Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 407: Poaching from the Neighboring Division? (Part )

To be honest, before the LCK's collective attempt to test the waters on the Chinese server was blocked, the discussion level of players from other regions in the entire Chinese region was not completely zero, but it was not very high either.

Moreover, most of these discussions focus on some interesting stories or anecdotes of the players. As for their strength, few people care about it.

The reason is also very clear.

Although LPL is currently making great efforts to internationalize, it has been clearly one-way so far, with only going overseas but not entering the country.

Thanks to the influence it had previously demonstrated in international competitions, as well as the consensus on interests reached between Tencent and the local tyrants, LPL's overseas expansion plan was relatively smooth.

As for the First Division, it always manages to attract enough admirers to come and watch, and there are even a large number of anchors who currently make a living by promoting LPL.

In addition to the legacy inherited by LPL from Honor, the work of idolizing the players has been done very well, especially for players with strong personal heroism like Lao Ye Lao Le, who attract fans quite quickly.

Coupled with the fact that a certain team's shocking performance in the LCS has made countless teams and their core fans want to poach players from the LPL, it is hard for the LPL to not receive high international attention.

But the opposite is completely different.

For LPL viewers in China, what is an overseas region?
You may not believe it, unless the current G2 suddenly realizes the spirit of the parallel world G2 and does something that everyone likes to see and hear.

Otherwise, for LPL viewers, for a long time, the foreign regions that left the deepest impression on them would probably be the North American region where Excellent Era was killing everyone, and the LJL where everyone was completely dominated by bootlickers.

As for the specific players, who is stronger? Who has greater potential?
Sorry, don't care.

We can’t say that LPL viewers are arrogant. This is the first year, and leagues like LCK and LEC haven’t even negotiated an official intranet viewing channel yet.

Isn't it inappropriate to ask the audience in the first division to climb over the wall just to watch the game in the second-rate division?

Without channels, strength and exposure, when talking about players from other regions in LPL, it is highly likely that such people do not exist.

It is precisely because of this atmosphere, coupled with the fact that the performance of other regions in the MSI was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory, that almost all LPL teams, including Tyranny, have hardly considered whether to poach players from other regions when preparing for the next season.

But now, when a talented LCK mid laner is placed in front of the two elders of Tyranny, this unimagined path suddenly becomes somewhat lively.

It seems... not bad?

In the current environment, seeking foreign aid will definitely cause controversy, and it will not be small.

Due to the phenomenon that some traditional sports rely too much on foreign players, resulting in serious deficiencies in the level of local players, Chinese audiences have always had a very subtle view on the issue of foreign players.

Especially in an advantageous project like League of Legends, inviting foreign aid without authorization may cause criticism from some extreme fans.

But...it also depends on who to invite as foreign aid.

With so many regions and so many players, there will always be some exceptions among the exceptions.

And the LCK mid laner in front of him, whose ID is Hide on bush and whose real name is Lee Sang-hyuk, seems to have such qualifications.

"Is he suitable?" Han Wenqing raised his eyebrows slightly.

Judging only from his in-game strength, Lee Sang-hyeok's strength is naturally impeccable. Except for the occasional inexplicable mistake of choosing Minotaur, he is always at the undisputed top mid level.

However, after all, Tyranny is a large and powerful family, so we cannot simply consider the factor of strength.

"Wait a minute... I found it." Zhang Xinjie pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and then he began to operate the computer.

Han Wenqing looked over and found that he was actually searching for...Fanhua's official account?

Zhang Xinjie entered the official account of Fanhua and searched through the dazzling array of short videos. He soon found a video that was released after Fanhua won the championship and before leaving for MSI.

Then he watched the content of the video and smiled sincerely.

"If we are to consider developing him into a foreign aid, there is probably no character more suitable than this one."

This is a vlog of Fanhua following the official LPL team to North America to play MSI.

The first half was normal, but after landing in Los Angeles, some minor unexpected events occurred.

At the airport, they accidentally met SKT, who was also going to MSI.

What follows is the classic segment of mutual communication and understanding, and then calling out to the team uniforms to take photos together. It can be said to be a very ordinary vlog.

