Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 188. Incredible Popularity! A Frenzy for LPL Fans!
"Rng! Rng! Rng!"

The audience seats below the stage were completely occupied by RNG fans. As far as the eye could see, there were RNG support fan signs everywhere.

Tens of thousands of fans chanted the team's name and clapped and screamed wildly.

The S7 championship roster broke the championship curse of previous years and decisively won another championship.

"Dominance! RNG's dominance continues. To this day, RNG still holds the top spot in the League of Legends official team standings with an absolute advantage. They have proven themselves with their strength! An unprecedented nineteen-game winning streak in the Spring Split, and a clean 3-0 victory in the finals, RNG is creating one miracle after another in the history of LPL esports."

"Now they're about to climb another mountain, Msi!"

Congratulations to RNG!

A deep, magnetic voice emanated from several large speakers in the arena, and Ren Dong, dressed in a red suit, slowly emerged from the side.

"Welcome everyone to the 2018 LPL Spring Split Finals! I'm Ren Dong!"

"Who is the champion of the 2018 League of Legends Spring Split?"

Tens of thousands of spectators below the stage enthusiastically chanted, "Rng!"

Seeing such a unified shout, Ren Dong was also swept up in the passion.

"So who is this year's MSI champion?!"

“Rng!”

Tens of thousands of RNG fans stood up to give RNG their sincerest blessings, and the director also focused the big screen camera on the faces of each RNG member.

Ren Dong nodded in satisfaction and walked to the center of the stage to stand beside the RNG members.
"Alright, let's congratulate RNG once again on winning the 2018 Spring Split championship."

"As the S7 champions and then the S8 Spring Split champions, what are the achievements of RNG's teammates?"

"what?"

Ren Dong was still speaking when he saw Letme pass the trophy around, eventually handing it to Uzi, who was standing on the right, so that Uzi could hold the trophy alone.

Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, I picked up the trophy and raised it high towards the sky.

The scene exploded.

"Xiaogou has finally lifted his first trophy in the LPL. This is also the most prestigious and dominant championship in the LPL's history. Congratulations, Xiaogou!"

Xiaohu and Xiangguo are both LPL champions, so they are used to this. But Xiaoming is quite surprised. After Li Luo took it for a moment, he handed it to Xiaoming.

From being called a "void champion" by S7 haters to now, it has taken less than a year to build such a dominant team in the LPL.

Even Li Luo was somewhat agitated at this moment.

With RNG in their current state, who can stop them?

The golden rain wasn't just a congratulatory rain for winning the championship, but also a rain for RNG's departure for the next round.

After the trophy presentation ceremony, the trophy was taken aside by the staff, and Xiao Tian, ​​Xiao Dongbei, and Chris came up from backstage.

"Let us remember every player on stage today, and remember the prestige of our LPL teams. They proved themselves with their hard work and sweat. Similarly, as the champion region, our LPL's jerseys for this MSI are also unique."

As Ren Dong spoke, backstage staff filed out, each carrying a specially made version of RNG's MSI jersey.

Due to their S7 victory, a large number of advertisers have flocked to RNG's team jerseys, which are now covered with various advertising spaces. The official team has naturally taken this into consideration, and the MSI jerseys only feature a few simple large brand logos.

The golden and black dragon coiled up the sleeves of the jacket and finally gathered behind the team uniform, baring its fangs and claws.

What's most thoughtful is that this team uniform wasn't temporarily altered; the three letters of RNG are clearly embroidered on the opposite sides, rather than a pasted logo.

The Rng logo, with its black silk thread as the base, combined with sun red and corn gold, is undeniably impressive.

The send-off ceremony was lively and bustling, and even some of the normally awkward moments didn't elicit any angry comments like "Get lost" or "Go away."
After the League of Legends regional manager and several executives from Tencent finished speaking, the departure ceremony officially concluded.

Everyone watched with satisfaction as the team members left the stage, and then prepared to close the live stream.

"Wait a minute, everyone, we have another big announcement to make!"

Seeing that the audience was about to leave, Ren Dong quickly ran up and said anxiously.

"The highly anticipated RNG championship skins will be released in three days. Fans who like the championship skins and the RNG team can watch the championship skin promotional video on the official Weibo account at 8:30 PM sharp."

After finishing his speech hastily, Ren Dong shook his head helplessly as he looked at the audience, who were once again in an uproar.

