LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 352 No need to despair, we still have IG, don't we?

In an instant, a storm of anger filled the major LPL forums, mainly because of the two teams reaching the Round of 16, a result that the LPL had never achieved before.

Even in those dark years, the worst result for the S-series was two teams reaching the quarterfinals. But this time, the LPL broke through the lower limit, sending two teams home in the round of 16, plus various marketing efforts from both clubs before the tournament.

Online trolls, fans, and various video bloggers lavishly praised the teams on forums, using almost every possible method to create the impression that these two teams were very strong this year.

Is this all there is to it?
This is truly unacceptable to the vast majority of LPL viewers. They watched LPL matches with great enthusiasm every day, only to be disappointed by the other two teams besides IG.

At first, when they saw RNG and FPX lose, they just felt it was a pity, thinking that these two teams hadn't adapted yet and could improve after some adjustments.

But when they saw RNG and FPX losing more and more, everyone was numb.

A few days before the group stage, RNG lost their qualification and was already being criticized by the entire internet. GSL players didn't dare to hold their heads high. However, in today's final game, RNG didn't even get a decent match.

They didn't win a single game in the group stage.

It's a disgrace, a disgrace to the entire LPL. Not to mention that if FPX had just won this game, they could have gone to the tiebreaker and advanced, but FPX has disappointed countless viewers once again.

Both RNG and [another team] made it to the top 16.

Furious!

After the group stage ended, the entire RNG and FPX team walked out of the venue with dark faces and heads down. If it weren't for the security guards, the fans around the venue would have rushed up and prevented them from leaving.

Even so, they threw things like mineral water bottles at Uzi and the others like crazy, as if they didn't care about their lives.

Before long, public opinion began to ferment, and it instantly became the headline on major LPL platforms.

#Shocking! RNG and FPX both suffer defeats, eliminated from the Round of 16 at the World Championship!#
#This year is the year with the least hope for LPL!!#
#What kind of shockwave zone is this?! Can you please stop embarrassing yourselves in public?!#
At this moment, Uzi and others, as well as RNG's official Weibo account, have been completely overwhelmed. Even GSL and RNG fans don't know how to protect their idols.

[Damn it, can you guys just disband this trash team? You didn't win a single game in the group stage. I could find five Bronze players and they'd be better than you!]

[Still calling yourself the world's best ADC? Still aiming for S9? You bastard, are you about to aim for S10?]

Go back to your bathhouse and shoe-selling business. And can that Tiger brother please not come back?

【The Shockwave team is just that – Shockwave. They rely on their all-Chinese roster for marketing every day, but they have no real results. Teams like yours should get out of the LPL!】

Not only the RNG players, but also the FPX team.

Back when FPX was doing quite well in the LPL earlier this year, the FPX owner and manager were extremely arrogant and prone to making outrageous remarks, which garnered them a lot of attention. However, now that they have lost in the most crucial major international competition, the attention has completely backfired.

[The monkeys of Mount Emei, the sky in the water, and those beastly teammates, do you even know how to play games? Are you just like that Lin Weixiang, all you do is feed the enemy kills?!]

[How dare a team like yours mock Chu Shen and IG? You're just a nobody.]

【You call yourselves little phoenixes? I think you're just country chickens! Oh, no, not even as good as country chickens. At least country chickens have some fighting ability, you're just rotten slugs in a toilet!】

The comments exploded tonight after the group stage ended, and countless LPL viewers who watched the game despite the time difference were so angry that they couldn't sleep.

At the same time, RNG and FPX were staying at the hotel.

Uzi was biting his hand, his mind filled with thoughts of his journey in this year's World Championship. He was really angry, wondering why he always encountered such terrible teammates.

Despite reaching his peak performance this year, having mastered AD carries like Xayah and Jhin, he still couldn't win, shattering his championship dreams once again.

Manager San Shao's face was grim. He had never imagined that RNG would achieve such a result in this year's S-series. Looking at Uzi and the others in front of him, he was furious. "Deduct everyone's salary and bonuses!!"

"I don't know what you guys are doing! Were you slacking off during training?!"

hysteria.

The young manager has indeed gone mad. This is the worst international performance in RNG's history. It's uncertain whether he can continue as manager, but head coach Nofe knows he'll definitely have to leave.

With such a crushing defeat, someone will always have to take the blame.

"Everyone, pack your things and go straight back to China. Cancel your vacations. There are no vacations!"

