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

Chapter 76: I have an obligation and responsibility to guide them! (Seeking monthly votes)

One word stirs up a thousand waves!

While casual gamers were busy watching the drama unfold, WE fans were directly confronting IG fans, mocking their old rivals for stumbling in the preseason.

The Weibo post by the owner of IG silenced countless people.

As the son of a billionaire who is active online, and because he has been involved in e-sports for 11 years and has objectively expanded the industry, the e-sports community, whether players or competitors, has a much more favorable impression of Mr. Wang compared to people in other fields.

I was thinking that since the team had unexpectedly lost to a new, inexperienced team, we could just have a few banter and have some fun together.

Who would have thought that the unpredictable Young Master Wang would suddenly tag the head of another club?

Some people outside the circle were confused by the face.

NXG Esports Club - JM?

Who is he?

For gamers and players from various teams in the League of Legends community who knew about NXG and Jiang Ming, it was like a bolt from the blue.

MMP!

Yeah, PE crushed IG, so just how strong is NXG, who treated PE like bots in the qualifiers?
(LGD: I already said it, it's not that our army is weak, it's just that the enemy is piloting Gundams.)
For a moment, even the WE fans who were wildly arrogant and boastful fell silent.

You can't mock them. If you keep mocking IG, you're essentially mocking yourself.

Countless people are frantically pondering just how interconnected these three elements are!

Many professional team managers were sweating bullets, thinking they had already taken NXG seriously enough, given their team's performance and terrifying match statistics.

The problem is that you told me that the team you treated like bots in the qualifiers has now turned around and crushed IG, a veteran powerhouse in the Chinese server and a quarterfinalist in S2.

But then something else went wrong!

How did you win against the PE firm?

Can I say that we just laned, teamfighted, and pushed towers to win...?

Looking at the @mentions on Weibo, Jiang Ming felt a headache coming on.

Despite all their calculations, no one expected that Wang Gongzi, a fan of esports, would stab them in the back, causing NXG's already somewhat uncontrollable online traffic to explode.

Without the PE and IG incident, people would pay attention to NXG because of the frequent media exposure, but because they haven't actually fought against the strong teams that players recognize, they wouldn't immediately put NXG in an outrageous position in the classification.

Now that Wang Gongzi has reminded them, the teams that have realized what's happening will surely start studying NXG as their number one enemy in the new season.

He certainly hopes his club can become famous, but before it is fully developed, it should at least be a Schrödinger's strong team, so as not to become the target of the entire region like WE.

Now, the entire plan has fallen through.

The key is that we can't ignore it. In the current e-sports circle, including ourselves, we still need this son of a real estate tycoon to attract capital to the industry.

However, it's not all bad news. Aside from the players' mentality, which gives them something to do, if NXG is tough enough, they can withstand all the challenges in the upcoming matches.

This move by Mr. Wang to attract attention from outside the industry can be seen as opening up a wider world for his NXG in advance.

A certain blog!

NXG Esports Club - JM@Wang Gongzi: "Luck, luck, the main players performed quite well."

"Nonsense, I watched the live stream that day too. You practically revealed the exact color of the PE underwear."

"What, a trade secret?"

Jiang Ming: "..."

A person's reputation precedes them. This was Jiang Ming's first time dealing with this guy in this life and the next, and he witnessed the various turbulent circles that exist in different worlds.

After a brief moment of thought, Jiang Ming replied again, "Tactical aspects are indeed a trade secret."

"Forget it..."

"However, it's not impossible for Young Master Wang to learn—"

"You have to pay more!"

A villa area in Shanghai.

In a strangely decorated room, a man with bangs reclines in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, looking at a reply on his phone.

Do I need to pay more?
puff……

"Haha, what do you mean by 'you have to pay more'?"

"JM, he's quite an interesting person."

……

In February, after completing their LPL main event registration and symbolically receiving their main event passes, the entire NXG team returned to their base early.

Amidst the heated discussions and attention from the outside world, the five members of NXG were the first to suffer the most negative impact.

Since Jiang Ming did not restrict the contestants' internet surfing, everyone was naturally aware of this.

Even on that day, Xu Jing and Song Yuan experienced some aftereffects—the cheers from the audience when they won, and the countless words of praise and flattery online after the match, all impacted the mentality of the young men. The other three were slightly better off, but only relatively speaking. After all, the blissful feeling of being on cloud nine was so intoxicating that it was hard to extricate oneself from it for a long time.

