I just turned eighteen, and you want me to make a comeback?

Chapter 6 - The Career Lifespan of Esports Players

"Huh... I'm third in the national server. I'm climbing the ranks really fast."

After taking a look at Ionia's high score rankings, Yuan Shen stretched.

The efficiency of gaining points in duo queue with Karsa is very high. No matter what hero he plays, he can easily defeat the opponent.

He is now ranked third in the national server, and Karsa has also reached the seventh position.

The top ten in the national server are all familiar faces.

Ranked first is Dopa, whose Rank score has exceeded 1200, and second is his secondary account.

The person he pushed to fourth place was TheShy, who was duo-queuing with Dopa to gain points.

As for the latter, they are JackeyLove who has become famous recently, WE's mid laner Xiye, RNG team's Mala Xiangguo, and MGB team's Ning and Ming.

Including Karsa, the top ten positions in the national server are almost all occupied by professional players.

Besides Dopa...

The biggest obstacle for him to become the number one in the country is Dopa.

"Let's go grab some food first. We're definitely going to take first place in the national server. If things don't work out, call Ah Huang over and have him beat Dopa. We, Flash Wolves, are definitely going to take first place in the national server!"

Karsa pumped his fist and said confidently.

In this MSI, they went to the AHQ team from the LMS region. They ranked third with three wins and two losses in the group stage. In the semi-finals, they met EDG and were swept 3-0.

Although it is one of the top five regions, LMS is firmly ranked second to last, only tied with North America.

Compared with LPL and LCK, there is still a big gap.

"I'm not worried, there's no pressure!"

Yuan Shen stood up and twisted his waist. Although he was not very old, sitting for a long time was still harmful to his health.

As a 27-year-old veteran, you no longer have the energy you once had. Please develop good habits, maintain proper exercise and scientific training habits to prolong your career.

[Reward: Intermediate lottery ticket*1]

The system prompt sounded at the right time. Yuan Shen thought about it and stopped paying attention to it.

However, the concept of scientific training habits was still imprinted in his mind.

"Haoxuan, do you think it's really possible for a League of Legends player to maintain a top-tier world championship performance at the age of 27 or 28?"

Yuan Shen couldn't help but ask.

He had already done the calculations.

It is only 2015 now, and there are still nine years away from Faker's fifth championship in 2024 as the system said. In these nine years, Faker has won four championships.

Almost half?
This is just the championship, the runner-up is not included.

So what about the top four?
What about the quarterfinals?
How many more?

There must be a unique secret to being able to stay at the peak for such a long time.

"How is it possible? He's so old..."

"possible."

Karsa was interrupted by Zhou Luxi before he could finish his sentence.

"It's actually quite common for esports players to play into their thirties. They just need to stay in shape all the time. Not to mention the LMS, there are actually many players in mainland China who are extremely talented, but if they have bad living and training habits, their career lifespan will be greatly shortened. Relying solely on talent to play in competitions won't last long."

Zhou Luxi was very serious when he said this.

Although LMS is not very strong now and its e-sports industry did not start as well as South Korea, its professionalism is even higher than LPL.

"I heard that the coach there is only responsible for takeout, but I don't know if it's true."

Karsa shook his head. The coaching staff and the analyst team are the best sixth man of the League of Legends team, the great contributors behind the scenes, and the invisible guardians!
If you really don't take these two things seriously, you will suffer a great loss.

Not only the coaching staff and analyst team, but also a complete youth training system, a good training environment, a reasonable selection mechanism... everything needs to be done bit by bit, and in his opinion, LPL is not doing well in these areas.

At least compared to LCK, there is still a big gap.

It's simply a capital game of the rich second generation.

"After all, no one wants to listen to someone who is not as strong as himself and criticizes him, don't you think so, Brother Steak?" Yuan Shen tilted his head and looked at Zhou Luxi on the side.

"You little brat, what are you talking about! I was also number one in the Taiwan server two years ago, okay?" Zhou Luxi scolded with a smile.

