LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 314: Lineup crisis, I decided to bring talent to the jungle position
If there is any disagreement, let's have a training match.

Abu made a phone call to the Snake Club, the takeaway delivery station next door.

Snake's personnel changes this winter are not big. Apart from sending away Attitude and Korean reinforcement Ohq, they also introduced the young bottom laner Light from the echelon to supplement the team's lineup. In other positions, they still maintain the basic lineup of last summer season.

Guoguo sits firmly in the middle lane, hudie stands in the support position, and the team is back on track with the addition of the team's traditional top and jungle players, Saint Spear and Vietnamese bandit.

Manager Zuo Wu was very idle during this transfer period. The only business he was involved in was the plan to bring in iboy in the winter transfer window. However, he could not reach an agreement with EDG on the price. Considering the previous experience of Emperor O, he finally chose to use a newcomer.

"Boss, EDG asked us to play a training match and asked if we are free." Zhu Kai, who was demoted from head coach to team supervisor, hung up the phone and walked into the office to report.

Upon hearing this, Zuo Wu's first thought was, "Has EDG found a suitable jungler?" It happened so quickly, and there was no news in the industry.

"Gather the team members and try out our new lineup." Zuo Wu made a prompt decision. The fact that the deal didn't go through was one thing, but the relationship with EDG still had to be maintained.

Arranging more training matches in the future will also be very meaningful for the development of one's own team.

Soon, both parties quickly gathered in the training room and joined the custom room to prepare.

On the EDG side, Lin Ruo calmly sat in the jungle position. Except for Mingkai and Abu who knew the situation well, the other four players were all confused.

Scout adjusted his glasses, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jin Gong didn't dare to bark like a dog when he first arrived, and was still trying hard to maintain his gentle and elegant personality.

iboy, who had just been pulled up from the second team, was undoubtedly the most confused one on the team. He scratched his head and said, "This is weird. Wasn't I almost sold out? How could I still be pulled up for a scrimmages?"

They probably want to run in the team for a while and then sell it for a higher price after the German Cup.

Then wait a minute… why is Lin Ruo sitting in the jungle position and can’t find a jungler to fill in temporarily?
It's not that easy, isn't there a retired but ready one next to it...

"Kai came to log in and out of your account. I bought few skins for the jungle position."

Lin Ruo took a sip of water and said, looking at the shocked expressions of his teammates beside him, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, I'll play jungle this time."

He feels fine.

As for asking him why he plays jungle, I am the best in the world and I am proficient in everything. It would be boring to play the same position for several years.

Changing your location is also a kind of life experience.

"Ask who the opposing jungler is." Zuo Wu said, standing behind everyone in the Snake training room.

Saint Spear nodded and typed in the room.

"Gun, I'm Ruo." Lin Ruo, who was asked about his identity, replied quickly.

Zuo Wu was stunned for a moment: "If Lin Ruo is the jungler, then who is the AD on the other side?"

Saint Spear was about to type when Lin Ruo predicted and replied immediately: "AD is a child."

"Kid? iBoy... So what is EDG trying to do? Move their star player to play jungle."

Zuo Wu couldn't understand anything. In history, there was no team that would let its core player change positions.

"Maybe there really is no jungler left. Let's just practice and get used to each other, and then change when someone comes later." Zhu Kai thought and said.

"What's the point of making do? This is still the transfer period, not the time to prepare for the German Cup."

Zuo Wu disagreed with this view. It could only be a tryout, but EDG already had a top laner. They only needed a jungler, and the one sitting in that position was Lin Ruo...

No way.

Zuo Wu seemed to have realized a shocking piece of news, the kind that could be sold to entertainment media to make headlines.

He was originally indifferent to the training match, but he stayed behind to watch the game.

Well, enjoy seeing your own side being beaten up.

Most training matches require a ticket to be clicked within 15 minutes of the start, but today's training match had tickets sold out exceptionally quickly, with everyone on Team Snake wanting to click after just 10 minutes.

Saint Spear kept saying MMP: "What kind of Leopard Woman is this? He jumped over me twice in 4 minutes."

This is the treatment of an emperor, right?

SoFm where are you?
SoFm remained silent. I was already so frustrated that I had to go online to gain experience, and you still want to ask me...

