LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 91 Go to MSI and torture Faker!

Luo Xin also realized this problem, so she asked, "Director, what do you think of SKT now? Is it more difficult to deal with after Peanut joined?"

Realizing that he couldn't avoid this question, the factory manager sorted out his thoughts and answered: "SKT is a three-time champion team, so it goes without saying that it is very strong. As for Xiaohuasheng joining SKT..."

The factory manager had cold sweat on his forehead and was under a lot of pressure.

"Peanut's offensive ability is stronger, and combined with Faker's laning ability, it will be a great test for us."

The factory manager seemed to have used up all his strength when he said this, so much so that Luo Xin didn't want to tease him anymore.

Luo Xin turned to look at Su Mo: "Now it's Brother Mozi's turn. Brother Mozi, what do you think of this MSI? You will face the three-time champion SKT. Do you feel nervous?"

Su Mo's answer was simple: "I only focus on my own performance. It doesn't matter who my opponent is."

In fact, he said that simply because he had never studied SKT.

His words ignited the passion of the barrage:
"This young man! So crazy!"

"You're not pretending, are you?"

"Finally, there is a glimmer of hope."

"It's still my brother Mozi, he speaks with confidence!"

"That's called confidence. Let's learn from it!"

"I hope the factory can regain confidence in Peanut at this MSI."

Luo Xin continued to interview other people, and soon the interview ended.

"Everyone, I wish you all the best in MSI. I'm leaving now. Bye."

After saying hello, Luo Xin left.

Finally, he turned around, waved, and said, "Bye, Brother Mozi!"

"Bye!" Su Mo responded.

After two days of rest, EDG resumed training and studied their opponents for MSI.

After more than ten days of research, the MSI competition is finally approaching.

After all the formalities were completed, EDG set off for Brazil to participate in MSI!

The day before departure, EDG’s official Weibo updated the news.

So, on the day of departure, many EDG fans came to see them off at the airport.

After a whole day's journey, the EDG team finally reached their destination.

After getting off the plane, the EDG team got in the car and headed straight to the hotel.

Although you can sleep on the plane, it is much worse than sleeping in a bed.

After entering the hotel, everyone went straight to the front desk to handle the formalities.

This is the hotel designated by Riot Games, and there are already many Riot staff members inside.

The arrival of EDG members attracted a lot of attention.

After all, EDG is also a frequent participant in various international competitions.

Su Mo heard someone discussing them:
"That seems to be the LPL spring season champion EDG."

"The second place player is Clearlove, he had a terrible performance in last year's World Championship..."

"Did you watch the LPL Spring Finals this year? EDG's new player, Mo, seems pretty good."

"That's him, that handsome boy. See him?"

Some people even recognized Su Mo. After all, they were Riot staff, so it was not surprising that they watched the LPL games.

Soon, Abu completed the formalities and said:

"Take your room cards. One for each person. Take any you want. They're all next to each other."

Everyone reached out for the room card.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the door.

"SKT!" an exclamation was heard.

Su Mo looked back and saw a group of people walking in from outside. Each of them was carrying a bag and looked exhausted.

These people all looked quite young, in their twenties, with stern expressions. The leader was a thin man wearing black-framed glasses...

Faker, SKT's starting mid laner, triple champion, the world's number one mid laner!

After Faker walked in, all the staff around him looked over, and everyone's attention was focused on him.

"Faker, I'm your fan, can you give me an autograph?"

"Faker, ah you ah saiyo..."

[Legendary player Faker is detected around the host, triggering a hidden task]

[Task 1: Go up and ask for autographs, take photos, and show your fan status. Reward: Tadpole Title]

[Task 1: Gain torture points on Faker within three minutes. Reward: Ultimate Proficiency Card]

[Task 3: Go up and give him a big dice, and get away safely. Reward: Title of Angry Brother]

Su Mo couldn't hold it anymore. Was this mission three meant to kill him?
If he goes up and gives Faker a big punch, he still wants to get away with it?

When Su Mo entered the hotel just now, he noticed that the security personnel outside the hotel were all fully armed.

This place is not China, the public safety is very poor, so the security is very strict.

If you attack Faker, it would not be surprising to be shot.

As for this mission one, the reward is too bad and he is not a fan of Faker.

"I choose Task 2!"

You can only choose the second one.

The key is how to torture Faker?
First of all, he couldn’t pass the language test because he didn’t understand Korean.

However, you can find a system. That’s how I learned English before.

“I want to learn Korean!”

[Korean proficiency skill requires 1000 torture points, do you want to buy it? ]

"Yes."

[Purchase successful, remaining torture points 1650]

That's it.

Su Mo looked at the SKT members again.

Sure enough, I could hear what SKT was talking about.

