I, who love to post on Weibo, have become a professional Tongtian generation

Chapter 780 Another World

Until mid-January.

Langx was finally able to sit down and talk calmly about life within the team, no longer so self-destructive.

It's no wonder that Da Lang is vulnerable. After all, he had the highest tactical position in SN and could even "bully" Hacker, but when he went to RNG, he couldn't "bully" anyone and had to be criticized by RNG fans.

To put it more realistically.

SN has the strength to compete for the fourth seed, and they have good treatment but not many fans. Even when they are not in good form, no one will criticize them. Therefore, the team atmosphere is relatively relaxed and there is not much external pressure.

Just like that.

For the past two years, Da Lang has focused primarily on training without distractions, keeping his attention unaffected by anything outside of competitions. He lives each day as usual, without any pressure or abuse.

But in RNG, it's impossible to play a game without distractions.

An ordinary little thing, if it happens to someone who doesn't attract much attention, won't cause any buzz. But if it's surrounded by attention, it's easy for people to interpret it from all angles.

He had experienced this before.

Like LGD back then, he was tortured and bombarded by extreme fans, criticized for his improper attitude, and asked if he would ever encounter such strong teammates again. His words were full of encouragement and pressure, forcing him to polish the details and improve his skills.

to be frank.

It's easy to become famous back then because you wake up feeling guilty, as if if you don't work hard, you should commit suicide to atone for your sins.

But at that time, we had only been in the LPL for a short time, and the training atmosphere in the team was very intense. Hao Ge led by example and never slacked off, so it wasn't too painful for him.

嗏

It feels worth it to suffer so much for the championship, but is it worth it to suffer so much for a ticket?

Everyone has their own agenda. To paraphrase Captain Jia, if you work hard before winning the championship and are still exhausted after winning, then what's the point of winning the trophy?
Today my Super account dropped to Diamond and I got attacked for being bad. Tomorrow, in a level 1 team fight, I missed all three Qs with my Aatrox and got bombarded with private messages and cursed by fans. The day after tomorrow, I didn't want to play Renekton in the counter-pick phase, so I played Mundo and was interpreted as having no ambition and being no different from AJ.

Some people, seeing that he doesn't smile much and often keeps his distance from the queue when entering and leaving the venue, said that he didn't want to play with Uzi, and that he was a loyal dog of Qing Shen, coming to sabotage the team.

Did he want to come?

He doesn't want to come.

and also.

Hao didn't treat him like a dog. He was happy to fawn over him, but people were careful to maintain appropriate boundaries and respect his dignity. There's no reason to interpret their relationship like that...

In short.

When I first joined RNG, there were indeed a lot of unpleasant incidents.

Even the slightest operational mistake is interpreted as a lack of proper attitude. When a person's mentality explodes, their skill level declines, and they make basic mistakes.

As for stripping the championship, there are even more posts spreading rumors about his character. Not to mention that AJ and Xiyang are still in the team, and there is a serious competitive relationship between the three of them. Therefore, the coaching staff will put pressure on them, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

That was the time we lost to EDG.

The coach suggested Ornn, saying he wouldn't get caught out, but he wanted to play Gnar, wanting to play against Renekton on the side lane, thinking that having Ninja Tabi would make things much more comfortable.

As a result, he was ganked by Meiko and Jiejie during the laning phase, going 0-3 in 10 minutes and getting completely crushed by RNG. After that, RNG released the draft voice chat through the official Bilibili tournament channel, which led to GSL criticizing him for being disobedient and going through a rebellious phase, and he was also subjected to online bullying in the Super Topic.

question…

Before Gnar gets Ninja Tabi, it's true that he has a hard time fighting Renekton, but once he gets Ninja Tabi, his farming is no problem. So how is his game understanding wrong?
Moreover.

Having played professionally for so many years, I know that coaches' draft picks are indeed only for reference. Even when McGrady is coaching, he will provide two or three options. It's not all about dictatorship.

and also.

