LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 217 The love-hate relationship between Zzitai and Uzi, and Faker’s challenge!
The next morning, when Su Mo woke up, it was already half past nine.

I picked up my phone and took a look. There was a message in the group:

Hongmi: "Get up and eat. Are you all awake?"

Apparently he was the first one to wake up.

Half an hour later, the LPL All-Star team gathered and went to find something to eat.

However, as soon as they reached the lobby on the first floor, they ran into someone they knew.

Two figures came over and called out, "Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi!"

Su Mo looked over and found that it was Rita and Luo Xin. They seemed to be waiting for them here on purpose.

Rita, who was wearing a pink skirt, pretended to have a microphone in her hand and walked up to interview Su Mo with a smile:

"Dear S7 FMVP player, what is your goal for this All-Star Game? LCK has sent out a very luxurious lineup, do you feel any pressure?"

The others were very tactful and deliberately kept their distance, allowing the two to perform alone.

Su Mo smiled and replied: "My goal is to eat well, drink well, play well, and sleep well."

Rita nodded: "What about the competition? How about the competition?"

Su Mo replied: "As everyone knows, the All-Star Game is an entertainment game. When I say play well, I mean having fun during the game and making the audience happy at the same time."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Mr. FMVP, there is a SOLO competition in this All-Star Game. Will you participate?" Rita continued to ask.

Hearing this question, Su Mo was stunned for a moment. He had never thought about this question before.

At this time, Hongmi said: "By the way, we need to confirm the quota for the SOLO competition. There are only two places in a region. You can discuss and decide among yourselves."

As a coach, since these five players are from different teams and are all star players, he can't just decide who can participate or not, because that would easily offend people and give them something to talk about. It's better to just throw the question to the players themselves.

The factory manager was the first to speak: "I am a jungler, I will definitely not participate in any SOLO competition, you guys go ahead."

UZI took the opportunity to taunt:
"Mingkai, this is not good for you. You don't even dare to participate when asked to do so. Are you worried about being beaten up?"

The factory manager laughed and said, "Let's talk about it after you win the SOLO championship."

UZI was quite confident: "How did you know I was going to participate in the SOLO competition?"

He turned around and looked at Hongmi: "Coach Hongmi, count me in, I want to participate."

Hongmi looked at the remaining people, and Xiao Ming expressed his opinion: "I am a support player, my solo skills are not good, you guys should do it."

In this way, there are three people left. Xiye seems to want to participate, but he is hesitating.

He was embarrassed to speak, with UZI on one side and Su Mo on the other.

He had to compete with one or the other, or even both of them at the same time.

Su Mo saw that Xiye really wanted to participate, so he said:
"Then you two go ahead. I won't join in."

After saying this, Rita pouted: "But Brother Mozi, if you don't participate... wouldn't it be too boring? The audience wants to see you perform."

The factory manager also stood up to object: "Xiao Mo, you are the FMVP of S7. If you don't participate, I think the attention of this SOLO will drop a lot."

UZI thought it was okay: "Brother Mozi doesn't want to participate, don't force him, he will definitely take time to have in-depth exchanges with some beautiful women."

The factory manager glanced at him and said, "You are just worried that Brother Mozi will join in and you won't be able to defeat him."

UZI smiled and said, "Mingkai, you think so yourself, don't blame me."

At this time, Hongmi persuaded:

"It's like this. Although the official intention is to let us decide for ourselves, as if giving us the right to choose, there are still some things that cannot be messed with. Mo, as the FMVP of S7, you must participate, just like Faker in LCK must participate by default."

The factory manager agreed: "The coach is right. Even if he reports to the officials that you will not participate, I think the officials will have opinions."

At this moment, a burst of footsteps came.

Luo Xin was surprised and said, "It's Faker and Peanut."

Then she ran over for the interview. She seemed to know some English, and everyone in SKT also knew a little.

Luo Xin first revealed her identity and took out her work ID, then began the interview after gaining the person's trust.

Su Mo heard Luo Xin also mentioned the SOLO competition and asked her what she thought.

So Su Mo heard Faker's answer:
"I feel like I am not afraid of any opponent in the SOLO tournament. This time in the SOLO tournament, I will leave the championship to LCK."

Hearing this, Su Mo smiled. He remembered that Faker had never taken SOLO matches seriously before and just played casually every time.

But this time, probably because Luo Xin’s question made him a little excited, he entered serious mode.

[It is detected that the legendary player Faker has challenged the host's division, triggering a hidden task:

Mission 1: Accept the challenge, defeat Faker in a SOLO match, and get a reward: a Ultimate Mastery Card

Mission 2: Accept the challenge, defeat Faker in the SOLO match, and win the SOLO championship. Reward title: SOLO King

Task 3: Refuse to participate in SOLO, shrink your head into your neck, reward title: I am a coward]

Su Mo decisively accepted the challenge: "Task 2!"

