Chapter 189: Global BP Reform! The 2nd "Hero in the Pot"! The opening match of explosive t
Chapter 189: Global BP Reform! The second "pot hero"! Explosive traffic opening battle!
After the annual celebration, there was originally a Demacia Cup as the final battle of the year, which was also a "test battle" for new teams.
Several strong teams including V5, BLG, WBG, TES have announced that they are preparing to debut with their full main lineups.
This German Cup can be called a historic "reform". Together with the Kespa Cup of the LCK region, it adopts the "Bilateral Global BP" model, and is known as the most anticipated German Cup.
Speaking of "Bilateral Global BP", this is actually not uncommon in other MOBA games.
To put it simply: "In a BO3 or BO5 match, no matter if you are the enemy or your friend, once you are selected, you will be disabled by default and cannot appear in the next match."
for example.
If a player chooses Aatrox in the first game, it will be banned by the system by default in the second game. No one will be able to use it, and it will not occupy the ban position.
If a full BO5 is played, at least 50 different heroes will appear in one game!
Compared to the current situation, in a BO5 match, it is very likely that the same ten or so heroes will be chosen over and over again, which directly increases the possibilities by five or six times!
There will be huge changes in both the viewing experience and imagination of the event.
It all depends on the S12 competition.
Top lane Sword Demon Gnar, jungle Pig Girl Ruined King Maou, mid lane Tsar Akali Sylas, bottom lane Aphelios Jinx Annie, support Cat Renata
Anyone watching the game will choose a hero from the barrage!
To be honest, Riot had this idea a long time ago. After all, there are many "successful cases of other games" to learn from, and it is obvious that it can increase the viewing experience of the event.
However, it is definitely an extremely risky challenge to hastily reform the traditional competition system that has existed for twelve years.
It means unknown to the officials, players and audiences.
But the promotion of this reform actually started from the LCK region!
The managers of the LCK league are feeling miserable.
From the S8 season to this year's S12 season, the next door has won four championships in five years, and the entire region is shrouded in a huge haze from top to bottom!
DWG in S10 finally made a comeback, and LCK took advantage of the opportunity to develop "alliance", which is equivalent to officially becoming a "commercial operation" and has become extremely concerned about data such as game viewing.
But this year's crushing defeat has already caused obvious shocks in the competition area!
There are many voices in major Korean forums: saying that no one will watch the new LCK season!
The problem is that the overall strength of the region and the so-called talented players cannot appear out of thin air overnight.
The championship is not an outcome that anyone can control.
————So, is there any way to increase the “ratings”?
some.
The league managers came up with the idea of "improving the viewing experience of the event"!
If the game is interesting enough, people will watch it, that’s for sure.
So the management quickly took the initiative to apply to the authorities, to use their own off-season K Cup to try out the "Global BP" competition system and see the response of the audience in the competition area.
Riot was naturally happy about that.
The LCK is willing to use itself as an experiment, so even if the response is not good in the end, it cannot be blamed on the official.
And the LPL region heard about this.
As "mortal enemies", they naturally did not want to fall behind, so they immediately caught up and tried using their own German Cup event of the same level.
At the same time, the European and American regions, which are also considered as one of the “four major regions”, watched the fun and did not mind making trouble. After all, it was just a secondary competition, so they just treated it as a fun activity and immediately followed suit to try it out.
This move has brought great attention to the secondary competitions in major competition areas, which have usually received little attention!
Unfortunately.
Because on December 2022, 12, the country officially announced the lifting of the three-year-long epidemic control and entered an era of full reopening.
During the first wave of concentrated outbreaks after the release of the virus, several LPL teams reported that all their players were infected, including Top Esports, which had returned home from the round of 16 for personal safety. All its players were also infected on the eve of the German Cup.
Everything is normal with V5.
However, He Youjun is really worried about the big babies in the team. If they get infected, it will inevitably affect the really important spring season.
Finally, after communicating with the team members.
Everyone made a unanimous decision to give up participating in the less important German Cup.
