We are tired of winning championships, and we still need youth training?

Chapter 89 Witnessing SKT and Faker's temporary exit

Of course Xu Xinghe did not attend the post-match interview.

——What’s the point of going to an interview that you won?

It's nothing more than dealing with the media with many questions and boring content, enjoying the exposure, and then seeing the fans' reactions afterwards.

This is considered low taste for Xu Xinghe.

It’s more interesting to watch Theshy show his teeth.

When we walked out of the venue, there were not many spectators left.

This is as it should be.

After all, it was a foreign country, and Xu Xinghe was already surprised to have fans supporting him, not to mention those willing to stay and wait.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Xinghe also met several of today's commentators at the door.

Although he felt that it was not a chance encounter, it seemed more like the other party had deliberately come to him.

However, since we didn't know each other before, we didn't talk for long and he politely said goodbye.

But the female commentator behaved a little strangely.

After a while, the IG team, who had finished the interview, returned to the bus arranged by Riot.

"I didn't expect it would be so easy to win."

Baolan sighed sincerely.

"Yes, it seems that apart from the first game, GRF had almost no intention of resisting in the next two games. We easily beat them 3-0."

Rookie nodded slightly.

Xu Xinghe looked out the window with a calm expression.

Three to zero is normal.

He had anticipated this outcome long before the game.

Is GRF strong?

Actually not strong at all.

Perhaps there are many players in their team who have excellent individual abilities.

But in fact, this is a team that is much younger than IG.

And young...

It not only represents youthful vigor, but also represents inexperience.

GRF, which has not been tested in major competitions, is likely to have problems with its mentality.

If today's opponent is SKT, then the second and third games will still be suspenseful.

Players who had never played in a major competition could not maintain their composure at all when the score was 0-2.

And what's worse for GRF is that they are now in the middle of a civil war.

Xu Xinghe also played as a GRF player in the simulation, but not Tarzan, but lehends.

So he knew the whole story very well.

At this time, GRF was facing internal and external troubles, disharmony within the team, and pressure from management.

If we lose the S9 World Championship, we will basically have to reorganize for S10.

He closed his eyes and quietly recalled the experience.

As a non-existent party, he knows more than any marketing account.

The problem arose from a chance encounter.

At that time, as lehends, he followed Cvmax to the youth training center to find a few players to send to LPL for training.

Among them, the player Kanavi showed quite outstanding ability.

Cvmax was also impressed by him and developed a love for his talent.

He believes that with Kanavi's ability, there is no need to send him to the LPL's secondary league.

It's fine to directly mention a team to learn from Tarzan or loan him to other LCK teams.

However, it was precisely because of Cvmax's attention that manager Zhao Kuinan, who had always wanted to interfere with the team's personnel arrangements, started to think about it.
It just so happened that LPL's JDG, also known as the JD.com team, took a fancy to Kanavi at this time, so he began to threaten Kanavi.

Zhao Kuinan communicated with the JD team and told JD that he had already done the ideological work for Kanavi's transfer.

So the JD team got Kanavi's contact information and sent him a text message, saying that they would offer a contract with a salary of 2 million won (about 120 million yuan) and a transfer fee of 10 billion won.

But Kanavi was still very young at that time and was still a minor.

Not knowing what to do, Kanavi reported the matter to Cvmax.

After Cvmax found out, he really wanted to curse.

Can't he see the twists and turns in this matter?

If the GRF management had not agreed, how could the JD team have obtained Kanavi's contact information so quickly?
Although he already had a bad premonition in his heart, Cvmax also felt that it was too late.

He could only ask Kanavi not to respond to the JD team and tell Kanavi that this was a violation of the rules for privately contacting the transfer.

However, it was only the second day.

GRF management came to us.

Zhao Kuinan claimed that Kanavi was suspected of violating regulations and would not be able to become a professional player unless they were allowed to handle the matter.

Kanavi and Cvmax's initial plan was to drag it out.

Because if it is delayed for a few more months, the JD team will definitely find something wrong, and then the idea of ​​GRF management will naturally become invalid.

However, the way GRF management handled the situation was disgusting.

They used the youth training player contract signed at the time as an excuse to ask Kanavi not to leave the club as much as possible. If he breached the contract, they would hold him accountable and ask Kanavi to pay a penalty of 5 million won.

And also let Kanavi eat the leftovers of the starting players.

The other youth players were given fried chicken, but Kanavi only had instant noodles.