Peanut was grinning: "There are so many people here. Brother Xianghe is still so popular."

Huni suddenly looked towards Su Mo: "Look, it's EDG! Mr. Mingkai is here too!"

As expected, the others looked over here.

Su Mo glanced at the factory director, who retracted his head.

"Let's go up first." The factory director couldn't stay any longer and wanted to leave.

So everyone in EDG walked towards the elevator.

However, Su Mo's mission was not yet completed. He suggested: "Don't worry, there's still time to say hello to SKT."

"Ah? We don't know each other, why are you saying hello?" The factory manager just wanted to leave.

At this moment, the SKT players sent away the fans and strode over.

Can't escape!
[Get torture points from the factory manager +20]

"Coach Kkoma." Abu stepped forward and greeted him.

"Hello, Manager Abu." Kkoma came up and shook hands to show his friendliness.

Huni and Peanut winked at each other: "Look at Mr. Mingkai, he doesn't look good."

Peanut poked Faker and said, "Brother Xianghe, I am right, he is very afraid of me."

Faker just smiled and said nothing.

"Hello, Faker, I didn't expect to meet you here by chance." Suddenly, a voice came.

Everyone in SKT looked over here.

Su Mo spoke Korean, and very fluently.

Xiao Huasheng thought, oh no, is there anyone else in EDG who knows Korean?

It would be fine if only Scout heard it, because Scout is familiar with them.

But this person in front of me...

"Hello," Faker responded, extending his hand for a handshake.

Just then, something outrageous happened.

Most people extend their right hand when shaking hands, after all, the right hand is the dominant hand.

However, Su Mo stretched out his left hand, causing Faker to fail to react immediately. After he stretched out his right hand, it didn't match.

So he could only change to his left hand, but when he changed his hand, Su Mo also changed his hand.

Still not right.

The two of them switched back to their left hands in perfect harmony, but they still couldn't match!
Faker looked up at Su Mo, and Su Mo also looked at Faker.

The others were stunned. What were these two people doing?
"You first." Faker chose to let Su Mo switch first, so there would be no problem.

"It's okay, this is fine." Su Mo turned his arm around and forced Faker to shake hands. Although it was awkward, it was still a good shake. [Get Torture Points from Faker +10]

[Hidden mission completed, congratulations to the host for obtaining a Supreme Proficiency Card. ]

Su Mo's eyes lit up instantly. This task was as easy as giving it away for free...

"Then we'll go first." Abu led the EDG team to go first.

When leaving, Su Mo noticed that Peanut, Huni and Wolf were all staring at him with unfriendly eyes.

It seems that these three people have some opinions about him and think that he is deliberately causing trouble.
The EDG team got into the elevator, and after the door closed, the factory manager breathed a sigh of relief.

The others were also a little nervous. Everyone felt pressured facing SKT.

Abu said, "You guys go find your rooms later and pack your luggage. We'll go eat and rest after dinner. We're all tired."

Arriving at the fifth floor, the EDG members began to look for their respective rooms.

After Su Mo found the room, he used the room card to open the door, put his luggage in, and tidied it up a bit.

When they arrived outside the door, other people came out of the rooms one after another. After they all arrived, led by Abu, everyone went to the hotel restaurant together.

After entering the restaurant, Su Mo found that there were quite a few people. About ten people were sitting together, and it was obvious that they were from the same team.

There are many familiar faces here, such as FW, TSM, and G2, who are all regular participants in the World Championships.

In addition, there are various wildcard teams who have come here in advance to play in the qualifying rounds and have been playing for several days.

Su Mo could hear what they were talking about, basically talking about SKT, planning training matches and the like, and occasionally mentioning EDG.

The EDG members found a place to sit down and started ordering food.

After ordering the food, everyone started waiting and played with their phones.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the restaurant and Su Mo looked towards the door.

The entire SKT team came in, and many players from other regions came up to SKT to ask for autographs and take photos.

Meikou sighed: "This is the treatment of the Triple Crown winner. The gap is quite big."

Abu joked: "It's okay, if you win three S-League titles in the future, you will be so popular too."

Hearing this, everyone laughed and took it as a joke.

At this time, Su Mo said, "By the way, who are we going to play against in the opening match?"

"SKT!" After Abu said this, everyone's momentum weakened by another point.

After finishing their meal, everyone in EDG went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, training began. Abu made appointments with teams from other regions in advance to familiarize himself with their playing styles.

But time is tight, there are only three days for training.

Originally, Abu wanted to challenge SKT to a try. Even if they couldn’t beat them, at least they knew where they couldn’t beat them.

But unfortunately, all the other teams wanted to play against SKT, and SKT couldn't get an appointment at all.

Finally, Abu had to give up.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, MSI game scene!

