LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 271 Semi-final opponent, the heyday of IG!

Hearing this, the other RW members lowered their heads even lower and just focused on eating without saying a word.

Meiko began to applaud Guang: "Pa pa pa pa...Okay, that's it, show some momentum, Guang, I'm rooting for you!"

Su Mo also gave a thumbs up: "I have always been optimistic about you, you know."

The factory manager smiled and said, "A Guang, I didn't expect you to improve so much. Watching this intercontinental competition has boosted your confidence."

At this moment, Doinb's voice came: "This is Guang's personal opinion. It has nothing to do with us RW."

Ah Guang was shocked: "Ah? What the hell? I was expelled from RW?"

Doinb smiled and said, "A Guang, I think you alone are enough. You can do it. Believe me."

A Guang was so frustrated that he thought his teammates would support him, but he didn't expect that was not the case at all.

However, Su Mo could tell from A Guang's determined eyes that he was serious. In this case, EDG had to prepare well if they met in the playoffs.

After finishing their meal, everyone from LPL boarded the plane back to Shanghai.

After landing, everyone went back to their own homes and looked for their own mothers.

Everyone in EDG went straight to the EDG training base. However, Su Mo chose to go directly to the studio and did not go to the base with his teammates.

When he arrived at the gate of the community, Su Mo met Rita and Luo Xin. They seemed to have just arrived as they had come directly from the airport by car.

"Brother Mozi, congratulations on winning another championship." Luo Xin greeted.

Rita also congratulated: "Brother Mozi, congratulations, LPL is getting better and better now."

"Two years ago, I couldn't imagine that LPL could surpass LCK in overall strength."

Su Mo responded: "Thank you, thank you both for your support. It's only natural that LPL will get better and better. Everyone is working so hard, right?"

"I suddenly had some ideas for this video, and I want to discuss it with you."

Luo Xin asked first: "Brother Mozi, I actually want to ask you, what happened in the lounge at that time? At the beginning it was 0 to 2, you must have been under a lot of pressure."

There was no post-match interview session for this intercontinental competition, so Luo Xin didn’t have the chance to ask.

Su Mo smiled and said, "So this is what I want to say. This time we can add a lot of content to the video and make a special feature of the Intercontinental Games. The important thing is what happened in the lounge."

Luo Xin became excited: "Brother Mozi, did you record it? Did you record it?"

Su Mo nodded: "Yes, our team photographer has recorded it. I can ask him for a copy anytime."

"Wow! That's great. I really want to know what your four teams were communicating at that time. Come on, let's go in first." Luo Xin pulled Su Mo into the community impatiently, and the three of them came to the studio together.

Su Mo contacted Abu and got the video of the locker room. He let Rita and Luo Xin watch it first. Su Mo also wanted to watch it because he didn't know what happened in the locker room when he went up to play the game.

First, RNG and IG went into the game very confidently, but ended up losing to KT and SKT.

The teams watching the game felt all kinds of disbelief, disapproval and grief.

Luo Xin laughed and said, "Hahaha, were they so confident at that time? I thought they were under a lot of pressure from the beginning."

Su Mo thought about it: "So, we can make a reversal, from optimism to pessimism, and then a Jedi counterattack, three stages."

Rita nodded: "Yeah, it feels feasible. I believe the fans are also very curious about what happened in the lounge at that time. It's quite fascinating."

Continuing to watch, when EDG was about to take the field in the third game, it felt a bit tragic.

Luo Xin suddenly felt a little sad: "Brother Mozi, if we lose this game too, 3-0, how miserable it would be."

Su Mo smiled and said, "If we are defeated 3-0, I will choose not to go online for two months and wait until the S game."

Next it was Su Mo's turn to show his sword. The moment he took out the Fiora, RNG, IG and RW were all quite surprised.

Surprise, fear, worry, belief...

There were all kinds of reactions, and there was no trace of acting; everyone was expressing their true feelings.

