LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 261 Intercontinental Championship! LPL's luxurious lineup!
The RNG players approached, and coach Heart quickened his pace and greeted them with a smile:
"Brother Mozi, Mingkai, you guys came so early."

Su Mo shook hands with Heart. Actually, it was not Su Mo's idea, but the other party took the initiative, which made him a little confused.

"Manager Abu." Heart went to find Abu again.

The RNG players walked over slowly, and Su Mo joked, "Leaders, you're here. How do you feel? Is our work going well?"

RNG members didn't understand the situation, and UZI asked: "Leader? What leader? I don't understand."

Meiko explained: "Mingkai just said that you walk like a leader."

UZI smiled, then suddenly his face turned cold: "Mingkai? Mingkai is like this, he's a chatterbox."

"Uzi? What do you mean?" the factory manager retorted.

Sure enough, the two started to confront each other as soon as they met.

However, after Abu came over, the two chose to stop fighting and pretend nothing had happened.

"Manager Abu." UZI greeted with a smile.

Abu responded: "Uzi, you guys are here too, so now we're still missing RW, why haven't you come yet?"

Abu took out his cell phone and made a call.

Then, Abu exclaimed, "Ah? You guys have already gone in? Didn't we agree to meet outside?"

"Okay, okay, we'll go in right away."

Everyone knew what was going on as soon as they heard it.

Abu called out, "Let's go together. RW has already arrived at the terminal. Let's go over there quickly."

Everyone entered the airport, and a moment later, Su Mo met the RW team in the terminal hall.

Doinb was looking at this side with a smile, and when everyone came closer, he stood up and said:
"Oh, why are you waiting outside? It would be so much more comfortable to come in and sit down."

"Hello, Brother Mozi, Brother Mozi."

Doinb grabbed Su Mo's hands and shook them wildly. He was so excited, and the expression on his face was very exaggerated.

"Hello, hello, that's enough. My hands are sore." Su Mo complained.

Doinb then let go of Su Mo's hand and said, "Brother Mozi, our opponent is really strong this time. Their top horse KZ will be handed over to you EDG."

"By the way, didn't you beat KZ at MSI? It felt like it was easy for you to beat them."

Su Mo responded: "It's not like we can beat anyone we want. We have to see the situation when the time comes."

Su Mo looked at A Guang next to him: "Brother Guang, don't you recognize me? Brother Guang."

Ah Guang raised his head and greeted, "Brother Mozi."

Su Mo asked, "I feel strange all of a sudden. What's going on with Guang?"

Su Mo still thought that he and A Guang had a good relationship. Logically, A Guang would be more enthusiastic. However, since A Guang left EDG at the beginning of the year until now, every time they met, A Guang became more unfamiliar.

Ah Guang denied: "No, isn't it the same as before?"

Doinb chimed in: "It's because of the feeling of loss. Guang didn't get any results in our RW, which is completely different from when he was in EDG, so he was very disappointed."

Doinb is really bold to say this, but A Guang seems to be used to Doinb's behavior and didn't say anything.

Everyone was chatting intermittently.

Suddenly, Su Mo smelled a familiar fragrance. Two figures came to his side, and one of them reached out and patted Su Mo on the shoulder.

"Brother Mozi! Good morning!"

"Brother Mozi, long time no see."

Su Mo took a look and found that it was none other than Luo Xin and Rita.

The two were dressed fashionably, wearing sunglasses and sun hats. Su Mo didn't notice them at first and had to look at them from the front to recognize them.

"Yes...it's been a long time since we last met. It seems like more than half a month." Su Mo muttered.

Because he didn't play any games during this period and didn't need to edit videos, he didn't go to the studio.

"You know it too, Brother Mozi, why don't you come to see us!" Luo Xin put her hands on her hips, looking angry.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Doinb felt like he heard something extraordinary.

Before Su Mo could explain, Doinb's eyes narrowed and his mouth slanted: "Oh, I didn't hear anything. I didn't hear anything. Is anyone talking? No."

