One Autumn Leaf."
With Qiu Fei's words and his status as the leader of One Autumn Leaf, Ji Jinglin's rookie wall had already started in the first round of that season.
——Qiu Fei put him in the core position without hesitation, starting in the ring battle, starting in the team battle, and the absolute main force in every battle. All the masters from each team were mercilessly targeted and beaten in turn.
Down.
And this crazy experience reached its climax in the All-Star Game of the 18th season.
Under the spotlight, the young man held his head high and his voice was firm and fearless:
"——The one I want to challenge is the captain of our team, Qiu Fei."
"——Both parties use professional account cards."
The lights dim.
The holographic projection lights up.
At that moment, the entire audience held their breath. Eight years passed by, and the fighting style that was once impossible to fight alongside the God of War finally stood silently opposite One Autumn Leaf as the challenger.
The battle was extremely fierce. Even if you are not a professional player, you can see that Qiu Fei had no intention of giving in to his juniors, and he did not even hold back in the battle - he gave his all, both sides used their full strength, hand speed, concentration, and awareness.
, enthusiasm, everything, burned to the top in this battle——
Until he falls.
One Autumn Leaf falls.
The difference between one move and 2% of the blood volume is a loss in combat format.
There was silence in the stands for a long time. It was not until the two contestants stood under the spotlight again that applause broke out and swept the entire audience.
In contrast to Ji Jinglin's unconcealable excitement, Qiu Fei just pursed his lips and patted the young man's shoulder heavily.
"Well played."
They returned to their seats. Before they were seated, Lu Hanwen couldn't wait to be the first to complain:
"Hey, you are so cruel!"
Song Qiying nodded, Gao Yingjie's eyes were slightly blank as if he was recalling something, Qiao Yifan smiled and said nothing. In any case, everyone's attention was focused on Qiu Fei and the young man behind Qiu Fei.
Starting from the first World Invitational Tournament, we worked as sparring partners for the great masters and competed in the World Youth Championship together. After that, we successively became captains and led the team to fight. The teenagers of the past have long become the mainstay of the new generation. However, fighting side by side
The friendship we forged will only become deeper as time passes.
Under the watchful eyes of many friends and captains of many powerful alliance teams, Qiu Fei sat down safely and raised his head with a smile.
"Of course. - He is a battle mage!"
At the end of the 2018 season, Qiu Fei retired.
The leader of One Autumn Leaf, Ji Jinglin, the second-year newcomer of Team Excellent Era, takes over as captain.
The following year, he led Excellent Era to win its fourth championship since the team was founded.