After EDG won this game, the pressure was suddenly put on RW. They didn't even have time to be happy. Everyone in LPL started to worry that RW could not beat KZ.

Rita commented: "Actually, I was most worried about this game. I was really unsure, but luckily we won in the end."

Su Mo said: "RW's playing style is quite special, and the opponent's research may not be enough. Of course, RW is indeed very strong, so it is not surprising that they can win this game."

At this moment, A Guang’s words “I will definitely play a fifth set for you” ignited the whole audience!
"Wow! Is A Guang so excited? He actually said this?" Luo Xin felt incredible.

Su Mo replied: "That's exactly what he said. Guang has grown up now and is a top laner who can stand on his own. This sentence must be edited in. It's very important."

"Hit his balls! Hit his balls!" The game reached its climax and everyone in LPL was very excited. That was the last team fight.

Rita covered her mouth and laughed: "I thought only the dolls were saying that, but I didn't expect you all to be shouting that."

Su Mo explained: "It's probably because I was too excited."

After winning the fourth game, it’s game five, EDG returns as the king!
Rita continued, "Here we can have another twist, the rain is over and the sky is clear, the king returns! From disadvantage to advantage, with exciting music and praise from the commentator... I can now imagine what the finished product will look like."

Su Mo nodded: "Yeah, I feel the same way. Okay, now that we've finished reading, let's get to work!"

The three of them started working on the video editing, but it couldn't be finished in one night because there were still two EDG games that needed to be edited separately.

Su Mo spent the night in the studio and worked another day the next day before he finished editing all the videos.

After the editing was completed, the three of them got together and planned to watch it first.

As she watched, Luo Xin started to cry.

This proves that the video quality is indeed fine.

Su Mo said, "It can be uploaded now. All that's left is to wait for the results."

So all the videos were uploaded, and Su Mo left the studio and returned to the training base to prepare for the summer games.

Su Mo posted on his Weibo:
"The Intercontinental Series video has been released. If you want to know what happened in the locker room, you can go and have a look. It is absolutely exciting."

After Su Mo said this, many people became interested. After watching the game, some fans didn't want to watch the edited video anymore, as the content was almost the same anyway.

However, the videos in the lounge are completely different. There are very few opportunities to see them, and usually only a little bit is released.

So after Su Mo posted this Weibo, the number of people watching the video at the same time suddenly skyrocketed.

Su Mo took a look at the comments and saw that everyone was posting:
"Is it so exciting? It's so united."

"I admit that I often criticize RW, but I have to say that RW was really angry this time."

"Doinb is really funny, he's the one who makes people laugh."

"Is the pressure so great? I thought the contestants were used to this kind of thing."

This will allow fans to more intuitively feel the pressure that professional players face when they are at odds with the odds.

The summer season went on as normal. Most of the time, Su Mo let Zzitai play, and EDG maintained the title of first place in the regular season.

It was late August, and Su Mo paid Luo Xin and Rita their salaries again, which was also more than 100,000 yuan in dividends. The two were very happy.

At the same time, the regular season is entering its final stage and the playoff situation is basically clear.

The top three are basically stable: EDG, IG, and RW.

Next are RNG and JDG.

At the end of August, the regular season ended.

As the top team, EDG only needs to wait for the teams behind them to catch up in the semi-finals.

In early September, when the first round of the playoffs began, the EDG players chose to focus on their own training. After all, it had nothing to do with them.

A few days later, the second round will begin, and this has something to do with EDG. The winner of the second round will be EDG's opponent.

The EDG members came to the conference room, ready to watch the game together.

Su Mo was sitting in the back row, and the factory manager came up to him and asked, "Who do you think will win? JDG or IG?"

Su Mo responded: "That must be IG."

The factory manager muttered: "IG, this team is difficult to deal with."

Su Mo smiled: "I think it's difficult, and you still expect JDG to beat IG? If they can win, won't it be even more difficult?"

The factory manager smiled, he actually had a sense of luck.

Soon, the first game begins.

