Xu Yuan never thought of this in his dreams.
Uzi doesn’t even have a skin for Spatula yet, but Riot gave him this first.
If you say it is reasonable, it is indeed reasonable.
Given the nature of Riot Games, it is really possible, mainly because it has been released before, and Lee Sang-hyuk was not yet a triple champion when it was released.
But it's not reasonable...
That's really unreasonable!
There are so many championships, why give him the only one?
At least Xu Yuan felt that even if he had won the Grand Slam last year, he would not be worthy of this honor.
At least we have to win two championships, then others will be convinced, right?
The current result may not be enough.
But he is not afraid.
"Just think of it as a spur."
That's what he thought.
Not achieving enough, but getting paid too much.
It is bound to be criticized.
Xu Yuan doesn't care about this.
Isn’t it just that the results are not good enough?
Wouldn't it be enough if we could win another championship this year?
Just take one more and all doubts will disappear.
There are quite a few players who win the championship after their debut, but there are very few players who win an honor like FMVP after their debut and then win the championship again in the second year.
So he was also the one who reacted the fastest.
"It seems that Riot likes me very much. I am very grateful for their love. I will take this skin as a motivation."
"I will work hard to win the world championship this year and try not to let them down."
In the live broadcast room, the indifferent young man smiled and spoke.
The rhythm that might have been rising in the barrage of comments just faded away silently.
People have said so, it is obvious that I don’t know either.
Riot released a skin, and now the players are being questioned as a result.
Isn't this a fist problem?
Listen, listen!
Will use this skin as motivation!
There is nothing wrong with what he said, and it makes people feel comfortable when they hear it.
As the live broadcast ended, this incident also fermented around the world.
After all, the last player to receive this kind of treatment from Riot was Lee Sang-hyuk.
Lee Sang-hyeok now has three championships and deserves the title of the number one player in LOL.
He is the only one who is treated this way, so everyone will not think that Fist is biased, but will just think that it is their due.
As the first person, this is the treatment you deserve.
And Xu Yuan is a contestant who has only debuted for two years including this year.
Although he performed very well last year, he won all the championships throughout the year and achieved the Grand Slam achievement.
But if you have to say, it is definitely not as convincing as Lee Sang-hyuk's triple crown.
It is natural to be questioned.
Among them, the most questioned is naturally the LCK.
After all, just like LPL audiences are unhappy with LCK, LCK audiences are also unhappy with LPL.
As the only championship team in LPL at present, EDG is now highly watched by LCK audiences.
Suddenly, a skin was released for their core player.
Are you kidding? We have quite a few players who have won two LCK championships!
Although there are not many FMVP players, there are some.
Why?
Many people have very strong associative abilities:
It is known that Riot has been acquired by Tengzi.
It is also known that Tengzi is the organizer of LPL.
The conclusion is that Tengzi is equal to LPL.
And Savior is the only core player of EDG in LPL now.
The case is solved!
This is the special treatment that Naked Fist gives to please his father Tengzi!
People are not worried about scarcity but inequality. How can Korean netizens remain calm?
"KK, this is the real capital!"
"A rubbish region that only wins once every seven years is really... shameless."
"Please be understanding. They finally won a championship that we don't care about. It would be strange if they didn't work hard to market it. After all, we have so many championships, and they only have those five. Now there is another one on our side."
"Savior's performance was indeed outstanding, but I don't think he deserves the honor. The LPL West is doing something tricky again!"
One sentence can summarize the thoughts of Korean netizens:
well!
capital!!
Although everyone on the LPL side was also quite surprised, not many people rushed to Xu Yuan.
After all, everyone has seen Xu Yuan’s efforts.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that it is impossible for a single player like him to influence Riot's thinking .
So most of them are cursing the fist.
It's really admirable to put the contestants on the spot for no reason.
If Xu Yuan fails to win the championship this year, both Riot and Xu Yuan will most likely be ridiculed by the whole world.
Even if the main force is not aimed at him, it will still affect him.
"Sima Riot, if you want to make money by releasing new skins, just do it. Why do you have to involve the players?"
"My old Yuan is a mixed bag. Yuanzi's favorite hero is undoubtedly Xia. Besides that, it is definitely Jinx. She played like crazy in the S7 Spring Split."
"Indeed, heroes like Vayne are only released after all the ADs he can use are removed. I don't like them at first glance. Riot insists on releasing a skin for Yuanzi. Then they have to replace it with a Jinx, right?"
