LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 398 You ate that chicken pretty well!

The streamers who participated in the live stream showcasing the championship skins were all prominent figures.

Originally, according to the agreement between the club and the platform, the quota for the streamer team was to be mainly selected from top streamers on Zhanqi for PK.

However, considering the scarcity of popular League of Legends streamers within Zhanqi, it would be difficult to invite a second streamer of similar caliber to participate in the competition, besides Vincent.

So it was Lin Ruo's turn to make a move.

His requirements weren't high; he just wanted to invite a few acquaintances and friends to show their support.

It's really not that big-name streamers. After all, Lin Ruo considers the entire EDG team to be big names, so there's no need to create any bigger gimmicks for skin sales.

Therefore, Lin Ruo simply invited retired professional players such as Lu Benlu and Piao Laoshi, as well as a retired coach named Da Sima who was from an unknown competition level.

It's all about friendship, not about their fame or ability to attract a wider audience, in order to maximize the sales impact of the official launch of the champion skin.

After thinking it over, Lin Ruo realized he was still missing one person, so he invited Wei Shen, the current top PUBG streamer on Douyu, who was considered retired in the league, though it was unclear.

Oh, I almost forgot that Wei Shen is also his good brother. As for popularity, it's really not important.

It's a bit of a coincidence, but this team of five streamers is actually quite popular.

"What a coincidence," Lin Ruo could only say.

Therefore, when the news was released, it inevitably became the biggest topic after EDG won the championship.

[The Spring Festival Gala is making such a big fuss.]

[Wait, is this considered lively? Doesn't Lin Gou usually stream PUBG with the three PUBG gods? He's just playing League of Legends today.]

Long-time viewers of Lin Ruo's live stream know that Lu Benwei and Da Sima are very common and nothing new to them.

Those unfamiliar with it might mistake it for some grand, earth-shattering event.

...

On the evening of May 1st, the day after winning the championship, at 7 PM, the popularity of the 4396 live broadcast room was as high as ever.

During the off-season, former teammates including Ai Luoli and A Guang returned to the club to prepare for events. After all, as owners of championship skins, they definitely had to do their part in promoting the skins.

Standing behind Lin Ruo and looking at the live stream camera after a long absence, Ai Luoli, who had been away from OMG for half her life and had experienced many hardships, seemed to have found her lost youth again.

He fondly remembered the days when he would call him "Brother Lin" and lie down hugging his leg.

Unlike when he transferred to OMG, where he not only couldn't get to play alongside the team's top players, but the team also expected him to be their top player.

Even though he's a champion jungler, this is ridiculous! Ai Luoli thinks her legs aren't thick, which is why OMG's performance is abysmal.

"You're getting old, Xiao Ai," Lin Ruo teased, looking at the figure behind her.

Ai Luoli's pressure while playing for OMG can be described as both high and low. The high pressure comes from the daily online bullying he faces from fans.

OMG saw him as their new hope to lead the team forward, but the performance of Ai Luoli, the champion jungler, after joining the team was truly worrying.

So much so that, midway through the Spring Split, the coaching staff, unable to bear it any longer, carried Ai Luoli, chair and all, to the bench to watch over the water bottle.

Now that there are no matches to play and no practice matches to play, the pressure of sitting and collecting a salary is visibly reduced. The only question is when I'll have to pack my things and leave.

But it doesn't matter, Abramovich has always reserved the position of club security captain for him.

If she feels embarrassed, Ai Luoli can return to EDG as an analyst, but her salary will be slightly lower than that of the security captain, whose contributions are more outstanding.

Compared to this.

Ah Guang seems to be doing better. He hasn't faced much criticism within the RW team, and as a newly formed super team, their fourth-place finish in the league isn't too bad.

Even if things go wrong, there's always a newbie to take the blame, cough cough, it's no big deal.

Indeed, people who smile often are lucky.

"Brother Lin, weren't we supposed to be here for a champion skin showcase event? Why are you playing PUBG here?" Ai Luoli, who had been watching for a while, finally couldn't help but ask.

What's wrong? You got the champion skin by playing PUBG?

Lin Ruo glanced at her sideways: "Isn't the exhibition time not up yet? What's your hurry?"

