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

Chapter 211 World Championship - Teemo and the Massacre!!
As the clock struck 15:00 p.m. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean breeze carried the heat of esports.

At this moment in China, the clock has quietly struck past midnight, and millions of Chinese Summoners are welcoming the opening bell of the S3 League of Legends World Championship in the dim light of dawn!
On this day, countless internet cafes were packed, with some seats already occupied by pairs of League of Legends players since the night before.

There was no other reason than that she was afraid that when the next day came, there wouldn't be a suitable spot left for her.

Some business owners with a keen sense of opportunity quickly followed suit and started organizing ranking and movie-watching events in internet cafes during the World Championship. To put it simply, customers who spent money in their internet cafes during the World Championship would receive rewards for recharging, achieving godlike status in ranking matches, or getting a pentakill. Then, a free movie-watching area was set up in the core area to keep everyone there.

People stay, and even if a computer becomes available occasionally, someone can seamlessly connect to it.

[Finally!]

[World Championship, World Championship, Wuhu, I want to see NXG crush the whole world!]

[A rational NXG commented: IG and Royal Club, keep up the good work! Let's aim for the quarterfinals and avoid an internal battle, with all four teams advancing to the semifinals, okay?]

I just want to know if JM and the others will pull off anything big for the opening ceremony.

[Haha, don't worry about that, it won't happen, because Riot's opening ceremony and the group stage are not in the same place at all, and NXG doesn't even play in the group stage.]

[Wrong, the opening match of the group stage will still be played here today.]

【six! 】

The World Championship livestream was broadcast on TGA and YY platforms.

Even though the countdown on the screen still has an hour before it officially starts, it doesn't stop players who have been waiting for a long time from engaging in friendly interactions with other enthusiasts in the live chat.

At 17 PM sharp, the opening ceremony of the S3 World Championship began on time!

Los Angeles, Staples Center, the venue for the NBA Finals!

This iconic home arena of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers is currently filled with the enthusiasm of over 20,000 fans. Fans from North America and around the world have gathered here, and the deafening cheers surge like waves, pushing the atmosphere to a fever pitch.

In the center of the venue, a circular stage rises from the ground, with the Summoner's Trophy, symbolizing the highest honor of the League of Legends World Championship, prominently displayed on it. Under the reflection of the lights, it reflects a dazzling light, quietly waiting to witness the birth of a new legend.

On the large screen facing the stands inside the stadium, blue light flashed, and scenes from past matches began to flicker on it.

hum!
At the same moment the scene appeared, on the stage, the members of the Crystal Law Band, holding various musical instruments, played notes as the commander waved his hands.

Hybrid Worlds!
The theme song for League of Legends Season 3 is a grand and majestic instrumental piece!
As the music's rhythm shifts, the speed at which the images on the screen change also increases.

NXG, SSO, C9... The classic moments of each team have been recorded and are now being shown to audiences around the world.

Boom!Boom!
There aren't many fancy features, and there aren't even any lyrics.

After the symphony, the center of the stage was suddenly illuminated, and two figures sat between crystal pillars, followed by a rapid DJ solo!

The camera gradually zooms out.

Viewers in the live stream were able to see the entire scene.

hiss!
[Holy crap, I'm about to have my trypophobia kick in!]

"No, it's just an opening ceremony, and then a best-of-one match. Where are all these people coming from?"

[Brother, you're being hasty. You need to know that there are over 100 million registered League of Legends players worldwide now. I wouldn't be surprised at all if 10,000 or 20,000 people showed up at the event.]

Who played whom in today's first match?

It looks like it's IG vs. TSM!

As the barrage of comments flew across the screen, the live stream was immediately replaced by a promotional animation for the S3 World Championship.

[Giggle, oh my god, this is hilarious! Where did Riot Games hire this outsourcing team? It's not even as good as the promotional animations made by our JM Studios.]

[A few anime characters in team uniforms, holding hero weapons and showing them off, then climbing towards the Summoner's Trophy—this is way less inspiring than our "climbing Mount Targon" theme.]

[This is hilarious; it's the first time I've seen a regular army fail to defeat a guerrilla force.]

Are you sure this is your first time seeing this upstairs?

[Brothers, I've found a walking 500,000! Don't try to take it from me!]

