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With such an outstanding performance in the final rounds, Li Fan's gains were also enormous.

First of all, in just a short time, the gifts received have already exceeded ten thousand yuan.

And it triggered the learning point reward once again.

The number of viewers in the live stream has reached 89,000.

This time, they're being very generous with the learning points, giving out 600 points right away. My balance is now quite ample, at 1750 points, so I don't have to worry about running out of learning points later.

You're guaranteed to get two four-star heroes.

Li Fan had already decided on his next target hero.

Naturally, it's Galio who was reworked in the playoff version.

Galio's stats are incredibly overpowered since his rework, and he still has a very high pick rate even after being nerfed all the way from the Mid-Season Invitational to the World Championship.

In particular, Faker shattered RNG's dream of winning the World Championship by playing Galio in five games in the semifinals.

This has also changed people's perceptions of the roles of some heroes.

Galio as a useless mid laner?
If you really think of him as a slacker, then you're stuck in that mindset. If you take it to the extreme, you'll become a giant reaching the summit.

In subsequent matches, Faker proved time and again that Galio was not a useless champion, but a carry capable of dominating the game.

This hero is of strategic importance to mid-lane players.

You must have complete control. If you have enough points to learn, you should be able to get four or five stars out of the top.

Because Galio really depends a lot on skill level and teammates, if your teammates aren't good enough, then you can only win by relying on skill level.

Li Fan then continued playing duos and squads with Pineapple.

I'd like to know how long she can hold out...

Because as you win more and more chicken dinners, your score will get higher and higher. If I remember correctly, in the last game I killed two people, one of whom was a professional player who would later be on the same team as Wei Shen.

However, he was too clumsy and got blinded by his own flashbang, which caught him off guard and led to the theft.

That makes sense, CS:GO is probably the only game that values ​​items a lot, but CS:GO professional players rarely switch to other games.

Therefore, players in PUBG don't actually value throwable items that much.

The appearance of a throwable flashbang in the final rounds could determine the outcome of the match, and the highlight moment was at the 2018 Australian Invitational.

Since that match ended...

Every team will carry one or two flashbangs in their squad.

Sometimes it really does have a remarkable effect.

As the intensity of the confrontation increased, the audience finally witnessed Li Fan being beaten and running away with his head in his hands.

The screen was flooded with "hahaha" comments.

Indeed, it's more interesting to see the streamer get beaten up than to see them go on a rampage.

"It's over! My legendary reputation as an innate FPS saint is going to be ruined by you today when I'm playing duo with you!"

"Stop barking! You really shouldn't bark!"

"Can you at least play a cool game? Don't die as soon as you land, don't get eliminated every time you land. I can take on four opponents every game, I am indeed better than them, but don't you understand the principle that two fists can't beat four hands?"

At this point, 80% of the viewers in the live stream were laughing non-stop.

The remaining 20% ​​are EDG fans...

Seeing their starting mid laner playing PUBG instead of training properly is definitely not something to laugh about.

It's really hard to say how long he can maintain this state.

There are no problems now, but I don't know what will happen in the future.

Another crucial point is that there are still stronger teams in Group B that haven't been played yet.

After GT and NB finish their matches, WE, QG, and VG are the remaining three teams.

VG, a team that assembles super teams every year, gets beaten the hardest every year.

Therefore, this team doesn't actually pose much of a threat.

Then the remaining teams, WE and QG, are very troublesome.

But then again, whether WE can compete for first place now depends on whether they lose a match in the later games.

You have to win even if you lose to have a chance to compete for first place.

No matter how you look at it, it's incredibly stressful...

In this situation, you're already the starting mid laner. Since your hand isn't injured, why not just focus on training?
Maintaining this excellent condition through high-intensity training.

Otherwise, if you lose your touch and can't replicate that performance in subsequent matches, wouldn't that be a huge problem?

EDG's next goal is to compete in the Mid-Season Invitational.

Winning a world championship will help boost morale.

Last year's performance at the World Championship was rather poor.

This year's World Championship is being held in China because we hope to lift the championship trophy on our home turf.

If there's a Mid-Season Invitational champion, it can boost the atmosphere and increase confidence.

Compared to other teams, people still feel that EDG has a better chance and is more trustworthy.

