As time goes by, the discussion about the Asian Games on the Internet is getting more and more intense, which is something the Asian Games Organizing Committee is very happy to see.
Their choice of e-sports as a performance event is itself a test of the waters.
Traditional sports hardly generate any enthusiasm except among the relevant enthusiasts.
After all, it is not a competition of the level of the Olympics. Most people are only interested in one thing about the Asian Games:
How many gold medals did we win?
After learning about the number of gold medals, I basically lost interest in this area.
After all, apart from the city hosting the Asian Games, the work of other people will not change because of the Asian Games.
Therefore, the attention to the Asian Games today is not particularly high.
Therefore, after a long period of meetings and exchanges, the Asian Games Organizing Committee decided to select e-sports, a new industry, as a demonstration event for the Asian Games.
The purpose is to get closer to young people.
In fact, there has always been debate about whether e-sports can be considered a sport.
This question is also difficult to answer.
Because sports in the traditional sense are mostly physical confrontations, while e-sports are more about mental aspects.
But...if e-sports doesn't count, then how can mental sports like Go and chess count?
So this boundary is difficult to grasp.
The Asian Games Organizing Committee is also testing the waters more this time.
However, this is a very good thing for e-sports.
Regardless of whether it counts as sport or not, regardless of whether one can make it onto the medal list or not.
As long as it can appear in the Asian Games, it means that e-sports is gradually moving from a niche culture to the mainstream.
This is more or less a recognition.
The e-sports event at this Asian Games is not limited to League of Legends.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 , StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, and Clash Royale are also on the list.
There is also another game that domestic players play every day, but whose name they are not familiar with at all: Arena of Valor.
When it comes to Arena of Valor, many people may not know much about it, but if you mention its other name [Honor of Kings International Server], everyone should suddenly understand it.
I'm super, farmer!
At this time, Xu Yuan had already arrived in Jakarta, the host city of the Asian Games, and had indeed met the representative team composed of active KPL professional players.
But to be honest, he was a little disappointed.
"Why don't you know him?"
He actually knows a few King of Glory players.
"Han Xin is trying to steal the tower. Can he steal it? Can he not?
Wait, it looks like I can steal it!
He produced a famous sword Siming!"
Because of this thing, he knew Menglei who stole the tower.
Another one is Feiniu.
After all, he stole the introduction for closing the account, so he had some impression of it.
Who dares to draw his sword and mount his horse? Only I, General Feiniu!
Because the word "Flying Bull" easily reminds people of a flying cow, Xu Yuan was also a little curious about it.
Another one is Yinuo, after all, he is known as the Faker of KPL.
But now, Xu Yuan didn’t see any of them.
It's normal to feel disappointed.
The King of Glory players in the distance also saw them and came over excitedly to ask for autographs.
After all, professional players of League of Legends may not necessarily understand Honor of Kings, but many professional players of Honor of Kings understand League of Legends.
The difference in heat is this.
Don’t forget who gave the title of Nongpi to the players of Honor of Kings.
This is our dominance in dog petting, win!
Xu Yuan patiently signed autographs and took photos with them, then watched them leave.
"It seems the King of Glory game is ahead of us, right?"
He vaguely remembered this happening.
"Well, if they can win, King of Glory should be the first gold medal in e-sports."
Meiko understands a little bit.
"How can we lose then?"
Xu Yuan smiled.
Unlike League of Legends, there are hardly any foreigners playing the game Honor of Kings. Except for the domestic KPL, they are basically considered wild cards.
The so-called World Championship every year is actually only played by domestic teams.
The game played abroad is Arena of Valor, and its intensity is much lower than KPL.
How the hell can this guy lose?
It doesn't make sense.
The group got on the arranged bus and headed towards the training site.
On the way, the atmosphere gradually became more lively.
After all, the contestants themselves are not very old, so how could they have any bad intentions?
They are just internet-addicted teenagers in the eyes of many people.
So even though some players had never seen other players except during competitions before the Asian Games, they are now quickly getting familiar with each other.
"Would you like some?"
Letme took out a bottle of Nutri-Express and shook it at Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan nodded and took it, "Thank you"
Letme smiled, relieving the tension in his heart.
It seems... it’s not particularly difficult to contact.
Xu Yuan felt similarly to him and thought the contestants were all okay.
No one has a particularly bad temper, everyone is quite polite.
