LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 306 I heard your family is very rich, then we are friends
After the National Games, the whole team had a dinner in the evening to celebrate their victorious journey. The closing ceremony of the National Games was waiting for them the next day.

After the closing ceremony, around noon, everyone boarded the high-speed train back to Shanghai.

From the moment he got in the car, Lin Ruo was wondering if he had forgotten to do something important.

Oh, it turns out I forgot to post on Weibo.

What's the point of winning the championship if you don't post on Weibo to share your joy with your true fans and then pretend a little.

【Little Triple Crown Winner, Successfully Signed. 】

After typing, Lin Ruo took a selfie holding three gold medals and quickly posted it on Weibo.

People originally thought that Lin Ruoxue was keeping a low profile, as he didn't even post on Weibo after winning the championship.

As a result, a day later, what was supposed to come finally came.

[Damn, I clearly had all the sassy comments ready yesterday, but Lin Gou didn't post on Weibo in time, so I forgot about it today. Forget it, I'll just take the front row first.]

【Although late, but arrived. 】

[The gold medals look quite realistic. Where did you wholesale them? So they're from the National Games? That's no problem.]

Don't be fooled, everyone. Lin Gou bullied a little girl in the finals. What's the real point of that? I'm really good at bullying kids. Ten-year-old prodigy, what? If she plays against me, she can only win one hand, because I'll resign after the second hand.

@EDG Esports Club, I'm thinking, "God Lin is telling you it's time for a raise."

I don't know who's happiest about Lin Gou's victory, but the most worried are definitely EDG. What? He won another championship in a certain event? He's not going to change careers, is he? Pay him more, pay him more to keep him.

[EDG Club issued a new team rule overnight, prohibiting Lin Ruo from winning championships in other events.]

[Are you sure it wasn't Lin Shen who took every one and opened a new branch?]

[Lin Gou is such a jerk! We, your true fans, have been voting for you every day these past two days, yet you still don't come back and do a proper livestream? Don't you want to go to the United States anymore? rnm, refund the tickets.]

"What kind of votes are you looking for?"

Lin Ruo, who was still on the high-speed train, was stunned for a moment, and quickly thought of the project that required canvassing for votes, which was most likely the All-Star Game after the annual World Championship.

Open the app, and the cover of the homepage is the All-Star voting page. Because the competition starts in early December, the voting deadline is November 12th.

Lin Ruo took a look and couldn't help but complain: "No, why is my promotional picture so ugly? It must be done by anti-fans."

Forget it, that's not the point.

Click on the voting page to view the rankings for each position. According to the traditional All-Star rules, the number of participants must be limited to five players, and they must be the first in each position in the game.

That is, there is one top, mid, jungle, and support player, plus a coach specially selected by the players, forming a total of six people to participate in the competition.

And the more important restriction is that each team can only have two participants at most, in order to prevent monopoly on the event.

After all, it's an entertainment match, so it's a bit tricky to let one team go.

This year's All-Star Game was held at the LCS Studios in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The journey seems quite far.

Lin Ruo took a quick look and found that EDG was ranked first in the ranking votes for each position. The bonus brought by winning the championship was still too huge.

He's leading the second-place idol, Uzi, by over a million votes, taking first place overall. Is this the allure of having so many uninvited female fans? It's truly terrifying.

That's definitely stable.

However, although EDG ranked first in all the teams, they can still only select two players, so the final decision will depend on the ranking of votes. Currently, Mingkai's votes are more than 100,000 ahead of the other three teammates.

In other words.

They will probably be the two of them going to the final All-Star Game.

The other three positions are taken by the second-ranked players from other teams, 957, xiaohu and ming, that’s about it.

After finishing the search, Lin Ruo clicked on several marketing account articles on the homepage to check them out.

LCK is different from them. The All-Star voting ended this morning.

Due to the poor performance this year, there will naturally be no championship bonus, so the LCK voting is purely based on who has more fans.

There is no doubt about SKT.

As long as Li Guapi is in service, there will be no second choice for the mid-lane position.

Add to that the handsome Peanut, and the number of his female fans is no less.

The top laner is Khan, who is the best among the short guys. The title of the strongest offensive top laner in LCK has earned him some support.

