On May 27th, the LPL summer split finally kicked off.
This season the organizer moved the venue from Hongqiao Tiandi to Jianghai Zhengda Plaza in Liujiazui, which has more convenient transportation and more surrounding entertainment options.
On the day when the new season started, before the time, there were several long lines of people queuing up outside the venue. Obviously, everyone couldn't hold it in since they hadn't watched the game for such a long time.
This weekend, Xia Zilu also brought her classmates to the scene.
The last time Li Xiufeng went to help her hold a parent-teacher meeting, he was asked by the math teacher to come on stage to do a question. He showed what it means to be a top student. Almost all the classmates in the class became Li Xiufeng's fans.
So today is the opening game of the summer competition, and students from Xia Zilu's class spontaneously came to watch the game in small groups. When they arrived at the scene, they saw that almost half of them were here. Those who didn't know it thought it was a class reunion.
"I'm finally waiting for Brother Feng's competition. I'm so excited."
"I am a fan of the factory director. In the past, people who watched Brother Feng always didn't know which side to support, but now I finally don't have to worry about it anymore."
"Wow! Are you still confused? At first glance, it seems that you are not Brother Feng's true fan."
"A ten-year-old fan announces that you will be kicked out of the fandom."
"..."
Xia Zilu walked and chatted with several classmates, and soon entered the competition venue.
The new venue is much larger than the previous one in Hongqiao Tiandi. At the moment, all the lights in the venue have not been turned on, but at a glance, everything is dark.
Xia Zilu and others took the tickets, found their seats and sat down, while assembling the support items in their hands, they whispered.
The time reached four o'clock in the afternoon, and suddenly, all the lights in the venue went out.
"what happened?"
"I don't know, um... look at the front."
There was a slight glimmer of light on the huge electronic screen on the stage.
The next second, like ink smearing on the white rice paper, a strong Chinese style hit the face, and then familiar faces of the contestants appeared one after another.
Fans of all major teams at the scene were stunned for a moment, then immediately cheered enthusiastically.
When the music was coming to an end, the venue was flooded with spotlights, and a dozen figures suddenly appeared on the originally empty stage, each with their poses in place.
"Ahhh!"
"My husband is so handsome!"
"Tsk, tsk, the opening ceremony of this season has a bad taste."
"Wait! Where is my brother Feng?"
At this time, the lights on the stage suddenly went out.
Immediately afterwards, a spotlight appeared in the middle, and a man with a tall figure and a sculpture-like silhouette walked onto the stage.
Damn it! So flashy!
This is not an exaggeration.
This is really flashy!
Because when Li Xiufeng came on stage, he held a silver dragon cup in his hands that shone in the light and was engraved with magnificent patterns of dragons and phoenixes.
The LPL Silver Dragon Cup was a trophy launched three years ago. There is only one trophy. The champion team wins the trophy at the end of the season. It will be returned to the LPL stage in the new season, and only replicas can be left in the club.
And Li Xiufeng is the man responsible for returning the Silver Dragon Cup today.
Seeing Li Xiufeng holding the trophy and walking steadily, the audience couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers and screams!
Li Xiufeng's gaze was calm from beginning to end.
It seems to be telling everyone that what I put down today will be picked up by me tomorrow.
"Brother Feng is so handsome!"
"Yeah, but he was even more handsome in the promotional video just now."
"..."
The two good friends next to Xia Zilu were shaking with excitement, and couldn't help but ask Xia Zilu what it was like to have such a handsome cousin.
What does it feel like?
Xia Zilu tilted her head and thought for a while.
By the way, my cousin promised to teach me how to draw. Why hasn’t he started yet?
Could it be that you forgot?
Well, since he is so busy, I will forgive him first.
I must urge you next time.
...
In fact, not only the live broadcast, but also the barrages in the live broadcast room are crazy at the moment. Everyone was originally looking forward to today's opening game, but they didn't expect that LPL would also hold an opening ceremony of extremely high quality.
It feels like being fully anticipating a game and suddenly discovering that the CGs produced in the game are completely movie-level, which is equivalent to paying for a movie for free.
“You’ve made a profit, you’ve made a profit!”
"A good job deserves a reward!"
"..."
Of course there are different voices.
"It's such a good life, it's all up to Brother Feng to support the whole show."
"Let's talk about it. It's fine for Uz1 to wear ancient costumes. Is AJ intending to do visual murder by wearing ancient costumes?"
