LOL: The No. 1 Succubus in the eSports Circle

Chapter 231 Challenger

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is January 1th.

Since arriving in Yanjing on January 1 to face RNG, the SN team has been working non-stop for more than a week.

On January 1, Yanjing Wukesong Sports Center will challenge RNG away;

On January 1, Xi'an Qujiang International Convention and Exhibition Center will host WE away.

On January 1, Chongqing "Hero's Heart" E-sports and Entertainment Center challenged Snake away.

Including the first spring match on January 1, when they easily defeated VG, the SN team has won four BO16 games in a row and still maintains a true undefeated record in one small game.

In addition, in the middle of this intensive schedule, on January 1, the new base of Suning E-Sports Club located in the Honghui Vision BOX Industrial Park in Shanghai was officially opened. On the same day, all members also attended the signing ceremony sponsored by Samsung Electronics.

On January 1, the SN team finally returned to Shanghai, but they had no time to rest because they had to face FPX at the Hongqiao Tiandi LPL main arena on January 28.

This is a tough battle!
After buying Doinb and Tian in the new season, FPX changed its weak LPL middle and lower level last season and won three consecutive BO3 games against RW, Snake and JDG respectively.

Although they have not achieved a 100% winning rate in small games like SN, judging from the current record and performance on the field, FPX in the new season already has the outline of a strong team in the league.

For Cui Ze, who has a certain God's perspective, even though he knows that the current FPX has not yet fully evolved, in his heart this team is still a very tough rival.

As for the rest of the SN team, perhaps because even after days of wandering and fighting outside, there was still no opponent that could match their undefeated winning streak, they did not take the match against FPX too seriously.

After finishing this BO3, it’s time to take the Spring Festival holiday to have a good rest. Therefore, even if the manager or coach said something like “Everyone should take the game seriously” or “Strive for a perfect victory and have a good New Year”, the players couldn’t help but feel a little proud.

Cui Ze rushed back to the hotel where he was staying, chatted with his teammates for a few words, then returned to the training room and started to arrange a training match with the team.

On the 29th, SN and TES arranged a training match. After the BO7, they won 4 and lost 2. The overall condition still looks good, and the players are more confident.

Cui Ze didn't know what to say about this situation.

At this time, SN actually needs a failure to allow the players to regain their composure.

Of course, it would be best if we could keep winning.

Anyway, for Cui Ze, with the buff of [Champion's Heart], no matter who his opponent is, he will definitely give his all.

……

January 1, 30pm, Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.

Cui Ze packed up his things as usual, got on a car with his teammates, and returned to the "long-lost" LPL main venue.

The last meal was at 1pm, and the competition only started at 9pm, so the players would definitely be hungry when the competition started.

However, no matter how hungry you are, you cannot eat normally, especially carbohydrate-based staple foods, because the brain will suffer from insufficient blood supply when digesting food, which will inevitably cause people to feel sleepy and have decreased reaction speed, thus greatly affecting their competitive state during the game.

So during this period, the contestants will eat some high-calorie, easily digestible foods instead of regular meals.

For example, chocolate bars, bananas, carbonated drinks, functional drinks and coffee are all foods and drinks loved by e-sports players.

Under the gaze of fans, the SN team entered the competition venue and then made various preparations in the lounge.

After putting on makeup, the players sat on the sofa and chairs to play with their mobile phones and listen to music to pass the time, while the coaches and analysts did pre-match BP analysis and design.

It's not a last-minute cram. In fact, the coaching staff has been doing BP analysis and design all the time, and the basic BP ideas were determined last night.

It's just that if they don't find something to do during the pre-match preparations, it would seem like they are not doing their job properly.

To put it bluntly, it's just slacking off.

Of course, it is also possible that a coach or analyst will have a flash of inspiration and come up with a better BP design, thus helping the team to achieve a surprise victory?

It's not impossible.

Cui Ze glanced at the hacker beside him, and seeing him cross his legs, shaking his head and humming a little tune with a contented look on his face, he couldn't help but ask: "You are not nervous at all, what's the matter, hurry up and play FPX today without any pressure, right?"

The hacker immediately turned his head and said to Cui Ze with a playful smile: "Hey, aren't you here? In the training match against IG a few days ago, you even suppressed Rouji. So, beating Doinb is not a piece of cake, right?"