For V5, the only regret is that they were not able to test their lineup on the field in advance - after all, no matter what tactics and lineup, their true level can only be tested on the field.
Again, training matches are only for reference.
As for Ye Bo’s regret.
Apart from missing out on a chance to compete for the trophy, he was actually quite interested in this "Global BP".
Soon, the German Cup and K Cup started.
After a week of fierce fighting.
In the end, the German Cup was won by [BLG] with all its main players.
The K Cup was won by [HLE] with all its main players.
The unexpected result is that the four major competition areas received positive reviews almost without exception!
Except for a few traditionalists who don't like change.
The vast majority of new and old audiences all expressed unanimous praise for the "Global BP" competition system!
The reason is simple: the audience only cares about the final presentation result.
Indeed, it looks good.
In the secondary competitions of each major region, there are even some extremely unpopular heroes such as top lane Olaf and Noxus, jungle Rengar and Tristana, mid lane Zed and Talon!
Isn't this much better than having Jinx vs. Moon Man 10 out of 8 games?
But if it were a traditional competition system, these unpopular heroes would have no chance to appear unless they got some huge version bonus.
Only under this competition system, everything is possible.
Riot officials were very surprised by the opinions received.
But Riot soon realized that perhaps this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for reform!
After all, the result is what they want to see.
The design team makes so many repeated adjustments every year, and the ultimate goal is to allow more heroes to enter the field.
There is even a "KPI Indicator" within Riot - the number of heroes appearing in the annual World Championship is used to judge the annual assessment of the balance team this year.
finally.
After overnight discussions among Riot's top management, a conclusion was reached.
On the second night after the German Cup and the K Cup ended, Riot Games released an official announcement on the official media accounts of each region:
[RiotGame: For a brighter future]
[We have received feedback from global audiences on the new rules of each region. We encourage all regions to use the "Dual Fearless Draft" mode in the spring season. We will continue to receive feedback from players on whether it will be used in subsequent international competitions this year.]
Once this announcement was made, almost the entire League of Legends e-sports circle was shocked!
Netizens also reacted strongly.
【Change! Is a good thing! 】
[I’m so awesome! Nong! Nong is really right! ]
[It was fun to watch the German Cup. I support it. It would be best if it can be used in the S-League as well. I have been watching the Tsar playing clockwork for almost ten years.]
[I don't agree! The ancestral law cannot be changed! You might as well go back to S3 and re-enact the Double Robbery battle in the fifth game.]
[It's a mixed bag. I feel like professional players are under a lot of pressure. The biggest drawback is that when you reach the fourth or fifth game, there may be a lot of dark scenes.]
[Slackers should get out! MDs make hundreds of millions a year playing professionally, and you tell me you can only play three or four heroes? I can only say that if there are players who are really eliminated by this competition system, they should have gotten out of here long ago! ]
The audience had different opinions.
After all, it was just an experiment in secondary competitions before, and no one knows what the effect will be in the hands of those strong teams in the first-tier competitions.
However, the professional players are truly mixed about this competition system.
Especially some famous "Pokéball Players".
can only say.
Only when the tide recedes can you tell who is swimming naked.
After the German Cup, the first "Weibo Cup" was held, using an "invitation system" to attract major LPL teams to participate.
And it also uses the global BP mode.
Since this competition is an "online competition", V5 is very willing to participate and want to practice.
But the Weibo Cup, as the name suggests, is a competition organized by the Weibo sponsor behind WBG.
And this competition did not even send an invitation to V5, which obviously had a huge amount of traffic!
Even when V5 operators took the initiative to express their desire to participate in the competition, they were tactfully told, "Sorry, the quota is full."
Of course, not only V5, JDG and TES were not invited either.
In the end, nothing unexpected happened.
The newly rebuilt team WBG won the Weibo Cup championship!
WBG’s only “opponent” in the Weibo Cup is BLG.
This year's WBG invited Daeny, the former DWG and T1 coach, to serve as the head coach of this luxury battleship.
