Chapter 757 Will Support A Feel Pain?
The Akatsuki organization is dismantling the myth of Konoha.

Just like all green garlic scripts tend to slide from one extreme to another, those comments that say JKL is a "five-sister," a "rough guy," that the strong ones are the top, mid, and jungle, and that not feeding guarantees a win, have all been hit by boomerangs.

Given that four Incheon runners-up couldn't beat the Ueno rookie + strong duo, where did the problem lie?

With such doubts.

In the lead-up to the Spring Festival, esports forums such as Baidu Tieba and Hupu experienced a surge of activity.

First of all.

It's about working backward from the conclusion of the competition.

Using screenshots of the game adds rigor to the arguments.

Thus, classic arguments such as "TheShy is a cancer," "Rookie tries his best," and "wink status" and "what is Ning doing?" were extracted by haters.

Why?

Because of the previous wins, people have been praising TheShy too much, calling him a god-king, the best attacker in the world, and possessing unparalleled long-range dominance.

At first, it was fine; everyone was just making fun of it, and top lane Kalista and top lane AD Neeko influenced a large number of casual players, who liked them a lot.

But fans' actions are the idol's responsibility... and TheShy lacks absolute achievements to silence the doubters.

To know…

Qin Hao was ridiculed even when he had two championships, let alone when he didn't...

For casual viewers, it's hard to stay calm whenever they see Jiang Si (a popular streamer) praising TheShy in those top laner review videos, saying he's better than MaRin and GimGoon without a title...

Furthermore.

TheShy himself is not without flaws.

For example, he trained passively, his rank remained mediocre for years, and he promised more than once that he would learn Chinese, but the microphone he used still communicated in Korean.

For example, when Kim Jeong-soo went to South Korea, he made it clear that communication was difficult.

What can be extracted from these?
First, pretending to pamper fans is a waste of talent; their professional attitude is mediocre.
Second, the game experience is more important than winning. The problems of not buying true sight wards and greedily pushing lanes still exist, and the team composition amplifies the pressure on the two carries.

Third, the coach can't control them.

On a smaller scale, this is called outstanding talent and not being restrained; on a larger scale, it is called a lack of competitive spirit and the drive to sacrifice oneself for victory.

In addition, with so many people imitating this behavior, such as instantly picking Kalista or Neeko without caring about the gameplay experience of other positions, it's easy to attract criticism.

after all…

Top laners who pick without considering the team composition are usually very stubborn. If you criticize them, they'll start feeding, and after feeding, they'll say, "I don't want to carry you guys to victory."

Just like that.

The theory of "cancer" was born in a grand way.

Although some people questioned TheShy's lack of willingness to sacrifice back in S8, he still practiced Sion's Q diligently in the training camp, and his performance at Worlds was quite good. Except for being crushed by Viktor in the second game, he did well in other games, so the jungler and support were the most criticized after the match.

The wind direction will be different now.

Because of the loss to EDG, a blame-sharing session ensued. To cover up the issue of not having a viable champion in the third game, mid-lane fans proactively quoted online comments, angrily criticizing the top laner's champion pick as useless.

Win the lane, lose the team fight, and take less damage than Wink!
In addition, the second and third games were very similar, with the top laner having a big advantage, and then after more than 30 minutes, no one was available to fill the positions of the two carries, which led to them being unable to win team fights.

then.

A highly upvoted comment in the supertopic said: "I'd like to ask, what's the point of top lane Kalista and top lane AD Neeko? The enemy team can go in and tank when they have two items, but what about us?"
Other teams have two carries protecting each other, with the top, jungle, and support acting as crowd control and frontliners. But for us, our frontliners die in a second during a team fight, and we can only spread out and play around.

Many fans echoed this sentiment in the comments section:

"The second and third shots disgusted me."

"During the laning phase, the jungler should protect the enemy and farm tower plates, while in team fights, the jungler should act as a carry."

"The most outrageous thing is that the jungler went down and the mid laner was sent to take his place and be killed."

"Team fights are useless; after the fight, just look at the damage. That's Jiang Si's three-dimensional defense."

"Other teams can win with an advantage, but when we have an advantage, we don't even have anyone to initiate a team fight."

"Completely obsessed with long arms, unable to extricate myself..."

"Does he really think he's a god-king, that he can win just by playing around?"

"Team battle in five zones."

