LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 212: Winning the championship and getting over a million likes on Weibo, are you going to debut tomorrow?

[We don't even need to do anything. The Korean website is already telling the KT coach to swim back in his briefs.]

We're just talking big, but the Koreans are serious professionals.

[Here's what happened: I'm studying abroad in South Korea. My roommate, Seba, got mad at me during a match and was about to put laxatives in SKT's takeout. He even bought some today and showed it to me.]

[Are you sure they're not planning to vote for you because you're from LPL and you smiled in front of him after winning the game?]

[Fuck, I just ate the food he brought me. I was wondering why he was so kind today.]

【Ha ha ha ha. 】

Amidst the heated discussion in the LPL official live broadcast room.

The hot searches on major domestic forums also quietly exploded, and the news that LPL defeated LCK 3:2 to win the Intercontinental Championship was spreading at lightning speed.

#LPL Intercontinental Championship topped the list, we are the champions! #
#EDG beat KT!#
#CCTV News congratulates LPL#
#Lin Ruo blog#
#Lin Ruo's Big Mouth in Despair#
#Lin Ruo represents LPL to win the trophy#
On Weibo that night, the top ten hot searches were all dominated by news about the LPL region winning the championship.

Many people who were not involved in the incident passively absorbed it all even though they didn't want to understand.

The most surprising ones are the star-chasing fans who vote for their idols and make them trending on the internet every day. It is normal for the League of Legends championship to be so popular, after all, many celebrities will post on Weibo to gain popularity.

But here comes the problem…

Why are 15 out of 5 trending searches related to League of Legends championships all about a single player named Lin Ruo?

Idol fans couldn't help but ask around, who exactly was this person? How could one person dominate five trending searches alone when the team won the championship?

Bought it...

Many fans of the idol raised blatant doubts.

After all, even their idols couldn't do this during their heyday. Not only that, they also have to rely on fake hot searches to show their faces on Weibo every day.

And how can the so-called professional e-sports players do it...it is completely unrealistic.

How can a game attract so many fans and create such a huge sensation?

Then what is the point of celebrities?

Most of the dissatisfied idol fans couldn't figure it out, and they all focused their attention on the top-ranked personal search entries.

#Lin Ruo blog#
I clicked in to take a look and was almost shocked.

The number of likes reached 99 in two and a half hours...

The idol's fans swallowed their saliva and surprisingly couldn't help rubbing their eyes repeatedly. Within a few seconds, they watched the number of likes exceed 100 million.

Almost as powerful as a popular star.

'Who is Lin Ruo?' quickly became a new trending search on Weibo, generating numerous enthusiastic responses and comments.

Since you're asking me who Lin Shen is? Humph, then I'll be merciful and tell you. I'm introducing you to Lin Ruo, the 2017 LPL regular season MVP, Spring Split champion and MVP, MSI Mid-Season Invitational champion and MVP, Overwatch Exhibition Match champion and MVP, Asia Rift Rivals champion and MVP, and the crowned champion of three servers, EDG esports club's bottom laner.

[Key Point…: At 17 years old, he won all the championships within six months of debut.]

He's so handsome. I became a fan of him after watching Happy Camp.

[Sister, I'm the same way, but unfortunately I don't post on Weibo very often.]

[He perfectly matches my idea of ​​an esports idol. I'm willing to learn League of Legends just for him.]

[As expected, there are so many people on Weibo. Unlike us who just play games and watch competitions, we start with dirty talk and get stuck in it.]

[Yes, Lin Ruo's personality is 'extremely good']

Looking at these comments, many people outside the circle seem to understand the reason why Lin Ruo became so popular.

In conclusion, he has the ability, good looks and good character. It would be a shame if such a talent is not popular.

Loved it.

Many attracted idol fans had their psychological defenses overcome in just a few minutes of browsing.

Lin Ruo inexplicably started his crazy journey of gaining followers again.

In a hotel in Kaohsiung, while Xiaohu was eating, he was still admiring his real-time Weibo post that had exceeded 10,000 likes.

The Weibo data Xiao Ming handed over instantly broke the complacent man's defenses: "Fuck, he's crazy, he wants to debut on the spot, right?"

"Actually, in this situation, it doesn't make any difference whether I make my debut or not." Xiao Ming said with emotion.