“You…” Cui Ze shook his head and began to lecture: “It’s not like we haven’t played training matches with FPX before. Can’t you feel whether they are strong or not?
"Not to mention that the spring season is only less than halfway through and we haven't achieved the results and honors we imagined. Even if we really win the league championship or the world championship, we must not slack off."

"Just like what the Sword Master said - a true master always has the heart of an apprentice."

The hacker couldn't help but shrink his neck after hearing this sermon, but soon returned to his playful and smiling face: "Brother Ze, I find that you have become more and more nagging recently, always lecturing the brothers on a lot of principles. You don't really want to inherit Brother Li's will and become the new god of the alliance, do you?"

Hearing this, Sheshe also interrupted with a smile: "That's right, Aze, if you continue like this, I might as well give you my nickname 'Mom'. From now on, I will call you 'Ze Mom', how about that?"

"Hahahahahaha——" everyone laughed.

Faced with everyone's teasing and laughter, Cui Ze was not annoyed at all. Instead, he laughed along with them.

As a person, you should not be too stubborn and you should not be one-track-minded.

Just like the teacher, make your enemies fewer and your friends more.

We should not treat others as objects of criticism or enemies to be attacked just because they have different opinions from us on certain issues.

Instead, we should look at the problem more comprehensively, clarifying not only the primary and secondary differences among multiple contradictions in a thing, but also the primary and secondary differences between the two aspects of a contradiction.

For an e-sports player, the main contradiction is to achieve good results and win honors in his career. This contradiction can only be overcome if the team is united and fully demonstrates its strength at the right time and place.

In the process of playing professionally, the difference in attitudes between team members towards this career is a major aspect of the contradiction. Even if you don't agree with your teammates' ideas and concepts, you should still respect them and guide them appropriately in an appropriate way.

After laughing and joking, Cui Ze thought for a moment and changed the subject: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. You all remember that this year's World Championship is held in Europe, right?"

"remember."

"of course I remember!"

"I think the finals will be held in Paris?"

"That's right, Paris, a city known as the capital of romance." Cui Zegang praised it, and then laughed and complained: "We don't know whether it is romantic or not, anyway, the smell of feces and urine on the streets is quite strong."

"Ah? Smell of shit and piss?" "No buddy, do you mean the smell of shit and piss literally?"

Hacker and Wolf asked questions in disbelief.

Snake laughed and said, "Aze, I'm not lying to you. You can really smell shit and urine on the streets of Paris because people there don't care about hygiene. And public toilets charge a fee and they're not cheap, so there are always people pooping and peeing on the corners of the streets."

"vomit--"

"Brother Snake, stop talking. If you keep talking I'm going to spit out the banana I just ate!"

"It turns out that the stories on Yilin are all fake..."

Somehow the topic shifted to Yilin and readers. A few indignant young people kept saying "Fuck" and severely criticized these crappy newspapers.

"Then again..." After the brothers calmed down, Cui Ze spoke again, "If we can make it to the World Championship, we will have to use the European server for training in Europe."

"I heard that the level of the European server is not very high?"

"I don't know if it compares to the Chinese version, but it definitely can't compare to the Korean version."

"But Riot will give you a super account by then, right? You'll get 20 or 30 points for winning a game, and lose a few points for losing a game. You'll be able to reach Grandmaster level very quickly."

Cui Ze took a sip of coffee and commented: "In fact, compared to the strongest king, I still prefer the name of the European server - Challengers."

Lang Xing blinked: "What does that mean? Is there any difference?"

"Of course there are differences." Cui Ze explained: "In fact, most of the rank names of the League of Legends in our Chinese server are directly translated from the settings of the American server, such as Gold, Diamond tier, and even Master is a direct translation of Master. And the word Challengers..."

Snake suddenly interrupted: "It means 'Challengers'."

"Yes, that's right, 'Challengers.'" Cui Ze nodded with a smile, "To this day, I still think that compared to 'Strongest King', the word Challengers has a better meaning, even though the number of players at this level is less than 0.01%, which is truly one in a million."