Only RNG has this kind of influence in China!

That evening at 8:30 p.m., the official Weibo account released the promotional video for the champion skin on time.

@League of Legends Official: #RngS7WorldChampionship##RngS8SpringSeasonChampionship# LOL [New Arrival Announcement] #RngChampionshipSkins# Set pre-orders open at 4:0 on April 18th!! #LOLOfficialMerchantmentShop#
What more do these veterans in the LPL want?

We are not afraid to lose! We will prove with our strength that we are the flag bearers of the LPL!
A group of fearless young people showed us through their actions that even veterans can create miracles by striving towards their dreams. Their story has touched everyone, and we hope this champion figurine can become a part of your life, passing on their legendary tale to you, a fellow young person. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]
To celebrate LPL's historic first-ever World Championship victory, we are presenting RNG with a medal of honor by releasing a championship figurine. [Cheers][Cheers][Cheers]

The RNG championship skin set includes six champions, corresponding to the six players who participated in the 2017 World Championship: xiaohu - Syndra, Uzi - Vayne, Ming - Alistar, Letme - Galio, Mlxg - Jarvan IV, and Yihan - Sivir.

While preserving the original design of the championship skins to the greatest extent possible, we designed expressions and appearances for the RNG championship skins that match the hero's characteristics and the player's style. The RNG championship skin set is not only a testament to glory but also a meticulously crafted work of art with extremely high collectible value.

Summoners who successfully pre-order will receive a complimentary RNG World Championship gold icon, and each skin's loading screen will be engraved with the personal signature of an RNG player. In addition, the official website will simultaneously release the RNG championship skin artwork! [Thumbs up]

The front features the black and gold RNG team logo, while the back is printed with the widely circulated slogan of the LPL:
we are the champion!
No job is superior or inferior, but one's will must be firm; a man with ambitions can never be idle!
RNG will overcome that obstacle and let the world know the name LPL! The legend of LPL is about to begin!
are you ready?
Below are nine stunning images, as well as a video of the champion skin warrior.

Weibo was instantly overwhelmed by the influx of League of Legends fans, while some clueless but knowledgeable fans were still cheering for their favorite stars and boosting their popularity.

Seeing the RNG championship skin trending on social media, I was stunned – it was rising like a rocket, climbing several places with every refresh!
After clicking into the comments section, all the comments were filled with amazement, and there were countless comments about buying it outright.

The perfect copywriting ignited everyone's passion and completely set the night on fire. The Spring Finals had barely ended, and everyone was still basking in the joy of RNG's victory when the official announcement delivered another bombshell to the fans.

All of RNG's players also retweeted the official Weibo post. Within just one hour, even Letme, whose Weibo account is usually quiet, received over 1 comments.
"Holy crap, this is so awesome! This skin is what Chinese style should be like!"

"T2? T2? (Stunned) Why is this year's skin only T2 level?!"

"It's all because RNG donated their revenue, awesome! Enough said, I'm definitely buying a set of this skin; I won't be getting it for free today."

"Although I usually use the Skin Renewal Master product, today I'm definitely going to buy a set!"

"The private address upstairs"

"Brothers, I've already topped up my account. Just retweet and comment on my Weibo post, and I'll randomly select three sets to give away. Don't ask why, it's just because I'm rich and can do whatever I want."

"A ten-year RNG fan here uninvited! This skin set is so good, will it cost 129? I'm a student, I'm broke!"

Besides Weibo, other communities like Hupu, forums, and Tieba, where League of Legends fans gather, have also reposted the nine images and videos released by the official team.

Six months later, RNG's influence is still not to be underestimated.

However, no one expected that the popularity of RNG's championship skins would be far more terrifying than anticipated.

From the moment the news was released at 8:30, all esports professionals forwarded the Weibo post, trying to ride the wave and win a few skins.

Many students or those who enjoy freebies will certainly not miss this opportunity to take advantage of the deals.

In their minds, even though the official price was later announced to be only 79, such opportunities were rare, and the more people who forwarded it, the better, as this would greatly increase their chances.

And so, thanks to countless reposts, the official Weibo account had already surpassed 100 million reposts by the next morning.

The first thing the streamer did when he went live the next day was to hold a giveaway, where anyone who sent a small gift could win an RNG skin.

With the off-season approaching, many viewers who had no matches to watch flocked to the live streams of various popular streamers, causing another surge in popularity.

