The first snow of 2018 came earlier than usual.
Theoretically speaking, everyone is on holiday now.
However, EDG's situation is slightly different.
One of the two Cs' hometown is in South Korea and it was too troublesome to go back, and the other called home, but Lao Deng told him not to worry about it and not to go back.
"So now there are only two of us left in the base?"
"Probably."
Li Xianghe, wearing a not-particularly-thick down jacket, nodded.
There is air conditioning in the base.
Although the canteen chef has gone home for the New Year, we still have takeout so we don’t have to worry about going hungry.
Xu Yuan scratched his head, "Do you have any plans?"
"Double row in Korean server?"
Lee Sang Hyuk rubbed his hands.
Xu Yuan was speechless.
The New Year is almost here, who wants to duo with you?
Moreover, it is not certain that you can find people who can achieve training results in the Korean server now, as most professional players are on vacation.
Except for special professional players like Xu Yuan and Li Xianghe, which professional player is willing to play rank to gain points during the holidays?
At this time, 80% of the people can only rank 600 to 700 or even 500 to 600. The training effect is too poor.
He told Li Xianghe about it, and Li Xianghe thought about it carefully.
It’s true!
"What should I do? I don't know what to do besides League of Legends."
He was a little distressed.
"How about we go get some street food?"
Xu Yuan suggested.
Li Xianghe looked strange, "Two men, that's not a good idea, right?"
"I'm really down, I just want to buy some food."
Xu Yuan was speechless.
Shrimp head man!
Just buying some snacks.
After buying snacks, Xu Yuan asked Li Xianghe to close the door, and the two of them watched the video silently while holding fried noodles.
To be honest, this kind of life may seem quite boring to outsiders.
But professional players earn money based on their youth, and since Xu Yuan and Li Xianghe are not going out to play in the jungle, this is all they can do.
After eating, Xu Yuan started a live broadcast. It has been too long since he last did so and it’s time to make up for it.
The contract he signed with the live streaming platform is relatively loose, but because he hasn't broadcast in such a long time, the live streaming platform has humbly chatted with him privately several times to ask him to broadcast live.
Xu Yuan was too embarrassed to continue refusing.
"Hello, hello? Can you hear me?"
Xu Yuan turned on the camera in the live broadcast room, tapped the camera and asked with a smile.
Li Xianghe next to him gave him a thumbs up, saying, "No problem, he can see his face."
"Damn it, what took you so long?"
"Abyss, abyss, abyss!"
"I don't usually see you live streaming, but at the end of the year when everyone is relaxing, you're live streaming instead. The anchor's work and rest schedule is amazing!"
Xu Yuan smiled.
"I can't help it. A new team always needs some time to get used to each other. I'm a professional player, so my first priority is to do well in my profession."
He stretched lazily and said, "Let's broadcast the team formation live to everyone today and invite a few people to play together."
It is impossible to play in rank because there is no one to match with.
But it should be no problem to form a team and invite others for entertainment, and it can also help Lee Sang-hyeok improve his Chinese level.
Open WeChat and send a message directly to the person you want to pull.
"Hello, hello? Can you hear me?"
In the game, Li Xianghe has already joined the team and spoke in relatively fluent Chinese.
Li Xianghe has almost learned this kind of daily communication in the game.
When Xu Yuan teaches him, he will definitely start with words related to the competition.
Li Xianghe also studied very seriously. He only needed to master these as he had the six mantras of the Internet.
"...You are right next to me, what are you asking about your horse?"
Xu Yuan was speechless.
"Ha ha."
Li Xianghe smiled and felt a little stupid.
After a while, almost everyone had gathered.
Xu Yuan’s connections are not a problem, and he usually agrees to anything that can be played.
The first voice that was heard was a somewhat silly one.
"Hello?"
"I can hear you, I can hear you. Is Songsong here?"
"He's on the solo lane, what do you say? How do we split the lanes? I can solo Irelia."
The visitor seemed eager to try.
Xu Yuan's face changed, "Don't do it, you AD, I'll go jungle, there's someone in the top lane."
"Is that so... What a pity."
Lin Weixiang smacked his lips with some regret.
He was also planning to show Xu Yuan how to use his sword girl.
The process of his acquaintance with Xu Yuan was very dramatic.
When Xu Yuan was playing Ziggs, he scored rapidly all the way and directly broke through Lin Weixiang's defense. After the game, he sent a question mark to him in private chat.
Then Xu Yuan returned a question mark, "Want to learn? I'll teach you."
He just said it casually.
He learned how to be a bomber from A Shui.
