LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 339 Shang Yang: One horse is acceptable, but five are not.

Riot Games heavily promoted the game, and Fujii, who was in charge of the LPL, couldn't do anything about it, even though they really wanted to support Chu Ran in representing the LPL.

However, the reality is that after Chu Ran won the Spring Split championship this year, although there is a lot of discussion at present, data analysis shows that the popularity of League of Legends in China is gradually declining.

Therefore, they could only follow in the footsteps of Riot Games' parent company and significantly increased their promotion of Faker and SKT on the domestic client.

Some popular video creators even seem to have received money from Fujii, and have started producing videos like crazy, with extremely high traffic.

For example, "Why Faker is a Legend", "Esports Figures: Faker", and "The Legendary History of SKT Team".

Aside from this, it's like LCK, whose backbone was broken by Chu Ran's leadership a couple of years ago, and Han Xiaozi, who suddenly stood up again in an instant.

"The Unfortunate Fact: LCK Remains the Top Region" and "How Long Can LPL's False Prosperity Last?"
Besides these, there are also a large number of video articles praising SKT and Faker this year, such as "Frame-by-frame analysis: the perennial King of Glory tells you how outrageous SKT is this year", etc.

This delighted many science fans and Han fans, and with the addition of Chu Ran's haters, praising Faker and his team became the mainstream trend on the internet and LPL forums within a few days.

Anyone who dares to stand on IG's side will be criticized for ignoring the facts and disregarding the truth.

[This is ridiculous. Is IG really that strong this year? I don't think so. They just won the championship by defeating five opponents in the playoffs. People who don't know any better would think that IG was undefeated in the Spring Split.]

Some die-hard fans of IG and Ranchu don't watch their matches, but anyone who has watched IG and SKT know how big the gap is between the two teams this year.

[Just imagine if Rookie faced Faker this year, he'd be scared out of his wits, and might even develop Parkinson's afterward.]

[Everyone keeps bringing up championships here, so let me ask you, does IG have more championships than SKT? Or do you have more accolades than Faker?]

[A bunch of sycophants who only know how to fawn over the hybrid region can't see the truth. The LCK's foundation is still there. They lost for two years because the garbage LPL region emptied out the LCK's talent pool, you know that?]

Seeing these comments, many fans who support Chu Ran and IG were furious, and the flames of war could be seen everywhere.

However, on the other hand, this year's SKT is truly not to be underestimated.

First, the top laner has been replaced by Khan, who performed quite well last year. After the LCK Spring Split, he has already stated that he will once again become the world's number one top laner this year.

Secondly, there's jungler Clid, whose Lee Sin gameplay is so masterful that he's revered by countless fans as the 'World's Best Lee Sin'.

Bang and Wolf have both retired, and the AD and support roles have been changed to Teddy and Mata. The AD carry might be a bit weaker in comparison, but he is still a decent AD carry.

As for the legendary Demon King Faker, he seems to be returning to his godlike status, which is why so many people praise SKT.

Another reason is that Uzi, Ning, Doinb, and others have been intentionally or unintentionally guiding their fans during their live streams these past few days, expressing their optimism about SKT, which has led to their fans joining the ranks of those supporting SKT.

And because Chu Ran's training plan for IG changed the LPL's long-standing state of being lazy and complacent.

Especially after winning the Spring Split championship, many clubs started to imitate IG. Some players were so bored with the training that they were filled with resentment towards Chu Ran and IG.

At this moment, they all hoped that Chu Ran and IG would suffer a crushing defeat.

It would be in the best interest of most people if Chu Ran and IG lost this MSI, which is watched by audiences all over the world.

At this point, public opinion is almost unanimously against them, with no one having any confidence in them except for fans of IG and Chu Ran.

In polls on platforms like Weibo and anti-G2 forums, IG's support for winning the championship was even lower than G2's, which drew criticism from many IG fans.

【Wait, why are there so many haters suddenly appearing after winning the Spring Split championship? Fujii Sima, right? Leading the way in promoting Faker but not Chu Shen, and secretly hiring online trolls?】

[Damn it, Chu Shen, why don't you spend some money on advertising?]

Many people flocked to Chu Ran's Weibo posts to leave messages, urging him to buy some trending topics for his participation in the MSI. Otherwise, they, as his fans, couldn't take it anymore. Whenever they spoke online, they would be attacked by the crowd, which made them very unhappy.

"That feels good, bro. But now that beast has become public enemy number one."

At this moment, Uzi, seeing the current online sentiment within the RNG club, grinned from ear to ear, saying, "He likes to show off, likes to be in the limelight, likes to be high-profile, and he's a billionaire!"

"What good is money? In the professional League of Legends scene, skill is what matters!"

