LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 81: Match Point! The Joker Appears!
Su Mo's eyebrows jumped when he saw the message on his phone.

The first message was sent half an hour ago.

He heard the message sound before, but didn't reply because he was tortured by Abra for a long time and then forgot about it.

As for the message below, it was obviously sent during the last game.

Su Mo thought about it and replied: "I haven't seen it before."

Just two seconds after the message was sent, Rita replied again: "Come on, Mozi!"

Su Mo replied with an "ok" expression and ignored it.

Su Mo could clearly feel the friendly attitude Rita showed towards him.

But he doesn't have much time to deal with social interactions now, because Abu is about to start torturing people again.

"Xiao Mo, don't sit there alone, come over here and discuss with us." Abu said.

Su Mo was forced to walk over to the factory director and his colleagues and listen to Abu's analysis.

For Su Mo, this is no different from chanting sutras.

……

On the other side, in the WE lounge.

At this time, the five members of WE also returned to the lounge.

But compared with EDG's cheerful atmosphere, WE seemed much more dull.

957. Xiye, Kangdi and others hung their heads in silence, looking listless and sad.

The scene in which Kalista killed them in the last game is still vivid in my mind.

Until now, several people still find it difficult to accept such a tragic defeat.

Although Ben gave away the first blood at the beginning of the last game, causing 957 in the top lane to be unable to gain any experience, he was also targeted by EDG and was completely defeated by the tower.

But WE also killed EDG's Varus many times, and the situation was stable and improving.

If it weren't for the siege of Kalista in the bottom lane, WE might still have a great chance.

The five players were silent for a long time. Finally, Ben was the first to speak: "It was my fault in the last game. If I hadn't given Mo the first blood at the beginning, Brother Tui wouldn't have..."

"No, I have a problem too." Kandi interrupted Ben, "I was too impatient in the bottom lane and didn't use my ultimate. Otherwise, we wouldn't have lost so badly. I should have waited for Brother Tui and Xiye to teleport to the ground before going up to fight."

Hearing what the two said, Coach Hongmi rubbed his temples:
"Actually, these are minor issues. Your biggest problem is that you want to target Kalista too much."

Hongmi sighed and said, "The lineup we chose was originally designed for the mid-to-late game. In the early game, we could have focused on developing the towers and giving up some jungle resources. As long as we could drag the game to the end, we would still have hope of winning. Unfortunately..."

Hongmi didn't say anything more, he just needed to point out the main problems.

Moreover, the matter is done now, and no matter how much you say, it won’t make much difference. Instead, it will affect the mentality of the players even more.

Hongmi looked at 957 and the others and changed the topic, "But this can't be entirely blamed on you. EDG's choice of Kalista was indeed unexpected. Even I didn't expect that Kalista's suppression power in the laning phase would be so strong."

After hearing this, 957 spoke quietly: "If the game starts normally, I still have a chance to fight him on equal terms..."

Hongmi nodded, not only did not refute, but also cooperated: "Yes, your strength is not worse than Mo. In fact, in my heart, his overall strength is far inferior to yours."

"Really..." 957 looked at Hongmi, and light appeared in his dim eyes again.

"Of course," Hongmi nodded affirmatively, "His mechanics are very good, and his laning details are also OK, but this kind of play means instability. After the first two games, I have already figured out his details. It only takes one move to make Mo useless against EDG."

"What operation?"

"What operation?"

957 and Xiye asked in unison.

Hongmi's eyes narrowed slightly, and she said calmly: "Play with meat."

Before anyone asked, he took the initiative to explain, "The biggest reason why Mo was able to gain a huge advantage and snowball is that he was able to gain an advantage in the early stages, and then EDG's mid and jungle protected him at all costs, allowing him to continue to snowball with kills, and ultimately use his personal advantage to feed back to the team."

"I understand," 957 said, "So as long as we play a tank in the laning phase and prevent them from getting an advantage in the early stages, we can break EDG's strategy."

Hongmi smiled and said, "That's right, so you should play meat in the next game 957."

"Okay, then I'll play with meat." 957 nodded in agreement.

He no longer thought about how to defeat Su Mo, because if WE lost one more game, they would be eliminated.

He can't afford the gamble.

The most important thing now is to let WE win!
Seeing 957's expression return to normal, Hongmi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In terms of mentality, 957 is relatively mature.

Even though he was tortured by Mo to the point of being worse than death and had to put on the mask of pain many times, he was still able to adjust in time.

"Although we are now 1:2 EDG, don't be nervous about it, just treat it as a normal game." Hongmi said again, "Whether you win or lose, no one will blame you, just do your best."