Unexpectedly, Lin Weixiang was very sincere and actually replied, "Brother, 111, are you really going to teach me? I really want to learn."
Later, when we were chatting, we found out that they were both ADs of LPL, and then the misunderstanding was resolved.
"Did you hear me? I didn't expect you guys to have time. I thought a big club like EDG should be busier."
After a while, Liu Qingsong also came.
His voice was a little dazed, and it sounded like he had just woken up not long ago.
"Who is the top laner? How dare you mess with my Irelia?"
Lin Weixiang muttered and greeted Li Xianghe.
"Hello, Brother Li."
"Hello."
Li Xianghe was a little reserved and spoke with a smile.
At the beginning, I was not very relaxed.
"Oh? Here I am. There's news from Ah Shui."
Xu Yuan cheered up.
"Ashui top laner?"
"No, that lazy guy Ashui basically doesn't play games during his holidays. He is the top laner of their team."
"Oh... theshy?"
Lin Weixiang suddenly realized.
That's okay.
A professional top laner is definitely more powerful than his Irelia.
And this guy played really well last year, no problem.
"Listen, can you hear me?"
After a while, a player with the ID Strawberry Warm Heart Sauce joined the game, and Theshy's somewhat shy voice rang out.
"Why do you have this ID?"
Xu Yuan wanted to laugh.
"Ah, when I use this account to play in a brawl, it's easier to ask others to get heroes."
theshy explained.
Xu Yuan: ...
It’s reasonable and very consistent with his imagination of the national server.
"Ok, we've gathered everyone. Let's go, let's go and take down the crew in Area 1 today!"
Xu Yuan urged them to choose their positions, chose the jungler position for himself, and clicked start directly.
To be honest, he is quite skilled in jungling.
After all, he can't get the AD position every time, and he doesn't like to take other people's positions, so after filling in the position, he will either play as a jungler or a support.
There shouldn't be any problem playing in a national server group.
The live broadcast room was already very popular at this time.
Xu Yuan's popularity has long been ranked first among LPL players, and he is leading by a huge margin.
Coupled with Lee Sang Hyuk's popularity, the heat is even more exaggerated.
theshy is already a very popular player.
So there is no need to say more about how popular it is now.
However, the bottom lane was still questioned.
"Is this the NB bottom lane team from last year?"
"No, let's not talk about support. Why does LWX take my AD position from Yuanshen?"
"really!"
Xu Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem with our bottom lane group. If they can't fill in, then I will have to fill in. Who can blame me for knowing so much? The more capable, the more work."
It’s useless to tell them how powerful this bottom lane group is now, and the audience won’t believe it.
After all, NB's grades are poor.
But people are pulled by themselves, and they are all friends.
There was no way Xu Yuan would allow barrage to attack his friends.
While entering the game, I chatted with them.
"Are you going to FPX this year?"
"Ah? How did you know?"
"The FPX announcement is right there, how do you know?"
"Ahaha, is that so?"
Lin Weixiang smiled awkwardly.
"Well, Liu Qingsong and I went to FPX."
"FPX, that's pretty good."
Xu Yuan nodded slightly.
Although the management is not a good person, it has to be said that this bottom lane group and FPX have achieved mutual success.
At this time, Lee Sang-hyuk was communicating with Theshy.
"Why are you learning Chinese so slowly?"
Li Xianghe was a little strange.
In the past month or two, he has mastered basic communication skills.
"No... because my accent is a bit strange, so I speak less."
theshy stammered.
Lee Sang-hyuk is a pure Korean senior, and it is a bit stressful for theshy to communicate with him.
"Since I'm playing professionally in the LPL, I should study Chinese well and not hold my teammates back. Only then will I have a chance to achieve results."
Li Xianghe advised patiently.
"Um...ah, I know."
theshy was already sweating profusely.
It was a bit hard to bear being tortured by Lee Sang Hyuk.
Fortunately, the game is now in, and theshy breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Yuan immediately chose Lee Sin.
This hero is still fun to play, and his strength is quite high now.
"What is theshy going to play?"
"Wei, Wei En, is that ok?"
Xu Yuan: ...
Byd, is it starting now?
It was just a group arrangement, so he nodded readily.
"no problem."
"We five professional players won't lose in the team match, right?"
Lin Weixiang suddenly spoke.
"Impossible, don't worry about my blind monk!"
Xu Yuanju is very confident.
Half an hour later, looking at the exploded base.
He began to doubt his life.
"Why is this happening? You guys were clearly suppressing the opponent in all three lanes."
Except for Li Xianghe in the middle lane who was still playing seriously, Vayne in the top lane was caught while sprinting, and Xu Yuan couldn't help even if he went there.
