LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 170 Su Mo is attacked by Luo Xin and Rita! Letme is defeated by trash talk! (2 parts)
In UZI's opinion, Su Mo cannot be considered a talented player.

Because Su Mo's operation was not too fancy, his playing style was just particularly disgusting.

And even if he is a talented player, he still needs to practice heroes, and practice a lot before he can use them in the game.

Uzi speculated: "Is it possible that he used a trumpet to practice the hero, or did he use training matches to practice? If it was a training match, they would specifically find a fixed club to practice and keep it strictly confidential, but this is too confidential!"

Although the content of training matches is kept confidential, it is difficult to detect if such information is leaked, so many times the content of training matches will be known by other clubs.

EDG is the focus of defense, especially Su Mo, because he has too many tactics. All major clubs want to know, but no one knows. It is very difficult to achieve this level.

As the two were discussing, UZI opened a forum on his computer and said, "I recently found a post that collects player data. Let's go see if there's any news about Mo."

However, as he looked along, UZI did not see anything about Su Mo's battle record.

"Is EDG so cautious? Even such professional forum users can't gather any intelligence at all." UZI complained.

But the next moment, Xiao Ming's eyes lit up: "No, no, look, there's another update below! It seems to be related to Brother Mozi!"

UZI also noticed that there were two new posts below, which were just posted and named:

"EDG and Mo's training match results (provided by a forum user, not sure if it's true or not)"

Below is a screenshot.

In the screenshot, EDG, Mo and EDG, Meiko went to the bottom lane and brought out the bottom lane combination of Warwick and Trinita. It's only been six minutes and Warwick is already 4-0, a huge kill!

The IDs of the opposing teams are all covered, and these are the five members of EDG.

"What does that mean? Warwick and Trinita? I seem to have heard of this tactic, but usually Trinita is the jungler and Warwick is top lane. What is he doing in the bottom lane?" UZI muttered.

Mingzhong's brows jumped. "I think if it's Brother Mozi, everything is possible. Think about it, how many unpopular strategies has he chosen so far? And each one is more exaggerated than the last. I feel that the bottom lane combination of Warwick and Emerald is not that exaggerated among the strategies he has used."

UZI touched his chin and thought: "You mean, this could be true? Are they really practicing this routine?"

Ming evaluated: "That's a possibility. This message was just released. Why don't you communicate with the poster and see what's going on."

So UZI typed a private message: "Boss, can you tell me who you are? Which club are you from? Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."

Soon, the other party responded:
"I can't tell you this. It's for privacy."

UZI looked at Xiao Ming and said, "He didn't tell me his identity, so why did he bother to reveal what EDG was practicing?"

Ming suddenly had an idea: "Is he doing this for money? Now that we have reached the finals, this information is only useful to us and has no meaning to other clubs, right? So he chose to take out the information and sell it for some money. It is most likely a personal act."

UZI thought about it and thought it was possible: "Hey, could he be a member of another team that played a training match with EDG? How much do you think he wants?"

Ming touched his chin: "Why don't we ask? Then let Brother Feng pay for it hehe!"

UZI nodded: "It is indeed the club's business. They should have gone to collect intelligence, but they don't have such channels. Now we have accidentally collected it. They should reward us, and there is no way they are asking us to pay for it!"

The more UZI thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. After all, the club had plenty of money and didn't mind this.

"Brother, can you tell me all the information about EDG? Name your price." UZI responded.

At this time, on the EDG side, the factory manager was standing behind Su Mo. When he saw UZI's reply, he laughed from ear to ear: "Haha, the other side took the bait."

Su Mo turned around and looked at the factory manager: "How much do you think is appropriate?"

The factory manager made an assessment: "If the amount is too little, I think they will doubt the authenticity. You have to be bold at this time! Of course, it can't be too much. If you ask for 10 million, I think they will ignore it directly.

"Let's put it this way. One piece of information costs 10,000. Just tell him so."

The factory director's exorbitant request made Su Mo stare in amazement. This guy is really ruthless!
"Isn't it a bit exaggerated?" Su Mo said.

The factory manager shook his head: "It's not an exaggeration. Think about it. This can decide who will win the LPL championship. Is 10,000 a lot? I feel it's too little. Not to mention the official LPL bonus after winning the championship, you can also receive gifts when you broadcast live after winning the championship, and your popularity can also increase. These are all realizable."

