Chapter 104: Highly anticipated! The S12 World Championship opens, the most promising year for the a
Chapter 104: Highly anticipated! The S12 World Championship opens, the most promising year for the all-Chinese team to win the championship!
Two days after the finals.
The popularity of TES winning the championship continues to be hot!
The official Chinese server was also very considerate and launched a half-price event for all skins in the client to celebrate Top Esports' victory. You can get an unlocked legendary skin for free by logging in. Even some limited skins that were strictly controlled in the past are being sold at half price. This is a benefit that has never been seen since the Chinese server was put into operation!
Perhaps in order to further increase the attention of this year's LPL, the most popular unlimited firepower mode in recent years has been opened for a limited time as an exception.
With so many added investments and the topic of Top Esports winning the championship having already become popular beyond the circle, the daily active users of the national server have really increased significantly.
And when they heard that the top seed was an all-Chinese team, some old players who had returned briefly to take advantage of the popularity came out to show their support!
The hot search list on Weibo is filled with congratulations and praise.
During this period, Lu Yiming was also labeled with many labels by netizens. Some people joked in the comment section that he was the "No. 1 King of Forcing in LPL", while others praised him as the glory of the division.
The most common voice on the Internet is that Tzun is the strongest top laner in the history of LPL!
As the popularity grew, almost the entire e-sports circle focused on Lu Yiming.
His trash talk before the games this season and his extremely crazy and harsh words during the post-game interviews were widely spread by netizens. Even some UP hosts who like to make fun of others seized the opportunity and condensed it into a short video, which actually received tens of millions of views on the small broken station!
Fight the pressure.
A very popular post was pinned high.
#Who will support TES? #
#Incheon people support TES, why? Because TES has the blood of the peak IG! Whether you are a new player or an old player, you must have heard of the legendary story of a genius boy who won the world championship at the age of 17! #
#Parisians support TES, why? Because TES also has the blood of peak FPX! I believe you must have heard of the declaration of 'I am me, I am the sky'. #
#Top laners will support TES, why? Because Tzun's performance this season is the perfect template that every top laner yearns for. He is like an old father who never makes mistakes. When the team needs him, you can always trust Tzun! #
#Chinese people who still have hope for an all-Chinese team to win the championship will support TES. Why? #
#Because so far, the three world champions of LPL cannot get rid of Korean aid. From S3 to today, it has been ten years. The fact that five Chinese cannot win the world championship is a pain in the hearts of every Chinese server player. Korean filial sons are always shouting on the Internet that without Korean aid, LPL can't even beat North America. LCK marketing accounts say every year that if there were no LCK players, the LPL region might have disbanded long ago! #
#These questioning voices have really weighed on us for too long! #
#The significance of an all-Chinese team winning the championship is no longer just a Summoner's Cup, but a battle of integrity and dignity! #
#Many summoners have already gone to face life, and many have even become parents. Their level 30 accounts have been forever sealed in their memories. They may even have forgotten their account passwords, but are they really gone? #
#Don't worry, they may not pay attention to LPL, but they must be quietly paying attention to the results of the global finals! #
#How many people’s youth does LOL represent? #
#Whether you are an old player or a new player, aren't we all waiting for the best answer? #
#There is no doubt that this season's TES is the strongest all-Chinese team in the history of the LPL. The record of winning all the games is enough to show that Top Esports is definitely a strong contender for the world championship! #
#Come back, this year is really the most promising year for LPL! #
#……#
This post has received over 100000 responses within one day of being published.
This terrifying popularity is the most unprecedented since the establishment of the Anti-Pressure Bar.
The comment section is very hot!
[I am from Incheon, and my Incheon blood is in Topsports. There is no reason not to support it. ]
[Gao Tianliang has not had any good results since S9. This year is exactly the third year after he won the championship. He has a strong bottom lane, a top laner with super personal ability, and the strongest domestic mid laner. Except for the support, his teammates are all top players. As long as he can show the state of S9, he can really live a second life in S12! ]
[Parisians said, I love this episode.]
[An all-Chinese team, and they won all the games, not even one loss. Who has ever seen such a fierce all-Chinese team? I'm joining the team, please do as you please! ]
[My stone man flashes 'Unstoppable'! 】
[I, Camille RE, will accelerate the group. Please follow me to fight S12! ]
[Although I also support Topsports, please don’t say ‘the most promising year’. This sounds so royal. If you didn’t have a reason and evidence, I would really suspect that you were a fool sent by the royal family! ]
Topsports Base.
When Lu Yiming saw A Shui’s sharing, he logged into his Tieba account which he hadn’t visited for a long time and saw this post.
“Is this the marketing start?” Lu Yiming had not expected that the momentum of winning the championship would be so strong. The popularity was getting higher and higher every day, and all major social media platforms were filled with voices of pursuit and praise.