In the bottom lane, Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong used a combination of Ziggs and Leona, and they suppressed the enemy fiercely and even got a kill in the lane.
But with the collapse of a team battle, the game ended immediately.
"What kind of shitty heroes are you guys holding!"
Xu Yuan was numb.
Never mind, it's just entertainment anyway.
Xu Yuan comforted himself in this way and began to rehearse happily.
This evening was truly a great experience for everyone.
In the second half of the night, everyone let go and stopped pretending. Li Xianghe took out Yasuo, and Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang also went to the bottom lane with Iron Man and Brand.
And Xu Yuan is even more of a heavyweight.
Lucian is a jungler, Vayne is a jungler.
It's hard to say who the allusion is to.
After saying goodbye to his friends and thanking the audience for watching the live broadcast, Xu Yuan chose to end the broadcast.
Holding the fairy wands they bought, she walked out of the base with Li Xianghe.
"Try?"
He handed one over.
This kind of fairy wand is the kind that sparks when lit, not the kind that vibrates, don't get it wrong.
"Do you take me for a child?"
Li Xianghe was speechless.
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to play?"
"Play."
Li Xianghe took it very honestly.
In the somewhat chilly air of the winter night, Xu Yuan breathed out hot air, held up a fairy wand that burst into fireworks, and smiled happily.
Li Xianghe quietly looked down at the sparks in his hand, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Compared to the previous deserted New Years, this year seems pretty good.
He raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky amid the fireworks.
2017, just like that, ended.
After the New Year, teammates gradually returned.
What follows is a strictly planned return to training.
Coach kkoma held a small notebook and explained tactics with a sullen face from time to time.
He was not idle during this Spring Festival.
After I got back, I contacted some of my old analysts who were not having a good time in SKT, and got two or three of them to come over.
We are now focusing on analyzing the new season.
“That’s a huge change!”
This was his first thought.
The versions of the German Cup preseason were all fine, but the changes in the S8 versions are too big.
The new keystone runes bring a completely different approach to the game.
The failure in S7 was also a very unwilling thing for kkoma.
It’s not because of the level, but because of the understanding of the version.
Even if EDG could win with that lineup in S7 in a normal version, they would never be able to beat SKT 3-0.
So now kkoma is very actively seeking change and trying to start changing his thinking.
Not long after, news came from Tencent Esports.
It’s time to shoot a promotional video for the spring season.
At the same time, the schedule for the 2018 Spring Season was officially announced.
The first game of the spring season after the unveiling ceremony is...
"EDG and IG?"
Xu Yuan spoke softly with a smile on his face.
It’s finally here, jackeylove.
In fact, during this period, many viewers have already known that IG has a new AD, jackeylove.
The reason is very simple. Having learned a lesson from Xu Yuan, Tencent Esports is very respectful to new players at this time and will cooperate with the team in publicity to some extent.
Although jackeylove is not as handsome as Xu Yuan, his youthful and youthful temperament still attracts a lot of attention.
certainly……
As a good friend, Xu Yuan knew very well what kind of person Ah Shui was.
He always talks about brothers, and always asks "Do you want to order, brothers?"
I can only say that it is very abstract and has nothing to do with little milk dogs at all.
This has already been discussed in the forum.
"I took a look at the live video of this new AD and I think he's pretty good."
"It's hard to say. IG takes off every year but suffers setbacks every year. Is there going to be another super rookie like Yuan Shen?"
"I think I played PUBG with Yuan Shen and the others before. I remember there were also Bang and Imp."
"So the relationship between Yuan Shen and him should be pretty good? Now they should be a little more friendly."
Xu Yuan saw this and replied directly,
"The relationship is indeed pretty good, but if the fight is bad, you can just curse at me."
Are you kidding? If you don’t scold A Shui, how can A Shui work hard?
It is precisely because Xu Yuan knows A Shui too well that he realizes that people like him really need to be scolded.
This hangman relies on his talent. Although he doesn't slack off during training, he will never train too much.
Unless there is a hero that he really needs to learn, he will practice it page after page.
He is a typical office worker.
Also a lazy dog.
Strictly speaking, neither Theshy nor A Shui actually trains that much, but their ideas are completely different.
A Shui is the type who doesn't play Rank much after training.
Theshy doesn’t play rank either, but he likes to play ARAM.
Theshy seems to really like playing this game, but A Shui doesn’t even want to open the game during the holidays.
All I can say is zombies are better than water ghosts.
win!
People like A Shui should be put under great pressure to make him feel a sense of urgency.
This way he would work as hard as if he were temporarily practicing a new hero.