Su Mo had no choice but to nod.

The factory manager continued, "If they are willing to buy, we can use this money as a bonus and divide it among ourselves. After all, it is the result of everyone's labor. Of course, you are the bait, so you should get a bigger share!"

Su Mo smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I just want to see if the other party will really be fooled during the game."

The factory manager chose to reply: "10,000 per training match, the routines are not repeated."

Soon, the other party responded: "Sure, give me your account number and we'll do it one by one."

The factory manager typed: "Give me 10,000 first, and I've already issued you one."

After a while, the other party responded: "Okay, then give me the account first."

So the factory manager chose to go to the club’s finance department to ask for an account number. He could not use a player’s account for fear of being discovered.

It would be easy for the finance department to help find a completely unrelated account.

At this time, in the RNG training base, UZI had already found Firefox and explained the whole story to him.

Although Firefox was skeptical about this matter at first, RNG is indeed facing problems now. If they cannot solve the problem of Mo, their hope of winning the championship is slim.

Since they didn't have to pay for it themselves, Firefox finally agreed and communicated with the club's management.

The first transfer of 10,000 yuan was made, and soon UZI received a new screenshot:

"Tauren Yasuo? They actually still practice this kind of thing?"

Ming evaluated: "You know what, Meiko's Minotaur is quite good. There have been many famous scenes. The essence of their team is Minotaur. We have to be on guard. If it is used against our specific lineup, it may be very effective."

So UZI looked at Firefox and said, "Then give them another 10,000."

After the money was transferred, the third screenshot came.

UZI looked at it and said, "Ah? He ran to the middle lane? Mid laner Carter?"

UZI turned around and looked at Xiaohu: "Mid single Carter, can you beat him?"

Xiaohu paused and shook his head: "I don't know, I rarely encounter Carter, usually it's the master who is good at killing. This hero is quite powerful when it comes to harvesting... If he plays it, with a reasonable lineup, it will be a big threat!"

Xiaohu chose to speak in a serious tone, because he was worried that if he didn't speak more seriously now, Su Mo would really beat him up with Carter and he would have to take the blame!
Firefox said, "In this case, if he goes to the middle lane, we need to consider banning Carter, or choose a hero who can counter Carter."

Xiaohu said quickly: "Let's ban him. Really, this guy has too many tricks. There's nothing he can't do, except what we can't think of. I don't want to have any more trouble."

So Firefox arranged for the finance department to transfer another 10,000 yuan.

The fourth picture is coming.

"Draven? He can actually play Draven? To be honest, this hero is just average in the bottom lane. I'm not afraid of him. I have beaten Vincent's Draven with Vayne." UZI was tough this time.

However, Ming discovered: "Wait! Did you see it wrong? He is not the bottom lane Draven. This Draven is the top laner, and the bottom laner is Kalista!"

UZI was stunned after hearing this. He saw Draven in the top lane and thought that he had destroyed the bottom lane and switched to the top lane to push the tower.

But upon closer inspection, yes, it was Kalista and the support Thresh in the bottom lane, and Draven went to the top lane with flash and barrier!

"Ah, is this such a perverted thing?" The speaker was Letme.

At this time, the other RNG members were called over to watch together.

"Letme, can't you beat him?" Firefox looked at Letme.

Letme was immediately terrified: "Draven is such a strong hero. If he is really picked to line up against me, it will be difficult for me. He has long arms, and I usually pick short arms."

Ming analyzed: "In fact, we are mainly afraid that he will pick the last pick and counter some heroes of Letme. In addition, Draven is a hero that snowballs very well. There is a high possibility that the top lane will be directly cleared."

Letme echoed, "Yes, yes, Xiao Ming is right. We are just afraid that he will play dirty tricks and suddenly pick us out to catch us off guard."

Firefox also thought it made sense: "That's true. It seems we should be careful about Draven's tactics in the top lane."

So Firefox transferred another 10,000 yuan.

"Ask him if he has any more."

UZI replied: "Brother, you have something, do you have anything else? We have plenty of money, you just need to give us information."