In response, Jiang Ming, who had received some advice from a senior psychology professor in the institute, neither rushed to intervene nor acted as a motivational speaker to provide the contestants with nourishing advice.

Instead, they let this atmosphere spread within the team for two days.

It's as if the team doesn't exist; they just follow their usual schedule, and any extra training tasks that need to be added are still assigned to the players as usual.

However, on the third night, top laner Song Yuan was ordered by Jiang Ming to practice alone in the training room because he failed to complete the task to a high standard.

Just as Song Yuan was queuing for ranked games with a bitter face, he clicked on the Baidu webpage out of boredom and was coincidentally pulled into the LOL section of the live broadcast room by YY platform.

"How did I end up in Ming's live stream? Let's get out of here..."

"Hey, what's this?"

Upon seeing the red text displayed on his boss's YY platform homepage live stream, Song Yuan's eyes instantly cleared.

NXG team is recruiting high-ranking solo queue players. Those interested in playing professionally can contact the streamer privately. (Position not limited)

Song and Yuan Dynasties: !!!
NXG esports team is recruiting...recruiting...recruiting!!!
My hands and feet turned ice-cold in an instant!
Suddenly, an overwhelming fear began to engulf my entire body.

The scenes from the past few days keep flashing before my eyes.

After realizing what was happening, Song Yuan took a screenshot of the text from the live stream and posted it in the QQ group that his teammates had created.

Xu Jing: !!!
Shi Zhenyu: (☉_☉)!
Pang Ran: ...

After that night, the previously restless atmosphere within the team disappeared considerably, almost as if it had never existed. There were no more instances of barely meeting or failing to meet training standards.

Every day in the training room, five figures would always appear in their seats on time or even a little early.

The reason is also very simple.

In the S3 era, what other path did a group of mediocre gamers have besides playing well in matches? Let alone the five members of NXG who were just beginning to show their talent and had gained some attention in the professional scene due to their own actions, even a group of players who had already won championships in the region were still in a state of confusion about the future.

Expansion?

Gone?

Believe it or not, they could find someone to replace you in a matter of minutes.

As the saying goes, a loud drum doesn't need a heavy hammer. Those who know their own talent level and how they have grown step by step through the team's training only need a little guidance from Jiang Ming to understand.

NXG was able to spend a few months building up a group of people who had nothing but sweat and toil, so they could certainly use that same approach on others, and the results would only be better when they encountered people with even greater talent.

Of course, most of those who couldn't understand or persevere had already given up when faced with the terrifying amount of training at the very beginning of the team's formation.

Feeling extremely frightened, Song Yuan even took Xu Jing to Jiang Ming's office to apologize.

However, Jiang Ming was not angry about the minor incident that affected the team's training for a few days.

Not to mention that complacency is one of the most basic human emotions, the traffic vortex that NXG has been in, whether intentionally or accidentally, is something that a group of young people with incomplete values ​​and no social experience could not handle.

There will be many more such temptations in the future!
They were all fifteen or sixteen-year-old children, and he had the patience and the obligation to guide them properly.

……

There are advantages to being famous.

At least in training matches, Jiang Ming no longer has to go through the pain of picking and choosing from a bunch of fledgling teams or teams that simply switch sides after a single shot.

Teams qualified to compete in the LPL main tournament, and even some teams from other regions, all came to NXG after hearing the news and extended invitations for scrimmages.

Among these, the OGN region has the largest number of teams.

"Get ready, everyone. Today we're going to have a practice match with a team from the OGN region next door."

Jiang Ming, wearing a crisp short-sleeved shirt, walked into the training room with a bright smile on his face.

Because the weather is getting warmer, there's no need to wear an extra coat indoors!

Having just finished practicing his basic skills, Wu Zhiqiang pushed his chair around and asked, "Brother Ming, should I let you win?"

Jiang Ming would occasionally participate in the team's training matches, hence the question posed by the young mid-laner.

"No need, today is your own special training." Jiang Ming replied meaningfully, glancing at the other people's computers. Seeing that the tasks in everyone's hands were not yet completed, he immediately pulled out the chair in the far right seat and sat down, placing the tactics board with the target opponents of the training match written on it on the table.