Players from both teams came on the field, looking confident.

Entering the BP, IG's bottom lane directly took out Kaisa, while JDG's bottom lane chose to use Vayne to deal with it.

Meiko analyzed: "It seems that more people are playing Vayne now, and they are all using Vayne to deal with Kai'Sa."

Iboy responded: "There are indeed a lot of them, and I think they are all pretty good."

"It's mainly because other ADCs are easily cut in by Kaisa when facing Kaisa, but Vayne doesn't have such a problem when facing Kaisa. She is too flexible and has invisibility."

Su Mo asked, "How is your Vayne training going, Xiao Zhao?"

Iboy scratched his head: "General."

Abu's voice came: "Then we need to practice more. This hero is very important. At least it can help us save a BAN position."

Iboy nodded repeatedly.

IG won the first game easily. Although Vayne was not afraid of being cut in by Kaisa, others were afraid. Once Kaisa got two kills, she was completely unstoppable.

In the second game, IG continued to use Kaisa, and this time JDG chose Ashe to deal with it.

Su Mo commented: "If it's Frost fighting Kai'Sa, then we need to speed up and finish the battle quickly. We can't be dragged down."

Iboy agreed: "Indeed, in the late game, these two heroes are not in the same dimension, there is a big difference, and teammates need to have a faster rhythm for Ashe to win."

JDG's pace was indeed very fast in this game. Ryze and the jungler were causing trouble everywhere and made Ning lose his balance.

Scout muttered, "Toothpaste's Ryze is playing well."

Meiko agreed: "Yes, I feel his style is a bit similar to Doinb's. He doesn't pursue laning, but mainly plays as a team. However, he knows some carry heroes, which is better. His command ability is probably not as good as Doinb's."

JDG won the second game and the score was one to one.

In the third game, JDG continued to use Frost to deal with Kaisa, trying to replicate the victory.

Moreover, the early rhythm is also very good.

The factory manager muttered: "No way? IG is going to lose to JDG? Good news!"

The factory manager was surprised and happy. If he could meet JDG, it would indeed be easier than playing against IG.

But he felt very confused. If JDG could beat IG, it would prove that IG was not that good. A moment later, things changed. Who would have thought that JDG, who was obviously in a favorable situation, would be defeated by IG in a mid-term teamfight and Kaisa would be the winner.

"It's over!" Although the factory manager doesn't play Kaisa, he also knows what this situation means.

Sure enough, after this team fight, Kaisa could not be stopped. Her output in team fights was much stronger than Ashe’s, and her survivability was also much stronger.

As a result, JDG finally failed to hold on and was overturned by IG. The score is now two to one, and IG is temporarily in the lead.

Meiko muttered, "I found that IG seems to like Kaisa very much. If they have him, they will pick him. If he doesn't get into it, then it's not a big deal. His laning ability is relatively weak in the early stage, and the opponent's bottom lane can gain an advantage. But if they can't quickly snowball to end the game, they will be in danger of being overturned at any time."

Su Mo added: "Another very important point is that IG's mid, top and jungle are strong enough, so it's difficult for you to quickly push IG down, unless your mid, top and jungle are also strong."

Abu was taking notes in a notebook nearby, writing down the key points of the game for easy review.

A moment later, the fourth game began.

Enter the BP stage.

An outrageous thing happened. IG continued to pick Kaisa in the bottom lane, and JDG also continued to pick Ashe.

The two sides seem to be in a confrontation, and today we must come to an answer to this question: who is more likely to win the game, Ashe or Kaisa?

However, JDG's jungler Clid broke out in this game. His Shen directly penetrated Ning Wang and also penetrated IG's mid, top and jungle.

The fourth game was won by JDG, and the two sides entered the fifth game.

This was something that the EDG players had not expected, as they managed to make it to the fifth game.

Zzitai commented: "This Clid is also very powerful when he is in a good early stage. He knows how to snowball."

"And this person likes to operate and dares to operate."