At this time, on EDG's side, the factory manager saw that RNG had transferred 40,000 and laughed silly:

"Hahaha, the other side really has something. They really dare to believe it. This makes us earn 40,000 yuan, which is enough for a meal."

Meiko also said at this time: "They still want it? How about we get some more... No, forget it. I feel that if we get too much, it will be easy to be exposed. Let's just leave it like this. It's enough to disrupt their BP and tactics."

The factory manager agreed and said, “Then I will reply to them that there is no more.”

"Well, you go back."

On the RNG side, after seeing the response, UZI pondered: "I feel that four routines are enough to complete a BO5. They probably prepared these four routines."

Firefox nodded. "Well, we just need to think of strategies for these four points. Like I said before, this Mo has many tricks and it's hard to guess them in advance. If we know what tricks he's going to use in advance, it's easy to deal with him. But we also have to be careful. This information can't be guaranteed to be true."

Letme said: "In short, our hope of winning the championship is greater?"

UZI also got excited: "It must be a big one. Isn't Mo the most difficult player for EDG to deal with? Now we know his tactics, so we can just do whatever we want."

"Nice!" Everyone in RNG got excited.

Letme said, "Aren't we going to film the trash talk before the game? I dare not talk to Mo now. I want to ridicule him to death. He beat me so badly last time!"

Ming said: "If we can really beat EDG, I will be happy just thinking about it. If Meiko cries, I will personally comfort him!"

UZI said: "After winning the championship, I will lead the dog army to settle accounts with the pigs! They are always slandering me online, and now I have caught them!"

Everyone in RNG was very excited at the thought of turning the tables and becoming the masters.

At 10 a.m., Abu came to the training room and said, "It's almost time, everyone get ready. We'll leave in five minutes to shoot at the game. Everyone, put on your team uniforms."

At this moment, the factory manager walked over mysteriously and asked for credit: "Abu, Xiao Mo and I earned 40,000 for the club this morning. How are you going to reward us?"

Abramovich was stunned. "Earned 40,000? How did you earn it? Live broadcast? Why do you say it was earned for the club?"

The factory manager told Abu what had just happened.

Abu couldn't hold back any longer: "Does anyone really believe this?"

"I believe it. If you don't believe it, will you give money?" Abu said with a smile.

"Then I can only say... Xiao Mo's tactics have been deeply rooted in people's minds and have affected their judgment. In short, this is a good thing for us. When we play the game, we can take advantage of this and gain an advantage in BP." Abu concluded.

"You can divide the 410,000 among yourselves. Remember to treat me to a meal when the time comes."

"Haha, no way!" The factory manager refused bluntly, "Unless you call me brother."

"Brother Kai!"

"? Have you been possessed by Xiao Mo?" The factory manager looked helpless, "You were never so shameless before."

"..."

A few minutes later, everyone at EDG was ready and set out from the training base, heading straight to the LPL game.

There is no game today, so it is quite quiet and there are not many people around.

After entering the parking lot, the EDG members got out of the car.

Su Mo rarely saw a competition venue in this state. When he usually came here to play competitions, it was always quite lively, with spectators surrounding the outside and a lot of noise.

"Everyone from EDG, welcome!"

As soon as he got off the car, Su Mo saw two familiar faces, Luo Xin and Rita.

The two of them came over happily, holding selfie sticks with their phones on them, their cameras facing the EDG members.

Luo Xin said, "Coach Abu, can we live stream some of you handsome guys? And ask a few questions that netizens want to know."

Abu couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Well, take any photo you want, we are ready!"

Rita also said, "Coach Abu, I want to, too."

"Go ahead and take the photos." Abu waved his hand.

Then the two found Su Mo: "Brother Mozi, long time no see!"

The factory manager objected: "Why is it his turn? According to professional age and seniority, it should start with me."

Rita explained: "There is no fixed order for ours, everyone can speak freely."

The factory manager then said, "Then you should point the camera at me."

However, Rita and Luo Xin did not listen to him and still faced Su Mo.

Meiko teased, "Mingkai, don't join in the fun. Others just say there is no order, but there is, it's ranked according to appearance."

The factory manager then said, "Based on appearance? Then I... should be number one, right?"

After these words were spoken, everyone in EDG fell silent.

If there weren't outsiders present, they would have given them a good beating.