Su Mo rolled his eyes. Doinb was too active. There was nothing he could do about him.

Su Mo looked at Rita: "You guys are going to work there, right? Hosting and commentating on the games."

Rita nodded: "Yes..."

She glanced at the other people on the LPL side and said, "This time our LPL lineup is very luxurious, plus we have Brother Mozi, I feel very relieved, we will definitely win!"

At this time, the factory manager said: "Who among us is the top horse and who is the bottom horse?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. This question...is not easy to answer.

It always feels a bit insulting, although it may be true.

Doinb suddenly said: "We RW are the inferior horses, we will be the inferior horses."

The RW players either lowered their heads to look at their phones or covered their faces with their hands, for fear of being noticed. There was really nothing they could do when they met Doinb.

The key point is that Doinb is now the soul of RW, and no one can say anything to him when he does this kind of thing.

UZI said: "EDG with Mozi is definitely a top team, that goes without saying."

UZI deliberately emphasized "there is Mozi" in an obvious attempt to distance himself from Zzaizhuang.

"Uzi, what kind of horses are you?" The factory manager looked at UZI.

Abu came out to smooth things over: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, we don't know what the opponent will do. If the final is between us and LCK, we will draw lots to decide then."

"Draw lots?"

"Yes, the draw. This is what we coaches discussed and everyone thinks it's okay." Abu affirmed.

"Originally, we thought that if we arranged a reasonable order, we would be able to do something, but then we thought, if the other party doesn't play by the rules, then all our efforts will be in vain. So we chose to draw lots, since it's not a very important match anyway."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Since the decision has been made, let's do it this way.

More than half an hour later, everyone boarded the plane.

In the afternoon, after arriving at the destination and getting off the plane, I went straight to the hotel.

At the hotel, the LPL team met a lot of fans. After dealing with them, they went through the check-in procedures.

Su Mo got the room card and took the elevator to the room.

After finding the room, Su Mo put down his luggage and tidied it up.

Just then the phone rang and there was news in the Intercontinental Championship group.

Abu: "Everyone get ready. We'll gather around five to have dinner together."

Then came the news in the EDG group.

Abu: "In ten minutes, come to room 519, our training room."

Su Mo prepared to leave his room and walked forward to find room 519. The door was open and someone was talking inside. Su Mo walked in and found that everyone else had arrived.

Abu said, "Xiao Mo, we are here. Let's train first and get familiar with each other. Then we will go to dinner at five o'clock. It gets dark early here, so we should go to dinner early."

So everyone found a place to sit down, turned on their computers, and started training.

Su Mo took out his mobile phone and started playing to see what was going on online.

At this glance, it’s bad.

Although Abu said that he doesn't care about high-quality horses or low-quality horses.

But netizens are doing it.

The competition system of the Intercontinental Championship is very special. Not to mention the group stage, it is not difficult for LPL. Moreover, the results of the group stage only determine the rankings of the three divisions.

The advantage of getting first place is that you can directly enter the finals, and the semi-finals are between the second and third place.

So it doesn’t matter if we don’t get first place in the group stage, as long as we can beat LMS in the semifinals.

The format for the semi-finals and finals is BO5. At the same time, different teams must be arranged to play the first four games.

Suppose that EDG plays in the first game, then EDG cannot play in the second, third, and fourth games. Of course, there may not be a fourth game. In short, all teams must play once, and then if there is a fifth game, there will be duplication.

Therefore, it is useless if only one team is strong. At the same time, it also depends on the situation of the opponent.

Su Mo entered an analysis post to see what netizens had to say.

"EDG is a top-tier horse, RW and IG are middle-tier horses, and RNG is a bottom-tier horse."

"You are talking bullshit. RNG has become a low-class horse? At least a medium-class horse?"

"RNG can only rank third in the Eastern Conference. How can they be considered a mediocre horse? They are just an inferior horse!"

"Okay, okay, that's how we play, ok, if you can, EDG can fight one against four."

"We should be united at this time, why are we quarreling?"

