You actually want me to...

"That's good, at least this way you won't run into the censorship god."

"Look at what you're saying, do you think I'm that kind of person? Even if she wasn't my elementary school classmate, I still wouldn't do anything reckless. I, Luo, have been sworn enemies of gambling and drugs since I was a child."

A group of people in the room: ...

After this little incident, the group's mood gradually changed, and they returned from a serious meeting to their daily training.

That's what it means to find joy in hardship.

For professional gamers, the majority of their daily lives consist of sleeping, training, and meetings. Other things combined only take up a small portion of their time. The repetitive actions all day long eventually lead to exhaustion, but esports is something that requires constant passion and dreams.

Therefore, in the eyes of many head coaches, some players may not be very strong, but as long as they have a quality that inspires those around them, they are worth a player contract no matter what (provided that there is no such person in the team).

However, if you examine each contestant's expression closely, you will find that beneath their varied and complex faces lies a subtle and unnoticed solemnity.

Yes, they made it to the finals, and perhaps they can celebrate that.

However, they are also just one step away from being the biggest loser of the entire season.

In any competitive sport, ranking is the ultimate goal.

The idea of ​​"friendship first, competition second" is nothing but a child's play when it comes to competitive sports. This is especially true in esports.

Royal Club suffered two consecutive runner-up finishes and was criticized for seven years.

Even after losing, Yue Lun delivered a memorable performance, and was subsequently ridiculed for seven years.

RNG was just one World Championship title away from achieving a grand slam all year, and we all know how that turned out.

IG and FPX, two teams that didn't receive much attention before the S8 and S9 World Championships, still have a large number of die-hard fans even now after winning the championship.

This is reality, and this is esports.

Although the Spring Split championship is not as prestigious as the World Championship, it can still give TES a lot to achieve.

It can prove the team's correctness.

It can build confidence in the left hand.

It can solidify the correctness of JKL joining Top Esports.

Similarly, it can make the team more tactful, provided it can win.

The problem is that none of the current TES players dare to say they've secured the championship.

The other two teams in the group are JDG, who have more losses than wins, and FPX, last year's world champions. Regardless of who advances, TES will face a very tough challenge.

The next day, when the TES team sat silently in the meeting room, looking at JDG's 3-1 victory on the table, everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

Because they are even less willing to face JDG than FPX.

"Alright, that's the result. If you want to win the championship, JDG will definitely be a hurdle you have to overcome. It's not something you can avoid just because you don't want to." After saying that, White Crescent stood up and turned off the projector in front of him. "I won't say more. You still have four or five days. Everyone practice a bit more and make the most of it. Now, Aban, you can stay. Everyone else, you can go out first."

Upon hearing the coach's instructions, Ah Shui and the others left one by one and returned to their seats to prepare for the match. Before leaving, they would quietly pat him on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

Everyone understands that to kill JDG, they must kill Kanavi.

Roland's role is crucial in keeping an eye on Kanavi.

Only after everyone else in the room had left did White Crescent slowly sit back down in her chair, staring intently at Roland, and say, "I underestimated JDG, or rather, I underestimated Redmi too much. You can see from today's recording that Kanavi's jungle farming style has changed again, and it's a bit different from the last game of the regular season."

Roland didn't speak, he just looked at him quietly.

White Crescent didn't care whether he responded or not, and continued to say to herself: "Now we have two choices. One is to play according to our usual style and compete with the opponent for a low error rate. The other is to follow the last strategy. I will try my best to figure out Kanavi's opening route and then list out several ways to deal with it for you. However, how the opponent plays and how you actually use it will depend entirely on your judgment on the spot."

TES is now taking a gamble.

If the audience can understand it, there's no reason why the coach shouldn't.

It's obvious to the naked eye that 369 can't beat Zoom in the top lane, and their jungle styles are completely different. It's hard to say about the mid lane right now, but we can tentatively say it's a 50/50 matchup. The only lane where they have an advantage is the bot lane, but they've encountered a meta that doesn't favor bot lanes, and their opponent also has an experienced player like Greenmao.

Of course, none of these are the most important factors. The most important thing is JDG's team execution and synergy, which far surpasses theirs. If TES were to follow their usual playstyle, once Karsa fails to establish momentum in the early game, they would be slowly suppressed and killed by the opponent in the mid-to-late game.

However, another approach can completely reverse the situation, although it is relatively risky.

A year in heaven, a single thought in hell; heaven and hell are separated by only a wall.

Choosing the first option means that unless Roland makes a series of unexpected mistakes or dies during the match, the outcome of the game will have little to do with him.

Choosing the second option means that White Crescent is betting everything on him. Although he certainly won't be left to bear the consequences alone if they lose, he himself will feel guilty.

The time to make a choice has come.

Before this, Roland had never imagined that White Crescent would value him so much, entrusting the right to choose to a player who had only been in the LPL for about half a year. Such a thing was unheard of.

However, there's really nothing that can be done with TES.

Because TES really needs a team brain.

Seeing that Roland had fallen into deep thought upon hearing this, the room fell silent once again.

