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

Chapter 66 Mindset Control

It happened at the same moment the first game between NXG and BLQG ended.

Internet cafes and individual users across the country were surprised to find their homepages filled with news about professional matches and NXG-related headlines when they opened the League of Legends client, ready to battle it out in Summoner's Rift.

The top recommendation spot was completely dominated by blood-red titles!

#The 2013 League of Legends Pro League preseason kicks off today!#
#The schedule for the first round has been released, and NXG, who won all six of their qualifying matches, is among them.#
#Attendees at the scene revealed that the NXG base vehicle attracted a lot of attention.#
#Team car, head coach, team uniforms + advertisements, how many more surprises can NXG bring us?#
The first match of the LPL professional league ended with a crushing defeat for NXG, who maintained their terrifying tactical style!
#NXG—LPL's Own M5?#
What the hell?
In an internet cafe in Shanghai, a young man preparing for a ranked match stared at the screen, his pupils dizzy with shock. Trembling, he took a screenshot of the client's homepage featuring a nine-grid layout of recommended content and sent it to a group chat with the caption, "The client has been hijacked!"

"The professional matches have already started?"

Many players in the group who were interested in professional information immediately realized what was going on, and many of them immediately chose to put aside their ranking campaigns and click into the official tournament live stream.

As soon as they arrived, they were dumbfounded.

"Watfa, a twenty-plus kill difference, is this a professional match?"

The promotional resources finalized by the LPL organizers before the competition began to spread online at an extremely rapid pace.

Some players might see news one second that a professional match started today, and the next second it's news that NXG defeated BLQG by a large margin, securing their first win in the LPL preseason.

The content of various press releases is prepared in advance, including a shocking version of BLQG's upset, all to avoid any unexpected events during the match.

As it turns out, Jiang Ming and his NXG team did not disappoint the LPL league's operations team.

The overwhelming victory, the crushing defeat of the professional teams, coupled with NXG's fluid and artistic team fight in the final battle, made promoting the LPL a breeze.

Not to mention the players who have been following the development of professional leagues in their own region.

The match ended with the explosion of the purple team's crystal, and within minutes, online discussions exploded.

【666! 】

I originally thought NXG was just dominating the qualifiers when there were no clear favorites, but I didn't expect them to be so strong in the actual preseason.

[It felt like he had no weaknesses; top laner Norsha completely dominated the enemy Kennen.]

Honestly, if I were Kennen in ranked games, I'd be back in the top lane to quit gaming.

[(Humorous) It hasn't been twenty minutes yet, so you can't click. And is it possible that NXG doesn't want to push too fast, giving the other side some face?]

[The jungler Prince is in a similar situation; Lee Sin is constantly in his jungle, and he feels like he might be sleeping under the covers tonight.]

BLQG's Twisted Fate is terrible. They tried to copy WE, but their legs got broken before they could even get going.

[Haha, why don't you mention the bot lane Caitlyn? They're both Challenger, and her teammates gave her so many resources, yet she's down 30+ CS and her damage output is terrible.]

[They picked a build focused on ultimate abilities, but ended up only engaging in one 5v5 team fight from start to finish. BLQG is truly brain-dead.]

[Seriously? I have a feeling BLQG wants to fight but can't, they're just being led by the nose the whole time.]

[Yes, yes, I felt like the NXG players were always on the move, especially after the turrets were destroyed. You couldn't see any lane just standing there doing nothing.]

[How did you do that? You just kept running around, and as soon as the dragon respawned, everyone inexplicably reappeared, and your last-hitting wasn't affected at all.]

[It seems to be called something like lane management; JM mentioned it once during a livestream.]

[Here we go again. What strong teams has NXG ever played against, PE? We'll see how WE handles them once they get to the main tournament.]

WE has been dominating NXG in scrims multiple times.

[This is a forum to criticize WE; WE fans, get out!]

[Hey, does NXG have any matches today?] [Yes, yes, yes. The preseason matches are all played in one day. NXG will play the winner of the second and third matches.]

……

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Behind the stage, Jiang Ming stood at the door, welcoming his victorious heroes back home.

"Hey Ming, our performance in the first game wasn't bad, right?"

Upon entering the room, Song Yuan pulled up a plastic chair, sat down, and asked Jiang Ming with a grin.

"Very good. They gained an advantage in the laning phase, made no major mistakes during the lane transition, and perfectly suppressed Kennen's development. Their choice of counters in the final team fight was also very clever."

"What about me?"

Xu Jing, with his flamboyant personality, got a little anxious when he heard his boss praising the top laner so lavishly.

His Varus achieved a perfect 6-0-4 score, and his damage output was definitely not much worse than Renekton's.

"Ahem, Lao Xu, your fourth piece of equipment..."

"A fourth piece of equipment?"

Feeling his assistant tugging at his clothes, Xu Jing suddenly realized what was happening, and his expression instantly fell.

"Um... um... Ming-ge, let me explain—no, I mean, I said that for the fourth item, I considered that with Janna on the enemy team and our damage output being severely insufficient, so I bought the Storm Spirit first. That's why I didn't consider buying the Giant's Belt to build Warmog's Armor..."

"Your consideration is reasonable, but what if you lose the health boost provided by the Warmog's Armor, and Janna fails to protect you in time, resulting in you being instantly killed in a team fight?"

At the beginning of Season 3, the heyday of the Mad Armor League had passed, but this inexpensive yet high-health item became the best defensive item for AD carries.

(It's a bit blurry, but there's nothing I can do about it; it's the clearest one I could find.)
"I've been emphasizing to you what the core philosophy of our NXG team is," Jiang Ming asked, without directly criticizing them.

Xu Jing lowered his head sheepishly. "When at a disadvantage, focus on dealing damage; when at an advantage, focus on defense!" "Before the crystal explodes, everything is unknown!"

"Just remember that. We'll talk about the specifics when we get back to training."

Jiang Ming waved his hand. He didn't like to deliberately criticize people when the team won. Not only would it not have much effect, but it would also easily interfere with the players' performance.

"As for other comments, you can go to the forum and see what the audience is saying."

Lin Jingyi understood immediately, took out the contestants' phones from her bag, and distributed them to each of them.

Before long, the room was filled with the barely suppressed chatter of the young people from NXG.

"Hehe, hehe, I like prehistoric crocodiles."

"As expected, my Flash-Wind-Control combo controlled three enemies. The handsome viewers have good taste. Check out the God of Support."

"Haha Stone, look at this guy's reply. He's asking if you have a grudge against Kennen and if you're here to quit internet addiction in a professional match."

"Pfft, the purple side's Twisted Fate has a broken leg, and he can't even outrun Clockwork to provide support. Qiangzi, you're about to become a super-fast runner."

"Hey there, you show-off AD carry, someone's praising your aggressive playstyle."

Jiang Ming watched the young people's discussion quietly. He believed that when material conditions could not be met for the time being, providing them with certain spiritual values ​​could continue to provide them with intrinsic motivation.

Of course, proactively arranging for the contestants to watch the post-match commentary was also a small trick he used to train everyone's mentality.

(End of this chapter)