In just two days, my personal Weibo account gained four million followers!
The number of followers is now about to exceed the outrageous 10 million mark.
Even Lu Yiming himself was shocked by the terrifying traffic.
"With Tencent behind the scenes fueling the trend and the game client attracting traffic, it's no surprise that we're so popular. But the biggest factor is actually the anchors and bloggers who create League of Legends content who help you attract traffic. After all, our performance this season is horrible, but the most important thing is that you have too many highlights."
Ah Shui said in amazement:
"In the past, the winning teams might only have a few highlight moments for their star players in an entire season. The content was limited, and the marketing accounts couldn't fabricate them even if they wanted to. But you have so many god-like moments in a season that I can't even count them on my hands."
Xiaotian was also surfing the Internet. After the finals, his bad reputation was finally cleared. Now he is more cheerful. "As the saying goes, a good blacksmith must be strong himself."
Lu Yiming ignored him and continued typing on the keyboard.
Seeing this, both teammates came closer.
"The author's analysis is good, but you overlooked the most important group. Let me help you add some information." Lu Yiming typed: "Huang Za should support TES. Why? Because they once said that Tzun is the last piece of the puzzle for the all-Chinese team to win the championship. Since they said so, there is no reason for them not to support me in the World Championship, right? Welcome Huang Za to cheer for me!"
"puff!"
"Haha, you really have a bad mentality."
"RNG is already in such a bad situation, and you are adding fuel to the fire, my friend, are you going to destroy the hope of Chinese e-sports?"
Ah Shui and Xiao Tian couldn't help laughing.
Lu Yiming smiled.
Because Wang Duoduo publicly listed the crimes committed by RNG against him in the closing segment after he won the championship, over the past two days, as his popularity has grown, more and more viewers have become his supporters.
As a result, RNG's days will naturally not be easy.
Faced with the entire network's abuse and scorn, not only did Huang Za dare not show up in major comment sections during this period, even the RNG official blog could not withstand the pressure and was forced to close the comment section. But even so, netizens would also scorn RNG on other social media. Now, this team that is willing to expel other people's nationality at will has become a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats.
Lu Yiming's Tieba account has never changed its name, and netizens have long since discovered that it is his real self. Therefore, his reply immediately attracted widespread likes and was quickly pushed to the front row.
Huang Za was so angry when he saw this!
But now it's a lucky game for Top Esports fans, and their own team is caught up in a public opinion storm. Their situation can be described as 'if they miss it, they will be fired in seconds'. Often, they will be targeted and deleted after leaving a message and arguing for less than 10 seconds.
In the next few days, the S12 qualifying tournament started. In addition to the fans of the participating teams who were closely watching whether their home teams could compete for a place in the world championship, more netizens outside were paying more attention to Lu Yiming's movements.
Because he finally got the holiday, Lu Yiming was also invited to start a live broadcast on Huya!
The entire LPL seemed to be revolving around him, so much so that the popularity of the S12 qualifiers that night was completely covered by his premiere. Afterwards, after various marketing accounts reported on it, the public suddenly remembered that their own region still had the third and fourth seeds...
The time comes on June 9th.
On this day, LPL held a grand and grand departure ceremony!
In the past, this kind of segment was just a formality and would not attract much attention, and there would not even be too many spectators on site. But this year is different. It is because Topsports has been so popular during this period that the stands on site, which can accommodate 5000 spectators, were packed!
Looking around, everyone was wearing TES's black and red team uniforms.
Even when the exciting and passionate BGM sounded in the stadium, TES flags appeared on all sides of the stands. People stood up, raised them above their heads, and waved them around.
The sight of the red flag fluttering in the wind is so spectacular!
On the stage.
The members of the other three seeded teams were all a little embarrassed when they saw this situation.
The players of RNG were even more at a loss. After all, they had been having a really miserable time recently. Now they were being compared with Top Esports on the same platform. The fact that there were only a few fans who came to support their team on site made them feel embarrassed.
"Are these all the extras you hired?" Lu Yiming found it hard to believe this spectacular scene. He pulled Guo Hao and whispered.
He forgot that he had not turned off the microphone, and these words were actually transmitted to everyone's ears through the on-site loudspeaker equipment.
Guo Hao rolled his eyes, a little speechless: "With our current status as the league's overlord, why do we need to hire extras? And is it really okay for you to conspire with me out loud?"
【Ha ha ha ha! 】
[Is it okay to hire extras? 】
[He still doesn't believe he has fans. Why is this guy suddenly cute? ]
[The good brothers at the scene were really insulted. ]
[I am a little uncomfortable with his sudden low profile. Shouldn’t the normal situation be: Why do I have so few supporters? ]
The Topsports fans in the stands couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Yu Shuang still maintained her qualities as a professional host, pretending nothing had happened and introducing the four teams from her own region that were competing in the World Championship with a serious face. After all, laughing and joking was not appropriate in such an occasion.
