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

Chapter 80: He put on a suit and imitated an adult!

"I wanted to buy one the day NXG posted the official photos on their Weibo account, but JM's online store hadn't stocked it yet."

After saying that, amidst the slightly surprised and envious glances of the onlookers, the long-haired girl put on the women's team uniform specially prepared by NXG.

"It fits quite well, and the style is quite nice too."

Unlike some celebrity merchandise that looks good but is impractical, Jiang Ming clearly considered this issue when designing the uniforms. He not only divided the team uniforms into men's and women's versions, but also focused on the fabric and comfort of the clothes.

Costs did not increase as a result. Many of the clothing items in the online store come from a source factory in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Jiang Ming simply modified the ordinary styles he had previously ordered from the factory. As a high-quality customer who had been cooperating with the factory for more than half a year and whose payment speed was amazing, the factory said that improving the quality and stabilizing the price of new products was just a matter of time.

Click!

The long-haired girl held up her phone and took a selfie.

After quickly editing the image, I sent it to NXG's team support group.

Little V: "Look at what's on my body?"

Ah Zhen: “???”

This high-level game: "Wait, NXG's jerseys are already on sale?"

Ocean: "It's actually quite pretty."

Tokisaki: "Judging from the scene, Little V went to Suzhou to watch the game."

"Hehe, I didn't buy it from an online store. The NXG team store doesn't even have this item yet. I came to watch the match today, and NXG team staff were handing out free support gifts near the entrance. People who watched the preseason matches get team jerseys..."

"free???"

A seemingly casual remark quickly caused a huge uproar in the QQ group.

This was a high-level game @NXG-JM!

Period @NXG-Lin!
"Seriously, aren't you guys going to come out and explain this?"

"I'm playing the game with you honestly, but you're using your brains against me without even giving me a heads-up!"

"I told you to sell, but you wouldn't. Now you're just handing it over to me, and the worst part is, we don't even get a share!!!"

"Wait for me, Little V. I'm near Taicang and I'll be right there."

"Godfather, please bring me one too!!"

"..."

whee!

With a chuckle, Xiao V turned off her phone. After being refused by the two girls in charge of handing out souvenirs, she turned and walked towards the ticket gate.

Soon, in the long ticket check line, more and more spectators, led by the long-haired Xiao V wearing the NXG team uniform and holding team support items, began to appear.

From a distance, coupled with the oversized posters featuring NXG's official team photos placed at the entrance by the organizers, it seemed as if the massive audience in front of them had come all for NXG's match.

As for some audience members who entered the venue early but did not receive any support items, they were filled with regret. Looking at the meager WE support banner in their hands, they could only envy the NXG fans who were eating so well.

"Hey, anyone here who's an NXG fan? If you bought your tickets in section B, everyone gather around!"

Just when some casual fans and other team fans thought it was over, a tall and incredibly strong man appeared at the entrance of the competition venue.

The muscular man, who looked like a sports student, claimed to be a die-hard NXG fan. He wore a blue and white NXG sports headband and held a flag in his right hand, with the NXG team logo clearly visible.

"When the players come on stage and the competition starts, if anyone wants to cheer with me, let's try to sit close together."

Jiao Yang grinned, revealing his incredibly white front teeth.

……

While NXG was making continuous moves and working hard to cultivate its fanbase, the inaugural LPL season opening match was officially kicked off by WE and IG.

The lineups on both sides are familiar to the audience: PDD vs. Strawberry in the top lane, Visible Shadow vs. Kelier Lawu in the jungle, DJ Saonian vs. Ruo Da Bizi in the mid lane, and the bot lane duo is Smile Curly and Mr. 433 plus the strongest support before level 6, a contest between the King of Emptying the Great Dragon.

On the big screen, when the official photos of the IG team members were shown, Jiang Ming, who was drinking water backstage, almost couldn't help but spray the water onto the face of Lin, the senior student opposite him.

Why?

Compared to WE's Strawberry and Smile, who were the visual standouts in the early LPL, IG's five players were just a fat and thin duo (fat, thin, bald).

"No wonder the first generation of IG could never compete with WE in terms of popularity!"

Despite their popularity, the first-generation IG team was actually stronger in terms of individual skill than WE's five-man lineup.

PDD, the top laner, needs no introduction. He is the undisputed king of the top lane in China. Although he ruined his reputation with the infamous "one shot, four kills" incident at the end of his career, there are very few top laners in the world who can go head-to-head with him in the S3 version.

