My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 447 Life is like chess, no regrets when making a move

That night.

The joy of victory did not dispel V5's vigilance.

There are many sayings in the esports industry, one of the more famous ones being the fear of opening champagne at halftime.

The phenomenon of turning the tide with a 10,000 gold deficit, winning three straight from 0-2 down, and even miracles in the loser's bracket has been played out far too many times in this arena, based on the bug that low-probability events are more likely to occur in this world.

V5 remains fully prepared for the finals.

no way.

Winning is just winning, but losing is history, like that unlucky guy who played Street Fighter ( ).

Under heightened vigilance and strict defense.

finally.

As expected, JDG fought their way back from the loser's bracket to the finals, and in the final stage, they won the runner-up title with a score of 1:3!
They were the ones who lost the game.

However, at the moment the match ended, the fans of both sides unexpectedly showed polarized reactions.

V5 fans: Damn it, we actually let them win a game, we completely lost.

JDG fans: Nice! They actually managed to steal a game from the other team, a complete victory!
As the golden rain gently fell.

The identity of LPL's number one seed has been officially confirmed. As expected, at the beginning of the S13 season, when V5 officially announced Ruler's entry and his successful teaming up with Luo Ji, many people had already anticipated this scene.

结果
You actually came?
That night.

The winners' bracket final missed a meal, but they finally got to play on the night of the actual final.

The game is like this: it's not the overwhelming dominance that's scary, it's the defeat by a single misstep. Back then, T1's Keria was so exhausted from the game that he cried with trembling hands after the match because he still hadn't won.

As for now?

Although we did see them trembling, it wasn't because they had lost, but because they were holding on.

"Oh no, did they manage to get it done this year too?"

369 looked completely unable to accept it.

They get along quite well with the V5 players. The main reason is that Luo Ji picks his teammates carefully when building his team. Ruler is already the most hot-tempered player in the team he chose. Even so, they still specially reserved Karsa, who has more seniority, to keep him in check.

When the relationship is good.

I'm really worried that my brother is suffering, but I'm also worried that he'll be driving a Land Rover.

"Don't ask, the answer is the second playthrough speedrun of the Golden Road, and the third playthrough is now open for pre-registration. You can join at the lowest transfer fee."

"Never mind then, I still want to make some money."

The time point of S13.

Even back in the original world, when major clubs were investing heavily in recruiting players, the news of JDG investing 100 million yuan to build a super team was spreading like wildfire. At this point, everyone was thinking about making as much money as possible.

"That's all the ambition you have."

Casa tapped 369's nose and sneered:
"Can't we think of other ways? Is playing professionally the only way to make money?"

"Otherwise what? I wouldn't dare search for stocks like you."

369 and Casa are old acquaintances, so he naturally knows about Casa investing in stocks with Luo Ji. But when it comes to stocks, if someone dares to lead you into the market, you have to dare to follow them too. Anyway, 369 didn't dare. He shook his head more vigorously than a rattle drum at the mere mention of stocks.

BLG's toothpaste, however, somehow found out about this.

Without even a moment's hesitation.

He then followed Luo Ji's lead and searched for Nvidia, leaving only a little money to open an internet cafe, as a backup plan for himself.

This decisiveness.

Even Luo Ji was astonished and exclaimed that this was "the sense of smell of a top mid laner".

"Honestly, you can never earn enough money, but once you miss out on honor, you really miss it."

"If you guys weren't so abnormal, we would already be the champions, okay?"

Seeing the resentful looks in the eyes of the JDG players, Luo Ji chuckled sheepishly.

can only say.

Fortunately, mobile esports games came out relatively early, so we don't have to worry about so many unnecessary things. Otherwise, if it were like a real battlefield...

Once your name is etched in history.

Future generations will then gender-bent you and put you into the pool of mobile games.

That's what it truly means to die with your eyes wide open in disbelief.
The news of V5's victory quickly spread throughout the community.

But before the bullets could fly for long, an even more explosive piece of news came: Riot Games officially released the S12 championship skins, a set of red and black hellish-themed championship skins, even if it was just a concept video.

Only one appearance.

This sparked intense discussion throughout the entire alliance community.

This time, the official account even made a special use of internet memes.

The game's theme is supposed to be about a warrior seeking revenge, but once you enter the game, the special effects are all over the place, with red lights and black smoke, making you almost see some kind of "perfectly benevolent being".

Even the players couldn't help but subconsciously complain:
[Come here, designer, come out and explain yourself! Which company's Brave series skin is emitting black smoke?]

[No problem, they've already traversed the golden path, and even the loan throne is a demon king.]

With blue tones being so ubiquitous these days, the red and black color scheme is so cool! Designer, you really know your stuff!

Okay, we already have the red and black series, so let's have a black and gold series this year too.

Judging from the level of discussion alone.

Luo Ji felt that the sales of his championship skins wouldn't be too bad, and in a good mood, he subconsciously started his live stream:
Ok.

It was the middle of the night again.

Seeing the audience surging in like fish and the screen filled with question marks, Luo Ji pretended to cough. Instead of immediately starting the game, he pulled out a small blackboard from behind him.