If you let him get too comfortable, he'll start playing rubbish.
On January 15th, EDG set off for the competition venue.
When he arrived at the backstage of the scene, Xu Yuan saw the IG players at a glance.
I have to say, the IG team uniforms in S8 are really good-looking.
A silver-white coat, the color combination is really top-notch.
The IG players obviously also noticed EDG.
theshy grinned happily and waved to Xu Yuan and the others.
Although Prince Ning was a little too evil, he still had a smile on his face.
However, every time Xu Yuan sees Theshy and Ning Wang, he always thinks of the screenshots of the amazing CP articles that he has seen from the super-talking sisters.
Something like Gao Zhenning's little burps.
Ning Wang just opened his coat, and they said that Ning Wang wanted to feed Theshy.
It caused some physical discomfort.
Many fans of the contestants should also hate such incredible CP fans, right?
etc.
Xu Yuan looked at A Shui, who was smiling like a Shiba Inu, and suddenly remembered that he had also seen screenshots of A Shui's CP text in his previous life.
You may not believe it, but the protagonists are A Shui and Qing Tian.
In fact, many popular contestants are victims.
Even Xu Yuan's official favorite player Uzi was one of the victims.
The following is an excerpt from the original text:
"Ugh! Ugh... the water is so hot!"
Uzi suddenly sat up in the bathtub with a painful expression and then sat on the edge of the bathtub.
"Hao Hao! What's wrong with you!?"
At this time, Bang heard the noise in the living room and hurried to the bathroom, holding Uzi in his arms.
"The bathtub is broken, hit the bathtub, don't play with the bathtub," Bang consoled.
Uzi's fragrant body after taking a bath lay in Bang's arms, exuding the scent of talcum powder.
deft, bang and others also comforted uzi: "It's not hot, it's not hot, it hurts, Feifei."
"Don't fly, don't fly." It was like hearing the whisper of a nightmare, and uzi cried out in panic.
Deft gently took Uzi from Bang's arms and patted Uzi's back gently and rhythmically.
Seeing so many people comforting him, uzi felt a little shy and blushed like a monkey's butt, and he burped unconsciously, "Ugh~ Hate it~ Don't smell it..."
"Silly boy, your burps smell sweet too, so cute~"
“That’s annoying~!”
Uzi punched deft's chest with his little fist.
Finally, uzi fell asleep with everyone's comfort...
Xu Yuan's evaluation is:
I can only say it is against the will of heaven!
Xu Yuan couldn't figure out how much someone must hate Uzi to be able to write such a thing.
As a die-hard fan of Uzi, he was so angry that he was shaking all over in the middle of winter. He wanted to find the author and beat him up... A reward of fifty!
This is more interesting than toilet paper, it's more verbose.
I guess a lot of Uzi's die-hard fans had to laugh because it was really hard to hold it together.
"How are you today?"
A Shui hit Xu Yuan on the shoulder and asked with a smile.
"It's OK. It should be enough to torture you."
Xu Yuan bumped fists with him familiarly and spoke with a smile.
"You're talking about Gou Ba. Wait and see if I can do it or not, you'll be done for."
Ah Shui sneered.
“It’s really huge.”
Xu Yuan laughed loudly and directly raised the soul-searching question.
"Brother, what champion are you?"
"Dude...Dude Nest Champion!"
Ah Shui didn't mind at all, and spoke with confidence.
"How is it? You haven't taken it before!"
"What a rubbish match. How can it be better than a scrim? Why don't you tell me about the time you beat RNG in the S7 scrim."
Xu Yuan chuckled.
"Fuck it, you can even say that? You're not afraid of getting attacked, are you?"
Ah Shui's mouth twitched and he pointed at the camera.
"Haha, what do I have to be afraid of?"
Xu Yuan just laughed.
"My confidence is my strength. Do you know how strong my strength is?"
"Do you have this kind of complexity? Let me ask you. It's really profound and complex!"
"You're not afraid, but I am. I'm going to be led by the rhythm again. Really... slow down!"
Ah Shui has a headache.
While the players were chatting, the opening ceremony of the spring season had already begun.
The host is still Yu Shuang.
After all, she has the highest qualifications among the female hosts of LPL.
"Okay, welcome to the 2018 League of Legends Spring Season Opening Ceremony for all the summoners in front of the screen and on the scene. I am today's host, Yu Shuang."
Then came various performances.
Xu Yuan had no interest in this. What was so good about the performance?
It is obvious that the idea of ​​Danmu is similar to his.
"Hurry up and start the race! Who wants to watch this kind of thing?"
"Speed, speed! It starts with a Mercedes-Benz, who's going to buy a mine cart?!"
