LPL History

Chapter 249: The Proclamation Against Han Shocks the World; Liang, the Clown, Will Be Remembered for All Time.
"Dear viewers watching the live stream!!"

When Miller's voice rang out, all the comments in the live stream had already turned into the shape of Zhou Li!

"You are now watching the semifinals of the 2014 League of Legends World Championship! The two teams facing off are WE.A, the number one seed from the LPL, and SSB, the number one seed from the OGN!"

The baby's voice then rang out.

"Yes! After a long five-day wait, the match between the two teams is finally about to begin today! This match is a head-to-head battle between the number one seeds from the LPL and OGN regions! I believe many viewers, like us, have been looking forward to this for a long time!"

Bella nodded and spoke up as well:
"Today's match will directly determine who will be the first team to enter the finals of this year's S4 World Championship! And with two of the world's top teams meeting on the semi-final stage, it's sure to bring us an absolutely spectacular match!!"

Amidst the cheers from the crowd, Miller's palms were sweating profusely.

"To be honest, this match today really made me very nervous. I've been a commentator for quite a while now, and even the S3 World Championship Finals didn't make me as nervous as this match!"

The doll also spoke up:

"Yes, today's match is extremely important. We know that although the two teams haven't played against each other before, there have been many frictions and conflicts off the field! In short, let's resolve all the past issues in this game today!!"

Bella, having received a prompt from the director, instantly wiped the smile off her face and spoke with dissatisfaction:

"It's worth mentioning that the WE.A players were able to sit here and compete today after quite a few twists and turns. There's even a possibility they might miss today's match. Hopefully, both the organizers and the Korean side can provide a reasonable explanation to our LPL players after the match!"

With Zhu Kai's live broadcast, public opinion has already spread like snowflakes to every corner of the world!
The actions of the Koreans have truly crossed the line of human decency, leading many to question the authenticity of the event for a time.

On social media, discussions about the "spirit of Korean esports" have even surpassed tens of millions of views.

It's hard to imagine that South Korea could commit such a despicable act in front of hundreds of millions of viewers during a global competition!

Cristiano Ronaldo liked the post.

[Are they so worried about losing that they simply prevent the opposing player from playing? Why don't South Korea just dominate the world then?]

Francesco Totti liked the post.

[You clearly don't understand South Korea. To the citizens of the Republic of Korea, what is the world? The universe belongs to South Korea.]

Paolo Maldini liked the post.

[These WE.A guys are so foolish. They're probably still feeling lucky to have made it to the semifinals, but they haven't even considered whether they'll be able to leave Korea if they actually win the match.]

Luis Figo liked the post.

The matter continued to escalate online.

Intensified.

As a result, athletes who had previously suffered persecution in South Korea also stepped forward.

Especially the Italians.

After experiencing that Korea-Japan World Cup, Italians can be said to hate South Koreans to the core!
In addition, there were Portuguese people.

Amidst this wave of public opinion, today's competition, which should have been a grand event only for the esports community, began to break out of its niche and attract the attention of countless people outside the esports circle! At the same time, inexplicably, WE.A became the righteous force in people's hearts.

Since the European and American teams had already been eliminated in the quarterfinals, European and American viewers had already lost most of their interest in the semifinals. However, with the hype from the media, they have started to click on the live stream.

According to pre-match statistics, except for the Korean and Japanese regions, the support rate for WE.A in all other regions is over 80%!

Amidst the calls from netizens around the world, the time finally struck four o'clock!

The match between WE.A and SSB started on time. As the players entered the drafting and banning (BP) interface, a timed Weibo and Twitter post from Zhou Li was published in Chinese, Korean, and English.

The Chinese version states:

[A Proclamation to Punish the Unruly Han Barbarians]

It is said that Heaven's way is manifest, and propriety and righteousness are the foundation of a nation; sports bring glory, and integrity is the soul of competition. You Han barbarians, dwelling in a remote corner of the sea, are like monkeys in a crown, inherently wicked, faithless, and treacherous, displaying your deceit throughout the world. I, according to the rites of Zhou, personally lead an expedition to punish their vile virtues, expose their crimes, and vow to slay these monstrous beasts!