Mid laner Wu Zhiqiang had just finished his match and glanced at it.

I saw the scrim opponent on the A4 paper clearly—SKT!

To be precise, it's SKT T2.

SKT's League of Legends division, which is well-known among domestic players, was established in December 2012, just last month, more than two months later than Jiang Ming's NXG. However, because it was backed by South Korea Telecom, it immediately formed two teams upon entering the professional arena, even though the two teams did not perform well at the beginning of the OGN Spring Split...

Speaking of which, when setting up NXG, Jiang Ming also thought of taking advantage of his foresight to recruit a group of promising players and form an additional team. This way, he would have two teams in S3, which would be more conducive to his LPL strategy.

Unfortunately, ideals are often grand, but reality is often harsh.

The cost of building both teams is secondary.

The main difficulty lies in the first step of recruiting.

Let alone the second team, even the first team almost didn't have enough recruits!

Either their rank score is too low, or they've already been locked in by other teams, or they simply pack up and run away that very night after seeing the amount of training they've been assigned.

As for players from other countries, such as the neighboring South Korean region, they refused without hesitation upon hearing that it was the Chinese region, where even their own professional league had not yet been established.

Those wish-fulfillment novels where characters are reborn in Season 3, snatch away a barbecue stall, and trick Li, who was still playing professionally for a computer, into coming to the LPL region to compete, should just give up and go to sleep.

Because the current esports scene in China lags far behind OGN in terms of environment, standardization, and compensation.

Take SKT, for example, who are waiting to play a scrim with them right now. While domestic teams are still scoffing at the existence of team coaches, they directly appointed a retired player with experience in StarCraft to take on this key position.

Drip!

On Skype, Kouma, who had just taken over as the head coach of the second team, was sending a message via translation software.

kkoma: "Coach JM, I wonder if our scrimmages can begin now?"

JM: "No problem, we'll set up the room for the BO5 training match, is that alright?"

kkoma: "No problem!"

Since SKT took the initiative to invite them, the two teams' training match server was set on the Chinese server. Kkoma went along with the host's arrangements and didn't dwell too much on creating a room.

South Korea, SKT club.

Kkoma, who had just taken on the task of forming SKT's second team, stood in the training room, holding a black notebook in his hand, and his movements still showed a lot of awkwardness.

"Cheer up, lads, you're about to face a truly formidable team."

"Don't be afraid of making mistakes, be bold in your actions, and learn from your opponent's handling of the game."

Koma is very excited today because the team members have only recently gathered, and he has already arranged to play against a strong team from the neighboring LPL region.

NXG!

Both teams were newly created, but their opponents had a winning streak from the qualifiers to the preseason, during which they even defeated PE, a team that could compete with the top eight in S2, with an absolute advantage.

JM, as the team leader, is definitely one of the best in the game LOL, having trained the team so perfectly in such a short time.

Being able to play against the opponent more often might allow you to learn a lot about team management.

Sonorous!

NXG acted quickly, and with a system notification, the encrypted training room was set up.

Pang Ran added the IDs he got from the coach one by one and pulled them into the room.

"SKT-Impact, SKT-bengi, SKT-Piglet, SKT-Poohmandu!"

"Unfortunately, the murderer, Comrade Xiao Li, is still busy with his streamer career and won't join the SKT T2 team until the end of the month!"

Standing behind the crowd, Jiang Ming glanced at the IDs with the SKT prefix on the other side, his eyes filled with regret.

The reason I accepted the scrim invitation from SKT's second team instead of playing against KT or CJ, who are currently recognized as strong teams in OGN, was because I wanted to use the laning-skilled Xiao Li as a practice partner for the mid lane.

NXG still has quite a few vulnerabilities, one of which is that when the players focus on macro-management, they are easily crushed in lane by players with maxed-out individual skills.

Especially now, the League of Legends is different from the era in later years when all heroes had their stats nerfed countless times. In this era where damage is absolutely overflowing, individual laners can't withstand the damage; you can't just play defensively and survive.

Comrade Xiao Li is called the Great Demon King because he single-handedly crushed all his opponents and defeated countless professional players in that year before being crowned with that title.

It's easy to imagine that once the laning phase collapses, given the crazy meta of Season 3 where neither the jungler nor the support can hold their own, NXG will have virtually no chance of winning the game solely through macro play.

(End of this chapter)