LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 227: Public Opinion War: The regular season MVP wasn't Xiaohu but the resting Lin Ruo? A shady plot!

Time flies to February 8th.

The tenth and final week of the LPL summer regular season has officially begun.

EDG faced JDG in the first game, which had adjusted its form and successfully escaped the relegation zone.

Lin Ruo, who had just become an amateur chess player, had not yet played. He was stroking his chin off the court, silently watching his team lose the first game miserably.

"The early game rhythm was good, but I gave up a big wave in the middle game. What a shame. I'll adjust it in the next game."

Nofe analyzed the situation and subconsciously prepared to open his notebook to record his observations.

Then... I found the notebook in Lin Ruo's hand.

Nofe felt a huge sense of crisis: "If you need a laptop, you can buy one yourself. If that doesn't work, I can buy one for you."

It’s not that he doesn’t like Lin Ruo helping him analyze BP, but the main thing he remembers is Chinese, which he can’t understand at all, so it’s the same as not remembering it at all.

Nofe took back the notebook with a complaint, took a careful look at it, and then stuffed the notebook back into his pocket.

"Since it's in Korean, it's actually no problem to memorize more."

The players came down for some minor adjustments, and then continued with the second game with the same lineup.

The early rhythm is still the same as the first game.

This time the team did not have any more problems and easily finished the game in 25 minutes, winning back a set.

The third game was the most stalemate one. Doinb used his Clockwork at full power and dragged the game into the late game of 40 minutes.

Fortunately, JDG had a lot of insiders who always stepped up to help at critical moments, and EDG finally won the game after a 44-minute battle.

The winning streak has reached 15 games, and only the last game of the weekend is left to achieve a perfect regular season.

Second match against Snake.

Day 5 of the tenth week of the regular season.

At 8 p.m. on August 19, the match between EDG and Snake took place as scheduled.

EDG’s official Weibo account announced the team’s starting lineup one day in advance, and iboy played as usual.

The business car slowly stopped at the entrance of Zhengda Plaza. Lin Ruo got out of the car under the scorching sun, carrying his schoolbag.

All of Snake's crew arrived at the scene almost at the same time as them.

In this game that had nothing to do with the regular season outcome, all the Snake members had lost their fighting spirit.

Although they lost to EDG in the first round of the group stage and then managed to maintain a record of three wins and one loss to barely keep the team's performance from declining, the management still resolutely decided to carry out a major purge at the end of the season.

Led by Zhu Kai and Ohq, all the new players this season, including Zzitai and Tank, will leave the team after the end of the season and enter the transfer market freely to find a team.

This time the game is really disbanded.

Entering the stadium, Zhu Kai said as he walked, "Player Lin Ruo, there's an old saying that says there should be a beginning and an end. It's a pity that you didn't come up and beat us in the last game of the regular season."

This was the first time Lin Ruo heard someone actively seeking abuse, so he smiled and said, "Actually, I'll still abuse you guys on iBoy."

"That's different. Or you're torturing us and we feel something."

Lin Ruo heard the flattery again.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhu Kai chuckled: "Ahem, does your EDG club lack takeout? I'm pretty good at it."

"We need someone to feed the dogs, can you come?"

"Nice, right? I'm really good at feeding them." Zhu Kai was extremely excited.

As early as when he was in IG, he was promoted from a water friend. In EDG, as long as he understands the ways of the world, it is not a problem to be promoted from a dog feeder.

Can't you hear the sarcasm?

Lin Ruo said awkwardly, "I think you're a good fit for EDG, but the time hasn't come yet. How about this, come back in 21?"

"That will take three years. What should I do in these three years?" Zhu Kaixiong spread his hands in a very standard way.

"What? Of course, I'm staying at Snake. Even though management said they can't let you continue as head coach, isn't there still an assistant coach position?"

Lin Ruo felt that his hint was obvious enough.

After all, after losing to the Internet Cafe Team in the spring season and being dismissed as head coach, Zhu Kai returned to the Snake Team in the summer season, which shows that the management cares about Kenzhu very much.

With a little bit of emotion and sincerity, it would not be a problem to switch to other positions and stay in the club.

Zhu Kai walked away silently.

He did notice that the management, especially Zuo Wu, looked at him differently.

Soon the final round of the regular season began.

iboy's performance in the battle of value was particularly outstanding, winning Snake for two consecutive MVP games.

While netizens are hotly discussing this, the management of major LPL clubs are also paying attention.

