Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 451: The Classic Therapy Session (Part )

Zeng Zhuojun's scalp is tingling now.

How should I put it? There are more than a hundred million people around me.

Although he, an old guy hanging around in arcades on many streets, has seen a lot of similar scenes...

Although there were many laymen among him in the past, at least they had some knowledge of fighting games and arcade machines. In addition, there were usually two or three knowledgeable people acting as free commentators, so the atmosphere was generally good.

But this time...it was a bit too good.

Now this game is against an old Brazilian Sang player, and the child is using the general.

In the initial test phase, the kid only hit with a mediocre standing kick, and Lao Sang's long health bar dropped to a point that was almost invisible to the naked eye.
There was an immediate deafening cheer from behind his seat, as if he had gained a decisive advantage.

As a result, the next second, Lao Sang returned two sonic-speed hand knives, and the cheers immediately stopped like a duck with its neck strangled, until the kid hit him with another scissors kick, and then the cheers broke out again.

This kind of startling way of cheering is a little bit unbearable even for a child with a strong mentality. The operation of the hand is slightly wrong, and the general who has already suppressed Lao Sang to the edge of the board and hit the bottom of his health is a few frames late.
In just a few short frames, the move was suppressed.

Then--

"MUSCLE!" Old Sang pointed to the sky with both hands.

"Hey!" A heavy punch hit the general in the face. The chain reaction of the previous mistake caused the child to have no time to control the general to dodge, and he took the blow hard.

He sighed, and without caring that the general seemed to still have half a bar of health left, he just left the hitbox with both hands.

“Why don’t you fight anymore?” Huang Shaotian, who shouted the loudest, scratched his head.

"Dead, the hurt is enough." The child spread his hands.

Just now, Lao Sang pointed to the sky with both hands, and the distance between his two fingers was wide. The meaning of that action was very clear:
After a while, you will lose a long bar of health.

"The muscles are shining!" On the screen, Lao Sang's CA animation was still playing. He carried the general on his shoulder with his backhand and jumped high.

"Full force! Full force!"

Then, in front of everyone's shocked gazes, the health bar was instantly emptied.

"KO!" The kid sighed and put away the controller. This was his first defeat of the day.

Although the old man on the opposite side was indeed quite capable, the main reason was that the scene was a little too scary.

Although it is intense pre-match preparation, if the nerves are too tense, it can easily have the opposite effect.

So after the training matches scheduled for the day, the management of each club generously gave a full hour of rest time.

Then Zeng Zhuojun suffered a great disaster.

Blue Rain specifically arranged for him to train in the hall, and it was definitely not just because the facilities were not renovated properly.

After much difficulty, he attracted a magical aid, and then immediately won a world championship. It is impossible not to show off if you don't return home with wealth and glory.

It just so happened that four LPL teams were coming to Guangzhou to play a game, so Blue Rain generously contributed their old base.

First, he wiped the honor cabinet that had just added a world championship trophy. After learning that the child was willing to come to the base for training, he immediately found an excuse to put him in the most conspicuous position.

The meaning is very clear, it is to tell the other two companies: I have a world champion.

On the Blue Rain team's side, Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian also knew what their management wanted to do.

Yu Wenzhou did not comment on this. He knew how obsessed his management was with the championship, and showing off was not a big deal anyway.

It just so happens that the players of each team are under a lot of mental pressure due to the recent training, so it is not impossible for them to relax in this way.

As for Huang Shaotian, he always welcomes everyone who comes as long as there is something exciting going on.

So during the break, when most people were still at their positions, Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian "accidentally" revealed to the other two families that Zeng Zhuojun was in the base while chatting.

Then four teams, about twenty players and several coaches, all rushed out to watch the fun.

As for this kid, people outside the circle think his deeds are very awesome.

He started playing games at the age of six. At the age of seventeen, he defeated the entire Japanese team and won the championship of the drama competition. Now in his thirties, he can still easily defeat a group of young people and win the championship.

And for people in the circle of professional players, children... are even more scary.

