LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 567 The process is complete, let's raise the trophy!
But that's a matter for the future.

If Lin Ruo really played CF for a month and then participated in the so-called Samsung Cup without any preparation, it's clear that before mocking others, he's the one who should be mocked.

[I heard Lin Ruo played CrossFire for half a month and didn't touch Go at all?]

Even a genius shouldn't display things like that.

So when the news reached Korean online forums, it only met with belittling and ridicule from Korean viewers.

[What is Xiba pretending for? He hasn't even played a single game of Go. Does he really think he can win easily? He's really disrespecting the other players participating in the Samsung Cup.]

He doesn't even treat himself like a human being, how can you expect him to treat others like human beings?

It really feels like a joke. They finally won a world championship, but now they're going to be remembered for their infamy.

[This is the most unprofessional Go player I've ever seen. How can he act like this? Anyone who didn't know better would think Go is his personal property, and he can play it however he wants.]

He probably thinks playing Go is like playing League of Legends—you can win any game, and people who don't know better would think he's invincible. If that were true, then he could do whatever he wants, but sorry, I don't believe it.

[Let him be, let him play like this. He'll just be walking into a trap and get his head bashed in. It'll be time for us to avenge ourselves. Anyway, we absolutely cannot let this little brat leave Korea with a smile. We'll beat him senseless on the way here.]

[He only won one world championship, I really don't know why he's so arrogant. There are plenty of people who have won world championships, even Ke Jie, whom I dislike, didn't act this arrogantly.]

[Yeah, Shiba, seeing Lin Ruo look at Ke Jie again, I suddenly felt that he was quite handsome. I never knew Ke Jie could be so pleasing to the eye; I didn't dislike him at all.]

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South Koreans also make comparisons. In their view, Ke Jie, as the leading young Go player in China today, is most lacking in manners.

Therefore, at this point, South Koreans also tend to belittle Ke Jie.

However, after seeing Lin Ruo, everything changed. Without comparison, there is no difference. They originally thought that the arrogant Ke Jie was already a unique benchmark in the Go world.

But unexpectedly, there was another even more unique talent. Where did you come from? In the League of Legends field? Never mind then.

Anyway, at this point, Ke Jie has to be considered handsome.

After all, no matter how arrogant Ke Jie is, can he be as arrogant as Lin Ruo who boasted about a 3-0 lead before the match? Cough cough, although the Mengbaihe Cup final really was 3-0.

Furthermore, even if Ke Jie is arrogant, is he as arrogant as Lin Ruo, who spent a month preparing for the CF tournament? Absolutely not.

Even if it happens, it won't happen until it's dug out next year.

But this year truly belongs entirely to Lin Ruo.

Korean viewers were watching the spectacle, and Chinese viewers were watching the spectacle too. However, after LPL netizens explained it to them, everyone suddenly felt that Lin Ruo's playstyle wasn't about conceding, but rather about building up a powerful move.

Although it sounds far-fetched, it actually seems to be true, because there is evidence to support it.

LPL netizens have unknowingly compiled that classic fact again.

When Lin Ruo won the Spring Split championship last year, he was playing Overwatch; when he won the MSI championship, he was playing PUBG; and when he won the World Championship, he was learning how to play Go.

As I said before, when Lin Ruo was developing new game skills before the competition, it seemed that the outcome was already predetermined.

LPL viewers only felt that the buff was burning.

Lin Ruo also burned himself out, streaming for more than eight hours a day for a month, and finally achieved the top spot in CF without eating or drinking.

Abu would always look on with utter confusion whenever he passed by the training room.

The question he most wanted to ask was how you did it.

Sigh, what a live-streaming maniac!

Who remembers that the players used to be very resistant to live streaming? Even in their strict EDG team, it wasn't the first time that players had their salaries deducted for not meeting the monthly live streaming hours.

In short, if possible, then live streaming should be done with water (water).

Until the very last few days, the contestants were too lazy to do live streams to pad their stream time.

But Lin Ruo is different; he's a breath of fresh air in the world of professional players and streamers.

It's just a live stream.

It's impossible to resist, impossible to be perfunctory, and impossible to drag out the time.

Lin Ruo only focuses on live streaming, wishing she could spend all her time outside of eating and sleeping doing live streaming. This is the most obvious description of Lin Ruo over the past month.

