LPL History

Chapter 119 The old grudges of separating pigs and dogs have been resolved; a new chapter begins with the arrival of the State Grid.
Zhou Li listened to Zhu Kai's eloquent speech.

I was plunged into an extremely unreal feeling.

royal!

EDG!

Now it's become a team!
That's right!!

It's worth noting that the "Pig vs. Dog" war, which wreaked havoc on the entire esports scene and sparked an epic online feud between fans, originated from these two teams!

On one side are the rabble, envious of the world's number one ADC's tyranny.

On one side is the Pig Knight, a symbol of justice and ideals.

With the era of 60e over, it was only thanks to pigs and dogs that LPL's fan traffic was sustained.

Now, Royal Club is them, and EDG is them too!

That's fucking right!
That being said, doesn't this mean he's also helping to purify the online environment for the LPL?

When Zhou Li doubted whether he had made another contribution to the LPL, the Records of the Grand Historian would provide him with the answer.

At this moment, the Records of the Grand Historian shines before the Rites of Zhou, turning a new page!
The martial arts world, once rife with hostility, was now a chaotic place where scum and foes divided themselves. Comments on the screen were like knives, ruthlessly eliminating dissent; keyboard warriors seemed to bewitch the masses. Endless flame wars shrouded the land in smoke and fire, attacks obscuring the sun and moon. Fortunately, Zhou Yu wielded his divine hand, sweeping away the dust and restoring order.

[Club unlocked (EDG), ability gained: EDG (China's national esports team).]

[State Grid: With subsidies from the State Grid Corporation of China, the club's electricity consumption has decreased by 20%.]

Zhou Li's face darkened as he looked at the abilities he had gained.

Good heavens, is this the same State Grid?!
However, since I need to develop the club now, reducing power consumption is a useful ability.

After all, as an esports club, the monthly electricity bill is indeed quite high.

His series of sweeping reforms, coupled with the previous acquisition of royal assets, have left him with almost an empty wallet.

It's worth saving a little bit.

Otherwise, they might end up like royalty and become deadbeats, which would be really interesting.

At this moment, Zhou Li looked at Zhu Kai with admiration in his eyes.

People outside say that Zhu Kai only knows how to order takeout.

This is clearly prejudice!

Zhu Kai then reported some issues that he found somewhat difficult to resolve.

Zhu Kai is clearly very dedicated to his work and is very familiar with the current situation at the club.

"Lu Benwei has been having some issues lately. I checked with Chris and found out it's because our club recently set a rule that girlfriends can only visit twice a week, which has made Lu Benwei's girlfriend, UU, very unhappy. Apparently, she and Lu Benwei have argued several times."

"And Tabe's wife also came to the club and caused a scene once, after all, they are about to get married."

Zhou Li thought about it and thought, "Women are just damn trouble."

He believed that the players would accept the team rule of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide at the drop of a hat, but dealing with the women would be a different story.

Zhou Li tapped the table and asked:
Where is Tiger Girl?

Hu Niu was the former team leader of RNG. She played a significant role in the establishment of RNG and the formation of its players.

This woman is indeed exceptionally talented in the e-sports world.

Zhu Kai seemed somewhat wary of Hu Niu, and said:

"Mr. Zhou, you left after acquiring Royal Family."

"Call her back and give her double her salary."

Zhu Kai was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he heard Zhou Li continue:
“From now on, the club will organize a weekly activity day for the wives and girlfriends, where Tiger Girl will take them out to play, and the club will pay for it.”

Zhu Kai thought for a moment: "Wouldn't that make the expenses too high?"

Zhou Li began by saying:

"Simple. Just find a photographer with a bit of fame and have him follow behind them and take pictures. They can spend a whole day taking pictures of just one wall."

Zhu Kai smiled broadly: "Brother Zhou, you're amazing."