But hidden in such ordinary content is a very important content.

In this video, SKT's two core players, Faker in the middle lane and Deft in the bottom lane, showed from beginning to end a mentality that was almost like fans meeting their idols.

Faker may be a little reserved, but he knows a lot of information about Fanhua. It goes without saying how much LPL content this guy has secretly leaked.

Not to mention deft, the value of his statement directly in front of the camera that he is a die-hard fan of Zhang Jiale is unquestionable.

When this vlog was filmed, Fanhua had not yet conquered the world, but the behavior of the Mapo double C was already controversial, at least in LCK.

So much so that SKT was extremely careful in editing when releasing this vlog, fearing that the fact that their double Cs were bootlickers from other regions would be exposed and they would be criticized by the Korean Wolf Warriors.

But there is no such thing as too many requirements for Fanhua. I just post it directly after taking the photo.

At that time, Fanhua had just won the championship in China and its reputation was at its peak, with full exposure, so many LPL viewers had an impression of these two little fans from foreign regions.

Zhang Xinjie also specifically read the comment sections of many SKT games at the time, and sure enough, the vast majority of the comments he saw were positive.

The two little LPL fans neither caused any trouble for Fanhua at MSI, nor did they play their games themselves with much to be faulted (referring to the top laner who took all the blame for SKT).

In addition, the two were only seventeen years old. The LPL audience, who had already played a day of "pride of the Celestial Empire" in the midst of the victory, would naturally not be stingy with their encouragement and recognition.

"It's really... a wonderful script." A smile spread across Zhang Xinjie's face.

There will definitely be controversy when ordinary foreign players come to LPL, but if there is a perfect enough script, the controversy will disappear into thin air.

such as……

In order to pursue his dream, a veteran LPL fan worked hard to make a name for himself in his own region and finally got into the LPL as he wished?

My God, Zhang Xinjie couldn’t even imagine how much hype this script would generate once it was released.

What is this? All nations are paying tribute to us! No, for now there is only one nation, but that is also paying tribute to us!

This is almost the highest pursuit of the Chinese people. Other regions may not buy into this, and LPL audiences will definitely have no resistance after hearing this.

As long as this set of people can be established, there is no need to worry about being under pressure from public opinion and being questioned. Instead, it will be able to create a huge wave of popularity.

why not?

Zhang Xinjie and Han Wenqing looked at each other and could see excitement in each other's eyes.

This... is a very attractive option.

It can even be said that as long as this step can be taken, all the problems currently encountered by Nabatu will be solved.
Issues such as talent gap, aging, lack of attention, and lineup holes...all seem to be solved at once.

Looking at Hide on bush's account again, their eyes suddenly became hot.

"First determine the feasibility." Without hesitation, Zhang Xinjie began to intensively collect all the relevant information about SKT and Faker, and then analyze them one by one.

The resistance to poaching foreign players does not only come from LPL. After all, SKT is the champion team of LCK in the spring season, and Lee Sang-hyeok is definitely a top mid laner in LCK, so he definitely has a certain status.

It is not certain whether they are willing to give up their status as the center of attention in the LCK region and come to the LPL to start from scratch with an unstable fan base and status.

But the more he investigated, the more excited Zhang Xinjie became.

“The LCK’s idol…”

“There are serious conflicts with management…”

"I once used banging my head against the wall to force the emperor to abdicate..."

Zhang Xinjie's usually extremely rational mind was somewhat confused today.

A young LCK mid laner with extremely strong strength and deep roots in the LPL actually had a bad relationship with his own team and even the top management of the league?

This made Zhang Xinjie feel unreal, as if he was about to eat an orange, but found that the fruit fell in front of him from the tree and peeled itself.

Is there really such a good deal in the world?
But after checking one by one, even investigating the external network, and finally confirming the authenticity of the news, even someone as calm as Zhang Xinjie could no longer control his emotions.

There is a chance! There must be a chance!

The difficulty of digging this child out is not as high as imagined!
"I'll go contact him." Han Wenqing watched his old partner lose control of his emotions in an extremely rare situation. Without asking any questions, he knew what a godsend opportunity this was.

Without any nonsense, he sat back in his seat.

