Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 406: Poaching from the Neighboring Division? (Part )

Tyranny hasn't had a good time lately.

Although they are a wealthy family and once served as local lords, it is not easy to survive in this rapidly developing era.

Especially since they wasted a whole year because of a momentary thought.

The current public opinion environment is not very friendly to Tyranny.

On the one hand, they have no games to play, so no matter how huge their fan base was in the past, it is impossible for them to have too much popularity.

If they hadn't made a big move during the promotion and relegation, and used a nearly full-strength lineup to give old fans of Tyranny a "Bo Ye Youth Return" moment, the popularity might have been even worse now.

The club needs to make money, and even though Han Wenqing very consciously gave up his huge three-year contract worth 30 million and chose to take a pay cut, the team that supports two giants still had a tight life this year.

However, in stark contrast to their lack of popularity, the outside world's expectations for their performance in the next year are extremely high.

After all, the other three giants and giants-in-replacement teams that joined the LPL intact are now top-level powers at the world championship level.

You, Tyranny, have been struggling for a year, and at least you have entered the LPL with two top players from Glory and a group of young people. You can't let down, right?
Especially since you guys put so much fanfare into the relegation match, everyone is looking forward to whether you can cause trouble for Happy and that old man Ye Xiu next year.

Therefore, in the field of public opinion, Tyranny can be said to be a typical example of "not getting much benefit, but being under a lot of pressure". The only word to describe it is how miserable it is.

Apart from the public opinion field, Tyranny itself is not having an easy time. It is not an exaggeration to say that it has a lot of internal and external troubles.

No matter what, it is impossible to get through this one-year vacuum period so easily.

Let’s not talk about the maintenance and operation of the club for now. After all, at least the current Tyranny has not dismantled its most core team, so it can still operate for the time being.

But in other areas, they also face many problems.

The first is the problem of the players’ mentality.

During the one-year vacuum period, watching other former rivals achieve their own achievements one by one while I can only wait anxiously for the next season to start, anyone would be broken.

However, similar incidents have occurred to some extent in major e-sports clubs, and clubs that are slightly less rudimentary generally have psychologists to mediate.

But Tyranny's situation is very special, and the one who has a problem with their mentality is their leader Han Wenqing.

It is well known that Han Wenqing's belief is as firm as an unshakable mountain. He is a typical example of someone who remains calm even when faced with a collapse of Mount Tai.

But this determination also means that once he starts to feel anxious, it will not be easy for an ordinary psychologist to comfort him.

What's wrong with Han Wenqing's mentality?

Actually, it’s not a special problem, it’s just anxiety.

Anxiety about myself and the future of Tyranny.

Han Wenqing is 28 years old. He will be 29 when the competition officially starts next year. At this age, he is ready to be buried in the field of e-sports.

But he has not yet been able to leave his own mark in the new era of e-sports.

During this year, Han Wenqing was able to clearly feel how much impact a whole year without high-intensity competitions could have on a person's condition.

Although Han Wenqing maintains a very good intensity in his daily training and has not slacked off for a whole year, his level is actually quite good.

In addition, League of Legends is not a game that requires particularly fast hand speed, so Han Wenqing's current condition has not actually declined much in the LPL.

But this didn't stop Han Wenqing from feeling anxious.

Especially when he saw his old rival Ye Xiu burning himself in the competition, the impact on Han Wenqing was even greater.

Do I still have the ability to carry the team like Ye Xiu did?

Han Wenqing didn't know.

The only regular LPL game he played this year was a relegation match, where his opponent was a bottom-ranked team that couldn’t even keep its spot.

Such strength, even if crushed, is not enough for Han Wenqing to assess his own level.

The scary thing about the one-year vacuum period is not just that there are no games to play and no training, but what is more scary is that without enough games as a reference, it is easy for players to not recognize themselves now.

When they discovered that Han Wenqing had a problem with his thinking, the entire Tyranny team almost collapsed on the spot.

There is something wrong with their mainstay. If it cannot be resolved, then needless to say, Tyranny can consider starting the countdown to their own splendid dreams in life.

The management tried every means to find the best psychologist for Han Wenqing, but the problem was that Han Wenqing did not actually have a real psychological problem. Every point of his anxiety was well-targeted, rather than meaningless self-inflation.