Uzi didn't listen to the coach's draft picks entirely. How did the Lucian jungle pick come about? Why not release the voice comms from the game against G2?

In this delicate atmosphere, GSL relied on commentary time and time again to solidify Langx's image as a fifth-place champion, unfit for the task.

Of course, although Langx has few fans, the Bird's Nest Night event gained him a lot of goodwill from the general public, so his counterattack wasn't too bad. However, Langx also has the ability to only remember negative reviews.

That's the damn thing.

RNG excels at the bot lane, especially Top Esports at MSI, which proved that having a strong bot lane gives them an advantage. So the more they practice together, the less the top lane gets to play, since they can't afford to make trades and need to maintain their form.

In a match, the director's camera will usually focus on the lane where the battle breaks out. In GSL's eyes, no camera is equivalent to mediocrity. Then they will seize every opportunity to attack last hits, attack actions, attack teleportation, and attack positioning.

There's a post in the supertopic asking why Langx had great stats with SN but was nothing when he joined RNG.

This is no nonsense.

With Hacker protecting the top lane and Snake providing vision protection along the sidelines, the top laner will have a very comfortable time playing like this.

Joining RNG means no one will protect you, and fans are demanding you have a CS lead, a farming lead, be the first to tank in fights, and stay in place during team fights…

This…

Ok.

Even if Khan came, all he could do was yell "Shiba!"

Qin Hao was used to this kind of infighting between fans. All he could do was chat with Langx more in the group and offer solo services to keep him from getting caught up in the hate narrative.

After all, with the development of social media, fan groups in any industry will evolve into "fan circles" and fall into a state of mutual hostility.

Compared to the past when the internet was not as developed.

Modern arguments are increasingly less about winning or losing; they're more like ideological clashes where neither side can tolerate the other.

and so…

Whether we gain the upper hand or not is not important; what matters is that we didn't lose.

The latter is more difficult to prove than the former.

Or rather, the reason why "win-win studies" has swept the globe so quickly is that it caters to this kind of antagonism. After all, as long as enough prefixes are added, one can remain immersed in a particularly cathartic narrative.

It's the same as the fandom.

Top Esports didn't have as much leakage as RNG.

After all, Smlz has a good mentality. Even though fans felt that he was taking a break during the Spring Split and was suspected of being backed by Lwx, the two have gotten along quite well since he returned to the team.

This is not magnanimity.

Instead, it clarified one thing.

That means if Lwx performs poorly, he will be scrutinized under a magnifying glass. This season, the bot lane meta is significantly different from S8; continuing to solo lane is ineffective and doesn't fit the current meta.

It's not that you can't play like this at all.

Rather, given a choice, the coating should be the optimal one.

Is Smlz good at lane play?
general.

Actually, lwx is just average.

But lwx and lqs have been partners for so many years and have a great understanding of each other.

Furthermore, whether the bot lane swap is successful or not depends more on the support. As long as the team composition and style are consistent enough, it doesn't matter if the 2v2 doesn't go well, since the mid and jungle can still be relied upon.

Just like that.

Since smlz and lwx did not show any obvious hostility, and both of them had shortcomings in their hero pools, the fan arguments after the rotation were limited to a small circle, and never forced casual viewers to take sides like RNG did.

It was the end of the season.

Top Esports only lost 4 smaller games, maintaining their unbeaten record in larger games.

After confirming that Top Esports would secure at least a fourth seed based on their regular season points, ESPN celebrated with champagne for the team on its official esports website.

"Who can stop Penicillin from winning the World Championship?"

no one knows.

In many people's minds, this question has become less and less suspenseful, with some even joking that the game could award the prize in advance.

Looking at other regions.

Top teams all have this or that problem, and they simply can't deliver a dominant performance.

Even after the MSI, when G2 had a fierce internal power struggle and found a new AD to replace Perkz, one problem remained unchanged: Caps had no advantage against Penicillin and couldn't break through Top Esports' big-carry system.

at this point.