"No, the last post from half a month ago had 100,000 views, and this Intercontinental Championship victory post has already surpassed 1 million. Even though I believe he has the ability, this speed is too fast."

mlxg expressed deep doubts, which were different from Xiaohu's envy and jealousy, and were simply based on the unreliability of the data.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Xiao Ming spread his hands and chose to eat without paying any attention.

mxlg touched his chin and used his gambling god brain to think from the inside out. After taking a look at the content of Lin Ruo's Weibo post, he quickly came to a conclusion.

It turns out that he is so popular...

EDG, Ling:

"The Intercontinental Championship is just the beginning. See you on the podium at the next International Championship World Championship."

Below is a handsome picture of him holding the cup.

...

"Brother Lin, how the hell did you do that? I just commented on your post and it got over 200,000 likes."

The phone was ringing, and Ai Loli could no longer eat. She just wanted to take advantage of the popularity and accidentally gained tens of thousands of followers.

After a little thought, Ai Loli came up with a great way to increase the popularity of her account, which was to secretly post a handsome photo of Lin Ruo on Weibo every day.

Maybe he will be the next professional League of Legends player to break one million followers.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Lin Ruo was also confused at this moment. He didn't start a group, and didn't say any dirty words. Where did he get millions of likes inexplicably? He almost surpassed the People's Daily's championship Weibo and ranked first in the entry.

"You're the person involved, don't you know?"

"Does the person involved have to know?"

"I know why the number of likes is so high." Putting down his chopsticks, the factory director wiped the grease from his mouth politely and transformed himself into Sherlock Holmes, his eyes shining and his expression firm.

"The LPL has suffered from South Korea for a long time. It's clear that this Intercontinental Championship has given everyone hope, and you are the true creator of this hope. So when you, who can't fail, posted such a confident Weibo, it ignited the fighting spirit of everyone, so they rushed to tell others and give you likes."

"That's what I'm searching for." Tian Ye next to him nodded repeatedly. It turned out that the truth was contained in it.

At this time, Lin Ruo no longer cared about the so-called excessive number of likes, because his private messages were bombarded.

"I'm your fan, you're so handsome, can I add you on WeChat?"

"Little brother, you are really amazing. You defeated the Koreans and won the championship at the age of 17."

After taking a quick look at the homepage, Lin Ruo quickly determined the identities of the many private message recipients. Almost all of them were wealthy women or wealthy second-generation female fans.

Damn, my stomach has been feeling a little uncomfortable lately.

Ahem...

Any hesitation for even a second would be disrespectful to the profession, so Lin Ruo quickly blocked all private messages.

He is still young and can take more detours in life. There is really no need to find the right direction so quickly.

Lin Ruo turned around and continued eating and opened the anti-bar.

On the day of the championship, in addition to the joyous praises everywhere in the anti-corruption bar, there was also a reckoning with Han Za.

Lin Ruo still remembers that choosing SKT in the MSI semi-finals was considered disrespectful, which led to EDG becoming enemies with many Korean fans.

Later, as EDG defeated SKT and won the finals, the so-called disrespect in the past was buried in the face of strength.

However, in recent days, with the arrival of the Intercontinental Championship, Korean fans who are eager to take revenge on EDG, especially Lin Ruo, have emerged one after another.

After the group stage, the day when LCK advanced to the knockout stage should have been the day when the Korean fans were the most arrogant and stepped on EDG the most.

Because EDG defeated SKT again in the group stage, Korean fans who mainly support SKT started to criticize SSG and KT, who they had never played against.

"EDG is nothing. They only bully us, SKT, who are in poor form. If I can win against SSG and KT, I'll just take it."

[Those who have no hope in LPL should stop dreaming. Wouldn't it be easy for SKT to crush other LPL teams?]

SKT is in a bad state right now, which just gives the other three LCK teams a chance to defeat the LPL. Otherwise, it would be a bit embarrassing for SKT to always take the initiative.

What championship is EDG? They boasted about winning a few triple crowns and even claimed to have defeated all LCK teams.

Let them brag about it. After all, the LPL, which has never won a championship, would be happy for a lifetime if they could win the treble.

All these posts were now dug up by the forum users and were subjected to heavy criticism.

【Korean talk! 】

What's going on? Why did our SSG boss fall? It must have been an accident. Wow, why did KT also fall in the final game? It's so sad. They let the useless EDG get away with it. Brothers, I'm crying like a baby.