[I delivered a sweeping kick (JPG). Sorry, while you're still thinking, I've already knocked my comrade to the ground and charged towards the target.]

[Laughs, so next time we meet, it'll be the difference between a leader and a regular soldier, right? (doge)]

As the three-minute promotional animation drew to a close, the platform holding the Summoner's Trophy subtly shone amidst the interplay of light and shadow.

"ladies and gentlemen--"

Beneath the giant curtain at the center of the stage, two formally dressed hosts slowly walked towards the center of the spotlight, their voices echoing the roar of the entire audience:
"Welcome to the 2013 League of Legends World Championship!"

"This is the Staples Center in Los Angeles—where we are about to ignite the esports frenzy of this summer! Starting with today's opening match... in twenty days, we will return to this glorious place to witness the ultimate championship showdown!"

"Now, please allow us to formally introduce the two teams in today's first battle—"

"First up is a strong team from the LPL region – IG!"

……

"The opening ceremony was really quite simple!"

Jiang Ming, sitting in the IG team's rest room, looked out at the scene and complained inwardly.

It can only be said that in the era when Riot Games was still exploring the preparation of tournaments for Season 3, the ideas for organizing the tournament were indeed full of the "wild" and casual approach.

Jiang Ming was both amused and exasperated when more than 20,000 spectators were gathered at the finals venue in advance just to watch the opening match, and then they were all to be transferred to Riot Games' headquarters studio.

What's even more baffling is that the entire opening ceremony lacked both the traditional team entrance ceremony and player introductions; it simply consisted of a promotional animation, which was considered the end of the "opening process."

But then he thought about it again and silently shook his head.

After all, in the original timeline, today's opening ceremony didn't even have the above procedures. The current scene was probably stimulated by the All-Star event, and they pulled over the opening that was originally intended for the finals, so it's not too outrageous.

"So, are you confident you can beat TSM?"

Jiang Ming looked at the IG team members.

He shouldn't have been here today, but Comrade Xiao Wang came to his room early this morning and insisted on bringing him along.

"It's hard to say about the 'highbrow' ones, but those TSM bastards were too aggressive in scrims." PDD rubbed his shiny scalp with his hands, making a rustling sound, but he didn't say anything boastful. "Those North American veterans were like they had turbocharged in scrims, going all out every time, making me wonder if they were the real brutes."

"Hey Lao Jiang, you're all here, aren't you going to give us some advice or something?"

Upon hearing PDD's words, xiaoyan, standing to the side, silently gave his team's top laner a thumbs up. As the host nation, it was perfectly normal for TSM to be scheduled to play in the opening match. At this time, the North American esports cult had not yet shown its excellent potential of consistently reaching the top 16. In addition, IG had previously lost more than they had won in scrims against them. Even if they hadn't played with their full strength, there was still some apprehension in their hearts.

Jiang Ming shook his head and refused, "I'm just here to make up the numbers. As long as you guys don't mess around in the opening game, beating TSM will be a breeze."

idea?

What idea do you need?
In the scrims, TSM already revealed their core tactics and strategies to you guys.

Of course, Jiang Ming couldn't say it outright. He couldn't very well say, "You guys can play with confidence. TSM is fierce in scrims but loses 0-5 in the actual match."

……

On the LPL commentary desk, Miller, Bella, and Xiaoxiao, three commentators chosen by LPL viewers, are sitting in the domestic studio.

Facing the camera, Bella stood in the center, with Xiaoxiao and Miller acting as her flankings.

Yes, they are still in China and will continue commentating until the end of the group stage before heading to beautiful Los Angeles to start live commentary from the Galen Center.

When the camera focused on the two teams taking the stage, Miller took the initiative to speak up and became the one in charge of controlling the situation.

"Okay, we see that the first team to take the stage on the right is TSM. As the second seed from the LCS.NA region, their strength is extremely formidable..."

Miller was also helpless. His two partners were a retired professional player and a fan magnet. He couldn't compete with them even if he wanted to.

Despite his best efforts in the latter half of the Summer Split, he couldn't compete with the professional company providing training behind the scenes. How could he, figuring things out on his own, compare to someone who had a GPS navigation system guiding him on the fast track?

"Perhaps I can contact JM after the group stage?" Miller thought to himself.

"Hey!"

"Why is JM in IG's rest area?!"