After all, at this stage, the puppy's popularity is still not as high as the factory manager's.

Besides winning the Mid-Season Invitational, another reason for his surge in popularity in S8 was that EDG suffered a huge loss of fans after being eliminated in the Round of 16 in S7, and Clearlove also had thoughts of retiring...

He didn't even play a single game in the playoffs, taking a full rest throughout the spring season.

Then, with the help of the "eternal god" and the online trolls, Uzi officially replaced Clearlove and became the new "god" of the LPL.

Of course, such a created god is still very different from the true god...

There was another person who felt the same way as EDG fans.

That's Coach Quickstar.

After all, after the NB game, he realized that he could take a completely different path.

There's no need to constantly think about losing...

After all, Li Fan was someone he had completely pushed into the starting position, so the better he performed, the better it would be for him.

Although she was anxious, she didn't say anything to Li Fan.

As long as their performance on the field hasn't caused any problems, they are trustworthy.

Quickstar glanced around the training room and noticed Scout frowning and glancing at the corner every now and then.

Xiba!

As a Korean, I know all too well what Scout is thinking!

Looking for trouble, huh?

This guy looks honest on the surface, but he's full of wicked schemes!

"Li Ruican, what are you daydreaming about, you little brat? You performed so badly in the game, and instead of training properly, do you want to be a substitute for life?"

Scout was stunned for a moment when Quickstar shouted that at him.

Then, quickly snapping out of his daze, he looked at the fierce-looking Xing and immediately lowered his head, repeatedly apologizing.

"Damn it! Give me five extra hours of training today!"

"Yes! Coach, you've worked hard."

Quick Star then left the training room. Since Li Fan wasn't training, Scout would have to train more, essentially making Li Fan train along with him.

At this moment, Li Fan glanced at Scout and thought how pitiful he was before he became famous.

Why do I get yelled at by the coach every day?
Could it be because of this incident that EDG changed coaches during the Summer Split?

They played better and better in the Summer Split... but their three picks of Lucian at the World Championship were a huge mistake.

To be honest, you could say that, apart from iboy, none of the other four members of EDG at the World Championship are human.

Li Fan didn't pay attention to them either.

After five consecutive duo matches in PUBG, Pineapple finally broke down.

He immediately left the team and said he wasn't going to play anymore.

With an average game time of three minutes... you're eliminated as soon as you land.

Then watch Li Fan's twenty-five-minute rampage.

This is definitely not going to hold up.

Li Fan was also quite exhausted from the ordeal.

Don't be fooled by the fact that I won two out of the next five games; the pressure was immense, and if I lost focus even slightly, I'd be instantly killed.

"Yeah, getting you to win is more tiring than playing in a competition. I really can't take it anymore. If you keep playing, I don't even want to play anymore."

It seems that Unreal's matches average 23 minutes in length and all end in one-sided victories.

That makes perfect sense; it feels like Unreal Engine is almost dead, completely drained by Pineapple.

Hehehe~ Let me explain in detail how to squeeze dry.

Li Fan stopped looking at the comments in the live stream, thanked everyone for the gifts, and then ended the live stream.

Anyway, these people in the live stream can chat even when the screen is black while they're not streaming themselves.

……

At the same time, TiMi Studio launched the "Linglang Tianshang" team.

At 11 p.m., the conference room was still brightly lit and filled with the aroma of coffee.

Their current meeting is about how to retain the few remaining players and bring back some veteran players in the face of such a fierce impact from PUBG.

As for new players, they no longer have any expectations.

The chances of someone who didn't finish playing it before still playing it now are very low.

QQ Speed ​​is a competitive game, but the experience for beginners is actually very poor.

If all you know are drifting, single-boost, and double-boost techniques, then you'll undoubtedly get crushed every single time.

A photo of Li Fan appeared in the center of the projection screen.

"A phenomenal streamer...Unreal, a professional League of Legends player."

"The number of viewers in the live stream has exceeded 90,000 today, and I am expected to become the first streamer on Huya to have more than 100,000 viewers, or even the first on the entire network."

Wu Wukai is indeed very popular on Douyu, but the actual number of online viewers has not exceeded 70,000 so far.

