LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 369 Explosive Skin First Day Pre-sale Sales

"Family members, is there any point in me saying anything more?" Lin Ruo, having finished reading everything, sat in front of the computer facing the camera, helplessly spreading her hands.

Actually, he had prepared a lot of talking skills before the live stream to promote the champion skin, but now it seems that it was all unnecessary.

In short, he doesn't need to say anything; the audience can see the highlights with their own eyes.

no way.

His championship skin is incredibly valuable.

Although his teammates' skins are also great, they clearly don't have the same authentic feel as his. No wonder he's the FMVP of the World Championship; the designers put in a lot more effort.

Of course, this also included Lin Ruo's day and night professional guidance to the designers.

In short, harassment.

Scout, standing next to him, glanced at the preview of his Syndra skin's abilities. It was indeed quite good, but the recall effect was nowhere near as impressive as Lin Ruo's, which included a mini-drama-style gameplay demonstration.

It was just a very ordinary game of ball, but then Scout suggested he spin around in a circle, and then proudly lifted the dazzling championship trophy.

He strongly suspected that Lin Ruo had bribed the designers at Riot Games, but he had no concrete evidence.

"Kai, come duo queue and I'll carry you as support." Lin Ruo planned to test the in-game effects of the Ashe championship skin to give the audience a better demonstration.

At this time, the championship skins had just started pre-sales, but sorry, since he was Lin Ruo, Riot Games gave his account priority in receiving the skins.

Now, no one will believe that it's nothing; perhaps only Lin Ruo will believe that it really is nothing.

Riot Games probably wanted to keep him playing Dota, so they gave him the skin usage rights early to distract him.

After all, Lin Ruo has been playing Dota 2 quite enthusiastically lately, and he has brought countless other players into the game, causing the average number of online players in the Chinese Dota 2 server to increase significantly in the past week.

Maybe the situation is the same abroad; idols do have a ripple effect.

Since Dota 2 officials aren't paying her any endorsement fees, Lin Ruo has decided to stop promoting them for free.

That makes no sense; it's pure exploitation.

"Why do you have a skin?" Mingkai asked suspiciously as soon as he sat down next to Lin Ruo. He had accepted Lin Ruo's invitation to duo queue because he had finally managed to play a ranked game in League of Legends.

As a result, someone else received the skin ahead of time, and Mingkai, filled with jealousy, suddenly didn't want to play anymore.

What, are the Riot Games designers your non-blood-related relatives...?

Or did you really give it to me...?

Lin Ruo smiled subtly: "Guess?"

[No need to guess anymore, the DNA test results are in: Lin Gou is the half-brother of Riot Games' designer.]

[Is that so? I thought Lin Gou and the Riot designers had some shady relationship.]

[Let's explain in detail what a shady relationship is.]

[Ahem, it's like the relationship between Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, you're the top and I'm the bottom, you know?]

...

Seeing that Lin Ruo didn't try to deny it in the chat, he invited Ming Kai into the room and started a pure custom game without saying a word. Then he said confidently, "No, no one really believes that I have any relationship with Riot Games, right?"

The truth is, it has nothing to do with anything. This so-called early-released skin can only be used in one type of game: custom games with a lot of flavor.

Forget about playing ranked matches or even bot games; otherwise, how could it be called an early access experience, highlighting that one feature is not yet complete?

"You called me to play custom games? If you wanted to show off your skins, why didn't you play against bots?" Mingkai felt that he had been deceived by Lin Ruo again.

Didn't we agree before that we would never believe Lin Ruo again? When did you forget about that?

"Playing against bots doesn't feel as good as playing against real people, and besides..." Lin Ruo's thoughts were simple; he just wanted to torture Ming Kai for some fun.

Both players chose the Ashe archer skin at the same time. Mingkai used Project Ashe, while Lin Ruo used the brand-new Ashe championship skin. He even shook his head three times when leaving the fountain to show off his positioning and physique.

Even after arriving in the mid-lane, he didn't forget to recall, showing off his recall effect in front of Mingkai, making everyone envious and wanting to teach him a lesson.

Lin Ruo smiled but didn't say anything. He knew that Ming Kai was a typical talkative person.

As soon as the minion waves crossed, Lin Ruo displayed his terrifying suppression ability. Ming Kai, whether because he didn't play the AD role much or was simply not suited for the position, performed very poorly.

Perhaps it's because he's getting old, but he was constantly being pulled and pulled around by Lin Ruo, unable to fight back.

