LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 36: A life-or-death battle
At 1 p.m. on January 22, Shanghai Central Plaza.

At the end of the first weekend of the spring season, the focus match of EDG vs. WE arrived as scheduled.

"Good evening, everyone watching live and before the broadcast. You are watching the 2017 LPL Spring Split regular season match between EDG Esports Club and WE Esports Club. I am Guan Zeyuan, the commentator."

"I am the commentator Hao Kai."

From the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan's voice quipped, "Today's game is going to be exciting. It's a showdown between two top teams. Plus, it's almost Chinese New Year, which means we'll have over half a month of holiday time. This means, for two teams with two of the largest fan bases in the league, whoever loses will be miserable for the entire year."

"It's not easy for fans to have a good New Year."

Haokai, the bald commentator who shone like a lightbulb under the reflective lens, smiled and analyzed seriously, "Actually, what I'm most looking forward to in today's match is the tactical showdown between the two teams. WE has Hongmi, the most outstanding coach in the LPL, and EDG has the newly joined former ROX coach Nofe. Furthermore, EDG's player Lin Ruo also said in the post-match interview after the first game that EDG wants to change their playstyle and no longer focus on pure operations, so I really can't wait to see the masters' battle."

Guan Zeyuan nodded in agreement: "Then let's look forward to the next game together."

As the players from both teams entered the field, a long and lasting cheer rang out in the venue.

"Come on EDG!" The female pigs waving flags and cheering almost shouted their throats out.

60E female fans are equally unwilling to be outdone.

The fans of the two teams were talking back and forth, tit for tat, and almost started fighting off the court pulling their hair out.

The verbal battles in the live broadcast room have not stopped since the start of the game.

Due to old grudges, the match was extremely tense.

[Down with the civil war phantom, and return harmony to our LPL. ]

[EDG has brought disaster to the country and the people. Everyone has the right to punish them. They will be punished tonight.]

[We're going to fight to the bitter end. We're leaving tonight. Damn you, you useless sister, get out here and die.]

[RNG fans support WE with their real names, and kill that guy named Lin Ruo.]

[I just like the way you guys rage when you can't win.]

[A team that couldn't even beat our second team, IM, last year, I don't know where they get the confidence and arrogance from.]

[Sisters, don't be led by the rhythm. We WE are just a small team that has just started again. We dare not compare ourselves with the LPL's top teams.]

[How dare you say bad things about our DGD? You'll be declared the loser.]

[One-minute Bo5 warning.]

[Pure pub, hasn't WE gone bankrupt this year? ]

In the EDG player's seat, everyone had different expressions as they placed their mouse devices.

Ah Guang pinched his nose and said with a little worry: "I heard that WE swept NB in ​​the first round. What a powerful team."

When Ai Loli heard this, she looked to the side expectantly: "Brother Lin, to be honest, I want to go home and have a good New Year."

Lin Ruo was rocking in the chair, waving his hands nonchalantly: "Go cool off. I don't care about your New Year's celebration. If you don't behave like a human being, who can you blame if you lose? If you want to win, behave like a human being."

"I can't be a human being at all, Brother Lin. I just want to be your dog."

Ever since yesterday's training match with KT, Ai Loli has become 100% loyal to Lin Ruo.

There is no choice but to follow Brother Lin in the bottom lane and eat three meals a day.

He didn't want to be so servile, but his strength didn't allow it.

But does it matter whether you have the ability or not? It’s still better to cling to someone powerful.

"Reporting to Brother Lin, I, Chu Yuxuan, have already mastered it. Today, I will show Brother Lin a mindless grab."

"Brother Lin, whenever you have time, come to my top lane to get the line." Seeing this, A Guang showed his loyalty too.

He was a top criminal yesterday, and it was thanks to Lin Ruwu's attack that saved his life.

"No, you two don't have to be so disgusting." Tian Ye usually felt that he was out of tune with his crazy teammates.

Scout adjusted his glasses and commented: "It's a bit funny." Nofe held a small notebook and stared at the next player's seat as usual, trying to figure out the opponent's BP routine from eye contact.

"Coach Nofe, please put on your headphones and get ready. The draft will begin soon."

After the equipment was debugged, the beautiful referee next to him gave a reminder.

Nofe came back to his senses, clenched his fist and coughed: "Stay focused."

After more than a week of integration, he was finally able to add the word "action" before "focus" to modify it.

This is indeed commendable progress.

"They were talking and laughing over there, and it seemed like they didn't take us seriously at all."

The atmosphere in the WE player's booth was rather solemn. In the silence, Condi said something.

The top single-legged guy 957 couldn't help but take a look. The AD player on the opposite side was lying on the chair and shaking happily.

It's a bit arrogant.

957 clapped his hands to adjust the team's atmosphere:
"It's okay, it's okay. We are the challengers. If the other side can be so relaxed, we should relax even more. If we lose, we won't lose anything, and if we win, we will make a lot of money."

"Play well, we have a chance to win this game." Hongmi stood behind the crowd. After a year of running-in, he believed that the team's strength had reached a transformation stage and was no worse than any other team.

The camera moved to the big screen on the scene, and the game officially entered the BP stage.

EDG came up and took down a big tree on the blue side.

"what?"

Guan Zeyuan in the commentary booth showed a look of astonishment.

"What does EDG's first move to move the tree mean? Are they really going to change their playstyle in the top lane?"

Haokai thought for a moment and said, "It's very likely. I feel the most likely scenario is to force the opponent to play top lane first, leaving Mouse in a counter position. If you don't play, I'll move Titan and Poppy later."

Although EDG seemed to be heading in this direction, Guan Zeyuan was still hesitant to believe it and questioned it. "Honestly, can Mouse's champion pool really accommodate this new change? Could EDG be bluffing, hoping that if you don't pick me first, they'll just grab someone from behind and limit the top lane options?"

"Of course this is possible." Haokai nodded.

In the WE player's seat, all the players were shocked when they saw EDG moving the tree.

The experienced Hongmi still followed the original route and single-handedly removed the powerful Shen on the red side.

EDG used the second hand to remove Condi's signature Warwick Rengar, and the third hand to remove Corki.

WE accordingly removed Scout's favorite hero Syndra, and then moved to Leblanc, the Deceiver, in the third round.

The targeting intention is obvious.

BP entered the first round of selection.

"EDG didn't move one and then took another on the first floor. They're not really going to do a big one, are they?" Guan Zeyuan had already held his head in his hands.

The excitement of this game was beyond his imagination.

"Is it possible for EDG to directly play Jayce or Ryze first?" Haokai made an excited guess.

As soon as he finished speaking, EDG locked down the support Jyra.

"Oh, to be on the safe side, let's lock on the current evergreen Jella in the bottom lane first." Haokai was slightly disappointed.

Guan Zeyuan continued his commentary, "WE picked Ryze and Caitlyn on the first and second floors. It seems they're still going to stick to their strategy of laying the foundation."

Immediately afterwards, EDG locked onto Mantis and Cassiopeia on the second and third floors.

WE firmly chose Spider.

(End of this chapter)