After saying this, the Third Young Master left immediately, leaving Ning Mazi and the others looking at each other in bewilderment. Looking at the comments on the internet, Ning Mazi slammed his fist on the table, making a loud thud.

"Damn it, are these netizens sick? Seriously! They're all bastards. It was his first day commentating on our match, and seeing his commentary clips after the game affected our performance."

"Stop messing with your game, okay? Think about it, in which game of the group stage did you play like a human being?" Uzi suddenly spoke up, immediately silencing their hotel training room.

Ning Mazi was slightly taken aback, then immediately stood up, stared at Uzi with wide eyes, and said, word by word, "What the hell do you mean? You mean that since we didn't play around you, it's all my fault?"

"Shouldn't the team be playing around me? Look at the top and mid laners, are they even human?!" Uzi became agitated. "And you still want to help the top and mid laners, while your own jungle gets completely destroyed by the enemy, and when asked, you say it's nothing. You're a reckless brute? You call me a reckless brute? You're a damn reckless brute!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Mazi's face instantly turned red, while Lang Xing was filled with shame. He had indeed performed poorly, but Xiao Hu was very unhappy. "Uzi, what's the meaning of this? Starting to shift the blame, huh?"

"Fuck your mother! Are your Akali and Ryze even human? And that Angel, I'm asking you, are you a zombie? 2200 damage Ryze, 4000 damage Angel, hahaha."

"I could deal more damage with my feet on the keyboard than you!"

Uzi completely lost it. Even Xiaoming and Nofe, who tried to mediate, were subjected to a barrage of insults from Uzi. The argument lasted for a full ten minutes. "Fuck you, if we can't fight, then we won't fight. We might as well fight to the death!"

RNG is at it again, fighting to the death. Just as they were arguing, their phones suddenly rang.

They were all too familiar with that voice. Sure enough, when they opened their Weibo accounts, they found that Chu Ran's Weibo posts had finally been updated after half a year.

IG-Easy:

[I don't even know what everyone's arguing about? Is it because I've been too strong these past two years that you've developed an illusion about the LPL? This year you only started to reform our style and intensify training, just like IG, and you haven't seen results yet. Isn't it normal for us to be relegated to the top 16?]

[Give me a break, everyone. Take a shower, have some milk, and go to sleep. We still have IG, and there's still hope for the LPL!]

As soon as Chu Ran posted this Weibo, countless netizens rushed to comment.

[Holy crap, Chu Shen!!]

Wow, Chu Shen was right! It turns out it wasn't LPL that was strong, it was our Chu Shen who was strong.

[Haha, yeah, aren't all the others just shockwave teams? Just go to sleep, trust IG and you're good to go.]

[LPL has never been strong; it's just that excessive marketing has created an illusion for some people, making them believe that Uzi's explosive power and Xiaotian's "jade complex" can win the championship.]

[Hahaha, indeed, only their filial sons and grandsons are bragging about it.]

Upon seeing Chu Ran's Weibo post and the comments below, Uzi and the others were furious, and the argument immediately escalated.

It's a fight to the death, and today is the day. Similarly, it's the same for FPX. After being eliminated in the round of 16, all of FPX's hidden problems have been exposed, and Doinb's sarcastic remarks could be heard throughout the FPX training room.

"Maya, oh right, you all did a good job, it's all my fault. Anyway, let's all swim home together, who's more noble than whom?"

"If a jungler plays like crap and the bot lane gets consistently crushed, why don't you guys just retire? Why bother playing professionally? Go home and raise pigs."

Doinb's words made the already somber atmosphere at FPX even more terrifying.

Everyone was silent, not communicating with anyone at all. This situation was even more frightening and depressing than the argument between RNG.

As a top laner, GimGoon really found this atmosphere hard to accept. He always felt that when playing for this club, everyone was not teammates, but enemies. However, everyone had a common goal, which was to win the championship, so they temporarily suppressed their hatred.

Even if they lose the game, this hatred won't erupt; everyone will just silently remember it, which makes it even more terrifying.

"My god, what else can Ran Chu do besides posting on Weibo? He didn't even play a single game in the group stage, and he's already commenting on this and that. He's even creating the illusion that LPL is very strong because he's so good."

"I have no idea what he's pretending to be."

Doinb isn't the only one who thinks this way; many haters feel the same way. But the current internet environment simply doesn't provide them with a place to survive, so they can only hide in the shadows and curse IG's downfall.

After all, both RNG and FPX crashed, so if anyone's going to be criticized, they'll all be criticized together.

