LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 474: Beating LCK is a piece of cake
Three days passed quickly.

Lin Ruo maintained a normal scoring speed throughout this period.

Of course, what is normal for him is anything but normal for all the viewers watching the live stream.

Because Lin Ruo accomplished an impossible record in just three days.

That means he went straight from Gun King to Glory Gun King without any obstacles, and was now only one major rank away from becoming the highest Gun King.

That speed is comparable to the Flash's.

Although he hasn't yet faced most of the top CF professional players, Lin Ruo's gaming skills are already proven.

No one knows how many consecutive wins Lin Ruo achieved or how many MVPs he won in those three days.

If there are any exceptions, they would definitely only be known to marketing accounts that pay close attention to every detail.

The number of consecutive wins is no longer important, because all you need to do to get on the trending topics is a fixed summary keyword.

The term "ranking god" has been used up on Weibo these past two days, from League of Legends to Overwatch and now. It probably needs to be prefixed with "unrestricted across all fields" to be considered accurate.

Is there any game that Lin Ruo can't play?

Even the forums that used to only discuss League of Legends were forced to add many new topics because of Lin Ruo.

This time, there's another CF (Crossfire) themed section.

Whether Lin Ruo has any other games she can't play has become the biggest point of discussion.

The final answer is no, and the reason is simple.

He can play even the most difficult game, StarCraft, so I really can't imagine what in this world he can't play.

[I've never seen him feel pressured when trying to climb the ranks. Instead of discussing which games he can't play, let's discuss whether there are any games that can put pressure on Lin Ruo to rank up.]

[They've even managed to create amazing gameplay with Temple Run; what more can be said?]

[Need I say more? You can easily defeat world champions and reach 9-dan level in Go, even in a cross-disciplinary game. Would anyone have believed that before you won the championship?]

The facts are just as most of the forum users have said.

Based on current performance, what can't they handle? At least for now, there's nothing they can't handle.

If it exists, it most likely hasn't been released yet.

Lin Ruo, who was used to this, wasn't just focused on CrossFire; he also had the pay-to-win game Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition. And the situation had changed quite a bit in the past few days.

The university student administrators and commanders are very useful. They are quite diligent in terms of enthusiasm and activity, and they always respond to calls. There will never be any instances of them slacking off or going AFK.

Except during final exams, but sorry, by then it's summer vacation, and the activity level will only increase.

However, compared to the Hebei region in the three upper prefectures, the cunning and experienced older commanders were clearly more astute in terms of strategic planning than the college student commanders.

During the week that Shangluo was breached and Hebei was at a disadvantage, they adopted a strategy of consolidating their forces and prioritizing the capture of Chang'an, the capital of Guanzhong.

According to the game rules, capturing the capital of a resource-rich state grants the player territorial protection.

Other allied or national forces cannot capture players to seize territories within the protected area.

In short, this means that under the state of territorial protection, the territory of a captured player is safe and cannot be directly used by other factions as a link for advancement.

This would greatly slow down the pace of progress.

Moreover, in the current situation, the Kunmeng, which has a numerical advantage, has not been able to completely break through the Hebei main city's defense line at the entrance of Shangluo. The so-called situation has been one of having an advantage but not expanding it.

no way.

The defensive buffs that came with the attack on the main city greatly enhanced Hebei's defensive capabilities, which is why the advance did not achieve a decisive victory.

But that's not the point. The point is...

Hebei, under pressure from Guanzhong, captured Chang'an, a city at the ninth level. But why didn't the three lower regions open the Sili Pass and advance into Hulao Pass to force Luoyang at the same time?
This was the last thing Lin Ruo had expected.

Sili Pass and Xixian County are also level nine cities. If Hebei can open Chang'an, they should naturally be able to open Xixian County as well.

The reason for not opening the gates is obviously only one: they wanted to break through the Guanzhong defense line while the Hebei army was advancing on Chang'an, and directly take down the Hebei stronghold.

The result was undoubtedly a failure, which meant that the initiative was largely surrendered, and the situation began to lean towards equilibrium.

As a result, Lin Ruo, who had been waiting for three days, had to go online and take over the important task of command.

To hit exactly where you point, you need brains, and luckily he's got a good brain.

The brave and fearless college students are indeed best suited to get a monthly pass from him and then do the work of fearless soldiers charging into battle.

Then let's just do it.