However, Su Mo also discovered a problem. Although he had accepted the task, there was a possibility that he could not complete it.

For example, Faker was eliminated early...

If the two of them keep winning, they will definitely meet, but one of them will lose first, so we need to give Faker some motivation, let him take it seriously and not be eliminated early.

"Since Coach Hongmi said so, I might as well participate." Su Mo expressed his attitude.

Xiye naturally wouldn't compete with Su Mo: "I support Brother Mozi, you two go."

However, the factory manager was not happy and started to fan the flames: "Xiye, I don't think you need to give up. Xiao Mo must participate. It's reasonable. But Uzi can't. Why did you let him get the spot? If you want to go, pursue it bravely. I support you!"

"Okay, okay, you Mingkai!" UZI looked helpless.

After thinking for a while, UZI said, "This is easy. Xiye and I will play SOLO later. Whoever wins will go up."

When he heard someone wanted to play SOLO, the factory manager immediately became interested:
"Okay, this is good! Whoever is more capable goes first, it's fair!"

Xiye wasn't afraid: "Well... okay."

So the matter was settled.

On the other side, Luo Xin finished interviewing the LCK All-Star team, and Su Mo suddenly appeared and walked in front of Faker.

"Oh shit, what is Brother Mozi doing?" Xiye was shocked.

Everyone looked over and Hongmi quickly closed the distance.

He was quite worried that something might happen. There were so many people watching here. Both sides were world-class players and public figures. If a conflict broke out, the scene would be very ugly and it would probably alert Riot officials.

The other LCK members were facing a formidable enemy. They had all had contact with Su Mo and had basically been tortured.

Now seeing Su Mo, he subconsciously became defensive.

Su Mo said, "Hello!"

Su Mo stretched out his hand and Faker shook it.

Su Mo continued, "I hope to play against you in the SOLO competition. Although we may not be in the same group, as long as we keep winning, we will meet sooner or later."

Faker raised his lips: "I hope so. I am looking forward to it."

Su Mo knew what Faker was thinking, even though he won the laning match against Faker.

However, there are various restrictions during the game. When choosing heroes, you need to consider the lineup, team battles, support, roaming, GANK, etc.

In a SOLO match, you only need to consider how to win in the laning phase.

Therefore, a player who is strong in laning phase in the game does not necessarily mean that he is also strong in SOLO games.

When Su Mo returned to the LPL side, everyone was relieved to see that there was no conflict between the two.

Hongmi left with the LPL team and went out to eat.

After brunch, the LPL All-Star team returned to the hotel.

UZI and Xiye started SOLO without stopping.

Others watched the battle.

The factory manager stood behind Xiye and cheered him on:

"Come on, Xiye! You can do it, beat him up!"

Xiye looked a little nervous and not very sure.

On the other hand, UZI looked a lot more relaxed.

"Are you ready? I'm starting."

The two entered the hero selection screen, UZI directly locked Varus, while Xiye chose Syndra

When you enter the loading screen and see the opponent's hero.

UZI has already started laughing: "Hahaha, I already won!"

Xiye felt something was wrong: "Vairus! How could I forget about this hero!"

The factory manager made an assessment: "Vairus seems to be a disgusting hero. He has a strong consumption ability and his arms are too long... It's not fair, this is not fair!"

UZI responded, "No, that's how you play SOLO. You choose your own heroes. Are you blaming me for picking Syndra? It's so unfair. I'm almost done for."

Entering the game screen, the two were in the Howling Abyss, which is the Abyss map.

The factory manager looked at Su Mo and said, "Xiye should be able to win."

Su Mo replied: "It should be difficult."

Now the factory manager was in despair. Since Su Mo said it was difficult, it must be really difficult.

As expected, UZI attacked strongly at level one.

Usually people think that Syndra is the lane bully in the middle lane and can attack anyone she wants, but this time, facing Varus who has a longer arm, Syndra was at a loss and was consumed by enemies.

"Ah, the hero Xiye is still a little lacking." The factory manager sighed.

As expected, Xiye couldn't hold on in the end and was taken down by UZI.

"Hahaha, I won. This spot is mine."

UZI also turned around and taunted Zz1tai: "MingKai, what do you say? What do you say now?"

The factory manager chuckled and said, "I told you to wait until you win the championship before you shout. It's too early to be happy now. Is it necessarily a good thing to get in? When you are beaten by others, you will know that you are wrong."

The two of them love and hate each other, and no one wants to pay attention to them.

In this way, the two places for LPL's SOLO competition are determined.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day, the All-Star Game was held.

In the backstage lounge, the LPL All-Star team is making final preparations before going on stage.

Hongmi said, "This competition is divided into two parts, the regional competition and the SOLO competition."