Just as Miller was lost in thought, Bella's soft call brought him back to reality.

At the match venue in North America, the broadcast camera was already focused on the tunnel where the IG team was located. However, the moment the team came out of the rest room, the indoor scene captured at that instant caused the live chat to explode.

【? ? ? 】

[Damn it, the NXG boss has defected!]

Is it possible that JM went to give IG some advice, given that it's the opening match of the season?

[Oh ho ho, then today's first battle is a sure thing, brothers, I'm off to work!]

[No, there's a limit to your arrogance. The team playing on the field is IG, not JM and his NXG. Besides, as the owner of another team, how could JM possibly share tactics over something as trivial as club honors!]

[Damn it, this is cheating in the LPL! We're reporting this! How could JM, as the coach of NXG, be in IG's room?]

[The LPL players are clearly sore losers; they're afraid we'll win the championship, so they resort to such underhanded tactics.]

[Are the first two comments from Daofantiangang spammers, or are they actually infiltrating our Chinese live stream?]

"Hehe, you viewers don't know this."

On the stage, the square dragon cackled.

As a veteran who retired from IG, even though he has long since left the team, he knows very well the situation of his former team and his current team eating and staying at the same hotel for the past ten days or so.

"In the period leading up to the start of the group stage, JM and his NXG team were practically inseparable from our IG, scheduling scrims with incredible frequency. In my opinion, JM probably came here today to test the waters of the other teams in the group stage through IG."

Upon hearing this, LPL viewers did not find anything wrong with it.

It should be said that 90% of Chinese people share the same awareness: when fighting against foreign enemies, as long as they haven't encountered their own people, working together to eliminate the "outsiders" is definitely the top priority.

Internal strife and lone wolves do exist, but those people rarely end up well.

Here I'd like to specifically name a certain advantage of my transportation team leader!
At the match, Jiang Ming was unaware that his presence in the IG training room had already been broadcast live throughout the entire S3 World Championship broadcast room by Riot's MVP photographer.

At this point, both sides of the opening match had entered the draft phase.

On the contestant's platform, Captain Gorilla shook his head, appearing exceptionally relaxed. Looking at the audience below, he even had a bold idea: "Hey guys, you still haven't answered me whether or not we should implement the idea I proposed on the way here today!"

"Haha, are we really going to pick that hero in a professional match? I feel like it would lower our win rate a lot," dyrus said, expressing his concerns.

However, his teammates, who were clearly overly optimistic, didn't see it that way. "NO.NO.NO. On the contrary, dyrus, I don't think it will have any impact. It's just a difference that the win rate will drop from 100% to 99%."

"They haven't beaten us in a single practice match."

"It seems that the LPL region's strength is just so-so right now, with only NXG being truly strong!"

"To correct you, in front of our TSM, NXG is nothing but a defeated opponent."

"Haha, you're right. We should have had our whole team play in the previous All-Star game, so that NA could have a fourth spot this year."

Seeing that Dyrus was still a little worried, the AD also spoke up, "Dyrus, you have to trust us. Today will be a massacre. If you don't want to use a certain hero, you can give it to me in the bot lane."

WildTurtle, whose ID is WildTurtle, had a very unrestrained smile. He had studied LPL match videos and his performance in scrims, and he knew very well what kind of bot laner he was facing off against from IG.

"Oh ho ho!"

"What, Teemo?"

"Captain Gorilla got Teemo on the third floor, wow!"

Amidst the exclamations of countless commentators, the North American audience at the scene almost fainted from happiness.

"TSM!" "TSM!" "TSM!"

The stadium, filled with over 20,000 people, was instantly filled with cheers, as if a bomb had been dropped. Even those who weren't TSM fans cheered for them.

There's no other reason than that you dared to pick this player, Ti Baiwan, on the field, so it's really no big deal for me to yell at him a couple of times.

Some team fans holding up signs saying "pick timo" cheered, genuinely surprised that their team's pre-match promise on Twitter to choose a hero that would surprise them was true.

Teemo has already been chosen, so how far away is the opening match where Captain Gorilla promised a massacre?

As it turns out, Captain Gorilla isn't someone who likes to lie.

Sixteen minutes into the game, the bloody 17-1 scoreline on the big screen proved that this match was indeed a massacre.

(End of this chapter)