Xiye gave people a very honest feeling. He started distributing snacks as soon as he got on the car.
Letme was also very easy to get along with. He distributed drinks to everyone as soon as we got on the bus.
He is quite nice!
Considering Letme's kindness, Xu Yuan decided to temporarily forget that he had lost 50 yuan in his previous life to buy his [From Letme to Yan Junze].
It's only 50 yuan, it's not worth thinking about it all the time.
Is Xu Yuan such a stingy person?
That is, half of the book is advertisement, and half of the book is nonsense, and it's too hard to wipe your butt.
Really, he doesn't hold a grudge at all.
"By the way, coach, who are we going to play against in the next practice match?"
Xu Yuan suddenly asked.
Uzi was also a little curious, "Yeah, who are you fighting against?"
Abu grinned, "Who else could it be? An old acquaintance."
After he said that, Xu Yuan understood.
“IG again…”
This person has a heart of a bodhisattva!
IG has been EDG's designated training partner since S7, and even now in S8 it still frequently plays training games with EDG.
The players on both sides are so familiar with each other that they often make plans to go out to eat together, and sometimes they even share a table when they meet in a restaurant.
What Xu Yuan likes most is that IG’s training matches are completely different from those of other teams.
Other teams might hide things, but IG really doesn’t.
They played their training matches the same way a game should be played.
The main character has clear eyes and a sense of clear stupidity.
EDG is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others.
Both Abu and Kkoma have stressed to IG many times that they should try not to reveal too many tactics in the training games.
But it didn't work at all.
IG: Tactics...what are tactics?
My head itches so much, I feel like a brain is going to grow out of it.
All I can say is that EDG has tried its best, but IG still chooses to go its own way.
They are definitely the best opponents for training matches, because even in training matches they play very seriously and with very high intensity.
As he was speaking, Xu Yuan's cell phone rang.
He picked it up and looked at it, and he immediately laughed. "Speak of the devil, and he will appear?"
Pick it up and press the WeChat call button.
"Hello?"
"Can you hear me, buddy?"
A somewhat careless voice came over the phone that day.
"If it weren't for you calling me, I'd be carsick now."
Xu Yuan said unhappily.
"No, why do you say no? I won't say more, let's get down to business. Puzi's passport is missing. I guess his girlfriend took it."
Ah Shui on the other end of the phone sighed.
"What should we do now? Passports are a hassle."
Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment, "What did Puzi say?"
"Puzi is right next to me. He said he'd better just make do with it and is ready to agree to his girlfriend's proposal."
Xu Yuan exclaimed directly, "I'm so, turtle!"
Is this fucking agreeable?
Puzi, this is not Tiefeiyangyang.
Even more exaggerated than Feiyangyang, he is a pure reincarnation of an ATM machine, born to be a popcorn feeder for bad women.
he asked quickly.
"Ashui, can you hear me?"
"I can hear you."
"He's next to you, right?"
"yes."
Xu Yuan sneered and spoke.
"Just slap him twice and see if he still gets mad."
“Ah, this…”
A Shui glanced at Pu Zi beside him and felt eager to try.
"Really?"
"I'm super, don't!"
Puzi's special voice sounded, he snatched the phone and spoke very aggrievedly.
"Yuanzi, what should I do? It seems like there is nothing I can do."
Xu Yuan asked directly,
"Isn't this stealing? Should we just call the police?"
The imp on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment.
"ah?"
"She's just your girlfriend, and you're not married. Why does she take your things? Call the police directly."
Puzi thought about it carefully.
Shit, that makes so much sense!
Xu Yuan smacked his lips as he watched the call end.
These early professional players generally lacked common sense because almost all of their time was devoted to training.
But not all of them are like this, some contestants are just character settings.
For example, knight.
Looking at his introverted appearance , who would have thought that he could abort someone else's girlfriend?
To describe it with the words of Anti-maggot baby:
I can't even imagine the scene of Knight getting hard.
The bus stopped and we arrived at the training location.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath and got off the bus.
Next up is the Asian Games training camp.
At this moment he was wearing a very nice piece of clothing.
The jackets worn by athletes representing the national team.
The overall base color is white, with red texture spreading from the wrist to the neck, and it is a classic round neck design baseball jacket.
The difference is that on the left side of the chest of this dress is a national flag logo with extremely symbolic meaning.
