LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 178 The fake head coach Nofe, the real head coach Lin Ruo

The interview ended, and after almost a month of competition, the MSI Mid-Season Invitational officially came to an end.

The news that EDG won the championship in an unbeatable manner and became the first MSI double champion will spread rapidly in the country in the coming days.

Maybe the next one cannot be used, because as early as after defeating SKT head-on in the semi-finals, the popularity has already reached a peak, and the so-called finals is more like the icing on the cake.

As he walked off the stage carrying the trophy, the accompanying LPL official reporter Yicun took photos from the front and back of him. These would be used as material for compilation and release later.

The happiest people about EDG's victory may be the club and the players, but the ones who will undoubtedly benefit the most are the league officials and the investors behind them.

After two years of decline, LPL is still in a state of healthy development and continues to move towards professionalism.

Not to mention the days after your grades take off.

With the influx of a large number of advertisers and capital, as well as the continued increase in audience, the LPL summer season will undoubtedly be completely renewed.

The LPL event officials also understood this and posted more than ten Weibo posts in a row to celebrate EDG's victory.

Not to mention the hot searches.

The popularity of EDG winning the championship was already quite high. With Fujii's slight move, it is estimated that from morning to night today, anyone who opens their mobile phone, whether you are a passerby or not, will receive the news of EDG's victory through various channels.

Lin Ruo opened Weibo and found that the entries were basically full early in the morning Beijing time.

#EDG wins the championship#
#MSI Double Champion#
#Lin Ruo bluntly said there's nothing exciting about winning MSI#
Hmm... Lin Ruo was stunned when he saw a certain entry.

#Lin Ruo is so handsome#
When I clicked on it, it was indeed a picture of my own face. Fujii knows how to use everything to attract female fans in the fan circle.

As we all know, more female fans mean more popularity. They will actually buy tickets to watch the game, buy all kinds of peripherals and cooperate with publicity.

It doesn’t matter, just don’t join the Lin Mei CP super topic. Lin Ruo clicked on the report button. This has been his 108th day of doing this day after day.

It was so infuriating to watch the CP super topic that was promoting rotten meat grow from a few hundred people to tens of thousands of people.

He felt helpless and helpless.

"Awesome, Master Lin."

Guan Zeyuan and other members of the commentary team had been waiting off the court, just waiting to be the first to congratulate.

Lin Ruo responded with a punch.

"Amazing, awesome! This championship was won so easily."

Hearing Rita's words, Lin Ruo raised his head and smiled, "Do you remember that I invited you to dinner when I won the Spring Tournament? You should be free tonight."

"Is this true? You actually want to treat me to a meal." Rita fiddled with her hair, feeling very surprised.

She is very shy. It would be better to talk about such things between two people in private. It would be embarrassing to say it in front of so many colleagues.

But then she soon realized that the reason Lin Ruo dared to say it in front of everyone was because...

Damn it, they all got invited.

So many LPL official staff accompanied EDG to participate in the competition. Now that they have won the championship, Abu naturally cannot treat them unfairly, so he decided to invite everyone to dinner on behalf of the club before leaving.

Lin Ruo thought that everyone was part of EDG.

Isn’t it the same as Abu inviting the commentators to a dinner?

To round it off, it's equivalent to him treating Rita to a meal. As long as Abu notifies him first, everything will seem more logical.

After dealing with the subsequent group interviews with e-sports media, the group packed up their peripherals, put on their backpacks, and took a taxi to a high-end restaurant in Brazil for dinner. There were so many people that it seemed like they wanted to book the whole place.

The Brazilian boss was very happy.

There are more than ten people from EDG alone, not to mention the dozens of commentators and LPL official staff.

It’s not a problem to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a meal.

"You're going back tomorrow, so soon?"

"What a coincidence, we are also going back tomorrow."

At the dinner table, everyone was talking and laughing.

Rita thought that the EDG team would relax for a few days, but she didn't expect that they had the same schedule.

Their commentary team was anxious to go back because the Demacia Cup Summer Season had already begun.

Although she participated in the commentary of the LPL finals and the MSI finals, Rita considers herself still a newcomer, and the commentary work of the Demacia Cup is also a rare opportunity for her.

The other commentators all have more or less work.

We are all working like beasts of burden. It is not holiday time yet, so how can we take a break from our busy schedule?

"You want to commentate, and we also want to participate in the Demacia Cup." Lin Ruo said without surprise.

The Demacia Cup in the first few years of LPL was different from that in later times. The major clubs in the early days still took it very seriously, and there was no such thing as sending a second team to do it perfunctorily.

For example, in the 16 Demacia Cup Winter Tournament, all the teams that returned from the World Championship were main players. EDG first eliminated RNG and then defeated IM to win the championship. The three World Championship teams met without exception.

It won’t be like later, where basically all teams that have participated in the World Championship will give up the Demacia Cup.

Therefore, the value of this period is still sufficient.

This year's Demacia Cup is held at the Hunan Changsha Golden Eagle Station and will start on May 5.

That was the day before the MSI finals.

24 teams will be added to LSPL, City Championship, etc., so LPL will have no place in the early stage.

As for EDG, they are even more lost.

As the champion of the spring season, EDG has the privilege of advancing directly to the quarterfinals. They will not appear in the offline competition starting at least on June 6, which means they still have more than a week of preparation time.

