You actually want me to...

After one version log, the entire TES team could feel the designer's deep-seated malice.

"They're giving too much spare money. Look how much free time these designers have."

"Hey, since they were the ones who acted ruthlessly first, don't blame me for being ruthless too. Time's up!"

"Wait, what are you doing?" After glancing at Roland, who was having an episode, JKL silently got up and moved to another seat. Once he was settled, he made a gesture indicating that Roland could begin his performance.

"You might not believe it, but I actually have special abilities. I can manipulate the financial market to a certain extent."

"???"

"Seriously, it took me several years to finally confirm this ability. I discovered that as long as I enter the stock market, whatever I buy will fall the next day, and whatever I sell will rise the next day. None of those so-called stock market analysts can achieve such precise control as I can. I've already figured it out. As long as I buy a certain amount of the most popular stocks, they will personally experience what ruthlessness is when the stock market opens the next day. The only problem is that I don't have a lot of funds on hand right now. Is there anyone willing to join as an angel investor?"

TES members: ......

The Battle for Supremacy: Chapter Two: Brothers in the Heart, If You Can't Get Through on the Phone

The S11 MSI officially starts on May 6th, while the LPL Spring Finals are on April 18th, giving participating teams about half a month to familiarize themselves with the version and environment.

The schedule is also very simple.

It's nothing more than the usual format: Play-In Stage + Showdown + Knockout Stage + Finals. World-class tournaments don't offer many surprises in their format. But that's not the main point. The main point is the MSI Play-In Stage draw; TES got an incredibly strong draw.

Group A: TES, GAM (Vietnam), UOL (CIS), PGG (Australia)

Group B: MAD (Europe), PSG (Southeast Asia), IW (Türkiye), PNG (Brazil)

Group C: DK (Korea), C9 (North America), INF (Mexico), DFM (Japan)

Just looking at the group draws, you can feel the tournament organizers' painstaking efforts. They didn't put LPL and LCK together to fight tooth and nail, but instead separated them. Logically, the three teams in Group A should be in despair, since LPL is almost guaranteed a spot, and they can only fight for one spot among three teams. But the most absurd thing happened here: GAM region didn't come due to visa issues.

The four-into-two round became three-into-two, and the success rate jumped from 33% to 50%, making both UOL and PGG incredibly happy.

UOL: Playing PGG? Does that mean I'm doomed to qualify?

PGG: Play against UOL? Playing against such noobs is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Fueled by strong confidence in their own teams, on the night GAM announced their withdrawal from the competition, UOL and PGG immediately launched a Twitter war, first stirring up the atmosphere. Both teams tacitly ignored TES, the big boss, and their actions left LPL viewers dumbfounded.

Good heavens, these two are actually eyeing each other!

Judging from their stance, they probably both think they have a sure win.

What does it mean to have a love that's mutual?! (Hands on hips)

[If the Vietnamese team had come, TES might have actually been forced to show some promise, but these two... Emmm, I feel like my great benchwarmer, the Prophet, is about to make a comeback.]

Really.

Given Banhuang's personality—he'll never work if he can slack off, and he'll never move if he can slack off—there's an 80% chance he'll skip the qualifying round.

Of course, Roland would never admit to that.

Unlike other teams' declarations of war, in order to completely elevate the team's prestige and to create something like an ancient military pledge, he spent almost all his time on the way to Iceland studying world maps and researching information. Finally, when he was about to arrive in Iceland, he compiled all the best swimming routes from Iceland to each team's hometown, added the caption "Take it if you like," and then posted all the routes on his Twitter account.

Ten minutes later... netizens all over the world were in an uproar.

WTF?

I thought you were called the "world's best initiator" because you were great at initiating team fights in the game, but now it seems I really underestimated your skills.

[Wow, that was awesome! That AOE attack was absolutely massive!]

As the saying goes, true brothers are in the heart. If you can't get through on the phone when something happens, you're a mature professional now, it's time to learn to handle the pressure of public opinion yourself. I'm still young, I'm running away first~

[+1, please don't generalize from idol behavior to fans, I'm also touched.]

When the TES operations manager saw the message posted by Roland's account, she was so shocked that she almost resigned on the spot. Fortunately, she was persuaded to stay by others.

"Holy crap, you said you wanted a big one, and you actually got a big one?"

"It's alright, there will always be teams that need it."

"No...you're making an enemy of the world. If this is how you treat us to a practice match, are we still going to play?"

"Relax, relax, you underestimate the humor and environment of the internet."

While other countries may have their share of terrible things, their sense of humor is truly outrageous. To put it simply, just look at how bizarre their election campaigns are, and you'll know how elaborate their humor is.

In fact, within hours of Roland's post, the teams participating in MSI came one after another to pick up their own route maps, and even interacted enthusiastically on Twitter to express their gratitude. Fans from various regions were even more outrageous; instead of hurling insults, they actively participated, pointing out possible errors in the images and correcting them for free.

Malicious public opinion?

Absolutely not.

They absolutely loved seeing this classic script and lines of one person challenging the whole world. A huge number of enthusiastic fans almost bombarded his Twitter account to the point of crashing. Just this one tweet made Roland gain millions of followers overnight, leaving a bunch of entertainers and netizens in China dumbfounded.

"No, is this even allowed?"

Old Guo was completely dumbfounded.

They run an official Twitter account, working tirelessly for over a year, but only have a handful of followers. They're basically ignored, and they've gradually gotten used to it, assuming it's just that foreigners don't really like their club.

But this...

You gained so many followers overnight with just one tweet. It's embarrassing for us who get paid to do this.

"That's right. Sometimes, you have to be determined and tough on yourself to succeed, don't you?"

"But this..."

