LPL History

Chapter 99: A fine of 30,000 yuan cannot quell the soaring rage; a challenge continues the murder plot.
Upon hearing Toyz's words, the TPA members all gathered around.

After seeing Reginald's tweet, top laner Stanley laughed and said:

"Wow! This gorilla captain is really brave! Why don't you send one too, Weijian? We can't let him down!"

Upon hearing Stanley, Toyz laughed and scolded:
"Go ahead! You're trying to get me killed!"

AD player Bebe also made a joke:

"Hey! Why are you afraid of him?! Didn't you say you're the best and most powerful mid laner? You're not really going to chicken out before the game even starts!"

MiSTakE, who is also the team's captain, interrupted their banter.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Get back to training! We need to perform well in this World Championship, otherwise people will really look down on us!"

Jungler Lilballz nodded.

"Yeah, those Korean guys are really ridiculous. OGN didn't even invite us, otherwise the championship would have been hard to say! Anyway, I'm confident."

“In short,” MiStakE said, “we can’t let them underestimate us this time.”

Toyz sighed.

"But to be honest, I also really dislike that Lion. He's so arrogant all the time, I don't even know what he's so arrogant about. He's just good at playing Lee Sin."

Top laner Stanley joked:
"What can we do? He's just arrogant. There's nothing you can do about it. Hey, how about we invite them to Taiwan? Then Jianwei, you can ask your newly acquainted big brother to chop him up. That would make things much easier!"

Toyz rolled his eyes at Stanley's words.

"Fuck you! I'm a law-abiding citizen, okay? Don't spout nonsense here!"

MiStake seemed to remember something and looked at Toyz with a puzzled expression.

"Speaking of which, I've felt something's been off since earlier. Liu Jianwei, you're from Hong Kong, why do you speak with that accent? Lin Bei, you son of a bitch!"

Toyz burst into laughter.

"Haha, Captain, you're so cute even when you're swearing. Lin Bei loves you~"
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WE Training Room.

Ruofeng looked at Zhou Li with confusion and said:

"Brother Zhou, why are you looking at TPA's stats? This team doesn't seem that strong, does it?"

It must be said that since becoming WE's coach, Ruofeng has been very dedicated to his work.

As a Taiwanese team, Taipei Assassins are not considered a strong contender.

Online, the odds of TPA winning the championship are as high as 1:20.

But no one expected that this team would become the biggest dark horse in the history of the League of Legends World Championship, ultimately defeating the Korean team in the finals and winning the S2 World Championship.

Looking back and analyzing the match, we might conclude that TPA had a tactical advantage, mid laner Toyz was incredibly strong, and AD carry Bebe secured 50 kills, making their championship win a natural outcome.

However, at the time, no one had high hopes for this unknown team.

Besides the Zhou rites.

Top laner Stanley, a pioneer of the 4-1 split push strategy, played the 4-1 split push system even more advanced than the Korean teams.

Toyz, the mid-laner, was the FMVP of the S2 World Championship. After winning the championship, he retired from the game and reappeared in front of the media as Breaking Bad.

Zhou Li is capable of handling Toyz himself.

However, Strawberry, who is used to being able to withstand pressure, might experience more stress when she meets Stanley.

Zhou Li looked at Strawberry, who was still completely unaware, and said:

"Strawberry, special training begins today!!"

With the World Championship Finals drawing ever closer, all the clubs have thrown themselves into intense preparations.

Team WE has been engaged in a monotonous training program for some time now.

October 3rd.

The group stage of the S2 World Championship will be held on October 5th, and the knockout stage will be held on October 6th. As a seeded team, WE does not need to participate in the group stage, but they will take the same flight as IG on the 3rd to Los Angeles to familiarize themselves with the competition venue and environment in advance.

On a flight to Los Angeles.

Mingkai stared intently at the flight attendant's black stockings.

He suddenly noticed the gazes around him and quickly spoke up:

"Brother Zhou, Abu doesn't need to wear it."

Zhou Li patted Mingkai on the shoulder with satisfaction.

The IG members chatted excitedly.

Their group stage draw has been completed.

