Chapter 151: The value of the Spring Crown!
How valuable is the LPL Spring Championship?
In the first one or two days after winning the championship, I felt quite happy that "the horse gallops in the spring breeze, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day". Every day when I got up to eat, I would touch my mobile phone and check it while eating.
From Weibo to Tieba, and then to Bihu, I specifically read those posts that discuss the top lane fights in the Spring Finals.
I saw some people saying "Zz1tai beats Looper" and "The S4 champion top laner is really bad."
He secretly replied below, "Let's be honest, Zz1tai is the number one top laner in LPL, who agrees and who disagrees?"
After it was over, he just stood there laughing like a fool, as if he had hysteria .
But in the next few days, the posture's "symptoms" were alleviated to a certain extent.
The reason is that Zzitai found that gradually, there were fewer and fewer topics discussing the Spring Finals on the Internet, and posts praising him were almost gone.
Zizhi scratched his head anxiously, grabbed Li Fu and asked, "Brother Fu, is there a possibility that our victory was suppressed?"
"Pressure?"
Hearing this, Li Fu couldn't help laughing, "Why are we so popular? Do you think we are one of the three great families?"
Zizi said unconvincedly, "But when we just won the championship, everyone was talking about it. How come everyone has forgotten about it all of a sudden these past few days?"
Li Fu hesitated for two seconds, then smiled and said, "Because those people are not fans of IG."
“Aren’t you our fan?” Zizi was stunned when he heard that.
Li Fu shrugged and said with a smile, "What do you think? They don't want to see IG win, they just want to see RNG lose. Don't the fans of the three major teams all want their opponents to die?"
"Uh..." Zizhi was suddenly speechless.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but say stubbornly, "I don't care who they are fans of. Anyway, we won, so we are the number one in LPL! I am the number one top laner, and you are the number one jungler!"
Li Fu put down the plate, washed and wiped his hands, and said something with a smile before leaving.
"First, does that thing work?"
After saying that, he left the restaurant, leaving only his back.
Rookie looked at Li Fu's back in a daze, and said with emotion, "Brother Fu is Brother Fu, this is what No. 1 can say."
Zizhi was stunned on the spot, vaguely feeling as if someone had played a trick on him.
…
The three-day break after the Spring Finals is over. IG, as the LPL representative team going to MSI this time, took one day to take the MSI makeup photos and promotional videos, and spent the rest of the time playing training games.
The teams invited for this training match are pretty good. Teams like LGD and OMG have given IG help to varying degrees. On the one hand, the relationship between the clubs is good. On the other hand, IG is representing LPL this time after all, and the official LPL league will also help to make connections.
However, RNG declined IG's training match, saying that there were recent personnel changes in the team and that Mata was recovering from a back injury after the finals, making it inconvenient for him to play in the training match.
I don't know whether Mata's injury is real or fake.
Li Fu estimated that based on the character of this Korean aid and his performance when they shook hands in the last final, he probably didn't want them to perform well in this MSI.
However, the personnel changes are most likely true. Judging from the rumors released by QG and some interactions between RNG's official Weibo and Uzi's personal Weibo, Uzi will most likely join RNG next season as Mata wishes, and form the strongest bottom lane combination in LPL on paper with him.
Although it's a pity that RNG was not invited,
But it doesn’t matter, coach Chris has made another appointment with EDG.
After playing with EDG for fifteen minutes, IG withdrew from the game. The advantage was too great and EDG had no chance of winning.
EDG club base,
The factory manager sat in front of the computer, looking at the data without saying a word.
"Is it over so soon this time?" Abu looked a little surprised.
He always felt that even though EDG lost to IG in the playoffs, the gap between the two teams was not as big as imagined. This time, he even told the players to be tougher and get back some ground.
I didn't expect it to retreat so quickly.
"What hero is the opponent's jungler?"
"spider."
"Ah? Hasn't he ever played with Spider?"
The factory manager looked at Li Fu Spider's data on the screen, took a deep breath, and said with some emotion, "I guess he has been practicing recently. It seems that this guy is really working harder than we thought."
Abu was also a little surprised when he heard this.
Professional players are also human beings. Playing professionally is a job for them, and they need rest after work.
I remember when EDG won the Spring Championship last year, although he knew there would be MSI competitions later, the factory manager still went back to his hometown in Jianghan during the holiday. He felt he needed to relax.
And home is the only place where he can feel relaxed.
But the Padre6 in front of him, let alone going home, the factory manager even felt that he might not have left the game these days.