"Pfft, haha, that's too much, brother."
"..."
The water friends in the live broadcast room still want to continue to complain.
But at this time, the stage has been handed over to the commentators. The three people responsible for commentating today's opening match are Yuanze, Nekogami and Yutong.
The camera was shown on the big screen. After the three commentators took turns to introduce themselves, Yuanze smiled and said to the camera:
"Welcome everyone to our S8 Summer Split. I believe today's Chinese-style opening ceremony has surprised many of us, but everyone should be looking forward to today's game just like me."
The cat god on the side also smiled and said, "Yes, today KG and the reincarnated director of the factory, I can't wait to see what kind of chemical reaction they can produce when they are put together."
Xitong may have worn an elegant and soft Hanfu today to match the theme of the opening ceremony of the summer competition, which seemed to add a bit of ancient charm to her whole person.
At this time, she also smiled and nodded, "Yes, but EDE should not be underestimated either. The five starting lineups today are the top laner Holy Spear, the jungler Little Peanut, the mid laner Junior, and the bottom laner.
Hope, auxiliary MK, it’s not too much to say ‘Galactic Battleship’ for this lineup, right?”
"That's right, apart from the three world champions FXP, there are really not many teams in the LPL with this kind of lineup. I believe today's game will be exciting beyond imagination."
...
While the commentators were talking, the players on both sides had already stepped onto the stage amidst the cheers of countless spectators. They nodded to each other and sat down in the competition seats on both sides.
On the right side of the stage, EDE's competition room.
EDE's coach Abu said in his unique voice, "Today's game was open to the public. Our paper strength is not as good as our opponents. Don't listen to Brother Holy Spear. This guy is a poisonous milk king."
After hearing this, Brother Shengqian couldn't help but said cheerfully, "Wow! Coach! Don't say that, I'm a fan of Brother Feng, okay?"
When the baby-faced assistant MK heard this, he said expressionlessly, "Then Pinat was said to be a fan of the factory director during the World Championships the year before last. Is this just because the more fans he has, the more ruthless he becomes?"
Little Peanut stayed in DGL for one season last season, and his Chinese proficiency is quite good. Hearing this, he adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose a little shyly, "I am really a fan of the factory director."
Brother Shengqiang, who was on his way, smiled, "What a coincidence, I am also a true fan."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.
Just as the EDE team was joking and relaxing before the game, the interview video of the two teams before the opening game was played on the big screen on the stage.
The person interviewed by EDE is Xiaohuahua.
In front of the camera, Little Peanut clasped his hands together and said with great gratitude, "I'm really grateful to be able to join the EDE team at the end of the transfer period. Without EDE, I might have had to take a break for a season, but now that I can join
EDE is competing again, and there are still so many strong teammates in the team. I believe we will definitely carry the factory director’s dream and win the championship this season.”
After finishing Xiaohuahua’s interview, the scene fell into silence.
"This batch of Little Peanuts has a bit of shrimp and pig heart."
"Carrying the dream of the factory director? If you win the championship, what will the factory director get?"
"Pig's heart! It's so damn pig's heart."
"Hey! Look! It's the director's turn now."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly cheered up. Even the barrage in the live broadcast room decreased a lot at this moment. Everyone wanted to hear what the factory director would say.
I can't help it. In the past half month, there have been too many rumors about the factory director on the Internet.
His two Weibo posts have nearly 150,000 likes and retweets. Topics about him have topped Weibo’s hot searches several times, but the factory director seems to have disappeared from the world.
Under the rhythm of various marketing accounts with good traffic, there were some supporters in the comments, but most of them insulted him and belittled him, but the factory director never responded to anything from the beginning to the end.
This can't help but make people wonder whether the factory director's Weibo was posted by himself. If so, how could he say nothing in the face of the overwhelming wave?
Today, it can be said that the factory director joined KG for his first video interview.
On the chair in front of the camera, the factory director still sat in the same posture as before, with one hand on the table next to him and his thumb on his chin. He still spoke with a Jianghan accent.
"Actually, I didn't think about it that much. Retirement was real. Later, someone asked me if I wanted to change places and try again. I thought about it and said yes, that's it."
"What's my goal for this season? I personally haven't thought about it that much. The new team is full of strong teammates. My goal is not to be too messy (laughs). Well, let's work hard together."
What the factory director said during the interview was ordinary, but many piglets at the scene howled after hearing it.
