LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

The host Luo Xin came on stage and greeted, "Congratulations to EDG again, congratulations on their victory."

Su Mo was left behind by the staff to be interviewed. Luo Xin came over and the two stood in the middle of the stage. Luo Xin continued, "Look who we invited?"

Su Mo and Luo Xin appeared on the big screen, and all of Su Mo's fans went crazy:
"Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi!"

Many of them were fans of RNG just now, but now they are fans of Su Mo.

This situation is not uncommon with Su Mo. Many people are EDG's black fans, but they are Su Mo's fans.

Luo Xin continued, "It seems that there is no need to introduce myself. Let's start asking questions. The first question is, Brother Mozi, in these two games, EDG chose a very early lineup."

"In terms of the game content, the early game rhythm was also full. Is this your EDG's understanding of the new version? Focus on the early game rhythm and quickly snowball to end the game?"

Su Mo replied: "There are two aspects to this question. On the one hand, due to the existence of the tower, the speed of snowballing has indeed increased in the early stage."

"On the other hand, our team has the strength to do this and we can gain enough advantage in the laning phase, so we can play this way."

Luo Xin asked again: "How do you evaluate the hero Neeko? I think although Neeko is a new hero, her win rate in pub games is not high, unlike some heroes who are extremely strong when they first come out."

Su Mo responded: "Neeko is a very comprehensive hero with many ways to play. It all depends on the player's creativity and development ability."

Luo Xin asked, "Brother Mozi, how far have you developed Nicole? How much have we not seen yet?"

Su Mo kept it a secret: "This must be kept secret. I will reveal it when I have the chance."

Luo Xin continued to ask questions: "Then the next question, we all know that Zzitai was Mozige's substitute last year, and now he has suddenly become his opponent. How does it feel to play against Zzitai?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "I feel like he's not as good as he was in EDG."

At this time, in the official live broadcast room, the barrage was full of booing:
"Hint! Brother Mozi is hinting that Zhizhi is an insider!"

"It's only like this when we play against EDG, right?"

"I didn't expect that Brother Mozi would admit it so generously."

Luo Xin smiled and said, "It seems that Brother Mozi is urging Zizi to be more proactive in choosing the new team and not to fall behind. Then, next question."

"EDG has a lot of new players now. Ray and Hope played today. How do you evaluate their performance?"

Su Mo replied: "I feel that my performance is pretty good, and the future is promising. I hope to keep working hard."

Luo Xin said, "Okay, I hope the two newcomers can hear what Brother Mozi said. That's all for today's interview. Thank you again Brother Mozi for accepting our interview."

After finishing the interview, Su Mo chose to go straight to the lounge.

Back in the lounge, everyone else was waiting, and Abu came up to him: "Xiao Mo, you've worked hard, you've worked hard, and you did a perfect job!"

"We have shown our momentum in these two games. Let's keep it up! In the next games we may rotate more players and try to give everyone a chance to play."

Su Mo began to pack up and then left the competition venue with his teammates.

The EDG team went to eat first, and then returned to the training base to review today's game.

After the game review was over, Su Mo was about to leave and planned to go to the studio.

"Brother Mozi, are you free? Now." A voice came, Su Mo turned around and found it was Jiejie.

"Is there something wrong?" Su Mo asked.

"I have a few questions to ask you, which are related to today's game." Jiejie was quite polite, and really polite, unlike Ziti, who had a greasy face.

His attitude is polite when they first meet, but he starts to be smooth-talking after they get familiar with each other. However, Jiejie can be seen to be an honest person, and he will not play tricks just because they get familiar with each other.

"Okay." Su Mo returned to the lounge and began to help Jiejie answer her questions.

This is a very fresh feeling, which Su Mo has never experienced before.

Although before, Zzitai, Zzitai, and even Scout and Iboy, Meiko would ask him some questions.

But it is different from the current situation. Jiejie is a newcomer after all, like a blank cloth with nothing on it yet. So what Su Mo teaches him now is estimated to have a great impact on him, and may even directly determine Jiejie's future playing style.

After discussing with Jiejie, Su Mo was about to leave. Suddenly, a figure came over. Su Mo looked up and saw Hope.