Seeing the impatience, Zuo Wu immediately stood up and said, "Tell the opponent not to play Nidalee in the next game."

He knew that Lin Ruo's Leopard Woman had caught Xiao Huasheng like a dog in the ranking match last year.

If you want to test Lin Ruo's strength more, then ban his unique skills first.

"Okay, as long as you are happy." Lin Ruo typed in the chat box and agreed to Snake's request.

In the second game, Mingkai took out his favorite jungler, Mantis, and continued to take off with the same rhythm as before, beating Snake to the ground. After 15 minutes, all members quit the game.

Zuo Wu was a little skeptical: "Carry SoFM down, zzr, you go up."

SoFm must have been studied thoroughly by EDG. After all, he looked like an actor in every regular season match this year. He decided to try a replacement.

Then he died after trying...

zzr, who was given the task at a critical moment, was in danger as soon as he went up. He was chased and killed all over the map by Lin Ruo's blind man while playing as a pig.

Snake, unwilling to give up, barely held on until 20 minutes, and decisively quit the game after Light, his own bottom lane, was kicked into pieces from behind.

There's no fun at all. Lin Ruo keeps catching them in different ways and treats them like his grandsons.

Snake and the entire team ended their training match in disgrace. On the EDG side, Abu was already offering Lin Ruo tea again, his voice incredibly gentle: "Tell me what position you want to play in the future."

It seems that jungler is Lin Ruo's first specialty, right? No wonder he likes to play jungler to rank up in ranked games, and no wonder he is better at commanding games than anyone else.

You should have told me earlier.

Mingkai next to him touched his forehead. This time, even if he didn't want to retire, he would be forced to retire. He could only be thankful that the tryout for the spring season was for the AD position, not for someone who coveted his throne.

"So you really want to switch to jungle?" Tian Ye realized it belatedly and couldn't believe it.

Lin Ruo nodded confidently: "I'm tired of farming minions in the bottom lane every day, but it doesn't matter. I will go back to the bottom lane more often to eat a few minions and see."

"So I will be EDG's starting AD in the future?" Ignoring Lin Ruo's idea of ​​taking his soldiers, iboy pointed at himself blankly.

This special code is even more beautiful than a dream. He actually replaced the core of the team and took over the EDG bottom lane position...

"Train well, the German Cup in early January will be your first stop." Abu patted him softly.

He is still very optimistic about iboy, and everyone will be happy without having to sell it.

Before the EDG team could recover from the news of Lin Ruo's decision to change positions, it spread across the country through self-media that evening.

#EDG decided to let Lin Ruo switch to jungle#
#Lin Ruo suspected of changing position#
Weibo was flooded with news of the same kind, making it seem as if Lin Ruo had monopolized all the hot searches.

The discussion in the forum was even more intense.

What's your take on the recent news that Lin Shen is switching to jungle?

Are you kidding me? Is EDG crazy or are we crazy?

[How is that possible? Whose core player would just randomly switch positions? If Lin Gou switched, I would just eat him.]

[The world's No. 1 AD carry is kidding you, right? Why would Lin Gou change his position? Ridiculous.]

[There are people who believe in untrue news in this life.]

[Let's go, this is not credible at all.]

Most LPL netizens are skeptical and don't believe in the so-called position change at all.

It was not until the next morning that Lin Ruo updated his Weibo and blew himself up.

As you know, bot lane is my best position. I've played AD carry since my youth training and debut. I've won every championship I could here this year. Everyone, regardless of skepticism or spectators, now calls me the undisputed world's best AD carry. It seems like staying in the bot lane is my lifelong choice.

I can only say no to this, because what you don't know is that my favorite position is actually jungle. I've been a Nidalee expert for a long time. The jungle position is incredibly strong. We once reached the top of the Korean server together and won a 10 yuan prize. And there's this kid, iboy, who really wants to play with me. He's a great guy, and I think we have great chemistry as teammates. Sometimes it's difficult to make a decision, but after many days and nights of deliberation, I've decided to put my talents into the jungle position. I can't wait to dominate the game as a jungler. As for the AD carry position, I wish it well in the bottom lane.

When the news came out, it was earth-shattering, and the entire masturbation circle was in turmoil.

Is the current AD position god really going to change positions?
In just ten minutes, the number of comments on Lin Ruo's Weibo exceeded 100,000.