The eight teams in the group stage were divided into Group A and Group B, with four teams in each group. The competition was a single round-robin BO1 format, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinals.

IG's Group A opponents include Saigon Jokers from Vietnam, Team Dignitas from North America, and Azubu Frost, who just embarrassed themselves in the OGN Summer League.

For IG, who had little experience in international competitions, they were like newborn calves unafraid of tigers at this time.

Even with the Korean team AZF in their lineup, IG didn't feel much pressure.

After all, their team now has a fully formed version of themselves.

Furthermore, AZF's infamous defeat in the OGN tournament, where they were swept 3-0 by WE, is deeply ingrained in people's minds, making it impossible to consider this team a strong one.

At this moment, the members of IG were bragging.

"Brothers, we went straight for first place in the group with a perfect record, is there any explanation for that?!"

"Damn, with me, Master Tai, around, we'll just go on a killing spree!"

"With a single squeeze and a push, Master Tai has ended the match!"

Hearing everyone's praise, the child, still in his juvenile form, blushed and awkwardly said:

"Don't do that, what if the other side is really strong?"

"I have complete trust in my Master Tai now. As long as we don't run into Brother Zhou, he'll stop killing our brothers indiscriminately!"

Seeing the excited IG members, Zhou Li didn't say much.

Young people are energetic, which is a good thing.

He'll behave after a beating.

After the plane landed, everyone boarded the official Riot Games bus and headed to the hotel.

The competition will be held at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

Of course, this Garen has nothing to do with the Garen who likes to ambush in bushes in Summoner's Rift.

The hotel where the contestants are staying is right across from the Galen Center.

Zhou Li looked out the window and said melancholically:

"Mingkai, what do you plan to do if you don't win the championship this time?"

Mingkai didn't think much of it.

"I'll keep working hard next year. I can't just retire after playing professionally for a year or two."

He looked at Zhou Li, his melancholy eyes gleaming with a somber air in the setting sun.

"And you, Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Li sighed and murmured:

"If I don't win the championship this time, I'll just retire in Los Angeles."

Although Zhou Li's voice wasn't loud, the bus was very quiet at the moment, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The boy's eyes were fixed on the view outside the window.

"See that sign? If I hadn't won the championship, I probably would have had to stay in Los Angeles and make a comeback here."

Everyone looked out the window.

The setting sun turned the "HOLLYWOOD" sign in the Hollywood Hills gold.

Silence fell over the bus.

After a long while, Xiaoxiao's voice rang out.

"Holy crap! When God speaks, it's awesome!"

When it was completely dark, the group finally arrived at the hotel.

As everyone was checking in, a woman dressed as an Arab woman ran over from the lobby.

Under Zhou Li's puzzled gaze, she ran up to him and took off the headscarf that was covering her head.

"Zhou Li, you've arrived!"

The woman's eyes sparkled with long-awaited excitement, and her voice was filled with barely suppressed joy and agitation.

"Fuck me!"

Xiaoxiao exclaimed.

"This woman, isn't she...that Korean female host?!"

"Lee Hyun-kyung! Her name is Lee Hyun-kyung!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Wow, this woman is even prettier than on TV. What's going on? Why is my brother Zhou waiting here!"

"Holy crap! The unofficial history is actually true?!"

"Who in your WE team shares a room with Brother Zhou?"

"Brother Zhou has a room all by himself."

"Holy crap! We were all set!!"

Zhou Li listened to everyone's chatter and was somewhat speechless.

He has a room to himself, just hoping to be able to sleep peacefully.

Who would have thought that Lee Hyun-kyung would be waiting for him at the hotel?

I thought it was just a fleeting affair, but I wonder if this woman is going to try and cling to me?
"Ah, Hyun-kyung, what are you doing here?" Lee Hyun-kyung explained, blushing.
"I am the host for this live broadcast on the Korean website."

So it turns out they weren't there specifically to wait for me.

That's fine.

There's a Chinese saying that goes something like this.

Come here.
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October 5th.

