My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 359 Those who imitate me will perish, those who resemble me will die.
The next day.

The regrouped V5 team entered the official studio early in the morning to record their MSI campaign vlog.

This time, Ruler's lines were the easiest to record.

Many people don't know this.

At this point in time, Ruler was only one MSI title away from a Grand Slam.

We were still missing one Spring Crown.

However, LPL made up for it in this year's competition. As for the Asian Games, they are not considered official Riot Games honors. Riot Games' grand slam consists only of the Spring and Summer Championships, MSI, and World Championship.

Just mentioning this.

Emperor Chi was slightly melancholy.

"What's wrong, brother?"

By this point in time, both Jwei and Ruler had mastered both Chinese and Korean.

For some "special" reasons.

Even when speaking foreign languages ​​with regional accents, they can understand and communicate with each other.

"I'm just a little worried about the Asian Games after MSI. You know, sometimes having too many strong teammates isn't a good thing."

talking.

He clearly looked at Luo Ji, who was communicating with the commentator.

In Korea.

No matter how many championships you've won in League of Legends, the only thing they acknowledge and are willing to exempt you from military service is the Asian Games, which happens once every four years. He participated in S8, but he was truly defeated by Uzi, and he had nothing to say about it.

just now.

The LCK had actually contacted him in advance because his performance this year was too explosive, and there hadn't been any particularly explosive AD carries in the LPL this year.

The issue is.

Emperor Chi knew how terrifying Luo Ji was.

He's not just a player, he's also a coach, and he always seems to have some weird and wonderful lineups up his sleeve. He really doesn't want to face an opponent like that on the field.

but.
This also concerns his military service.

"That's it?"

Casa looked puzzled after hearing this.

"This is such a simple little thing, and you haven't even talked to me about it yet? Don't you know he has a business relationship with our V5 boss?"

"Ok?"

"Our boss is the son of the gambling king. I can't say for sure about other things, but getting you a certificate of mental illness is a piece of cake."

"what???"

An unimagined path!
But as Kasa explained, Ruler's eyes grew brighter and brighter. In the end, when Law realized someone was watching him, he turned around and saw Ruler's "affectionate" gaze.

Luo Ji:?
broken!

I only remembered the Chengdu reference, but forgot that before Chengdu, Da Ying was the expert in that area.

It hasn't flown over there yet.

Your sexual orientation was already skewed before you knew it?
Luo Ji looked terrified, but soon, after Kasa's explanation, he finally understood the Ruler Emperor's needs, and then adopted a thoughtful expression:

"Actually."

"This question would have been easy a few months ago, but it's quite difficult now. You must have heard rumors from the club staff that our boss is preparing for an IPO?"

Ruler nodded.

When the boss is about to make a big move, he can't hide it from his underlings who run errands for him; everyone knows that.

"As long as you know."

"We're about to go public on MSI, you know, going public is all about hype, and hype is all about performance."

So, what about the MSI results?

Hear this.

He immediately understood what Luo Ji meant, and suddenly grabbed his hand, his eyes resolute as he said:

"We will definitely win the MSI championship."

"Even if it costs me everything!"

"Please, help me!"

this moment.

His eyes were more serious and fervent than ever before.

It was as if it were a masterpiece created by nature.

As luck would have it, the staff responsible for filming the vlog saw this scene and recorded Ruler's look and conversation in the entire video.

"That look is amazing."

"After all, it wasn't an act; this was someone giving their all for military service."

"But can we release it?"

"What are you going to do with this? These days, who posts a video in its entirety? Just cut off the beginning and the end, and take the middle part. Cutting off the beginning and the end is the essence."

Amidst a cacophony of chatter and discussion.

finally.

The segments featuring Emperor Chi and Luo Ji were also recorded at lightning speed after the decision was made.

That night.

The entire V5 boarded the plane bound for Da Ying.

Let me mention this in advance.

Although this year's MSI has a play-in stage, V5 is the number one seed and does not need to participate in the play-in stage. So, we can just watch the eight teams in the group stage.

They are:
LPL: V5, JDG
LCK: GENG, T1
LEC: MAD, G2
LCD: C9, GG
That's right, this year's MSI group stage still features two teams from each of the four major regions. While the number of slots may seem to have increased, the wildcards have little impact on the dominance of the four major regions; it's essentially just a formality.

The Vietnamese region also has something to say.

That's why your LPL doesn't dare to send your brother, but instead sends TES, otherwise he would definitely have a spot in MSI.

Really.

My brother single-handedly boosted the popularity of the Vietnamese region. Right now, the entire Vietnamese region has long regarded TES as a big fat sheep. When they saw that the two LPL spots were V5 and JDG and not TES, they had a cat-like face with their dissatisfaction written all over their faces.

It is worth mentioning that.

Despite the various regions employing unconventional strategies during the playoffs, the MSI version is 13.18.

In just half a month, it spanned three minor versions, and it specifically focused on two commonly used runes for Azir, Annie, Veigar, and AD champions.

Everyone knows the heart of Sima Zhao.

So what did he do?
He buffed Kog'Maw's passive self-destruct damage, allowing JKL to successfully unleash two tigers (one tiger = 2200) in a single game with Kog'Maw in subsequent league matches, which was absolutely hilarious.

