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

Chapter 210 NXG Rescue Team!
With the World Championship approaching, netizens in various regions are both excited and anxious.

What's exciting is the upcoming thrilling competition, but what's agonizing is the daily countdown.

However, players who were planning to stay up all night in internet cafes to reserve seats and watch the World Championship opening ceremony tomorrow morning had an unexpected surprise.

In the C111 VIP area, Guo Lin, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, was bragging to a few buddies beside him.

He patted his shoulder and waved the red banner in his hand: "Xiao Duan, the support player for NXG Black Team, is my best buddy! He used to hang out in this private room before he went pro. He's my go-to support player. Although neither Black nor White Team is involved in this World Championship, one team still made it! I finally managed to get a private room for everyone to play together. Let's form an offline support team, cheer them on properly tomorrow, everyone get ready, okay?"

The group of friends, who had been staying up for three consecutive nights, complained weakly with dark circles under their eyes: "Brother Guo, it's not that we're not energetic, we just can't keep going."

"Three days! You've been booking three nights in a row!"

"Besides, NXG advanced directly to the quarterfinals; they didn't participate in the group stage."

"If you want to see the opening ceremony, we can come earlier tomorrow. It will be evening in the United States at that time."

Guo Lin blushed.

Damn it, I've gone completely mad from staying up all night!
A few days ago, Xiao Duan called to say that they had made it into the LPL. He bragged about it on his WeChat Moments, thinking he could support NXG during the World Championship. However, he went too far and got the schedule wrong.

But he certainly couldn't admit he'd gotten the time wrong; he couldn't lose face. He immediately tried to salvage the situation:

"Hey, we're just worried that there will be too many people at the World Championship and we won't be able to get a good spot at the internet cafe." Guo Lin said, and then simply spread out the banner. "Come on, Xiao Xue, give me a hand and hang the banner up in the private room. Take a picture in the back. Room 111 will be our base camp for watching the World Championship for the next two weeks."

Each private room is equipped with five computers, and the total cost for a day is only three or four hundred yuan. In two days, it adds up to five thousand yuan. For him, this small amount of money is just like collecting rent from two households, a piece of cake.

The key is the atmosphere, the lively atmosphere of a group of people watching a game.

"Oh hoo!"

"Hahaha!"

The banner was hanging up when suddenly a burst of laughter erupted in the room.

Guo Lin glared at him and realized it was one of his buddies he'd called. "It's not Lao Kong, you don't have to laugh this loudly while watching a movie, even though the private room is secluded..."

"Damn it, who watched porn?!"

In a flash, Kong Lesong, whose temperature had been successfully controlled, stuck his head out and said, "You're trying to slander me out of thin air, aren't you?"

"Am I wrong? The day before yesterday, you son of a bitch at Xinxin Internet Cafe, you got some little brat to report you..."

"Cough cough..."

Suddenly, Kong Lesong rushed to Guo Lin before anyone could react and pulled him off the sofa.

He leaned close to her ear and threatened, "Didn't we agree that I'd give you my Teemo figure and we'd call it even?"

Guo Lin grinned and chuckled, "Well, I forgot, I really forgot. I was just curious what you were doing, standing there all alone with your back to everyone, grinning like an idiot at the screen."

Kong Lesong slapped his forehead, "Damn, I was so busy laughing that NXG updated their expedition video, it's hilarious!"

Guo Lin: Huh?

"NXG eSports Club, which you've been following, has updated its video!"

"Wow, it really got an update!"

Upon opening his video website account, Guo Lin was surprised to find a notification from the NXG esports club account he was following.

Guo Lin initially paid attention to NXG because of Xiao Duan. He had been paying Xiao Duan to help him play ranked games. Firstly, it was more comfortable to play AD with a King-level support, and the game experience was also much better. Secondly, he wanted to help Xiao Duan escape from that suffocating family.

Looking back now, my idea was absolutely right. To be able to become a well-known e-sports player so quickly, I'm truly a gem.

Later, as I paid more attention to them, I was amazed by the incredible strength of the NXG club and their unique style compared to other esports teams, and I gradually came to like them.

Well, it's definitely not because "JM's" tutorial videos taught him what kiting, last-hitting, and improving economy and items are, but rather because he kept shouting that playing support meant chaotic games in Gold and Silver ranks. Now that I think about it, Xiao Duan paired with that AD player named Lustre could easily beat some Diamond 1 Challenger pros, so it's really asking too much of him to play in low-ranked games like this...

Because he enjoys watching instructional videos, he also pays close attention to the updates of NXG and JM's instructional videos.