"Everyone has seen this data, right? With such an astonishing number of online viewers, the interaction rate with the audience is still maintained at 30%, which is almost four times that of industry streamers!"

"Old Li, you mean... to get Unreal Engine to help with promotion?"

“Yes, but also no!”

"It's not a simple promotion, but a challenge."

"But he's a professional League of Legends player..."

To have a League of Legends pro player organize a QQ Speed ​​challenge is, frankly, a rather outlandish idea. My first thought was that it was a bit impractical.

"Don't forget, he's a top 8 player in the SSC Spring Season and will be participating in the upcoming offline tournament. As a QQ Speed ​​racer, it's not unreasonable for him to help the official team with an event, right?"

"Not only is his technique superb, but his method of explaining while drifting is also very engaging. The audience is not passively watching, but learning. Moreover, he also has instructional videos on short video platforms, which are the most suitable among all professional players, and the audience is most likely to accept his techniques."

Zhang Wei, who was in charge of operations, provided the data immediately.

"The Unreal super drift tutorial is currently the most popular in the racing game tutorial section. All players are learning it on their own because it does look really cool, but the success rate is still relatively low."

The meeting room fell silent for a few seconds, as if everyone had realized something at the same time.

Li Fan enjoys such high recognition in the racing community.

Then what Team Leader Li said was not a fantasy.

If they could really collaborate with Unreal Engine, the racing game might actually be able to recover.

Although I stream QQ Speed ​​every day, that time is simply not enough.

It needs to be extended by at least an hour.

When the planning department presented the cooperation plan he had come up with.

Team Leader Li shook his head: "If it's only for an hour, I'm telling you it won't be effective. Actually, I already had this idea when I proposed this plan."

"Unreal's most famous map... Springtime New Dreams. Let him run a game and then everyone can challenge his shadow code. The condition is that you must live stream the challenge, and then send us the video of the successful challenge for verification. Successful challengers can get a prize and cosmetic items."

"This is great! Team leader, this is great!" Zhao Ming, who was in charge of brand cooperation, almost jumped up from his chair.

Data analyst Xiao Chen quickly typed on his laptop: "Based on current popularity predictions, if it launches this week, it could bring a 15%-20% increase in daily active users. In the long run, if we can retain 30% of these new users..."

It even has a hint of getting something for nothing.

Because if we just look at this picture alone, I doubt anyone is faster than him.

Even if there are one or two, the bonus won't be much.

When this challenge comes out, there are always people who want to try it, but the condition is that you must stream it live. So during this event, the number of QQ Speed ​​streamers may even increase.

So the game's influence spread.

In this case, the least amount of money was spent, yet the best advertising effect was achieved.

However, this is contingent on... Unreal Engine's cooperation.

If we don't cooperate, then all of this is just wishful thinking.

"Alright, considering everyone's opinions," Li Chao concluded, "we will collaborate with Unreal to launch a Challenge Unreal online tournament. Zhao Ming will be in charge of contacting the EDG club tomorrow to discuss the collaboration, and we will spare no effort to secure this partnership!"

"Yes, Team Leader Li!" The man named Zhao Ming stood up from his seat.

In fact, this was a very crucial moment for their Linglang Tianshang team.

If they can't reverse the current trend of QQ Speed, and TiMi Studios inserts someone else, then their team might really disappear completely.

If we can endure this now, there may still be a chance to turn things around later.

That's right, the competition within Tencent is also very fierce.

If the established goals are not achieved, it is easy to be swallowed up by other studios.

This is the situation in the Heavenly Realm...

It has become a group within TiMi Studio.

The next morning, Abu sat in his office in a very good mood, scrolling through Weibo on his phone.

This is what he loves to do most, coming from ancient times.

Let's see what's interesting and fun in the esports section.

I laughed when I discovered that the Seven Deadly Sins of Statelessness was still trending on Weibo.

It has to be said that Unreal's little fanboy is really amazing; he can even list the seven deadly sins and make a video about them.

Just then, the office phone rang.

"Hello, this is EDG Club."

Abu's expression grew increasingly strange as he listened to the phone call.

"You mean...you're planning to invite Unreal, a professional player from our League of Legends division, to do an event with your QQ Speed ​​game?"

Do you want to hear what you're saying?

(End of this chapter)