Unlike the other members of the club, he could wait until 19 p.m. for the official live broadcast of the showcase.

After all, she's a professional streamer. Lin Ruo has been streaming for over seven hours today, so she definitely needs to find some games to play.

There is.

Wei Shen arrived a bit early today, probably wanting to play PUBG with him. Lin Ruo could only reluctantly agree. It had been a long time since he had played PUBG on PC, and he felt he had really neglected his good brother Wei Shen.

"Come here, there are people here."

On the other end of the headset, Wei Shen's commands came incessantly. He knew that Lin Ruo didn't need his instructions to do anything. After all, she wasn't Da Sima, and no one was going to let her run around in the wild and get poisoned to death by the poison circle.

But there is no way.

Having played many matches, Wei Shen has become accustomed to directing his teammates in ranked games.

Lin Ruo, who was hiding behind cover with a sniper rifle, could only ignore this as nonsense.

Because it was a high-level PUBG match, there were quite a few skilled players, such as Old Silver Coin who was sniping from the opposite building.

I heard he's a professional player, no wonder his shooting is so accurate and ruthless. Lin Ruo, who wasn't paying much attention, almost got caught in the crossfire when she passed by.

He leaned forward, then withdrew.

After successfully dodging enemy bullets at great personal risk, Lin Ruo immediately seized the opportunity to peek out and aim at the exposed target.

There was a loud bang.

The target crashed down, and Lin Ruo, in one smooth motion, once again demonstrated what professionalism looks like, leaving the viewers in the live stream completely stunned.

Even Wei Shen, who was on the live stream with him, was dumbfounded: "Wow, bro, you killed him so easily? I'm a god!"

He remembered that Lin Ruo hadn't played PUBG for a long time, but he didn't expect her skills to still be so terrifying.

Indeed, geniuses cannot be judged by conventional standards.

"Do you know why my skills are still so good? It's because although I haven't played PUBG recently, I've actually been playing the mobile version, PUBG Mobile."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ruo naturally took the opportunity to advertise, asking why he was in such good form in PUBG, to which he replied that it was because he had been playing the mobile version of PUBG all the time.

"Can playing PUBG Mobile also train your PC PUBG Mobile skills?" Wei Shen wasn't sure how to comment. After learning that Lin Ruo was the spokesperson for PUBG Mobile, he could only nod silently in agreement.

However, the viewers in the live stream did not agree.

[Are you bragging? Do you even know what this is? This is called PUBG, or PUBG Mobile. You couldn't possibly master PUBG Mobile anyway.]

[Lin Gou will stop at nothing to advertise, he's successfully made me dislike PUBG Mobile. Okay, I'm not playing anymore.]

[Bro, I know why you don't play anymore. I saw your PUBG Mobile stats, how come you're down to eight losses?]

[Hmph, I've never seen such shameless advertising before. It seriously ruins my live stream viewing experience. Damn it, refund my money!]

Brothers, don't believe him, he's a scammer. I've been playing PUBG Mobile every day for months, and it hasn't affected my PUBG account login at all. I just got blocked by a thin veil.

While the viewers in the live stream were making a lot of fun and commenting wildly, Lin Ruo, who was controlling the character, once again showed off his amazing skills, effortlessly killing another target amidst the sound of a bullet being chambered.

It was so fast it felt like a casual strike, but in fact Lin Ruo had already aimed at the exact point.

The comment section instantly erupted with "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome"), and Lin Ruo successfully silenced the netizens with her brilliant performance.

If you're good at the game, whatever you say is right.

Lin Ruo, carrying a gun, walked into a house area with several enemies. When he came out, the area was littered with corpses. The killing had even made Wei Shen feel a little numb.

He'd never seen anyone so brave. Whose subordinate was this? Oh, it was his best buddy on the Asia server. No problem then.

The last time I saw someone this skilled was when Lin Ruo was playing with him in a game.

The game continued for a short while, and the popularity of the 4396 live stream room rose another degree from the top, because Lu Benwei and Da Sima, who came to participate in the streamer competition, both connected and entered the room.

