I'm a platinum-level author, so what if I play professionally?

Chapter 135 The strategist enters the game himself, winning half a move against fate.

The news that Snake Esports defeated G2 3-0 to advance to the Mid-Season Invitational quickly dominated the headlines of major League of Legends-related portals.

However, at the same time, the internal conflict within the Snake Team and the falling out between the Black and White Duo became the focus of discussion among netizens.

It's important to know that the Mid-Season Invitational has a very tight schedule.

The semifinals just ended today, and the finals will begin tomorrow!

At this crucial moment, news broke of internal discord within the Snake team, making it hard to believe that they could resolve the conflict so quickly in just one night.

What's more, Snake Esports' opponent in the finals is SKT!

After several seasons of setbacks, LPL viewers are now deeply mired in a fear of Korea.

SKT, a team that won the S3, S5 and S6 championships, crushes any other team in the history of League of Legends competitions with its three championships.

SKT's core player, Lee Sang-hyeok, is a three-time world champion and undoubtedly the number one player in League of Legends.

After SKT won their third World Championship title at last year's World Championship, it can be said that LPL...

The audience was plunged into utter despair.

In 2017, the previous year's champion team continued to demonstrate their dominant strength.

After dominating the LCK Spring Split, SKT performed even more brilliantly on the global stage of MSI, advancing to the finals with a perfect 13-0 record, as if telling the world that they are still the invincible SKT!

In comparison, Snake Esports, as an LPL team, is clearly no match for the dazzling SKT.

Although they also performed brilliantly in the LPL, staging a miracle of turning their fortunes around from the relegation zone to win the championship, compared to SKT, this "dark horse" clearly lacks SKT's foundation.

Furthermore, in the MSI tournament, Snake Esports' competitiveness seemed unable to compare with SKT, only qualifying as the third-place team in their group, and even being defeated twice by SKT in the group stage.

Although the Snake team did not field their two core players, Black and White, it was widely believed that even if they had, they would not have been able to change the outcome of their defeat.

In this semi-final, the Snake team's performance was also far from perfect.

Although G2 dominated in the first and second games, the third game was a hard-fought battle that lasted nearly sixty minutes before a winner was decided.

Furthermore, news of internal discord within the team surfaced after the match.

Before the match between SKT and Snake Esports even started, LPL viewers were already starting to despair.

For LPL viewers, what they want to know most right now is what kind of internal strife has occurred within Snake Esports, whether it can be resolved before tomorrow's finals, and whether it can give LPL some hope.

Amidst this wave of public opinion, a scene that caught everyone completely off guard unfolded.

Snake's team voice chat has been leaked from who knows how!

Even the netizens who were clamoring for Snake Esports to release their team voice chat were completely bewildered.

After all, for things like this, outsiders usually just watch the spectacle and don't really have much hope.

As a result, the Snake team's in-game voice chat was exposed to the public in this blatant way.

And it was released so quickly, less than three hours after the match ended!

And the content of this audio message, released by someone claiming to be an insider, is even more explosive!

The content was released completely uncut; all the conversations between the five Snake players during the entire 60-minute match were shown!

The exchange between Song Wen and Wang Ke completely ignited public opinion!

[Me! We actually had a fight!]

These two have such sharp tongues!

[This is hilarious! They're even quoting the Bible when they're arguing?]

Uzbekistan: I haven't provoked anyone.

If he were to create original content, it would feel like it could be considered the Bible.

[Haha, giving SofM a strong jungler every game, is he really that much better than the enemy? This is hilarious.]

Wow, those two are really going for it.

[After listening, it's clear the blame was borne by the innocent; they should quickly kowtow to the guilty party.]

[Sima Bai, this is such a terrible draft pick, and he's still trying to deny it?]

[Sent! The team's strategist and core player are arguing like this, how are they going to beat SKT tomorrow?]

[I felt like the odds were normally 30-70, but now it's practically 0-10.]

Damn it, I don't even want to watch tomorrow's match; I'll just get thrashed anyway.

As everyone knows, LCK teams in best-of-five and best-of-one matches are completely different teams. Snake Esports couldn't even beat them in the group stage, let alone the finals.

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Looking at the online comments, Wang Ke frowned and said to Zhu Kai, "You're pretty efficient, but didn't I tell you to edit it? Damn it, you didn't cut a single line, and now everyone outside is cursing me."

Zhu Kai looked bewildered upon hearing Wang Ke's words.

"What do you mean, 'quite fast'?"

Song Wen was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "You didn't release the voice message online?"