"Also," Zhou Li continued, "we need to make sure the players understand this. Don't just bring any random guy you meet online into the club. The only way to get into the wives' group is if the relationship is stable. If they break up after two or three months, the resulting expenses will be deducted from the players' salaries."

Zhu Kai nodded and took out his notebook to write it down carefully.

"There's one more thing. PDD came to our club a couple of days ago and got completely drunk with Lu Benwei."

Zhou Li frowned, about to speak.

Zhu Kai knew what Zhou Li wanted to say, and quickly said:

"But I don't think he'll come next time."

"why?"

"Because after he got drunk and fell asleep, our jungler Lucky, for some reason, rubbed PDD's buttocks a few times, which scared PDD away." (*)

Zhou Li paused for a moment, then spoke:

"Give Lucky a reward of 500 yuan."

The two chatted about some trivial matters, and Zhou Li eventually offered some constructive guidance.

"The team's Chinese name, Lidao Esports Club, is a bit awkward to pronounce, so we'll change it to Daoli Esports Club. From now on, we'll be a club that values ​​reason. This name is easier to spread and more memorable."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's guidance, Zhu Kai felt as if he had been awakened from a dream.

then.

On March 14, 2013, EDG eSports Club was officially established!
Having resolved the team's early development issues, Zhou Li quickly immersed himself in training and coordinating with his teammates.

He needs to better understand his teammates' operating habits in order to better help them solve problems.

Then he realized that there was a reason why Tabe was being scolded by the dog.

This guy is really bad.

After all, he's 23 years old.

However, Tabe's advantage lies in his obedience; he will do whatever you ask him to do.

The royal family members also discovered something.

Although there are no puppies in the team now.

But then a more powerful version of the puppy appeared.

This Zhou Li keeps telling us that esports players in the new era should be civilized and polite, live up to the team's name, and be reasonable in everything we do.

As a result, once he opened his mouth, his insults were no less scathing than those of a puppy!

But he is slightly different from the puppy.

The puppy broke down on its own, which is why it started spitting.

Zhou Li's strategy is to break the defenses of others before breaking his own.

Moreover, the biggest difference between the two is—

The puppy spews insults after a mistake has been made.

Zhou Li will criticize you before you make a mistake, and then tell you how to do it correctly.

Furthermore, Zhou Li never brings the emotions he experiences in the game outside of it.

And time quickly came to March 16th!
The inaugural Spring Split of the League of Legends Pro League in China has officially begun!
The emergence of LPL set a record with a total prize pool of 170 million yuan.

High prize money, a regular schedule, official hosting and broadcasting, and the single-plank bridge to the World Championship—these factors have made the LPL a focus of attention for players and a source of active participation for teams since its inception.

To celebrate the upcoming tournament, the official team even launched a server-wide double experience and double gold event in the game, which further promoted the LPL tournament.

This demonstrates Tencent's ambition to build a core esports ecosystem around League of Legends, the TGA tournament, and the LPL.

According to the Spring Split rules, the eight teams will play four rounds of single round-robin matches, with each team playing against the other team once.

The top six teams in the final standings will advance to the Summer Split, the top four teams will advance to the playoffs to compete for the Spring Split championship, and the bottom two teams in the final standings will be eliminated.

Taicang LOFT Industrial Design Park!
The opening match of the LPL Spring Split, between WE and WOA: Dawn of Wings, has concluded.

WE has won again, extending their winning streak to 48 games!
This terrifying winning streak has driven the 60e fans even more crazy.

When Zhou Li and the others arrived at the arena, they saw the 60e fans, who had just finished watching the competition, dispersing like a red tide.

Lu Benwei's face showed envy.

"Wow, if I, Lu Benwei, could have this many fans one day, I'd eat a few pounds of shit for you."

Zhou Li glanced at Lu Benwei.

Lu Benwei must be the purest carbon-based life form in the world, bar none.

Because his cells might be made of feces.