Abu teased, "Mingkai, you're not afraid before the fight even starts, are you?"

The factory manager sneered: "Haha, how is that possible? Although he knows how to operate, this person can't play after 20 minutes. In the middle stage, he has no rhythm."

Meiko is quirky: "Then we can watch Mingkai's performance. Let's give up the stage and let Mingkai perform solo!"

Soon, the fifth game began, the battle song sounded, and players from both teams came on stage.

Both sides were quite serious. IG was relatively better, while JDG was visibly nervous.

The players are in place and BP begins.

JDG continued to release Kaisa, and just when everyone thought IG would take Kaisa, IG directly took Ashe.

“Hahahaha…” Meiko laughed out loud seeing this scene.

Iboy laughed and said, "It really made me laugh to death. Did JDG think that IG would continue to use Kaisa against Ashe according to the script of the first four games? Now I've given you Ashe. Let's see if you dare to choose Kaisa."

JDG was indeed hesitant in selecting players.

In the end, JDG chose Lifehound instead of Kaisa.

Su Mo commented: "If this is the case, the bottom lane's momentum is much worse, and it will definitely have an impact on the bottom lane."

"At this time, the most important thing is not the technique and operation, but the mentality. If the mentality and confidence are not as good as the opponent, the top five battles will generally not win."

It was similar to what Su Mo said. After the start of this game, JDG's bottom lane was suppressed.

Jackeylove is very active, and he has made great achievements whether in laning or in team fights with his ultimate.

In the end, JDG was easily defeated by IG, and IG defeated JDG 3 to 2.

Zzitai sighed and said, "I couldn't hold on. If JDG had been a little braver and picked Kaisa, I think we would have had a chance."

Su Mo agreed, "There will indeed be a chance. At least if you dare to take it, you won't be outshined by others."

Abu greeted, "Okay, now that we've finished watching the game, if you have anything to say, please tell us and we can discuss it together."

The factory manager said: "I feel that IG is really strong. The laning ability of all three lines is online, and their playing style is relatively tough, which is much more mature than last year."

Meiko agreed: "IG is indeed a strong opponent and should not be underestimated. We must prepare well."

"The strength of their bottom lane... Let's not talk about the support for now, but the ADC is pretty strong."

Su Mo smiled: "Meiko, are you disliking Baolan?"

Meiko quickly said, "Of course not, Mozi, please don't be like this. If someone misunderstands me, I don't know how to explain it. Baolan is very capable and works very hard."

Su Mo smiled and said, "It's okay, I was just joking."

Iboy commented: "I think Jackeylove has both mechanical and proficiency, but sometimes he is aggressive and likes to play hard with you. If you can beat him, then it's easy to play against him and there are many opportunities online, but if you can't beat him, then it's difficult."

Abu asked: "Do you think you can beat him?"

Iboy is full of confidence: "I think we can give it a try."

Abu nodded, scribbled something in his notebook, and then looked at Scout: "What about the middle lane? What do you think?"

Scout said: "Rookie is a very strong player in laning, so there might be some pressure in laning. When choosing heroes, you can't choose heroes that are too weak in laning. Other things are fine."

Abu looked at Su Mo again: "What do you think? Xiao Mo, is it okay to go on the road?"

Su Mo responded: "I don't need to say much about Theshy's strength. He should be the top laner with the strongest overall strength in LPL at the moment."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

The factory manager asked, "What about you? Is he better than you?"

Su Mo replied: "I don't count. I definitely can't evaluate myself. This should be left to others to evaluate. Otherwise, it would be self-praising, right?"

Zizi immediately jumped out: "That must be Brother Mozi, the best in the world. Brother Mozi, invincible! Brother Mozi is invincible!"

"Alright, alright, that's enough." The factory manager held his posture still.

Su Mo continued, "The confrontation on the top lane will probably be exciting, that's all I can say."

Abu nodded: "Okay, then we can arrange a few more tactics to target the top lane, the bottom lane, and the middle lane. I think the main focus should be on development, the middle lane is not easy to target."