"No," Zhu Kai shook his head, "I was just ordering takeout for you guys! And didn't Brother Wang say he needed to cut it a little? It can't be that quick."

Wang Ke and Song Wen exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh.

"That's really interesting."

If this 60-minute high-definition video of Wu Ma hurling insults at each other wasn't released by them, then who released it?

That's really hard to guess.

Seeing that the online opinions were almost unanimously criticizing Wang Ke, Song Wen couldn't help but say, "Brother, you're really having a tough time."

Wang Ke said dismissively, "Let it be."

"You're in such a good mood now?" Song Wen seemed a little surprised. After seeing Zhu Kai leave, he continued, "Didn't a reader criticize you before, and you cried all night hugging your pillow? I ordered a peach wood sword online that very night, intending to ward off evil spirits for you."

"That's different. Can readers and netizens be lumped together?" Wang Ke said, pulling out his phone as he spoke. "When I was writing novels, I was an electronic cricket, but now they are the electronic crickets."

After saying that, Wang Ke posted a status update on Weibo.

【Those who are clear will be clean themselves. 】

Shortly after Wang Ke posted his update, Song Wen also updated his Weibo.

[I'm in a real hurry!]

The moment the two posted on Weibo, netizens were in an even bigger uproar.

The news of the split between the mid and support players of the Snake team spread throughout the Chinese internet almost overnight.

After all, with the MSI finals about to begin, news related to League of Legends is already generating a lot of buzz.

What's more, it's the black and white that have always been linked together.

It's worth noting that when the Snake team won the championship, many media outlets used the two of them to hype up the topic of "brotherhood alliance." However, now that they are embroiled in a media storm, these same media outlets are showing no mercy in criticizing them, as if they weren't the ones who previously praised the brotherhood alliance.

Netizens were outraged, believing that Snake Esports' actions just before the MSI finals were a disgrace to the team, bringing shame upon them internationally.

In most people's eyes, Snake Esports, which was never a match for SKT, is now facing internal strife, making their chances of winning virtually zero.

When the reputation of the Snake team begins to change, the winds of change will also shift.

Previously, Snake Esports' refusal to lift the trophy when they won the LPL championship was praised by netizens and even the media at the time, but now it has been seen as arrogance and lack of manners.

Song Wen's various scandals during his live broadcasts, as well as his remarks during interviews, have been dug up and reinterpreted in various ways.

In an instant, the fans of the three major brands, who had been suppressed and dared not utter a word, sprang up again like mushrooms after rain.

Honestly, sending Snake Esports to MSI would be worse than sending WE; at least everyone there is friendly and there won't be any arguments.

[I laughed. They might as well send RNG. Xiaohu and Faker are at least 40-60 matchup, if not 50-50, but Uzi will definitely dominate Bang in the bot lane.]

[Hahaha, what the hell, that puppy hit a bang and got a sure bet.]

Does "being completely outclassed by Jhin" mean getting utterly crushed by Ezreal, or getting utterly crushed by Jhin while playing Ezreal?

[If you don't understand, why is "bang" called "dog-beating stick"?]

[I know that; the nickname also appears in the novel about the Six-Crown King.]

[Dogza is unbeatable! Only six months have passed, and they're already writing history. If it weren't for the record of six championships, I would have been completely fooled.]

[With Peanut in such hot form, which team can withstand him without Clearlove?]

[Haha, forget about State Grid fans. Without the Fat General and the pilot, State Grid is just a nobody now.]

The only reason Guodian fans can speak up is because they didn't even get to see SKT last year.

[It's better than the Snake Team, right? If you want to see a fight to the death, then leave tonight.]

The audio recordings of the infighting within the Snake team were quickly circulated on the external internet the following morning.

This immediately caused a huge uproar.

South Korean netizens, in particular, were utterly excited after seeing Snake Esports' internal tactical adjustments.

With SKT winning their third title in team history at the S6 World Championship, the team has gained unparalleled popularity in South Korea.

The Mid-Season Invitational itself has a very high level of attention, and now that SKT has once again entered the MSI finals, there is naturally a lot of attention in Korea for their opponent in the finals, Snake Esports.

At first, South Korean netizens were somewhat worried after seeing Snake Esports' track record.

They made a strong comeback in the Spring Split to win the championship. Although their performance in the MSI group stage was not good, with the help of key players Black and White...

When the Snake team was in full force, they crushed G2 in two games in the semifinals, showing Korean netizens that the Snake team had considerable strength.

Even though there were some unexpected events in the third game, overall, the Koreans still believe that Snake Esports has the strength to compete with SKT.