"Old Guo, you must remember that everyone must die, whether in this way or that way, whether in a tragic manner or without a complete corpse. Why pay too much attention to so-called rumors and gossip?"

"Yes, I've learned a lot." In that instant, a hint of admiration quietly rose in Lao Guo's heart for Roland.

"Oh, by the way, I changed the address and contact information linked to my account yesterday. I changed it all to the club's address and number. Since there's nothing else, could you find a chance to have someone change it back for me?"

"???"

After the "military order" was issued, Roland could clearly feel that his teammates' nerves, which had just relaxed, seemed to tighten up again. This was normal, as Roland, as the captain of TES, had already dragged the entire TES team into the mess the moment he posted the tweet.

To put it simply, we only have two options for everyone right now.

Either win the MSI championship all the way to prove that you can actually do what you've been bragging about.

They either lose and accept the ridicule, and from then on, everyone who sees them will ask if they are the team that swam back from Iceland.

Of course, simply giving them a big stick won't do.

Countless historical records and anecdotes tell us that after giving someone a blow, it's always good to give them a treat. This is the best way to maximize the team's morale. As the saying goes, "Learn from the enemy's strengths to defeat the enemy." So, after a brief period of deliberation, Roland simply pulled out his long-treasured ultimate weapon:

S1's Four Goddesses: Yua Mikami, Arina Hashimoto, Marin Hinata, and Tsukasa Aoi

And the four legendary characters from IP Studio: Kana Momonogi, Karen Kaede, Momoko Sakura, and Eimi Fukada.

This day.

Roland returns to the TES's legendary land!

Chasing the Deer: Chapter Three: The Feeling of Angina

Since this year's MSI was held in Iceland, and most of the teams from various regions had disbanded, coupled with the terrible network latency, TES didn't invite players from other teams to help with training for this MSI trip. Instead, they simply had their players play ranked games and occasionally take on a few scrims.

According to the schedule, their first opponent will be PGG from Australia.

This team is quite interesting. It's the only team at this year's MSI with a female player traveling with them. Of course, from the perspective of the original history, she's just a mascot and hasn't appeared in a single game. As for why they brought her along, it's probably influenced by a "legendary female support" from LOL who came along recently. That's right, it's the Brazilian female support that RNG's former top laner chased for miles and couldn't catch—Mayumi.

Due to its unique "charm", it caused quite a stir in the LOL community before MSI, and even turned a considerable number of domestic players into INTZ fans of ten years overnight. PGG's decision to bring a female support player to the competition at this time is probably also aimed at attracting attention.

As for strength...

That's roughly equivalent to the price of 70 RMB per hour for playing League of Legends with someone.

The contestant's words.

Just remember one jungler, yes, the one who got his hair styled like a flamingo at the All-Star game one year, throwing in all sorts of colors. Although he narrowly lost to Caps in the finals, his hairstyle and hair color undoubtedly made many viewers remember him.

And this year, he successfully made a comeback.

“I’m going to dye this thing green .jpg” In a time when green is gradually becoming a strange color, he dared to dye his hair a bright green, making him undoubtedly the most socially anxious person among all the contestants.

Of course, the match against PGG isn't coming anytime soon, and these aren't things Roland and the others should be worrying about.

Because Iceland is too far away and the LPL Spring Finals are relatively late, when the TES team arrived in Iceland, the DK team had already arrived three days earlier and had even started climbing the ranks on the EU server. What Roland and the others had to do was surpass their opponents' rankings.

This comparison left the other teams participating in MSI completely dumbfounded by the ranked performance of the two teams.

Especially Rongguang and Luo Lan.

Rongguang used 21 heroes in 30 games, which is an astonishing number for anyone to see. It wasn't until Roland started playing ranked games on the European server that everyone realized they hadn't seen enough of this.

In 30 games, Roland used a total of 28 heroes, and a large number of those heroes were top laners, which completely baffled DK's analysis team.

Do you think that's all?

In the European server's ranked games, most teams use a bot laner and support duo queue because it's a faster way to climb the ranks. Back when RNG came to Europe, Gala and Ming duo queued every day, earning Gala the reputation of being a "script monster" for their Kog'Maw in the European server.

What's absurd about TES is that when JKL duo queues with Roland, he almost always plays the jungle role.

The two bot laners dominated the top and jungle in ranked games, leaving domestic OPs and foreign analysis groups completely disappointed.

Wow, you guys are having a blast, aren't you? Is this really appropriate?

[Sure enough, even dogs don't want to play the AD carry role; the other lanes are so much better.]

[The guy next door, Genshin Impact, is playing bot lane with Ghost King. Even with a huge advantage, he still has to see if his teammates can hold on. But these two are different; their top and jungle are just dominating, climbing the ranks is as easy as drinking water for them. It's really absurd.]

[Although I want to instantly kill Banhuang whenever I see his ID on the Chinese server, his skill level is still trustworthy on foreign servers.]

At home, they're constantly feeding the enemy; abroad, they're wreaking havoc. This two-faced actor's behavior is no secret in China. Of course, they certainly don't know that TES is secretly pulling off a big move, but we'll only see it when the match starts.

"How's it going? Did you reach the Master level yet?"

Seeing Roland and JKL's winning streak, Knight's eyes lit up with envy.

This is how it works in solo queue.

No matter how good your skills are, winning or losing still depends on your teammates' performance, unlike duo queue where you can dominate two key positions and win the game.

"It's barely enough. The main problem is that we arrived too late. It's still okay to catch up while the winning streak is still going strong. Once the streak ends, it won't be as fast to climb the ranks." As he replied, Roland also secretly glanced at his fund.

Hmm... it feels like angina.

How can I effectively boost my morale?