Zhu Kai coughed and said:

"When we're out and about, we need to be polite. Don't forget who we are. Show us your high level of civility."

Hearing Zhu Kai's words, Lu Benwei nodded.

"Okay, no problem, bro! If I, Lu Benwei, am second to none in terms of politeness, then no one in the world dares to claim to be number one!"

Upon arriving at the lounge arranged by the event organizers, the stylist arranged by Zhou Li was already waiting there and began to do simple styling for the EDG team.

Then they changed into new team uniforms.

The group's spirits and energy instantly soared.

Looking in the mirror, Lu Benwei couldn't help but become narcissistic.

"Wow! I, Lu Benwei, am fucking incredibly handsome today! I feel like I'm going to charm a whole bunch of girls, hehehehehehehe..."

Shen Chao then spoke up:

"We absolutely have to win against IG today."

They were naturally aware of Zhou Li's previous conflict with IG.

Zhou Li was kicked out of IG back then.

Now that they're teammates, if they lose the game, they'll lose face together.

Lu Benwei clearly wasn't paying much attention to the "brother's" affairs, still admiring the angle of his hairstyle, and said:

"Hey Tony! My hair's a bit messy here... Oh, was it intentionally messy? Wow, I've learned something, it really does look like a cool, sophisticated style!!"

Meanwhile, in the IG lounge on the other side.

PDD adjusted his glasses and subconsciously let out a pig-like squeal.

"Damn, why are there so many people watching the game today? My hands are shaking a little."

The area outside the venue was already packed with spectators, and to PDD's surprise, they were all IG fans.

PDD felt like it was all an unreal experience, as if all of IG's few fans had come to the event today.

All of this is thanks to the pre-match media hype.

[Team manager fired to become a professional player, seeking revenge by defeating his former team, IG!]

Right now, all the talk about the IG vs. EDG match is this kind of kind of drama.

In today's world where social media is not yet well-developed, it is quite remarkable that this competition has achieved its current level of popularity, and Tencent's support behind the scenes is undoubtedly indispensable.

After all, Tencent is currently worried that apart from WE, no other competitions are generating any buzz.

Knowing full well the terrifying strength of Zhou Li, Sun Yalong spoke with some concern:

"Wow, I'm under a lot of pressure in the bot lane today, please help us out!"

Upon hearing Sun Yalong's words, Kid replied nonchalantly:
"No need, I'll definitely crush him in the bot lane."

Sun Yalong rolled his eyes.

He witnessed Kid getting shot through by Zhou Li in a ranked game a couple of days ago.

This is still ranked!

It's worth noting that Kid's strongest form is only found in ranked matches.

He couldn't even beat them in ranked matches, so he didn't think Kid, with his mentality, could gain any advantage in the actual game.

Moreover, they knew that the ADC of this EDG team was the famous Mad Dog, who was renowned throughout the Chinese server.

As a result of Zhou Li's departure, Mad Dog became a substitute.

At this moment, Sun Yalong's feelings were incredibly complex.

Zhou Li was supposed to leave, but unexpectedly, not long after, the two sides are about to become opponents and clash on the field.

If he loses the competition, he'll be laughed at to death.

If time could turn back, he would have grabbed Zhou Li's hand as he left and earnestly told him what had happened.

"There was once an awesome ADC in front of me, but I didn't cherish him. When I lost him, I regretted it deeply. There is nothing more painful in the world than this. If God could give me another chance, I would say three words to that boy: Take me away."
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"Play what I love and let the winds blow me away! Good evening everyone, welcome to the Game Channel! I'm BBC!"

"I am Shuyi!"

At this time, the BBC was still Uncle B, not Uncle B.

Shuyi, still carrying a rustic air, was not her master's trendy toy.

"Today we bring you a match from the League of Legends Pro League Spring Split, between IG Esports Club and EDG Esports Club!"

"Yes, it's a match I'm really looking forward to."