Hearing Uzi's words, Ning Mazi laughed loudly, "He came up with such a complicated training plan and expects the whole LPL to follow his example. He thinks he's the savior of the LPL. Hopefully, this pressure from public opinion will break their mentality and cause an upset at MSI."

"Haha, maybe they'll lose to TL." Xiao Hu chimed in at this moment. Although he and Chu Ran didn't have much deep-seated hatred, there's a saying that goes, "..."

The plate and cake are only so big. Now that IG and Chu Ran have taken all the attention, what will Xiao Hu eat?
He's one of the top domestic mid-laners, yet he doesn't even earn a fraction of what Chu Ran earns. It would be a lie to say he's not jealous.

Not only him, but at least half of the people in the entire LPL are jealous of Chu Ran and are all thinking of taking advantage of him. They all hope that Chu Ran will retire so that they can take over his huge popularity.

"If they really lose to TL, just wait and see how I roast them. I'm already planning to do a live commentary on it."

Upon hearing Ning Mazi's words, Uzi and Xiaohu laughed, while Karas and Langx chose not to participate, as they felt things wouldn't be as rosy as the rest of the internet thought.

If Chu Ran leads IG to another dominant performance at this year's MSI, let's just make sure the blood doesn't spill on them.

Amid this public opinion, ESPN, known for its unreliable predictions, released its rankings of League of Legends players for each position in the first half of the year.

IG is included in the top 20, but they ranked Faker first, Chu Ran second, and SKT, except for Taddy, ranked ahead of Rookie and others. This further fueled the arrogance of these supporters.

"It's tough, Ran-ge. Can you hire some online trolls? If all else fails, just post a Weibo attacking Faker or SKT and let all the haters attack you. Anyway, you're unselectable, you're invincible."

Inside the IG club, Meiko slumped in a chair. Over the past few days, he had been completely overwhelmed by the criticism, and even his family had been affected.

"Who says otherwise? Ran-ge, hurry up and post a Weibo to attract attention. That's what the operations team is saying too."

Seeing Jackeylove grinning from ear to ear while watching the drama unfold, Chu Ran immediately retorted, "Do you guys think I'm crazy? Always criticizing this and that."

“Now I have a status, and I can't be compared to before. I need to be mindful of my image, understand?”

"Then, Mr. Chu, why don't you spend some money to hire some online trolls, like some big bloggers, to help us attract some hatred?"

Even after years in the professional entertainment industry, Rooike is still feeling overwhelmed by the current public opinion.

Winning the championship has ironically made him the enemy of most people. Who can he reason with? Besides, these haters are attacking him without any logic.

They'll attack you first, and if that doesn't work, they'll turn on your family tree. A lot of trolls have appeared in their live streams these past few days.

Without Jackeylove's mindset, even Rooike couldn't stand it, especially since his girlfriend, Xiaoyu, was being criticized so harshly.

Although Rooike was furious, he had no choice but to vent his anger in the game. As a result, his teammates in ranked games found out that he was Rooike.

It's either a blatant act behind someone's back or an open gift; it's truly infuriating.

Under these circumstances, TheShy would just go straight to playing ARAM (All Random All Mid), and because of IG's training schedule, almost no clubs were willing to scrim with them.

In short, we must see IG fall in this MSI, otherwise none of us will have a good time.

"Buy my ass! If I had money, I would have arranged it long ago!" Chu Ran glared at Rooike. "I'm broke! I'm so poor that I'm afraid to throw away my underwear with a hole in it."

Since acquiring the shares from Principal Wang, he now wants to spend every penny as if it were two.

"Let those haters do their thing. You guys just need to stay calm. If there are no teams to scrim with, then don't go looking for them. Why do you insist on scrimming with them?"

"They really think they're something special. They're training with the second team first, and then they'll use a VPN to scrim against SKT and G2." "Putting everything else aside, people from other regions treat us much more respectfully than people from our own region."

Chu Ran snorted coldly. Just yesterday, he had the club manager, Chris, try to contact SKT and G2 and express his intention to play scrims.

G2 agreed immediately, and Perkz even shouted that he wanted to have a showdown with Chu Ran in the Imperial City. Although SKT hesitated for a moment, they finally agreed.

After all, training matches are a good opportunity for them to understand Chu Ran's strengths and weaknesses, even though they have known for the past two years that Chu Ran will not play seriously in training matches.

But this is Chu Ran after all, a player comparable to Faker. Although the LCK region hates Chu Ran to the bone, there is also respect for him amidst the hatred.

It has to be said that the teams from other regions treated Chu Ran like a local.

"Ran-ge, that's just how the LPL is. You're blocking too many people's way." Meiko waved his hand. "Believe it or not, if you said you were going to another club next year, those clubs would immediately stop hiring trolls to smear you and come to visit you."

"Haha, I support Tianye."

With Jackeylove's words, their mood improved considerably, and in this atmosphere, the day of MSI drew ever closer.