"My Yuanyuan already has a skin for Xia, EDG. Xia boots! As for this Vayne skin, I really don't know where this wild chicken came from, and how can it become a phoenix after flying onto the tree?"
"Laughing Rat, I killed Xia with one feather, Mullet Roe, this rolling bitch is better left to the human form of Rambo next door who has never had a skin in his life, Youzei Aiba Boots."
"NBA, please don't take my Yuan Yuan with you."
However, in addition to the sarcasm towards Riot, some players also had similar ideas to those of Korean netizens, thinking that it might be Tengzi who took action.
So they joked,
"Alas, capital!"
"Is this Tengzi's big hand? Tengzi's big hand is so warm!"
"What? This is how we are in LPL. After all, Riot belongs to us in LPL. Are you dissatisfied? If you can't afford to play, don't play!"
"To be honest, the original painting and special effects are pretty good, especially the original painting. After seeing it, my lazy body couldn't help but move!"
"Very good for the skin, makes my circumference glow."
The matter fermented to the next day. European and American players also went crazy.
You gave it in LPL, and LCK gave it.
What about our own?
What? Our own champion players in the European and American regions are no longer players?
It’s bad enough that the skin has no special effects, but now everyone has it and we don’t! ?
Don’t talk about ancient champions. How come ancient champions are not champions?
The traitorous American companies controlled by the evil CN capital, get out of North America!
But soon, because the Koreans were making even louder noises, the Europeans and Americans fell silent again.
Because they have become fun people.
To put it bluntly, European and American friends have always been like this.
Between watching fun and creating fun, they usually choose to watch fun.
Originally, many Korean netizens were ready to take the opportunity to scold Xu Yuan.
After all, this Hangman's game was so successful that Korean netizens hated him so much but could never find a chance to criticize him.
Now they have found their opportunity.
But……
In the middle of the night, Xu Yuan’s live broadcast video was uploaded to the Reddit forum.
His humble statement suddenly sobered the audience.
Even Koreans would feel comfortable hearing him say this, because in their opinion this was equivalent to Xu Yuan admitting that he is not as good as Lee Sang Hyuk now.
That's good.
Others use it as motivation, implicitly indicating that they now feel unworthy.
There's no need to rush at them.
So Korean netizens vented all their anger on Riot.
So…what is Riot’s response to this?
No response!
Don't forget, Riot doesn't care about this at all.
They really don't care. For details, you can refer to their strong recommendation of a player, which is:
Chooooooooooovy!
This mid laner is even more CJB than Left Hand.
Even though his result in the world championship was an ugly 88848, Riot still praised him.
How hard is it?
A loser in the quarterfinals can act like a match for Xu Xiu in the S11 World Championship MV.
Some people say that this is because Chovy is Xu Xiu’s nemesis in the league, so it is reasonable for him to be in the World Championship MV.
This statement is completely ridiculous.
This is a fucking World Championship MV, not a full-year summary.
Chovy just didn't achieve anything in the world championship.
Moreover, this kind of treatment is not the first time.
The S12 World Championship skin is Tsar, and in the S11 World Championship MV, Chovy is the one driving the Tsar mecha skin.
It's really hard praise.
Chovy's strength is like aborted left hand, I have heard of it but never seen it.
But I still hold my fist firmly and do what I want.
So it is impossible to expect Riot to respond to the anger of Korean netizens online.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lee Sang Hyuk."
"Savior is an excellent player and a hard-working player. He is still very young. I believe he will be able to be as good as me in the future."
“We are players, but we are just players.”
"We cannot influence any decision made by Riot. I hope everyone can think rationally and not make groundless accusations against my teammates."
"During my time at EDG, Savior helped me a lot. We are now very good teammates and fighting partners. We will work together towards the world championship."
“Thank you for your support.”
After Li Xianghe returned to his bedroom, he kept thinking about how to help Xu Yuan.
In the end, this person who had almost never posted many tweets on social media platforms spent half the night struggling with this.
Such a tweet was sent out on all the domestic and international social media platforms where he is present.
Because of this, he even had a minor conflict with his agent.
After the agent knew that Li Xianghe wanted the password of the account, he did try to persuade him.
"He is an LPL player. He was so rude to LCK last year. Many Korean netizens don't like him. This time they just took this opportunity to scold Savior. If you stand up to speak for him now, they will come and scold you."