"But even if they reach this level, it doesn't mean they are really the so-called 'strongest'. There are professional players above them. And even if they are professional players who have won the S-League championship, if they don't treat this game and this profession with awe, there will still be newcomers who will beat them."

In Cui Ze's opinion, the highest ladder list of the League of Legends Chinese server is named the Strongest King. This title seems to be arrogant and enjoy comfort.

In fact, there seems to be no Chinese League of Legends e-sports player who can truly reach and stay at the top like Faker.

In comparison, the title of Challengers is more in line with the spirit of competition, because even for someone like Faker, the No. 1 in the history of League of Legends e-sports, his career has never been smooth sailing. If he wants to defend the honor of being "the No. 1 in history", he can only become the highest mountain and the longest river by facing endless challenges day after day with tenacious perseverance.

After hearing what Cui Ze said, the team members fell into deep thought.

At this moment, they recalled their past experiences.

I remembered the joy I felt when I first came into contact with League of Legends, the painful memories of being beaten into a Muggle by my opponents during the initial ranking, the extreme excitement when I reached the highest level of King after working hard day after day, and the ambition I had when I embarked on the professional path...

To this day, they still have not been able to climb to the top of the highest mountain. Strictly speaking, only Sheshe has ever stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the rest of the people have not even been qualified to climb it.

But now, just because we have won a few consecutive games in the league, are we starting to feel proud and satisfied?
In the lounge, as the team members were lost in thought, the atmosphere became extremely quiet, and no one dared to breathe loudly for fear of disturbing them.

……

I don't know how long it took, but outside the lounge door came the crisp and pleasant sound of high heels tapping on the ground.

As the saying goes, the voice arrives before the person does. As soon as I heard the voice, I knew it was a woman.

As expected, Luo Xin, wearing a blue-gray princess dress and silver-white slender high heels, soon pushed the door open carefully. Seeing that the lounge was silent, she immediately asked a little embarrassedly: "Um... Sorry, did I disturb you?"

In the lounge, everyone looked over when they heard the voice. Cui Ze naturally shifted his gaze to Luo Xin, and a hint of surprise suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Since two years ago, Luo Xin has been dubbed "the woman with the most beautiful legs in LPL" by many old-timers, but I have never seen her as a host before. Today, I realized that her reputation is well-deserved.

A section of fair and firm thighs was revealed under the princess skirt that ended 10 centimeters above the knee. A pair of slender silver high heels that were at least 6 centimeters long made her already eye-catching calf curve even longer and made her straight and slender legs look even sexier.

Seeing her coming to visit, Lin Qing greeted her with a standard hospitality smile and said, "Oh, it's Luo Xin. You look so beautiful today."

"Thank you, Manager Lin. Now that I'm back in LPL, of course I have to dress nicely, hehe."

"That's true. Um... May I introduce you to our SN players?"

Lin Qing said this and made a 'please' gesture, welcoming Luo Xin in.

In fact, there is no need to introduce her one by one. Langxing and Sima Laozei knew her before, and Cui Zeming also met her on Douyu Channel 2. The only ones left are Hacker and WeiWei.

I have to say that Luo Xin's communication skills are really strong. With just a few simple greetings, she quickly livened up the atmosphere in the lounge.

After saying hello, Luo Xin took out her phone and shook it: "Manager Lin, I'm back to host LPL today. I wanted to bother you guys and take a few photos and record a short video. Please take a look..."

"Uh..." Lin Qing subconsciously looked at the old thief Sima.

Given Ma Ge's personality, he would allow you to take pictures of him, but if you ask him to cooperate with others in taking photos, that is absolutely impossible.

Luo Xin immediately understood and waved her hand with a smile: "Don't bother Brother Ma, I'll just find contestant Cui Ze. I told him about this last night and he agreed."

Lin Qing immediately turned to look at Cui Ze, and Cui Ze nodded in affirmation.

After eleven years, the person LPL needs to face in the end is still Faker, still Lee Sang Hyuk.

Maybe one day, and I mean maybe.

Maybe one day we will finally lose faith in League of Legends e-sports, because Lee Sang-hyeok's legend is still being written to this day.

But, not today!

Come on BLG!

Carrying the regrets of the royal family eleven years ago, go fight that man!

If BLG can win the championship, the book club will send out 999 red envelopes!

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(End of this chapter)