"The only thing left is training. We will review their BO5 first, and then develop some training plans based on their playing style."

So the EDG team started to take action, first reviewing the game, then making a training plan, and the remaining few days were spent on training.

A few days passed quickly and the semi-finals began!

At noon, the EDG team had a quick bite, packed their peripherals, left the training base, got in the car, and headed straight to the game venue.

When they arrived at the scene, the IG members got out of the car and were about to go in when they suddenly saw the IG members walking towards them from the side.

"Oh, isn't this EDG? Factory, long time no see." Ning Wang's loud voice came.

Su Mo took a glance and saw that the IG members were walking slowly towards the entrance. Ning Wang left the team and came over to say hello.

The factory manager responded, "King Ning."

King Ning approached and found Su Mo, and stretched out his hand: "Brother Mozi, hello, Brother Mozi, I've seen you urging me to go to bed every day recently, which is quite funny. Now you are also a famous person, and it seems that there are few people in the country who don't know you, hahaha."

Zizhi was stunned: "Are you two already so familiar with each other? Are you still urging me to sleep? Is the game so exciting?"

Su Mo rolled his eyes: "It's a Douyin ad, do you understand? Haven't you seen it?"

Zizhi reacted: "Oh, so that's how it is, I thought... I misunderstood, hahaha."

Su Mo looked at King Ning and said, "How is it, are you IG confident now?"

Ning Wang smiled confidently: "We IG have always been very confident. I know that you EDG have made great contributions to the LPL region. It doesn't matter. With our IG in the future, we will lead LPL to continue to win the championship. You can rest now."

The factory manager was amused: "Ning Wang, you should prepare well for the game. It will be too embarrassing to lose later. Don't cry."

"I...eh?" King Ning was still trying to show off, but was suddenly pulled forward by someone.

Baolan said to the EDG players, "I'm really sorry. We didn't take good care of him and let him run over here. I'm sorry."

"Princess Lan, what are you doing..." Prince Ning was still not very happy, but was dragged away anyway.

The factory manager shook his head and said, "Young people nowadays are full of youthful vigor."

Zizi commented: "Can you still be called a young man if you don't have a lot of energy?"

Abu and the EDG team also walked in and went straight to the lounge.

Everyone put down their bags and began to prepare for the competition.

Su Mo took out his mobile phone and took a look. There was a message in the Mozi Interactive Entertainment Studio group.

Click in and take a look.

Luo Xin: "Brother Mozi, behave well today. I can't wait to edit the video for you."

Su Mo: "You love your work so much, you're a good candidate for being a slave."

Luo Xin: "This is not a bully, I really enjoy editing videos with you guys."

Rita: "I see you like watching us edit the video."

At this time, in the commentary booth, Rita, Wawa and Miller were making preparations, and Rita was having a lot of fun playing with her mobile phone.

Suddenly, the doll lowered her voice and asked, "Rita, can I ask you a question?"

Rita looked over and said, "Yeah, sure."

"What hero will Brother Mozi choose today?" asked Wawa.

Miller also came over, seeming to want to know an answer as well.

Rita shook her head: "I don't know, how would I know this question?"

Wawa was stunned and asked, "You don't know? Really? It seems like you can always prepare in advance."

Rita explained: "I am basically familiar with the popular heroes in the current version, and I also know most of the unpopular heroes, so I will not be surprised by what he chooses."

"So amazing? How did you do that?" Wawa was very surprised.

"Maybe...it's because I like it." Rita smiled.

"Like?" Wawa and Miller stared at each other.

This is the first time I hear this. Shouldn’t women like cosmetics, bags, shopping, and doing their hair?
When did studying League of Legends become a hobby?

Just then, the director reminded the three to get ready and start.

Rita put away her phone, adjusted her expression a little, and looked forward.

In the LPL live broadcast room, the countdown for the advertising time ended, and the screen switched to the commentary seat and officially began!
(End of this chapter)