From winning the first regional tournament at the age of twelve to now, a professional career of twenty-two or three years...

In most LPL teams, the combined professional experience of the players on the entire team may not be as long as...

Only a club like Fanhua Xingxin, which has many veteran players, can catch up.

Ye Xiu, who has been a professional for ten years, is considered by everyone to be an evergreen in e-sports. What about those kids who are over twenty years old?
Knowing that such a ruthless person is in the Blue Rain base, everyone wants to see him. Who is this tough guy who can still maintain a top-notch level in his thirties?

So the child was surrounded tightly by this group of guys, most of whom had no professional background at all, and they would make a fuss at the slightest sign of trouble.

Huang Shaotian, in particular, shouted the loudest.

Fighting games are all about finding opportunities, counterattacking, combining, concave, and bursting... In the final analysis, it's all about creating a scene where you can seize the opportunity to attack the opponent.

So Huang Shaotian was very happy watching it.

As an opportunist, this was the first time for him to appreciate a scene where both sides were able to seize every offensive opportunity and give their best.

Then he made a mistake because of the kid's yelling, and was finally hit by Lao Sang's CA, taking 5500 damage and taking him away on the spot.

The scene fell into silence again, and the child sighed helplessly.

Although I don't know how an elderly contestant like me who hangs out in a small circle could deserve to be treated like a star by this group of ruthless people whose combined annual net worth is probably nine figures.

He had never seen such a scene before.

Of course, there are more things that he has never seen before.

"What are you yelling about? Can you bear the consequences of having Jun's winning streak broken?"

Zhang Jiale, who was standing by, saw that Huang Shaotian's scream had caused the child to lose his move, so he slapped Huang Shaotian on the head and angrily scolded him for his misconduct in front of Yu Wenzhou.

"I can only say that some people still don't know the rules. They don't spend enough time in arcades. Thinking back to the past..."

Seeing the fight happening here, Ye Xiu not only did not try to stop them from fighting, but instead began to reminisce about the "glorious days" in a tone that took advantage of his seniority, as if he was also one of the many passers-by in the game hall who were watching the arrogant and majestic posture of the kids.

In fact, he did go to the arcade when he had just run away from home and before Honor of Kings was released. At that time, the arcade had not yet completely declined, and he was fortunate enough to feel the pure passion in the chaotic atmosphere.

Now, it has become a good material for showing off in front of Huang Shaotian.

It can only be said that Huang Shaotian still suffered from his career experience. As a player who was discovered by Blue Rain and sent to the youth training camp when he was young, he did not have many opportunities to enjoy the rough atmosphere of the Internet cafe. Huang Shaotian was suddenly attacked by two old guys. He looked at his captain with a wronged look on his face.

However, Yu Wenzhou didn't seem to have any intention of speaking for Huang Shaotian. He just pushed his glasses and said, "Shaotian, you really need to pay attention to etiquette."

"You talk as if you didn't yell just now." Huang Shaotian muttered.

Zeng Zhuojun watched them torturing Huang Shaotian and was about to smooth things over when he saw several pairs of burning eyes looking at him.

Then, he felt what it meant to be courted by someone with a combined net worth of nearly 70 million.

Compared to the young people and Huang Shaotian who focused on watching the game content, several LPL veterans obviously focused on Zeng Zhuojun himself.

The viewing process just now has dispelled the last bit of doubt in their hearts.

Originally, they thought that the circle was too small, resulting in the average level not being too high. Only players like Zeng Zhuojun, who are older but have outstanding overall qualities, can still maintain their position in the top ranks at such an old age.

Now it seems that I was overthinking it. He may be old, but he is still awesome.

Every opportunity is looked for with frame accuracy, and the instantaneous and precise defense between lightning and fire is dazzling to watch.

In a sense, in terms of hand-eye strength alone, Street Fighter may be slightly better than LOL, but the duration of a single game is relatively shorter.

In short, Zeng Zhuojun, who can still win the championship at the age of 35, is a big man who has truly defeated time.