While anger rages in the LPL, other regions are overjoyed, especially Europe and South Korea, who originally considered the LPL a formidable opponent, but now only have one team left.

Especially with LCK's comeback this year, winning first place in two groups and second place in one group, many Koreans have said that LCK's glorious moment is about to arrive, and they are discussing on Korean websites how to rebuild LCK's glory.

Shortly after the group stage ended, the draw for the quarterfinals began immediately.

In the IG backstage lounge, Meiko was praying with his hands clasped together in front of his chest: "Please don't let it be GRF, please don't let it be GRF! Any other team is fine."

"No, Meiko, look how panicked you are. So what if it's GRF? It's nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs." Chu Ran said with some disdain. Not to mention this year's GRF, even the GRF of the next few years wouldn't be good.

"Ran, don't be fooled by GRF's loss to G2 in the group stage. Their Chovy is definitely a world-class mid laner, and so is Viper," Jackeylove said with lingering fear.

"What are you afraid of, Gil? I can't speak for the other ADs, but you can definitely beat Viper. Besides, trust our Chicken Bro, he can beat the left hand, so why can't he beat the right?"

Hearing Chu Ran's words, Rooike was a little confused, "Why is Chovy called the Right Hand?"

"Because he, like Left Hand, likes to finish off enemies."

"Then why am I able to beat Viper?"

"I figured it out."

"Tch." Jackeylove waved his hand and immediately continued to watch the lottery ceremony with bated breath.

Chu Ran just smiled and didn't say anything. Jackeylove could be captured by many, but his chosen son was Viper. Noticing TheShy's expression, Chu Ran couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

TheShy scratched his head. "There are so many excellent top laners this year. I want to play against them all, like Doran and Alistar."

"Don't worry, there should be a chance."

Meanwhile, the live streams of the matches in various regions are also very popular, with everyone eagerly awaiting the start of the draw, especially LPL viewers who hope to give IG a favorable draw.

Currently, IG is the top team in Group B, while the other top teams in their respective groups are SKT, G2, and DWG. Therefore, there is a very high probability that IG will be drawn against a weaker team.

In the LPL commentary booth, Miller and Guan Zeyuan were already on high alert.

"Oh, we also see that the draw ceremony is about to begin!! The only LPL team left has been placed in the upper bracket, DWG is in the same bracket, and G2 and SKT are in the lower bracket."

"Now let's see the results of the second seed draw. I think IG really shouldn't draw GRF, as they are a very strong opponent."

"Miller is right. IG is now the only team from our LPL region. Nobody expected that only one team from our LPL would advance to the quarterfinals of the World Championship this year."

Guan Zeyuan said with a smile, "But on another note, there's some good news. Do you know what it is, Professor Miller?"

"What?"

"That means we won't be playing internal matches in this World Championship knockout stage; it'll all be international matches!"

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Countless viewers, including Miller, were taken aback by Guan Zeyuan's coldness, which is indeed good news in a sense.

[Mind your own business, you better shut your mouth.]

This is fantastic news!

[High emotional intelligence: No internal battles, all external battles; Low emotional intelligence: Only one out of three teams advanced.]

[Holy crap, please don't let it be GRF! I'm afraid if we get GRF, our LPL will be eliminated in the quarterfinals this year.]

That's terrible.

But sometimes, the more you don't want something to happen, the more likely it is to happen.

A moment later, when the draw organizers brought out the ball representing GRF, the word GRF appeared on the big screen, meaning they would face IG in the quarterfinals!

In that instant, Miller and Guan Zeyuan were both dumbfounded.

"Oh my god, it's really GRF!! IG will face GRF in the quarterfinals!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the LPL erupted in chaos, and Meiko and Jackeylove in the backstage area also exclaimed in surprise.

"Holy crap, it really is GRF!"

"The first round is already this challenging, isn't it?"

The LPL side is somewhat panicked. Despite GRF's poor performance this year, no one dares to underestimate this team. Most people believe that this team has the strength to win the championship.

If IG isn't careful, they could very well suffer an unexpected setback, causing LPL to be eliminated from this year's World Championship.

Meanwhile, the LCK community was in an uproar when they saw that GRF had drawn IG.

This is the best draw. Why is it the best draw? If GRF can eliminate IG, that would be ideal. But if GRF loses, they can still learn some things from IG, which will provide DWG with more tactical options.

If LCK wins the championship this year, GRF will deserve a third of the credit!

(End of this chapter)