“That’s not necessary, Sang Hyuk.”
However, Li Xianghe remained unmoved and just calmly typed out this message.
"But he is my recognized friend and teammate, and I can't just sit back and watch."
"If they really want to scold me, then let them do it. It's not like I haven't been scolded before."
broker:……
As Lee Sang-hyuk sent out this message, Korean netizens indeed began to shift their target.
He stopped cursing Xu Yuan and started cursing his fists instead.
Those who hated Lee Sang-hyuk began to take the opportunity to attack Lee Sang-hyuk.
"After going to LPL, have you completely forgotten what country you are from?"
"KK, you are still learning Chinese every day. Even the post-match interview is in Chinese. If you don't understand, just ask, is Faker Chinese?"
"As expected, he is a Chinese-loving dog. Now he is angry because his CN teammates are scolded."
Li Xianghe watched silently, turned off his phone without any sadness or joy and prepared to go to bed.
Boom boom boom.
There was a knock on the door.
Li Xianghe was slightly startled and opened the door.
"Xu Yuan?"
"What can I say ... You don't have to get involved."
It was almost late at night. He was wearing dinosaur pajamas. Under his messy hair, there was a hint of laughter in his bright eyes.
"You're my teammate."
Lee Sang Hyuk smiled.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. I will not allow them to make such groundless accusations."
Although his expression was calm, his tone was very serious.
Xu Yuan realized that Li Xianghe was not joking.
He was somewhat touched and said no more.
"Well, if there are so many doubts... let's break them with our results."
“This year, let’s win the championship.”
Li Xianghe rubbed his neck, "Isn't that a matter of course?"
"Go back and rest early, Xu Yuan."
"Um."
Xu Yuan responded, but did not go in. He waved his hand and turned around.
"Thank you."
"Brother Li."
Looking at his back as he walked away, Li Xianghe was slightly stunned.
He leaned against the door, glanced at the bright moonlight in the sky, and laughed softly.
"You little brat..."
I have to say, he felt pretty good when he was called Brother Li.
There is a sense of relief that my help was not in vain.
Time passes by bit by bit.
The heat of the matter gradually dissipated.
The fist has been turning a blind eye, and even the most fierce netizens can't help feeling discouraged.
They began to set their sights on the upcoming MSI.
Aren’t you using your fists to blow up your father Yuan in various ways?
Then let MSI test the waters!
Let’s see if he really has the ability or is just an ordinary version champion!
During this period, there was a contestant who also couldn't sleep all night.
That's Uzi.
After seeing Riot's MSI-themed skin Conqueror Vayne, his first reaction was that Riot should make a skin for him.
Although he said, "What's the use of this? The S-League champion skin is definitely the real player skin."
But I was still very happy.
After all, this was the treatment that only Faker had enjoyed before.
Have I become as good as Faker in Riot's eyes?
I think this matter is really...
Thai cool spicy!
Then the next moment he had a Sima face.
Because the designer on the screen clearly stated that this was to commemorate Xu Yuan's outstanding performance at the 2017 MSI.
Now, Uzi feels like he has eaten shit.
It’s so painful, Ma Fei!
You know, although Uzi has already admitted in his heart that Xu Yuan's performance in winning the championship last year was very good and he deserved the championship.
I am no match for him.
But when Uzi saw that Xu Yuan chose Xayah's skin in S7, he was relieved.
He was actually a little afraid that Xu Yuan would choose Vayne.
In Uzi's heart, he definitely wants to be the first to give Vayne a skin.
Unfortunately, this opportunity has been snatched away by Piglet.
So he made up his mind that if he won the championship, he would become the first champion player in LPL to choose Vayne.
Xu Yuan chose Vayne's skin, but he didn't.
This made Uzi feel relieved.
But what?
Damn Riot, it seems that because Xu Yuan didn’t choose Vayne, they made an MSI Vayne skin for Xu Yuan!
This makes it very difficult for Uzi to resist.
I've been playing for so many years, but I haven't even seen the shadow of a skin.
How come you have two?
It’s not fair!
Not fair!
So even though he didn't say a word about the current online debate, part of Uzi also wanted to see Xu Yuan make a fool of himself.
I am afraid that my brothers are having a hard life, and I am also afraid that my brothers are driving a Land Rover.