"It's worth mentioning that many fans may not be familiar with this EDG esports club. Actually, its predecessor was Royal Never Give Up (RNG) esports club. This team is quite interesting. Its Chinese name is Daoli esports club, and fans jokingly call it the 'Reasonable Team'."

Zhou Shuyi stared at the script on the table.

"Um... what does EDG have to do with logic?"

The BBC offered a helpless explanation:

"EDG stands for Etiquette & Dao Gaming. Etiquette means etiquette, and Dao means the Way. It's a very interesting name."

Zhou Shuyi gave an awkward smile.

"This name does indeed... have a very cultured feel to it." "We can see that both teams are already seated, and EDG's team uniforms are quite interesting! Look at the backs of their uniforms, there's a '礼' (li, meaning courtesy) character on them!"

Zhou Shuyi's focus was clearly not on this.

Wow! This ADC player is so handsome!

Zhou Li and the EDG team's appearance immediately sparked heated discussions online.

After a period of training, the members of EDG have become a stark contrast in temperament and demeanor to the "oddballs" of IG.

The meticulously styled hair and the team uniforms, with their sophisticated designs and obviously expensive materials, undoubtedly created a huge shock for netizens who were used to seeing esports players looking disheveled.

Holy crap, no wonder they're royalty.

[The contrast is too stark. Her Instagram looks like she just came out of a construction site for a part-time job.]

[Before, when I saw these "royal family" names, I always thought the "royal" referred to the Imperial Army. Now it seems they've changed owners; this is truly a wealthy and powerful royal family.]

[The royal family is dead! Now it's the team that talks reason!]

To be honest, this feels more like what a professional player should be like.

[Those guys from IG, if they just sat in the internet cafe downstairs from my house, I couldn't even tell where they were.]

[This Lion has such a great presence; he doesn't look like a typical gamer at all.]

[By the way, wasn't Royal Never Give Up's previous AD carry "Mad Dog"? Why did they change him?]

[I heard he's the former manager of the IG team, who was fired and came to EDG to get revenge.]

I heard that Zhou Li is the nephew of the club owner, Jiangliwu. When Zhou Li was kicked out of IG, Jiangliwu, after learning about it, immediately bought Royal Never Give Up (RNG) for him to play with.

Holy crap, is that amazing?

This is a bit outrageous. Professional competitions don't judge players by skill but by their connections?

[Oh no, I was actually quite fond of Zhou Li, but my positive impression of him has been shattered.]

It's disgusting that you need connections to even play a game.

[Stop the baseless smear campaign. Why don't you check the Chinese and Korean servers yourself? The accounts with names like "Lili" on the leaderboards are all his.]

In the lounge, Zhu Kai kept reading the comments online.

His face darkened after seeing that his brother Zhou's reputation had suddenly deteriorated.

He glanced at UZI.

The moment the chubby boy met Zhu Kai's gaze, he guiltily looked away.

Zhu Kai didn't say much, he just took out his phone and found a friend whose contact name was "Death Declaration".

Game Channel.

The BBC seemed somewhat powerless to address Zhou Shuyi's professional abilities and had to continue the narration on its own.

"Alright, we can see that both sides have entered the ban/pick phase! IG has directly chosen to ban Kog'Maw!"

"I found out that Lion actually played as IG's ADC player during the preseason. In that game, he chose Kog'Maw and got a pentakill in his debut match! It seems that IG, as Lion's former teammates, knew Lion's signature champions, so they blocked him from the start."

"Speaking of IG, they achieved a good result of reaching the quarterfinals of the S2 World Championship last year. However, their performance in the preseason was somewhat unstable. Hopefully, they can regain their form in the current Spring Split."

At this point, both sides had completed their attempts to subdue each other.

After banning Kog'Maw, IG opted to ban Renekton and Ryze.

EDG, on the other hand, banned Kha'Zix, Rumble, and Twisted Fate.

IG, on the blue side, locked in Thresh for the support position on the first floor.

