You actually want me to...

"Since his debut, there is a path that every professional player must take, but he seems to have never experienced it yet. Whether that action is a positive benefit or a negative impact, we may have to wait until the day the finals begin to find out."

"Let's leave everything to fate."

Sublimation: Chapter Sixty: You guys actually want me to have sex?

The S10 World Championship finals will be held at the SAIC Pudong Football Stadium in Shanghai, covering a total area of ​​approximately 100842.0 square meters, with a total building area of ​​approximately 139823 square meters and a total building height of approximately 41.80 meters. It is scheduled for completion in mid-September 20. For this relatively new venue, the S10 World Championship finals will be its first major event, with approximately 6000 lucky players participating through a draw.

Naturally, the entire TES team changed hotels these past few days and continued to train hard, gradually adjusting their condition to its best.

DWG's strength is evident to the naked eye.

However, TES's actual strength has never been revealed to the public, leaving LPL viewers confused about whether their team or DWG is stronger. As the match date approaches, the tension only intensifies.

Of course, although there was a sense of tension, it wasn't actually that exaggerated. At this moment, in the TES hotel room, Roland was still trying to trip up the DWG coaching staff through ranked games.

He uses all sorts of random heroes as support, aiming for a playstyle that's completely incomprehensible. Of course... due to his absurd hero choices, his win rate is indeed not very good.

"Holy crap... Daddy, save me! My invisibility is about to disappear!"

"Here it comes, what are you afraid of? Jhin can't kill you while he's reloading."

"I know, but I'm changing mine too."

"You're changing too? What are you changing?"

"Of course, you should change your pants, silly boy."

If this were a normal AD carry, he would have been eliminated if he had been hit by a bullet in this wave. Since White Crescent had given him permission to play randomly in ranked games, he naturally wanted to try his best to make his performance look better.

That's right, the support role is a bit different from the other roles.

Players in other positions spend a significant amount of time practicing last-hitting and speed-farming jungle camps, but supports don't. Supports need to focus on identifying the opponent's weaknesses and deepening their overall game understanding. Compared to meaningless ranked games, watching a couple of replays is more beneficial for a support's growth.

Of course, ranked games and scrims still had to be played, since game feel is very important. The group in the room didn't stop their training until 3 a.m., with only one day of rest left before the S10 finals.

"Actually, sometimes I still don't get used to it. It's like I'm playing and suddenly I've made it to the finals, but I don't really feel anything special about it." Roland said, slumping in his gaming chair, feeling his hands were a little numb and sweaty.

"It's all the same, everyone's first time playing in the World Championship."

Upon hearing this, Flandre's face was filled with emotion.

Of course, unlike newcomers like Roland, he is a seasoned veteran of the league, so his perspective on the issues is naturally different.

“That’s you guys, this is my third time.”

"Shut up if you've won a championship once and reached the semi-finals once. If you keep talking, we'll give you a runner-up this year and a quarter-finals next year, making you achieve a reverse perfect."

"cut."

Casa pulled out five bottles of "fat otaku water" from the refrigerator and poured them out. Although the style was a bit different, this was the only thing they could drink, along with boiled water.

"Are you confident?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Roland asked leisurely, squinting his eyes as he took a swig of soda.

"Of course it's the truth."

"To be honest, the coach is at a huge disadvantage, the top lane is in a weak position, the jungler is not keeping up with the meta, the mid laner is trading blows, and the bot lane is unknown."

"What about empty words?"

"The unrealistic thing is that if we all suddenly unleash our full potential and return to our peak tomorrow, then let alone DWG, even peak SKT would be utterly crushed by us. How about that? Pretty awesome, right?" After saying that, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Yes.

From a purely rational perspective, TES does not currently have the advantage in terms of individual skill compared to DWG, who suddenly rose to prominence in the second half of this year.

DWG had three strengths during this period:

One is Niu Guli, whose top lane skills are at their peak; another is Rongguang, the rising star in the mid lane; and the third is the engine of their entire team, Canyon and BeryL, who are responsible for activating the team's rhythm through jungle and support synergy.

As for AD Ghost King, he is the weakest player on the team.

But ironically, this only weakness isn't a weakness if he doesn't get carried away, doesn't cause trouble, and plays his game wisely. It might even become a trap that DWG deliberately sets up for other teams to see.

This is DWG in S10.

Powerful, bloody, possessing both frenzied fighting ability and cunning, ruthless management skills.

Those who are on the same team know their own situation. If TES wants to win against DWG, their bot lane must step up. However, that's where the shame lies.

Despite having the lowest-paid rookie contract in the team, Roland suddenly became the team's savior. If he could step up and suppress Genshin Impact, then Karsa, with the advantage of the bottom lane, would have a million ways to deal with Canyon.

At this moment, countless eyes were focused on Roland, making him feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Why are you all staring at me? Here, have a Coke."

"Isn't this all in the hope that you'll unleash your full potential first?"

"That's going too far! When I joined TES, you guys were all so confident that you'd carry me to victory. Now that we've finally made it to the finals, you guys actually want me to carry?"

"My lord, times have changed."

Looking at his teammates in the room, one by one, who had changed their faces, Roland was both amused and exasperated. He had originally joined the game hoping to ride on someone else's coattails, but now even playing a support role could influence the course of the game. It would be a real shame not to give him a raise after the game.