This means that they are the representative players of CN.
On the right side of the shirt, the player's real name and ID are embroidered from top to bottom.
For example, Xu Yuan is [Xu Yuan Savior].
And on the back of the shirt, there is only one simple word.
【China】
In fact, the word is enough.
In fact, there is a matching short-sleeved shirt, but Xu Yuan didn’t wear it today and just brought it with him.
In addition to this set, there is also a blue and white dress in the suitcase, which even has a special name [Blue Fantasy]
Xu Yuan's outfit is an athlete's uniform, while that one is a formal dress.
However, Xu Yuan still prefers the one he is wearing now.
Don’t ask, the only thing you know is that red is festive.
After being settled by the staff, I had dinner under the guidance of a special person.
Because the food was provided by the organizer in Jakarta, Xu Yuan was a little uncomfortable with the food.
After all, he has been eating rice since he was a child, so he still feels a little uncomfortable when he suddenly experiences the special food of Indonesia.
But there's nothing I can do but eat this stuff.
Because the dietary regulations for the Asian Games are very strict, the menu is specified by a specialized nutritionist.
No matter whether it tastes good or not, it is definitely full of nutrition.
It is indeed healthy, and Xu Yuan can accept it even if it tastes a little bad.
Compared to his calmness, Xiaotian's face turned green when he ate this thing for the first time.
"It tastes fucking outrageous."
This is Xiaotian’s only feeling.
For example, like strawberry flavored buns.
You can imagine how outrageous it is.
Tian Ye laughed loudly, then he ate and suddenly became silent.
Eating and drinking in silence is the norm.
After a night's rest, the training camp officially began the next day.
Opponent, IG!
Today's IG is very strong. Although they had some difficulty playing against EDG, they basically used a dimensionality reduction attack on other teams.
Only RNG can compete with IG.
However, such a team never hides anything during training matches.
This also directly led to the fact that out of the seven training matches played that day, the Asian Games team only won two.
Big loss!
In these two games, Xu Yuan took out Xia again.
After gaining an advantage in the laning phase, he continued to radiate to the middle lane, helping Xiye withstand the pressure from Rookie.
Then drag it to the late stage until you have six pieces of equipment before you win.
Uzi played three games and lost all of them.
Xu Yuan played four games and only won two.
Such a record obviously made Abu very dissatisfied.
"I won't say anything on the first day. Your teamwork is really poor. You need to learn to trust your teammates and think about other things after you have done well in your laning phase."
"Speak up, tell us whatever problems you have, don't be silent, we need to communicate!"
His face was serious.
Abu knew very well that the players were under a lot of pressure after losing like this.
But now there is only so much time for training, and he has no extra time to comfort the players. He can only force them to adjust themselves.
And communication is always the best way to adjust.
Losing the game is not scary, and getting into a fight after being abused is even less scary.
The scary thing is that after losing, no one said a word and just remained silent.
That's really the only way out.
Abu would rather see them quarreling than seeing them both remain silent.
"The jungler's thinking is very important. We can't interfere with Xiaotian anymore. We have to work around his rhythm."
Xiye spoke first.
Although he looks a little introverted, sometimes he does not choose to remain silent.
"No, in that case, our top laner is not good at attacking, and it's easy to get into trouble if we can't get Ornn in the top lane."
"The opponent's top laner gets the lane control and goes into my jungle with the jungler. It's hard for me to play. At least the top laner should be balanced before playing."
Xiaotian is outspoken. There is no need to be polite during the post-match review, just speak your mind.
He was just stating the facts.
Letme's face suddenly turned red.
To be honest, Xiaotian has already put it mildly enough.
What does it mean to be not good at attacking?
Letme was abused by Theshy the whole day today. As long as there was no Ornn, he was basically suppressed in the lane, forcing Xiaotian to go and help him.
"I... you guys need to give me more feedback, I can't beat him anyway, you guys don't say a word, I don't know what to do, what if I push the line and then die?"
He spoke almost numbly, spreading his hands.
"When I think about this kind of thing, my hands keep shaking. It's the same when we're in a team fight. When I'm at the front, I don't know what you guys want to do, whether you want to start a fight or protect the back row."
"If I don't get any feedback, my hands will keep shaking, and I don't want that!"
Xu Yuan and Wu Zi looked up at the same time, stared at him for a while, and then looked away tacitly.