"Can't even speedrun against lower-ranked teams, yet he calls himself a God King."

"..."

of course.

Even if you hold your breath three times, you'll still get criticized; Jiang Si won't tolerate it.

"Where did we put our best effort in the mid lane? In the second game, LeBlanc was 80 CS behind Scout. In the third game, the opponent first-picked Azir, and we were completely helpless. We gritted our teeth and picked Ahri, trying to learn from Qing Shen's counter-meta strategy, but in team fights, we were just scratching the surface. We only managed to take down Jarvan IV's shield with one combo."

"Everyone else can use Tristana to counter Azir, but we're stuck picking a tempo-based mid-laner..."

"When the tide goes out, it's obvious who's been swimming naked. Last year, people were praising him as the best player after Qing Shen and looking down on Scout who didn't even make it to Worlds. If you ask me, Rookie is the most cjb (a derogatory term for someone who is shameless and incompetent), sticking to the same three heroes is just too much."

"Luckily, there's a global perspective, otherwise I could have lived my whole life relying on just two balls and one girl."

"After grinding for a while, Rookie became useless..."

"Scout definitely understands, he knows you Rookie are just being funny."

"..."

The entire supertopic is in complete chaos.

Mid-lane fans criticized the top laner for being a cancer, only caring about his own enjoyment and not caring about the lives of the two carries. Top-lane fans criticized the mid-laner for being unambitious, not practicing heroes, and always picking heroes that cause the base to smoke in the third game.

Following the logic.

Ginger shreds create a classic dish —

It's not that the top laner doesn't play as a team, but rather that the mid laner doesn't farm and lacks late-game potential. The only way to win is to eliminate the enemy's top laner.

and so…

TheShy is not a cancer.

On the contrary, he is the one who wants to win the most!

Otherwise, just pick Sion and watch the two carries embarrass themselves; why attract outside criticism?

The onlookers were dumbfounded.

According to this line of reasoning, it seems that those who are negative in rankings and communicate in secret are the ones who really want to win. Rookie, who blamed himself and cried in Incheon and said in an interview that he dreamed of winning the championship, doesn't actually want to win...

Just when both sides were blaming each other and neither could convince the other.

Baolan returned to her hometown and started a live stream.

It should be said that only Ning and Baolan from IG have streaming assignments and need to make up for lost time.

this day.

Baolan didn't turn on his camera to avoid appearing on camera. But even though he was mentally prepared, the barrage of comments was still enough to give him high blood pressure, and the moderators couldn't possibly keep up.

"Smurfette, Smurfette, Smurfette."

"You think you're worthy of playing support for IG?"

"Terrifying creature."

"A shocking region."

"What are you playing? Playing Janna and not putting any pressure on the enemy?"

"Practicing soft support, I'm full."

"..."

The comments section was filled with mockery and constant instruction, which annoyed Baolan.

To make matters worse, they were unlucky that day and were matched with an AD carry who wasn't very good at the game, which resulted in the bot lane being stuck in jail for a long time.

After being killed in the line.

AD kept clicking on the Janna icon and typed a bunch of nonsense.

"Haha, I was looked down upon by passersby."

"Type quickly, say you are the runner-up support."

"Good job!"

"Baobao, stop feeding him."

"..."

Sapphire blue is sensitive.

Seeing that the random AD player initiated the attack, the player naturally chose to abandon the bottom lane and let him sit alone. As a result, from being killed in the lane at 3 minutes to surrendering at 15 minutes, the AD player kept requesting interaction in the chat box.

after the end.

Seeing everyone laughing in the chat, Baolan proactively downloaded the recording and argued with the viewers:

"What's wrong with what I'm doing?"

"Why do you think a support without any skills can attract fire by standing in front of the AD? The enemy team isn't Silver; they're not going to ignore the AD and prioritize attacking me."

"It was no use trying to hold him back this time. He insisted on fighting to the end and didn't like waiting for his skills. What could I do? I'm just a Janna, I can't provide any crowd control either."

His tone seemed calm, but he was actually on the verge of breaking down.

Haters and fans understand this best, so they continue to interact through comments:
"Have Meiko come over and review the play, let's see who was at fault this time."

"The enemy is focusing their AD carry, what are you doing? They all have 500 HP, why don't you attack their AD carry too?"

"I've never seen such a soft and gentle wind spirit."