Half an hour later, the departure ceremony came to a perfect end.
LPL top seed, TES!
LPL second seed, RNG!
LPL third seed, JDG!
LPL fourth seed, EDG!
For most netizens, they are very familiar with RNG and EDG. Top Esports is now at the center of controversy, so its status needs no further explanation. However, many people were surprised that the JDG team was able to defeat EDG in the qualifiers and eventually get the third seed.
After all, JDG's mid laner Toothpaste is not a very strong player, and the strength of the bottom lane players Hope and Missing cannot be compared with the bottom lane configurations of the above three teams. They don't look like EDG's opponents at all, but they defeated EDG, and with a score of 3:1!
369 selected three Sword Demons in a row in the selection competition, and the results were very good, which even reversed some of its reputation.
Most people are extremely disappointed with EDG.
As the defending champion, in the battle between the all-Chinese teams of RNG and TES, not only did it become the 'unit of measurement' of the combat power of the two teams, it even couldn't beat JDG in the qualifiers. Such a record not only disappointed the outside world, but even the fans were extremely worried about the state of their own home team.
But in the end, the version of the World Championship will undergo major changes!
As long as they enter the World Championship, they have a chance to win the championship. After all, EDG's road to the championship last year was also full of ups and downs. Many fans think that maybe this year their team will get the same comeback script as last year. Although this statement is untenable, fans like to hear it. At first, netizens just made fun of it, but over time, more people believed it.
After all, after the major version changes, teams all over the world will be on the same starting line to adapt to the new version. Fans of RNG and EDG feel that this is a good opportunity for their home team to overtake Top Esports. After all, the foundation of the ancient giants is always deeper than that of Top Esports, a team that debuted halfway.
The days passed by.
During this period, the four LPL teams all devoted themselves to training games, working hard to run in new lineups and new tactics, scrambling to fully understand the version before everyone else.
The excitement about Top Esports winning the summer championship has gradually died down, because there is still a relatively long time before the opening of the world championship, and netizens' attention has gradually shifted.
There are still 10 days left until the World Championships.
People's attention has returned to League of Legends, just because a shocking news broke out on the Internet!!
#TES is slack in training matches. According to insiders, Tzun is so lazy that he only plays 5 hours of training matches every day. Leaving early is the norm. He is also extremely disrespectful to his opponents when training with his team. He just practices heroes every game. His lax attitude has not changed despite repeated lectures from the coaching staff! #
#Self-centered people will eventually pay the price for their arrogance! #
As the World Championship was about to open, the most anticipated and watched top seed team in LPL was suddenly exposed to such serious scandals, which immediately caused an uproar in the entire LPL!
[Only 5 hours a day. I have to work at least hours a day in the factory to screw in screws. This is too inhumane! ]
[I checked Tzun's record, the rank of his Korean account has dropped to Diamond I. He is so lazy that he doesn't even want to do maintenance. He hasn't logged into his Korean account for almost four months since the summer season! Can you believe he is a professional player? ]
[Isn’t this just a copy of Wei Shen? Classic thinks rank is useless, so he doesn’t play! ]
[I've heard about this a long time ago. He has a conflict with RNG. Although it's unethical to play a practice match to make things difficult for Bin, no one will say anything to him. But you're 'practicing heroes' in practice matches with EDG and JDG. To put it nicely, you're hiding your skills, and to put it bluntly, you have no sense! ]
[When I woke up, Tzun's house collapsed! ]
[I've said it before, right? Arrogant people never have a good ending. You still don't believe it. Look, the world championship hasn't even started yet, and Rongguang, the region that everyone has high hopes for, has already become so lax that they don't treat everyone as human. Do you expect such a person to win the championship? I want to laugh! ]
【LPL is really finished. 】
[Lü÷ has always been like this. Now everyone has seen his true colors, right? Does anyone still think that RNG has a problem with firing Lü÷? ]
[He gets such a high salary, has such a bad attitude, is late and leaves early. If it were in our company, this kind of person would have been fired long ago. I really don't understand why TES didn't fire Lu ÷! If I were the boss of Top Esports, I would not reuse Lu ÷ even if I couldn't go to the World Championship. ]
[Now you understand why RNG doesn't want Lu ÷, right? There are so many talented people, what kind of person are you, Lu ÷? If you have bad character, RNG will kick you out anyway! ]
【…】
Netizens are constantly discussing this.
In the following days, more and more people began to criticize and denounce him online.
The haters finally found an angle to vent their humiliation. In the following days, more and more people started to criticize and despise Tzun online. Tzun, who was praised as the "glory of the region" by the whole network, was also labeled with a series of negative labels such as "bad attitude", "arrogant" and "lazy".
