LPL History

Chapter 6: Minion Lines Like Chess Moves - Zhou Yu's Strategic Deployment Leads to a Desperate Situation for the Nose Team

Ruofeng's fingers froze in mid-air.

A tremendous sense of humiliation instantly swept over his entire body, making his face flush crimson.

Dao Ge noticed Ruofeng's predicament and exclaimed:
"No way, if you're going to play games, just play games, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Hearing Dao Ge's constant babble, Zhou Li chose to ignore him.

There are two kinds of people in this world: villains like Abu and Ruofeng who have skewed their interests, and upright people like Zhou Li who are kind, noble, selfless, and great.

As for characters like Brother Dao, they are NPCs who don't even deserve to have names in the usual storylines.

Just ask any League of Legends player today, how many of them know his name?

Those who don't know the story might think that Brother Dao is a fictional character.

There's no need for Zhou Li to bother with dealing with a small Karami like this.

Don't be fooled by Dao Ge's current sycophantic behavior; he might think that by flattering Ruo Feng, he can have everything he desires.

When the factory came to WE, the first person to raise his hand to vote out Dao Ge was Ruofeng.

At this moment, Ruofeng was caught in a dilemma.

He's in a dilemma: going back to the city or not.

In fact, the best option at this point is still to return to base. At least you can replenish your health and mana after returning to base, and even if you lose some experience, you can still continue laning.

However, it's impossible to win by relying on last-hitting minions anymore.

However, I was playing AP LeBlanc, which has a terrifying burst damage at level six, and I could easily secure first blood.

The problem is, if I actually go back to the city now, wouldn't it make me seem like I'm being remotely controlled by Zhou Li?

How could he, the world's number one mid laner, tolerate such humiliation!

"This kid is just a little clever, his skills are terrible. He could have easily interrupted my recall without taking damage by staying within the turret's maximum attack range, but he still took a hit from the turret. I could have easily turned this health disadvantage around with my skills!"

After analyzing the situation in his mind, Ruofeng ultimately decided not to press the B key to return to town.

What Ruofeng didn't know was that with Zhou Li's level of proficiency in her special skills, how could she possibly make such a basic mistake as attack distance?
He took some damage from the turret so that his health would be enough to attract Ruofeng's attention.

After figuring out Ruofeng's mindset, Zhou Li used the mouse wheel to zoom in and out on Yaoji to observe her closely.

The modeling is ugly, the animations are stiff...

Just like that girl who sat next to me in high school, with a ponytail, never wore makeup, and walked with her toes pointing outwards.

It's the taste of youth.

Think back to how many sleepless nights I stayed up to get to level 30 and collect all the runes to play ranked matches.

Everything is readily available now, but the game feels like it has lost its original flavor.

Zhou Li suddenly felt that things weren't so bad now.

Not only is the game simple, but the villains are also clueless.

Both sides' minion waves are about to leave the tower.

Zhou Li is represented by the red square, while Ruo Feng is represented by the blue square.

Zhou Li's LeBlanc stood arrogantly in front of the blue side tower. After the minions left the tower, she did not choose to retreat, but instead moved to the side, without disrupting the minion wave.

Ruofeng intended to go to lane with the minions, but as soon as he moved, Zhou Li's LeBlanc squeezed in.

Seeing that he had half health left, Ruofeng decided to retreat back to the tower.

Then a helpless sigh was heard.

After enduring several waves of mental attacks from Zhou Li, Ruofeng's mind was now extremely sensitive, and he subconsciously spoke:

"Why are you sighing?!" "Why am I sighing?"

Zhou Li immediately began with a counter-question.

"I'm sighing because you're playing mid lane and you don't even have the most basic understanding of minion waves. What kind of mid laner are you?"

"Why didn't you follow the minion wave to lane this time? If you had followed the minion wave, and I attacked you, wouldn't your minions attack me? If your minions attacked me, wouldn't my minion wave push towards your tower? Now that the minions have already moved, if I stand in front of your tower, how are you going to play?"

Ruofeng's actions truly broke Zhou Li's heart.

It seems that Ruofeng's reputation as the source of chaos in the LPL, as described by the anti-fan forum, is truly well-deserved.

Does Ruofeng not know that he's bad at the game?
He knows it.

Even among the players in WE's training room right now, including the LeBlanc player Abu, they probably don't have as much cunning as Ruofeng at this stage.

When Factory and Curly left WE, Ruofeng immediately chose to retire.

Because he knew that without the support of the factory, his poor mid-lane skills would be exposed instantly.

At first, people thought that Ruofeng was retiring at the peak of his career, but little did they know that he was just trying to protect himself.

He then leveraged the fame he gained during his professional gaming career to become a "meat floss cake" streamer, reminiscing with his viewers about the glorious years of his professional career every day, and occasionally putting on a tearful performance, making a fortune in the process.

Ruofeng's success in selling meat floss cakes directly inspired a wave of retirements among professional players.

At that time, the LPL's system was not well-developed, and the esports industry had not yet attracted capital investment.

How much do professional players earn?

Selling pork floss cakes is the only way to achieve financial freedom!
It must be admitted that it was indeed quite difficult for professional players in the early days.

Take Zhou Li for example, he works at WE now and his monthly salary is only 500 yuan.

This salary seems outrageous, but it's actually very reasonable.

After all, the club also provides him with food and accommodation.

It's worth noting that even top players like Ruofeng and Weixiao, who are currently recognized as top players, only earn three to five thousand yuan a month.

Even top athletes in Europe and America earn between $800 and $1,500 a month.

Choosing pork floss cake over an ideal is nothing to be ashamed of.

But what's most disgusting about Big Nose is that he actually benefited the most from the early days of professional players, yet he always likes to play the victim in his live streams.

Therefore, I must encourage Big Nose more.

We absolutely must not let Big Nose get any meat floss cake on it!
However, Zhou Li's earnest teachings sounded so grating to the ears of the big-nosed man.

He kept clicking the mouse to calm his anger and the awkwardness he felt.

But they can only spin around in circles at the foot of the tower.

Zhou Li was right. By giving up going to lane with the minions, he was essentially giving up the opportunity to gain experience.

Between returning to the city and not returning, Ruofeng found a third way to maximize losses.

In fact, as a professional player, Ruofeng naturally understands this most basic issue of minion wave management.

However, Big Nose is a competitive and proud man, and coupled with the mental attacks Zhou Li has inflicted on him, he has clearly lost his mind.

The people standing behind Ruofeng looked at each other in bewilderment.

They could naturally see that this solo match was no longer meaningful.

If Zhou Li simply stays here and slowly pushes the lane, then Big Nose will lose at least two waves of experience and last hits.

In other words, Ruofeng has basically lost.

(End of this chapter)