EDG's starting AD is Lin Ruo, so iboy's fate is either to be loaned out or to be put on the market. It is definitely impossible for him to join the second team next year and waste his talent.

In other words, this game was purely a show put on by EDG.

Anyone who wants to buy in the winter window can just pay.

Before the game was over, Zuo Wu, who had just sent off the Korean reinforcement Ohq, came to the EDG lounge in person to inquire.

The 800 million transfer fee was daunting for him.

However, the winter transfer window has not arrived yet, so Zuo Wu plans to go back and discuss it with the boss.

Given Ohq's previous experience, he must be very careful when choosing to buy an AD position.

iboy has only played four regular season games. Although his talent is visible to the naked eye, who can be sure that he won't be a fake in the future?

After EDG 2:0 Snake, the LPL regular season that lasted for nearly three months finally came to an end.

The official Weibo account of the League of Legends event immediately released a poster congratulating EDG for winning the regular season championship for the third time and advancing with a perfect record.

LPL has achieved unprecedented achievements since its establishment.

In addition, the eight teams advancing to the playoffs and their schedules have all been arranged.

【GD Power is mighty and powerful!】

[Civil War Phantom? ! ! ]

[With EDG like this, I feel like they can still win the summer season championship even without Lin Gou in the playoffs.]

[No, if EDG goes to the World Championship without Lin Gou, won’t they trigger the civil war phantom attribute again...]

While LPL audiences were discussing the matter, in Zhengda Plaza, the successfully promoted host Xiaoyu stood in the center of the stage wearing a white long dress.

"Good evening to all the summoners watching the live stream. I'm Xiaoyu. The LPL regular season has concluded today. Next up is our all-important regular season MVP awards ceremony. Who will be the undisputed winner?"

As Xiaoyu finished speaking, four strong contenders for the regular season MVP appeared on the big screen at the back, namely EDG's bottom laner Lin Ruo and mid laner Scout, as well as RNG's Xiaohu and WE's brother-in-law.

[Ah, Lin Gou can play, he didn't play in the last four games, what a shady deal!]

[Confirmed, the organizer is probably a fan of Lin Gou.]

[Just create a god, I won't accept it! ]

[Xiaohu didn't even show up, it must have been Lin Gou's turn. It's so infuriating.]

EDG won the next four games without Lin. Scout is clearly EDG's star player. How did he make the list?

The MVP winner has not been announced yet, but RNG fans have already taken over the barrage.

Because Xiaohu's performance in the summer season was so outstanding, the regular season MVP is undoubtedly the most competitive award for the team.

Fans were hoping that Xiaohu would win the award to give RNG some face, but Lin Ruo, who was on hiatus, came to grab the prize, which made RNG fans very dissatisfied.

[Xiaohu has the most MVPs, so not giving him one is a shady deal.]

[As a pure passerby, it would be a bit unfair if I didn't give it to Xiaohu.]

If you dare not give it to Xiaohu, we will withdraw from the LPL.

[Huang Za, please stop teasing me. Is it possible that even if Lin Ruo doesn't play in the next four games, his statistics will still qualify him for MVP?]

[Let's just brag. Lin Gou gave up four games and only lost one MVP to Xiaohu. Who's stronger? ]

[No one really thinks that the regular season MVP ranking is based solely on the number of MVPs, right? That's hilarious.]

[The Royals don't follow the awarding rules. The regular season MVP award is given to the top two players with the most MVPs. The second thing to consider is the team's performance and the players' individual key performances. Why can't Lin Ruo make the list? You stripped him of one MVP award?]

Just based on EDG's victory over RNG, Lin Gou deserves the MVP award, as he won both MVP awards in the competition.

The barrage of comments became noisy for a while.

After Xiaoyu's long-winded opening remarks, who was unaware on the main stage, the moment of announcing the winner finally arrived.

"Who will be the regular season MVP this season? Let's find out together on the big screen."

The black screen suddenly lit up, and the opening scene was the scene of Lin Ruo Kalista riding on RNG in the pig-dog battle in the sixth week of the regular season.

Thousands of people in the live broadcast room suddenly turned unhappy. Is there any need to say who this award will be given to?

After a short video segment, the big screen listed Lin Ruo's performance data to date.

Regular Season MVPs: 15 (2nd)

KDA: 14.8 (1st)

Average damage conversion rate: 159% (1st)

Kills per game: 9.3 (1st)

Average damage per game: 31% (1st)

"Alright everyone, the answer is revealed. Next, let's welcome the 2017 League of Legends Pro League Summer Split Regular Season Most Valuable Player, EDG's AD carry, Lin Ruo!"