Su Mo laughed. He didn't know which god came up with this competition system. Wasn't this just trying to stir up conflict?

Maybe the designer initially thought that doing so would strengthen cooperation between different clubs, but he obviously overestimated the fans' tolerance.

There are various opinions on the order.

"Let EDG play in the first game. The opponent will definitely want to play a strong team in the first game to gain the upper hand."

"No, no, since the opponent will consider using the best horses in the first game, we should arrange for the inferior horses to play. We can't let the gains and losses of the moment affect the overall situation."

"Do you think the other side is stupid? They must think so too. They will arrange low-level horses to snipe EDG in the first game. So we arrange medium-level horses in the first game. We can win and won't waste EDG's chances."

"Do you think LCK won't think this way? They will also arrange medium horses to snipe our low-level horses, so we have to arrange high-level horses to deal with their medium horses."

"What are you guys up to here? Are you back at me again?"

Su Mo looked at him and laughed. After a lot of bargaining, there was no answer in the end and everyone had their own opinions.

Su Mo suddenly realized that what Abu had said before, that the decision should be made by drawing lots, was indeed a good idea.

Since the opponent will also consider this problem, and you don’t know what level he is at yet, then no move is better than an move, so just play random.

The time came to five o'clock, and as expected, it got dark early here and the sun had set.

Abu called the other three teams to go eat together.

Su Mo suddenly remembered that Luo Xin and Rita also lived here, so he said, "Abu, I'd like to ask two employees to have dinner together, is that ok?" "Employees? Sure." Abu didn't ask any more questions.

So Su Mo called Rita and Luo Xin to go eat together.

We found a hotel nearby, and after the LPL members entered, they became stars and were recognized by everyone.

Moreover, these four teams account for at least 90% of the current LPL's popularity and traffic.

Anyone who follows LPL will definitely be able to find their favorite players among them.

Suddenly the whole hotel became lively.

Abu suggested: "Let's have two teams sit at one table, two tables in total, otherwise there won't be enough space."

Then it was time to assign tables. As soon as the EDG players sat down, Xiao Ming came to Meiko:

"Tian Ye...I..."

However, before Xiao Ming sat down, he was pulled up by someone.

"Let's go over there." UZI pulled Xiao Ming to IG's side and sat down.

Seeing this scene, the factory manager laughed and said, "Uzi is really disgusting. He has to drag others over if they want to sit here."

Meiko teased, "If he really came to sit here, you would be unhappy again."

Doinb led the RW team to sit on EDG's side, and then started to chat: "The game will start tomorrow, who will be the first to go?"

Abu responded, "The first game is between EDG and FW. The schedule has been finalized. In the group stage, every team will play once, but the opponents will be different. In the end, it will depend on the points."

Doinb nodded: "I see. Let's cheer for EDG tomorrow. If EDG wins, we win."

After dinner, the four teams returned to the hotel together to continue training.

"Damn it, this place is too far away. Why hold a competition in a place like this?"

Suddenly, everyone in LPL heard a strange sound.

Looking back, I saw a group of young people coming in with all kinds of luggage.

They looked very tired, probably because they had come from quite far away.

Su Mo recognized a few of them, Hanabi, Maple, Betty...

FW, the spring season champion of the LMS region.

They had played against each other before at MSI, and Su Mo was deeply impressed because they were quite happy when FW lost to KZ, but they were heartbroken when they lost to EDG. It was hard not to be impressed.

In addition to FW, there are more than 20 people, probably the players and coaches of the other three teams in the LMS region.

This was the first time Su Mo had seen this. In the past, LMS had at most two teams participating in international competitions, but this time there were four.

The LMS people were originally still making all kinds of jokes, but when they noticed the LPL people, especially Su Mo, they immediately shut their mouths and didn't dare to complain anymore, and walked towards the hotel front desk in an orderly manner.

Su Mo followed his teammates into the elevator and went upstairs.

At this moment, Meiko suddenly said: "What do you think it would feel like if we played against the third or fourth place in the LMS region? Is it the same as playing against a wildcard?"