As for the duo.

Pray and Corejj, two veteran players.

In previous years, the All-Stars were purely for entertainment, but this year's All-Stars not only entertained people but also included a five-on-five regional competition.

The lineup voting was somewhat based on this consideration.

But just play, why add a five-on-five confrontation? Lin Ruo just thinks it's nonsense. There must be a group stage and a semi-final, and the key is that the final is still the so-called BO5.

The All-Star Game only lasts for four days, which inevitably takes up most of the time.

Riot probably realized later that the five-on-five competition reduced the entertainment value of the All-Star Game, so it was cancelled in 18.

Lin Ruo didn't dislike the regional competition, but in his opinion, the schedule should be simpler, rather than turning it into a formal competition that is more professional than a professional game.

He still remembered that in his previous life, many entertainment activities were cut because the five-on-five competition was time-consuming, such as the clone competition.

Well, it’s the one with 9 Lee Monks and one ball.

Kai is in trouble.

Could it be that Riot canceled the event this year to protect Kai’s dignity... Never mind, the factory manager doesn’t have that much face.

Lin Ruo climbed over the firewall and opened Twitter, searching for the All-Star schedule, reposting it on his homepage and leaving comments.

If the All-Star Game only emphasizes regional rivalries, then it doesn't really matter whether you go or not.

[Five-on-five regional competition? Excuse me, what kind of new tournament is this? Why is two-thirds of the schedule just this? Where are my clones? Where are my 1v1s? I'm still waiting for Riot to develop more entertainment options.]

[I'm here to have fun, why do I have to practice in preparation for the game...]

Within half an hour of the message being sent out, it received comments and support from most European and American audiences.

The 5V5 competition was already controversial, and this wave of controversy has only fueled the discussion.

[Oh my God, the Forest God has obviously paid attention to the thoughts of us mortals.]

[You are so brave, Lord Lin.]

[Guys, I just have two things to say. One, 5v5 matches are awesome, and two, why are they all 5v5 matches for four days…]

[Yes, we've never been against the setting of a 5v5 regional competition, but you can't spend two-thirds of the four days doing this...]

Please rest assured, great Riot Games, if I want to watch a proper Bo5 match, I'll watch MSI and Worlds. I'm not stupid enough to find a live streaming channel.

Riot Games really cares about us, and they specially prepared a small MSI in four days.

[Okay, I suggest that we create a 5v5 competition as a separate international event next year.]

The great Clearlove might be coming soon, Riot, you know what I want to see.

[Correction, this is Clearlove7, he is the new upgraded version of Clearlove. ]

[Now that God Lin has spoken, I think I know which side I should stand on...]

[@LOL official Twitter: I will launch a fearless charge under the leadership of Lin Shen. You can do whatever you want.]

The incident caused quite a stir and soon spread to the intranet, where even Abu saw it.

She hurriedly called and said, "How dare you throw a punch? If you think it's unreasonable, just make up a reason not to go. I'm really embarrassed by you doing this."

"Embarrassing? What's embarrassing? I didn't throw any punches. I was just offering my opinion."

Lin Ruo communicated with Abu calmly.

He was indeed just expressing doubts, but there were too many people questioning it on the Internet, so it got out of control.

What does this mean? Justice will prevail!

Abu found it unreasonable and hung up the phone after just a brief chat. What else could he do now? Of course, it would be best if he did nothing.

What happened next was astonishing. Riot Games, who were originally preparing to take a break and go home, were forced to work overtime and held a meeting overnight to discuss the competition system.

Just change it if you find it troublesome.

The schedule of the eight teams in Groups A and B was directly changed from a double round-robin system to a single round-robin system.

This means that teams from a single region only need to play three BO1 group matches in the first two days, which greatly reduces the trouble of repeated schedules.

The top two teams in Groups A and B will lock in the semifinals, and the match will still be decided by BO3. The final will be the same as above, and the BO5 schedule will be directly cancelled. In this way, the schedule of regional confrontations will only take up about half of the time each day, which is undoubtedly much more reasonable.

At the same time, the clone competition is added and a ten-player competition with cooperation is added, with one person operating the mouse and one person operating the keyboard.

