LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 169 Finals opponent RNG! Cunning factory manager! (2 in 1)

Facing everyone's gaze, Xiaohu was a little confused.

In his opinion, if Su Mo played in the middle lane against him... he would most likely not be able to beat him. Xiye, Rookie, Leng Shao, these people are not Su Mo's teammates, so it should be normal that he can't beat him, right?

After thinking for a while, Xiaohu said, "I think it's hard to say, because she doesn't necessarily play in the middle. What if she doesn't play in the middle when she plays against us?"

After Xiaohu said this, everyone in RNG understood what was going on.

He didn't even dare to answer this question directly, so the answer was obvious.

"Xiaohu, Brother Hu, please do something. Is it difficult to stabilize the laning phase?" UZI spoke.

RNG lost to EDG in the opening game, which made UZI feel uncomfortable for a month.

This time they meet in a more important final and he really wants to win!

As long as we win the finals, the previous loss to EDG won’t matter.

Xiaohu scratched his head: "I'll try my best to find a way..."

UZI said: "This won't work. We need to design a strategy for the mid laner, so that he can at least stabilize the laning phase and not cause trouble for our other lanes."

Firefox nodded: "It is necessary. Judging from Mo's performance in the game, once he gets the advantage, the other three lanes and the jungle will not be able to develop well."

"The only way is to hold him back in the laning phase so that he can't set the pace everywhere."

Xiaohu suddenly felt a lot of pressure. Why did he have a sense of déjà vu as if to say, "Go and capture Tang Seng and his disciples?"
UZI continued: "In order to stabilize the laning phase, I think it doesn't matter if I sacrifice a little in other aspects. It may be useless in teamfights."

"Xiao Hu, the conditions we offer are already so generous, you can always do it."

"Yes..." Xiaohu knew that he couldn't say no at this time, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.

At this moment, Mala Xiang Guo asked a soul-searching question: "What if he doesn't go to the middle? What if he goes to the top lane?"

Everyone looked at Letme, and Letme immediately said, "But he could also go to the bottom lane. When we played against WE, he was in the bottom lane in the first two games."

Letme chose to kick the ball to the bottom lane.

But will UZI let him get away with it so easily? That's impossible.

"Let's talk about the top lane first, one at a time." UZI glanced at him.

There was nothing that could be done, so Letme could only say: "I'll try my best to find a solution."

Everyone in RNG was greatly disappointed. What does it mean to try their best to find a solution? Does it mean that there is no solution now?

Seeing that everyone was dissatisfied with this answer, Letme began to complain: "There is nothing I can do about it. He is strong in laning. He can also cut off the minion line and not laning against me. He has used various tricks in the top lane, and you have seen it."

Seeing Letme like this, UZI got angry: "Can't you do something? Do something! What happened to our mid and top?"

Letme suddenly asked back: "There is no way to go to the top lane, so let me ask you, if he goes to the bottom lane, what are you going to do?"

So everyone in RNG looked at UZI together.

UZI was stunned for a moment, and he chose to change the subject: "He probably won't go to the bottom lane. If you look at his games this season, he rarely goes to the bottom lane."

Seeing that UZI didn't dare to give a direct answer, the RNG players knew what was going on.

Then everyone is about the same.

Letme and Xiaohu felt at ease.

UZI continued: "The premise of our discussion now is that he plays mid, top and jungle, not that he plays bottom lane. This is a very rare case, understand? It's not worth discussing."

Letme and Xiaohu had nothing to say.

Mala Xiang Guo said: "If he plays in the jungle, it feels okay. It seems that he rarely plays in the jungle. Anyway, I don't feel any pressure."

Firefox summed it up: "Then the problem we need to solve now is mainly how to deal with Mo when the three lines encounter him in the laning phase."

UZI immediately corrected Firefox: "It's not three lanes, it's the middle and top lanes."

Firefox continued:

"Well, then that means the middle and top lanes. You have to find a way to limit his performance in the laning phase."

"Of course, it would be difficult to do this just by relying on the people on the line. We need to work together."

So Mala Xiang Guo looked at UZI and Xiao Ming in the bottom lane:
"The support has to follow me and can't just stay on the line all the time."

Double roaming of the jungler and the support is a very common tactic, but in RNG, due to some special reasons, the support needs to stay online all the time, so they are lacking in this aspect.