The audience exploded in cheers.

【666, well deserved.】

[This data is too strong, averaging 9 kills per game, can you believe it? ]

[I suggest RNG fans call the police and stop being wronged.]

...

Lin Ruo, who had rested for two weeks, quickly walked from the edge of the stage to the center.

"Congratulations again to contestant Lin Ruo." Xiaoyu led the applause.

This time's trophy is different from the last one. It is made of pure iron instead of pure glass. It is a bit heavier, but the quality remains the same.

I can only say that it is not as good as the golden man of the mid-season game.

But it doesn't matter. It's better than nothing. At least it looks better than a vase, right? The words "Regular Season MVP" are enough to be placed on the shelf behind the live broadcast room for people to admire.

Lin Ruo was comforting himself mentally when he saw Xiaoyu beside him smiling and saying, "Lin Ruo, as the first person to win the MVP award for the first time, is there anything you'd like to share at this moment?"

Lin Ruo took over the topic and smiled calmly.

As soon as she saw his blooming smile, Xiaoyu knew that he was going to show off again, so she silently took a step back.

"Let's wait until I win my third regular season MVP in next spring. Right now, I can only say it's okay."

As soon as the words fell, there was an exclamation at the scene.

【He's very good at pretending. 】

[I really envy Lin Gou's cauliflower, he speaks so casually.]

If I achieve this, I'll definitely be the LPL regular season MVP.

[Uh, I'll take you to the fish pond...]

[LPL regular season MVP, I, Lin Shen, also won the World Championship. ]

[Don't worry, I'll get a Summer Finals MVP award first.]

"Well, thank you Lin Ruo for sharing."

Xiaoyu nodded speechlessly, then asked her second question: "Next up is the LPL playoffs. Could you tell us what you're looking forward to, Lin Ruo?"

"Expectations? Sorry, the LPL championship is no longer within my expectations. I only hope to win the World Championship."

After Lin Ruo finished speaking, he calmly returned the microphone.

Xiaoyu couldn't hold back the smile at this moment. She was considering whether to present the final trophy right away. How could someone be so arrogant?

The award ceremony came to an end with a series of wry smiles and nods.

[You're so pretentious! I'm waiting to settle accounts with Lin Gou later.]

How embarrassed are RNG and WE by saying this? Is there anyone here? Go and kill him.

[Yes, but it will probably require a signature.]

[Really? Please get me one too.]

……

The regular season is over for the eight teams that entered the LPL, especially the teams at the back.

There is not much time to adjust.

Because just three days later on August 8, the first match of the playoffs will begin, with IG, ranked third in Group A, facing SNG, ranked fourth in Group A.

The top ranked team starts with a 1:0 lead.

IG, which stumbled into the playoffs after the regular season, is now in better shape and easily defeated LPL newly promoted SNG 3:0 to advance to the top six.

Then, NB, the third in Group B, faced JDG, the fourth in Group A, which had adjusted during the mid-season.

The Xiangsong combination opened fire at full power and successfully defeated the JDG team with a score of 3:1.

The top six showdown began immediately, with IG continuing to advance to face OMG, the second in Group B.

The first big upset in the LPL playoffs was triggered. OMG, which was expected to hold on to the top four before the game, was defeated 1:3 by IG.

The dark forces went crazy that night.

It was unexpected but seemed to have been expected.

From winning all six games in the early part of the summer season to losing to MVP in an upset in the intercontinental competition, OMG seemed to have lost its soul after returning, and was once stuck in a quagmire of three consecutive losses. It continued to struggle in the middle period and finally ended the regular season with a record of 10-6, handing the first place in the group to RNG, who came from behind.

At this point, fans of the Dark Force may have already figured out how the playoffs will play out.

But they didn't expect it to come so soon. In the first defense match, they were defeated by IG, which was full of newcomers.

OMG, which failed to reach the semi-finals, ended its playoff journey early and advanced to the bubble match first.

After this game, the battle for the top four continued. WE, which had recovered, easily defeated NB, the third team in Group B, 3:0.

After two days of competition, the top four teams in the playoffs were finally determined.

IG will replace OMG, the second in Group B, in the semifinals to qualify to challenge EDG.

RNG will once again face a revenge battle with WE, who holds the second place in Group A. The disastrous defeat in the spring season is still fresh in their memory, and both sides cannot afford to lose.

(End of this chapter)