[Fuck, are you serious? I need to delete the comment yesterday about wanting to eat shit.]

[While this feels like a lot of fun, I still want to say, why switch positions if there's nothing going on? What if you're not used to the environment?] [How can you be a jungler? Are you going to play Pig Guard every day? Isn't it better to just be the boss?]

[No matter how strong iboy is, can he be as strong as you? There's really no need to change positions.]

[You're a core, and you've switched positions. Does that mean EDG will switch to a jungle core? Ask EDG if they know how to play a jungle core.]

[This is bad. There really are no good Chinese junglers in this world. They've forced Lin Gou to go there himself. If you get kidnapped by EDG management who can't find a jungler, just blink.]

[If there's no good jungler, let Seven continue to play. What's the point of playing as a jungler yourself?]

After browsing the comments of the movie, Lin Ruo found a few jokes among the large number of objections. It seems that many people do not advocate that he switch to jungle.

In fact, the jungler can also be the carry. Do you have the concept that only AD with output equipment can deal damage?
However, in most specific versions, the jungler position can only serve as a rhythm engine, and it is indeed difficult to achieve the pleasing effect of the AD position.

But Lin Ruo doesn't care, he will create new areas in the jungle position.

"The criticism is a bit too much. People have flocked to my Weibo to criticize me." Abu was thinking and waved his hand. He asked Xiaotie to go find the operation official to announce the lineup for the new season. He would be criticized sooner or later anyway, so he might as well put away all the criticism today.

At ten o'clock in the morning, EDG made an official announcement, becoming the first club of the new season to announce its lineup before the end of the transfer period, far ahead of other turtle teams that were planning to wait until the end of the transfer period.

[Destruction leads to construction, heralding a new life!] The 2018 roster for the EDG esports club's League of Legends division has been officially announced. The club will make the following adjustments for the new season:

Some players have transferred and new players have joined. We are very sorry to see several players go, but we are also very happy to welcome familiar new faces and young players who have risen from EDG's youth training system.

Head Coach: EDG.Clearlove7
Top laner: EDG.GimGoon
Jungle: EDG.Ling, EDG.Haro
Mid: EDG.Scout
ADCarry: EDG.iBoy
Support: EDG.Meiko.

Regarding player transfers, after thorough consultation and respecting the players' wishes, jungler Zhao Zhiming has transferred to OMG Esports Club, top laner Chen Yuhao to Rogue Warriors Esports Club, and Zhao Audi to BLG Esports Club. We thank all three players for their contributions during their time with EDG, and wish them all the best in their new clubs.

Burn with passion, let life shine, move forward with determination, let's cheer for the new season together!

As soon as the official announcement was released, EDG’s official Weibo account quickly fell into a wave of hysterical curses.

"Look at this lineup. Is this something a normal person could put together? They pulled the team's big man to jungle, and then put a rookie AD carry who hasn't played many games in the game. The top laner is Lao Deng from the secondary league, and coach, you let Mingkai, who just retired and has no experience, take over. If they don't want to play, you can disband them."

[You started playing badly after winning the championship, worthy of you EDG. 】

[Tell me how much money the management made during this transfer window.]

[This is hilarious! Other clubs are increasing their investments, but EDG is the only club making money during the transfer period. Did the transfer cost of the top laner and AD carry combined reach 200 million?]

[It's our EDG who are awesome. No players are promoting newcomers, no newcomers are pulling older players to switch positions, and no coaches are pulling players out of retirement to fill their shoes.]

[I have no idea how much money they made from winning the championship this year? Should the management just cough up some money and buy a few good players?]

[Can you please let our Tian Ye and Scout go?]

[Lin Ruo is still young and thinks it's funny, but do you really think it's funny for an AD carry who has played his whole life to suddenly switch positions?]

【Accept Abramovich's resignation! 】

...

In less than half an hour, the flames of the war on Weibo quickly spread to Tieba, where many people gathered.

Veteran LPL viewers have given professional ratings to EDG's new season lineup.

【Summary, shit.】

[This top laner's best achievement was playing in the LPL. How did he get to join EDG? Abu must have taken a lot of kickbacks.]

[Why not pay more to keep Mouse? EDG will take him just because he's Korean?]

