LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 315: German Cup? I want to participate in the qualifying tournament

Sure enough, the effect is quite significant.

The Weibo comment section is full of happy birthdays, and we have arrived in a beautiful period of harmonious development.

However, the so-called harmony did not last long. As other clubs announced their new lineups for the new season, EDG's official Weibo account was often caught in an endless wave of abuse due to the comparisons.

In particular, the official announcement of RW team's Galaxy Battleship brought the rhythm to another climax.

"With Mouse from EDG as the top laner, Cuzz from LZ as the jungler, doinb from JD Gaming as the mid laner, smlz as the top Chinese AD player, and a barely passable new support, RW's roster is clearly the most refreshing top team in the LPL this season."

In the live broadcast room of Douyu Miller, the ratings of the major LPL lineups in the new season attracted a lot of people to come and have fun.

"Viewers, just tell me what rating RW should be given."

Watching the barrage of comments all slid across the screen, Miller skillfully controlled his mouse to give RW an S+ and explained, "RW's lineup deserves an S+. I think they're definitely one of the strong contenders for the Spring Split championship this year."

【Correct and pertinent.】

【RW is worth it, this is much better than the lineup slmz had in OMG last year. 】

[Slmz will definitely make it to Worlds this year. As a ten-year fan of his, my expectations are sky-high.]

As long as the new support player performs well, and the other positions have proven themselves, there's really no need to worry too much.

[Anyway, it's better than EDG's lineup.]

Seeing someone mention EDG in the barrage, Miller couldn't help but sigh. As an old piglet, he also cursed, what a weird thing EDG's lineup for the new season is.

"Let's look at the fifth team, RNG. They made it to the semifinals of last year's World Championship. In fact, apart from EDG, their performance was already the best. This year, they are mainly focusing on a stable lineup. This alone deserves an S."

Miller took a sip of water and said, "And the most important point is that they brought in FW's big man Kasar from LMS this year. He complements and rotates with mlxg, which is definitely an effective reinforcement."

An unwavering S+, this is Miller's second highest rating so far.

He gave SNG an A because they have the champion coach Kkoma joining them, and he also gave the strengthened BLG an A. In his opinion, there are actually quite a few teams with good lineups this year.

On the contrary, Smlz left, but unexpectedly introduced the champion jungler Ai Loli to OMG. He chose to give him a B+, and the lineup was really not good.

"The sixth team is IG. IG introduced Theshy and Ning in the summer of last year, and their level jumped to the top four in the LPL. This year, they sent away the weak West and welcomed the 17-year-old genius ADjk. This should be the second Galaxy Battleship besides RW."

"Give them an S. They still need to prove their team cohesion through their performance on the field."

After Miller finished speaking, he finally arrived at EDG, the team he had been longing for, and then he couldn't help feeling depressed when he looked at the lineup.

"As an LPL commentator, I've gotten to know GimGong. He's a bit of a mid-table player. He's a decent player in GT, but he's not the type of Korean player who can be a carry. In EDG, I'm afraid he'll still be more of a pressure-absorbing role."

Since you want to withstand pressure, why not just keep Mouse?

"I'm not optimistic about his future in EDG." Miller said honestly.

If EDG really needs a top laner, they can just go to Korea and buy one. Why do they have to go to the so-called secondary league to find one?

Because it’s cheap?

I didn't even know there was a Korean top laner like this in the LPL.

[He's young, but he's an old player. Tell me, what did EDG see in him? Does he have potential in the future?]

[I heard that Lin Gou picked it out. He bought a bunch of colored pencils to prove that he can lead the team this season?]

[Being able to communicate fluently in Chinese is his only advantage as a Korean player.]

"Let's not talk about top lane, it's a bit difficult for Lin Shen to switch to jungle to be honest."

Miller didn't know how to comment on this. Mingkai's change of coaching position was another similar situation. Everything happened too suddenly, without even giving the piglets a chance to have a buffer period.

"Iboy's performance in the final few games of last year's summer season was actually quite remarkable, but can he really match the invincible performance of Lin Shen on the court?"

"Ugh."

A helpless Miller finally expressed his personal pessimism with a sigh, and then gave EDG a barely A+ series rating of above average.

"This lineup is a bit difficult to win, there are too many variables. I hope EDG can really slap them in the face with their performance."

[It's too high. Can a top laner from a secondary league help EDG win the championship? ]

To be honest, I wasn't optimistic about iboy. He just benefited from EDG's team-building last year, so he played a few decent games.

I'm the least optimistic about Mingkai becoming a coach. Nofe left, and Kkoma didn't show up as promised. EDG seems to have given up on themselves.

[It's okay. EDG will know to adjust their lineup if their Spring Split results are bad.]

You think of this as a soccer transfer, right? League of Legends rarely adjusts its roster mid-season. These five players are likely EDG's full-year roster this year, unless someone is truly unbearable.

Miller's lineup rating quickly spread to the forum, and it became a brand new funny topic.

EDG's rating is A, which is the level of the top six in the spring season, because in Miller's rating, there are two S+ and two S.