For the next day, Lin Ruo didn't log into CF (Crossfire) to stomp on newbies, but instead devoted himself to building his grand ambitions in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

To open the Sili Pass and break through Shangluo, we must proceed simultaneously within these two days.

As for the third day, he couldn't play CF (Crossfire) or Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Because the Intercontinental Championship is here.

Based on the rankings of the top four teams in the Spring Split, EDG, IG, RNG, and RW will qualify for the tournament.

They are exactly the same as the four teams from the previous era, but their combat power has been significantly enhanced.

Putting aside EDG, RW, with Cuzz joining, is much stronger than when Xiaofu was there.

The second Intercontinental Games will be held at the Dalian Sports Center, which is much better than last year's competition in Taiwan Province, where the games were held in makeshift tents.

However, playing at home also means shouldering the mission of not losing, especially since LPL won the Intercontinental Cup last year and is the defending champion.

Moreover, as the world's number one region, the prestige they need to save is far greater than ever before.

Therefore, in addition to giving the summer split an early break and postponing the schedule, the LPL also did not schedule any regular season matches for the four teams participating in the Rift Rivals during the first five days of July.

The reason for all this is not because the LPL officials are as great as the future JackeyLove, but because they chose to copy the LCK due to pressure from the LCK.

Because the LCK is even more outrageous, they didn't schedule any matches for the four participating teams a week in advance.

Everyone knows the real reason why LCK did this.

There's no other reason than that they had a terrible year and the first half of this year.

As the former world's number one region, LCK suffered a crushing defeat last year, failing to win any championships.

Even the intercontinental competition, which tests overall strength, yielded no results. Instead, they were ridiculed for swimming back to their hometown, a famous meme that undoubtedly ruined the region's reputation.

Adding to this the fact that LCK was mercilessly crushed by EDG at MSI in the first half of this year, LCK has completely lost face.

That's why they've focused all their hopes on the Intercontinental Cup, preparing to open up the LCK's way back to the world's number one stage.

According to South Korean media reports, after the third week of the Summer Split, the coaches of the four LCK teams gathered together to prepare, and their intentions were obvious.

Such unity is almost the complete opposite of the arrogant LCK team of the previous season; one might mistake it for a different region. This prompted the LPL to react quickly, following the LCK's example and making room for other matches.

If we don't do this, and we lose the Intercontinental Cup, then we'll probably hear things like, "The LCK started preparing a week in advance, what were you LPL doing?"

It's 100% certain that Tengjing will be heavily criticized at that time, after all, there's no harm without comparison.

So they are quite professional in preventing risks in advance.

However, Lin Ruo disagreed, saying that playing against the weakest LCK in a year was already a mess, and there was no need for such preparation.

The LCK's people are worrying unnecessarily, which has made them worry unnecessarily here too.

The team had been preparing in advance. Even before they set off for Dalian, Mingkai was already clamoring to discuss the four teams next door and the draft strategies under the new version.

Lin Ruoneng had no choice but to tell the truth so as not to delay the city battle that night: "You don't need to care about KZ's pure internal battle god Kai. KT is slightly stronger, but don't you know Deft and Pwan's playstyles? As for SKT, the fallen powerhouse, don't worry about them. AFS is just a young team."

After hearing what he said, Mingkai also felt that it made a lot of sense.

KZ is indeed a domestic powerhouse; even when Haro started in the Mid-Season Invitational, they couldn't handle him.

As for KT, Mingkai could even guess what color Deft's underwear was. Even if he couldn't guess, he would definitely know the answer if he asked Tianye.

SKT is indeed a fallen powerhouse, finishing fourth in the Spring Split and having the least star power this year.

The fact that the still-active push-push-bang is purely a side effect means that Faker is practically the only one in the team who can still be considered a true individual.

With Nofe on the team, it goes without saying what the team will be like.

After thinking it over, Mingkai felt that there really wasn't anything to worry about.

However, he still felt something was off.

He knew it when he saw Lin Ruo immersed in the game like never before.

"Damn it, you're just giving me the runaround."

Lin Ruo definitely disagreed: "I was just telling the truth."

Well, there's nothing I can do if Mingkai doesn't believe LCK is that weak. After all, apart from his time at MSI when he was younger, he's always been crushed by LCK.

It's not surprising that LCK is so weak right now, even if people don't believe in bad luck.