"Stop playing support champions, seriously, you're not good enough."

"..."

The screen is filled with comments about not being worthy.

Bao Lan's face turned completely red, and her voice carried a hint of hysteria.

"One hit takes 20 damage, who cares?" "Why can't we play this wave if we pull him in?"

"What's wrong with me retreating? If I don't retreat, they'll get two kills and become incredibly fed."

"My support skills are average, but people are saying I'm not good enough for a professional role."

"There's nothing shameful about being the runner-up. I don't feel ashamed at all."

"I can make it to the World Championship if I go to another team."

The last statement was a response to the statement that they had no choice but to go, but esports content creators, led by Huobojun, did not fully explain the whole story.

even…

Many of the related video titles are "Come and see how the Incheon runner-up understands support."

For a while.

Baolan's "What's the use of A-type characters?" and Ning's "Driving Test Part 3 Practice" are considered jungle and support guides, inspiring countless ordinary players.

If they can get second place like this, then I can do it too.

In the comments section, this means that no player is taking sides with Baolan.

"I'm asking you, what's the point of a support player like you being alive? You don't deal any damage, and you're unwilling to sacrifice any health. You might as well retire and go browse Taobao to find out what's going on."

"No normal support character can understand Bao Bao's logic."

"Even if a robot can't hook anyone throughout the entire game, it still has a deterrent effect just by moving forward. Even if a Braum's abilities are on cooldown, as long as he moves forward to activate his passive, the enemy will be afraid and try to kite him..."

"The scariest thing is not realizing that there's something wrong with what you're doing."

"Don't talk about my Lanmei like that! My Lanmei wanted to leave the team to prove herself, but IG didn't give her a chance and stifled such a thoughtful support player."

"It's all Xiao Wang's fault, it's all Su Xiaoluo's fault."

"By offering more money to retain the support player and forcing the AD carry to take a pay cut, this move is destined to go down in the history of the region."

"It's obvious that the random guy is not good enough for Baolan. This has really ruined my brother Lan's life. I feel so sorry for him."

"Brothers, I'm thinking of going pro! My support skills might not be a bad match!"

"The most despicable bastard, yet he has the highest opinion of himself?"

"My rank is average, only Diamond, but I know how to position myself horizontally to put pressure on the enemy AD and prevent them from easily stealing damage. As for the idea that auto-attacking is useless, that's even more ridiculous, and I don't even bother to refute it."

To paraphrase the stun gun: Since things have come to this, just give in to him.

"..."

Ning actually knows how to play jungle monsters, but after his driving test, everyone on the internet thinks he doesn't.

The same reason.

Baolan doesn't retire all the time.

But by slicing it up, the symbolic meaning of glutinous rice and vegetables becomes: your support is like a sapphire blue.

As the slices ferment.

Wolf was baited by the chat, and after watching the clips during the live stream, he commented that Janna seemed like a filler, not stealing bushes and not putting pressure on the enemy...

Then, the comments explained that Baolan was playing Janna, and they laughed quite happily.

Even more ruthless is...

Someone dug up Uzi's live stream recordings and found a famous quote from Uzi scolding Shi Senming: "You're a support, and you still have to block me even when you're low on health and mana. It doesn't matter if you die."

as well as…

JKL's assessment of Baolan: "Who is Baolan? He's that guy with a level two disability."

It should be noted that JKL was underage at the time, and his answers were from viewers' comments. This was because the two often played duo queue at that time, and the audience wanted to know more about Baolan.

unimportant.

Nobody cared how many bowls of noodles Liu Zi ate.

soon.

Searching for "Baolan" on Bilibili and then sorting by time reveals a collection of videos featuring Baolan, including his previous compilation on clearing the intestines, which has been repeatedly cited and criticized by various content creators.

Because the audience is very sensitive to this.

Being in the eye of the storm, and then teaching the viewers to play 'assist' mode, has drawn criticism from players across the internet for this one thing alone.

Especially in ranked matches, there are fewer main support players, so those who have been let down by fill-in support players are more likely to project their frustration onto Baolan, since he now represents Nuohetang.

no doubt.

Baolan's logic was untenable, and she became the target of ridicule and attacks.

As the situation escalated, Bao Lan was dumbfounded.

After all, those few sentences were just responses to the comments, and even if they were a bit absolute when they were spoken, they didn't deserve to be criticized like this...