Everyone was preparing to enter the competition venue when suddenly, the roar of an engine was heard.

Another car is coming!
The body of this bus has the RNG team logo printed on it. RNG is here!

Seeing RNG's people coming over, Abu said, "Then let's wait here for a while and say hello."

The EDG members were standing at the door waiting. Soon, the RNG bus stopped, the door opened, and everyone got off the bus.

Leading the way is coach Firefox, followed by UZI and Xiaohu, and finally Letme.

After getting off the car, Firefox walked over quickly and greeted, "Manager Abu, you're here early."

"Coach Firefox, we just arrived too."

The "adults" on both sides greeted each other.

The team members looked at each other.

Su Mo suddenly realized that everyone in RNG was staring at him, and their eyes were a little strange.

This is not the first time Su Mo has come face to face with RNG, but this time the feeling is completely different, as if the RNG people have him in their grasp.

The factory manager muttered quietly: "I think the information was really bought by RNG's people. They seem to... take it seriously. Now they are all extremely confident."

Su Mo responded: "Is this a good thing? Did we boost their confidence?" The factory manager smiled and said: "What's the use of just having confidence? We were also very confident in S5. We arrested SKT at MSI, but what happened in the end..."

Su Mo thought about it and agreed. If the confidence was based on real strength, then it would be positive. However, if it was not based on real strength, some of the confidence should be called inflated.

Rita and Luo Xin also greeted the RNG team: "Uzi, Xiaohu, welcome everyone, give a confident smile, I'll take a picture of you."

"I noticed that you were in great form today and were very confident. It seems like you feel very confident about this final."

UZI smiled and said: "Let's put it this way, we are 70% sure of winning the final this time."

Luo Xin exclaimed: "70%? Is that so amazing? I saw their analysis online, and it's 40% to 60% at best. Many people say it's 50% to 50. There's a chance."

UZI chuckled: "Netizens don't understand the game well enough."

Rita asked curiously, "Uzi, can you tell me a little bit about where your 70% confidence in RNG comes from? We are shooting footage."

UZI said: "Because we have mastered..."

Before he could finish his words, Ming interrupted: "Ahem...should we go in? It's so cold in here."

Rita and Luo Xin were confused: "Isn't it summer now? Is it cold?"

Ming pushed UZI forward: "Anyway, let's go in first. We can talk about anything later when we're filming."

So Abu said, "See you later."

Two teams entered the competition venue, one on the left and one on the right, ready to go their separate ways.

Rita and Luo Xin both followed EDG, so UZI said, "Hey, why don't you send one person over? What are you all doing over there?"

The two of them responded in unison: "Let's finish filming EDG first."

After the two of them finished talking, they came up to Su Mo, sandwiching Su Mo in the middle, one on each side, and chattered with questions.

But the topic made Su Mo seriously doubt whether they were really shooting material.

such as……

"Brother Mozi, you haven't been doing any live streaming recently, what have you been doing?"

"Brother Mozi, do you like swimming?"

"..."

Looking at Su Mo who was surrounded by people, Ming's mouth twitched: "I think they can't finish taking pictures, they just want to go for Brother Mozi."

UZI sneered: "It's okay, when the finals start, we will crack his routine, his popularity in LPL will plummet, and LPL will still belong to us RNG!"

The EDG team entered the lounge and started waiting.

Abu called out, "The stage is still being set up. They will come and let us know when they are ready."

Rita and Luo Xin were still lingering around Su Mo: "Brother Mozi, have you thought about what you are going to say? Who are you going to target this time?"

Su Mo responded: "The official task for me is to taunt the opponent's top laner, jungler, mid laner, ADC and support..."

Luo Xin and Rita were not surprised at all, they just said: "The task is so heavy, thank you for your hard work, Brother Mozi."

The factory manager looked at the two people like two butterflies flying around Su Mo, and his eyes kept twitching.

[Get torture points from the factory manager +3]

When Su Mo heard the system prompt, he turned to look at the factory manager.

So he glanced at the factory manager, and found that he was staring at him with a resentful look on his face.

When the factory manager saw Su Mo turning around, he said, "Can you two come over and take some footage for us? Do you have so much footage by yourself?"

"Uh..." Su Mo looked at Rita and Luo Xin, and spread his hands helplessly, "How about you guys..."