This scene was also faithfully recorded by the camera in the training room and was called the "Double Death Stare", which became a famous scene in the future.
Wu Zi finally couldn't help but speak. His face was full of irritation.
"I think if the atmosphere is so bad, then why bother playing? Let's just take a break today."
"Every time that BP was over and that lineup was picked, I knew we were going to lose again."
"We just play the heroes we are good at without considering coordination or anything. How can we play the game like this?"
"Just because we got caught in the bottom lane, you guys in the mid lane, top lane and jungle lane have to do something, right? We got caught, and you guys just tangled with them for a while, and then you didn't fight anymore. Aren't we just given away for nothing?"
He sighed and leaned back in his chair, covering his face with his hands.
"Forget it, that's it. I think that's it."
Tian Ye nodded slightly.
"I think what Uzi said is correct. Everyone chooses what they want to play on the first day. If they can play it, they can take it."
"But if the final lineup is not good, then there will be no chance to win the game. What's the point of bringing it out?"
"The lineup can either be determined to be a traditional double C, or four protecting one, or a single-lane, it's all fine, but you must be clear about what system you want to play."
"The command issue also needs to be resolved. It's okay when Yuanzi is on the field, the jungler and the support can be the commander."
Tian Ye glanced at Wu Zi who was covering his face and spoke bluntly.
"But when Uzi was on, there were too many and too chaotic noises from Mai Li. Uzi, you should also pay attention and hand over the command to Xiaotian and me."
"The C position is responsible for damage output and survival, commanding will distract you."
Uzi didn't refute and nodded silently.
If he was the only AD, he might not think there was anything wrong.
But after standing behind Xu Yuan and watching how he played the game, Uzi also knew that this was not a good thing.
Although Meiko's words hinted that he was not as good as Xu Yuan, Wu Zi didn't care.
It's not as good as before.
Xu Yuan had almost beaten him into submission.
Abu looked at the players communicating with satisfaction. Although their voices were loud, it could be seen that the atmosphere was becoming more and more peaceful.
That's right.
Communicating calmly is always more useful than keeping silent.
But he soon noticed that Xu Yuan hadn't spoken a word.
Abu nudged Xu Yuan with his arm and asked in response to his puzzled look,
"Don't you have anything to say?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other contestants' eyes fell on Xu Yuan.
They were also somewhat curious about Xu Yuan's thoughts.
I?
Xu Yuan smiled, "I don't have much to say, everyone played very well."
"It's only the first day. Is it embarrassing that we can't beat IG? The LCK next door can't necessarily beat IG, right? At least we won two games."
"Why not just solve the problem after you find it? Since it is determined to be a communication problem, then we should give clear instructions in the future."
Unlike others, Xu Yuan is very clear about the current format of the Asian Games.
Don’t think that the LPL representative team is quarreling here, the LCK next door may be quarreling even more exaggerated.
And...is IG weak?
Don't forget, they were the original champions of S8.
For a team like this, it would be a good thing if they could win a game, considering that the Asian Games team has only been running in for less than a day.
The two wins were not all due to Xu Yuan. His teammates also helped him withstand the pressure and gave him enough time to develop.
So Xu Yuan was really satisfied.
After all, the original Asian Games team was in an even worse situation than them at this point in time, and was almost eliminated in the group stage.
According to the toilet paper [From Letme to Yan Junze] released by Letme, they were actually eliminated at the end of the Asian Games group stage, because the group they were assigned to only allowed two teams to advance, and LPL was ranked third at that time.
In the end, the organizers considered that the group division was unreasonable and added one seat so that they could enter the knockout stage.
Don’t think that the Asian Games is a simple competition. It takes time to get used to new teammates.
Others may not be able to get their lineup right in a season. How can you get it right in just a few days?
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, everyone looked at each other.
It seems... that's okay.
IG is indeed very strong, and it is great that they can win on the first day.
Even if the wins are small, it at least proves that this team has a limit and will not be helpless against top teams.
And the main problem now is very obvious, which is mainly a problem of communication and command.
With EDG's jungler and support, it is entirely possible to build a basic command framework.
Well, a solution to this problem has actually been found.
In that case, why bother?
Time is indeed running out, but the fight doesn’t have to start right away.
In the already tense atmosphere, Xu Yuan's words allowed the contestants to breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, we will review the video of the game.