Riot hadn't originally planned to add a 10-player tournament this year, primarily due to ongoing internal adjustments for operational feasibility. However, with the reduction in competitive matches, a supplementary format was needed, and relying solely on clone tournaments was clearly insufficient. So, the decision was made to force the launch.

In less than two and a half hours, the official LOL Twitter account released the readjusted schedule, and the ten-man competition setting attracted the attention of most European and American audiences.

This is unbelievable. Did Riot invent a new way to play overnight just to please us?

[Okay, I decided to forgive Riot for four days during the All-Star Game.]

[It's great that the clone tournament is back. I heard there's also a 10-man tournament. Sorry, I'm going to be Riot's most loyal fan.]

So, is there any player who can show me a Lee Sin R flash in a 10-man tournament?

The melon-eating Ah P quietly came to the comment section and posted an "I can" emoticon package, and at the same time, Atlin Ruo:
[Hey, I'm using the keyboard, so you can click the mouse, right?]

Lin Ruo rushed to the comment section, occupied the front row and gave a big thumbs up: "Good!"

A good fist is one that can admit its mistakes and correct them.

Then he replied to Ah P: "???"

Not interested. He just wants to fight against Ap Yasuo to prove who is the most powerful one.

...

In the LOL forum, many people were also discussing Riot's temporary schedule changes.

[How to comment on the fact that Lin Shen led the team to a massive online outburst, scaring them into changing their schedule overnight.]

[I can only say that I am a human being with my fists, otherwise I will also join the group of people who are trolling me.]

[There's nothing wrong with that. Who wants to watch a BO5 for fun? If this BO5 is full of new gameplay and different hero selections, then I'd be reluctant to accept it. But if it's called a competition, who will play with you?]

[It's really like this. I'm afraid it's a repeat of the World Championship.]

The most disgusting thing is that we have to play two rounds of the group stage to get into Group 1 and Group 2. I participated in the entertainment match to relax, but you let me compete for the qualification. Isn't this making things difficult for other wildcard regions?

[Haha, they didn't make it out of the World Championship group stage, and they weren't allowed out of the All-Star Game group stage either. This is kind of torture, right?]

The most outrageous thing is that, given the LPL and LCK's competitive spirit, they might even start scrimmages in advance to get ready for the championship.

[No wonder Lin Gou objected. I was just looking for fun, and you asked me to have a scrimmages in advance to get ready for a BO5. I'd be crazy if I didn't.]

[I thought it was just a fun match, but you asked me to participate in a new international competition, right?]

...

At the exit of Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway Station, Lin Ruo said goodbye to his teammates who were participating in the National Games and waited for the train alone.

Oh no, there is a chatterbox next to him.

"Lin Ruo, are you going to participate in the December qualifying tournament? The registration deadline is the 12th." Zhang Yan showed a hopeful look.

"Of course, I don't mind if you don't go, but I feel a little sad when I think about the Go world losing a talented person."

Lin Ruo was very calm: "So you are so great, I didn't know it before."

"It's okay, you know now, so you want to go?"

"It depends on the situation." Lin Ruo's words were still in that boring tone.

Until a Mercedes-Benz S-Class slowly drove into view, Lin Ruo immediately coughed, turned around and looked at his partner: "Is that your car?"

Zhang Yu nodded, not understanding why. "Well, it should be my driver who's here to pick me up."

Lin Ruo took out his phone and quickly opened the QR code: "Well, let's add WeChat first."

"What are you doing?"

"It will be convenient for us to contact each other in the future. Aren't we friends? How can friends only communicate using QQ? I just decided to deepen our friendship." Lin Ruo's words were righteous and there was nothing to complain about.

Zhang Yu frowned, then relaxed with a pure smile: "Alright, we're friends. When you come to participate in the dan ranking tournament, we'll both get into the professional dan, and we'll be even better friends in the future."

"Then I'm leaving. See you next time."

"Bye-Bye."

Watching the people leave, Lin Ruo felt relieved from the bottom of his heart. To survive in the outside world, one needs power and connections. Relying solely on strength is a bit monotonous.

Well, now it is related.