The S2 World Championship Group Stage has officially begun, under the watchful eyes of Summoners worldwide!
The eight teams are divided into two groups for a single round-robin tournament with best-of-one matches. The group stage must be completed in one day to determine the four teams that will participate in the knockout stage on the 1th. The schedule is quite tight.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." The WE team also watched the entire Group A match that day.

IG, participating in the World Championship for the first time, displayed their fierce offensive in the very first match.

They showed no mercy and gave the Saigon Jokers, a team from Vietnam, a sound beating.

The prodigy Zita achieved an incredible 8-0 record in his first match at the World Championship.

Foreign media outlets have commented that China is a land that produces many talented mid-laners.

The gestures of Zita sticking out his tongue during the game, barking like a dog when excited, and rolling his eyes have been captured by netizens and turned into memes that circulate online.

After the competition, Zhou Li went to Baidu Tieba and posted the first-ever score post in the history of the Anti-Japanese War forum.

After seeing Zhou Li's anti-bar level, Strawberry briefly questioned the meaning of life.

In the end, IG easily defeated the Vietnamese team with a kill score of 21-4.

However, this was within the initial expectations of the Zhou Dynasty's rites.

Could there really be a useless team that loses to Vietnam?

In the second match, IG faced the North American team Team Dignitas.

The two sides were quite evenly matched in this game.

But before he could foam at the mouth, he finally won the game.

With two wins and two points, IG has secured their place in the quarterfinals.

In the final match, IG faced AZF, who also maintained an undefeated record!

Against AZF, the dominant IG gained an early advantage.

However, IG still lacked match experience, and in the mid-game, AZF found several opportunities to fight back.

Ultimately, the game was dragged into AZF's rhythm, and IG unfortunately lost to AZF.

The AZF players, who had just defeated IG, celebrated wildly on stage.

Having suffered a humiliating defeat to WE, they desperately need a victory against a Chinese team to regain their confidence.

He harbored intense hatred for the Chinese teams.

Ultimately, AZF advanced from Group A as the top team with a perfect record of three wins.

IG advanced as the second-place team in their group with two wins and one loss.

AZF would have been fine with winning anyway.

However, during the final team fight, the director accidentally broadcast AZF's in-game voice chat.

Players worldwide were shocked upon hearing AZF's voice.

Because in the voice chat during the final team fight, AZF players verbally abused IG for several minutes straight! (*)

In this audio clip, the AZF players, led by jungler CloudTemplar, unleashed a torrent of offensive and offensive remarks about Chinese culture at the entire IG team.

Among them, PDD, who had equipped the Guardian Angel, suffered the most intense damage because his Prince was the last to die.

He was called "bastard," "son of a bitch," and "bitch."

In the hotel room.

At this moment, Zhou Li's room was filled with smoke and fumes.

Zhou Li listened to AZF's post-match voice messages repeatedly. PDD, unable to bear it any longer, angrily cursed:
"Damn it, I'm going to take down these Koreans today!"

When PDD, who weighs 200 pounds, starts to move, his bare upper body begins to swing, making a sound like fat colliding, which looks extremely intimidating.

PDD rushed to the door, but stopped when he saw no one was stopping him.

"Damn it, KID, Zita, you guys can tolerate this? I, Liu Mou, really can't."

Zhou Li waved his hand and said:

"Little prostitute, don't be in such a hurry."

He then looked at Abu.

"What did the event organizers say?"

Abu said with a dark face:
"A penalty has already been imposed, a fine of 30,000 yuan."

Although it was IG that was being criticized, everyone knows that when IG goes abroad, being humiliated like this is the same as being humiliated by WE.

Moreover, AZF's foul language is definitely partly due to him taking out his anger on IG as if they were WE.

Hearing Abu's words, Zhou Li smiled and said:

"Only a fine of 30,000? That's it?"

Abu added:
"That idiot posted an apology statement online."

Zhou Li picked up the phone and glanced at it.

[Well, we clearly stated before the match that it wouldn't be streamed live, so we said we'd kill them all. Now there's been a problem, and I apologize to everyone; I'm very ashamed. We'll return with a more exciting match and a more mature performance. Yeah, this is hell...] ​​(*)

"Is this what you call an apology?"