"There's no need to participate. You haven't had a day off since you just finished the finals." The carefree Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but say.

The LPL Summer Season starts on June 6th, and time is indeed tight to continue participating in the Demacia Cup.

Lin Ruo looked at Abu with a wicked smile.

Abu seemed to know why Lin Ruo talked about the Demacia Cup. The brat was taking this opportunity to put pressure on him and take a break, right?

Logically speaking, winning the championship means taking a holiday, but facing the harsh reality, Abramovich has no choice.

Of course, there's no official reason to insist they participate just for publicity. It's mainly due to a major version change.

The version used in the MSI Championship is 7.8. Although it is only one version away from the 7.9 version used in the LPL Summer Games, there is a world of difference between them.

Not only will tank heroes like Maokai, Sejuani, and Zac undergo major changes, but many other heroes will also undergo minor optimizations.

As a result, there have been tons of major adjustments to defensive equipment, offensive equipment, auxiliary equipment, etc.

In addition, the major changes to the Rift Herald are of utmost importance. After being killed, it can be summoned to fight for its teammates and ram into buildings.

This means that the future situation will no longer be monotonous around the fight over the little dragon.

In the early stages, there are more things you can do, and both team tactics and game content will become more exciting.

In short, a series of such large-scale version changes will inevitably lead to the rise of a group of new heroes and make them popular heroes in the arena.

So in the final analysis, the changes are too big, forcing each team to adapt to a certain extent in advance.

As the first Demacia Cup to use version 7.9, it will naturally become the alchemy stone for major teams to experiment with.

But you still have to rest when you need to. Abu feels it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons. It is not a good thing to be too tired from playing all the time.

At the end of the party, everyone gathered together to take a group photo under the handwriting of Yicun. Xiaotie posted it on the official Weibo to comfort fans, and the day's itinerary ended here.

Thinking about the thirty-hour flight back tomorrow, the members of the commentary team huddled together and sighed as they left.

If this isn't torture, then what is?

……

A night of rest passed.

5 month 25 day.

All EDG members boarded the plane back home.

The wealthy club naturally still arranged first-class treatment for them, so they didn't have to worry about suffering. I heard that President Zhu was waiting for them to have dinner on their way back.

Lin Ruo doesn't care about these.

He only cares about the prize money for the mid-season tournament and how much reward the club will give him.

Although he struggles for his dream, his dream is to make money.

"Boss Bu, the salary increase still counts, right?"

Abu looked calm. As long as Lin Ruo didn't bring up weird topics like giving away a house, a salary increase would be easy to discuss.

And the boss will give him a raise even without him saying anything.

Lin Ruoke is now a hot star in the league. At the age of seventeen, he won the Spring Split Championship and the MSI Championship consecutively, and is also the absolute MVP leader.

If he doesn't raise his salary and sign a big contract, he might be poached by someone else during the transfer window at the end of the season.

Considering the possibility that Lin Ruo would talk about money in front of him every day, Abu doubted that this would be the result.

Turning around and looking at Lin Ruo's greedy smile, Abu believed it even more.

The brat laughed so happily.

Calm down.

Abu also had some thoughts about the German Cup. After all, Lin Ruo was the team's main commander and main C. He would study the BP version with Nofe from time to time on weekdays. It was normal for him to be tired after the MSI.

There is a lot to do.

It’s a pity that iboy is not old enough, otherwise he would be asked to play in the German Cup.

After the Spring Split and MSI, Zzitai mostly participated as a companion, and he will definitely be able to play in the Demacia Cup.

As for the top lane, during the transfer period after MSI, the club actually brought up youth training player Audi, mainly to cope with Mouse's blue-collar hero pool and make up for the shortcomings.

Audi is particularly good at output heroes, especially Fiora, Noxus, etc.

It will undoubtedly complement Mouse's hero pool, and the team's combat effectiveness will be further improved.

"The German Cup top laner can practice on Audi. As for other positions, the bottom lane can use the second team AD, and the others..."

Abu couldn't think of any direction to change.

If we change one or two more players, I'm afraid we will be eliminated in the quarterfinals again.

Replacing Lin Ruo would be a good opportunity to try out different directions and tactical responses under different commands.

After all, it is impossible for the Audi to withstand pressure on the upper road, and it is easy to conflict with the main core on the lower road.

It will take a long time for the team to develop a diversified style of play. Looking at the first half of the season, the team is indeed too dependent on Lin Ruo, and Abu has to admit this.

"Audi, I know him, he can run very fast."

Looking at the contents on the notebook, Lin Ruo couldn't help but tease.

"I don't remember the car," Abu responded.

"I'm not talking about the car." Lin Ruo said seriously.

Audi Double Diamond, Kai's partner.

Not very kind, but honestly quite funny.

Abu just pretended not to hear. Audi is a carry-type top laner, so what about whether he can run or not is nonsense.

"You can rest during the German Cup, but you have to stay with the team in case of any accidents. During this time, you should familiarize yourself with the new version. The changes are quite big, and I want to see your thoughts first."

Lin Ruo turned around and relayed, "Did you hear that, Coach Nofe? Mr. Bu said he wanted to be the first to see your research on the new version."

Nofe, who was reading, nodded and said, "Lin Ruo, don't worry. I'll give it to you after I've done some research."

Lin Ruo: ...

If you don’t know, you might think he is really the head coach.

(End of this chapter)