In the bottom lane, Smile and Curly are naturally far superior to Kid and Xiaoxiao.

However, in the midfield and jungle, Ruofeng and Mingkai have a losing record against the combination of Zita and Visible Shadow.

Two out of three lanes were lost, including the crucial mid-jungle duo. The outcome of the LPL opening match was predictable.

The explosion of the main crystal in the video ended at the 31-minute mark, and IG won the opening match amidst the screams of WE fans.

Throughout the game, WeiXiao, who chose Twitch as his ADC, performed well, achieving a 6-2-2 score that lived up to his title of "World's Best AD Carry".

Unfortunately, IG, on the purple side, had their entire team farmed up incredibly well. Not to mention that Kid's Varus, who was the team's weak point, had a respectable 7-2-9 team damage score, the ultimate abilities of Rumble and Cassiopeia in the top and mid lanes made it difficult for Twitch to find a place to deal damage in team fights. Not to mention that XiaoXiao, who likes to play tricks, learned the jungle-support combo that Jiang Ming used in his live stream - Lulu and Volibear!

With his quick running and high-flying maneuvers, he repeatedly helped IG find WE's key damage dealers in team fights.

As for Ruofeng's performance with the mid-lane Diana?

Well, don’t mention it.

"Kid withstood the pressure, and IG's top, mid, and jungle players delivered a perfect performance!"

Commentator Xiaolou's voice boomed, "Let's congratulate IG on winning the opening match!"

"Yes, then what follows is a match between the two new teams after the establishment of our LPL region."

"TGA Winter Championship Winner Royal Club, Tarantula vs. Nexus Vanguard!"

……

"Let's go!"

Jiang Ming straightened his suit jacket and led the five players out of the lounge, ready to welcome NXG's first match in the LPL professional arena.

"NXG!"

"Rise up!"

"NXG!"

"come on!"

As I stepped out of the passageway, a powerful shout came from the stands. A burly man was waving an NXG flag.

Behind them came sparse, seemingly restrained cheers from fans.

That's right, the boy leading the way off the field was the team's cheerleading captain whom Jiang Ming had hired from the school's sports department at a "high price."

My job is very simple: to encourage the "shy" audience members to cheer for NXG.

Wow, we actually have die-hard fans?

Clearly, the straightforward Song Yuan is unaware of how deep the city's schemes are. At this moment, he naively believes that he and his team truly have fans who love them to such an extent.

The other four were also affected to varying degrees. On their way from the tunnel to the competition area, they unconsciously straightened their backs, their steps were steady and their expressions were firm, as if they were about to join the party!

Jiang Ming smiled without saying a word, but inwardly he was pounding the table and laughing wildly.

"Okay, we see that the NXG team is already in their seats. Now let's welcome the members of Royal Club and the Spider team to the stage."

The doll, who had somehow ended up in the audience seats, finally took on her role as host and emcee, warming up the crowd for the competition.

hum!
However, just as the doll's voice faded from the equipment, the camera turned to the contestants' passage on the other side.

The audience fell into a long silence.

quiet!
Silence!

It was as if time had been paused.

What happened at the scene?

On the field, Jiang Ming, who was communicating with his teammates about equipment information and making pre-competition preparations, looked puzzled.

Turning his head, he looked towards the Royal Family's seating area.

"puff……"

"Hahaha!"

It would have been better if I hadn't looked. But once I did, my expression completely twisted after being tormented by the old IG team's official photos.

On the right-hand side, Royal Club players were walking up to their seats one by one. Tabe, UZI, Spider-Man Lucky, and even Ugly Kai, who was still in his baboon-like state, all seemed fine until the top laner in a suit finally came into view.

Yes, that's right, it's that top laner with pigtails in a suit.

At this moment, Shenchao looked embarrassed in front of the camera. His suit jacket was sticking out at an odd angle on his shoulders—the shoulder pads were stuck three centimeters below his collarbone, the cuffs covered half of the back of his hand, and two radial folds stretched out on his back, making it look like someone had sewn half a tortoise shell on each side of his spine.

"I told you not to imitate NXG, like wearing a suit and imitating Coach JM... it's too embarrassing."

"Hey, Tabe's suit is at home. You're the only one on our team with a suit right now. After all, you're just a guest coach, so make do. NXG has coaches, and it would be a shame if we didn't."