EDG is really bold in hiring a top laner who couldn't make it in the LCK, couldn't make it in the LPL, and finally made it in the secondary league. This GimGoon has already been designated as the worst top laner in the LPL.

[Lin Gou has really messed up this time. I'd understand if you switched to another position, but a jungler can't turn the tide and save the team in the late game like an AD can.]

EDG's collapse has already been announced before the new season even begins.

Is it true that all the championship-winning teams, except SKT, all go their separate ways the following year?

The competition in this year's LPL is very fierce. If Lin Gou can't handle it, switch back to AD midway through. We won't blame you.

[Maybe he wanted to catch the puppy at level two. I can't think of any other reason.]

...

Seeing the fierce attacks from all sides in the comment section, Mingkai, who was trembling in fear at the base, immediately closed the comment section. It would be bad if the war spread to his Weibo.

"Jin Gong, you'd better shut down your Weibo account. Some of your fans are really ruthless when they get angry."

Jin Gong may have anticipated today's online outburst more than a decade ago, so he doesn't even have a Weibo account.

"I'm a secondary top laner. I have no achievements and I'm old. It's normal for me to be criticized for joining your EDG."

Jin Gong is very open-minded and believes that only unremitting efforts and achievements can change the inherent mindset.

In the five days since joining EDG, he has been continuously ranking up every day in order to seize the hard-won opportunity.

Lin Ruo, in a positive mood, swayed back and forth on his gaming chair. "It's okay. My Weibo posts are all filled with kind and gentle persuasion. No one dares to scold me."

Abu's face darkened when he heard this: "No one is scolding you, they are all scolding me."

He successfully became the only victim of the online explosion of the official lineup announcement, and almost all fans pointed their fingers at him without exception.

But I can't refute it.

"You guys should work hard. If you don't play well in the new season, I will be the one who gets scolded." Abramovich was speechless with bitterness.

"Let Haro play in the German Cup. I won't go. This kind of cup competition should be used for training. I just want to use the last of my free time to take the exam."

Abu nodded reluctantly. Since Haro had been promoted, it would be okay to let him play in the German Cup to share the pressure of the busy schedule with Lin Ruo.

As for the championship, sorry, what EDG lacks the least is the German Cup championship.

Wait, you're going to take the exam...

Abu glared: "I've been exposed online like this, and you still have the mood to take the exam..."

If someone else were in charge, wouldn't they have used the German Cup to prove the feasibility of the position switch and lineup? To give the fans an explanation.

You, on the other hand, are still thinking of making use of the last holiday time to take the exam.

Abu cursed grimly, "The new season is almost here. Be careful out there, or someone might take a picture of you and say you have a lax professional attitude."

Lin Ruo didn't care at all. He hadn't played ranked games in days. How could he be so casual in his professional attitude?
Besides, they just won the championship two days ago, so at least there should be a period of time when they can be free from criticism.

What's wrong with going out to take an exam?

Makes no sense.

"Call and shake hands."

On the night when EDG officially announced its lineup, A Guang and Ai Loli, who had left, all returned to the club because today was a very important day.

12 month 7 day.

It was the day when Lin Ruo turned eighteen.

It was also the day when he no longer had to worry about being caught by the police and asked to take a statement when he went to the Internet cafe.

Mingkai went out to buy a big cake. Abu took a picture of it before it was served on the table, and quickly asked the operation staff to post a birthday message on Weibo to celebrate the birthday, so as to ease the endless fire from outside.

"After a lifetime of military service, I find out Brother Lin is only eighteen years old. Tsk tsk."

I envy the real-name system of Ai Loli.

Those who shared the same envy as him included Gim Gong, who had been in the profession for many years without any achievements, and Ming Kai, who achieved the greatest success in his career in the late stage.

Abu patted him and said: "18 years old is just the beginning. You must continue to work hard and strive to win the second championship, and the third championship."

Lin Ruo consciously ignored the big pie of the capitalists. Performance is not as important to him as making money. It is better to be practical in life. It is the right way to always pursue the great goal of retiring at the age of 30.

"Where's my birthday hat? Scout, don't squash it."

"Make a wish and cut the cake."

During the birthday break, Xiaotie, who is responsible for taking pictures, never puts down his camera and gets more materials to post on Weibo. Everyone has the responsibility to effectively relieve the pressure of online explosions.

(End of this chapter)