PDD was furious.

"Where the hell are these bastards hiding? I'm going to beat them up right now!"

“Don’t rush, Xiao Piao,” Zhou Li said. “You’re foul-mouthed and deserve a beating, but not now. Focus on preparing for tomorrow’s match. If you take them down now, you’ll have another excuse when you can’t beat us in the game.”

After Zhou Li finished speaking, he said to Abu:

"Try to get a set of architectural drawings for the hotel and the Galen Center, especially where the surveillance cameras are located, as well as the AZF's entry and exit routes, and the route from the Galen Center to the hotel..."

These Koreans were chattering away like dogs, which made Zhou Li quite angry.

Soon after, the Group B matches also came to an end.

To Zhou Li's surprise, the results of Group B were slightly different from what he remembered.

In his memory, the team that qualified first in Group B was the Korean team Najin, while CLG.EU qualified as the second-place team in the group.

However, this time, it seems that OGN's weekly routine taught Najin a lesson so badly that they lost directly to CLG.EU in the group stage and became the second-place team in their group.

This directly led to a change in the quarterfinal opponents compared to the original world!

CLG.EU, who were supposed to face WE in the quarterfinals, will now face M5 instead.

TSM met IG.

TPA's opponent is Najin.

WE, on the other hand, faced AZF early in the quarterfinals!

In Zhou Li's memory, WE's original opponent in the quarterfinals was CLG.

Furthermore, during this quarterfinal match, WE once again encountered the issue of having their internet connection pulled.

Because Riot Games used public network servers for the S2 World Championship, the game server was constantly under DDoS attacks during the WE vs. CLG match, which caused the game to be repeatedly paused and restarted.

A DDoS attack, also known as a "server crash attack," involves obtaining the IP address and port of a particular game through various means, and then launching a large-scale access attack, causing the server to crash.

After WE successfully secured match point in the first game against CLG, they released Blitzcrank in the second game, completely dominating CLG's jungle and giving Clearlove an epic start with three buffs.

With the factory manager roaming around the map, WE already had a huge advantage in the late game, and they would basically win the game without any suspense.

However, the game suddenly disconnected. Riot Games tried to keep the match going, but WE was constantly being mocked by CLG fans because they didn't have a soundproof booth. CLG fans even gave CLG players all sorts of information.

WE sat there from afternoon until night without any food, only a bottle of mineral water.

Conversely, CLG had the home advantage and were able to eat pizza right there on-site.

After several hours, Riot Games' technical staff were unable to resume the match, so they announced a rematch.

Zhou Li recalled that Strawberry said during the live stream: At the time, they did not agree to a rematch, but Riot Games said that if it didn't work, they would withdraw from the competition.

After the rematch, CLG shamelessly eliminated WE's advantageous lineup from the previous game, causing WE to lose their composure and ultimately lose the match, being eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Zhou Li was quite happy to see that he didn't have to fight CLG.

Compared to the Koreans' practice of unplugging the network cable, pushing the tower, and then restoring the network, this kind of game, where the network cable is unplugged, it takes several hours to fix, and then the game is restarted, which is really a test of one's patience.

Moreover, CLG's fans at the time were clearly determined to help CLG advance.

WE disconnects from the internet as soon as they gain an advantage.

Now, Zhou Li can only offer his blessings to M5.

To Zhou Li's surprise, the internet outage did not occur during the match against M5 the following day.

CLG defeated M5 2-0 solely based on their own strength, without needing any intervention from fans.

Afterwards, IG, having been coached by Zhou Li, lived up to expectations and defeated the North American powerhouse TSM 2-1.

This directly turned Captain Gorilla, who had provoked Zhou Li before the match, into a laughing stock.

Netizens joked that Captain Gorilla used centuries of evolution to get to the competition, but he didn't even get to meet Zhou Li.

TPA, on the other hand, showed early signs of being a dark horse, defeating the Korean team Najin 2-1.

At this point, three of the four teams in the semifinals have been determined.

October 14th.

The final quarterfinal match took place at the Galen Center.

(End of this chapter)