It must be said that at least in the Weibo Cup, they really seemed to have been reborn. Danny seemed to be at ease in the global BP competition system, repeatedly making unexpected moves, fighting with BLG for five games, and finally won and kept the trophy!
The WBG team has Incheon as the top midfielder, Karsa as the old V5 midfielder, and Gala and Liu Qingsong as the old RNG+FPX team in the bottom lane.
The traffic volume exploded visibly!
The anti-bar community affectionately calls this WBG: [The All-God Class].
It can almost be said that they are the team with the most traffic and attention in the new season comparable to V5, or even higher than them!
This is understandable.
After all, if we really want to talk about a "traffic player" in the V5 team, there is only one Ye Bo.
[This is our all-star class! Invincible! ]
[Oh? He almost lost even when fighting against a pre-determined champion, and even those galactic battleships dared not call him "invincible"? ]
[How dare you! Who are you scolding for being invited to participate in the competition? ]
[How come Bin hasn't even started the spring season yet, but he's already lost the solo competition, team competition, and Weibo Cup? Didn't BB Space say they were going to win the championship this year? He lied to us! ]
[Don't be so mean, the German Cup champion is not a champion? ]
[Our All-God Class is aiming for S13 this year. BLG can beat our All-God Class 3 to 2. With some adjustments, we can at least get the runner-up potential! ]
[This is so confusing. Brother Bin said there is no need to adjust. WBG is just taking advantage of the global BP bonus. When the S-League version comes, there may be no global BP! I'll see if I can deal with you then! ]
With the end of the Weibo Cup, the Spring Season officially enters the countdown.
All the team players also started to get busy.
In addition to intensive preparations for this new and disruptive competition system, we also need to cooperate with the official shooting of various promotional materials for the new season.
A strong atmosphere of the competition has begun to spread.
By the time the final makeup photos were taken, many "invisible changes" began to appear.
For most contestants, just taking a few photos is enough.
However, Ye Bo was forced to perform more than a dozen different poses under the director's strong request, and was also asked to make gestures such as "cold", "optimistic", "sarcastic", "smiling", etc.
If you don’t know, you might think they are auditioning actors!
When the promotional video was shot, it was even more obvious that Tencent Esports intended to establish Ye Bo as the new generation benchmark for the region.
In almost all scenes involving "more than three people", he is always in the center.
From the perspective of Tencent Esports’ senior management, this is reasonable and logical.
Although Theshy, Rookie, JKL and other veteran traffic players are still alive, they are visibly at the end of their careers.
It is far inferior to Ye Bo, who just turned 18 and has a promising future.
But, if you stand from the perspective of fans of these veteran traffic players.
That makes me even more unhappy!
Isn't it just a champion?
My brother has one too! What’s so great about it?
Coincidentally.
The schedule for the Spring Season has been officially announced—the first opening match is [WBG vs. V5]!
Weibo Tieba and Xiaohongshu have been arguing for a week, making sharp comments on the level of each team in the new season.
It also adds a lot of heat to this game that is destined to attract everyone's attention.
[To be honest, in the new season, V5 is ranked third at most, right? Ip Man's special skills have no BP advantage at all! ]
[Ranking third is fine, but I want to ask, who is ranked second and first————Can their mid-lane come out and say something? ]
【Left-Handed Chicken Thief Toothpaste Tiger: "F*ck, can you fans stop bringing me into your bragging? You're not the one being liquidated!"】
[Rational analysis, on paper, JDG, V5, WBG are in the first tier; BLG, TES, LNG are in the second tier; EDG can barely be in the third tier? The rest are pure rotten fish and shrimp! ]
[Let me show you guys some pride for a while! Wait for the opening match, and I’ll let you know what a top class is! ! ! ]
For the upcoming spring season opener and the brand new competition system.
The members of V5 were not too nervous or anxious.
The top laner Saint Spear was originally the first generation of scientific research inventor, developing various technologies, even before Theshy.
As a veteran, “hero pool accumulation” has always been his strong point.