Above, the theme for today is clearly written:
"deliver"

Looking at the bottom right corner of the computer screen, it was already 2:30 a.m., and the question marks on the screen were visibly getting denser.

"Family members." "Tonight we're not playing games, just chatting. You've all seen the video of the championship skin, right? I won't say much more. After it goes live, I'll be giving away 100 skins in the live stream, 100 skins on the official Weibo account, and 300 skins in the fan groups. As for which fan groups, I won't tell you, and don't ask. Just find them yourselves."

“Go find it; I’ve put most of the metrics there.”

"The lottery is real!!!"

Luo Ji understands.

If you tell your fans that you have a fan group and invite them to join for a giveaway, most people will ignore you because many people genuinely don't want to join a group and find it too troublesome.

But you hide it, half-conceal it, and even set up rewards?
Brother~
Do you know what the most popular game genres in the world have been during these years of total lockdown?
It's a vast world, a puzzle-solving game, and a map full of treasure chests to open!
Upon hearing that they had to find it themselves...

Instantly, the entire live stream, and even those who saw the clips later, and even those who heard about it, were filled with excitement and a desire to explore.

what?
Are there real and fake fan groups?
What's the difference between this and a player-made Domo?
The gameplay is much better now!
can only say.

Psychological tactics must cater to the spiritual needs of the times; the more outrageous you are, the more attention you can attract young people.

Just like the official media nowadays.

The initial advice to young people not to stay up late has long since evolved into teaching them how to stay up late healthily. The thought process can be summarized as follows:
Don't stay up late!

Can you please stop staying up so late?

Please stop staying up late, okay?

Do I really have to stay up all night?

Sigh, let me teach you how to stay up all night.

Do not ask.

Asking means compromising.

[The lottery king? Okay, I'll take the title!]

[In 23, the global daily active players of League of Legends were around 2700 million. Drawing 1000 tickets would give you a 1 in 27000 chance, which is much higher than using a "survival card" (a strategy to avoid losing points).]

What turned you into this? Was it the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill"?

[Only when it comes to probability, I surprisingly feel that the Tencent series is more generous than the traditional card-based system, though of course, it's not much better.]

Chatting and chatting.

The topic of conversation in the live stream completely went off track.

Besides thinking about giving away skins to viewers and generating buzz, Luo Ji didn't forget what they cared about most.

So he excitedly rubbed his hands together and thought to himself:
"Next."

"As you all know, before the World Championships comes the Asian Games. To put it bluntly, we only have one opponent, and we will do our best to win. But we still need a little help from our brothers."

"As you all know, the Asian Games will be held in Suzhou and Hangzhou this year. I'll be in closed training during that time, and I'll definitely be craving something delicious when I get out of the city. I haven't been to those places much, so I thought I'd recommend some good restaurants in Suzhou and Hangzhou to you guys."

"and many more!"

"What's with all this silence and ellipses? Where's the food? I'm giving you gifts during my live stream, and you can't even recommend a place to eat?"

What the heck are KFC and McDonald's?

"Jiangxi stir-fry?"

"Hey!!!"

can only say.

In terms of creating entertaining content, Luo Ji has truly mastered the art of managing online traffic, even if he himself doesn't seem to realize it.

Wake up.

His live stream was all over the internet.

His One Piece-style remarks, the silence in the chat when he asked viewers to recommend food, his eventual breakdown and ending of the stream, and a series of off-screen events that even generated more buzz than his summer tournament victory a few days earlier.

The announcement was second only to the release of the championship skin.

Not
Dude, do you own this trending topic online?

Just when everyone thought that was the limit, only one day later, in a special interview program with professional e-sports players by a central media outlet, everyone saw that familiar face again.

This terrified everyone.

In the history of LPL.

Only two LOL players from two different teams have been interviewed by state media.

Two people.

One of them was Uzi, and the interviews took place during his selection for the 18 Asian Games, his departure from the Games, and his retirement. He was also interviewed 25 years later, for a total of four interviews.

The other one is Meiko, who was interviewed once in August 2020.

Two teams.

It's RNG from 18 and EDG from 21.

Now Luo Ji has also become one of them, and it's not hard to see from the theme that this interview is more about dispelling those misunderstandings about e-sports, or to put it more bluntly, distinguishing between gaming addiction and e-sports.

Before going on stage.

The questions and answers were prepared in advance, so the initial dialogue was relatively uneventful.

Until the end.

When the host finally broke away from the script and asked Luo Ji near the end if he had a clear label for himself, or if there was anything he wanted to share with the audience in front of the screen.

Luo Ji then replied after a moment's thought:
“I’m sorry.”

"Life should not have any labels, and given my age and achievements, I can't really say I have anything to share, but you can listen to my insights."

"In my thinking."

"How to live life correctly depends on how you feel happy. As long as you don't feel empty at the end of the day and you won't regret it when you look back on it, then you've had a good day."

"If we continue like this, perhaps that is what we call the right way of life."

(End of this chapter)