The group stage started in Vietnam, but since they were all wildcard entrants, it didn't generate much buzz. Instead, many haters kept attacking IG, saying that it would be better if IG lost to Vietnam, the host country of this year's MSI.

The day before heading to MSI, Jackeylove suddenly decided to dye his hair red, which resulted in Chu Ran giving him a severe beating.

"Yu Wenbo, if you dare to dye your hair red, I'll show you why flowers are so red, you believe me?"

"Damn it, Ran-ge, I'm playing professionally, not going to jail. You can't even take away my right to dye my hair."

At the time, Jackeylove didn't know why Chu Ran was so excited, but he heard Chu Ran slowly say, "I can tell fortunes. If you dye your hair red one day, you will lose to Vietnam."

“Absolutely impossible! If I, Jackeylove, ever lose to Vietnam, I’ll jump into the Huangpu River!” Jackeylove said fiercely.

However, he ultimately failed to achieve his goal; he didn't dye his hair red, but this only fueled Jackeylvoe's rebellious spirit.

Like 369, he's entered his rebellious phase. The more you forbid someone from doing something, the more they want to do it. He immediately posted a Weibo post.

Weibo IG - Jackeylove:

[Brothers, I was thinking of dyeing my hair red, but Ran Ge scolded me. He said if I dyed my hair red, we'd lose to Vietnam. Do you think that's ridiculous? But I won't give up. I'll definitely find a chance to dye my hair red sometime to prove Ran Ge's words are all superstition!]

[Haha, you even dyed your hair red? Why don't you dye it green?]

[There's a green-haired person on Instagram.]

[You've got some nerve, implying I'm a cuckold, huh?]

[Hahaha, Chu Shen warned him back then, and he still got cheated on. What a joke!]

Let's just dye the hair below red.

【? ? ? ? ? 】

"Ran-ge, are you serious? You really can tell fortunes? Then tell my fortune for me." Meiko asked, half believing and half doubting.

Chu Ran stared at him for a while, then spoke clearly, "Who do you think you are?"

"?"

"I'm nothing."

"grass!"

Meiko grumbled and cursed, too lazy to talk to Chu Ran anymore. Seeing this, Rooike's lips curled up.

It's so great to have Chu Ran around; every day is a happy time.

TheShy looked at the ESPN rankings and saw that Khan was ranked higher than him, so he immediately laughed, "Hey Chu God, do you think I have a chance to crush Khan this time if I dye my hair white?"

"Khan?"

Chu Ran was taken aback. "Isn't it easy to crush him? Don't you have hands? Everything's ready today, we're heading to MSI tomorrow!"

The next day, Chu Ran and the others arrived at the airport early in the morning. Looking at the blue sky, Chu Ran couldn't help but think of his first year competing in the MSI.

Although they weren't very famous back then, most viewers cheered them on. Why did the cheering stop after they became famous?

Is this the inherent weakness of human nature?

Before LPL had a champion, everyone wanted to see someone emerge and make LPL famous. But after LPL had a champion, everyone no longer wanted to see that person make a name for themselves.

Thinking of this, Chu Ran was moved and immediately opened her Weibo account to edit it. Seeing Chu Ran like this, Meiko and the others were shocked.

coming!

Group buying on Weibo!

They had been looking forward to this for a long time, but Chu Ran kept saying to be mindful of the impact. Finally, they were going to launch a full-scale attack during today's departure ceremony.

But when they opened Weibo with great enthusiasm, they were completely dumbfounded when they saw Chu Ran's latest Weibo post, and they had no idea what Chu Ran meant.

Weibo account EDG-Easy:

Why do you think the famous jurist Shang Yang disliked watching censored videos?

The Weibo post also included photos of Chu Ran and others waiting at the airport.

Chu Ran's Weibo post quickly attracted a lot of attention, but they were just as confused as he was.

[You beast, what are you babbling about? I advise you to turn back now; you'll only embarrass yourself if you go out.]

What does this have to do with your impending defeat at MSI?

To be honest, IG is really bad this year. I think Jackeylove and Meiko are terrible, and Rookie definitely can't beat Faker and Caps.

Indeed, it would be better to let Doinb or Uzi play. To be honest, MSI should have been reformed a long time ago. Having only one team participate really diminishes its value.

[Oh right, the gold content formula is back again, isn't it? Then let me ask you, why aren't MonkeyCoin and Bath Dog participating? Is it because they don't want to?]

The comments section erupted into a heated argument, but no one answered Chu Ran's question. Meiko and the others scratched their heads and asked the same question.

"Brother Ran, why did Shang Yang like watching uncensored videos?"

"Because Shang Yang knew how to drive a horse, Tian Ye, you're really stupid!" Jackyelove immediately replied in Chu Ran's comment section, but he immediately saw the words that made him blush.

Because one is okay, but five is not.

(End of this chapter)