After opening the webpage and checking the battle results, the factory manager's face showed an expression of "as expected".
Abu also leaned over to take a look, and then said with emotion, "It seems that Padre6 is very determined in this MSI."
"Yes, indeed." The factory manager nodded.
Abu paused, then couldn't help asking, "Do you think they have a chance at MSI this time?"
The factory director hesitated, pondered for two seconds, and his eyes suddenly became somewhat deep.
"That depends on whether the next-door region will give us a chance."
He said so.
Yes, in the world of playing more, the factory manager has increasingly felt the gap between LPL and other regions, especially LCK.
This is an objective fact, otherwise LPL would not buy from neighboring regions at the end of each season.
You don't buy it?
Okay, then you can’t even make it to the World Championship.
Last year, EDG's victory over SKT ignited the passion of many LPL viewers, and the official propaganda after the game also favored them.
Widowmaker, who won the fifth game, led LPL to defeat SKT and won the first championship from the highest level official world event.
But in fact, the factory manager knew in his heart that if it weren’t for the double C of Da Han in the middle and bottom lanes, they would not have been able to last even the fifth game.
So when Abu asked him whether he was optimistic about IG's trip to MSI, the factory manager said it depends on whether the neighboring region gives them a chance. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this statement.
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye,
The rest time after the Spring Finals ended was over, and soon it was May 3, the day before the MSI competition began.
The MSI Mid-Season Championship is one of the three top league events in the world. The first competition was held in Tallahassee, Florida, USA in May last year, and EDG from LPL won the championship.
This year it is held at Jianghai Oriental Sports Center, also known as the Crown of the Sea. It is a large-scale comprehensive sports stadium with a main gymnasium that can accommodate 15,000 people. The 19th FINA World Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships were both held here.
It is worth mentioning that this is also the first international competition held in China since the league's All-Star Game 13 years later.
As the competition approaches, there has been a noticeable increase in discussions about the competition on Weibo hot searches and Tieba forums, with many people discussing the competition being held in Jianghai, right next to their home town.
Since EDG defeated SKT to win the last MSI, this time everyone's attention quickly focused on whether IG could take over from EDG and continue to defend the only championship belonging to LPL.
"Come on, little IG! Charge for me!"
"Don't get cocky, catch SKT and beat them hard!"
"That's right, EDG won last year, so you can win too!"
“…”
Of course, not everyone is so optimistic.
After the fans of the Big Three mocked RNG at the end of the finals, they started to feel uncomfortable watching IG become the world's focus, and they couldn't help but say sour words in the hot search comment section on Weibo.
"Don't count on it. We can't win with SKT around."
"If we lose at home, it will be a huge disgrace."
"To be honest, if RNG wins the Spring Finals, they might have a chance."
"Indeed, if I can get on with the puppy, it's a sure thing."
"Forget CJB. EDG has the best chance. They won once last year."
"Haha, we narrowly won 3-2 last year. Are you sure we won't be defeated 2-3 this year?"
“…”
When Zzitai saw these comments, he couldn't help but open a small account and go to the comment section to "interact" with other fans. This has now become a way for him to relieve stress before the game.
Li Fu stretched comfortably.
He didn't really care about bringing shame upon himself at home, and was quite satisfied with the venue arrangement for this MSI.
At least you don’t have to travel a long distance abroad, stay in a hotel, eat those terrible Western food, and then suffer from jet lag.
The MSI venue this time is very close to their club, and it is basically the same as playing games at other times. They just need to get in the car and go before the game tomorrow.
In comparison, the other four major divisions and one wild card division are different.
They all arrived in Jianghai about a week in advance, and then adjusted to the time difference and adapted to the environment to avoid acclimatization.
Even if you adapt to these, there are still many other problems.
For example, when Faker was interviewed before the game yesterday, he said that the food and accommodation in Jianghai were very good, and the Chinese food was very delicious, but he found it difficult to adapt to the usual ranking training.
The reporter asked why?
Faker said that because he can only play Canyon of Heroes here, but the delay of playing Canyon of Heroes in the hotel is completely different from playing in the Korean server before.
He is very sensitive to delays.
As long as the Ping value is about 5 higher than the usual one , he will feel a significant difference, so a delay of 35 Ping will hardly have a training effect for him.
As soon as these words came out, they caused an uproar.
Screenshots of Faker's interview with captions soon appeared in the anti-pressure forum, and quickly attracted heated discussions from countless netizens.
"Someone is pretending, but I won't say who it is."
"Reasonably, can anyone really feel a difference of 5ms?"