How could Kanavi, who was only in his teens at the time, withstand such treatment?
Even if Cvmax told him to just hold on, no one knew how long it would take for JD.com to discover the problem.

So Kanavi finally had no choice but to surrender.

But he didn't know that GRF's so-called solution was actually to force Kavani to sign a 5-year contract with the JD team.

And the transfer fee was increased to 16 billion won.

However, as the price for the increased transfer fee, JD.com paid Kanavi a very low salary.

Most of the money went to management.

This led to a complete outbreak of conflict between Cvmax and the management, to the point that the relationship had begun to break down before the World Championship was even over.

As a traitor, Jianhuang also warned Cvmax to speak less during the post-match interview of the group stage.

In this case, it would be impossible for GRF to beat IG.

In the original history, they also encountered IG, and the final result was that they were defeated by IG 3 to 1.

Now that IG has been strengthened by Xu Xinghe, it will naturally be easier for them to win.

So Xu Xinghe was really not surprised by today's 3-0 result.

A team that is not united is just a paper tiger no matter how strong it is.

but……

Tarzan Cat is indeed quite powerful.

Xu Xinghe did not deny this.

Tarzan was very strong in S9.

Whether it is operational thinking or mental command, it is undoubtedly top-notch.

Even though IG was a bit crushed in the last two games.

But even so, Tarzan continued to look for opportunities in the face of disadvantages, with a calmness that was not like that of a human.

If the mentality of most GRF players had not been affected in the last two games, Tarzan might have been able to turn the situation around.

To be more specific, Xu Xinghe's victory over Tarzan in this BO5 was a bit unfair.

He didn't gain much advantage in the jungle.

But Xu Xinghe won't feel embarrassed at all.

What's wrong with the jungler relying on the advantages of teammates?
Bengi is a three-time champion jungler, but doesn't he still have to rely on Faker?

You can rely on teammates to cheat in any position, except for the jungler.

Because whoever plays the jungle role really has to rely on his teammates.

Everyone relies on their teammates. Do you have the nerve to say that others rely on their teammates?

Does Ning rely on teammates for invasion? Does Tian rely on teammates for invasion?
It all depends.

Therefore, it is really meaningless to worry about whether the jungler is the one who breaks through the opposing jungler.

The next day was the match between SKT and G2.

“There are so many people?”

At this time, Xu Xinghe had already followed Karam to yesterday's venue.

It’s just that he was on the stage yesterday and he is in the audience today.

Looking around, the venue was almost full.

There is a clear distinction between a large group of G2 fans and a small group of SKT fans.

"After all, it's SKT and G2."

Rookie behind him interjected.

"It's their home stadium, so how could there not be a lot of spectators?"

Ok.

There is nothing wrong with that.

This year's G2 is undoubtedly the most luxurious lineup in LEC history, with star-level players in all five positions.

It is normal to have a lot of fans in this European venue.

It would be more surprising to say that there are quite a few SKT fans.

Seeing so many people supporting SKT at European stadiums shows how famous SKT is and how passionate their fans are.

Ah Shui was very interested and asked before the question started.

Although the scene was lively, because they were sitting in seats reserved by Riot in advance, they were surrounded by either players from other teams or staff, so they didn't have to worry too much about the players' identities when communicating.

"SKT?"

Theshy asked questioningly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he revealed that he was not a very iron-blooded Korean.

"I think it's G2. G2's lineup this year is really strong and they played very well."

Baolan gave a fair evaluation.

"G2, Faker feels... he can't beat Caps."

Rookie only looked at it from his own mid laner's perspective and came to a conclusion.

"We've practiced against SKT and G2."

"Caps has always put a lot of pressure on me, but Faker doesn't feel as strong to me this year as before."

Xu Xinghe nodded imperceptibly.

indeed.

Faker's performance in S9 and S10 were probably the worst two years in his career.

And his teammates in the past two years are also a lot of geniuses.

Whenever Li Shimin came, he would ask: Have I traveled back to the heyday of sugar?

Each one of them looks unremarkable.

No joke.

At this moment, players from both sides began to enter the arena.

So the IG players gave up communicating and waited quietly for the game to begin.

In the first game, SKT chose the blue side, while G2 chose the red side.

However, SKT did not grab Ryze in the first hand, but chose to help Teddy take Kaisa.

"Why not Ryze?"

Karam just felt that there was something wrong with Kkoma's thinking.