Those despicable Koreans, with a long and filthy history, have wreaked havoc on the sports world! At the Seoul Olympics, the boxing ring became a trap, bribery and corruption perpetrated, plunging justice into chaos; at the Korea-Japan World Cup, biased refereeing was rampant, fouls were committed, and righteous athletes suffered injustice. At the Asian Games, they were treacherous, short track speed skating was brutal, badminton was manipulated, and the Incheon incident further humiliated our athletes. These are all your numerous misdeeds, recorded in history, and arouse the wrath of both gods and men! The Records of the Grand Historian says, "A country without propriety is in chaos." Your country has strayed from the right path, your chaos is like boiling water—how can you claim to be a champion?

Alas! The wickedness of you barbarians is beyond description. How dare these jackals and tigers contend on the altar of civilization? I hereby proclaim to the world: I shall don armor and take up arms to punish this wicked one! If you barbarians show no remorse, I will surely shatter your banners and destroy your altars, as a warning to others. I humbly beseech Heaven to bear witness to this, and dare to call upon all righteous men of the four seas to join in the attack!

In the winter of the year Gui Si, Zhou Li punished the guilty at Fushan.

The English version is completely different from the Chinese version, with Zhou Li imitating the structure of Shakespeare's sonnets.

Compared to the Chinese and English versions, the Korean version is much simpler and clearer.

Because the Zhou Rituals only consisted of two characters.

.

Then I added an Emjo emoji.

If we were to name the industry in South Korea that suffered the most from this incident, it would undoubtedly be the circus.

Because now Koreans start to react emotionally whenever they see a clown.

Zhou Li's regularly scheduled posts quickly sparked another round of heated discussions, raising the popularity of the competition to new heights!

Meanwhile, in the global spotlight, Samsung Blue and WE.A have already completed their deal.

Samsung Blue banned Nidalee, Rengar, and Lee Sin, and went straight for three bans on jungle champions!
On the WE.A side, they eliminated Zilean, Maokai, and Kassadin.

Samsung Blue was clearly well-prepared for this elimination round, directly grabbing Lulu on the first floor instead of bidding.

After all, during this period, not only these clubs, but also the outside world has been studying and discussing how to defeat WE.A.

It's no secret that WE.A always uses Lulu to protect the mid lane.

With the selection rights in WE.A's hands, they first locked in Jayce, and then Zhou Li, who was on the second floor, directly activated Joker.

"Oh!"

A cheer erupted from the crowd.

"Zhou Li! He's revealed the Joker! Is he planning to play the Joker this game?" (Korean livestream chat)

Faced with Zhou Liliang's clownish behavior, Quan Yongjun chose to play dumb.

Meanwhile, Kim Jae-young began to offer his reasoned analysis.

"Ah...it seems possible. I've watched every single one of his LPL matches! He has indeed played Shaco jungle."

However, by this time, the outside world was already bursting into laughter at Zhou Liliang's clownish antics.

You have to understand that a lot happened in those short five minutes.

First, in Zhou Li's live stream room, which had millions of viewers, Zhu Kai was seen shouting and cursing like a clown before being dragged away by the Korean uncle.

Then there was Zhou Li's warm greeting to South Korea on Twitter.

Now, the Joker has made another appearance in the game!
These two things, appearing frequently and impactfully in the public's mind in a short period of time, will leave a deep impression on people's memories.

It is foreseeable that in the future, anyone who knows about this past will immediately think of the Joker's Emjo meme whenever South Korea is mentioned.

South Korea is like a clown.

This is the purpose behind all the planning in Zhou rituals.

He wants to help the Republic of Korea completely adopt this label!

In the Chinese live stream, Miller's mouth was crooked to the corners.

"Oh dear, Zhou Li just made a clown gesture. What does that mean? It's a bit hard to guess."

