Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 417: Preparation for Hell, Peak of the Canyon

Soon, a month passed amid the noise of the outside world.

ESPN set a very bad example for its peers around the world. Those peers who originally wanted to maintain their dignity as official media, after seeing ESPN's success, could not help but become jealous.

Anyway, it doesn't seem like a big deal for ESPN to have absorbed this wave of black traffic. If it doesn't take action now, when will it?

As a result, all kinds of magical wild lists that are even wilder than wild history have emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

With ESPN taking the lead, these wild rankings can be said to have completely let go in the way they are ranked, and they can be as magical or outrageous as possible.

However, to sum up, there are quite a few regional stereotypes.

For example, the North American wild rankings tend to favor lone hero players, and their rankings are generally not low.

Although there are relatively few rankings like ESPN where even the FMVP doesn't get first place, in general, players like Ye Xiu and Lee Sang-hyeok have never been ranked very low.

This will actually be a problem for LPL viewers.

I thought they were just trying to provoke a fight, but it turns out they were serious?

It's just magical.

So the LPL audience thought about it and gave the North American list the nickname of the "Superhero List".

When the European media make the rankings, they seem to be particularly biased towards those with a more radical style and more aggressive style.

It doesn’t matter if you give it as a gift, the key is to be handsome enough.

So their own Yang Dunk, Haile Songzhi and the like, LPL's Tang Rou and so on, all of their rankings went up rapidly.

The most exaggerated one was a certain big-headed kid. After the summer finals, although some people had predicted that he would be beaten to pieces, it was undeniable that he was the worst war criminal on Xingxin's side in the entire summer finals.

So although most people agree that Blue Rain's victory was due to their adequate preparation and their all-round advantages over Happy,

Yu Wenbo’s personal public opinion environment cannot be considered very good.

If the authorities had not been sober enough and severely suppressed all conspiracy theories that could cause serious consequences,

Based on Yu Wenbo's identity and background, he would probably be labeled as "Yu Zhibo Weasel" or "Undercover in the Monk Temple".

As a result, during this period, there were actually media outlets willing to give him a fairly good evaluation, which really made that big-headed kid flattered.

"It seems that this guy still has some fan base, but it's not convenient to give him popcorn because we are far away."

A big heart is a big heart. Yu Wenbo is a god in a sense because he is still in the mood to make jokes about himself at this time.

However, as the saying goes, there is always a mountain higher than the one you climb.

When the audience felt that these highly subjective rankings were already amazing, the ones from LCK were even more exciting.

How should I put it? They only made it to the semifinals in MSI, and their international reputation is almost at the bottom of the four major regions.

When ranking, thirteen baseball players were included in the top twenty without hesitation.

The twelve LCK players plus IMPACT from LCS.

The magical rankings like "Faker ranks higher than Ye Xiu" and "Deft ranks higher than Zhang Jiale" are secondary.

The key point is that even Park Jae-yoon, who did not enter the world competition, was ranked in the top 20 list by some media.

As a result, because it was too ridiculous, it did not receive much dissatisfaction and condemnation in the LPL.

It's just that the stereotype is reinforced once again.

However, after this incident, many viewers' perception of the entire LCK region has become more like comedians and clowns, to the point that they unconsciously developed a sense of superiority over the LCK.

But this is all for the rest.

Of course, when it comes to rankings, there are more ways to manipulate them than just tampering with the specific rankings.

For example, the gods of LJL.

Their ranking itself is very stable, and they don't even give LJL legends like EVI an inflated ranking because of the filter of this region.

But gods are gods, and their old problem of middle school syndrome has come back again.

Therefore, in addition to rankings and evaluations, many of the lists leaked from their side will also have a nickname that can allow the person involved to find a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment on the spot.

For example, Ye Xiu's "Devil of the Dusk", Huang Shaotian's "Perfect Jungle Devil"...