What does BP mean?

Is Kaisa's priority that high?
Our team also has the champion Kaisa, and we also use EZ and Xayah every time, right?

Although I don’t play it much now.

"It's probably because of Teddy's hero pool."

Xu Xinghe reacted quickly.

Because he knows SKT better than Karam.

He had actually been an SKT player in S9 in simulations, so of course he understood.

Teddy, SKT's bottom laner, nicknamed the Captain.

The reason for this nickname is that he was once a core player of the JAR team.

The JAR team logo is an airplane, and the name is also directly related to airplanes, so it is called the Airplane Team.

The core player of JAR is naturally the captain of the plane.

The Korean captain said yes.

This Teddy actually performed well most of the time, otherwise he wouldn't be the core.

But I don’t know if it’s because of insufficient strength or because I can’t integrate into the system.

After joining SKT, he performed very poorly and completely fell into the upper-middle AD position.

If it's an average team, an upper-middle level is definitely enough.

But in SKT?

Ha ha.

That's an apology to SKT fans.

By the time the competition in the World Championship became increasingly fierce, there were only a few heroes left in the captain's hero pool.

Therefore, SKT can only choose to try their best to ensure his space to perform, and let Faker down.

"Heh... is this the day kkoma has come to?"

Karam laughed noncommittally and sighed a little.

Once upon a time, who wouldn’t feel immense pressure in BP when facing SKT?

But now...

Times have really changed.

When playing against G2, SKT was not just sweating, they were sweating like rain.

G2 naturally took down Ryze without any hesitation.

As for the popular T0 mid laner Ryze in this version, SKT’s answer in this game was Neeko.

"Niko?"

Karam became interested.

He also considered using Neeko against Ryze.

The principle is also very simple.

Although Ryze's support is powerful, the range of his ultimate is limited before level 11.

On the contrary, Neeko's ability to clear the lane is very good, and her ultimate skill is also very dominant in the early stage.

The combined duration of the knockback and imprisonment is two seconds.

At this time, the outcome of a team battle can be decided in the early and middle stages.

As long as you use Neeko's team battle ability to fight a few good team battles in the early and mid-game, then with the economic advantage, the lineup will still be able to fight even if it transitions to the late game.

It’s just that Neeko has become a bit of a tool, but she can still start a team fight.

So at this time Karam sat up straight, expecting SKT to give him a wonderful counterattack.

However, he was soon disappointed.

"What is Khan doing? It's normal that Crocodile can't beat Kled, after all, Kled is also a hidden stat monster, but being killed by a single person is really too much."

"What is Clid doing again? Can't you even use E flash when playing Gragas? Oh, I just said you can't do it and you already used E flash. Why don't you try to compete with Caps!"

"How is Teddy playing in the laning phase? It's understandable that Kai'Sa and Leona can't beat Xayah and Rakan, but getting chased down and attacked directly is too...?"

"And Faker...? Oh, Faker did it too."

Xu Xinghe sat next to Karam and listened to him muttering.

There was visible disappointment in his eyes.

What Karam wants to see is the collision and game of tactical systems of both sides.

It's not about who committed a more deadly crime.

Until the end of this game, he still couldn't tell whether Neeko could beat Ryze.

I can only be sure that I am not afraid of the laning phase.

But he did notice one thing.

"G2 is strong again."

Yes.

Compared to G2 in the group stage, the current G2 gives people a stronger sense of crisis.

"Xinghe, what do you think the final score will be today?"

He asked Xu Xinghe.

Xu Xinghe thought for a moment, "Three to zero?"

"That shouldn't be the case."

Karam shook his head.

SKT's adjustment ability is still very strong.

"Oh, that's three to one, G2 is three."

"..."

Karam was silent.

Obviously, his thoughts were similar to Xu Xinghe's.

"Xinghe, you think so quickly, how about becoming a coach in the future?"

Karma has some sudden ideas.

"Wouldn't it be nice to teach the new guys a lesson and tell them, 'When I was xx...'?"

Xu Xinghe thought seriously for less than a second.

"No."

"Huh? Why?"

There is something strange about karam.

He thought this statement could impress Xu Xinghe.

"My blood pressure rises just thinking about the possibility of bringing in a contestant with a personality similar to mine in the future."

Xu Xinghe had no expression on his face.

karma: ...

You are quite self-aware!

Damn it, after all this time you know everything, but you just won’t change, right?!
(End of this chapter)