"The regional competition is 5v5, just like our usual competitions, and the solo groups are also out, you all saw it."

Su Mo and UZI nodded. Their opponents in the first round were ordinary and not well-known. The first match was a regional competition, and because it was held in America, according to convention, the first match was played by the host, which was also the LCS region. The opponent was naturally the LPL region with the biggest name among the remaining teams!

This was unbelievable in the past. LPL could not be ranked ahead of LCK. Sometimes, it was even ranked behind LEC.

Thanks to the S7 championship, the status of the LPL region has been raised to several levels.

It’s almost time to go on stage!
The audience was very enthusiastic.

Many international students came to the scene to cheer for the LPL players.

Both parties took their seats and began BP.

Both sides chose very strange heroes. Su Mo took out his favorite Time Man in the top lane.

The teammates also began to imitate Su Mo's tactics, and the jungler got the Swordmaster.

Xiye played Karma in the mid lane.

Bottom lane, Great Inventor and Policewoman.

Although she is not as good as Su Mo's previous Great Inventor and Jella, the policewoman herself has strong suppression power. The clamps combined with the turret array are simply no match for ordinary combinations.

Because it was an entertainment match and there were no grudges between the two regions, the game ended very easily and happily.

More than 80 kills were made, and LPL won in the end.

After the game, the LPL players returned to the lounge. As they walked to the door, a blond man suddenly came over and greeted them, "Hello, Mo."

Su Mo looked closely and saw Rekkles, a well-known ADC in the LEC region.

Because of his handsome looks, he is also well-known in the LPL region.

"Hello." Su Mo greeted.

Rekkles extended his hand, smiled and said, "I'm your fan."

Su Mo felt a little surprised, because he had only played in the bottom lane a few times, but he already had a fan like Rekkles.

I think Rekkles said before that he was a fan of UZI, but has he changed his mind now?
"Can we take a photo?" Rekkles took out his cell phone.

"No problem." Su Mo replied.

So the two of them took a happy photo together. What Su Mo didn't expect was that Rekkles' teammates and other members of the LCS All-Star team came over and expressed their desire to take a photo with Su Mo.

"Contestant Mo, you are definitely the most creative contestant I have ever seen."

"Your FMVP is probably the most valuable I've ever seen."

"Player Mo, can you teach me some different ways to play the jungle position?"

Su Mo could only answer as best he could, even though it was a bit perfunctory.

Many times his heroes are chosen by the system, and he just improvises.

The outrageous things haven’t ended yet, Su Mo has just dealt with the LEC people.

Another group of people came over, led by a handsome blond man, Bilson.

Following behind him was the famous women's wear designer AD Sneaky.

Of course, other teammates were there too.

Bilson walked in front of Su Mo. At this moment, Bilson could be described as a beautiful boy. He was very young, childish, and really handsome.

Several people stated their purpose of coming, which was to say hello to Su Mo and take a photo with him.

Su Mo took a few minutes to send them away.

Then he returned to the lounge.

After returning, I found that everyone else was playing with their phones. When Su Mo came in, the factory manager joked:
"Xiao Mo, you are now an international star, and so many well-known players are your fans."

Su Mo laughed: "What a mess."

UZI said: "Brother Mozi, you have to work hard. I'll wait for you in the finals. With this grouping, we won't meet until the finals of the solo competition."

Su Mo replied: "That's really unfortunate. I was planning to eliminate you in the first round."

UZI's fighting spirit seemed to be lifted: "Then we have to compete properly, Mozi brother, you should know that the situation in a SOLO match is different from that in a normal match. It's not that you can win a SOLO match just because you are strong in the laning phase in the match."

"In a SOLO match, you can't cut off the line, and you can't do anything messy to avoid the line."

Obviously, UZI thinks that Su Mo's outstanding performance in the game is due to those strange tactics, but these tactics cannot be used in SOLO matches.

Su Mo responded: "Maybe."

The second regional competition has begun.

This time it’s the LCK region versus the LEC region.

Players from both sides come on stage.

UZI joked: "Let's see what Faker does."

So everyone sat in front of the screen to watch the game.

Enter the BP stage.

Something unexpected happened to everyone in LPL

The lineup selected by LCK is very formal.

Top laner Shen, jungle Sejuani, mid laner Ryze, ADC Xayah, support Rakan.

Xiao Ming complained: "This lineup can be used in the S game directly. No, you can't get this kind of lineup in the S game. Will the opponent let you easily get Xayah and Rakan?"

"I feel like LCK really wants to win. They don't want to suffer any loss. They have to win."

UZI muttered: "Is it because they didn't win a single championship last year? Now they are a little stressed and want to win every game."

After the game started, Su Mo took out his mobile phone and took a look at the comments in the live broadcast room. It was indeed true.