Anxiety about age, anxiety about strength, anxiety about the future...

He was not confused. On the contrary, he was very clear-headed. He just couldn't find a solution.

If these problems cannot be solved, no matter how excellent the psychologist is, he will not be able to relieve Han Wenqing's stress.

Fortunately, Han Wenqing is Han Wenqing after all, and his ability to act and his willpower are unquestionable.

Moreover, there is another guy by his side who understands him well enough and is wise enough: Zhang Xinjie.

Zhang Xinjie got the news from somewhere and recommended Han Wenqing to attend an offline trial event.

It is said that this is a new era fighting game created by Tenghai, called Street Fighter.

At that time, the management of Tyranny looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what Zhang Xinjie was up to.

Although Han Wenqing's title is indeed the King of Fighters, he had only played a little bit of KOF before he came into contact with Honor of Kings.

He can be completely regarded as a complete novice in fighting.

Is it a bit unrealistic for Zhang Xinjie to want such a trial game to help Han Wenqing relieve stress?
But Han Wenqing still decided to give it a try. He always trusted his old friend, even though Zhang Xinjie kept it a secret this time out of mischief.

As a result, after this trip, Han Wenqing's overall condition actually improved a lot. Although he couldn't say that he was completely relieved, at least he had swept away the previous haze.

The remaining anxiety could even serve as a spur for him to continue pursuing excellence and become a beneficial thing.

This shocked the management of Tyranny.

Is it possible that fighting games really have some charm? They can soothe the psychological state?
The mystery was solved half a year later, when a true e-sports fossil, whose ID was a child but whose actual age was over 35, won the world championship and Asian Games championship in Street Fighter.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, the management of Tyranny, who did not know why, was afraid of the Han Wenqing incident and thought that the signboard of our club was "King of Fighters" anyway.
They simply promoted the newly released Street Fighter in the club as a small entertainment for the players after training and competition.

The effect... was unexpectedly quite good. The mental state of the young people in Tyranny had improved significantly.

In the training room, there began to be a lot of meaningless screams such as "Don't you know I'm playing Jamie?" or "Muscle!!".

But that's all for later.

In short, Han Wenqing's mental state has improved, which is a good thing and worth celebrating. However, Tyranny has not yet been able to solve the external factors that have troubled Han Wenqing and caused him to suffer from mental anxiety.

For example, the lineup issue for next year.

One year has fully proved one thing:
LPL is not Honor, nor is it NBA.

It’s okay for ordinary teams, but if it is a team that wants to compete for the championship, there cannot be obvious weaknesses in even one position.

Only when the five most correct people are together can they have a chance of winning the championship.

If any one person fails, it will immediately become a breakthrough point for the opponent to open up the situation.

Unfortunately for Tyranny, they have one position that is very empty.

What's even more unfortunate is that this position is one of the most important axes in a team: the mid laner.

At present, Tyranny is really lacking in talent in the mid-lane position.

The available mid laner is still the youth mid laner from Tyranny's LSPL period. Even though he has played for so long, he is still a very capable mid laner in LSPL.
But if we really look at the hard power, it can only be said that it can barely play in the LPL. It is a world of difference from Qiu Fei, a direct descendant of Jia Shi who is also killing in the LSPL.

It goes without saying that with such a level, if Tyranny dares to let him play, the Big Three, no, the mid laners of the strong teams that can enter the playoffs, will dare to target this point and kill indiscriminately.

Therefore, the most urgent task facing Tyranny now is how to get a better mid laner for themselves in the upcoming off-season.

No, it would be too risky to wait until the offseason to make an effort.

It’s easy to imagine what the entire free market will be like by then.

Good midfielders have always been a scarce resource, but the market demand is growing year by year.

Ambitious teams in the LPL, teams in the LSPL trying to get promoted or relegated, and even teams from other regions that were stimulated by Jia Shi, may be eyeing these players.

It remains to be seen whether Tyranny can snatch these tigers and leopards by then.

Therefore, Tyranny began to mobilize various human and material resources early on to find a reliable mid laner for their team's journey next year.

Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie were naturally not idle either.

Compared to the team's search for potential players in the LSPL league, they chose a more radical approach:

Go into the game and the rankings to discover those young players who have unlimited potential even though they haven’t become professional players yet.