He had just made a bold statement about beating Lin Ruo to a pulp, but in an instant, he transformed into the aloof and silent man he was in during his Dark Kai form.

Mingkai was completely stunned. The two were only at the second level when they decisively went head-to-head and Lin Ruo cleanly completed a solo kill on Coach Kai to secure the first blood.

"Family members, did you see that? This is the natural suppression of the Champion Ashe skin against the Project Ashe skin."

Taking advantage of the situation, Lin Ruo started promoting the game in the live stream, and even put forward a very insightful argument: "If it wasn't thanks to the championship skin, could it be that Ming Kai was too bad and that's why I beat him like this?"

"Of course not. Kai is a world champion, how could he be bad? The reason he was beaten so badly by me is simply because of the difference in skin type."

"Although our championship skin doesn't add 10 attack power like the others, it has the advantage of superior feel. A good feel makes kiting comfortable, and the player's performance is also better. It's normal for someone like me to easily beat Coach Kai."

"Right, Kai?"

"Yes, yes." Mingkai reluctantly agreed. Perhaps Champion Ashe did have a better feel than Project: Origin, but feel wasn't that decisive...

However, in order to cover up his own taste, Mingkai felt he should still agree with Lin Ruo's words.

Lin Ruo relentlessly pulled and solo-killed him in just two levels. It was indeed the right decision to switch coaches in time. Otherwise, if he played in the competition again this year, people would keep calling him "Old Deng jungler" and telling him to get out of EDG.

However, although the parties involved have admitted it themselves, the rebellious netizens in the live chat seem to have a different opinion.

Since Lin Ruo has said so, and the factory manager has admitted it himself, I can't say anything more. I admit it, the factory manager was indeed too bad to be solo-killed.

[I'm more inclined to believe Clearlove's claim of being utterly incompetent than Lin Gou's.]

[If I hadn't seen 4396 and "The Flying Horse of Gansu," I would have believed what Lin Gengxin said.]

[The factory manager is so bad, he should just retire already. Oh, he's already retired, right? And he's even become a championship coach. No problem then.]

Is it possible that the champion Ashe actually feels better than the Project: Origin version, and Clearlove is indeed a bit bad, hahaha?

[Everyone should be understanding of Mingkai, a player who is older than him. Besides, he's retired, so it's normal for him to lose to professional players in a solo match.]

Looking at the comments, Lin Ruo turned her head and sighed, "Kai, it seems your reputation outside isn't very good..." Ming Kai cursed and got up to leave. Although he was indeed very bad at the game, sorry, he would never admit it.

Feeling that the promotion hadn't worked, Lin Ruoli quickly challenged Scout to a custom 1v1 match. As the team's absolute powerhouse, Scout was certainly no pushover in the eyes of all the fun-loving people.

So when the champion Ashe continued to beat Scout's Project Ashe, the viewers in the live stream said they finally saw the truth.

It's not that the champion Ashe had a good game; it's just that Lin Gou (Lin Gou) was too damn strong. He even managed to beat Scout.

[You think the Solo champion is joking?]

So the question is, who is stronger, the former or the current Solo champion?

[They're stirring up trouble for my puppy again, how annoying.]

[I was originally thinking of buying the skin, but after seeing it, I decided against it. Even if I bought it, I wouldn't have the same level of skill and kiting as Lin Gou. Lin Gou's gameplay disgusted me.]

[Unless Lin Dog guarantees me that buying this will make me as strong as him, hehe.]

I'll buy it if I buy the tutorial that sends A away.

Lin Ruo glanced at the comments and realized that it seemed to have backfired. Now everyone thought it was because he was too good, rather than because the skin felt good.

Is it possible? Actually, both are possible.

Since the audience didn't believe her, Lin Ruo had no choice but to use her last trump card to dazzle everyone: she ended the broadcast early and went through the proper procedures.

If it doesn't sell, then don't sell it. After all, he's not a real salesperson with that ability. He might as well end the broadcast early and post a couple of Weibo posts to promote it more.

No, you don't think he's really here to do sales, he just wants to have some fun.

Well, regardless of the amusement and insults on the black screen of the live stream, Lin Ruo stretched and went back to take a nap. She didn't start the live stream again until after dinner.

Lin Ruo stopped mentioning the championship skin and focused on playing PUBG Mobile, since the more popular the mobile PUBG Mobile game became, the higher his endorsement fee would be.

