LOL: Reborn in Season 3, Taming Lee Sang-hyeok

In the blink of an eye, another half month has passed.

February 18th, Lunar New Year's Eve.

International student Ma Yingdong bought a plane ticket to return to China early on. The base was missing a crucial chef, and several teammates also went home to celebrate the holiday with their families.

This world of Korea is basically the same as the previous one. Influenced by ancient Chinese culture, it also regards Lunar New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival as major national celebrations.

Li Zhixing didn't move, instead playing solo queue at the base.

Unexpectedly, Li Qiming returned on New Year's Eve, carrying large bags of gifts to the base.

Of course, he inevitably suffered a barrage of sarcastic remarks from Li Zhixing.

Li Zhixing stared at the game screen without turning his head: "Oh, you're back? I thought you went back to China alone to visit relatives for the New Year."

"Forehead......"

Listening to the sarcastic remarks, Li Qiming couldn't help but sigh that Li Zhixing's words were becoming increasingly venomous.

However, knowing he was in the wrong, he couldn't refute it. He just smiled and put the gift on the ground, then found a place to sit down and started dealing with work matters again.

The two did not exchange any further words, and only Li Qiming's phone rang in the vast base.

After finishing his call, Li Qiming walked over to Li Zhixing's side, looked at his son who was constantly typing on the keyboard, and said, "Recently, the online store's sales seem to be less than ideal?"

Li Qiming had been tracking Li Zhixing's online store data, since he had sent people to help with many aspects of Li Zhixing's online store.

"That's normal, there aren't any matches lately." Li Zhixing was busy operating the system without turning his head. "We'll just have to wait until the matches start in March."

On the screen, he controlled Talon's "Throat Slash" and got close to the enemy's mid-lane, taking advantage of the one-second silence to unleash a full combo of AWRQ, instantly depleting the enemy's health bar!

At this moment, it is clear that the opponent's mid laner's ID is none other than RISE Faker, who was the number one player in the entire server at the time.

Li Qiming, though puzzled, asked, "Are you very confident about the competition?"

"certainly."

"Okay, not bad..."

The brief exchange ended there, and the base fell silent again, with only the clatter of Li Zhixing's keyboard.

Feeling that the base was too quiet, Li Qiming simply turned on a computer and played the Spring Festival Gala as background music.

At this moment, on the Spring Festival Gala stage, Li Jian and Sun Li are singing "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves".

The melodious music echoed in the house, but the two remained awkwardly separated.

Just then, I heard the sound of a door opening.

Li Qiming was somewhat surprised.

On New Year's Eve, people are still coming to visit?

Turning around, I saw that three people had already entered the training room.

The leader was Kim Hyuk-kyu, followed by two other people.

If I remember correctly, the two people behind me should be named Zhao Shiheng and Li Hengshuo; they are teammates.

"Ah, Uncle Qiming!" Kim Hyuk-kyu was a little surprised, then greeted him with a smile, "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Hee-kyu." Li Qiming smiled and stepped aside. "What brings you all here?"

"We heard that Brother Zhixing was spending the Lunar New Year alone at home, so we came here."

Hearing this, Li Qiming felt even more guilty.

The three of them didn't exchange many words with Li Qiming, only wishing each other a Happy New Year before coming up behind Li Zhixing.

At this moment, Li Zhixing is in the middle of a team fight.

Talon activated Youmuu's Ghostblade, flanked and perfectly engaged, his EWR instantly killing the AD carry while unleashing an explosive AOE attack, directly sealing the victory in the team fight.

After being wiped out, the opposing team finally gave up all hope and surrendered with five votes.

At this moment, Li Zhixing turned around and smiled at his three teammates.

Kim Hyuk-kyu explained with a smile, "I messaged Sang-hyeok, but he hasn't replied yet. I don't know if he'll come."

Li Zhixing didn't rush to get up, but instead opened the leaderboard and took a look.

After this match, the Korean server rankings have finally changed.

1:RISE Neo 137 games, 588 LP

2: RISE Faker 211 games, 581 LP.

Looking at the rankings in front of him, Kim Hyuk-kyu couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement: "As expected of Zhi-xing hyung, he's number one again."

"Did hyung steal Sang-hyeok's points again? And even took first place from him?"

Mata adjusted her glasses and chuckled, "Looks like he's not coming."

Sang-hyeok is notoriously petty!

Li Zhixing glanced at his friends list and saw that RISE Faker, who had just been facing him, had already logged off.

Li Zhixing smiled and said, "He will come."

Seeing the harmonious scene before him, Li Qiming finally felt relieved.

He was clearly not a good enough father, leaving Lee Ji-haeng alone in Seoul without any care, which was tantamount to letting him grow up without any support.

Fortunately, Li Zhixing was capable enough to find a way to improve himself, even when he was alone in a foreign country, and he made steady progress.

Without much thought, Li Qiming went upstairs alone, leaving the space to the teenagers.

Not long after, footsteps sounded again.

Young Lee Sang-hyeok walked into the base wearing a down jacket, his face flushed, whether from the cold or anger, it was hard to tell.

"You're here, Sang-hyeok," Lee Ji-haeng greeted with a smile. "Happy New Year!"

Lee Sang-hyeok replied with a dark expression, "Happy New Year," and then sat down in front of his computer.

Rank up!

......

For these e-sports enthusiasts at RISE, the Spring Festival is simply a matter of going home for a New Year's Eve dinner.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone was back in full swing, grinding for points.

After dominating the top five, their opponents were no longer the other players on the leaderboard, but their own four teammates!

Therefore, instead of duo queuing, everyone played solo queue to climb the ranks.

Even so, they didn't give other teams a chance to steal their rankings. The five players firmly held onto their top-five positions and kept their scores rising.

But no matter how the players competed, and no matter how the rankings of 3rd to 5th changed, the first place, Lee Ji-hyeong, and the second place, Lee Sang-hyeok, remained unchanged.

Soon, February passed and March 8th arrived.

Spring Split countdown: one week.

The OGN official website has been updated with several announcements, providing the schedule for the Spring Season and a preview of future developments.

Li Zhixing was more concerned with the latter.

The official announcement has been made that OGN will expand its team lineup in the upcoming summer season, increasing the total number of teams from twelve to sixteen.

To accommodate the expansion, the corresponding NLB league will also undergo changes, with the number of qualifying spots increasing from four to eight.

The advancement rate is higher, and the elimination rate is lower.

From a commercial perspective, this approach is indeed correct.

A league with an excessively high elimination rate is not good for commercial development. An excessively high risk of relegation will make investors lack confidence, fearing that the teams they have invested in will be relegated in two months and they will lose all their money.

With the league expanding, the risk of relegation has been greatly reduced, and OGN's commercial potential will also take off.

Simply put, RISE is about to become valuable!

Of course, this is an issue that Li Zhixing, as the team owner, needs to pay attention to.

If you are a player or a spectator, you should pay attention to another announcement – ​​the schedule for the 2013 OGN Spring Regular Season.

OGN is not very large at present, and its format is simple.

In short, each team will play one best-of-three (BO3) match against each of the other eleven teams, and then the regular season will end.

After the tournament, the top eight teams will advance to the knockout stage, while the bottom four teams will be relegated to the NLB knockout stage.

Whether it was a coincidence or intentional on the part of OGN officials remains to be seen.

RISE's first opponent in the Spring Regular Season is the first OGN champion—

CJ Frost.