As the main strategist who proposed that the team needed a coaching position, Wait chuckled, "Look, WE and IG don't have one, only we and NXG do, which will attract a lot of attention from the audience."

"But why do I always feel that while it attracts attention, it sometimes backfires?"

"No way, trust me, brother. I'm the number one male god in the e-sports circle, you know?"

Waiter and Shenchao were right.

Royal Club's top laner dressed in a suit to cosplay as a coach certainly attracted more attention than IG and WE's opening match.

It's just that the comments in the live stream were a bit too off-key!

【? ? ? 】

【! ! ! 】

【Wait, what's with Royal Never Give Up's top laner's outfit?】

[Haha, sorry, I didn't want to laugh, but I just couldn't help it.]

Is Royal Never Give Up (RNG) seeing that NXG has JM as a coach and want one for themselves?

The problem is that Royal Never Give Up (RNG) said in their interview during the TGA finals that the support player was the one responsible for commanding and making decisions.

[JM is wearing a suit, a successful and poised man, his handsomeness directly threatening my own. Then look at the royal family; not only do they look suspiciously cheap, but their suit jackets don't even fit properly.]

[Cluck cluck cluck—laughing like a goose.]

[Hmph hmph hmph—I laughed like a pig!]

[Everyone move aside, the students are laughing so hard they're practically counting pi.]

Good grief, this is a modern-day version of Dong Shi imitating Xi Shi, isn't it?

[It's all about getting attention, right? I gave it to them, I gave it to them. I really didn't expect there would be such a big deal waiting for me after the WE vs. IG match.]

All I want to say is that the guy who left early after watching the WE match really missed out.

No one expected that just because Royal Club's top laner Shenchao imitated the NXG coach's outfit, the second match of the first day of the LPL league would soar to the top of the trending topics list with an astonishing amount of discussion in just a few minutes.

The number of viewers in the league's live stream skyrocketed, and the barrage of comments piled up like snowflakes.

"Ahem, get the draft ready!"

Rubbing his chin, which was a little sore from laughing, Jiang Ming forcibly turned his gaze to the screen.

It's not so bad to imitate NXG by temporarily putting together a coach; the key is to have players from the team fill in. Royal Club even chose Shenchao, who is the least suitable to wear a suit, to take on this task... It can only be said that when it comes to creating something out of nothing, even with a wealth of experience from later generations, I still can't compare to these talented players.

This esports version of Dong Shi imitating Xi Shi is quite something. It seems that esports players in this era won't be bored. The first day of the inaugural LPL has already generated such a lot of fun. Who knows what will happen in the future under the instigation of these two big moths, myself and the NXG team.

Because they couldn't see their opponents from their seated position, the team members were puzzled as to why their Ming-ge was suddenly laughing uncontrollably today, but based on the team's usual discipline, they didn't feel too curious.

"Today's opponent is Royal Club. Their core carry players are the mid and bot lanes, and of course, Shenchao in the top lane is also a player whose strength should not be underestimated."

"UZI, playing AD carry, has a distinct personal style. He likes to use his natural talent for kiting and auto-attack range to gain an advantage during the laning phase..."

Jiang Ming spread out his tactics notebook, providing the players with various specific information about their opponents, including their preferred heroes and laning habits.

When it comes to managing a team, Jiang Ming actually has his own unique advantages – his advanced understanding of the game version and his precognitive grasp of information on the vulnerabilities of countless teams and their players.

After all, version updates are inevitable. Even last year's champion team has been thoroughly studied by their regional opponents, and there are many instances where they have been completely outmatched in certain matches.

Think about it, the weaknesses of opponents that require countless people and countless hours of trial and error to discover, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of version tactics, are now in your own hands. You are in an invincible position in the draft phase, and your team is always at the forefront of version research and tactical practice. In esports, this is already a huge cheat code.

"Oh ho, you like aggressive laning, huh? Old Xu, your bot lane isn't going to explode again, is it?" After adjusting his equipment, top laner Song Yuan teased Xu Jing in the bot lane, saying, "Yeah, but remember to call top laner 'daddy,' I'll come support you."

In the scrims against SKT, during the latter part of the individual skill clashes, Xu Jing received a good lesson from the AD carry named piglet.

As close friends who often tease each other, Song Yuan wouldn't miss such an opportunity.

　(Ask for monthly ticket)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)