While standing in awe, these old guys, who had at least entered the second half of their careers, felt as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Young people may still want to admire the big guys and see the world, but they really have their own pain points.

The average professional career of an e-sports player is 2.6 years. Players who can persist for five or six years are generally considered veterans.

Whether these old guys are willing to admit it or not, their careers have inevitably entered the countdown stage.

This is also the biggest reason why they played harder and harder than each other in this year's game and fought hard for the championship.

They can never predict to what extent their form will decline when next season comes.

The fact that LPL can now occupy such a huge leading advantage in the world is inseparable from the presence of these veteran players who have transformed.

But the cost is also obvious, that is, there is not enough space for newcomers to gain experience, and the team's old age may lead to possible status problems.

At a time when the younger generation has not yet fully grown up, if the older players show a decline in form, the cost may be that the entire team will fall out of the championship race.

So they must fight, and accumulate as many honors as possible while they are still in good shape, so as to lay a more solid foundation for the club.

This is not only to complete the handover between the old and the new generation of players more smoothly, but also to make one's departure more dignified.

But now, the appearance of the child has allowed them to see a different possibility.

Although it is impossible to directly compare different games, there are still some things in common.

It turns out... there are people who can really do it. At the age of 35, they can still maintain world-class competitiveness in this industry that relies on youth...

Sometimes, no amount of talk can compare to a shot of chicken blood that is visible right in front of you.

In Zeng Zhuojun, they saw what they aspired to be like at the age of 35.

Despite numerous honors, he still has enough strength and energy to be active on the front line of the game.

They really wanted to know how Zeng Zhuojun did it, even if... they could only replicate one percent of it.

So in the following period of time, the kid was surrounded by the pillars of the three clubs, who cared about him and asked him all kinds of questions. Their attitude was as nice as it could be.

It wasn't until the next round of training matches began that they dispersed in disappointment.

Their eyes always gave Zeng Zhuojun a strange sense of familiarity, especially Ye Xiu, whose eyes contained something very familiar to Zeng Zhuojun.

He seemed to have felt similar feelings, recognition and admiration somewhere before.

After thinking for a while, I finally recalled the "older newcomer" who reacted quickly at the trial session that day.

At that time, he didn't know much about the Glory circle. If a knowledgeable brother hadn't explained to him who Han Wenqing was, he wouldn't have known that this domineering-looking man was actually a championship-level professional player.

After letting the 19-year-old Japanese genius boy A Guang win the game in front of Han Wenqing that day, I vaguely remember that he had a similar look in his eyes.

At this point, Zeng Zhuojun probably guessed what these "young people" who earned much more than him were worried and anxious about.

And he actually has a little bit of experience in this regard...

……

That night, during the break between several teams' training matches, Zeng Zhuojun tried his best to chat with each of the relatively older players.

Especially Ye Xiu. It is said that when he came back from the chat, he finished two cigarettes that he hadn't smoked for a long time.

No one knows what they talked about except the parties involved.

But after that S game, many fans were already speculating which old players would announce their retirement, but in the end, they didn't even receive a retirement announcement.

Regardless of whether they had great or disappointing results last season, these old players seem to be ambitiously preparing to continue working hard.

In addition, for some unknown reason, the game Street Fighter seems to have become a fashion item among these e-sports veterans, and then gradually spread to the young people.

In the past, when they were waiting for the ranking, they played a variety of games to relieve boredom, but now, they have gradually developed into the style of Street Fighter masters...

But these are all things for later.

……

Two days later, at five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Um...you asked me to look at this, but I don't understand it..."

Zeng Zhuojun, who was enthusiastically invited to the base to watch the game, asked somewhat uncomfortably.

"It's okay, Brother Jun, just watch the fun. Neither side is our team anyway, so just watch!" Huang Shaotian grinned.

At this time, as a massive eight-digit audience from around the world rushed into the live broadcast room frantically——

S1, the first game of the quarterfinals.

Europe's last hope, LEC's No. 2 seed G, faces LCK's No. seed, SKT.

(End of this chapter)