Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 21, Section 20: The World's Number One Vampire Returns!

BLG's destined death was a powerful shock to Shimamura Yuna.

She realized once again that the decline of the LPL might have been inevitable.

It could even be said that the decline of the entire League of Legends and its esports scene was inevitable. Even if LPL wins the championship this time, it will only prolong its existence for a little longer.

Whether it's LPL or LCK, LOL esports viewers are almost pathologically hoping for "victory".

The entertainment value of the competition, the personal charisma of the players, and the off-site management.
These things are almost unimportant.

Only winning.
Winning is the only way to give viewers a strong motivation to watch the game.

Looking back at the time when LPL's popularity took off in China, which was S8, the important turning point that happened that year can actually be summarized into only one thing.

"LCK is no longer the winner."

That's it.

That year, G2 defeated RNG to enter the semifinals, and IG won the championship, which undoubtedly gave Western audiences and LPL audiences a strong motivation to watch the games.

In the following years, from S9 to S12, LCK and LPL alternated in winning the World Championship, and European and American teams occasionally put on a brilliant performance at MSI or World Championship, which was undoubtedly a virtuous cycle for the competition environment.

Everyone believed that their team might still have a chance.

People are willing to look forward to a goal that seems attainable, even if it's somewhat difficult.
The essence of what keeps audiences excited in competitive sports is that "everyone believes they can win."

It's a delicate balance.

However, recently, this balance has actually been somewhat disrupted.

Furthermore, it appears that this balance is almost impossible to repair.

Esports differs fundamentally from traditional sports (such as football) in some aspects.

Perhaps no matter how many years pass, people will still be playing football and still be involved in it.

Even though things are terrible now, people are always hoping that "maybe the next generation of youth training will be able to develop," "maybe it will be fine in a few decades," or "we can only wait for the domestic sports environment to improve."

But games are different.

The new generation of gamers tends to seek out newer, more modern games.

Games like League of Legends, which are constantly updated and extremely unfriendly to newcomers with high barriers to entry, will hardly attract any new players anymore.

There will be no more youth training programs.

There are no more new geniuses.

League of Legends is nearing the end of its life, both in terms of esports and the game itself.

Therefore, the current situation is unlikely to change much. LCK will probably continue to be strong, and for LPL supporters, all they can hope for is a miracle.

If one day LCK completely destroys the last breath of LPL, its biggest competitor, those Korean and foreign fans who were once passionate about LCK will soon lose interest due to the loss of competition.

The fervor of fans stems from the joy of winning, but if winning becomes a given, that joy will quickly become tedious.

That will be the true end of League of Legends esports.

As mentioned before.

LPL is a stage that is gradually fading away and losing its brilliance.

But in fact, it's not just the LPL that's declining.

The stage shines because of the audience, and a stage without an audience no longer has any reason to exist.

In her past life, she chose to retire precisely because she felt this way.

But now, she's a little more open-minded. 'Perhaps the stage itself will become increasingly desolate, but that doesn't mean my efforts have been in vain.'

'Perhaps decades from now, no one will play League of Legends anymore, and no one will care about League of Legends esports.'

"But if I can shine brightly in my final moments in League of Legends, then no matter how many years later, those who witnessed that brilliance will remember me."

'All I need to do is this.'

Therefore, she needed to race against time for this.

The day after the competition ended, she took the subway to the city to buy computer DIY parts and assembled the computer herself, relying on her past experience.

And the next day, she asked her sister to help install internet access at home.

Of course, her older sister would naturally ask her with some surprise, "Where did you get the money to buy a computer?"

Her answer was: "Mingli gave it to me."

Then the older sister couldn't help but complain a little: "Although this kind of thing probably isn't much to her family, it's actually quite valuable, right? Buying you something like this so easily, doesn't she have some ulterior motive?"

Then she sighed, "Sigh, I wish I had a boyfriend who would share the burden of life with me."

Although I don't know what the connection is between her words and the rest of the text, never mind, it's not important.

In short, everything is now ready.

The computer, peripherals, and network are all set up.

However, she wasn't in a hurry to repay Kujo Akari's money because she was worried that if she repaid it too quickly, the other party would see through her way of making money and then worry about her.

She plans to pay the money back in one lump sum once she has a legitimate source of income on paper after some time.

Right now, she's decided to first make a name for herself through games.

I originally wanted to download the Korean server to play the game, since the Korean server is currently the most valuable server.

The problem now is that, firstly, she is no longer a professional player and cannot obtain a Korean server super account from the club that will not be banned.

Secondly, even if you want to buy a Korean account, it's too troublesome now. Not only is it very expensive, but it's also easy to get banned if the IP address is detected as not being from Korea.

Most professional clubs now need dedicated internet connections to play on the Korean server, which is definitely not possible for her, as she's at home alone.

So after thinking about it, she decided to play on the Chinese server instead.

Anyway, her primary goal is to become famous, and to become famous, she doesn't necessarily have to become famous in the Korean server.

Playing on the Chinese server is actually the same.

At least when she used to frequently browse Bilibili, she would see that all sorts of random heroes on Bilibili had a special player with exceptional skills.

These skilled players don't usually need to be in a very high rank; Diamond or Master is enough. All they need to do is be able to edit and share their understanding of a particular hero while editing.

Then, by naming their accounts something like "King Udyr," "King Annie," or "Invincible Sword Saint," they can often amass tens or even hundreds of thousands of followers.

As a professional player, Shimamura Yuna is actually quite arrogant. She has always looked down on those streamers who play low-level games every day, smurf, and call themselves expert players to gain traffic.

She felt that if these people could become famous through editing, then she could too.

With that in mind, she registered an account called "Ghost King Yuna".

The world's number one vampire has thus returned to the world.
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