Thinking of this, Guo Lin glared at his best friend with annoyance, "You don't share good stuff with your friends right away."

"Haha, please forgive me, it's just too funny, you guys should come and see it too."

The mention of new videos from regional teams immediately put the other three people in the room awake.

NXG has an excellent reputation, both for their video effects and their antics during competitions. They were quite curious to see how Kong Lesong could laugh like that.

"Tsk, it's a bit short, but there are actually quite a few."

Several short videos are pinned to the top of the NXG homepage with its blue and white logo.

The titles are very eye-catching: #Worlds NXG Special Forces Team 123#, #S3 NXG Rescue Team 12#
There were five videos in total, and Guo Lin clicked on the first one in order.

"Run! Activate sprint! That devil JM is coming!"

puff!
Opening Lightning Strike!
Guo Lin's reaction was exactly the same as the comments that appeared in the video.

A mech with six legs and a pair of oversized crab claws appeared in the scene, with a group of tiny people scattering and fleeing in front of it.

The crab mech is entirely red and green, with the words "LPL" engraved on its right shoulder.

Ironically, the robot's head was replaced by an image of Jiang Ming laughing during a live stream.

Guo Lin remembers this scene. It was during a live stream when JM was playing Urgot in the mid lane and ran into the champion mid laner of the OGN Summer Split. JM's tanky build disgusted the opposing player, who seemed to be named Faker, so much that he typed a lot of question marks in the chat.

"Aaaah!!!"

Laughter, deliberately amplified and slightly distorted, emanated from the mecha, its two large pincers clicking and snapping as they chased after the tiny figures around them.

Upon closer inspection, the little figure has the logos of each LPL team hanging above its head.

"It's okay, it's okay, I, Zed, can easily beat Urgot in mid lane."

The next second, the scene changed, and Lee Sang-hyeok's comical big head was also hanging on a little figure holding a dart.

The little man takes out a button that looks like a summoner.

"Come on, JM, let's snipe each other in mid lane."

A flash of light streaked across the sky as another mech captured Lee Sang-hyeok's dart-throwing maneuver, followed by two seconds of the traditional mech transformation invincibility frames.

"Hahaha, a blue and white humorous dartman mech!"

"The key is that it also has the OGN logo engraved on it. I remember that JM was matched with Faker before, and because they lost the game, many people on Korean forums and in Faker's live stream were saying that this was a preview between the mid laners who won the S3 World Championship, and they were saying that JM was not as good as Faker."

The Korean audience's message shouldn't be too obvious: the S3 World Championship mid laner will only be decided between Faker and JM.

"exchange!"

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Before the discussion had even stopped, the video showed Urgot extending a pair of pincers, grabbing Faker's face, and spinning him back under the tower, where he then unleashed a flurry of blows with the help of the tower!
Finally, he swung him around in a full circle and threw him 800 meters away.

【High energy ahead! 】

[Haha, here comes the funniest part!]

[I'd call this the most interesting event before the S3 tournament.]

[Don't rush, brothers, watch NXG Special Forces first, then watch NXG Rescue Team. I guarantee you'll laugh your heads off.]

"I can't play this game, I can't play this game, Urgot in mid lane counters Zed too much." "Help me, help me!"

The camera pans to the inside of the mech, where Faker, having climbed out of the pilot's seat, is randomly pressing buttons on the screen.

The logos of the LCS.EU and LCS.NA regions lit up instantly.

"Come on, come on."

"GOGOGO!"

Players watching JM's live stream immediately smiled knowingly, remembering that the top and jungle players in this ranked match happened to be players from C9 and FNC in the S World Championship.

"The funniest part is about to begin!"

The mechs from the three regions of OGN, LCSEU, and NA have combined.

Prepare to launch a counterattack against JM's crabs.

However, on the other side of the camera, the portrait above the crab mech suddenly changed, displaying the smiling face of Xu Jing, the AD carry of NXG's first team.

"Hehehe, Ming-ge went to the bathroom, I'll cover for him on the live stream for a bit, watch my six-bar zero-crab god descend to earth and smash three in one go!"

"Holy crap, the top, mid, and jungle players ganged up on me! That's not fair!"

Guo Lin laughed heartily. He hadn't watched the second half of the live stream that day. So this was what the OGN region had been clamoring about—the siege of the LPL—was all about. And JM's ridiculous plays with the crab in the second half were actually the AD carry's doing.

"Let's see what's going on in the rescue team's video!"

Guo Lin wasn't in a hurry to watch the second half of the Special Forces segment. Judging from the reactions in the comments, the second half of the Special Forces segment is probably about JM restarting the LPL mechs and dominating the world championship.