【Hahaha, Korean fans can only pin their hopes on the LZ now. 】

[That's right, as long as they haven't played against EDG, LZ is better than EDG, hehe.]

[No, Korean fans don't think so. They just think SKT will make a comeback at the World Championship, and EDG will be defeated.]

[Dream on! With the bully Hu Ba Wan and the lost Xiao Shu Sheng around, there's no chance unless SKT regroups for the summer season.]

[Huni? Is that the top laner who got sent home by 957 at level ?]

Under the fierce attack, some people deleted posts and ran away, some went into hiding and started to mingle, and the bar became unified, clearing up countless strange atmospheres.

[Analytically speaking, do we really have a chance of winning the World Championship at home, as Lin Ruo said on Weibo?]

Just trust him and that's it. Anyway, Lin Gou never says anything wrong, unlike a certain KT coach who flew back to his country.

Having confidence is a good thing, but being so arrogant is really inappropriate. After all, there are still many patches before Worlds, and there will be a lot of changes. What? You told me it was Lin Gou, the one who is good at every game? That's fine. [Haha, if Lin Gou was a hardworking player, I would scold him, but a talented player is a gaming saint, so I'm sorry.]

While browsing various discussion posts, Lin Ruo also took a look at the reposted comment posts from the Korean Internet.

The first thing that catches the eye is Xiba flying all over the sky, anger and irritability are everywhere in the comments, and there are large scenes of broken defense.

The team that was criticized the most was SKT, which lost to WE. Even their posthumous photo was photoshopped out.

Huni, Xiaohuasheng and even the number one devil Faker, everyone has a share.

Koreans are really taking action when it comes to online blasts.

Lin Ruo, who was sighing with emotion, saw a post about the finals' scores in the popular forum, and he couldn't help but click on it.

He hasn't read the rating posts on Tieba for a long time. Today he must read it thoroughly and learn some dirty talk to spread.

【EDG vs KT. 】

I'll send the contestants and you'll score them.

Top laner Mouse:

Thank you for successfully clearing the name of our weapon players. Operation? Is there any operation? Isn't playing weapons just about using W and hitting hard?

[Save traffic: Mouse smashed Semb's head without any operation. ]

【Save more time: Use the mouse to play Semb easily without any operation. 】

[OK, Mouse is the world's number one top laner.]

"What do you mean by no control required? The timing of using E is very important, and the damage scale of W also needs to be mastered. For example, I killed Kalista with a hammer on the high ground when she was almost half health. That's how I mastered the damage."

A Guang, who was passing by, shook his head and walked away with a sneer.

His weapons are obviously very maneuverable.

-

Top laner Semb.

【It's not shameful to be killed by the champion top laner. 】

[Dude, I really only play Jayce, and the others are all up to you, right?]

Without that solo kill in the bottom lane, EDG would have had a hard time coming back. You are this (thumbs up)

[If there is no job in LPL next year, please come to me.]

-

Jungler director.

[EDG never wipes! What? Zz1tai died a lot today, and his KDA is not good. I must have come to the wrong place.]

This is Guangchang. Unlike EDG's Zz1tl, he can sell himself out, start a teamfight, invade, and even give away.

[You're the best at bullying piglets. Look at how much you beat Score in the early stages.]

[At most six points. You gave away two big points in the game. I told you not to be a coward, but I didn't tell you to be so swollen, you know.]

[Zz1tai may have seen Deft and Pawn and thought they were fighting a civil war, so he played a little too hard.]

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Mid laner Pawn.

【EDG's best sixth man.】

[I'm in KT, but my heart is with EDG. I'm so touched.]

[Let me put this on record: General Pawn will always be the backbone of EDG.]

No one dared to pick up their chopsticks at the LPL championship celebration without you. Getting killed by a single player and then giving away a kill in the middle lane was too painful.

[If General Pawn gets old, he should go back to EDG to retire.]

[It feels like your Taliyah only has one ultimate skill to block the road, and other functions are undeveloped. ]

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Bottom lane Deft.

[The performance was satisfactory throughout the entire match, and I didn't give up anything, but it didn't affect my position, which was the one with the biggest gap.]

This time, it was more unfair than Dou E's. I played normally, but ended up getting beaten by the opponent.