Besides, Xu Yuan is not his brother.
Uzi's idea is quite normal.
Unfortunately, everything ended after Lee Sang-hyuk left.
So Uzi couldn't sleep.
Monday, May 7th.
It is a sunny day today.
Li Xianghe got up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, put on his clothes in a daze, washed up and walked out of the dormitory.
But when he arrived at the training room, he was a little confused.
"Where are the people?"
There was not a single person in the huge training room.
He rubbed his head in confusion and didn't think much about it.
It's already holiday, so it's normal that no one is here.
Maybe Xu Yuan just went out to eat hotpot with imp and the others.
Heo Yuan has a good relationship with imp, and Lee Sang Hyuk knows it very well.
Because when A Shui organized the party, Xu Yuan also called him to join.
Lee Sang-hyuk has also been there and has a good feeling about imp, his former rival.
But at night, Li Xianghe felt something was wrong.
"It's already seven o'clock in the evening, why is there still no one here?"
Apart from the staff, there was basically no player team from any League of Legends division in sight in the base.
With such doubts, Li Xianghe prepared to walk towards his dormitory after dinner as usual, ready to take a shower and then go for evening training.
At this time, Li Xianghe's dormitory had completely changed.
The originally monotonous dormitory has been hung with various fireworks, and a small table has been moved in the middle of the room.
There was a big cake on the table.
There is a sentence written in Chinese and Korean on it:
Happy birthday, Lee Sang Hyuk!
"Why hasn't he come yet? We've been setting up for a long time."
Smeb can't wait any longer.
"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to gank him this time!"
Xu Yuan is full of confidence.
"To be honest, I'm a little surprised that you can remember Li Xianghe's birthday. Are you secretly in love with Xianghe?"
Smeb sighed.
Isn't this a secret crush?
Xu Yuan smiled, "Are you talking about you? He spoke up for me a few days ago, and I just happened to find out that his birthday is May 7th, so I have to repay him."
"Oh, that's all right."
Smeb suddenly realized.
That makes sense.
"Here it comes! Stop talking!"
Xiaotian secretly peeked out of the room and saw Li Xianghe coming back, looking like a sneaky garlic turtle.
Then everything returned to calm.
Li Xianghe was wondering why there was no one there. The moment he opened the door, he turned on the light in the room.
At the moment the light came on, several fireworks suddenly erupted in the room.
Li Xianghe looked shocked and saw his teammates holding fireworks.
They all had bright smiles on their faces.
“Faker, happy birthday!”
Li Xianghe was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously smiled.
"Ah, thank you."
To be honest , birthdays and stuff.
He actually forgot.
After all, the main theme for professional players is always training, and he is so immersed in training that he doesn't care about things like birthdays at all.
In the past in LCK, it was kkoma who took the lead in celebrating.
After coming to LPL, Li Xianghe never thought that his teammates would know his birthday, let alone celebrate for him.
kkoma looked at Lee Sang-hyuk, who seemed to be stunned, with a smile on his face, feeling a little emotional.
"Sang Hyuk, you've also met new friends who are no less than your SKT teammates."
At the same time, he has more confidence in whether EDG can achieve good results this year.
It’s a very simple truth, it improves the team’s cohesion.
Talking about cohesion may sound a bit mysterious, but it is real.
Some teams just don’t have much cohesion and are put together purely by their worth.
Such a team may be fine when its performance is good, but once it faces setbacks, it is likely to fall apart in the second year.
Because there is no cohesion among the players, they are all just mercenaries in the final analysis.
Just be colleagues, why invest so much emotion in it?
If you work hard for a year but still don't get any results, you will naturally choose to leave without hesitation.
Just like JD.com in S13.
Obviously, they have won many championships, but because they were eliminated in the semi-finals again, everything seemed to be in vain.
Not long after I returned, I began to understand the body.
I don't have any sense of belonging to the team.
But the current EDG is obviously different. The players will take the initiative to maintain the friendship between each other.
They can also cooperate more tacitly during the game.
After a while, Lee Sang-hyuk was put on the birthday hat that today's birthday boy should wear and sat in front of the cake on the small table.
"Make a wish."
Listening to the voices of his teammates, Li Xianghe nodded silently.
Close your eyes, put your hands together, and start... The girl is praying!
After a short time, he opened his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth.
"I have made the promise."
"Blow out the candles, blow out the candles!"