In the lounge, the EDG players are waiting for the game to start.

Abu said, "The tactics and BP have been planned in advance. Now adjust your mentality and don't be nervous."

Su Mo sat on the chair and took out his mobile phone to check the rhythm online.

Sure enough, everyone on the Internet was discussing today's opening game, EDG VS SKT.

Su Mo saw a rating post with a lot of replies, so he clicked on it to take a look.

This post compares each position horizontally, starting with the top position.

Mouse VS Huni.

Attached are the data of the two players, their hero pools, and the key points are the following comments:

"It's 30-70, there's no suspense."

"Eighty-twenty, that's already very polite."

"It's fifty-fifty. Nothing can be said before the fight."

Most people are still optimistic about Huni.

Read on.

Mo vs Huni.

"Fifty-fifty! There's definitely hope."

"So conservative? 70:30, this is the battle that will make Brother Mozi famous!"

"40% to 60%. I think it's better to take it easy, otherwise you will be too disappointed."

It seems that everyone is still relatively cautious, worried about being slapped in the face, and dare not be too optimistic.

Jungle position.

Clearlove7 VS Peanut
"Zero Ten Kai! Director, I'm your fan!"

"Zero to ten! Yesterday's scene is back."

"Ten to one! If you can hold out for twenty minutes, you win."

This is too outrageous!

Even the most optimistic fans dare not stand on the side of the factory director!
Next, the mid position.

Scout VS Faker.

"It's 30-70. I'm going to fall flat on my face when facing a master."

"40-60. I think Scout has the ability, but he is facing Faker."

"80-20, SKT still doesn't understand Scout?"

Su Mo was watching, when suddenly, Abu called out:

"It's almost time, get ready to go on stage!"

At the game site, three commentators appeared on the live broadcast screen at the LPL region's commentary booth.

Guan Zeyuan spoke first:
"Okay, audience friends, we are about to enter the exciting MSI main competition stage. The opening match of the group stage will be between EDG, the spring champion from the LPL region, and SKT, the spring champion from the LCK region!"

Rita continued: "Yes, this is definitely the focus of this MSI. It's very tense. Facing the three-time champion SKT, can EDG still show their form in LPL?"

Remember the commentator said: "According to the news from the front, EDG will use player Mo in this game. He has become the starting player in this MSI and is currently in the top lane."

"Of course, they might change their lineup during the draft process. This is all possible."

The MSI official live broadcast room was buzzing with comments:

"Today, the factory director must defeat the nightmare and take back his dignity!"

"That's enough. Do you have the ability?"

"SKT is so strong this year, it feels like they will win four championships."

"I have no idea how EDG can beat SKT."

The audience was packed. The host came on stage and after a brief opening speech, he shouted:

"Now let's welcome the players from both teams to the stage. First up is the absolute champion from the LCK region, the three-time champion, SKT!"

The spotlight was turned to the team members' channel, and SKT's starting five walked onto the stage wearing uniforms with three stars printed on them.

The director also gave a special close-up to the three stars.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "This is SKT's new uniform this year. The three stars represent three S-League champions. They are the most legendary team in the league's history. This year, with the addition of Peanut, they will become even stronger!"

The cheers of SKT fans at the scene were overwhelming: "SKT! SKT! SKT!"

The five members of SKT lined up to accept the welcome from the fans.

"Now! Let us welcome the Spring Split champion from the LPL region, E! D! G!"

Immediately afterwards, the EDG members came on stage!

Su Mo was walking in the front as the top laner. This was his first time stepping onto the world competition stage.

"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

"Ah! Brother Mozi! I love you!"

"Director! Come on!"

"Meiko, you are beautiful today too!"

Su Mo walked to a position where he stood shoulder to shoulder with Huni, turned around, and the two players faced each other and shook hands.

The corners of Huni's mouth curled up slightly, he was very confident, that kind of confidence couldn't be hidden, as if he had already won.

After shaking hands, Su Mo turned and walked towards his seat.

The equipment has been debugged in advance, put on your headphones, and everything is ready!
Rita commented: "Let's go to the first game of BP. In this game, EDG is on the red side and SKT is on the blue side!"

BP begins, the BAN stage.

SKT chose to ban Sejuani, Graves and Gragas.

EDG banned Lee Sin, Lee Sin and Elise.

After seeing this BP, the three commentators were dumbfounded!
Guan Zeyuan exclaimed: "Ah? Both sides targeted the jungle position at the same time, and banned six junglers! EDGBAN killed three carnivorous junglers, and SKT banned all the ones that the factory manager could use."

I remember having a bad feeling: "Zijiazhuang feels like he's going to be defeated. SKT is coming at him aggressively. This is definitely a BP tailor-made for him!"

(End of this chapter)