It was at this time that a video of trash talk between the two sides before the finals finally started to surface. As the last spark before the finals, Riot Games would naturally treat it with caution.

In just one night, the video's popularity has already approached 800 million views.

It was the same familiar scene, and it was still Rongguang with his stiff face. Before the final match between DWG and TES, DWG's mid laner ShowMaker made the following declaration:

"That year's finals were SSG vs. SKT, with a final score of 3-0. I saw Faker slumped in his chair, sobbing uncontrollably, a scene I'll never forget. At that moment, I thought, if I could become a professional player, I would win everything. Now the trophy is right in front of me, and I have to consider whether this might be my only chance in this lifetime. I believe that Faker deserves a lot of credit for LCK's past dominance. It is our duty to rebuild LCK's glory!"

only...

This time, the style of LPL's live chat was slightly different.

[Cat King: ? ? ? ]

To be honest, this passage sounds pretty inspiring when paired with the visuals, but why does it feel like I've heard it somewhere before?

[Case solved! There was a clip like this in the group's vlog when Banhuang debuted.]

[Holy crap! A prophet!?]

Seeing that serious face on the screen, LPL viewers were thrown into chaos for a moment, even ignoring the TES player's words in the second half.

So, the next day at noon, the day before the final.

He discovered he's become popular again?

Sublimation: Chapter Sixty-One: The Most Precious Treasure

On October 31, 2020, the League of Legends S10 World Championship will be held here. At this moment, lucky players from all over the country will gather here, along with the resentment of countless esports enthusiasts in front of their screens.

[Stay calm, you must stay calm. Those with exceptionally high luck in life have very short lifespans; their days are numbered.]

Everyone dies eventually, but some incredibly lucky people need a little help.

[To all the unlucky hunters from across the country, raise your pitchforks! Let's hunt to our hearts' content tonight!]

[Brothers in Shanghai, if even one lucky guy makes it out of the stadium alive tonight, it's a failure on your part!!!]

There's not much to say. Even excluding this lottery, we've all been bombarded with lucky players' good fortune and crushed by their luck on a daily basis. You should know that in some aspects, being lucky even surpasses grinding and spending money, standing at the top of the entire game product chain.

As it was the finals, TES arrived at the venue earlier than usual. Everyone knows the routine for the finals: they have to go up and be introduced by the host like exhibits before the game officially begins.

Although Roland experienced little of it, he saw a lot on screens in his previous life.

"It's the final, brothers, the final!" Just thinking about how important today was, Roland felt excited from the moment he woke up early in the morning.

"Alright, behave yourself. You call yourself the captain, but you're acting like a monkey."

"You don't know anything. Weren't you excited during your first finals?"

"I wasn't really excited, but it was quite windy in Incheon at the time, and it was definitely cold standing up there."

The remaining four members of TES: ......

There's no way around it; as the champion AD carry of S8, JKL has the right to show off when it comes to this. After all, he was the first to flash forward, and JKL's play has undoubtedly influenced countless underage AD carries in the Rift.

Sigh~ I can only say that the celebrity effect is harmful.

"Speaking of which, if we don't win the championship today, won't we owe them a huge favor?" Knight asked cautiously, thinking about the sparring partners who had been acting as punching bags for them recently.

"No, let me calculate it for you. First, we owe the other three LPL teams one-third of the trophies each, then we owe the practice team one-third, SuX Luo one-third, and LNG one-third. In total, we probably owe about two trophies."

"So even if we win the championship, we'll still be one short?"

"Of course, do you think you can make money playing in a world championship? You're lucky if you don't lose everything."

As they approached the stage, everyone frantically made jokes to distract themselves. They couldn't help it; although they hadn't seen the audience in front of them yet, they could already hear the bustling noise of the audience on the other side of the stage. This made the contestants, who hadn't experienced a live performance in more than half a year, a little nervous.

When it was finally their turn to go up in the competition, White Crescent watched his teammates disappear before his eyes. As for himself, he would probably go up a little later.

"Ready to begin."

"Yes, it's about to begin." At this moment, the only person who could appear beside him and speak to him was Lao Guo, the team leader. White Crescent wasn't too startled by the voice of the newcomer.

"It's the finals now, what exactly is your answer?"

"Wait a minute, let me ask you a question first. I currently have about 1 yuan in my account. Do you think that's a lot?"

"It's alright, isn't 1 yuan a small amount of money for you?"

"Yes, and now?" With that, White Crescent picked up her briefcase and took out 100 banknotes bundled together, placing them in front of him.

"It does look like a lot now."

"And what about adding these?" With that, White Crescent pulled out a second bundle, a third bundle, and finally, a full ten bundles, which he piled on the table. Even though Lao Guo knew that 10 yuan wasn't a particularly large sum for him, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw so many banknotes in front of him.

You know, he doesn't even have a one-yuan bill normally; he hasn't used cash in a long time.

"You mean...you activated him with the bonus?"

"You still don't understand, Lao Guo."

"Ok?"

"He actually longed for something, but he didn't even understand what it was. Because of natural disasters, everything was piled up on the internet, so he never paid attention to the trail behind him."

"You mean..." At this point, Lao Guo, who was in the team's management, seemed to have vaguely grasped something, but he was also somewhat incredulous.

"Striving for others is certainly a valuable quality, but people are, after all, people. People have selfish desires. Apart from a few saints, most people only give their all when they are striving for themselves. This includes you, me, and Roland."