……

After some guidance from Coach Hongmi, the WE players finally looked less depressed.

Xiye stood up from his chair and said with a determined look: "Brothers, let's play more steadily in the next game. We must not let EDG take this spot to MSI easily!"

Just talking, his face started to turn red.

For a shy person like Xiye, it is somewhat embarrassing to say such passionate words.

But even though his face flushed, Xiye still stared at the other four people seriously.

957 also stood up from his chair and stretched out his right hand: "Come on!"

Xiye put his hand on it tacitly.

Kandi, brother-in-law and Ben also stood up and put their hands together.

This is the cohesion of the WE team.

"come on, come on, come on!"

The five of them spoke in unison, their momentum rising.

Seeing this, Hongmi looked relieved.

Young people should be full of vigor and vitality.

Even if the road ahead is difficult, remain fearless.

It doesn’t matter if you lose the game, as long as you don’t lose momentum, there is always hope!
"Come on!" Hongmi also slowly stretched out his right hand and joined in.

.........

The short halftime passed quickly.

In the official live broadcast room, after the advertisement ended, Wawa and Miller returned to the audience's sight again.

"Welcome back."

Wawa waved at the camera and said, "The fifteen-minute halftime break is about to end. Next, we will usher in the fourth game of this Bo5 match."

"Currently WE 1:2 EDG, all the pressure is on WE."

"Next, let us invite both teams to come on stage."

After Wawa said this sentence at the right time, members of WE and EDG teams just walked out of the lounge and headed for the stage.

As the two teams took their seats, Wawa turned the topic to the players:

"The players are now on the field. In the first two games, the rookie player Mo performed very well, especially in the last game, where Kalista got a pentakill. I wonder if WE will use Kalista in this game."

Miller smiled and said, "I think it's highly likely that they won't use Kalista, because this game is a life-or-death game for WE. I guess they don't dare to bet on whether Mo will be able to play the same way as in the last game after getting Kalista."

While the two were talking, the players were also ready for the next BP stage.

In the EDG match, Abu was still telling everyone: "Everyone, play this game seriously, don't take it lightly, and try to defeat WE directly."

"Abu, we get it. You've said this eighteen times." The factory manager said speechlessly.

"Glad to know," Abu glared at the factory manager, "You'd better play more steadily. I feel like you're almost leading Xiao Mo astray. You're always thinking about helping Xiao Mo cross the tower. People can't be lucky forever. If you fail to cross the tower, not only will you collapse, but Xiao Mo will also collapse. Think twice before you capture him."

Factory Manager: ...

He felt a little wronged.

What do you mean by "I led Xiao Mo astray"? Didn't Xiao Mo lead everyone astray?
However, the factory manager was too lazy to explain and just said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, I get it."

Abu was satisfied.

After that, at the official reminder, both sides officially entered the BP stage.

As the loser in the previous game, WE had the right to choose sides, and this time they chose the blue side.

"Now that the match BP has officially begun, let's take a look at what kind of game the two teams will have."

In the commentary booth, Wawa said, "WE, who were on the blue side, had the right to ban people first. As expected, they banned Kalista first."

Miller went on to say: "Since you can't beat me, then just don't let you play. That's too absolute."

Wawa: "Not only is Kalista gone, but WE also gave Alchemist the second ban, and Time the third ban. If things go as expected, WE will definitely have to grab Karma on the first floor."

As soon as Wawa finished speaking, WE took down Karma again on the first floor.

Miller couldn't help but say: "WE is really ruthless. They don't give Mo any chance to survive. Mo has played four games so far, and all four heroes he used were banned. I'm afraid that Mo is the only newcomer in history who can make the enemy pay so much attention to him."

Wawa smiled and said, "I think the reason why WE chose to ban the heroes that Mo played is not because Mo is very strong, but mainly because his playing style is too psychological, which can make 957 red warm every time."

Wawa and Miller's topic unconsciously fell on Su Mo again.

And the BP on the field is still going on.

WE's first three bans and the first position selection directly emptied Su Mo's hero pool.

On EDG's side, the bans were mainly aimed at WE's mid and jungle lanes, with the first three banned being Talon, Elise and Malzahar respectively.

After WE grabbed Karma, it was EDG's turn to choose a hero.

Abu said without much hesitation: "Let's grab Lulu and Sindra first."

Upon hearing this, Meiko and Zet immediately locked on two heroes.

Seeing this, Wawa said on the commentary stand: "EDG picked the support and mid laner first. Lulu is a hero that is almost a must-ban in the current version. Syndra is also one of Scout's specialty heroes. With these two heroes, EDG will have a support point in the mid-term."