[About the same. It's going to be hard for EDG to win the championship with this lineup.] [They'll be an A-tier team from now on.]

[Anyway, I'm optimistic about RW in the new season. Others may be optimistic about IG or RNG, but I don't think anyone would be optimistic about EDG.]

[That being said, we all know Lin Shen's strength. Perhaps he's taking off again in the jungle position.]

[Even if he takes off again, he's just a jungler. The meta is so oppressive that he's forced to play blue-collar roles and is practically crushed to death.]

The news that EDG was rated A quickly became a hot topic again. Amid the self-deprecating remarks of countless fans, the A-level team meme became a new hot topic in the League of Legends circle.

Xiao Ming, who was watching the show online, affectionately called EDG an A-level team during a chat with Lin Ruo.

"Just laugh, and don't keep silent when our A-level team beats you in the spring season." Lin Ruo, who was broadcasting live, replied via WeChat.

Xiao Ming replied with an intriguing emoji and asked, "Why not the German Cup?"

"German Cup? If you want, I can pick one out from the EDG base and give it to you right now. I'll leave these small Karami tournaments to you guys. As a noble world champion, I won't go."

"Fuck, this is so realistic and fake." Xiao Ming in the RNG base rolled his eyes again and again.

mlxg, who was standing next to him, was also stunned when he saw this: "What's going on? They've already reorganized their EDG lineup, and they don't even use the German Cup to practice with their main players."

That's outrageous enough.

This year's Winter German Cup will be held in Qingdao, Shandong, and the group stage will start on December 12. There are only about ten days left before the preparation time.

However, as a team that participated in last year's World Championship, they are qualified to advance directly to the quarterfinals as usual, and the earliest they can compete is December 12rd.

"Is he really not even going with the team as a substitute?" mlxg couldn't believe it.

RNG's German Cup this time is also a training ground for the new Karsa, but he still has to travel with the team as a substitute.

"If you're not going, then why are you staying in the club?" Xiao Ming replied.

"I'm going, but I'm not going to Qingdao." Lin Ruo answered in a cryptic manner.

He also wants to go to Shandong, but the place he is going to is Rizhao, Shandong, to participate in the annual ranking tournament, which is expected to last for half a month.

Maybe after the qualifying tournament, they can go to Qingdao and watch their own team's game as a spectator, but for this, EDG must at least secure a place in the semifinals.

This innovative German Cup tournament adopts a double-elimination system in the quarterfinals, so it's okay to just stay alive.

If we go home after a double elimination and end up in the quarterfinals, it can only be said that it is just on the way. Anyway, Rizhao is not far from Qingdao, and the journey by high-speed rail only takes an hour.

EDG's official Weibo announced the lineup for the German Cup Qingdao Station at noon, and Lin Ruo was not on the starting list.

Many pigs couldn't help but complain again.

[To be honest, does Lin Ruo have any special privileges in the club? If he doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to.]

[We need to get along, please really go and join us, don't be so willful, okay?]

[Not really. The German Cup isn't a very important tournament. It doesn't really matter whether all the starting lineup goes or not.]

Let Lin Ruo go. He played so many games for you, EDG, this year. He just won the championship and represented Shanghai in the National Games. He just came back and went to the United States to participate in the All-Star Game. It's only been a few days, so it's really okay for him to rest up. Have you forgotten who led the team to a comeback victory in the Summer Derby?

Public opinion soon died down, and it seemed that most of the piglets had a consensus that anyone in EDG could be criticized, but the core main C Lin Ruo must not be criticized.

Without Lin Ruo, EDG would still be the despised civil war god.

Of course, the main reason for the breeding of hostility is the drastic change in the lineup. If the lineup is still the original team.

I'm afraid that in the eyes of all fans, the German Cup should be participated by sending the second team of the secondary league. After all, the team does not need any so-called running-in, and it would be best to have more rest after working hard all year.

However, some fans still left comments on his personal Weibo, asking if he was staying at the base to live broadcast. Lin Ruo, who was at the club and preparing to go out with a down jacket, replied to the fans very frankly.

He is going to Rizhao to participate in the ranking tournament and will definitely not stay in the club.

Ok.

Sure enough, it’s that familiar taste. Before the new season even starts, their ultimate core has started their usual bad behavior again.

Recalling that before the start of the Spring Split last year, Lin Ruo didn't play a single ranked match, but he would rank up in Overwatch every day. EDG's Weibo super topic was full of discussions about Lin Ruo from morning till night.

As a result, Lin Ruo remained unmoved until he achieved some results, and then the trend of the Weibo super topic began to change.

Nowadays, it is impolite to start a group.

The tactful fans of the team quietly discussed the qualifying tournament in the super topic.

[I heard that there are thousands of people participating in the Go dan tournament every year, but there are only about thirty spots left. Can Lin Ruo make it?]

"Have you forgotten about the National Games championship? Actually, Lin Ruo's chances of getting the certificate are definitely higher than our chances of reaching the semifinals of the German Cup."

【When I think about it, it’s true.】

(End of this chapter)