Well, I'll go back and actively communicate and do a background check. Who knows, maybe I'll hook up with a rich man.

Don’t be in a hurry, first search on Baidu to see how many big guys with the surname Zhang there are in Shanghai.

Wow, that’s quite a lot.

Lin Ruo touched his chin proudly, and instantly felt that he was a genius who knew how to deal with people.

...

After returning to the club at night, before reporting to the office, Lin Ruo first went to the training room to take a look.

Mingkai, who returned early because of participating in the All-Star Game, is working hard to practice Lee Sin, preparing to get the first blood in the upcoming clone game to avenge his previous shame in S6.

Lin Ruo felt embarrassed to disturb someone who was so focused, so he turned around and went to report to the office.

"Boo, I'm back."

Abu glanced at it, confirmed that the hand was still there, and then waved it away: "Just make a phone call, there's no need to come to the office to disgust me."

He is in a bad mood right now, of course not because of the All-Star online scandal, but because Lin Ruo failed to live up to his reminder half a month ago.

I still remember that it was a dark and windy night. He reminded Lin Ruo in the training room with a serious look that when he went out, he should remember to always promote the club and do a good job in brand promotion.

Lin Ruo is fine.

He didn't even mention it casually during the interview with CCTV, which was obviously a serious violation of the agreement between them.

Ahem, although Lin Ruo didn’t seem to agree at that time, that’s not the point.

The key point is that Abu had to spend money to buy a few hot searches to specifically show the deep employment relationship between the National Games champion and the EDG club.

Isn’t this a loss?
It obviously doesn't cost any money.

Looking at Abu's sour face, Lin Ruo thought about it for a moment but to no avail and gave up thinking about it. He just walked over to see what he was busy with so late at night.

On the work computer, there is a complete personal profile of a player from North America.

Ray!

Isn't this one of the big daddies of EDGS8 World Championship? I didn't expect that Abu would still want to buy him back after winning the championship.

"Is the light not enough, Abu? You actually want to kick him out." Lin Ruo couldn't believe it.

Is this the face of a capitalist? It's truly impossible to empathize.

"As long as he wants to stay in the team, I will never kick him out." Abu didn't know what Lin Ruo was thinking, but looking at the ferocious expression he knew it was definitely not a good thing, so he quickly explained.

It is understandable to kick someone out if their grades are not good, but it is totally unreasonable to kick someone out if their grades are good.

He wouldn't deliberately drive people away, it's just that people always want to fly higher.

Mouse is not the main core of the team. He is not as good as the midfielder or the support, let alone Lin Ruo. Abu announced early on that he would not increase his salary exponentially after winning the championship, which is too high a salary.

Mouse is also acceptable.

But the problem now is that there are other clubs willing to offer multiple times the salary.

"Mouse is already in his twenties, and it's normal for him to want to go out and try his luck in the later stages of his career. I think the team lineup he's looking for is pretty good, so I'll allow him to negotiate. Just give me a result when the time comes."

Whether to leave or not is one thing, but finding a backup top laner first is another.

Lin Ruo nodded: "RW? The lineup is indeed not bad." Doinb and smlz were only one step away from entering the S8 World Championship, but were kicked out by Brother Binglang with three kicks.

Abu came back to his senses in surprise: "How did you know it was RW? Mouse told you, right? It seems he really wants to leave the team."

Abu felt that it was time to speed up the search for a new top laner.

"There are Koreans in LPL, but you insist on going to North America to find a Korean."

Lin Ruo said, "Let me recommend a top laner for you. He's the type that can thrive without taking minions, and he's also the best at withstanding pressure."

"Are you sure?" Abu had never heard that LPL had such a Korean top laner.

"You haven't heard of it, right? Good, now you've heard of it. Let me show you how."

Lin Ruo took the mouse, opened the LPL event player database, locked the LSPL column and found the GT team, which was the one that was relegated in this year's spring season.

"You mean GT's top laner GimGoon, right?" Abu knew something about this guy.

Because recently NB is discussing the franchise contract with others and is already in the in-depth contact stage.

Lin Ruo must be familiar with it, because NB is the team that later changed its name to FPX.

(End of this chapter)