League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 205 Yue Lun: Is this tribulation something I absolutely have to choose?

As for the royal family team.

Many players, and even professional athletes, have certain stereotypes about them.

That is, they believe that they will only use the four-protect-one tactic.

But in fact, this impression is not only inaccurate, but also wildly wrong.

Royal Club's top and mid laners are not only not bad, but they can at least rank in the top three in the entire LPL league.

I can't speak for other things, but compared to WE's top and mid laners, they are at least several levels stronger.

This is precisely why OMG made the fatal mistake of relying on past experience when competing with Royal Never Give Up for a spot in the World Championship.

The early game tactics focused too much on the bottom lane, which not only failed to achieve good results, but also allowed Royal Club's jungler Spider to successfully target the top and mid lanes. Shenchao's Crocodile became unstoppable in team fights as he farmed up, and Wait in the mid lane completely suppressed WuZhuang.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, the fourth game of the qualifying match between OMG and Royal Club took place.

Royals are leading 2-1!

Furthermore, in the fourth game, Royal Club had a huge economic advantage in the top, mid, and jungle, and their bot lane AD was also a Tristana with good late-game capabilities, who was following his teammates to carry out the task of demolishing the turrets.

The economic gap between the two sides is gradually widening.

Looking at the situation on the field, the players in the live chat were quite surprised to find that JM seemed to have been right again.

"OMG's results are indeed very good, but how should I put it, this team's playstyle is severely countered by Royal Club. I think the last ticket to the World Championship should belong to Royal Club."

People initially thought it was just a casual prediction by JM during his live stream, but when the game actually progressed as Jiang Ming predicted, the players were stunned.

"No, there really is such a thing as mutual restraint!"

"It's over. A team that's good at protecting one player with four guards still managed to gain an advantage in the early game. How can OMG possibly win?"

"Hilarious! I heard that in order to make the AD carry in the bot lane withstand the pressure, the Royal Never Give Up (RNG) secretly lowered the seniority of each member by two levels."

"In fact, JM's judgment was correct. Royal Club's flamboyant mid laner is quite strong. OMG's mid laner couldn't hold on, so how could they possibly handle the early game aggression with just the top and jungle?"

"Netizens boasted that OMG's early game was on par with NXG's, and many people just laughed it off. But who would have thought that only OMG took it to heart?"

"Tsk tsk, some people even said that OMG's Cool was the second-best mid laner in the world, second only to JM, but well..."

In the end, Royal Club won this crucial qualifying match with a score of 3 to 1!

This was a surprising upset that exceeded many people's expectations.

In the pre-match forums, countless people even made bold claims that the dark forces that had upset NXG in the regular season could end the battle with a 3-0 victory, just like IG.

As it turns out, anyone who uses the results of matches against NXG, who are no longer under pressure to accumulate points in the regular season, as a reference is the biggest idiot in the universe.

With this, all three LPL teams selected for the World Championship have been confirmed: NXG, IG, and Royal Club.

……

Inside the NXG base.

"What the hell, what's going on!"

Xu Jing suddenly jumped up from his chair, pointed at the computer with his right hand, and looked at King Gigi with disbelief.

Pang Ran and Xiao Wu, who were sitting next to him, were exchanging snacks. Pang Ran almost fell head over heels from the exaggerated movements. After regaining his balance, he complained, "Hey Lao Xu, what are you making a fuss about? It's just that Royal Club beat OMG and made it to the World Championship with us."

"It's not Royal Club! Look at the OGN gauntlet, SKT vs. KT, Little Lee is going to come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2!" Xu Jing's voice even trembled slightly.

Before Pang Ran and Song Yuan could react, Xiao Shitou and Song Yuan quickly turned on their computers and searched for YY's broadcast rooms for the OGN league.

Yes, it's a qualifying round, not the playoffs!

Because they often train with SKT, the five members of NXG are quite aware of the news about SKT from the neighboring region. When they learned that Faker had missed the second half of the team's matches due to personal health reasons, resulting in SS0 taking the number one seed, they were quite disappointed for a while.

Despite having considerable skill and having won the Summer Split championship, this frustrating and messed-up situation makes it highly likely that they won't be able to go to the World Championship.

Incidentally, OGN's format is just as abstract as LPL's.

The Summer Split champion does not directly qualify for the S3 World Championship. The number one seed is determined by the combined regular season standings of the Spring and Summer Splits.

In other words, the Summer Split champion will have to compete in the gauntlet tournament along with other qualified teams.