Of course, everyone knows what the special reason is.

UZI was not willing to do so: "I think it's enough for the jungler to provide vision, why do we have to bring the support along?"

Mala Xiang Guo explained: "Because the opposing jungler will bring the support with him to cause trouble. If you don't bring the support, it will be difficult to deal with it when you encounter it."

UZI wanted to say something, but Firefox interrupted him, "UZI, we need to develop different tactics and play styles. We tried the old tactics and play styles in the opening game, and it is really difficult to deal with EDG's various routines."

"So we need to try all new ways to potentially win games."

Firefox's statement was very euphemistic. In fact, the meaning was very simple. Even if UZI was not happy about it, RNG had to try to get Xiao Ming to join Mala Xiang Guo in causing trouble.

UZI had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, since you think this is how you can win the game, then play like this. However, if you find that it doesn't work later, you must adjust it immediately."

On the other side, the EDG team finished their meal in the hotel and then went back to review the game together.

It was already late at night after the review, and everyone returned to their seats to start the live broadcast.

Su Mo's live broadcast room became extremely popular, with millions of views as soon as it started, and the number continued to rise.

"Brother Mozi is here!"

"Go call someone, Brother Mozi is starting the show."

"Brother Mozi, can you set a time and start the show on time?"

"Every time he plays cards in an unconventional way."

Su Mo shook his head: "No, we have a lot of things to do, it's impossible to guarantee that we will have time to broadcast live at a certain time every time."

However, the barrage disagreed, because other people set a time to start broadcasting, and although they sometimes need to take leave, most of the time they can start broadcasting on time.

Su Mo continued, "Maybe it's because I'm lazy, so I just do it casually. Please bear with me."

[Get +20 torture points from fans]

The live broadcast room was boiling again:

"This is Brother Mozi!"

“That’s the taste!”

"I like players who never pamper their fans."

"I began to wonder if I had masochistic tendencies."

Su Mo started queuing up to play the game, when suddenly someone started posting messages in the barrage, asking Su Mo to pay attention to the news on the LPL bulletin board.

Su Mo looked at the client and saw an interesting piece of news:

“The official Riot designer said that the Frost Queen’s orders will be weakened, saying that it affects the balance of the game.”

This news was released more than ten minutes ago. Is it such a coincidence?

It was released during today's game, and now only a few hours have passed, and the designer is weakening it. The two may be related in timing.

"What's going on? What are the authorities doing?" Suddenly, the factory director shouted.

Su Mo looked back and saw Director Fa was also reading the notice.

"No, I was just about to start developing a strategy, but the designer wanted to weaken it? They're targeting me, right?" The factory manager was still complaining.

Su Mo jokingly said, "Factory, I guess the officials know that you want to develop a routine, so they made the decision not to give you this opportunity. You have to take the blame this time."

"Hmm?" The factory director thought about it seriously.

He soon realized that he had been tricked.

"When I told you about developing this routine, it was in the lounge, not during an interview. How could the officials know this?"

[Get torture points from the factory manager +3]

Meiko teased: "Mingkai, are you getting old? Your reaction is a little slow. I started laughing when I heard him say that."

The factory manager rolled his eyes.

At the same time, netizens also expressed their opinions:
"Ah? Brother Mozi actually beat a piece of equipment to the point where it was about to be weakened?"

"This won't do. This equipment is a blessing to us soft supports and cannot be weakened!"

"Brother Mozi has done so many bad things, why is he here to trick our support?"

"That's too bad! How are we going to play soft support in the future?"

Something happened that Su Mo didn't expect. He suddenly became a thorn in the eyes of many soft support players.

Of course, Su Mo felt that this was most likely just a joke by the audience. After all, even if one was playing a support role, not many people would buy this equipment.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day, another semi-final started.

The EDG members gathered together to watch the game. Meiko prepared some snacks and everyone ate while watching.

At this time, players from both sides came on the court, OMG against RNG.

Before the game started, Abu asked, "Who do you think will win? What's the score?"

The factory manager said without hesitation: "It must be RNG, probably about 3 to 1."

Su Mo also chose RNG: "Compared with RNG, OMG and RNG are similar in the middle lane, and the other lanes are at a disadvantage."