And just as Xu Yuan thought, the current situation of the KR team is also very bad.
However, unlike the CN team which lost badly, the KR team won too much.
After a whole day of playing, they even maintained an undefeated record.
However, coach kkoma's expression looked rather ugly.
"Can we get a better team?"
"...It's difficult, because as you know, there are not many top LCK teams now, and many players are still in the representative team. They can only use substitutes to replace the original players, so the training intensity is also not high."
The staff member was somewhat helpless and answered truthfully.
kkoma has a headache.
Someone may say, isn’t it good to win all the time?
Winning is good, but winning scrims all the time is meaningless for the team.
The purpose of training matches is to find out gaps, make up for shortcomings and improve strength.
However, the opponent was too weak, so they couldn't find any problems at all, and naturally there was no question of any improvement.
The training effect of such training matches is essentially worse than always losing.
There are only a few strong teams in LCK now, and the core players of these teams are all in the representative teams.
Samsung's bottom laner Chidi and CoreJJ were there, which made it impossible for Samsung to fight against them.
KZ's jungler Xiaohua was there, so KZ couldn't fight them.
After excluding these two teams, only KT and SKT are slightly strong.
Unfortunately, KT is now on holiday.
Although SKT has been training with them, the training effect is basically zero as they keep winning.
Of course, Lee Sang-hyuk still had a lot of fun.
Of course he was happy to play against SKT.
He feels great to be able to beat SKT, even in a training match.
After all, he chose to leave because of the high-level palace fighting in disappointment.
Summary in one sentence:
It seems like, open the champagne!
Just as kkoma was thinking hard, the staff member who was in charge of contacting someone nearby suddenly had his eyes lit up and spoke hurriedly.
"Coach kkoma, maybe there really is a more suitable team for training matches."
"oh?"
Kkoma was in high spirits.
"who?"
The staff member considered his words and spoke.
"You may not know that there is a team in LCK that is recognized as having great potential."
"It only entered the LCK from the secondary league in the summer season this year, but it has already made it to the playoffs right after entering the LCK, and its current ranking is not low. The individual abilities of the players are also very strong, and they are all 1,000-point kings in the Korean server."
"This team is favored by many people. I have contacted their team leader and they are willing to help."
kkoma's memory searched through the teams in this year's LCK, and soon he knew who the staff was talking about.
If it is this team, the effect should be pretty good?
Anyway, it is impossible to be worse than SKT.
He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"I see. It's GRF, right?"
"Inside!"
The staff smiled and nodded.
GRF, also known as Griffin.
A super dark horse that just made it into the LCK in this year's summer season.
Generally, teams newly entering the LCK can only rank in the middle at best, and they basically have to pay tuition fees in the first year.
But GRF is different.
They finished second in this year's summer regular season.
This is extremely exaggerated.
Because this means that their regular season results are only slightly worse than KT, and they are ahead of top teams such as KZ, GENG, SKT, and AFS.
Although the team’s current personnel configuration is not particularly famous nowadays, they will basically be top professional players in the future.
The top laner is Sword, the jungler is Tarzan, the mid laner is Chovy, the No. 1 mid laner on Tik Tok, and the bottom lane is composed of Viper and the support Lehends.
Except for Sword King who is a piece of shit, all of them are very capable players.
This is why we say “basically” rather than all.
kkoma has some impression of GRF's mid laner Chovy, because this person's laning level is indeed very good.
But, that’s all.
Because kkoma has personally trained Lee Sang Hyuk.
Compared to Chovy, kkoma is most optimistic about Viper in this GRF.
Because when I was chatting with my LCK friends, that friend said that this player named Viper is very strict with himself and works very hard.
kkoma likes this kind of player very much, just like he likes Xu Yuan very much.
He has always believed that hard work is the prerequisite for all achievements for professional players.
Although talent is important, it is not truly decisive.
Without hard work, no matter how talented a professional player is, he or she will never achieve any results in his or her lifetime.
And even if his talent is not top-notch among professional players.
As long as you are above the standard, you can surpass the top talented players through hard work.
Note the premise, this is [for professional players ].
Do you understand?
Everyone already has a talent of over 90 points, so this part of the talent gap can be made up.
"Please thank Griffin for me."
kkoma specifically reminded.
"OK."
The next training match is about to begin.
There is still one week left until the start of the Asian Games.