This prompted Abu to ask from time to time, "Are you still going to the Samsung Cup?"

This didn't seem like something he was going to do, but when he thought about how Lin Ruo had won championships in other games, Abu felt that it was actually not a big deal.

Lin Ruo is just like that; she really can't be judged by common sense.

If we look at it from a common-sense perspective, EDG would never have won the world championship.

Of course, he would still say that if you hadn't said so earlier, you could have salvaged things with Riot Games, attended the All-Star Game, and even more so, gone to the awards ceremony.

"Sure, I'll cover the trip."

With nearly a month to go, Lin Ruo finally breathed a sigh of relief after completing the epic mission.

Finally, I finally got CF working.

Since that's the case, let's post it on Weibo.

Lin Ruo calmly took a screenshot of the rank rankings, and then quickly launched an attack on Weibo.

"If you don't understand, just ask. What level is this number one?"

[Lin Gou is showing off again, Lin Gou is at it again, brothers, run!]

[666, you've even managed to play CF like this, I don't know what game can stop you.]

[Born with a natural talent for gaming, what can we newbies say when we're blessed by the heavens?]

Sigh, let's accept reality. Brothers, let's all just shout "Lin Shen is awesome!" and that's it.

[This is beyond amazing, I think Lin has gone mad. Playing like this? Even with skill, you can't do this. You've achieved in a month what others can't in a year?]

[No, is that the point? The point is that Lin Ruo's pre-match buffs are fully stacked. Alright, now the Samsung Cup should prepare to welcome their Great Demon King.]

Yes, that's the key point.

LPL viewers know better than anyone that the off-season storyline has already begun, and as for what time it is now, it's time to lift the trophy.

Since Lin Ruo has already completed the prerequisite for reaching the top of another game, this has triggered the fixed combination that guarantees victory in the next competition.

And what's the next competition? The Samsung Cup.

Okay, instead of expecting anything from the competition process, let's just get to the awards ceremony.

LPL fans were champagne-fueled in the comments section, just like usual. [Brothers, let's take a group photo! This is the future Samsung Cup world champion's homepage; if we don't take a photo soon, we're closing the comments section.]

[I can Photoshop the championship photo today. Lin Gengxin can go prepare for the championship first, while we fans can lift the trophy first, without any hesitation.]

[Is this the Weibo homepage of this year's Samsung Cup champion? As a die-hard fan, I'm here!]

[Just check in now, or you'll be overcrowded in a month and won't be able to get a good spot anymore. Take advantage of the current low turnout while it's still popular.]

[I'm a prophet; Lin will definitely win the Samsung Cup.]

【You call yourself a prophet? Pshaw! Lin's victory is common knowledge, isn't it? He's already fulfilled the standard prerequisites for winning other games; it's just a matter of following the rules. Does he really need a prophecy?】

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Is Lin Ruo going to win the championship?

Many Go fans flocked to Lin Ruo's Weibo comment section and saw a string of comments praising his victory. They might have thought the Samsung Cup was over and that Lin Ruo had already won the title long ago, and then wondered if they had missed something.

Kids, is this how you open champagne?
Although they know this meme, are the people in the comments section really 100% sure?

Well, that's far too confident.

The Go spectators didn't quite understand, but that's okay, as long as everyone's happy.

A month has passed, and the main tournament of the Samsung Cup is about to begin. The intense qualifying rounds concluded yesterday, with various upsets and surprises still occurring.

For example, well-known Chinese players such as Gu Zihao, Fan Yunruo, Ding Hao, and Liao Yuanhe all easily advanced to the main tournament.

In addition, South Korean players Lee Sedol, Park Young-hoon, Won Seong-jin, and Kang Dong-yun also advanced as expected.

This time, without encountering Lin Ruo in the qualifiers, Park Young-hoon advanced smoothly without any obstacles, dominating the competition.

Those who encountered obstacles, such as Yu Zhiying, who also participated in the open group competition, still fell short and failed to advance from the preliminaries.

As a female contestant, Yu Zhiying has done her best to make it to the final round in a group full of male contestants, but she still hasn't achieved the final breakthrough.

But this did not prevent her from receiving praise from all the viewers.