If he chooses the second option without hesitation, then White Crescent will exercise his coaching authority and force the team to play his style, leaving their fate to chance, because he cannot entrust important matters with something he has agreed to without thinking it through.

On the contrary, this silence and contemplation gave him a faint sense of hope.

"I might need to think about it, Coach."

"Of course, but I hope you can do it as soon as possible. We don't have much time, and it takes time to plan things out."

"it is good."

Metamorphosis: Chapter Thirty: Do what you believe is right.

The next day, when Roland woke up again, he was already standing in the official recording studio with his teammates.

Yes, the power of capital is indeed that capricious.

To make the match more exciting, pre-match vlogs and trash talk are essential. Considering this guy is a big guy, TES couldn't refuse and couldn't refuse, so they directly called all the players over.

Of course, the same applies to JDG.

The two groups exchanged a few words and then had little interaction, as they weren't very familiar with each other.

What can I say about the JDG team?

It's inherently unlikable. Both the owner's and the players' actions are particularly annoying in certain aspects. Currently, its rating is barely acceptable because of the "upper-class" jokes. If it can hold out until the playoffs, this team's reputation will immediately plummet back to the bottom.

But ironically, this team is also very strong.

The theme of this final match between the two teams was set as spear versus shield, with the offensive TES facing off against the defensive JDG, which perfectly fit the concept of the topic.

Of course, Roland's first stop wasn't the photography studio, but rather the crowd of people who seemed to be looking for something. Only when he saw what he was looking for did his eyes light up and he ran over excitedly.

Then on the other side.

Guan Ge was chatting with Wawa and Miller when he saw Roland, the famous comedian from TES, run over, bow to them, and politely ask, "Colonel, can I ask you for a favor? Can you predict that our team will be swept 3-0 by JDG? Please."

Colonel, Doll, Miller: ???

What the hell?

This child, I think there might be something wrong with his brain.

They've seen people ask for blessings before, but this request for a curse is something the colonel says he's never heard of before.

"No, I'm telling you that metaphysics is unreliable; it's all fake."

"I know I've always been a believer in science, so could you say something, Colonel?"

"..."

Looking at the bewildered kid in front of them, the male commentators were all at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. If they hadn't known from Maikefeng that this guy was always unreliable, they might have thought he was there to make fun of them.

The colonel patted Roland's head, but still refused.

He wasn't going to make any empty promises for this final. If either side lost and came after him, he wouldn't care, but he'd still find it annoying.

With no other option, seeing that the colonel was unwilling to cast the spell, Roland had no choice but to obediently accept the drill.

The trash talk in S10 was a typical regression compared to previous years. In the past, professional players' trash talk was genuine. They would casually spout all sorts of witty lines like "I'll crush you," "I'll take all the jungle," and "I'm already studying the MSI opponents."

Looking back at the past two years, the trash talk from new players has either been a tribute to veteran players or echoed current popular memes; none of them dared to be assertive, appearing unusually timid. This time, with Roland participating, he naturally prepared his own trash talk.

Since he was a support character, he only had one sentence to say.

But that one sentence was enough to shock the professional players and staff watching. He struck an incredibly smug pose, looking directly at the camera with a mixture of mockery, disdain, and nonchalance, and said:

"I'm not here to perform stand-up comedy; I'm here to beat you all up!"

Simple, domineering, and unmatched.

When people are showing off, they lose their minds and automatically imagine themselves in the scene. Just like when people read a novel and see a line about showing off, they automatically mimic it. This line, amplified by Roland's emotions, was performed so vividly that it left everyone present dumbfounded.

"Wow, the Emperor is awesome!"

"No wonder you kept saying you'd be late when JDG was still around. So you were holding back a big surprise?"

"This isn't about holding back a big move, it's more like they're afraid they won't make it out of here today. With JDG's weight, I think you could stay in the hospital until the end of the World Championship."

"Good job, I won't say more. Once this pre-match trash talk goes online, the brothers will definitely help you promote and share it, and we'll make sure you get everything you need."

It has to be said that after those words were spoken, the rest of the TES players all got excited.

That's more like it.

That's real trash talk.

All they've been implying is some kind of machine bullying, but real trash talk should be clear and focused on the point of saying they're going to crush the opponent.

So, after a brief hesitation, the entire TES team requested to change their trash talk, replacing it with one hurtful sentence after another.

This is because JDG moved quickly. If they had been a little slower and seen this, they would have immediately searched for it and joined in the fun.

Unfortunately, he was betrayed in the end.

But it's okay. Backstabbing is part of JDG's corporate culture, and it's quite normal.

Watching his teammates line up excitedly, discussing what to say, Roland stood to the side, lost in thought.

He's already put on a show.

What if we lose? Won't I be the one to take the blame?

So you've really been forced into this situation? Roland, Roland, why are you acting all high and mighty when you have nothing better to do? You're not a mad dog.

Just as he was deep in thought, a bottle of drink was suddenly placed in front of him. Only when he habitually took it and looked up did he realize that the person in front of him was not anyone he knew.