Hope greeted him with a smile and asked, "Brother Mozi, are you free now?"

Su Mo nodded: "Well, what do you want to say?"

"Can the hero Neeko... play the ADC position? What do you think?" Hope asked boldly, and it seemed that he had done some mental preparation.

Su Mo pondered: "ADC? I think we can give it a try."

Hope was surprised and delighted: "I think so too. I want to try it. Next time if I have a chance, I will use it in the competition."

"Just discuss this with Abu."

"Well, thank you, Brother Mozi." Hope left happily.

Su Mo felt like he had become the "big brother" in the team. Although everyone except the factory called him brother before, to a large extent, it was just a recognition of his strength.

Now, the main thing that is highlighted is seniority.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Su Mo left the training base and went to the studio.

Coming upstairs, Su Mo knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened.

"Knock, knock, knock..." However, after the door was opened, the person who opened it ran away immediately.

Su Mo pushed the door open and found Rita and Luo Xin both sitting in front of the computer. Luo Xin seemed to be playing games, quite seriously.

Su Mo walked over and saw that Luo Xin was playing Neeko and was in the laning phase.

Rita greeted, "Brother Mozi, you are here."

"As soon as Luo Xin came back, she started playing with Nicole, and she was grinning as she played."

Luo Xin defended, "This hero is cute, right? Brother Mozi, Neeko's lines are definitely the cutest in this game."

Su Mo asked: "So, this is why you play Neeko?"

Luo Xin replied: "Part of the reason, but also because I saw you playing so well today, and I wanted to play a game."

Rita interrupted, "Okay, okay, let's get down to business. Brother Mozi, come quickly. I need your help."

Su Mo came to Rita. Rita was editing a video, but there were still many things she didn't understand about the hero Neeko and she needed Su Mo's help to solve them.

Su Mo began to guide Rita in editing the video, but it would definitely not be finished tonight, so they could only continue tomorrow.

The spring season continued, and it was the weekend again. Su Mo followed his teammates to the game venue.

Entering the lounge, Su Mo put down his things and looked at Jiejie next to him.
Jiejie looks a little nervous because today will be his first game.

And today's opponent is Snake.

Abu found Jiejie and said, "You should have watched Sofm's games these days. He is very strong and his playing style is a bit unconventional. You must be careful." Jiejie nodded repeatedly. Abu continued, "Of course, don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's the beginning of the spring season now. The results are not that important. The key is to get training and play with all your strength."

Abu looked at Hope again: "Then on the bottom lane, you are planning to test the strength of Neeko's bottom lane today, right?"

Hope responded: "Well, I want to try it, if the conditions are right. Of course, there is a possibility that the opponent will grab it or ban it."

Meiko joked: "It's okay, as long as Mozi doesn't play, the opponent will definitely not ban him."

Su Mo responded: "I just came to watch the game today, I really don't plan to play."

Meiko was stunned: "Huh? Three new people today?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "Yeah, don't we still have you and Scout? Everything will be fine as long as you are here."

"Ah?" Meiko was surprised. He looked at Scout and wanted to protest with Scout.

However, Scout looked calm, as if nothing had happened.

Soon, the game was about to start, and Abu called out, "Let's go, we're ready to go on stage."

So the three newlyweds and the two old people set off together.

In the lounge, Su Mo, Iboy and the factory manager stayed behind.

The factory manager just lay down on the sofa and said, "Great, I feel like this season will be very easy."

Iboy nodded: "Yeah, it feels good to have a substitute."

The factory manager looked at Su Mo and his face changed: "Xiao Mo, I suddenly understand how you feel. You felt the same way last year. You were very relaxed most of the time and didn't even play in the game."

Su Mo replied: "Easy? It's okay, but not very easy."

The screen showed that the players from both teams had come on stage, so the three of them looked at the screen.

The commentator seemed very surprised why EDG suddenly replaced three new players together.

When the director gave close-ups of Sofm and the others, you could clearly feel that they were full of confidence.

The factory manager laughed: "Snake, you don't think it's easy to deal with just because they are all newbies, right? If they fail, it will be a disaster."

Suddenly, Iboy thought of something, and he said, "Speaking of newcomers... Have you watched the LCK games? They have a team that just entered the LCK last year. All five of them are newcomers, and they are very fierce."