Meiko responded, "I think much the same."

This time, everyone in EDG had a rare unanimous opinion.

After the first BP, RNG used their classic four-protect-one lineup again.

Abu muttered: "There is nothing new. I was hoping that OMG could come up with something new from RNG. I hope OMG can be awesome."

However, things went against their wishes. OMG was not strong enough to put much pressure on RNG and lost the first game easily.

"Come on OMG! Come on OMG!" Abu immediately turned into an OMG fan and started cheering for OMG crazily.

Soon, the second game began.

Players from both teams took to the field again.

This time OMG changed its strategy and tried to break through from Letme's side in the top lane.

However, Letme’s playing style was more stable than before, steady and not giving any chances.

As a result, OMG wasted a lot of time in the top lane, was caught by Mala Xiang Guo in the bottom lane, and was inevitably defeated in the end. UZI was very happy with the kill and was smiling at the end of the game.

Abu muttered: "It feels like RNG is improving very quickly. Letme was a breakthrough point before, but now he is much more stable than before. It is difficult to catch him."

Mouse guessed: "Maybe he had some special training. Letme wasn't this stable before."

The factory manager said: "It's already the playoffs, we must make some adjustments, we can't just do nothing."

Abu looked at Mouse and said, "How do you feel? If you were to face Letme now."

Mouse was in a dilemma: "It feels a bit difficult and unfamiliar! This Letme is very unfamiliar to me."

The factory manager complained: "If you can't even handle Letme, then you're in real trouble."

Then, the third game began.

This time, OMG chose to break through the middle lane and handed the stage to Leng Shao.

However, Leng Shao can indeed suppress Xiaohu when he is on the line, but that is just suppression. There is no chance for him to get a single kill.

The jungler came to the middle lane to help with GANK. Xiaohu was so steady that it made people's scalp tingle. During the laning phase, he never walked through the middle lane and always stayed in front of his own defensive tower.

Scout exclaimed: "Is this Xiaohu? So scary! He can't find any opportunities at all. He has 360-degree defense without blind spots. Every time he returns to the city, he will bring two true wards to ensure that at least one side has vision."

"If his teammates can give him a little more vision support, the opposing jungler won't have any chance at all."

Meiko agreed: "It feels like RNG is more difficult to deal with now. Do you feel any pressure?"

At this time, the game between RNG and OMG had entered garbage time, UZI was killing everyone, and the EDG team chose to directly discuss the video of the final.

The factory manager responded: "I think it's okay. When it comes to stability, we EDG are not afraid of anyone."

Zet asked: "Does that mean that in the finals between us and RNG, we will see who is more stable and win the game in this way?"

The factory manager shook his head: "Of course, there are many options. Playing it safe is just one of them. What's more, we have Xiao Mo, who can annoy the other side."

Su Mo:?
Abu said: "RNG's teamfights are quite good. If we want to play a stable teamfight with RNG, it's not that easy to win. Of course, if we can get a lineup that is very unstoppable in the late game, we can give it a try."

Abu looked at Su Mo: "Xiao Mo, what do you think? Which is the best way to play? Which hero are you going to use?"

Su Mo replied: "Prepare? I haven't started preparing yet."

Abu nodded: "It's okay, there is still a week left, just tell me in advance."

Su Mo hesitated: "I'm afraid we can't do it earlier."

Abu continued to ask: "How long will it take you?"

Su Mo confessed truthfully: "I guess I won't know what I want to play until I'm on stage."

Abu was speechless for three seconds, then he said, "Then you can spend a little more time, one day in advance, that should be fine."

"There's a problem. I can't do it." Su Mo's answer was very straightforward.

[Get +10 torture points from Abu]

Su Mo had no choice. Which hero to choose depended on the mission given by the system...

Only then can we choose the right hero according to the task. Seeing Su Mo's attitude, Abu had no choice but to say, "In that case, let's look at other positions first, and Xiao Mo's performance will depend on the situation."

So for the next week, the EDG team started high-intensity training and studied RNG's playing style.

Although they won the opening game against RNG, RNG's performance is indeed getting better and better, which makes EDG feel some pressure.

A week passed quickly and the day of the decisive battle arrived!
In the morning, at the EDG training base, in the training room, Su Mo just arrived. He had to go to the competition site to shoot this morning, so there was no training task. There was still some time, and everyone else hadn't gotten up yet.