"NXG Rescue Team!"

Rumble!
The second video takes a sharp turn from the previous one, which was full of laughter. Dark thunderclouds cover the earth, and a snow-capped mountain stands in the middle, with the 2013 League of Legends Summoner's Trophy prominently displayed on its summit.

In the long shot, the figures of several small people are faintly visible.

Suddenly, the camera zooms in.

During the climb of the snow mountain, two small people were carrying a stretcher, on which was UZI with a bruised and swollen face!

UZI, on the stretcher, complained, "No way, how am I supposed to play with you two like this?"

"A mid laner and a top laner, just kill me already!"

"It's alright, it's alright. Old Jiang has earned back the third World Championship ticket. We'll take you to the World Championship with us."

"Look, it's right ahead."

"Oh!!"

In the blizzard, the images of the remaining two people were revealed, namely Jiang Ming and PDD's smiling faces, only the stretcher had been changed from being carried to being dragged.

A heated house appeared in front of the three, with the words "All-Star - 2013 World Championship Starting Point" written on it.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Don't leave me here alone."

PDD let out his signature smug laugh, "I'm outta here, Lao Jiang, you go in and scout ahead."

boom!
Hey!
As the original inhabitants of GPL, LCS, OGN, and other organizations were thrown out of the house, "Jiang Ming" poked his head out and said, "OK, all done, cleanup complete."

"PDD" then entered the house!
"Ah, that feels so good."

Inside the room, on the television screen, the words "S3 World Championship tickets are secured, taking off..." were prominently displayed.

Music, champagne, and warm flames filled the house.

However, PDD had just entered the house and set up the stretcher with UZI strapped to it, then forgot about the person outside.

"Holy crap, where is everyone? Help!"

The stretcher swayed wildly as UZI struggled to jump forward, trying to catch up with the "takeoff house of the 2013 World Championship!"

Over here, PDD, having eaten and drunk his fill, was climbing up to his bed on the second floor, his large body making the wooden stairs creak.

"Jiang Ming" warned, "Be careful, don't break your leg right after takeoff."

"That's impossible. Behold my divine might, I am invincible!"

"Ouch ouch!"

PDD's joy turned to sorrow as he watched his bed collapse and then fall to the other side of the house.

Unfortunately, the two main beams supporting the house on the edge of the cliff suddenly broke.

UZI outside kept shouting, "Wanla Wanla!"

"Hey!"

"I've already said that things that damage one's character are unacceptable!"

Jiang Ming took out something resembling a paraglider from his bag, went to the door, and picked up the rope that PDD had left in front of the door.

As the wooden house slid down, it was suddenly covered with tiny figures from other competition areas.

"Oh well, whatever, I'll just run them over with the toy car first."

"take off!"

"Me too, me too, you have to take me with you."

The next second, the sliding of the house propelled the stretcher carrying UZI down the slope.

Poor UZI was face down, being carried along "sweeping" through the enemy forces while whimpering all the way.

Jiang Ming, with his paraglider hanging in the sky, was controlling the direction.

……

"No, they can do it like that?"

"Hahaha, this is hilarious! From fighting for the third All-Star ticket to UZI getting punched by PDD but still making it into the World Championship, everything is on point."

"Help! PDD's weight is causing NXG to roll down with him, isn't that a reference to the game LPL lost to them before?"

"Hilarious! They climbed halfway up the mountain, then turned around and crushed the other regions' teams. The number one seed controlled the direction, the number two seed provided the weight, and the number three seed swept up the load!"

The loud laughter emanating from area C111 spread from one spot to another, filling the entire internet cafe with the sound of frenzied laughter.

As time went on and the video spread, it wasn't just "Youjian Internet Cafe" that was affected; the entire LPL esports community was filled with the sound of mouse clicks as everyone sat in front of their internet cafes. Some players who had been playing Summoner's Rift all night simply canceled their queues and started watching the video.

The video went viral very quickly!

The NXG special forces team is alright, after all, it's just some fun fan-made videos on live streams and ranked games.

However, the NXG rescue team caused quite a bit of controversy because in the latter half of their video, a small glider carrying a dilapidated igloo, and even a member of Royal Club strapped to a stretcher, directly crushed all the other teams in the snow, without slowing down at all.

what does this mean?
Doesn't this mean we're not even qualified to be obstacles in your competition area?
Of course, those who broke through the defenses were mainly viewers from the neighboring OGN region, while viewers from the European and American regions happily watched the videos, using VPNs to access LPL esports forums to find interpretations of the videos.

In short, in the era of Season 3, esports players had never experienced such pre-match antics.

(End of this chapter)