"Translation: Faker wants to say that even with high latency , I can still kill you!"
"Turtle! You want shrimp and pig heart?"
"Terrible! It's really terrible!"
"Then IG's loss at home this time should forever be nailed to the pillar of shame in LPL history."
“…”
Zizhi also came over and saw the news on Li Fu's computer screen. He immediately curled his lips and said:
"Fuck! Does this idiot Faker like to show off so much? He can feel the 5ms delay? Can you feel it, Brother Fu?"
Li Fu was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and said with a smile, "I'm actually fine, but Korea is a small place with a fast network. It's hard to adapt to the high latency that I'm used to."
In fact, he knew that what Faker said was not an exaggeration.
It is impossible for humans to have an intuitive feeling about 5ms, because this is close to the inherent delay of the nervous system and exceeds the speed limit of nerve reaction.
However, the "success rate" of related operations amplifies this microscopic delay to the macroscopic world, making it perceptible.
For example, there are many moves with extremely low frame rates in fighting games, such as Kyo Kusanagi's crouching at B and C, which has an effective input period of only 1 frame, 17 milliseconds, and is extremely difficult.
For such a difficult skill, if the original success rate is 80%, then an increase of 5 milliseconds of error is enough to reduce the success rate to about 60%.
Humans may not be able to feel 5 milliseconds, but the difference between an 80% success rate and a 60% success rate is still very noticeable.
In addition, when a world-class player like Faker gets into the groove, his mind is highly focused, and his condition is infinitely close to his peak, Li Fu fully believes that the reaction of this kind of person is no longer on the same level as that of ordinary people.
Anyway, every time he plundered the father's energy mark and maxed out [Hand Speed Reaction] little by little, Li Fu would feel a huge difference every time the attribute points were increased by 5.
It's like to this world,
It's becoming more and more sensitive little by little.
How to blame the evil?
Li Fu shook his head and smiled. When he closed the forum, he suddenly saw another post. It seemed to be ESPN's routine ranking of the strength of the teams in each major region before each world game.
Unlike the S series global finals,
The competition in the Mid-Season Championship is actually more intense. The top two or top three teams from other regions will not appear here. Each team only plays against the strongest team in other regions this spring. Therefore, ESPN abroad will also make a list before each game.
Rookie and the others had nothing to do at the moment, and when they saw Li Fu click on the ranking, they all came over.
Although as professional players, they naturally know that this kind of list is just that, and the real result can only be known through playing.
However, people always unconsciously care about the opinions of others.
As expected, SKT, led by double champion Faker, was ranked first. LCK is also the strongest region on paper and happens to have the best players.
Therefore, SKT takes the lead with five stars.
Look further down.
The second place is Europe's G2. This year's G2 is a new team that only lost one game in the entire spring season of the European LCS region. It is the king among dark horses, no less than last year's QG.
And it is the "general version" of QG.
As for the LPL region's representative team IG, this time it was ranked third with a strength rating of three stars.
There is another line of comments below.
The author who made this list on ESPN said that he originally ranked the LPL region second because he once thought that RNG would win the championship today and represent LPL.
The author of the list thinks that RNG is Mata's personal version of Samsung White Team. RNG has transformed from a team participating in the escalator competition to the king of the LPL Spring Split this year, thanks in large part to their leader, former World Finals MVP champion support Mata.
But he didn't expect that RNG made a major mistake in the LPL Spring Finals and lost to IG.
The author of the ESPN list considered IG's performance in last year's World Championship and felt that this team was a rather deformed and lame team, so it ranked third.
Four, five, six further down.
They are Taiwan's Flash Wolves F2, North America's CLG, and the Turkish team from the wildcard zone.
But when he saw IG ranked third, Zzitai couldn't stand it anymore and cursed angrily:
"This foreigner is also a fool. RNG's loss was a major mistake, and our loss was natural, right?"
Seeing Zizhi's frustrated look, Li Fu couldn't help but laugh, and this time he directly closed the webpage.
Rookie next to him shrugged and said, "Don't mention foreigners. Aren't there many LPL viewers who think the same way now?"
Zizi was stunned for a moment, recalling the rapid drop in popularity of IG's championship after the Spring Finals, and he subconsciously said stupidly:
"What should I do?"
This time, Rookie didn't answer.
Li Fu on the side narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly, "Of course, we have to win the MSI championship and give those people a slap in the face."
Hearing Li Fu's words, the IG people gathered around were also shocked. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true.
Isn’t the value of an LPL Spring Finals enough?
How about adding another MSI?
Let’s go tomorrow!