“It’s hard to imagine.”

"It's a person who sits in front of a computer filling out version updates, or rather, hero data."

Looking at the version log.

Luo Ji's lips twitched; he didn't know how to describe these minor changes.

"I can only say that it's a good thing you created the number one tournament in the Chinese server, otherwise we really wouldn't know how to help the players quickly get a feel for and understand the new version during this period of time."

At this point, Nofe smiled broadly.

Based on the principle of presenting a unified front.

The top players who dominate the Japanese server, when matched with teammates whose IDs are clearly not in pinyin but in English, will tacitly restrain their creativity and play like they used to play normally on the Korean server.

If there is a real need for points.

Then you'll still play normally, just your item builds won't be as flashy; you'll rely purely on your personal understanding and skill to show off.

This also allows players from other regions to come in and maintain their skills.

But if you want to learn something?
Hey.

Sorry, this build is all Potato Mine.

While those expert players may seem to be dominating the Rift with their god-like builds, they are actually relying entirely on their personal understanding. If you dare to copy their builds, then sorry, your damage will be at least 10% less than that of a normal build.

Wow, does even playing a casual match now have to involve a "sneak attack" scenario?

[This is hilarious! These skilled players are practically geniuses from the Strategic Deception Bureau. They dominate in internal matches, but if they're matched with a stranger, they immediately start guarding them from start to finish, showing off their skills but not their understanding of the current meta.]

The pressure is immense. These top-tier players spend all their time researching how the current meta affects their main champions. If the LCK adopts this approach, MSI will be a tough competition.

Fortunately, these skilled players always find the best way to gain popularity by sending private messages to the official Mebius Weibo account, each hoping to use his skills in a match to become even more famous.

Even Casa couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

"These guys with amazing skills are quite cooperative."

"Absolutely. I'm spending money to organize this competition to have a meal with them. This is the time to unite against external forces."

Not only will they not let LCK steal it.

The LPL region is characterized by its large number of players, which leads to a lot of idle players. Some even go to high-elo games on the Korean server to steal strategies and then bring them back to the region to be published, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of an information war.

"Now it's true that those who imitate me will perish, and those who resemble me will die."

"Don't underestimate the coaching staff and data team. If they really want to steal insights, they have many channels."

In this regard.

Ruler actually has more authority to speak on this matter.

The person really did come back from LCK. As for GENG, the coaching and analysis team they have is not much worse than T1's.

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing.

hotel.

Having successfully debugged their machines, they each began their own ranked games.

Luo Ji, of course, needs no further explanation. He promised to generate as much buzz as possible before the IPO, and he himself had to participate in the top national tournament, even if it was just a formality.

So he quickly opened his own live stream room.

Holy crap, first place!

[Here it comes! Is this the legendary "Yinggaylan" where bottoms are everywhere? It looks almost like the chain hotels around here!]

[A midday broadcast? Wait, isn't this the middle of the night there?]

[An eight-hour time difference, did they just get off the plane, go to the hotel, set up the equipment, and start working right away? Is Hajime really that dedicated?]

Anyone who has traveled far from home knows this.

Although you sit the whole time you fly, the journey from home to the airport, to the airport, and then to the hotel still takes a lot of energy. By the time you arrive at your destination, you're usually exhausted, especially since it's the middle of the night and you should be resting.

But they're still livestreaming at this time.

Whether he's faking it or not, at least his attitude is there.

"Ahem, that evening... no, good afternoon."

Luo Ji greeted the audience briefly at the start of the broadcast, and then began to speak:

"As you can see, it's around 4 a.m. right now. The machine has just been set up, and the streamer is just logging in to test the network to see if there are any problems."

"So we'll only broadcast one game tonight."

Please understand.

As he spoke, he opened the Ranked Rank on the Japanese server.

It seems that because it's daytime in China, a bunch of skilled players' biological clocks wake up around noon, and once they wake up, they immediately start racking up points, so matchmaking is extremely fast.

Upon entering the game, in the bottom left corner.

Several random teammates had already begun using the coded messages to identify the mole. (PS: Japanese server IDs are in pinyin, but for easier reading, the following will be in Chinese.)
Yi Yuan: Hello hello

Wang Jichao: Holy crap, bro! We're lined up together again, bro!
Little Snowman ADC: Can I just lie down now?

Xiao Hai Thresh: 666, this is a high-level game.

Seeing everyone revealing their IDs, Luo Ji thought for a moment, then typed in the bottom left corner as well.
梦：
Looking at the ID "Meng101", the four teammates who were matched with him were all confused. The number of people involved in the top national tournament was too great, which brought out many skilled players who were not usually known (in fact, not very famous).

Such an unfamiliar ID left them momentarily confused as to who it was, so they instinctively looked at the chat in their own live stream.

Although they don't understand.

But the all-powerful commenters will definitely tell them the answer right away.

Three seconds later.
In the chat box at the bottom left, as if they were all spamming the screen, the four IDs typed the same sentence in pinyin with perfect coordination:
"Die!!!"

(End of this chapter)