After all, Yu Zhiying clearly had the ability to advance directly in the women's group, but she chose to challenge herself. This courage alone is enough to earn everyone's respect.

Isn't this much better than having several veteran Chinese chess players eliminated directly in the qualifiers?
Yes, we're talking about Mi Yuting and Fan Tingyu. It's quite an upset that neither of them managed to advance from the preliminaries this time.

Many Chinese viewers still find it hard to believe how skilled these two are.

Ok.

They experienced firsthand what Park Young-hoon felt when he was eliminated by Lin Ruo in the preliminary rounds.

However, the South Korean audience had no time to gloat, because several of their top South Korean players were also eliminated, and this kind of upset was not only happening to Chinese players.

In fact, it's happening on both sides, so all we can do is laugh and cry at the same time.

This qualifying round was quite intense to some extent, with more and more new talents breaking through compared to the Mlily Cup.

This further confirms that Go is rapidly evolving, and AI has already grasped everything. At this point, clinging to outdated Go strategies has no future.

In three days, the real main event will begin.

After a month of excitement, Lin Ruo finally boarded a plane to South Korea again.

This feels so familiar.

Oh, I just went there a month ago.

"It's not that I necessarily expect you to win the championship, just do your best."

Outside the airport.

Team leader Tian Bin explained all the precautions. He wouldn't be going with them, but as their guide, it was only right to see them off. Of course, he mainly wanted to remind Lin Ruo of some things.

"These are the rules for the Samsung Cup. Some of them are different from those in China. You should read them carefully, so you don't break the rules before the game even starts."

Makes sense.

Lin Ruo had never felt that the team leader had ever spoken so correctly. She really needed to understand this rule, otherwise what if she was carried off the field before even starting a game?

Korean Go players are very detail-oriented, so we need to be careful.

"Don't worry, team leader, I'll pay attention." After receiving the printed rules document, which was more than ten pages long, Lin Ruo decided to read it carefully word by word on the plane. This seemed to be more important than training in some ways.

Lin Ruo saw many familiar faces as she boarded the plane.

Although team leader Tian Bin was not accompanying the group, it did not mean that Lin Ruo was going alone. On the contrary, the trip was coordinated and arranged by the Chess Academy.

Therefore, all the chess players in Shanghai had to take the same flight to South Korea to prepare for the competition.

For example, all the players who entered the main tournament arrived in Shanghai a few days before the start of the tournament to make basic adjustments, and then went to South Korea together for the week-long Samsung Cup main tournament.

In addition to staff, national team coaches were also present to handle all matters.

In fact, it seems that every player has a coach.

However, Lin Ruo did not, because he was a man outside the professional Chinese Weiqi League. The only team he joined was the Shanghai team, and he had never represented any national team in any competition.

Or rather, Lin Ruo was never selected for the national team at all; it was as if they were strangers with the same profession attached to them.

Therefore, it is normal that there is no coach.

However, this does not prevent everyone from recognizing Lin Ruo.

When meeting with fellow competitors, everyone exchanged brief greetings, and the national team staff also pointed out the prepared positions to Lin Ruo.

Ke Jie, who is also known for his arrogance, greeted Lin Ruo as if he were seeing an old friend, and teased him while saying, "It's been a long time since I've seen you, kid. You were having a good time winning the League of Legends championship last month, so you want to have another good time at the Samsung Cup, huh?"

"I heard you also reached the top in CF. How did you do that? You're so good at every game you play."

Ke Jie said a lot, but Lin Ruo, who had just sat down, only responded with one sentence: "Brother Jie, I finally get to talk to you. You might not know, but I'm actually a fan of yours."

Upon hearing this, Ke Jie immediately felt a chill and exclaimed in surprise, "Don't speak if you're on the same side. I play League of Legends."

Moreover, how could Ke Jie not know that Lin Ruo had said he was a fan? It was because of this statement that he failed to reach the semi-finals of the Mengbaihe Cup and went home.

Wow, that buff stacks really well.

But this time they're not going to play in the Samsung Cup, so why are they messing with their own people?

Ke Jie had a feeling that because of Lin Ruo's arrival, the difficulty of winning four consecutive Samsung Cup titles had increased dramatically.

(End of this chapter)