After all, this is the first time the director has responded positively, as if he has found a backbone. During this period, the fans themselves have been fighting crazily against the overwhelming number of negative fans online.
After the pre-game interview Vlog ended, all players from both sides were confirmed by the referee to have connected and debugged their equipment, and soon entered the BP interface.
In the opening game, whether they are former teammates or old clubs, everyone from both teams wants to win the good fortune of this new season under the spotlight.
Just in the BP session, the fans in the audience could smell the full smell of gunpowder.
In the first game, KG is on the blue side and EDE is on the purple side.
The first three moves of both sides have banned mainstream heroes, and Holy Spear's Lucian was banned by them themselves, because Holy Spear said that Feng's Lucian is also very scary.
After the BP ended, the blue side KG grabbed the top spot.
Needless to say, this must be a support player. Since the end of the World Championship, heroes such as Wanhao and Panson have become Kake's signature support.
EDE's coach Abu obviously noticed this, so they also took the Nosuke heroes in their first two hands, namely Blind Sin and Zyra.
It has to be said that EDE's head coach, Abramovich, has built a perfect and self-consistent BP system in his mind over the years. Zyra's support is just interested in your strong wrist and your lack of movement in the lane to disgust you.
"Oh! Is Little Peanut picking up the blind boy opposite the factory director?"
On the commentary stage, Yuanze said with some surprise.
"Your tone... reminds me of some bad images."
The cat god made a joke and analyzed, "To be honest, EDE did a good job in BP. Banning Olaf to grab the blind monk, this way the blind monk has one less thing to contain."
"Then how will the factory director choose...people...men and horses?"
"Oh my God! I think I've seen this jungler before."
is not that right!
When Little Peanut was in ROX, he relied on his blind monk in the World Championship to defeat the factory director who was favored by countless audiences around the world in ten minutes, and he became famous ever since.
Now, is history repeating itself again?
Before everyone could be surprised for long, KG's next pick once again attracted the attention of countless people.
Demon Sealing Sword Soul, Yongen!
The new hero that came out after the summer version update.
"Yongen? Left-handed mid laner Yongen?" Yuanze rubbed his chin.
The cat god next to him shook his head, "Not necessarily. I remember every time a new hero is released, who is the first to win the competition in LPL? I don't need to say more."
"Wow! Could it be Brother Feng's top laner Yongen?" Xitong covered her mouth and exclaimed, "But isn't this hero a mid laner hero? Can he be a top laner?"
"You shouldn't ask me this." Yuanze laughed when he heard this and said cheerfully, "You have to ask Brother Feng, and you have to ask him what kind of hero cannot be placed in the lane."
"Now assuming that Yongen is the top laner, I am more curious about how the Holy Spear will respond. Lucian has been banned. The hero pool of the Holy Spear is very deep. What will he choose this time?"
Indeed, despite his young age, Brother Shengqiang is very good at playing.
His top lane hero pool can be divided into three categories.
Facing a new hero in this game, Holy Spear's choice will be...
"Death is like the wind, always with me."
Is he Minato's younger brother?!
Everyone at the scene made a "satisfied" sound.
If the hero Yasuo's previous fateful enemy was Zed, then since the appearance of Yone, Yasuo's brother in the background story, these two heroes have become perfect fateful enemies.
"Oh my God! Brothers fighting?!"
"To be honest, it's okay to give Xuan Jun's hasa."
"The famous scene is 1V4, I don't have much to say, this puts me over my younger brother."
"..."
Everyone in the audience was discussing heatedly.
On the left side of the stage, Li Xiufeng saw Brother Holy Spear's Yasuo and was startled for a moment before starting to laugh.
"Brother Feng, are you okay?" Coach Han Yunlong asked.
"no problem."
Li Xiufeng said with interest, "I'm just a little curious."
"What are you curious about?" the coach asked.
"Well...brother or younger brother, who is the real wind rider?"
Your curiosity is quite unique...
Everyone was speechless for a while.
...
In a short time, countless spectators online and offline were either surprised or looking thoughtfully at the lineups of both sides of the match, which were quickly revealed.
on the huge LCD screen on stage.
Blue Square KG:
Top laner Yongen, jungler, Ryze in the mid lane, Jhin in the bottom lane, and support Wan Hao.
Purple Square EDE:
Top laner Yasuo, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Galio, bottom lane policewoman, and support Zyra.