Although recruiting talents is a long process, it requires sufficient time and emotional accumulation.

But now, it is also necessary to lay a small foundation for the plan.

Han Wenqing admits that he is not very good at talking. He can be asked to boost morale, but it seems a little difficult to ask him to play the emotional card to attract new people.

But it’s okay, Han Wenqing has his own way.

……

Li Xianghe looked at the dialog box in front of him and replied without hesitation: "Sure."

Hu Tianguiyan, he didn’t have much impression of this account. After checking the chat records, he found out that it was an account added last year.

He is not an active professional player, and at least in LPL games, Li Xianghe has never seen a similar ID.

However, just from the simple exchange of words, Lee Sang Hyuk had left a very good impression.

He did not start off by introducing himself and trying to win over new players like some team managers who are frantically looking for potential new players during the offseason. Instead, he just gave a simple and appropriate greeting.

Although he asked about his college entrance examination results, he did not ask for specific details, so Li Xianghe did not have to look up a set of words on the Internet to get away with it.

After chatting briefly, he didn't have any intention of recruiting me, but simply invited me to play duo.

A top player?
LPL's top laners are well-known to be very strong.

However, due to language barriers and the fact that I hadn't played on the national server for a long time, I hadn't played duo with them much.

He was free anyway, and Donghe didn't seem to have any intention of joining forces with him.

"Row."

……

"Brother Xianghe! This isn't right? How can that guy be so strong?"

More than two hours later, Khan came to Li Xianghe with a sad face and began to complain.

Li Xianghe was concentrating on watching the replay of the game.

He played three games in a duo with Hu Tianguiyan and won three games in a row.

The opponent's strength refreshed Li Xianghe's cognition.

I originally thought that since the opponent was not a professional player, he was at most at the level of a national server king of passers-by, who had some skills, but not much.

But in these three games, the opponent's strong and extremely stable performance was even more dazzling than Faker who was also killing indiscriminately in the mid lane.

Especially the third one.

It’s not that Hu Tianguiyan performed amazingly in the third round, but because—

In the third round they were matched with the unlucky Khan.

Khan is the top laner who has been targeted the most in recent days. After taking so many beatings, even if he is mentally retarded, he should learn his lesson.

He decisively chose to abandon his account and created a new one to start his journey again.

This time he learned his lesson and decisively gave up all verbal communication with his teammates, only keeping signaling and disguising himself as a taciturn player.

In addition, he hasn't done any live broadcasts during this period, so it is really difficult to find him among the vast crowd of people in the national server.

It was only with great difficulty that we were able to return to the normal ranking rhythm.

Then he met Faker in the third game.

Although other people didn't know about Khan's new account, Faker was very clear about it, but he didn't intend to inform his teammates.

On the one hand, it was out of protection for his teammates, on the other hand, he also wanted to see what Hu Tianguiyan, the big C in the first two games, could do when he met LCK's top laner Khan.

Then... Khan was beaten to pieces in front of Li Sang-hyuk's extremely shocked eyes.

Moreover, Hu Tianguiyan basically did not actively call for support from the jungler, and Khan was forced to go home three times in five minutes of laning.

During the team battle, he played a role far superior to Khan, and it can be said that he crushed the opponent in all aspects throughout the whole process.

After the fight, Khan's defense was broken.

I originally thought that the reason I was beaten up everywhere in LPL was because I was deliberately targeted by the national server after my identity was exposed, and it had nothing to do with my own strength.

After finally fighting for a while, how come we were crushed by the other party again?
"It must be some super top laner who created a smurf account, right? It must be, right?" Khan was about to cry.

But Lee Sang-hyuk, who was supposed to comfort him, was staring at the screen in a daze.

"What's wrong, Brother Xianghe?" Khan was a little anxious.

"…It's okay, maybe. I'll try to find out later."

Li Xianghe finally reacted, his old face turned red, and he quickly answered seriously.

What he didn't dare to say was -

Although it is a bit unfair to say this, I am duo queuing with this mysterious super top laner.

Seems a little bit comfortable?
　The update is a bit late, my back hurts, please forgive me
　　
　
(End of this chapter)