As expected, in the subsequent journey to compete for the second ticket to the region, SKT struggled greatly in the first round against the relatively weak CJ, and the two-to-two match went to the fifth game before they finally managed to advance to the next round.

During the lost time, team cohesion and adaptation to the new version became key factors affecting the professional players' performance. Faker's return to the team was also too late, resulting in significant gaps in the coordination between the five players.

At this point, many players on Korean websites were already preparing background music for SKT's defeat, believing that they had no chance of getting past KT.

The previous two matches proved this point; KT defeated SKT, who frequently faltered in team fights, with almost no effort.

But sometimes you have to admit that the drama of reality can make even the most brilliant playwright lament the lack of their own imagination...

In the third game, Baron Nashor was stolen by Bengi Lee Sin when he had 7 HP left. SKT won the game with a Baron Nashor wave and evened the score!

In the fourth game, SKT's bot lane duo stepped up, securing a solo kill in the early laning phase. Subsequently, their mid, top, and jungle players took turns bombarding KT, forcing them into a fighting rhythm and securing another victory in 27 minutes.

Sometimes, you have to admit how bizarre the human species is.

Even though the score was 2-2 and both games could have ended with a single win, the difference in the order of play led to a dramatic reversal in the competitive state of both sides.

OGN Regional Finals, Game 5: SKT vs. KT.

Besides the few young men from NXG, Jiang Ming, who was in the office, also put down his work and opened the live stream to watch.

He truly hadn't expected the convergence effect of the world lines to be so exaggerated.

After causing chaos in the LPL and indirectly affecting the Korean region, an SKT team that could be considered an upgraded version compared to the original timeline was able to forcefully pull KT back to the gauntlet to face them by celebrating their summer championship victory and having their starting mid laner suffer from an upset stomach.

Then, in the fifth game, both mid laners still locked in Shadow Master!

Yue Lun: Am I forced to choose this calamity today?

One game, two setbacks.

In front of the Highland Tower!

Yue Lun was at full health, but his initial ultimate move was countered and killed by Yue Lun who was left with low health.

A historic moment has unfolded in the esports world!
The moment Yue Lun's expression—three parts resentment, three parts shock, and the remaining four parts bewilderment—appeared on camera, commentators worldwide erupted in cheers, exclaiming in disbelief at the scene before them.

After SKT completed their comeback from 0-2 down to secure the last World Championship ticket for the OGN region, posts on Korean forums began to flood the site.

Suddenly, discussions about OGN's brave warriors, the most threatening player to JM in this year's S3, and OGN's most promising year to defeat LPL emerged like snowflakes.

……

After watching SKT's match, Jiang Ming felt that he had inherited some of his motherland's "fear of insufficient firepower".

Even though NXG had basically solved their biggest problem—laning—after repeated training with their second team, and no team in the entire S3 could match them in terms of tactics and team fights, he was still not at ease.

In short, the S3 version of Little Li's murderer gameplay is really a bit too reckless; you have to be absolutely certain of success.

Then, in the subsequent training schedule, he added several more routines that could be used as trump cards.

Well, it's just that we added two more layers of insurance on top of the original dozens of sets.

WE's Abu once boasted on a variety show that he had prepared forty sets of tactics for the team. Now, sorry, that was just bragging. NXG really does have that many.

With over a decade of experience from the future, extracting gameplay elements suitable for the current version was a piece of cake for Jiang Ming.

If the players weren't so lacking in energy, he could have given his team even more options for the color of their underwear.

As the old saying goes, when you're poor, use tactical maneuvers; when you're rich, bomb your way into the enemy's hands.

Of course, only children make choices; adults always want it all.

Players need to practice their individual skills, and they also need to practice team tactics!

Each game has a different approach, from the group stage to the finals. Jiang Ming guarantees that every day will be different, and every game will be unique.

The next day, after finishing his work, Jiang Ming once again called the players from NXG's first team to his office.

Nothing else, except that before setting off, the contract benefits for everyone were upgraded to a higher level.

"Wow, yet another raise!"

When they learned that their monthly salary had increased again, the five members' reaction was predictable. Their spirits, which had been low due to the unlimited extra training in preparation for the World Championship and spending all day in the training room to refine their tactics, were instantly restored.

Nobody likes working in this world championship, and nobody likes working overtime.

However, if the overtime pay is sufficient, that's a different story.

I don't mind working like a slave, the key is that you have to pay enough overtime!
Jiang Ming's decision to raise the players' salaries was not a whim or a sign of his philanthropic urges.