Su Mo chose to open the forum to see what netizens were saying now.

After entering the Anti-Stress Bar and taking a look, I found that most of the discussion was about the finals.

#Brothers, does RNG have a chance to beat EDG? What is the chance?

#What hero has Mozi practiced recently? Does anyone know?
#Mozige won’t go to the bottom lane in the finals, specifically targeting Uzi.

#I think RNG has a great chance this time, they are in very good shape now.

#RNG VS EDG, position analysis.

Su Mo first opened the first post to see what everyone was saying.

"It's a 50-50 chance. Both have a chance."

"100-0, RNG has transformed now, you know? EDG has not improved at all."

"The dog upstairs doesn't want the filial son horse anymore? And you're still transforming, why don't you go to heaven?"

"I can play, it's 0-10. With only Mozi on the court, RNG has no chance of winning."

"Brothers, how about we pool our money to kill Brother Mozi? I'll pay a dime."

Under this answer, some people were cheering, some offering ten yuan, some offering a thousand yuan. According to their thinking, as long as they hired a "killer" to kill Su Mo, RNG would have a chance to make the finals.

Seeing these answers, Su Mo was embarrassed. Although they were just joking, what if someone took it seriously? Wouldn't that be dangerous?

If there are some RNG fans who are not very smart, and are as extreme as the Korean netizens, sending razor blades to the players...

My scalp tingles just thinking about it.

Su Mo clicked on the post analyzing the matchup between RNG and EDG and took a look.

Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both sides according to five positions.

First is the top lane position, Mouse VS Letme.

Let’s first show the hexagram diagrams of the two people. Mouse and Letme’s hexagram diagrams are actually similar.

All the data are the average level of the top lane position. The output is lower than the average, but the gold earned is higher. Of course, playing in the first or second ranked teams, it is a big problem if the data is only average.

With less output, they play more tanks. The reason they earn more money than the average level is not because they are good at development, but because EDG and RNG have been winning games, so naturally their overall economy is much better than the teams that have been losing games.

In this way, the damage conversion rate of the two people becomes the last.

The following comment: "Two bad chess players, fifty-fifty, winning or losing has little to do with them."

Continuing to look down, it’s still the top position, but this time it’s: Mo VS Letme
Su Mo's data in the top lane position was counted separately. A full hexagram wrapped around Letme's hexagram, giving a sense of security.

There are also comments below: "10-0, totally not the same level of players."

Below is the jungle position, Clearlove7 VS Mlxg.

The data of these two people is quite interesting. The KDA of the six-pointed star chart of the factory manager is full! The survival item is even more amazing.

As for Mlxg, his assists and GANK frequencies are among the best among junglers. Of course, his mortality rate is also very high, which leads to his poor KDA.

The evaluation given was: "50-50, Zzai Zhang is more inclined to defense and operations, Mlxg is more inclined to fighting and starting a team fight."

There is no comparison between Su Mo and Mlxg in the jungle position, and the explanation is given below: "Mo played jungle too few times, and the data from one or two games is not statistically significant, so no comparison is made."

It makes sense. If we compare the data from one or two games, it is easy to see some very outrageous situations.

Next, the mid lane position, Scout VS Xiaohu.

Scout's data is in the top three in all aspects, and several are ranked second.

Xiaohu's data is much weirder. His KDA is relatively high but his output is low. He doesn't make much money and his damage transfer is relatively low. He doesn't feel like a mid laner of the second-ranked team.

After all, the mid laner position is quite critical. Generally, the mid laner data of strong teams will be more gorgeous, but Xiaohu is an exception.

The following comment: "60-40, Scout will prove what a top mid laner is."

Continuing the mid lane position, Mo VS Xiaohu.
Su Mo's statistics are mostly first, much better than Xiaohu's.

However, the following comments were unexpected: "Fifty-fifty, Mo only knows how to use dirty tricks, it's not fair to win, his level is actually not high."

Judging from his expression, he felt that Su Mo relied on dirty tricks to win the game and put up such good-looking statistics, but his actual level was similar to Xiaohu's. He could only be happy.

Then it was the bottom lane, Zet VS UZI.
Zet's data was naturally blown away by UZI.