Upon seeing that Lin Ruo was playing PUBG with Wei Shen without inviting him, Lu Benwei felt truly betrayed: "No, Lin Shen, what do you mean? You're playing PUBG and you didn't invite me, the one who eats the most?"

Lin Ruo smiled and remained silent. Gou Ba didn't know who had said they would arrive at 19 PM sharp, but since they had already said they would arrive on time, how could he possibly call ahead?

The spectator, Da Sima, was quite easygoing. Despite his rather bizarre PUBG skills, he preferred playing alone for thrills.

Too many people isn't good. How should I put it? He doesn't like the feeling of being carried to victory in PUBG. He only likes being beaten down and losing the game.

Finally, with only a few minutes left before 19 PM, Lin Ruo successfully finished his ranked PUBG match, once again achieving a dominant record of dozens of kills.

Keep it simple.

After taking a sip of water, Lin Ruo turned around, opened League of Legends, and logged into his game account. This time, he had the foresight to complete the update ahead of time at noon, so he didn't need to wait too long and could simply enter his account and password to log in.

Of course, this live stream won't focus on the individual players' game interfaces. Instead, there will be a main live stream room on the organizer, Zhanqi TV, which will be like a God's-eye view of the competition.

To make it more suitable for viewers to watch this skin showcase match between professionals and streamers.

Before the match begins, positions need to be assigned. EDG, of course, doesn't need to be assigned; as professional players, they will undoubtedly use their own skins to play the positions assigned to them.

As for the broadcasting team, they completed the position allocation after a few minutes of discussion.

Sima, who created the "Ma-style triangle kill," is playing jungle and is preparing to teach Mingkai a lesson.

Vincent, who loves Draven, went bot lane; Lu Benwei played support; Piao Laoshi played top lane; and Wei Shen, who had returned to League of Legends, took the mid lane.

Lu Benwei originally wanted to play mid lane, but considering that facing Lin Ruo in the bottom lane would seem to give him more exposure, playing support would also be fine.

Both teams have essentially the same championship roster, except for the jungler position. Da Sima uses Ming Kai's championship skin Sejuani, while Ming Kai uses Ai Luoli's championship skin Graves.

This match will award 30 times the number of champion skins based on the number of kills, so everyone played very aggressively from the start.

The two sides first gathered in the mid lane to show off their skills, and Lin Ruomeimei, who was using the Ashe championship skin again, waved her hands in place.

Then, taking advantage of Vincent's moment of hesitation, I decisively unleashed a barrage of arrows, initiating the level 1 team fight.

The two giant trees on either side used Flash to bind each other's ADCs, and Lin Ruo and Vincent, who did not intend to use Flash to escape, both gave away their lives.

Vincent and Lu Benwei, who were still laughing happily at the moment, had no idea that they were about to suffer an unexpected ordeal.

Back on the lane, Lin Ruo, controlling the champion skin Ashe with silky smooth feel, demonstrated what top-notch kiting looks like at level 1.

Vincent originally thought that besides Draven, Ashe was the champion he played best, but in front of Lin, he felt like a greenhorn.

In the brief moment between finishing off two minions, he turned around and was pulled and attacked three times by Lin Ruo.

Just when he finally had a chance to pull back, Tianye Lulu dealt him another heavy blow, her piercing Q from the bushes passing through the minion wave and dealing massive damage.

Vincent then realized that Lin Ruo had deliberately created an opening to lure him forward. Although he managed to land a hit, Lulu's Piercing Q was clearly more painful, and being slowed down, he was also hit back by Lin Ruo.

Seeing this, Lu Benwei tried to go up and cover for his teammates, but his blatant piercing Q only managed to steal a minion from his own AD carry, and he didn't even manage to hit anything thanks to Lin Ruo's excellent positioning.

With perfect control, Lin Ruo manipulated Ashe to start dancing on the spot, and then promptly mocked her in the live stream chat: "Can you even do this, Lu Benwei? How come you can't even hit me once?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Benwei felt a surge of anger and blood rush to his head. He accidentally took another piercing Q from Tianye Lulu, was slowed down and ignited, and was chased down twice by flashes, giving away a kill.

Vincent was not spared either; the veteran EDG duo, who had just reached level three, immediately launched a reckless tower dive.

In the end, they traded 2 for 1, and all three of them returned home together.