It just so happens that Chinese audiences really like this, and if you ignore the Japanese's childish nature when giving nicknames, the nicknames are surprisingly appropriate, leave a deep impression and are easy to remember.

Therefore, these nicknames are still quite popular in China. While everyone is having fun, they automatically add these magical nicknames to the long list of titles of the parties involved.

It is estimated that even after a few seasons, as long as these players have not all retired, or LJL is still willing to make a similar list, these nicknames will probably not be forgotten.

Just like the legendary player of Chinese national table tennis, the "Empire's Fierce Tiger" has been talked about by netizens for who knows how many years.

Oh, by the way, speaking of table tennis, as the only LPL player who is related to the national table tennis team, Guohao's nickname is also the only one among the crowd that is associated with the word "Empire";
"Empire's Tiger Vanguard" corresponds to the fact that they are the only LPL team participating in the qualifying round and the first to join the S-League schedule.

It is said that when Guohao learned the news, he shouted in the training room that night that if he did not beat LJL in the qualifying round until he doubted his life, he would retire on the spot.

Then, the three captains of the Big Three, with smirks on their faces, each sent him a request for a training match. All his ambitions disappeared in an instant, and he sat back in his gaming chair with tears in his eyes.

"You have great ambitions, so there is a need to intensify your training." Ye Xiu smiled brightly.

"Brother, I was wrong. Can I not bully them anymore?" Guohao's eyes turned black.

"How can you do that? They're the Neon team. If you lose, everyone will nag at you for the rest of your life."

"Think about your enemy. Guess how he would be scolded if he lost to Zhang Ben from Japan?" Zhang Jiale responded with a "serious" look on his face.

"Therefore, it is necessary to continue to strengthen preparations for battle." Yu Wenzhou added the final blow.

Zeng Guohao fell back into the gaming chair in despair, his pupils dilated, and he sighed -

I have to practice more today.

Although several LPL teams have always had differences on the issue of "who is the biggest opponent of LPL", there is one point that they have reached an agreement on effortlessly:
They must work together to keep this significant first championship in China. This is the bottom line.

Above this bottom line, it is also a heavy task to make the overall performance of the four LPL teams as good as possible and to use this stage to expand the influence of LPL.

Among them, LGM is undoubtedly the least reassuring.

No matter how high their upper limit is, the team's configuration and logistical basis determine that they do not have a solid foundation like the Big Three.

It is too risky to rely solely on your ambition and gamble on the ambition that may fade away at any time.

So the other three teams discussed and decided to help LGM with special training. They used the last time to make up for LGM's shortcomings as much as possible.

We will not discuss here how noble this technological poverty alleviation effort is, or how much the media will hype it up in the future.

All in all, everyone in LGM was in pain and happiness almost every day during this month.

Not only do they have to receive free tactical coaching from the tactical masters of the three great families every day to fill in their shortcomings in discipline;

Every day, they would schedule several additional training matches with the Big Three to hone their practical skills and performance stability.

Time is tight, so we can only use this cramming training method.

God has mercy on me. Although LGM is not a garbage team in a parallel world where the manager leads a group of players to play against Texas,
However, they are known as an optimistic family, but their daily management is not very strict, and the amount of training can only be said to be below average.

Suddenly, the intensity of training and learning was raised to the level of the Big Three, and there was even more devilish training to register for. I can't even begin to describe how painful it was.

The high intensity is fine, but the most difficult thing is the daily training matches with the Big Three.

With LGM's current strength, if they fight against Xuanqi and Yizhan, they may still have a certain chance of winning.

But facing the three great families firing on all cylinders, they were basically doomed to be at the mercy of the enemy.

He was beaten up several times every day by his gangsters, and was almost driven into autism by Guohao and the others.

However, in contrast, their strength is also growing at a very fast rate.

This is a team that is not lacking in talent, but the environment they are in has led to a relatively low level of development of their talents.