The factory manager asked, “What’s your name?”

"It seems to be called G or something, G..."

"GRF?" Su Mo reminded.

"Yes, it's GRF. The five starting players are all young players who came from the secondary league. They are very strong, especially their mid laner and jungler. They are killing it in the Korean server."

The factory manager laughed: "Really? LCK is so bad now, what about SKT? KT, and Samsung, what are they doing? Haven't they met yet?"

Iboy responded: "I only watched two of their games, but they certainly didn't play against strong teams."

"But then again, they are newcomers after all. They are already very strong and can achieve such an effect."

The factory manager spoke confidently: "It's a good thing for us, right, Xiao Mo? This way we won't be so bored."

Su Mo couldn't hold it in any longer: "Are you too confident? Is it possible that they are really strong and not just the LCK guys?"

The factory manager became curious: "Hey, when did you become so unconfident? This is not like you."

Su Mo was too lazy to explain. The LCK in the next few years would still have to rely on these newcomers to carry the banner. How could they be rookies?

At this time, EDG and SnakeBP have been confirmed. In this game, Jiejie got Jarvan, while Ray chose Urgot and Hope got Neeko.

Entering the game screen, the talents Hpen brought in this game were the same as those in Su Mo's game.

The factory manager muttered, "You learned it so quickly? Not bad."

Just then, Abu walked in from outside and said, "That's great. You three can check and give them some suggestions later to see how they perform."

"If you lose, you can give me some pointers. It will be more effective than me wasting my breath."

The factory manager laughed and said, "You are trying to lighten your burden. Why don't you share some of your salary with us?"

Abu decisively refused: "That's definitely not possible. This is your job. You don't have to play in the game, you just need to give instructions. Isn't it much easier? It's not like you won't get paid."

"Mingkai, after the fight, you take the lead."

The factory manager had no choice but to say, “Okay, let me see how they perform.”

Everyone looked at the screen again. There was no problem in the early laning phase. They even put pressure on the opponent in the bottom lane and gained an advantage.

Neeko has control herself, and the support takes the initiative successfully. Neeko follows up with the E skill, and the cooperation is very easy. Moreover, when the jungler comes, Neeko can take the initiative and catch the opponent off guard.

Abu praised: "The bottom lane performance is very good, he is a good seedling, he can master this new routine so quickly."

In the top lane, Ray was laning against Holy Spear, and it seemed like a 50-50 match, with both of them developing.

Jungler, Jiejie's Prince started to act. After clearing half of the area and reaching level three, he directly ganked the bottom lane, and with the control of the two people in the bottom lane, he took the first blood.

The factory manager commented: "It seems that he has a keen sense of smell. He knew that there was an opportunity in the bottom lane, so he planned the route for the level 3 GANK bottom lane in advance."

Abu nodded and said, "Changzi, you have to train him carefully. Xiaojie is a good talent, whether judging from his rank record or his performance in the tryouts."

The factory manager nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you train him."

Su Mo suddenly felt that the factory director's figure became taller!

The game continued. Although everyone on EDG performed well during the laning phase, various minor problems began to occur when the team battles and operations phases began.

And the most important thing is that Sofm has a lot of tricks, and newcomers who don’t know him can easily be fooled.

After being messed up by Sofm several times, EDG was actually at a disadvantage.

The factory manager laughed: "Sofm, this kid, played tricks on others like this when he first came to LPL, but unfortunately I saw through it."

Abu recalled: "Hey, you know what, Mingkai, it seems that after Sofm was sanctioned by you, other teams knew how to beat him, so it's not so exaggerated. When he first came to LPL, he was at his peak."

The factory director couldn't help but smile, those were his glorious years.

Su Mo teased, "If we lose this game, you will perform in the next game. How are you going to capture Sofm?"

The factory manager was confident: "No problem."

However, this game was more tortuous than everyone imagined.

Although the early advantage was gone and turned into a disadvantage, EDG's resistance was very tenacious. Jiejie was always thinking of ways and occasionally found opportunities to drag the game on.

The two sides fought for 40 minutes before the game ended, with Snake narrowly defeating EDG in a teamfight. (End of this chapter)