Seeing Deyunse kicking him when he was down, and Xika, Blackberry, and others laughing on Weibo, Baolan couldn't sit still. He used his verified main account to rush into the comments section and posted: "Is this never going to end?"

then…

The comment that criticized Deyunse was met with a backlash from the crowd.

Xiao Wang didn't notice this at first, but by the time he did, Bao Lan was being slapped repeatedly on the face.

Seeing a bunch of clowns jumping around like this, Xiao Wang remembered the time when De Yun Se used a magnifying glass to watch IG's match, and decisively entered the scene and said: "I accidentally stepped in dog poop, and I can't wash it off."

Xiaoxiao and Xika are both shrewd people; they didn't reply to this comment at all. The problem is that netizens don't care about the "national husband" label and status.

"What about the short essay? It's been a month and you still haven't written it?"

"Weren't you supposed to write about the transfer window drama? Where's the book?"

"Don't be a coward, we'll wait for you to start the team fight."

"Xiao Wang, give us some insightful opinions."

"Could you perform that? Yes, that one."

"..."

The internet is all memories.

Xiao Wang was in the club and saw himself being mocked like this, which made him extremely angry.

Under pressure, Su Xiaoluo could no longer play dead. His pronouncements on gacha pulls had garnered so many calls for him to get lost that they were starting to affect Xiao Wang's mood.

So the year wasn't over yet.

Su Xiaoluo told Puff and Nanfeng to practice hard, implicitly admitting she had misjudged them. After all, if it weren't for Baolan's contract, the saved expenses could have kept JKL.

Knowing that his cousin had offended Xiao Wang and Su Xiaoluo, JKL offered 900 million a year, which was lower than the market price at the time.

However, Su Xiaoluo, still harboring resentment, refused to accept this, stubbornly believing that JKL was replaceable, while the mid and upper tiers were indispensable…

Now that things have come to this, there's no use in regretting it. Su Xiaoluo can only pray that the bottom lane will be completely replaced, and perhaps they can find their lost trident.

But back in my hometown.

JKL is chatting with Rookie to find out about Baolan's situation.

"You were scolded by the coach, are you in a bad mood?"

"Yes, after I beat you guys up, I came down with a really sour face."

Rookie, as the team captain, felt inexplicably frustrated: "Ning also criticized him back then, saying he missed all his skills, as if he was sleepwalking—"

He seemed very tired, and he kept shaking after being scolded.

I don't know how to comfort you.

I think he's been affected and needs to adjust.

Based on Rookie's description, JKL imagined himself in the midst of the debriefing session and felt as if a stone was pressing down on his heart...

This shows that…

It's not surprising that the news broke that Aren't going to be involved.

The holiday went by quickly.

When Qin Hao returned to the base, Cvmax noticed that Xx had suddenly changed his demeanor. He used to be gloating and had a sly smile, but after the New Year, his smile disappeared.

of course.

Cvmax didn't think much of him because of this; his standard has always been that the most capable should rise to the top, and whoever is stronger has the right to speak.

In contrast, before their match against OMG, IG officially announced that Puff and Nanfeng would be leaving the roster, and Baolan would be removed from the squad. Immediately, aside from asking who Puff was, netizens were all singing and dancing, laughing at Baolan.

The new bot lane duo partnered up in the secondary league.

There is a certain level of understanding between them.

This immediately earned them the nickname "Super Bubble," which shows just how unpopular Sapphire Blue and Wink are.

Bubble's magic lasted for three or four weeks, achieving a three-game winning streak. However, rational viewers felt that Puff and Nanfeng could not replace JKL and Baolan, and also said that Wink was playing against strong teams, so it couldn't reveal anything.

really.

Entering the East-West melee.

IG won against RNG, albeit poorly, but the fact that Puff and Nanfeng were repeatedly outplayed by Uzi in three games, almost resulting in a loss, was still infuriating.

This battle.

RNG fans are unhappy with Xiyang and AJ, while IG fans are unhappy with Puff, feeling that Puff only tries to capitalize on the situation.

Further back.

Nanfeng and Baolan took turns, and Puff's condition fluctuated greatly.

In one of her posts, Aning complained in a fan group that Nanfeng disliked Baolan's cooking and didn't think she needed to be rotated.

Through thick and thin.

MSI is fast approaching...

(End of this chapter)

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