And now, under the encouragement of several "strict teachers", they are transforming their potential into combat power at the fastest speed.

They are now probably the same as they were when they played in ten playoffs but didn’t explode.

The LGM players were naturally very surprised at such significant progress.

When he was seeded No. 4, his anxiety about his performance not meeting fans' expectations gradually dissipated during this "overly fulfilling" preparation period.

As for tiredness...

Just grit your teeth and hold on.

……

At the end of September, as the official competition day approached, the 24 teams from around the world that had qualified for the S-League also came to China one after another.

Originally, according to the competition system of a certain parallel world, except for the twelve teams participating in the qualifying round, the other teams should be able to arrive a week later.

However, considering that people are looking forward to the role this globally anticipated event will play in promoting the tourism industry, Tencent Esports simply made some slight modifications when formulating the competition system.

Regardless of whether or not you want to play in the play-in round, just stay there first. When the play-in round starts, the teams that don't have to participate can go out to eat, drink and have fun. If they feel like it, they might take some photos or make a vlog.

Isn’t this the attraction of the tourism industry?

In order to facilitate players from all countries to prepare for the world competition in an environment with the highest competitive level, and considering the current situation of multiple servers in China,

Canyon of Heroes, this special server, is officially launched in LPL.

The rules are similar to those of the Canyon of Heroes in the parallel world, including the qualification application conditions, etc., and there have been no major changes.

The only difference is that in this life, LPL is the top division, the top of the canyon, and there will no longer be a Korean server suppressing it.

Coupled with Tenghai's ruthless efforts to eradicate cheaters and the like, it is destined that the value of the Canyon of Heroes will continue to rise in this life.

Tenghai’s goal is to build the Canyon of Heroes into a server that can attract challenges from top players around the world, just like the Korean server in the parallel world, during the period when LPL can still maintain its position as the number one division.

Therefore, it was officially launched at the time when players from other regions came to China, in order to attract the attention of the whole world.

And as of now, this strategy has been very effective.

The LCK players who were beaten badly some time ago can now secretly rejoice this time.

Having experienced the power of Chinese players before, they honestly chose an ID that was either adaptable or low-key enough when registering for a Canyon of Heroes account.

But the situation is completely different in those regions that have not been beaten.

Some used their own players honestly, while others used foreign words or names that looked unfamiliar to Chinese people.

Basically, as long as the ruthless people in the Canyon of Heroes are willing, they can catch them all.

"Hehe...it's your turn, little brats, to feel the pain your brother suffered back then." Khan's mouth corners were almost curled up to the sky these days.

The smile doesn’t disappear, it just shifts.

Seeing that those tough guys from other regions were having a worse life than he did before, his original resentment towards LPL and the national server immediately began to dissipate.

"If you don't practice well, I guarantee that your pain will increase tenfold in no time." Li Xianghe said expressionlessly.

"...I was just kidding, Brother Xianghe." Khan screamed and turned around and ran away.

Li Xianghe sighed and continued to study the LPL video.

Unlike the situation in LPL, due to the different points rules in this region, although SKT did not make the finals in the summer season, its total points were unexpectedly a little higher than the runner-up Samsung, and it got the second seed.

So they don't need to fight in the qualifying round.

But this made Li Xianghe feel a little anxious.

After resolving many conflicts within the team, they conducted high-intensity training during this relatively long rest period.

He believes that his strength has improved rapidly compared to the summer season.

The team's new coach, KkOma, has an extraordinary coaching level, high tactical qualities, and the demeanor of a great general, and has won the trust of the players.

It can be said that although the current SKT has not changed any players, they are now two completely different teams from the ones in the summer playoffs.

But...how far have we grown?

How big is the gap compared to LPL, the devil that crushed everything in the spring?

He was destined not to be able to verify this question himself right away.

Fortunately, Samsung can replace them as the tester.

Let them try to see if this No. 1 division can maintain its quality after nearly half a year!

(End of this chapter)