BBC, watching IG's player selection, said:

"Thresh, the newly released support champion, is incredibly versatile! He has a hook, a knockback, and a slow, and most importantly, his W skill, the lantern, can effectively protect the ADC from jungle ganks! Since Thresh's release, he has directly replaced Blitzcrank in the support role."

“Yes,” Zhou Shuyi nodded, “Because of this hero, I don’t dare to go to the bottom lane when I play ranked games now.”

"So we see that EDG has directly locked in Elise! This is also a very strong champion in the current version!"

Subsequently, Lu Benwei confidently selected Zed for the mid lane.

"Wow, that Zita is such a noob, Lu Benwei could kill him with one hand."

The right to vote has returned to IG.

IG first locked in Caitlyn, and then added Jarvan IV.

Seeing that IG had already picked their bot lane duo, Zhou Li spoke up:

"Give me the gem."

Graves, if picked alone, is actually not a good matchup against Caitlyn.

Compared to Caitlyn's extremely long attack range, Graves' attack range of only 525 yards seems exceptionally short.

But if Graves is paired with a Gem, it's a different story.

As one of the three great ADCs in the early days of the League of Legends, the old version of Graves can be said to be the white moonlight of ADC in the hearts of many veteran players.

This hero is easy to operate, has a tough build, high burst damage, and feels great to play.

Other ADCs think about how to create distance and deal damage in team fights, but he thinks about how to shove his gun into the opponent's face. It's like a sparrow eating a cricket.

The reworked Graves can play any position, except AD carry.

What's most frustrating is the feel of the controls.

Only those who have played the old version of Graves know what an extremely satisfying auto-attack feels like.

The old version of Graves' passive skill, "Pure Man," continuously stacks dual resistances upon entering combat, up to ten stacks, with the value increasing by up to 40 points with level.

It's like getting two small items for free.

In this version of Gem Knight, his W skill can also increase Graves' armor.

This directly makes Graves as tough as a warrior once a fight breaks out in the bot lane.

When PDD saw that EDG had locked in Graves, he immediately became nervous.

"Wow bro, how good is this guy at Graves? Does anyone know him?"

Sun Yalong let out a strange cry.

"Wow! This guy is ranked number one on two servers, and he's playing Kog'Maw and Graves! How could he forget about Graves!"

Hearing Sun Yalong's excitement, Kid grumbled somewhat discontentedly.

"I've also reached number one on both servers."

He silently withdrew his hand and wiped the sweat from his hands on his pants.

In fact, he, Kid, had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Ever since Zhou Li played a match last time, Sun Yalong has been putting pressure on him every now and then.

“In this situation, Zhou Li would remind me in advance to insert the eye.”

"If it were Zhou Li, this move would have been a surprise."

"If it's the Zhou Dynasty ritual..."

Kid got so angry that he gained weight from the stress and got even fatter.

Now people don't call him kid anymore, they call him kod.

The two met again today, both in the AD position.

Kid is determined to prove who the best ADC is!

PDD opened his mouth:

"It's okay, we've been preparing for this match for a long time, let's just go for it."

Soon, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side: IG Esports Club VS Red side: EDG Esports Club.

Top Lane: (PDD) Demacia Prince VS (godlike) Elise Queen.

Jungler: (lissuo) Volibear VS (lucky) Xin Zhao.

Mid lane: (Zz1tai) Karthus VS (white) Zed.

ADC: (kod) Caitlyn vs. (lion) Graves.

Support: (xiaoxiao) Thresh VS (tabe) Taric.

As soon as the game started, IG, relying on Thresh, grouped up as a five-man team and tried to invade EDG's jungle.

However, EDG seemed to have anticipated IG's actions and were well-prepared.

The five men lay in ambush in the riverbed grass.

Xiaoxiao, who was at the forefront, directly probed the bushes and unlocked five burly men in the bushes.