In just five minutes, kills occurred in all three lanes. The mid and top lanes were evenly matched, while the two large trees in the top lane could only be killed when both junglers came.

Meanwhile, in the mid lane, Syndra and her opponent each secured a solo kill.

The only one on the bottom lane was Chun Chun, who was getting beaten up. Lin Ruo was the only one who wanted to go back to buy equipment and give away kills, while Lu Benwei had no chance to kill him.

If this continued, Lu Benwei was on the verge of a mental breakdown. He wanted the camera, but not this kind of camera.

If you can't beat them, just switch to jungle.

At around 7 minutes, the level 6 Da Sima arrived at the bottom lane and waited in the river bush for Lin Ruo, who had just come online, to walk to the mid lane. Then he went out and used his ultimate to finish her off.

However, while his theory is beautiful, reality is just like the practical application of the Mascherano triangle.

It's very difficult.

Based on Lu Benwei's clumsy positioning, Lin Ruo, who had already guessed Sejuani's location, pushed the lane towards the river, showing off her reaction skills right in front of Da Sima.

He could react even without any vision, let alone having already predicted Sejuani's location.

He positioned himself at the perfect distance from Sejuani's Q-flash combo, forcing Da Sima to resort to sniping.

That flick became a famous scene.

Lin Ruo pulled off a spectacular escape from the jaws of death, successfully dodging downwards and outwards just as the ice spike was about to hit her face. Then, she unleashed her ultimate move and chased after the pig that emerged from the bushes, slashing it relentlessly.

Immediately afterwards, he dodged Lulu's Flash and used Impale Q, then used Healing Speed ​​to create distance while under Polymorph, before turning around and using Q to chase down and attack the two.

This scene left the viewers in the live stream momentarily dazed.

It's like seeing Lin Ruo's Ashe dominating the game last year, especially in the final match against SKT, where he chased down and killed three people like that.

Tell me, isn't he handsome?

Ultimately, thanks to Lin Ruo's steady efforts, the two sides scored more than 60 kills, ending the game in 28 minutes.

Lin Ruo's KDA stats, with nearly 30 kills by himself, are absolutely dazzling.

After a short break, the two sides started the second round of the competition, with Ai Luoli replacing Mingkai to make her presence felt.

This time, the positions of both sides were almost completely reversed. Lin Ruo went to the top lane to play Maokai, Scout and A Guang went to the bottom lane, and Ai Luoli continued to jungle.

Lu Benwei from the streamer team also came to the top lane, and this time he was full of confidence.

How can a big tree kill another big tree? The roots can't possibly do that, right?

Lu Benwei firmly believes that he can never become a background character for Lin Ruo again.

And then it became...

Lin Ruo went out with Electrocute and Ignite, showing his strong killing intent. He waited in the bushes for Lu Benwei to come up and then used A followed by Q to push him, then A again to proc Electrocute and pull him back.

Once the next Q is ready, go up and use A to follow up with a powerful palm strike to the back.

Finally, at the crucial moment of two levels, after deliberately dodging the same Q attack by moving around, Lu Benwei grabbed the target and used Ignite, chasing after people and killing them all.

In the end, Lin Ruo achieved another solo kill in less than 3 minutes at the start of the game.

This made Lu Benwei on the other side so frustrated that he wanted to say that Ma Feifei was just messing around, but since he was streaming live, no amount of excuses would work.

So Lu Benwei could only accept this tragic ending with tears in his eyes, hoping to regain his dignity in the future. However, the truth is that he couldn't regain anything by the end.

So, with tears in her eyes, she made a decision: she would never play any adversarial games with Lin Ruo again.

From PUBG to Dota 2, and now to League of Legends, Lu Benwei has certainly had his fill of hardship.

The professional team vs. the streamer team match ended with a score of 2-0. Based on the cumulative kills in the two games, the platform and EDG Club will jointly give away more than 4000 sets of full championship skins on the Zhanqi official platform, demonstrating the scale of the giveaway.

This has ignited a sales war for the EDG championship skins that have just been launched on the official store. Judging from the current popularity, it is destined to be the highest-selling championship skin in LPL history, bar none.

(End of this chapter)