"Is it spicy or not?!"
Fortunately, Tencent Esports knows exactly what everyone wants to watch, so just stick with what’s good enough.
So the performance didn’t last long. With Yu Shuang’s exit, the promotional video for the 2018 Spring Season officially began.
After the promotional video ends, it is time for the contestants to appear on stage.
The screen suddenly went black, and the contestants at the back watched with some anticipation.
Although they were present during the filming of the promo, each person’s segment was different.
So the contestants don’t know what the whole film is about.
“We, too, were at a loss.”
The screen suddenly lit up, and Xiye's figure appeared in front of the camera.
He looked quiet and calm, staring at the screen quietly.
On the screen is the 2013 final between SHR and SKT.
The glaring 3-0 score was so glaring.
“Perhaps it would be better to give up?”
The camera turns.
Uzi lowered his head, put his hands beside his head, and looked a little annoyed.
“Maybe, there won’t be any changes in the future.”
MingKai, wearing an EDG team uniform, appeared in the camera, staring at the changing clouds in the distant sky.
"Is everything already destined?"
Tian Ye pushed his glasses and exhaled slowly.
S8 joined the reorganized RW mid laner Doinb and smiled.
"Fate is unfaithful to me, and when I smile, the flowers bloom."
The camera turned again, revealing a somewhat empty room with only a huge conference table in the center.
At the end of the table, a mysterious contestant sat in an ornate chair with his back to the camera.
He quietly propped up his face with one hand, and in the other hand he kept throwing up and down a delicate feather-shaped knife that shone with a cold light.
As the camera gradually moved from the chair to the panoramic view, OMG's star player Leng Shao appeared in front of the table, with one hand in his trouser pocket, revealing a wanton and sunny smile, and pointing to the OMG logo on his chest.
"The past is not forgotten, and every step is a journey."
Well-known players from each team appeared in front of the camera.
This is the LPL Spring Season promotional video, so it is impossible that all of it is footage of EDG players.
Their figures kept appearing and disappearing in front of the table, or on the left or right.
The next second, the camera zoomed down to the ground level, and a shoe appeared in the center of the camera.
As the camera gradually zoomed out, an ID appeared in the camera.
【Jackeylove】
With a serious and earnest expression, A Shui stood silently in front of the table, staring at the contestant sitting on the chair in front of him with his back to the camera.
The next moment, the chair turned quietly.
Sitting on the gorgeous chair, the bored mysterious contestant suddenly raised his head.
The feather he was throwing in his hand suddenly stopped and was gently grasped in his hand.
He shook his head slightly, and the hood slowly fell down at this moment.
A smiling face of a handsome young man appeared in the camera.
He stood up slowly, the EDG logo on his chest was bright and eye-catching.
Yes, Xu Yuan!
"I'm so, so handsome!"
"Abyss, abyss, abyss!"
"Cool! God Yuan!"
"Why are these two Bs so good-looking?"
"Damn, there are so many gay people in the barrage!"
Xu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and stretched out a hand.
"Are you ready?"
A Shui, who was wearing the IG team uniform, smiled and also extended a hand.
The narration also sounded at this moment.
“Let me play.”
"I can, win!"
As the two hands got closer, the figure of Ah Shui, who was shaking hands, began to change constantly.
Players from one team after another appeared where A Shui was standing, all in the same posture.
They stretched out their hands one by one, gradually moving closer to Xu Yuan's hand.
Finally, after all the team players' figures flashed by.
The two hands gradually approached each other and held together.
The camera slowly moved upwards along the hand, and what came into view was the same EDG team uniform.
Li Xianghe, whose hair was particularly smooth today, held Xu Yuan's hands and stared at him quietly.
Li Xianghe, who was always serious, smiled for the first time, his eyes were serious and determined.
"Um."
"I'm ready."
The camera suddenly pulled back and two IDs appeared in the center of the screen.
【Savior】
【Faker】
The picture suddenly froze.
【Burn everything and become a legend】
[A new era has arrived, are you looking forward to it? ]
[2018 League of Legends Spring Season is about to start! ]
Tencent Esports put a lot of effort into this promotional video.
The goal is to make it flawless from the very beginning.
After careful consideration, they chose the slogan "Burn everything, become a legend".
It not only alludes to EDG's championship last year, but also foreshadows the opening of a new era in this year's spring season.
As a viewer, the only feeling is:
Burning!
"Let's welcome the two teams that are about to play in the opening match with applause!"
"Invictus Gaming!"
"as well as……"
"S7 Champion Team!"
"EDward Gaming!"
The curtain of the competition is about to begin!