Next, of course, is the process of celebrating a birthday.
After blowing out the candles, Li Xianghe divided the cake very carefully.
The smile on his face never stopped.
After eating the cake, Lee Sang-hyuk thanked his teammates very sincerely.
"Thank you for helping me celebrate my birthday."
"What's the big deal? We are teammates."
Xu Yuan smiled nonchalantly.
EDG played big this evening.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a silver party.
Instead, after they went out for dinner, they came back and started the classic dragon pit Mundo throwing an axe.
There was laughter and joy everywhere, and the atmosphere was very happy.
Because it was a live broadcast, the joyful mood was also conveyed to the audience, making them very happy to watch.
At this time, SKT...
Li Lican ate rice cakes with a tasteless taste, and stared at the happy EDG players on the screen without blinking.
Returning to life in SKT was not as happy as he had imagined.
As a player, I am not very clear about the game between the top management, but I can get a general idea from the ever-changing teammates and coaching staff.
There is intrigue all day long.
In the competition, this year's SKT has no competitiveness at all.
The current SKT lineup does not have any chance of winning the championship.
This is something Li Lican is very clear about.
He tried his best to play the game, but this game is always between five people.
Constantly changing teammates means there is not much running-in, so the results are naturally poor.
SKT fans also began to question him.
"Is this the S7 champion mid laner?"
"Why do you feel like it's useless?"
Such doubts are heard everywhere.
Especially after SKT was defeated by KZ 3-0 in a very ugly way, this kind of public opinion reached its peak.
When Faker was there, we were rarely beaten so badly by other clubs.
Li Lican worked very hard, but sometimes hard work does not necessarily lead to results.
He has begun to miss EDG.
There is no pressure at all in EDG. Everyone is working together to strive for the championship that seems out of reach.
Is returning to LCK really a good choice?
Li Lican already had the answer in his mind.
Seeing how happy Lee Sang-hyeok was in EDG, he really couldn't help himself.
"Have you really made up your mind?"
In a trance, he recalled the party after winning the championship.
Xu Yuan's face was calmer than ever before, and he spoke coldly.
Li Lican put down the rice cake, slumped down on the gaming chair, and covered his face.
If you miss it, you miss it.
He truly felt regret.
But what’s the use of regret?
Wasn't it me who said heartlessly that I wanted to leave EDG?
Looking back, SKT's training room was deserted.
The laughter and joy of the past seemed to exist only in his memory.
On the 8th, EDG officially disbanded the team and began the final sprint training.
After a short period of leisure time, EDG not only adjusted quickly, but also achieved surprisingly good training results.
Facts have proved that the idea of ​​combining work and rest is really effective.
"Look at me, look at me!"
"Open it, open it! Kill him!"
"Shit! I told you to call the jungler! Kill him!!"
"Vision! Vision!"
The originally peaceful training room suddenly became passionate.
Today, EDG’s training match opponent is still IG.
Otherwise, how can we say that IG's players are able to get along?
Although it is vacation now, they are still willing to spend two or three hours every day at home to play a BO5 training match with EDG.
kkoma looked around behind the players with satisfaction, nodding from time to time.
"You're going tomorrow, right?"
Abu communicated with him.
"Well, this MSI is held in Berlin, Germany, so the players still need to adjust to the time difference."
kkoma nodded.
"It's finally about to begin."
Abu sighed.
"Are you scared?"
Mingkai heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but make a joke.
"No, I'm already looking forward to it."
kkoma smiled and pushed up his glasses.
Let the whole world see how far this EDG team can go.
kkoma was also aware of the doubts about Xu Yuan due to the Conqueror skin some time ago.
So he takes it very seriously.
On May 10th, EDG’s official Weibo account released a message announcing that they would travel to Berlin, Germany today.
The offseason, which has been quiet for a long time, is stirring again!
And at this time, how can we miss ESPN, which cannot survive without popularity?
Ever since the incident with Xu Yuan raised its profile, ESPN has completely stopped pretending.
Regardless of their ranking now, let’s just increase their popularity first!
And Xu Yuan's ranking was directly moved to first place.
The Koreans' defense was directly broken.
If you don’t know how to rank, don’t try to learn how to rank!
What a filial son!
But ESPN continues to do its own thing.
The plane landed, and Xu Yuan got off the plane with a bag on his back, and couldn't help but sigh.
“How beautiful, Berlin!”