【Lin Ruo: What's your EDGAD?】

【Deft doesn't need to come back. EDG is so much better without you.】

Pawn's departure didn't have much of an impact on us, but Deft's departure had a huge impact. Without his voluntary departure, EDG wouldn't have risen.

After resolving the issue of Deft staying on the team, EDG officially entered the Lin God era.

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Lin Ruo in the bottom lane.

Lin Ruo plays against KT: 1. I'm familiar with the opponent's ID, 2. I don't eat beef.

[You are really good at talking, even better than my girlfriend.]

[I'm calling you to rate me. You're driving here, so get out.]

[Lin Shen, please take us to the Bird's Nest.]

[1 point. After the game, they didn't immediately broadcast it live to show off to us, their true fans. This was undoubtedly a huge failure.]

Lin Ruo was browsing the web while eating, grinning from ear to ear. When it comes to sharp comments, the netizens on Tieba are really professional.

At this moment, Ai Loli came over, eager to share: "Fuck, Brother Lin, the European and American Inter-American Competition is over. Guess who won?"

"North America won." Lin Ruo blurted out.

Upon hearing this, Ai Loli was confused. She checked her phone and wondered if he was browsing Tieba.
How did he know the result right after the final? He had to watch the last game to know the outcome firsthand. It was strange.

"Not only do I know that North America won, I also know that TSM defeated G2 in the final game." Lin Ruo continued nonchalantly.

Ai Loli almost knelt down.

"Brother Lin, you are not really the one in the novel..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Ruo showed him a post that he had just flipped through.

'Real-time tracking of live text broadcast of the European and American competition.'

"I see. I almost thought you were a time traveler like in the novels. If you were, I would be terrified."

Ai Loli shuddered, breathed a sigh of relief and left.

Lin Ruo smiled dully.

What text live broadcast? He just glanced at it and never opened it at all.

...

After finishing their meal, everyone rested. The LPL team did not stay in Taiwan for long and set off together the next day to rush back to the mainland.

The fifth week of the LPL Summer Split is coming soon and will not be delayed due to the Intercontinental Championship. That is to say, after returning, the team will only have two days of rest at most.

We also have to prepare for training matches during the two days, so it is necessary to return early to prepare.

Especially for RNG, which was in poor form at the beginning of the season, if they want to continue to compete for the first place in Group B, they cannot afford to lose in the next regular season.

After a 20-hour journey via Hong Kong, the plane landed at Shanghai Hongqiao.

After this intercontinental competition, the four LPL teams have developed a lot of relationships with each other.

"Icon, can you guys at Waitian lose a single regular season match? If you don't, RNG will really miss out on first place in the group."

"Fuck, you're so bold, cursing us openly, right?" Icon pinched Xiao Ming's neck and gave him a beating before leaving.

Then he said honestly, "Whoever comes second in their group will face EDG in the playoffs. We dare not lose."

"No, what do you mean? Are we WE incompetent? Are we so sure that EDG will be first in Group A?"

Condi, panting, threw his suitcase aside, rolled up his sleeves and joined the battlefield. The situation became two against one, and the defeated icon was forced to shrink into Ma Ge's arms for shelter.

"Icon is telling the truth, but I support you in beating him." Ming Kai, who loves to watch the fun, added fuel to the fire.

This made smlz glare: "439, don't talk."

When Lin Ruo heard this, he couldn't help but jump out and respond, focusing on starting a close fight.

Seeing the factory director's murderous gaze, Lin Ruo changed the subject and immediately explained:
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't add the number 6 after 439. I just think Ma is very brave to say that."

The factory manager felt that there was a traitor in the team, but unfortunately he had no evidence.

Everyone left the airport, chatting and laughing all the way, and said goodbye to each other and rushed back to the club.

There were many fans waiting for him outside the airport, and it would be difficult to get away without going through some twists and turns. Fortunately, Xiaotie made all the arrangements this time and did not leave the focal point of the fan gathering area.

Because everyone used the VIP channel.

This wave of treatment is full.

We followed the signs and easily passed border inspection and security checks, saving most of our time. Soon we left the airport and got on a business car with the EDG logo.

After completing the task, Xiaotie did not forget to upload a group photo to Weibo to inform the team of their departure.

(End of this chapter)