Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

The clock hands clicked, pointing to exactly three o'clock in the afternoon.

YY Live, the dedicated channel for professional League of Legends esports events.

The live stream room, which was completely dark just a second ago, was suddenly torn apart by a beam of light.

The spotlight in the center of the stage suddenly turned on, and then the light pillars in all directions also woke up. Waves of blue and purple light surged out from the center of the stage and instantly engulfed the entire venue.

Boom!dong dong!

The drums exploded, starting with a dull thud, like someone pounding on your chest. The rhythm gradually quickened and intensified, finally transforming into a metallic electronic sound that could blow your scalp off.

The blue-purple lights danced wildly to the beat of the drums, turning the faces of every audience member in the audience purple-blue.

About thirty seconds later, all the lights suddenly converged and shone directly onto the large screen in the center.

On the right, a list titled "Player MVP Ranking" slowly unfolds.

The first column on the left shows the ranking, followed by the player's name and ID, and finally the MVP value for the team and the player.

The top three spots on the list were clearly occupied by three names with the same prefix.

No.1 Name: Lin Shu ID: Emperor Team: HWG MVP Value: -1709!

No.2 Name: Li Nan ID: LN Team: HWG MVP Value -872!

NO.3 Name: Zhang Hai ID: tale Team: HWG MVP Value: -779!

……

Yes, in the promotion match statistics, the top three spots were firmly held by HWG's top, mid, and jungle players.

Even after excluding IG's top laner who ranked fourth, the fifth and sixth spots once again fell to HWG's bot lane duo.

【! ! ! 】

[Terrifying numbers!]

[I'm still crying from fright! Director, what are you trying to do? I...I'm not afraid of Emperor in Summoner's Rift right now.]

How did E-God manage to rack up such stats? Even PDD, who's fourth, can't match a fraction of his numbers?

Why isn't there any data for WE...?

[Are you kidding me? WE didn't even participate in the qualifiers, so where did they get their data?]

There were so many WE fans at the event; it was all red as far as the eye could see.

[You've witnessed the incredible organization of WE fans, haven't you? If we hadn't been giving Emperor face, we guarantee he wouldn't have had a single fan at the event.]

[666, off-field threats are coming.]

[You're making it sound like just because you guys swept the field, WE could beat HWG.]

WE will win!

Stop with the talk, the competition is about to begin. We'll see what it's really like once we put it to the test.

Just as the comments were scrolling by, the background music was deliberately turned down, and the commentator's voice was heard in the live stream.

"Alright, everyone, welcome to the main match of the 2013 Heroes Pro League Spring Season."

A strong, resonant male voice rang out, "I'm commentator Miller!"

"I'm commentator Su Xiaoyan!"

Beside Miller, Su Xiaoyan smiled slightly.

Because of his personal relationship with Smile, the official team specially invited him to the commentary booth for the opening match.

"So what we are presenting to you now is the performance data of the various LPL teams in the promotion matches over the past week."

"We can see that the top three positions are firmly occupied by HWG's top, mid, and jungle players. Among them, Emperor's individual MVP value has also reached an extremely high number, with a commanding lead of 1709."

"The performances of the other members of the team were equally impressive."

"Yes, throughout the entire qualifying rounds, all HWG members performed exceptionally well and achieved an incredible record."

In fact, the lavish opening ceremonies that audiences are now accustomed to in this era did not exist.

Due to a shortage of funds, the league is still in the exploratory stage of operation.

The camera just stared straight at the two commentators, giving a dry summary of the previous match, and that was it.

Even the players from both teams had already been seated in their battle seats on the stage, quietly waiting for the match to begin.

After introducing the qualifying match data, the camera shifted from the two commentators to the players' seats.

"Alright, first we see the champions of our LPL region, WE, who just won the world championship, and on the far right is our top laner, Strawberry!"

"As you can see, after a period of Rank training, our Strawberry's Rank score has reached a terrifying number of nearly 2,300 or 2,400."

As usual, it was time for the pre-match player introductions. WE introduced their players one by one, from right to left. As of now, the player with the highest Rank on the team is jungler Mingkai – 2670!

As soon as the score was displayed, the WE fans in the audience immediately let out a roar.

However, before the fans could even celebrate for two seconds, a set of data that followed was somewhat unexpected by the audience.

"Mid laner Misaya, our Wind team... well, his current Rank is stuck at 2290."

Miller paused noticeably, and a somewhat unnatural smile appeared on his lips.

Yes, the player with the lowest WERank score isn't the support player Juanmao, but rather the mid-laner Ruofeng who consistently carries the team.

To be honest, when WE was introduced first, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, no matter how strong HWG is, or how crazy Emperor's fans are, what matters in professional esports is honor and seniority—with WE's world championship title on the table, HWG should be the one to step up as the "challenger" first.

For the opening match, we'll introduce the away team first, followed by the home team's grand finale appearance—that's the rule.

But when the players' Rank data was actually displayed on the big screen, Miller instantly snapped out of his daze.

He understood why the official team put WE first in their introduction.

Thank goodness WE was mentioned first!

If it were done the other way around—first revealing the Rank scores of the HWG players, dropping them one by one to 2700, 2800, or even 3000, making the audience dizzy, and then slowly announcing the numbers of WE's 2300, 2400, or 2290… that scene would be too beautiful for him to bear.

The live stream would probably be flooded with comments like "Is this all the world champions are?" until the chat crashes.

Miller sighed inwardly, but still had to put on a professional smile. His mind was in turmoil: Something's not right. How come out of the champion team, only Mingkai scored 2,600 points?

What about the rest?

Even the team's core player, WeiXiao, only has a little over 2,400?

What have you all been up to all this time?

If he remembered correctly, in last week's qualifying matches, the lowest scorer on HWG's side was over 2,500...

In fact, right after Miller finished introducing mid-laner Ruofeng's rank score, the WE fans in the audience and the live stream chat went wild.

【…】

Why are all of WE's loyal subjects silent?

[Oh, are you a little disappointed with WE's rank score? Tsk tsk tsk, is this all the champion team has?]

[An 800+ point difference in the mid lane... well, you know what I mean, the scene was just too beautiful.]

[What's with all the whining? Didn't you guys say the real test would be on the field? What good are rank points? Only winning the match counts.]

[Oh dear, he's getting anxious, he's getting anxious!]

Leaving aside the current media storm, Su Xiaoyan, who is publicly known as a "WE family member," is the person responsible for introducing HWG to her side.

"Top laner Tae, Rank: 2704!"

"Jungler LN, Rank: 2711!"

"SMLZ in the bot lane, ranked 2699!"

"Support player BSYY, Rank: 2688!"

"Mid laner Emperor, Rank: 3116!"

"..."