"From the moment they introduced Korean players, LPL has actually gone astray. They blindly seek shortcuts to pick peaches from other people's assembly lines, but ignore the construction of their own system. This will not last long." Yuan Shen was greeted with a collective roll of eyes by his teammates as soon as he finished speaking.

"Ah Yuan, you must be hallucinating from hunger. LPL just won the MSI championship. Now many people think LPL has a chance to win the world championship this year and complete the breakthrough from 0 to 1."

Sheshe leaned over and touched Yuan Shen's forehead. Kramer, standing beside him, shivered and couldn't help but say, "Korean aid has its advantages, right? At least the LPL's operating system is pretty good right now, especially EDG, which is comparable to LCK teams."

"Oh, I forgot you're also a Korean player. Sorry."

Yuan Shen bowed sincerely, and all the Flash Wolves teammates burst into laughter again.

"Xingxun, it's been five hours since I last heard that story your father told you about the three races vying for supremacy in Krupp Interstellar Space when you were five years old. Do you want to tell me more?"

"Xiba! You're so cool! I haven't heard about the deeds of Fengtang Suiyue, one of Taiwan's three great calamity gods, and the genius boy Fengtang Suiyue, who is under 18 years old, in a long time. Do you want to tell us more?"

"Hey..."

Yuan Shen looked at his teammates with disgust.

"We're here, everyone, please don't be polite, eat and play as you please today!"

As soon as he got off the car, Zhou Luxi patted his chest and shouted, taking on a lot of responsibilities.

"Pick up your own food! If you didn't know, you'd think Steak Bro was treating us today!"

"Just ask your BBQ Pork Brother to treat them. He's super rich!"

Zhou Luxi spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Junpin Yunxuan, I wouldn't come here if someone hadn't invited me."

Yuan Shen smelled the fragrance as soon as he entered the door. This is the fifth-ranked all-you-can-eat semi-buffet Western restaurant in Taichung, specializing in top-quality French barbecue. Whether it is all-you-can-eat lobster, king crab or steak, they are all very famous.

"That's nothing! When you win the summer season championship, I'll treat you to a meal at Grand Hyatt Café!" Char Siu patted Yuan Shen's shoulder, "Young man, I'm rooting for you."

"Let's eat. Yuan, go get the steak. I want to eat eighteen pieces today!"

Seeing the team members scattering in search of delicious food, Yuan Shen couldn't help but be inspired...

By the time we got back to the base, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. According to the Flash Wolves' daily routine, this was almost the time for free rank, and they would not go to bed until after twelve o'clock in the evening, and no later than two o'clock in the morning at the latest.

Although this habit is not very good, there is no other way. Most competitions are scheduled between 3 and 5 pm. If you wake up at 10 am, the time of competition is when you will have the most energy.

"All-Chinese squad, abortion, match-fixing, girlfriend's transfer period, marketing..."

Yuan Shen kept writing down some key words in his notebook, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Is this the LPL of 2024? It's terrifying!"

It is easy to understand why the team is composed of only Chinese players, as they are all Chinese and there are no Korean players.

But didn't the all-Chinese team win the World Championship once in Season 2? Why are they still talking about this in Season 14?
Putting aside the question of whether it is marketing or not, is there not a single time in these nine years when an all-Chinese team won the championship?
This is too scary!
There's also the LMS, which lost its independent division status, and the PSG team in the Southeast Asia region...

There is also this inexplicable proficiency of Sword Lady, no obvious improvement in laning ability, and all attributes increased by five points but the full score of the title is 1000.

At present, the only useful thing may be to quantify one's current strength.

His hand speed and agility are both above 900, but his operation is slightly inferior. His awareness and overall view are his biggest shortcomings, and he only has the basic standards of a professional player.

And it is very difficult to improve this thing. The only way to improve it is to constantly review the games of top teams and compete with top teams.

(End of this chapter)