Ou Gang has also analyzed this.

In his view, Top Esports ostensibly prioritizes the bottom lane's tempo, but the tactical coordination between Lwx, Lqs, and Xun is merely to secure their early-game support.

Therefore, even if a team can effectively limit Top Esports in the bottom half of the map, it means the jungler will have to stay in the bottom lane. The problem is that Lwx played very steadily, his champion picks have improved significantly, and he's no longer the lost kid he was with FPX.

in other words.

Even if you can limit the bot lane, can you really crush Top Esports? If not, and only have a slight advantage, what about the mid lane when both junglers are distracted by the bot lane laning phase?
With Qin Hao's effortless laning skills, even when picking weaker heroes, he can still guarantee timely CS (creep score), not to mention some mid-laners whose hero pool is too limited, forcing them to give up on laning.

At MSI, G2 played two BO5s against Top Esports. In these six games, Caps picked solo lane heroes, and Penicillin filled in the big carry and took over the game. When he picked traditional mages like Orianna, Qin Hao pushed the lane and counter-pressed, spreading the advantage and creating an unstoppable 4-man gank on the 2nd.

Why did conflict erupt between G2?

It's because Perkz was beaten by Top Esports and wanted to switch back to mid lane, but G2's owner didn't want Perkz to affect Caps' mood, so he said some very unpleasant things to Perkz, a veteran player.

To facilitate contract renewal and to appeal to emotions, Carlos didn't want Perkz to threaten Caps's position or form cliques within the team.

So after the negotiations failed, Carlos criticized Perkz on Twitter, saying that he was not a good professional player and that he was defeated by a single loss.

But in Perkz's view, the move was a last resort, a sacrifice made to build the strongest team in Europe, and he was seen as a coward and an escapist by those around him.

To talk about escaping.

Staying in the bottom lane is what it means to ignore criticism and take things for granted.

He's a mid laner, so why can't he go back to mid? Besides, he volunteered to compete for the starting position and didn't ask to take away Caps' starting spot, but even such a humble request still angered Carlos.

No surprises.

The news broke, and netizens are all watching the drama unfold.

What netizens don't know is that Perkz and Carlos used to be very close. On many nights, Carlos promised to treat Perkz well and said that when he could no longer play, he would hire him as a manager.

The results of it?
They still parted on bad terms.

Just as Qin Hao was waiting to face their playoff opponents, RNG caused a stir in their final match with Uzi helping the top lane, but the top lane was useless.

Actually, when I was watching, GimGoon said that Langx's item build was wrong. He should have bought Ravenous Gauntlet as his second item to use the minion wave's sustain to apply pressure. Otherwise, it would be difficult to push high ground.

In the optimistic group.

Langx remained calm. When GSL criticized him for not knowing how to split push, he replied in the group chat, "I didn't even intend to pick Camille."

"Well, it's alright, there's a good chance of getting tickets."

Stumbling and staggering.

RNG finished fourth with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, behind EDG, JDG, and TES. At first glance, their performance is better than in the Spring Split, but judging from public opinion, many feel that this RNG team is terrible.

and this.

It is a small group of extremists who are making their voices heard.

GSL, a team with a winning streak, is a case in point; those who know, know, and anyone can criticize them. But putting public opinion aside, this performance is worthy of Bai Xing's marriage, after all, relying on Xi Yang and AJ, they couldn't possibly rank fourth.

Therefore, rational fans can still objectively view Langx's contributions.

As a replacement player, securing the fourth seed should be cause for celebration; there's no reason to treat Langx like a Japanese player. His playstyle is inherently somewhat individualistic; the reason he could split push in LGD was because he didn't need to be faster than the opponent.

C-Bo: "I already told you you have loan experience, Wolf."

"Grass."

This time, Langx didn't lose his temper. After all, compared to GSL, C's teasing only made him laugh.