Faced with external controversy, Topsports has never responded to the online controversies.
As the world championship draws closer.
Even the Top Esports fans who have supported Lu Yiming for an entire season are no longer calm!
Netizens hurriedly sent private messages to Lu Yiming, advising him to correct his attitude and make positive progress.
Under the enthusiastic spread of the message by countless fans, GodV, who committed the crime of arrogance in ancient times and eventually suffered the consequences, also stood up and issued a public message:
"Brother Tzun, you are more talented than me. I led the team to get the top seed that year, but before the World Championship, I had a lax attitude and even played Tiandao on live broadcast. I believe that even if you didn't witness the final result with your own eyes, you must have heard about it. I paid the price for my arrogance and made a big mistake. I hope you don't follow my old path!"
Wei Shen’s public call moved some old players.
This top player, who faced the criticism from netizens after losing the World Championship, would rather give up League of Legends and switch to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and would rather die than bow to the abuse from the outside world. Now, at this critical juncture, he is willing to openly admit that he had a problem with his attitude that year for the sake of a player who has nothing to do with him.
Netizens feel that as both are talented teenagers, Wei Shen’s words should inspire Lu Yiming deeply and help him correct his attitude.
Ran goose ...
The development of the matter was far beyond the expectations of the outside world.
One week before the opening of the World Championship, Bin openly posted an angry post on Weibo:
"Damn you Lu, even though the industry has regulations that prohibit leaking the content of the training match, I really can't help it."
"Look at what kind of shit Lu is playing with!"
"Top Card, top Ryze, top Ashe, is he playing a training match? He is just disgusting his peers!"
When netizens saw the lineup picture posted by Bin, they were all stunned.
With the World Championship coming up, which player would practice these weird things?
This is pure nonsense!
More and more questions filled the comment section of Lu Yiming's Weibo.
After that, EDG revealed that the training match time between TES and them was shortened from five hours to four hours a day. Wei Shen’s personal preaching not only made Tzun change his mind, but also had the opposite effect!
369 also shared a picture of the lineup, "Top lane Joker, top lane Rat, to be honest, I don't know if he was stimulated by something, it feels like he is just giving up on himself!"
This revelation made the netizens completely disappointed in Lu Yiming.
For a time, his Weibo was completely flooded with angry netizens, and the comment section of the latest updates was flooded with an astonishing 500000+ messages by the blasting group.
"Want to respond to the voice outside?"
At the TES base, Guo Hao found Lu Yiming and said kindly.
Although he also hoped that Lu Yiming could work hard before the World Championships, he felt really sorry for Lu Yiming when he saw the outside world insulting his capable general.
Because after the departure ceremony, at first only EDG played training matches with them, and JDG and RNG completely refused to train with them.
Even EDG only played for less than a week, after which EDG said that the results of the training matches with them were not very good, so they went to join forces with RNG and JDG for warmth.
As the top seed, Topsports was actually isolated!
However, after all, they are the top seed in the league, and have an amazing record of "winning all games", so the LCK teams are eager to understand the specific strength of this new army.
Therefore, during the preparation period, most of the time, Top Esports scheduled training matches with the four seeded teams from LCK.
Although it is still 5-6 hours a day, the team can completely accept it. After all, they are used to Lu Yiming's usual style. Although Guo Hao and Bai Se Yue Ya are unsure and think that the World Championship should be handled with caution, reasonable additional training is necessary.
But the problem is that the results of daily training matches with LCK teams actually far exceeded their expectations!
This way, management won’t have to worry about it.
Perhaps in order to check their "homework", RNG, EDG, and JDG all came back to arrange training matches with them after leaving them alone for a while.
To this end, Lu Yiming took advantage of the situation.
Since you claim to be an ancient powerhouse and can adapt to new versions more quickly, why are you not only hiding things from them, but also isolating them?
He responded by coming up with some hellish top lane moves to give the opponent a special "homework".
"No need, let them be." Lu Yiming disagreed and was too lazy to respond.
Guo Hao was very surprised, "You are so careless, sometimes I feel that you are not mature enough for your age!"
"It's not that I'm careless, I just don't care. No matter if people praise me or criticize me, in the end, my strength will speak for me." Lu Yiming said with a smile.
Guo Hao silently gave a thumbs up.
"JDG has arranged a training match. Do you want to take it seriously today?"
"Okay, I'll practice my Ice Bird top laner. This thing is useless. Two lives fight one life. It's invincible in the laning phase!"
When White Crescent Moon, who had just walked in, heard Lu Yiming's proposal, he immediately threw the words that were about to come out of his mouth behind his head, and said with a smile: "You 6!"
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Amidst a chorus of controversy online.
The time comes on June 10th.
The S12 World Finals officially kicked off on this day!!
(End of this chapter)