The comments were also very extreme: "Zet is a 10-0 team fight. Zet feels like a pendant. He relies entirely on Meiko to lead the laning phase and waits for his teammates to carry him in team fights."

The replies to this review are all insults:
"It turns out that the host is a filial son."

"I can already guess that the OP will say that UZI and Mozi are evenly matched."

"You're not pretending anymore, are you? Your true intentions are exposed now?"

Su Mo looked down and found that there was indeed a comparison between him and UZI.

However, the comment given by the poster is: "40-60, if they play normally, Mo should not be a match for UZI."

Su Mo scratched his head. What was the normal way to fight? He didn't know and didn't dare to ask.

Finally, it’s support, Meiko VS Ming.

Both of them have very impressive statistics, ranking in the top three in every statistic.

The evaluation is: "Fifty-fifty, different styles, but about the same level, Meiko may be a little stronger."

Su Mo suspects that this person said Meiko is stronger in order to highlight UZI's strength. Maybe it's just a roundabout way of bragging... It's worth discussing.

The final comprehensive evaluation of EDG VS RNG is 40:60.

Su Mo can only say that the topic is full of topics...

This post has received quite a lot of replies, already over ten thousand, and it’s basically a quarrel.

Everyone has their own opinions, and it is difficult for one point of view to be recognized by the majority.

The fans of the two teams held different opinions and attacked each other...

Su Mo logged out and saw the post that counted his RANK data. He clicked on it and took a look. Suddenly, he realized that his account had been closely monitored.

How many RANK games are played every day, who are the opponents, how is the record, how to equip, how many knives are used in ten minutes when laning, how many times to roam, etc., all are counted.

Su Mo thought that if there was someone who specialized in this, then RNG’s coaching staff would have it very easy.

They only need to collect data in the forum and do not need to watch every RANK themselves.

This is so comfortable too.

Su Mo took a look at the account that posted the message and felt something was wrong!
The avatar and ID of this account are very ordinary, so ordinary that it looks like a water army account.

However, his level is very high, at level thirteen.

It is not easy to reach level 13 in Tieba without spending money.

Su Mo clicked on the history of this account and suddenly found that this person specifically asked similar questions.

#SimaLaozei Does anyone know his recent RANK statistics? I have been his fan for ten years.

#大兄子's recent RANK data statistics, I am his fan, let's discuss it together.

#Jackeylove's RANK record statistics, are there any fans who would like to share? I am his new fan.

Su Mo took a look and found that this person seemed to specialize in various statistics of ADC players. Of course, Su Mo was an exception. Although he was not an ADC, he could also play in the bottom lane.

Su Mo read on and found that this account had posted all the LPL bottom laners that could be named, except UZI...

"Could this be RNG's fans? Or hired trolls?" Su Mo whispered, a little suspicious.

Although there are people in the club who are specifically responsible for collecting data on other teams' players, this is a very heavy workload, and the person responsible for collecting the data cannot just do this one thing, so if it can save trouble, he will definitely be willing to mobilize the power of netizens.

The specific method is to pretend to be a fan of these contestants and let the fans of these contestants share.

You can even pay a few dozen bucks or something and you can definitely collect detailed data online.

Su Mo suddenly had an idea. If he deliberately misled RNG now, would they be fooled?
However, the ranking data does not seem to be of much reference value...

"You're here so early?" Suddenly, the factory director's voice came. Su Mo turned around and saw the factory director walking in from outside with sleepy eyes.

At this time, Meiko, Scout, Mouse, Zet, and everyone else were present in the training room.

However, because they were going to go to the competition site to shoot soon, everyone chose to check the news and watch videos instead of starting training.

Su Mo called out, "Changzi, come here, I'll show you something good."

"What good stuff?" the factory director asked curiously.

Su Mo opened the post and the factory manager came over to take a look.

"Isn't this normal? Someone is watching my RANK record, and there are people on the live streaming platform who are specifically monitoring my RANK."

Su Mo explained: "This account doesn't look normal. Look at his history. He specifically collects data from other teams' ADCs, but there is no data from UZI. Is this reasonable?"

The factory manager took a look and found that it was true!

"Something is wrong, why is UZI not here?" The factory manager muttered, "It does seem to be the case. Apart from the RNG people, there should be no one else who would do this. Of course, it is also possible that this person simply doesn't like UZI. But just in case, I thought of something fun."