"Sigh, I can only say there's some metaphysics involved."

I remember before C's first broadcast on Bilibili, I asked him if he was the crown prince of SN, and when MSI was being reformed, C joked that it might come in handy. At the time, I didn't think much of it, but now I see that it has all come true, only the way it came true was a bit of a test of willpower.

However, through training and refinement...

Big Wolf is noticeably more laid-back now, unlike before when he was easily angered.

"Your Camille build is problematic," Zoom chimed in. JDG is currently firmly in second place; at worst, they can defend their title in the gauntlet.

Big Wolf said self-deprecatingly, "Sigh, I really screwed over Uzi. He played Birdman pretty well, but I'm a bit unfamiliar with him."

"Practice more, wolf."

"There was nothing I could do. At first, I couldn't understand it and even argued with Icon. But later I found out he was a really nice person. Even when I said his dishes were cold, he didn't get angry."

smlz: "The cold dishes aren't cold, they're just dishes."

"Hahaha."

"You can mess with my teammates, but don't let me run into them."

"Your team can't even make it to the finals? Do you even understand the significance of Puppy never losing a BO5 to Uzi?" C-Bo seized the opportunity to flatter IMP to the point of humiliation.

"Hirano Aya, you idiot."

Not to be outdone, IMP mimicked the wolf's tone from that day, retorting, "You think you can bully your dad just because he's nice?"

"Go ahead and yell, you'll still get beaten up by me, Hao."

Wild King stepped forward: "Who are you?"

"I am your father."

"Oh, so you're PYL, the only retired player in the group."

C-Bo: ...

While the group was bickering, only Qin Hao asked, "Has the live stream stabilized?"

"Correct."

C Bo typed: "There are probably around five or six hundred ships now."

"Wow, the number one streamer in the Bilibili Alliance!" Big Wolf deliberately used this funny tone and even posted a meme of a puppy doing a handstand up the stairs.

"amazing."

"awesome."

"..."

Several people followed suit, praising him to the point of ruin.

"I know you're envious, but you don't need to do that."

"That puppy really barks."

"..."

A week later.

The playoffs begin.

Before the tournament, it was thought that JDG, IG, EDG, RNG, BLG... would compete for 3 spots. However, IG, whose performance in the regular season was inconsistent, was eliminated by Snake in the first round.

This time.

There's no need to use #winkstatus #creampuff #whatisBaolan doing anymore, because in this BO5, Flandre's Akali, Vladimir, and signature Renekton became the ace in team fights.

No one expected that IG, on whom high hopes were placed, would fall in the quarterfinals, and it was TheShy who made the mistake.

Compared to the top lane's performance, the bottom lane was just playing passively, but they didn't feed. Also, Ning wasn't in good form and couldn't farm as much as SofM.

"Hilarious! They finished the regular season in 6th place, and fans are saying they'll step up their game in the playoffs."

"They were runners-up last year, but they don't even deserve to be the fourth seed this year."

"If it weren't for this No. 4 seed, IG fans wouldn't have any illusions, so it's all Qing Shen's fault."

"Nothing wrong."

"..."

With Su Xiaoluo playing IG like this, there's no suspense about what will happen next.

With JDG defeating RNG 3-1 and advancing to the finals, IMP once again suffered a painful defeat, getting targeted and severely hampered by Top Esports.

After that.

Despite suffering from stomach pain, JKL put in a strong performance in the gauntlet match, and with Xayah dealing 60,000 damage, he defeated IG 3-2, successfully securing the fourth ticket.

The problem is coming.

IG's Incheon runner-up lineup couldn't have made it to Worlds without an AD carry, so how important is an AD carry?

For a while.

lwx's "big egg" theory has been proven true, creating a legendary story in esports.

Just as the starch was overjoyed and wept tears of happiness, Griffin next door finally had the opportunity to compete on the international stage...

(End of this chapter)