Shenchao's Spider immediately learned the E skill and kept Thresh in place.

But in the chaos, Lu Benwei's robbery was also caught by Xiaoxiao's casual hook.

The two sides instantly engaged in a close-quarters battle, which quickly descended into chaos!
Under intense fire, Lu Benwei screamed and howled in the voice chat. To make matters worse, the female police officer used a clamp to arrest Lu Benwei on the spot.

First blood!

Kid's female police officer was the first to kill Lu Benwei's Zed, securing First Blood.

This made Kid very happy.

But then we saw that the Graves had also taken down Xiaoxiao's head.

Compared to IG's lineup, EDG's lineup is clearly at a disadvantage in the level 1 team fight.

So they began fighting and retreating simultaneously.

IG's Thresh is already dead, and they were thinking of stopping there and calling it a day.

After all, their ADC got first blood, so they clearly came out ahead in this level 1 team fight.

But Kid kept shouting in the voice chat, "You can kill him! You can kill him!"

This caused IG to lose their correct judgment immediately and start chasing.

Zhou Li retreated while attacking, and his passive ability, "Pure Man," stacked higher and higher.

Lucky's Xin Zhao was chased and poke at by the IG team, and was about to die.

At this moment, Zhou Li's voice rang out.

"Shenchao, control one!"

Just as Shenchao was about to say that his skills were still on cooldown, he looked down and saw that the moment Zhou Li finished speaking, his E skill's cooldown had just finished!

Without thinking much of it, he assumed it was a coincidence and used his E skill to control the prince at the front.

Lucky immediately activated his Q skill and stabbed twice, intending to force a knock-up, but his health was too low to withstand it, so he had to use Flash to retreat.

Kod followed up with Flash almost immediately, securing the kill on Xin Zhao and achieving a double kill.

But at the same time, Graves had already killed the Prince.

At this moment, because Kod flashed to chase Zhao Xin, the positions of the two AD carries are now almost face to face.

Without a second thought, Zhou Li fired a shotgun shot with his Q skill at kid's face.

In this version of Graves, the damage of his Q skill depends on how many of the three bullets hit the opponent.

In other words, the closer you are to the target, the higher the damage of the Q skill.

How tall is it?

So much so that when Zhou Li first encountered the hero Graves as a child, he once thought that Graves was a mage hero.

When Zhou Li fired the Q, he practically shoved the gun barrel into the policewoman's mouth.

One Q skill instantly took away most of the policewoman's health.

Kid instinctively retaliated at this point.

However, this basic attack felt like tickling the Graves.

Kid realized something was wrong and quickly shouted:

"Hey! Can you save me? Can you see me?"

At this moment, Zita's Karthus had already killed Shenchao, who had made a careless move. Hearing Kid's shout, the IG members immediately came over.

EDG has lost three players, leaving only Zhou Li and Tabe.

IG, on the other hand, still has three players remaining.

What was initially thought to be a decisive level 1 team fight for IG turned out to be an unexpected turn of events in the live stream.

Zhou Li's male gun was aimed at the policewoman's crotch.

The female police officer was helpless in the face of the male gunman's barbaric behavior.

Kid discovered that he simply couldn't damage the Graves stacked up by this tough guy in front of him.

Meanwhile, Zitai kept stepping on landmines on the ground, but none of them exploded!
Tabe finally got his skill cooldowns ready, and used his E skill to lock onto the head and stun the policewoman in place.

The male gunner no longer hesitated.

He shoved the gun barrel straight into the policewoman's mouth!

Kid watched his health plummet and ran wildly.

But the male gunman was determined to kill her, and he chased after her! She had no chance of escape!
【Triple Kill!】

Kid stared at his gray screen, too preoccupied to lament his defeat, and instead screamed in panic.

"Run, run, run!"

I can't hold on any longer. There are still a few thousand words left. I'll add them to tomorrow's update.

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(End of this chapter)