The doll also said with a grin:
"Yeah, it's really hard to guess. Are we really going to play the clown?"

Bella spoke directly and crisply:

"What's so hard to guess? This clown is obviously just showing off to Samsung."

Miller was taken aback by Bella's words.

"Oh, is it okay to say this directly?"

"Why can't we just say it directly?" Bella was clearly still quite angry about the incident where the Koreans surrounded WE.A. "Brother Zhou has already shown the clown to their faces. I don't have any ability, but can't I even say a few words of criticism while sitting here?"

Miller clicked his tongue, thinking to himself that this woman must have powerful connections to speak so confidently.

I wonder who the powerful figure behind this woman is.

However, Miller did not have a problem with Bella because of this. As a commentator, Bella's professionalism and dedication are absolutely beyond question.

As for other things, what do they have to do with him?
And having someone with powerful connections and the courage to speak out on the commentary desk occasionally acting as his stand-in is actually quite nice.

Meanwhile, the chat room was already buzzing with excitement.

【6666! 】

[Zhou Ge is hilarious, hahaha, the Koreans must be furious.]

Bella is so outspoken! I really enjoyed hearing her say it, haha.

[It's a pity, Bella is already a football legend, otherwise she could have been Mulan.]

"But then again, Zhou Li can't really choose a clown in the end, can he?"

As time slowly went backward, the doll became a little nervous.

“He definitely won’t take it,” Bella said with certainty. “Given Zhou’s personality, even if he really wanted to play the Joker this game, he wouldn’t. Because his purpose is definitely to tell everyone that he doesn’t intend to play the Joker; he just wants to taunt them.”

Sure enough, in the last second of the countdown, Zhou Li swapped out Shaco and locked in Thresh.

Playing around is one thing, joking around is another. If Zhou Li really considers Samsung Blue a trash team, then he's truly a clown.

Although in Zhou Li's memory, Samsung Blue was swept 3-0 by Samsung White in the semifinals that year, which seemed like a clown compared to the various predictions and hype before the match.

However, the main reason for this result is that Samsung Blue underestimated its sister team because of its past performance.

But this kind of disdain is unlikely to apply to Samsung Blue when facing WE.A.

The entire Samsung Blue team, judging from each player, is exceptionally talented.

Top laner Acorn is a textbook example of a team-oriented top laner. The key is that he is very versatile. During the previous Spring Split, Acorn ranked first among top laners in terms of gold per minute and won the OGN Spring Split championship with his team.

If history continues as normal, Spirit, the jungler, will join WE next year.

This Korean jungler achieved a 72% jungle control rate during the OGN Spring Season, making him a top-tier jungler with both strategic thinking and skill.

Mid-lane Emperor, Xiaohu's father. Revered as the King of Assassins, his Yasuo and Zed skills are phenomenal, and he even solo-killed Faker, earning him the title of Korea's best mid-laner. However, because he's Xiaohu's father, and fathers often act like sons, he became a underperformer at Worlds, arguably the only weak link in the Samsung Blue team.

WE.B was able to defeat Samsung Blue in the group stage because the Emperor played a significant role in that match.

ADC player Deft, a stable carry for Samsung Blue, ranked first in damage per minute among ADCs in the OGN league. It's fair to say that at this time, Samsung Blue frequently employed a four-protect-one strategy in matches.

Support player Heart.

He may not have been very well-known as a player.

But after retiring, he became a coach.

In 2018, before the World Championship, RNG demonstrated an invincible dominance on a global scale, achieving remarkable results such as the 2018 LPL Spring Split Championship, the 2018 MSI Championship, the 2018 Demacia Cup Championship, and the 2018 LPL Summer Split Championship. At that time, RNG's coach was Heart.

It's fair to say that while this person may not have been particularly impressive as a player, his game strategy was absolutely top-notch.

As a support role, the strategy is always more important than the execution.

Therefore, WE.A will definitely go all out in this match!
(End of this chapter)