But before he could finish his words, the door of the lounge was pushed open and a staff member reminded him:
"Everyone from EDG, the stage is ready. Please go over there."

Abu stood up and said, "Okay, let's go."

So the EDG members left the lounge together, walked through the aisle, and came to the stage.

At this time, the entire venue's auditorium was empty, and it looked very deserted. Most of the lights were turned off, and only the stage was lit.

There were several chairs on the stage, as well as various fill lights, lenses, and props.

Before each final, a promotional video for the final needs to be shot. It is mainly used to enhance the confrontation awareness of fans on both sides and attract attention, so they need to trash talk each other. The more spicy, the more effective it is.

Of course, you can’t just curse or use dirty words, as this will only make you look uncultured.

After the EDG players came on stage, the entire RNG team came over from the other side.

The two teams stood on the left and right sides of the stage.

A director-like figure said, "The general process is like this. Let me introduce it. First, we will shoot within the team. For example, the bottom lane team will stand in a row and shoot together, reciting the lines prepared in advance."

"Then everyone in a team will stand together for the photoshoot. Both teams will do this. After this part is shot, it's time for the trash talk segment. Top laners will talk to top laners, junglers will talk to junglers. The main thing is to evaluate each other. It should be sarcastic and provocative. Then they can talk about their goals for this final. That's basically it. I think you should have all prepared your lines in advance."

Everyone from EDG and RNG nodded. This task was issued a few days ago.

"Okay, in that case, let's get started, starting with EDG."

So he followed Luo Xin and Rita who had come up with him and walked down, saying at the same time: "Brother Mozi, come on!"

The director began to arrange the positions for the EDG players: "First, the duo, Zet and Meiko."

Zet and Meiko walked to the center of the stage.

At this time, the factory manager reminded: "But our team is special. Xiao Mo can also play in the bottom lane and played in several key games."

The director nodded: "Well, I noticed that too. How about this, three of us go together?"

"Okay!" the factory manager nodded.

UZI, who was watching the show on the side, said: "Love triangle, this is how to play it!"

Everyone in RNG laughed.

The trash talk session hasn't even started yet, but UZI can't help it anymore.

Letme said: "If they can't beat the bottom lane, then it means they can't beat two people with three against two. Can you do it, brother?"

The director reminded: "Please keep quiet, it's not time for you to talk trash yet."

The RNG people finally quieted down. Since they got the "intelligence", they all felt much more cheerful.

At this time, Su Mo, Zet and Meiko stood in the middle of the stage, and the director began to arrange the relative positions and postures of the three people:
"Come closer, yes, yes, this look is fine, um, not bad, hey, you two are a good match..."

So after a long time, the picture became a family of three, and Zet looked like the son.

[Gain +10 Torment Points from Zet]

Su Mo was also helpless. This was the director's arrangement, so he couldn't blame him.

After filming the bottom lane combination, it was time to film the mid, top and jungle. Su Mo continued to appear on camera, playing the top, jungle and mid positions respectively.

Rita laughed in the audience: "Brother Mozi, you really work too hard. If I were the boss of EDG, I would definitely triple your salary!"

Finally, there is a group photo with all the EDG members together. Positioning is a very important issue. Su Mo is arranged behind everyone, standing on a step, giving him a feeling of being in control of the overall situation and being the big boss behind the scenes.

Of course, these are all raw materials and still need to be processed later, with some special effects added.

EDG has finished shooting, and it's RNG's turn.

It is much easier to shoot RNG, after all, each of them only has one position.

These are all foreplay. After this part is finished, we will move on to the main point, the trash talk part.

The director said, "Now it's time for the trash talk session. Let's talk about each position one by one. First, the top laners, Mouse and Letme. Letme, you should all know about them. You need to evaluate both Mouse and Mo at the same time."

Letme nodded: "Understood."

Rita and Luo Xin discussed in a low voice.

Luo Xin said: "I roughly know what Letme will say. He will definitely mock Mouse, but when he evaluates Mozi, he will admit defeat and create a contrast."

Rita agreed, "Well, this makes the most sense. After all, Brother Mozi is much stronger than him. We've fought before."

Letme and Mouse sat at a table, facing each other.

The director then said, "Give me some fierce eyes, fierce eyes, do you know what fierce looks like?"