"What's so fun?"

The factory manager chuckled and said, "We can give some false information to confuse the other side."

Su Mo was a little surprised when he heard this, as this coincided with his previous thoughts.

After thinking for a while, Su Mo asked, "How are you going to provide false information? Choose a hero you don't play and play rank? But I feel that it won't work. It's a waste of time. If you can't produce good-looking data, I don't think RNG will care."

Factory Manager: "This is a waste of time. We can customize the team, then choose a lineup that we don't play, take screenshots, pretend that we are playing a training game, and then make this deliberate. Of course, except for my lane, the BP of other lanes should be made more beautiful."

"The other side arranged five people to cover their IDs and said they just didn't want to reveal their identities."

It is very common for teams to use tactics in training matches, releasing some specious information to interfere with the opponent's BP and judgment.

But Su Mo didn't quite agree with this, after all, he didn't even know what hero he was going to play...

So Su Mo tried to dissuade him: "Factory, is it worth it for us to go through so much trouble?"

"It's worth it, just in case!" The factory manager said, turning to look at the rest of his teammates, "Brothers, come here, we have something to discuss!"

So the factory manager called together a group of team members who had nothing to do, and everyone started to take action.

First build a custom room, have five people enter, arrange the AI ​​on the opposite side, and let the AI ​​choose a good-looking lineup.

Su Mo asked, "Factory, what are you going to do to disrupt RNG? I think it can't be too outrageous, otherwise they might not believe it."

Meiko had a different opinion: "I think it should be a little outrageous, so that they will believe it. After all, we have Brother Mozi."

The factory manager also said, "Yes, with someone as perverted as Xiao Mo here, the lineup has to be as outrageous as possible!"

Zet also echoed: "Yes, it's as perverted as it can be!"

Su Mo: ...

The more everyone thought about it, the more it made sense, because Su Mo had used all kinds of unpopular tactics in the bottom lane, many of which were incomprehensible and outrageous, but in the end they were able to produce miraculous effects.

Netizens and commentators have been slapped in the face so many times that in today's games, when they see Su Mo pick a weird hero, they subconsciously dare not comment casually, and they all think there must be something behind it.

This impression has been deeply rooted in people's minds, and RNG should not be much better.

So at the request of his teammates, Su Mo used the combination of Rengar and Empyrean in the bottom lane in the first game, Tigger!

There are all kinds of indiscriminate killings, of course the ones being killed are humans and machines.

Then in the second game, Su Mo got the combination of Minotaur and Yasuo in the bottom lane and continued to kill.

In the third game, Su Mo switched to the middle lane, got Carter, and started killing again.

In the fourth game, we switched to the top lane, and a single Draven came to kill...

"You guys are bolder than me in choosing..." Su Mo couldn't help but admire his teammates' imagination.

Can these really make it to the competition?

It would be funny if RNG really believed it.

The factory manager took a lot of screenshots for every game, and then processed the screenshots, hiding the details so that the opponent could not tell that this was a customized bot.

After all the materials were collected, the factory chose to reply to the previous post:
"I have EDG's training match materials here, and I'll provide them for a fee."

In order to make the other party believe, the factory sent a screenshot privately.

After finishing it, just wait for the other party's response.

On the other side, in RNG's training base, in the training room, some RNG players were playing with their phones, some were playing other games. RNG also needed to go for filming in the morning, so no training was arranged.

UZI was browsing the forum and was delighted when he saw a post analyzing the positional matchups between EDG and RNG.

Ming came over: "What are you laughing at? You've been laughing for quite some time. Did you see something funny?"

UZI responded: "Now netizens still have some understanding of the game. They all think I am better than Mo, but Mo just likes to use routines."

Ming muttered, "The problem now is that no one knows what strange tactics Brother Mozi will use. If we know in advance, we can still find a way to deal with it."

UZI nodded: "I think it's very strange. This Mo never practices his tactics in RANK, but he can use them every time in the competition, and he always performs well. There must be something wrong! He must be secretly training in some way, otherwise he can't be so skilled."

"What other methods can I use?" Xiao Ming thought for a moment, "It's not like I have to practice heroes by playing against AI, right?"

(End of this chapter)