But to the Koreans' utter surprise, on the very day the finals were about to begin, the Snake team would present them with such a huge gift.

There's infighting among the players, and it involves two of the most crucial players on the Snake team, Black and White!

South Korean netizens were overjoyed.

Haha, I feel like the championship is already in the bag.

[Having already achieved a grand slam by winning both the MSI and World Championships last year, I feel like I can do it again this year.]

SKT is in excellent form; their win rate seems to be around 90%.

The LPL teams are terrible; they offer absolutely no challenge.

Congratulations to SKT!

Even without the argument, SKT seems like a sure win. Snake relies entirely on Black in the mid lane to carry, but against Lee Sang-hyeok, Black isn't up to the task.

SKT should just sweep them 3-0!

Amidst the various controversies, SKT held a pre-match press conference at 12:00 PM Beijing time.

When interviewed by reporters, the SKT players and coaches naturally expressed their full confidence in the finals.

When answering questions, Koko said, "Snake likes to come up with some strange strategies. But in my opinion, only truly solid strength and a solid system are the keys to ensuring the team wins."

Huni's answer was very confident: "I haven't paid much attention to Snake's top laner. He's the kind of player I see all the time. I'll crush him in the top lane."

Wolf wasn't as direct as Huni, but his answer was still subtly pointed.

"We did study Snake's bot lane carefully, and White's shot-calling ability caught my attention."

But in a laning phase, I feel our bot lane is much better than theirs.

Peanut also expressed his opinion on the "saucy fans".

"SofM used to really like invading the opponent's jungle, and I feel like his playstyle is quite similar to mine. But now he seems to listen to commands more, but sometimes jungling still requires some creative thinking."

Lee Sang-hyeok was even more confident when answering questions about his score prediction.

"It's 3-0, or at most 3-1. I feel our team is stronger than theirs."

The release of SKT's interview undoubtedly gave Korean netizens a shot in the arm, while Chinese netizens, upon seeing it, were filled with lamentations. After all, SKT seemed far too confident, and they certainly had the right to be.

As a result, netizens began to eagerly anticipate the Snake Esports team's press conference.

However, after waiting and waiting, netizens were greatly disappointed when the Snake team held their press conference.

When interviewed by the media, the Snake team members appeared extremely low-key, only vaguely saying things like "we will work hard" and other meaningless platitudes.

Black, who was expected to deliver some witty remarks, simply did not attend the press conference.

Therefore, all the blame was directed at Wang Ke.

"Are the rumors circulating online about a rift between you and player Black true?"

"Rumors, all rumors."

How's the team atmosphere right now?

"very good."

"For tonight's final match, what do you think the score will be? Will Snake win?"

"We will definitely do our best."

Why didn't Black attend today's press conference?

"Personal privacy, no comment."

When the interview video of the Snake team was released, netizens were completely in an uproar.

Wang Ke's overly official response has sparked strong dissatisfaction among netizens.

This seems to further confirm the suspicion that the Snake team is currently facing huge internal conflicts.

7 PM.

There is only one hour left before the final match begins.

Looking at the online comments, Song Wen couldn't help but ask, "Brother Wang, is this really necessary?"

Wang Ke is now being vilified online, with some even claiming that Song Wen's absence from the press conference was due to Wang Ke using his position within the team to cover it up, suggesting a falling out between the team members and a plan to blacklist and sideline Song Wen.

Upon hearing Song Wen's words, Wang Ke said, "Compared to a team, most people actually prefer individual heroism because the feeling of being a lone hero allows them to better empathize with the character and feel more connected to the individual."

"In the war of public opinion, the simplest and most effective method is to compare and criticize. When one side is criticized, the other side will be praised. This is a principle that I was taught by the fans of the three major brands."

Wang Ke bit off the chocolate bar, making a crisp sound.

"Those idiots want to create gods, first the factory, then the dog. But do they deserve it? They don't! If they can create gods, then we can too. We'll just take advantage of this MSI opportunity..."

"Song Wen, I'm going to elevate you to a godlike status!"

Wang Ke stood with his back to Song Wen for a long time without hearing Song Wen speak. He turned around and said, "What's wrong? Are you choked up with emotion? This is nothing. Consider it my redemption for killing you with a dump truck back then. Have you ever heard the saying, 'A strategist enters the game with his own body and wins half a move against fate'? That's exactly what I, Wang Ke, am like."

Wang Ke had a confident smile on his face, but when he turned around, he saw Song Wen playing on his phone.

What are you doing?

"Online shopping."

"What should I buy?"

"Buy some sanitary napkins to cover up your B smell."

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