On the stage, the EDG and RNG players stood behind Mouse and Letme respectively, as if the two were going out for a one-on-one duel, with the other brothers standing behind to cheer them on.

The factory manager whispered, "Mouse, show your strength, don't be outdone by him, bite him!"

"Bite him?" Everyone in EDG was speechless. What was the factory manager doing here?

Even Mouse couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Seeing Mouse smile, Letme couldn’t hold him back anymore.

"Cut! Try again. Please control your emotions."

The two readjusted themselves and then put on fierce expressions!
But it seems a bit too much and looks too fierce.

Since I'm not a professional actor, the director didn't have many requirements, so I just made do with it.

"Now, Mouse will speak first."

So Mouse said: "Letme joined RNG's predecessor King in S5, but no one knew him until this year. Why? Because Looper left."

"I'm actually worried that I won't see him again after RNG loses the finals. I can only say that e-sports is so cruel."

Letme's face looked a little unnatural, because he was indeed a substitute before, and was even demoted to the second team. He was promoted to the position after Looper left. It felt like when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.

The EDG players felt relieved now.

The factory manager saw this and said, "It feels like Letme was hurt."

Meiko: “It’s about playing it real.”

Su Mo said: "Lies don't hurt people, the truth is the sharpest knife."

The director then said, "Now it's Letme's turn to speak."

Letme naturally would not miss this opportunity, his anger value was already full:
"After knowing that our opponent in the finals was EDG, the coach asked me how to play against Mouse. I said, as long as we ban the Treant, he will retire right there."

Mouse touched his nose and suddenly felt a little heartbroken.

EDG's ancestral Treant is no joke, this is truly their best hero.

Letme continued: "But this is not very important, because Mouse is just a small minion in public, everyone knows that EDG's real top laner is Mo."

This is even more heartbreaking.

But when he thought about the fact that Su Mo often didn't play top lane, Mouse was instantly relieved.

On the RNG side, UZI cheered: "Well done Yan Junze, true damage, breaking the defense, the last whisper!"

Mlxg cheered, "Intensify it, give them intensity!"

The director called out, "Now EDG, replace Mo."

Mouse stood up to make room for him, and Su Mo walked over and sat down.

The director continued: "Then Letme, please continue your speech."

The surrounding cameras began to adjust their angles to give Letme and Su Mo a close-up.

Rita and Luo Xin became excited: "So handsome, Brother Mozi."

"It feels like after Brother Mozi sat on it, his aura suppressed the opponent."

To Rita's surprise, Letme seemed quite confident.

Letme said: "To be honest, I saw people online bragging that you are the best top laner in LPL and you have created a new situation for top laners in LPL. I feel very confused. You are just using some inexplicable routines to steal chickens. You are not up to the standard. I am fully prepared for this final. I will prove who is the No. 1 top laner in LPL on the stage of the final."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Luo Xin in the audience was a little surprised:
"This, this, this, this... Is this still Letme? So brave?"

On the RNG side, everyone is already excited!
UZI cheered, "Nice! Yan Junze, good job! Oh oh oh!"

Ming danced with joy: "So cool, so cool, this is the kind of momentum I want!"

The big brother who was in charge of taking the photo nearby had his eyes lit up and he quickly gave Letme close-ups from various angles.

After saying this, Letme maintained a very confident and proud expression, as if he had already won the championship.

"Very good," the director praised, "Now it's contestant Mo's turn to speak."

Su Mo said, "I have never lost."

Letme:?
[Get Torture Points +10 from Letme]

Letme interrupted and said, "This time it's different, believe me."

Su Mo said calmly: "You can't do it."

Letme: ...

He was suddenly speechless.

But when he thought of the existence of "intelligence", he mustered up his courage again: "It is impossible for a person to win every time, and it is impossible for him to lose every time. This time I will make you fall from the altar!"

Su Mo smiled and said, "See, I am already a god in your eyes."

Letme:?
Su Mo's words were always so brief and seemingly harmless, but combined with what had happened in the past, the power they unleashed was more terrifying than directly insulting someone.

Letme's mouth sank, and he looked at the director aggrievedly: "Director, I don't want to play anymore, I don't want to play anymore!!"

(End of this chapter)