Firstly, the players' base salaries were not high before, and after entering the world championships, their salaries should be aligned with world-class standards.
Secondly, he added incentive clauses to the contract, setting up rewards in stages based on world championship performance:
The prize money for the top four, the runner-up, and the champion is clearly stated.

To be frank, apart from the champion's prize money, the rewards for the runner-up and the top four are almost negligible.

If you want to win a huge reward, don't even think about anything other than winning the championship.

Finally, boosting morale is one aspect, but another is preparing for future transfer transactions.

With the summer season just over, clubs eager to acquire players from NXG's youth academy are already lining up in long queues.

Moreover, NXG's first team has already achieved results and proven themselves.

It's impossible not to sell any.

Therefore, the best way for clubs to protect their interests is to appropriately increase the players' contract benefits in exchange for raising the transfer release clause.

They all became champions later on, so it's reasonable for NXG to ask for a higher transfer fee!

After signing the latest contracts with the players, Jiang Ming then had Chen Muxin take the players to try on the LPL uniforms sent by their online store's partner. They had experience with this before. If the size and appearance fit were all fine, the players' remaining tasks were to cooperate with the official team to take promotional photos and record two pre-match interviews. Before the World Championship, there would be basically no more distractions.

The S3 uniform maintained the previous production standards. After all, with the successful case of designing the All-Star team uniform, the club won the design rights for the regional uniform with almost no trouble.

Finally, thanks to the booming sales of the previous All-Star outfit, Tencent continued its previous revenue sharing ratio, not only taking on more online and offline promotional work, but also intending to produce LPL team merchandise for the S3 season.

It's safe to say that Tencent has an exceptional talent for commercial development, with its seamless collaborations from team uniforms to related merchandise.

In the professional League of Legends league, they would definitely be considered a top-tier team in terms of strategy and tactics.

Jiang Ming had nothing to say about the alliance's early setup of surrounding stores; he only had one thought in his mind: just remember to include our NXG club in the offline distribution revenue sharing.

NXG has a natural talent for selling products; when it comes to live-streaming e-commerce and selling things, we are professionals.

As for the LPL team uniform design, Jiang Ming did not create any additional designs.

Instead, they chose the team uniform that best fit the definition of the LPL region in the original timeline, which was also the most regrettable one – the S5 Blue and White Porcelain uniform!
The blue and white porcelain base color itself is imbued with the cultural heritage of the country, and its overall style is both grand and elegant, yet subtly ingenious.
Each team uniform also features custom-designed calligraphy characters in the Yanshu style on the back, corresponding to the player's position.

The five ancient Chinese characters “战”, “谋”, “斗”, “伐”, and “策” correspond to the top lane, jungle, mid lane, ADC, and support roles, respectively.

The brushstrokes are vigorous and archaic, the strokes are like carving with a knife and axe, and the characters alone reveal a fierce and decisive nature.

If it weren't for the LPL region's dismal performance in the previous S5 World Championship, which caused players to lose their temper, this blue and white porcelain outfit would definitely have been able to rake in a huge sum of money from LOL players.

From a design perspective, there is no uniform more suitable for the LPL region as its first team uniform for the S5 World Championship than the blue and white porcelain design.

The best proof is that as soon as the design was submitted to the LPL management, the person in charge approved the plan on the spot within 24 hours.

This prompted Chen Muxin, who was in charge of the project, to complain, "This is the first time I've ever met a client who never asks for changes to the plan."

Jiang Ming laughed and said, "Is it possible that they're thinking of making the finished product as soon as possible and putting it on the shelves for sale?"

"Haha, Ming-ge, I think you're right."

"Alright, alright, enough joking around. Ming, let me check on the contestants' outfit attempts first, then we'll take promotional photos this afternoon."

"Well go ahead."

Under the leadership of boss Jiang Ming, managers Mo Ziye and Chen Muxin were each responsible for different aspects of the club's operations.

The former focuses on internal affairs, concentrating on building a robust youth training system, while the latter is in charge of external affairs, overseeing everything from player image packaging to team brand promotion.

When the club was first established, Chen Muxin had to personally go to the site to take promotional photos for the team, and Jiang Ming, as the boss, basically accompanied her throughout the process.

Now, things are completely different. Chen Muxin can handle complex matters such as club mascot design competitions in an orderly manner, controlling the entire process from planning to implementation, with almost no need for the boss to personally intervene.

Taking promotional photos and recording send-off videos for the athletes were trivial tasks that posed no challenge for her at all.

(End of this chapter)