The factory manager laughed: "Wildcard? The wildcards we met in the world competition were all carefully selected. I don't think they can even beat the wildcards."

Zizi began to get ready: "Can you let me go up and fight? I want to fight their fourth place! Leave this difficult task to me!"

Su Mo teased, "You want to bully elementary school students."

Zzitai suddenly had an idea: "Do you think that among the five of us, can I beat the fourth one? I think I can definitely do it. I can play mid and top, which means I can also play jungle. I can definitely beat the mid, top and jungle. I can choose a development hero in the bottom lane and develop in the lanes, and that's it."

Everyone in EDG was amused and confused. Zzitai was really daring.

After going upstairs, the EDG members came to the training room and started training.

Train until twelve o'clock and then take a rest to keep your energy for tomorrow's game.

The next day, the LOL Intercontinental Championship Asia Challenge began.

The four LPL teams shared a lounge in the competition venue, so it seemed a bit crowded.

Abu was making final arrangements for the EDG players: "We are already familiar with FW's situation. We can win if we play normally. Relax, keep your mindset, and treat this as a training match."

Everyone in EDG stood straight but wanted to laugh. Normally they were not so serious before the game and Abu would not say such things. But now with people from other clubs watching, Abu seemed a lot more formal, and it was also to highlight his value as a coach.

"It's almost time, let's go on stage."

So Abu led the EDG team towards the door. Doinb looked up and waved his hand with a smile:

"Come on EDG, we will pray for you."

On the other side, Su Mo was still sitting on the chair, because what was on display here was posture.

It is not necessary to have him on the field to fight against FW.

There were cheers from the audience.

Su Mo looked at the screen in front of him. Players from both teams came on stage. The five players from FW looked quite optimistic, as if they thought they could win.

I guess it was because he saw Zizi come on the court.

Both sides are in position and enter the BP stage, and the commentator begins to analyze the BP.

Su Mo discovered that Rita's professional ability was indeed improving rapidly. While Wawa and Miller created the atmosphere, Rita was the one with the real substance.

The BP is over, and in this game, Zzitai got the Alchemist in the top lane!
This was a special request from Zizi before going on the court. According to him, he had already mastered this hero and wanted to show it off.

So other people in the live broadcast room started talking about it.

A Guang muttered, "Alchemy? Is this hero very strong?"

Doinb asked back: "You are the top laner and we are the top laner? You ask us?"

Ah Guang shook his head: "Forget it, let's see how he plays it."

Entering the game screen, Zzitai's Alchemist was laning against the opposing Mundo on top lane, and Abu also returned to the lounge.

The hero Mundo is indeed stronger now, but Su Mo wants to laugh when he thinks of these two heroes facing off against each other.

Sure enough, the battle in the top lane turned out to be what Su Mo had imagined. Alchemist ignored Mundo and used his Q skill to clear the minion line. Mundo didn't chase him either. He just used basic attacks to finish off the enemy while using a kitchen knife to consume Alchemist. Alchemist moved around frantically and Mundo made frantic predictions.

When Alchemist's health is almost gone, Mundo starts sprinting and rushes forward to chase him. Alchemist also starts sprinting. This Mundo also uses sprinting TP, which is probably used specifically to deal with Alchemist.

The two ran from the first tower to the wild area and made a big circle, which made the audience laugh.

Zizi was having a lot of fun, but if he continued walking forward, he would reach the plateau, and he had nowhere to go. The director gave a close-up of Zizi's expression. Zizi was in an excited state, and Su Mo could almost hear him shouting:
"Move! Move! Move!"

However, his positioning was useless and he was finally taken down by Alchemist's basic attack.

The whole audience was in an uproar, and Doinb commented:
"It's not a loss, this wave is not a loss, the troops are all cleared, and the opponent's Mundo will lose a wave of troops."

Ah Guang complained: "His attitude is really ridiculous. I thought he took out alchemy or some nuclear technology. He was just making fun of it for the whole time."