"Now it's WE's turn to make a choice. WE's second floor actually took the barrel first..."

Wawa was a little surprised. "Gragnard is one of 957's best heroes, and he is also a popular top laner in the current version. This hero has strong endurance and is also very tanky. It seems that 957 also wants to play it safe."

"The WE third floor locked onto the Void Burrowing Beast - Excavator."

"And EDG's third floor grabbed Han Bing."

"Now it's the turn of both teams to ban heroes. WE's last two ban slots were given to Lee Sin and Graves, while EDG banned Kog'Maw and Ezreal."

"Now it was EDG's fourth floor's turn to make a choice. He locked onto Sejuani without any hesitation. As expected, Sejuani is Zz1tai's favorite hero. Her appearance rate is really high."

"Then WE's fourth floor instantly picked up Lucian, and the fifth floor locked Taliyah. Now the only thing missing is EDG's top laner."

After Wawa finished speaking, Miller continued: "Now that all the heroes that Mo has played are gone, will EDG come up with another weird black-tech top laner? Or will they let Mo play a regular top laner?"

Apparently, there are more than two commentators who are interested in this question.

The audience in the online live broadcast room had been discussing it since the beginning of the BP.

"EDG's fifth floor hasn't revealed a hero yet. Could it be that they have really drained Mo's hero pool?"

"It's very likely that Mozi used to play tank heroes. It's already amazing that he has four disgusting top laners with unique skills."

"You're not really going to pick a regular top hero, are you? There's no way Mo can beat Legs if he does that."

"All kidding aside, if both sides are normal heroes, I think Legs can really beat Mo."

"In the first two games, Mozi really stole the show with his unique and unique top laner. It's time for him to show his true colors."

"Just based on Mozi's incredible performance in the first two games, even if he loses this game, I won't criticize him for three days."

"What are you wasting time on? EDG should just pick now!"

"..."

The hero selection countdown keeps ticking.

18...

17...

16...

As time was running out, the audience became a little anxious.

But there is one person who is more anxious than the audience!
That is the protagonist of everyone’s topic—Su Mo!
From the moment WE banned and selected the team at the beginning of the game, Su Mo realized that something was wrong.

He didn't expect WE to take him so seriously. He was just a humble rookie who just wanted to play games honestly and suffer a little...

As for being so targeted!
In the last game, he had Kalista, a little-known trump card. Even though WE killed his three special skills, he did not panic.

But now...

Su Mo really didn't know what to play.

"Xiao Mo, what are you playing?" Abu's voice sounded in his ears.

Su Mo did not answer immediately, he was still thinking.

Just play regular top lane. Without proficiency you can't beat 957, and then you will be the one who gets tortured.

Now, there is only one hero left that he has top proficiency in...

Could it be that……

Su Mo was a little hesitant.

If he really takes out this hero, he doesn't know if he can torture the opponent, but his teammates will definitely be in ecstasy.

Besides, Abu probably won't agree.

Otherwise, how about having some meat to mess around with?

Just as Su Mo was thinking, a prompt sound suddenly rang in his mind:
[Detect that the host's will is not firm enough, triggering the system task]

[Task conditions: Gain 1000 torture points in this game, reward: 1000 torture points]

Hearing this voice, Su Mo already had an idea in his mind.

He turned around and looked at Abu, and asked with a smile: "Brother Bu, do you mind if I play a less popular top laner?"

Abu's eyes lit up: "No problem, no problem, just pick whatever you want, the less popular the better!"

Not only did Abu not mind, he was even a little excited.

In the previous game, Su Mo used Alchemy as a top laner to disconnect the line, making 957 miserable.

In the last game, Su Mo played a unique top lane Kalista and defeated WE.

These heroes were ones he had never seen Su Mo play before.

Therefore, Abu summed up a truth - the weirder the hero Su Mo chooses, the faster he will win the game!
But soon, Abu was stunned.

Because Su Mo has made his choice.

He was a thin hero with a painted face and holding a poisonous blade.

As Su Mo locked the hero, a mean line rang out at the scene:

"Oh hehehehe...how about a magic trick?"

Abu:?
[Get +80 torture points from Abu]

[Get torture points from the factory manager +50]

【get……】

Su Mo instantly gained the love from his teammates.

Everyone in EDG turned their eyes to Su Mo at the same time.

At the same time, Wawa and Miller in the commentary booth also widened their eyes.

"Am I seeing right? Joker???"

　There’s more at night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)