In any case, for Lin Ruo, it was enough to understand the newly updated version; there was really no need to make any detailed observations of the LCK teams.

This was the only thing Lin Ruo did regarding the competition before heading to Dalian.

This 8.13 patch still has some very significant changes compared to previous ones. First of all, Riot Games realized that this approach was not suitable after they nerfed the bot lane to make Yasuo too powerful.

Therefore, this version made a significant move, greatly enhancing the hero selection for the bottom lane.

For example, the damage of Caitlyn's headshots has been increased, the attack speed of Tristana's Q skill has been increased, and the bonus damage effect of Varus' W skill passive has been increased.

Regarding equipment.

The critical strike damage of Stormrazor has been increased, while the price of essential transitional items for ADCs, such as Critical Strike Gloves, has been reduced.

Everything is being supported so that the road has a sense of presence, no wonder Lin Ruo noticed that UZI has been ecstatic these past few days.

If it weren't for Kai'Sa in the first half of the year, who knows if ADCs would even be considered champions anymore.

Apart from that, the mid and jungle positions remain unchanged, and the most important thing is still the top lane position.

The designers have finally stopped nerfing Irelia at the drop of a hat and have opted for a complete rework, putting her in the same footsteps as Aatrox.

While Aatrox, a hero who was reworked in the previous version, is applicable in competitive play, he is considered garbage by most players.

Before the rework, Aatrox had already experienced a surge in the popularity of the Guinsoo's Rageblade-based kiting build, which greatly increased his usability both in and out of competitive play.

After the rework, the basic attack was gone, and it became a copy of Riven's triple Q.

As a result, the previous version received a lot of criticism.

Therefore, Riot designers buffed him again, especially the E skill dash, which completely distinguishes Aatrox from other heavy armor fighters such as Darius, making him a brand new agile heavy armor fighter.

In layman's terms, it means that you're unlikely to be treated like a dog anymore, since you have two E-stages.

Darius understands this all too well, which is why this type of champion is the hardest to get on the competitive stage. Even with the recent buffs, he still struggles to find his way into the meta.

But the Sword Demon doesn't need to.

Therefore, Aatrox, who was a pretty good choice in the previous version, will most likely become incredibly powerful in this version.

Everyone might still think that the Sword Demon is rather clumsy and hesitant to make a choice, but only Lin Ruo knows that this Sword Demon is currently as agile and suave as ever.

Anyway, I have to practice. I can't let Zz1tai become some kind of god-like figure first. I'll try him out in the jungle, there shouldn't be any problems.

Lin Ruo thought about it and realized it was actually a good idea.

As for the final change, it was undoubtedly the debut of the new hero Pyke. However, Pyke's debut this year did not have any significant impact.

However, as time went on, Pyke proved to be a very useful champion.

First of all, Tianye doesn't know how, and he'll be beaten up by Dr. K's Parker in the future, so we have to force him to learn now.

Otherwise, you can't blame him if he gets any negative publicity later.

Although nothing would happen with him around, Lin Ruoke couldn't guarantee that she would have completed her 30-year-old plan and retired early by then.

...

After a day of preparation, on July 4th, the four LPL teams arrived in Dalian to scout out the location.

The schedule for this intercontinental tournament remains very tight, with 12 teams having to complete all their matches over four days.

However, due to the implementation of the home-and-away system this year, LPL teams going to Dalian to participate in the competition is essentially the same as playing a regular season game in someone else's away stadium.

It's nothing, I'm used to it.

So it's not a long journey at all; if you're going to start the day before the race, you start the day before.

Unlike the four LCK teams next door, who arrived in Dalian two days in advance to prepare and practice against each other in order to avenge their defeat in the Intercontinental Cup.

Perhaps seeing how hard the second-place LCK team was working, the bottom-ranked LMS region didn't dare to slack off either, and all four teams arrived in Dalian two days early for training.

They simply felt that playing scrims with the LMS would expose their tactics, and since the LCK wasn't challenging enough, they didn't pay much attention to it.

Even though FW defeated KZ in the Mid-Season Invitational, they didn't receive much attention.

So it's not really useful for the four LMS teams to arrive early. If they're just playing scrims within their own region, they might as well treat it as a tourist destination, relax a bit, and go back to compete for a spot in the World Championship.

In any case, the hotels and venues provided in Dalian are 100% more upscale than those in Taiwan.

(End of this chapter)