The comments are all questioning:

"What is LCK doing? LPL has set an example for them. They are just playing for fun. Why choose such a formal lineup?"

"Take a good look at how LPL plays, how Mozi plays, and first understand the concept of entertainment competitions."

"I understand. Without someone like Mozi, LCK can't play the game at all."

"What's the point of winning this kind of game? The opponents are all entertainment heroes. Is there any difference between that and letting you win?"

The LCK game was extremely brutal. There was already a gap in strength, and the difference in lineups was huge, so it turned into a one-sided massacre.

As a result, more and more people complained online, but SKT was obviously not aware of this problem and was quite happy about it.

Soon, the game was over. The LCK team killed more than 30 opponents and only had three of them killed.

Such a huge disparity in the head-to-head ratio made the audience depressed.

The audience does not come here to see who kills more people, but to watch the entertainment routines.

In the LCK locker room, the LCK All-Star team was quite happy after winning the game.

I feel that this game has brought out the style and invincible image of their region.

Little Peanut grinned: "I accidentally became a super god. It seems that I was too heavy-handed."

Ruler said: "There aren't many games where a jungler can get nine kills, and the opponent is an All-Star."

Xiao Huasheng was modest: "It's mainly because everyone is very good. As a jungler, I don't feel any pressure at all in the jungle."

After CoreJJ's game, the whole world should be able to realize how powerful our LCK is.

However, just when several people were happy, suddenly, Khan reminded:
"Our game was not well received online. On the contrary, many people are now accusing us of being too serious and too ruthless."

Hearing this, everyone in LCK was stunned. This was something they had not expected.

Khan continued: "This is not the view of other regions, this is the view of our own region's audience, you can see it by looking at your phone."

So the LCK All-Star team took out their phones and saw that it was true!
Now the LCK forums are full of complaints:
"It's really shameful, using brutal force against a weak team, and it's still a game for entertainment."

"If they can show this kind of momentum when facing Mo, they will not be without a championship this year."

"What are they trying to say? To prove that they are great? If so, why don't they go find Mo to prove themselves?"

"A bunch of cowards who only dare to bully the weak."

Su Mo’s current status in LCK is similar to that of Faker in LPL, and he is often used to belittle the LCK region.

After all, in the S game, they were all captured by Su Mo.

The coach came over and said, "Everyone, I know you want to win, but from the current situation, it seems that the fans want us to play the game in an entertaining way, rather than just for the pursuit of victory, so for the next game, we need extra preparation to make the game more exciting."

The LCK players who were originally quite excited have calmed down. This is a thankless task.

But fans are your bread and butter, so if they say so, you have to do it unless you don’t want to do it anymore.

After a while, the regional competition ended and today's SOLO competition began.

Su Mo and UZI appeared on the scene one after another, and because they were unknown, they were able to handle the situation easily.

The first day of competition ended and LPL had a good record, winning both the regional competition and the SOLO competition.

Because it was an entertainment competition, there was no need to review it after returning home. We could go out together to find delicious food and appreciate the beautiful scenery of a foreign country.

Go back and rest at night.

The next day, the regional competition and SOLO continued.

The difference is that this time the BP of LCK has changed.

This time, LCK's opponent is the wildcard region, and they also began to imitate LPL, to be more precise, Su Mo's style of play, selecting all kinds of weird heroes.

It's just a matter of moving Time from the top lane to the middle lane, and Karma from the middle lane to the top lane.

It was very difficult for LCK to win this game because the opponent thought LCK would be serious and therefore chose a very formal lineup with a strong version.

This made everyone on the LPL All-Star team laugh.

The factory manager complained: "What's the situation of LCK now? They were so serious on the first day of the game, but now they are playing around and almost got killed. If we don't play LCK in the finals, I think it's boring. LCK, please do something."

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "I guess they found out about the online criticism after yesterday's game and decided to make changes immediately, but the other team didn't appreciate it. They thought LCK would choose the official match lineup."

Xiye: "This is just shooting oneself in the foot."

At this time in the LCK lounge, the LCK players who had just returned were already very depressed and felt scared.

If they really lose to the wildcard group, then things will not be simple anymore, they will probably be criticized by their fans.

Peanut sighed, "I suddenly realized that these tactics aren't that easy to use. What's wrong with Mo? Why can he use them to disgust his opponents so much?"

Everyone in LCK could only shake their heads. Previously, they thought that Su Mo won by taking advantage of the situation, but now they found that taking advantage of the situation was not that simple.

At this point, Faker said, "He usually plays these strange heroes and strategies, so he must have practiced a lot. He puts in so much effort, so he's naturally better than us when we just start playing."

So Xiaohuasheng asked a soul-searching question: "If we meet LPL in the finals, what should we choose?"

(End of this chapter)