Furthermore, the quality of the champion Ashe skin was already fully revealed at noon, so there's no need to say anything more.

Time passed quickly, and it was the afternoon of the second day. After the short rest day, the rest of the EDG training room members had already started playing scrims.

Lin Ruo then started his live stream as usual, and took the opportunity to figure out what he should do during the 20-plus days of vacation between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs.

Yes, it's only April now, and the regular season won't end until April 14th. Then, after that, we have to wait another six days before the first round of the playoffs can begin.

In other words, Lin Ruo has at least 20 days of vacation. Well, there's no way around it; his performance in the early stages was too outstanding, securing the top spot in the Western Conference with a 13-game winning streak.

Even if they lose all five games, Haro's starting position will remain unchanged.

He naturally didn't need to be a substitute and run around to various competitions, but just staying at the base to broadcast live would be quite boring, so Lin Ruo thought about finding something more interesting to do.

As he was thinking, just as the team was about to disband after their debriefing session, Abu walked in excitedly, which meant he had good news.

After all, Abu won't wear that sour face unless there's good news.

"I have some good news for you, about the sales of our championship skin bundle on the first day."

As the owners of the championship skins, EDG naturally has the right to know about the sales figures following their release.

Because they will also participate in the revenue sharing later, according to Riot's rules over the years, 25% of the sales of the championship skin in the first year will be given to the championship team that owns the skin, and in other years it will be split equally.

It has to be said that Riot Games is being a bit unfair; the esports teams only get 25% of the sales revenue.

However, Riot Games certainly won't account for the other 75% of sales, because there are still quite a few entities that should profit from that, such as Fujii, who distributes the Chinese version of League of Legends.

"Guess how many units were sold on the first day?" Abu, grinning from ear to ear, deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

With great interest, Mingkai was the first to guess: "It'll definitely break 10,000."

Abu, who was just laughing, suddenly glared at her. How could he say something like "breaking 10,000"? It made EDG seem like a nobody on the side of the road.

Forget it.

He knew better than anyone that Mingkai was actually a complete and utterly repressed pervert, even more so than Lin Ruo in some ways.

GimGoon, who was standing next to him, was also thinking about it, but he stopped after a while because he suddenly realized something else: what did this championship skin have to do with him?

Last year he was still an administrator at GT, leading the team through heavy burdens every day, unlike EDG which is on a one-way sweep and has no way back.

Having wasted his brainpower, Jin Gong swiftly returned to prepare to continue ranking up, and then smashed his keyboard to test its quality.

"It's definitely worth 50." Tianye didn't think too much about it, after all, many people actually only bought one or two of the pre-sale gift packs that included all the skins.

Not many people will buy the whole set, so reaching 50 pre-sales on the first day would already be considered a huge success in terms of sales.

Listening to everyone's comments, Lin Ruo confidently stated, "I think it's a million?"

As for why...

Because of his good skin and his popularity, Lin Ruo is that confident.

If you win a world championship but don't have any popularity, then you've wasted your time in the underworld.

If they can sell a million sets a day, it wouldn't be impossible for EDG to become a top-tier club.

Abu calmly waved his hand: "One million? No, one million one hundred thousand!"

EDG's first-day pre-sale of championship skins also broke records, reaching a peak of 1.1 million, which is already the sum of the two-year pre-sale periods for SKT's two championship skins from last year and the year before.

Remember, it's the total. Their pre-sale lasted a full fifteen days, while EDG achieved the total of SKT's two championship skins and over thirty days of pre-sales in just one day.

God knows how shocked Fujii was yesterday before he relayed this message to EDG.

"One million one hundred thousand? Wouldn't that make you rich?" Mingkai was dumbfounded and didn't know what to think anymore.

The others around her had the same expression, but the shrewd Lin Ruo turned around and sat back down at the computer, then used her phone's calculator to start estimating the actual sales figures for the experiment.

A pre-sale gift pack with a discounted price of 458 yuan, multiplied by 110 million units, yields the final number...

Lin Ruo didn't even dare to imagine that it directly exceeded his total annual salary at EDG. Even including the portion that had to be given to the club, it would definitely be at a level comparable to his annual salary.

Even if subsequent sales don't reach the explosive levels of the first day, making tens of millions more is still achievable.

Lin Ruo calmly tidied his hair. Actually, it was alright; it was just a matter of moving closer to his retirement plan at 30 by about the size of a city.

(End of this chapter)