This is undoubtedly a very difficult option, and one that is likely to fail.

It is somewhat unrealistic to want to transform directly from a passerby expert to someone who is capable of starting in the top leagues, or even for a strong team.

However, Han Wenqing and the others were not in a hurry. They just had to cast a wide net. If they found something, they would make a lot of money. If they didn't find anything, they wouldn't lose much either.

It's always good to have one more possibility.

In this way, the Tyranny players persisted in the hard and boring training, while looking for partners who were qualified to compete for the championship with them through various channels and opportunities.

It was indeed not smooth in the early days, after all, it is not easy to find a good mid laner.

But recently, there has been a small turn for the better.

It all started when Han Wenqing accidentally glanced at his friend list when he opened the ranking game one day.

It’s called a friend list, but in fact, apart from a few teammates from Tyranny and a few friends in the professional circle like Ye Xiu, almost all of them are players that Han Wenqing met in various rankings and who he thought were relatively capable or had potential.

He marked the other party with the friend position.

"That Hide on Bush, seems to be quite active recently?" Han Wenqing looked at the account that was shown as being in the ranking, thoughtfully.

When the opponent was added, the LPL had not yet been established. At that time, Hide on Bush was a very famous mid laner in the national server, especially known for his quick reaction and sharp operation.

At that time, it was unknown how many teams competing for the LPL seat extended olive branches to him.

Even Han Wenqing, who had not yet made up his mind to change his career at that time, couldn't help but add Hide on bush as a friend and chat with him.

But the other party said that he was in the third year of high school this year and wanted to prepare for the college entrance examination, so he would not be online for a long time. Therefore, he politely declined the requests of everyone, including Han Wenqing.

Han Wenqing certainly couldn't say much as the other person was busy with his life. Besides, Hide on bush was indeed silent for a long time after that, so Han Wenqing gradually forgot that he had ever tried to recruit this talented mid laner.

However, more than half a year later, Han Wenqing suddenly discovered that Hide on bush became active again.

And he is not just normally active. He specifically observed his ranking frequency. He found that he had to play double-digit games a day at least. This intensity requires a teenager with a severe internet addiction.

Han Wenqing even vaguely felt that the other party seemed to be training him with the intensity of a professional player.

It just so happened that they didn't have any good mid-lane talent to find during this period, and Han Wenqing was suddenly tempted.

So Zhang Xinjie came over, listened to Han Wenqing's introduction, and studied Hide on bush's account for a long time before shaking his head:
"It shouldn't be the King of Passersby."

"What's the reason?"

Zhang Xinjie pointed to Hide on bush's ranking record:
"Although he had already started to be active again on the national server in early August, he really started the high-intensity ranking mode in late August and early September, which was the period after the summer finals."

"On the contrary, during the three months of summer vacation, there are two months of silence and one month of low intensity."

"If the other party is really a high school student preparing for the college entrance examination, then it is very abnormal that he did not play much during the entire holiday and suddenly started to work hard when school is about to start."

Zhang Xinjie didn't keep the secret this time. He pulled up another post on Tieba and looked at Han Wenqing: "I suspect he is with these people."

Han Wenqing took a look and found that it was a previous post about LCK players coming to the Chinese server. The timing was exactly the same as when Hide on bush started its high-intensity session.

"A player from LCK?" Han Wenqing couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Naturally, he would not doubt Zhang Xinjie. Anyway, he must have some other evidence, but he didn't say it due to time constraints.

Then the opponent is most likely a LCK mid laner
"Just check it out and you'll know." Zhang Xinjie skillfully surfed the Internet and searched for Hide on bush on the Korean website.

They had been prepared for the possibility that the other party had just made up a random name and that the search would yield nothing, but they actually found what they were looking for in one go.

"Sure enough, he is the famous mid laner in LCK..." Zhang Xinjie looked at the words in the search results and confirmed his guess.

But suddenly, his pupils shrank slightly.

This kid… isn’t he the SKT mid laner who led the team to the semi-finals in MSI and got so angry in the summer season that he banged his head against the wall because he couldn’t accept failure?
Zhang Xinjie looked at the handsome face, which was somewhat well-known among the audience of China LPL, and suddenly, his mind started to become active.

There is definitely no need to think about the ordinary LCK mid laner.

But this child seems a little different?
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