There is no need to say more about the two young junglers. After all, they have always been under tremendous competitive pressure, and each one of them is more self-conscious than the other when it comes to training.
And Ye Bo is the person who is least resistant to practicing new heroes.
Although it is not difficult to foresee that I will definitely be the biggest "target" in this competition system in the future.
But Ye Bo was still somewhat excited and expectant.
As for the bottom lane, Deft and Flint are in a similar situation. It’s hard to say what’s so special about him that makes him invincible - but his hero pool definitely has no shortcomings!
The only one who felt a little uncomfortable was Beryl
After all, this guy has always been known for his "meditation training". Once this competition system is implemented, he must also increase his training volume to practice more heroes.
But the most important thing is.
Up to now, V5's lineup has not been verified in the competition field.
Including V5's supporters and even the players themselves, everyone is somewhat uncertain.
Except Ye Bo.
He is still super confident as always!
It's because he firmly believes that their team is a very good team. Even though they are still in the running-in period, they have already produced a lot of chemical reactions.
The night before the opening match.
After finishing his last training match, Ye Bo stood up and encouraged his teammates.
"My invincible brothers! Just fight like this!"
"Tomorrow the first MVP will treat you to a meal~~~"
Brother Shengqiang supported his shoulders and said jokingly, "It's bad. Even the most stable Master Ye has opened champagne. Why do I have a feeling that there are flags behind me?"
Xun, who was the starter, raised his hand in a funny way: "What? When you treat me to a meal, do you have to tell me what to eat? If I treat you to something cheap, I won't be bullied, right?"
"Don't be afraid, this is the first time that Master Ye is treating us to Shaxian snacks! The factory director ate three big bowls of it!"
Deft watched everyone joke around, smiled gently, and leaned back in his chair to relieve the pain in his waist.
He likes the atmosphere of this team very much.
Everyone gets along very happily, is very motivated, and has a strong sense of purpose.
Beryl howled with dark circles under her eyes, "Tired! So tired! I haven't done any daily commissions for three consecutive days. My Lord Jiusi is a devil!"
Everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Ye Bo glanced at the time and saw that it was still more than ten minutes before twelve o'clock.
With his consciousness immersed, he was still born on the wall of the dragon pit, which was also the place where he and Akali usually sat and daydreamed.
On the bluestone paved ground, Akali was swinging a kunai with a silver chain - she almost dropped it reflexively the moment she saw the figure appear!
"I'm late today"
Before she finished her words, pink and white leaves suddenly fell from the tree next to her.
A girl in a star-studded nightgown is hanging upside down on a tree branch, with stardust hanging from the ends of her hair sparkling. Just by looking at her face, you can tell that she is a quirky person.
"Oh my! It's finally here!"
She swung her legs and stuck out her tongue at Akali behind her, and shouted with a long tail: "Ninja sister's statue game is super boring!"
"The troublemaker wants to review his hidden weapon lesson, right?"
Akali threw out three shurikens, trying to nail the hem of Zoe's bubble skirt.
However, Zoe condensed the dancing starlight on her fingertips into cotton candy clouds, cleverly blocked it, and made a playful face at her.
Ye Bo walked to Akali and sat down with his legs dangling.
Smelling the faint scent of violets and the approaching warmth, I enjoy the rare leisure time.
Staying in the kettle for a while seems to wash away the fatigue of a day's training, and instantly fill me with motivation to move towards my next goal.
A sweet aroma of cotton candy wafted from the right.
Suddenly, both arms felt pulled at the same time.
"You agreed to practice the angles of the star portal with me today!!"
"The force point of the fourth form of Falcon Dance has not been corrected."
It seems that it doesn’t look that harmonious.
Ye Bo saw that Akali usually stayed in the pot alone and felt very bored.
A lot of confusion.
The second level seven "Hero in the Pot" finally chosen to be summoned was: Twilight Astral - Zoe.
Now it seems that this troublemaker has indeed brought more life to the pot.
(End of this chapter)