Jackeylove suddenly said: "This wave is indeed not a loss, the troops gained, anyway, the opponent is a Mundo, just give him a kill."

Abu felt ashamed: "This attitude is too unreliable."

Although the top lane was a bit funny, the other lanes were still quite serious. Scout in the middle lane showed suppression power, and Maple was very uncomfortable.

The situation in the bottom lane was similar. Iboy's operation was in place. Moreover, since the factory manager did not plan to go to the top lane in this game and focused all his energy on the bottom lane, the bottom lane could be suppressed with confidence.

Ten minutes into the game, EDG's mid and jungle duo roamed the bottom lane, crossed the tower, and broke through.

Doinb then joked: "Oh my god! EDG has learned our moves."

Then he looked at A Guang: "A Guang, was it you who did it? You leaked our tactics to EDG."

A Guang retorted: "Anyone who has watched our games knows it, it's not something rare."

After 32 minutes of play, EDG easily defeated FW and won the game.

After a while, the EDG players came back and won the game, so everyone was very happy.

Zizi became excited: "Brothers, we got one point for LPL, the rest is up to you."

UZI said: "Awesome, awesome, Zzitai, your Alchemy made us all laugh."

His attitude was a little awkward: "Isn't this to give everyone some show effects? Right? Otherwise, the dry competition is meaningless."

"You'd better be adjusting the show effects." UZI joked.

In one game, it’s between LCK and LMS, so everyone in LPL just needs to watch.

KT vs. MAD, a team that Su Mo had never heard of before.

The players from both teams came on stage and shook hands in a friendly manner. Su Mo saw the familiar scene again.

It feels like the LMS teams have an inexplicable liking for the LCK teams. Even their opponents will have a favorable impression of them and actively flatter them.

Without any surprise, KT easily defeated MAD.

The third game of the day is here, the match between LPL and LCK, RNG vs. AFS.

The current points are one point for LPL, one point for LCK, and zero points for LMS.

If LPL can beat LMS in this game, they will be ahead in points.

On the RNG side, coach Heart began to make arrangements, Abu walked over to help, and all four coaches gathered together.

Heart said:

"The more difficult thing about AFS is their top laner Kiin and bottom laner Kramer, but we don't need to worry about the bottom lane. We just need to deal with their top laner. As for their jungler Spirit, he's a bit nervous. He's very powerful when he's doing well, but he's also very good at giving up. We'll deal with it according to the situation."

A moment later, the RNG members followed Heart onto the stage. There were cheers from the audience, it was very exciting, and there were quite a lot of RNG fans at the scene.

Meiko suddenly said: "Do you think RNG can win? I feel like it's a little close. The top laner of AFS is really good. Kiin has the most MVPs in LCK top lane right now, tied with Khan for first place, first in CS per minute, and has the highest teamfight participation rate."

The factory manager laughed and said, "RNG is in a bit of a pickle. This is the team they least want to face. They are most afraid of teams with strong top laners."

Players from both teams come on stage, shake hands, decide on BP, and enter the game screen.

In this game, Kiin got Gangplank and started to develop invincibly in the top lane. Letme really couldn't put any pressure on him, so he could only let Gangplank steal money like crazy. This omen of stealing was really satisfying.

"Already raising a dad, start raising a dad!" Zizi said jokingly.

Su Mo said, "I feel like if it was you fighting them, the situation would be similar."

Zzitai retorted, "That's definitely not the case, Mozi. At least I can pick an Alchemist and walk around the opponent's jungle, not giving Gangplank the chance to trigger Kleptomancy with my Q."

Su Mo smiled: "That seems to be true."

The game continued. RNG's bottom lane did have an advantage, but it was not very big, and the opponent's bottom lane was not to be trifled with either.

When the game entered the team-up stage in the mid-game, RNG still had the advantage, relying on UZI's violent output to force the team fight to win. However, with the Captain making Infinity Blade to join the team fight, the situation of the team fight suddenly changed, and RNG was completely unable to win the team fight.

(End of this chapter)