Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 161: Tier 2 Champion Skins!
This year's schedule has become more intense due to the home-and-away system, and the newly added teams are no longer considered to be at the bottom in terms of strength after strengthening their rosters.

Among the three giants in S7, RNG and Edg ranked first and third respectively, while WE dropped to seventh.

The era of the three great families has officially come to an end, and a new era of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has begun.

RNG, IG, and RW are the three most promising teams vying for the Spring Split championship. Uzi's long-standing curse of not winning a title has given these teams a glimmer of hope.

However, Edg, who are invincible in domestic competitions, are expected to perform exceptionally well in the playoffs.

Watching the Demon King's battles is certainly exciting, but seeing the hero defeat the Demon King is even more exciting!
WE, one of the three giants and the Spring Split champions of S7, was really unlucky to be drawn into a match against Edg.

RNG, as the team with the highest points, was directly promoted to the semifinals, while IG, as the team with the highest points in the Western Conference, was also directly promoted to the semifinals.

The only possible clash between these two incredibly strong teams is in the finals.

WE and EDG are both top teams in their respective East and West divisions. Therefore, RNG in the East division is essentially guaranteed a spot in the finals, while mid-tier teams like BLG and SS are destined to only play as runners-up and strive for a higher position and points.

Because of the implementation of the physical fitness regulations, TheShy, who would normally have had a hand injury flare-up, did not miss the Spring Split this time and attended in full condition.

Since the opening match against RNG, Duke has been relegated to the bench, and as in history, he has never played a single game in front of TheShy.

This clash between IG and EDG is destined to attract attention.

At the opening ceremony of the playoffs, Li Luo was filled with emotion as he looked at the representatives of the various teams.

Of the players who once played in the All-Star game with great enthusiasm, only Clearlove remains motivated. Players like 957 and Xiye are basically out of the running for the S8 World Championship.

Leg Bro's severe decline in performance was something no one expected.

Throughout the Spring Split, Leg Bro became the TheShy of last season, constantly being assigned by the coach to be a passive top laner who just coasted along in the top lane.

Xiye's playstyle changed repeatedly because the top laner couldn't step up and he couldn't find a way to synergize with the team, and he gradually lost his way.

"Xi Ye! He's quite pitiful too. It's just that he was at his most hopeful moment... Sigh, never mind."

Xiaohu sat in the audience, looking at the people on stage with a touch of emotion. Once upon a time, Xiye was also known as one of the top mid laners in the LPL, but now, he had fallen to such a state.

Just like Whitebeard said in One Piece: "I am a remnant of the old era, and there is no ship to carry me in the new era." Now, Xiye is gradually withering away in the new era.

In fact, after seeing We's predicament, everyone felt a sense of sympathy and shared sorrow.

In some ways, esports is quite similar to traditional sports, both heavily reliant on age and physical condition.

Sometimes you might be invincible one year, dominating everywhere, but the following year, once your style and tactics are figured out, you immediately start to falter.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. Some people can't even maintain their brilliance for a whole season before they falter in the World Championship.

After attending the opening ceremony, the group didn't stay to watch the first match; they quickly boarded the bus and returned to the base.

With time running out and the schedule becoming increasingly tight, RNG can only maintain their form by training harder than others.

The outside world only sees RNG's winning streak, but not the sweat and toil behind it.

As soon as I returned to the base, I saw Shirahoshi standing at the entrance, rubbing her hands together as if to welcome everyone.

Since Li Luo became RNG's second boss, Bai Xing has visited the base less often. Now she's practically a hands-off manager and won't come unless it's something really important.

"Quick, quick, little dog, you're back! What's wrong? Aren't you all in a hurry to check the skin?" Looking at the calm-faced group, Bai Xing was completely baffled.

As is customary, the previous year's championship skins will be released for sale on the day the summer split regular season ends.

"Holy crap, I forgot about that!"

Upon hearing Bai Xing's words, Xiang Guo was initially bewildered, but his expression quickly turned to ecstasy.

Everyone is training on the Korean server every day. They only mentioned the championship skins being available for pre-order briefly.

Although the news of the pre-sale had been posted on the homepage of the Chinese server for many days, the few people on the Korean server were unaware of it.

Now that Bai Xing mentioned it, I realized that the championship skin will be released in just a few days.

Xiao Dongbei and Xiao Tian, ​​who were at the back of the team, looked at the starting five with envy, feeling a pang of jealousy.

However, they only regained their composure after thinking about the possibility of getting championship skins at this year's S8 World Championship.

The creation of the championship skins began immediately after the All-Star event, with representatives from Riot Games coming to communicate and select the champions for the skins.

At the time, RNG was excited for many days about designing the various animations for the new skin.

Now that we're finally going to see the finished product, how can I not be excited!
Most importantly, the championship skins have been T3 level skins in the League of Legends for the past 6 years, with very few special effects.

It's nowhere near as good as the first-tier 199 and the second-tier 129 skins.

However, RNG's decision to donate 25% of its skin revenue to the esports community has made a significant contribution to the esports ecosystem.

Riot Games made an exception and upgraded the quality of this skin to T2 level, but the price remains the same.

You can enjoy the T2 skin, originally priced at 129, for only 79, and get an additional discount when you buy the bundle in one go!
This made many former champion teams unhappy. Why should RNG get this kind of treatment?
But when Riot Games president Tryndamere announced that, whether in the future or in the past, as long as the team donates 25% of its skin revenue, Riot will rework the skin.

Now, these former champion teams are silent; a 25% skin bonus is no small amount.

Just to change the special effects as a way of giving back to the players, that's so stupid. Besides, even if they sell a lot more after the change, you won't get a single penny. What's the point?

However, what these teams don't know is that all six RNG players with championship skins have a profit share of up to 50%!
"When will it be released?" Xiangguo asked without looking up from the latest news pop-up on his phone, his face full of greed.

Xiao Hu seemed calm, but you could tell from his flushed face that he also really needed the money from the skin sales.

"After the Spring Finals, which was originally before the MSI, Tencent, in order to promote the event and boost sales, directly mentioned the day your Spring Finals ended. Tsk tsk, what if you win the championship?"

"I'm not going to say anymore, or I'll start drooling just thinking about it."

Seeing that Xiangguo was already trying hard to suppress his laughter on the sofa, Yan Junze couldn't help but complain.

"Any videos of the new skin? To be honest, we still haven't seen how the new skin is made!"

The designer had only come to ask for feedback before, and no one was sure how well it turned out.

But the thought that penguins put their hearts into their skins and play games with their feet brings me a sense of peace.

(End of this chapter)