It even affected other professional players; as soon as the broadcast started, countless viewers flooded the chat with messages like "draw skins" and "draw skins".

Clearlove, a player from the same era, also won over a hundred sets of skins during his afternoon live stream.

Although he didn't say he was envious, everyone could read the envy in his eyes just by looking at the factory manager's silent expression as he watched the demonstration video dozens of times.

Similarly, PDD, who is known as the "money-bringing boy," certainly didn't miss this opportunity.

"Tell me about how I retired. There are many versions of my retirement circulating online. To be precise, the reason I retired was that I represented the Chinese team and the LPL in a competition. From the qualifiers onwards, we were criticized so much that we had to fly back home after finishing as runners-up."

"They're still criticizing us. They've been criticizing us for two months now, which means our royal family has been criticized for almost half a year."

"Sometimes, I felt disheartened by the professional scene. I thought, 'Damn, this is so frustrating!' Then I came back with a world runner-up title, and my salary went from 6000 yuan to 7000 yuan. My salary increased by 1000 yuan."

"7000 yuan. I feel like I can't go on like this after three years of playing professionally. Dreams are important, but life is equally important."

"But now, Uzi, Royal Never Give Up, RNG carried my dream forward. Today, I, Lu Benwei, cannot shine on the field. So now, I will give away 10,000 sets of championship skins to support RNG. Anyone who types 'RNG is awesome' in the chat can participate!"

Silence, uproar!
After a brief moment of calm, the chat was immediately flooded with messages from viewers in all the live stream rooms.

"Tears welling up, I want to see my Kai brother come back! Kai brother, come back to play professionally!"

"Brother Kai, we're all waiting for you, Paratrooper One!"

"When I was little, I would laugh through tears; now that I'm grown up, I laugh through tears!"

There are 10,000 sets of champion skins. Other streamers can only get a maximum of 100 sets, and they still have to give gifts to them. Sometimes, popular streamers can even make a lot of money by drawing skins.

But today, Wu Wukai was unusually generous, giving away 10,000 sets directly. Based on the 570 gift package, this means an investment of 5.7 million RMB.

Pdd, on the other hand, was stunned when he learned of Wu Wukai's generosity. He had expected that Wu Wukai would only buy a maximum of 1,000 sets, but he didn't expect him to win so big, buying 10,000 sets.

"Oh my god, I'm devastated! Wu Wukai, the one who said he'd give away 10,000 sets in his livestream, right? Enough said, just talk about the feel of this Vayne skin, it's absolutely amazing! And the effects of the other heroes too, I feel like the official team has done a really great job this year."

After watching the promotional video again in the live stream, PDD thought for a moment, then pretended to go to the bathroom, but actually went to the bedroom next door to discuss it with Shen Lingmin.

After a while, the elated Sao Zhu sat back down at his computer desk and said grandly:
"I've made up my mind. To give back to the little pigs and to celebrate the first set of LPL championship skins, I, Liu, can't fall behind Wu Wukai today. Today, I'm also giving away 10,000 sets of the ultimate championship gift pack skins. Just send 'Rng is awesome' in the chat to participate. Each person can only win one set!"

The prices for RNG's championship skins have now been announced: the standard bundle is 570 RMB, and the bundle including chroma skins is 630 RMB.

It can be purchased individually or as a gift set.

Throughout IG's history, unsigned skins cost 79 yuan, while signed skins cost a whopping 119 yuan.

With such a flashy pricing strategy, if IG hadn't been the first LPL championship skin set, the sales would never have been so phenomenal.

Such blatant exploitation of consumers has drawn criticism even into Season 10.

PDD's draw was a level higher than 55kai's, a full 6.3 million.

"Holy crap! That slut is bleeding!"

"Great! If you think it's great, type 'Great' in the chat!"

"Awesome, awesome! I'll give you a membership card first. We can't let Piao Laoshi reimburse us for all the skins. Today, RNG fans will also crowdfund!"

Seeing more and more gifts being sent in the comments, Pdd was also a little touched by these lovely fans.

"You don't understand how terrifying the sales and revenue of this skin set were, as the first LPL championship skin set and also the first LPL skin set. This skin set is not only a dream that players have been pursuing in the professional circle for many years, but also a guarantee for their livelihood for the rest of their lives."

"RNG has now donated all of their skin revenue to support the esports industry. They deserve our admiration!"

(End of this chapter)