League: Educating LPL is my duty.

Li Chen's opinion on the ratings given to him by netizens is that they should be ignored, as he is definitely not out of options.

After all, they're just a bunch of noobs in the Bronze and Silver ranks, what do they know about rating?

However, seeing the clamoring comments in the live stream, Li Chen still revealed a cold, dragon-king-like smile: "Do you know who you're talking to? Do you know who's on the screen? You don't, do you? Let me emphasize it again!"

"Sitting before you now is god_C, the 2017 League of Legends LPL Grand Slam player, hailed by netizens as the greatest top laner of all time, the highest mountain in League of Legends, and a streamer-type player who combines idol status and skill!"

The chanting prelude, lasting one or two minutes, brought the viewers in the live stream to a climax, and the number of comments doubled again.

[Fine, fine, so you really treat honor like an ancestral precept, huh?]

[Divine Secret: Playing this will automatically forfeit all honors of a player.]

Everyone has their moment of glory, but don't mistake a fleeting moment for eternity.

[Just a few championships, let's try again next year!]

[C, I advise you, young man, not to be so impetuous!]

"What kind of young person wouldn't be full of vigor? I, god_C, sat on the sidelines for two and a half years without ever bowing my head."

Li Chen patted his chest, looking resolute and unyielding.

"Even now, you guys won't even call me 'C God,' which really disappoints me. Here's what I'll do: I'll count to 3, 2, 1 and take a screenshot. Everyone who posts 'C God' in the screenshots will receive a signed jacket from me. This is a one-time offer!"

[Hilarious! Would I change my mind over a jacket, C-God?!]

[C God, you think you can bribe me with a jacket? No way.]

Brothers, don't succumb to C's tyranny.

Who cares about your jacket? C-God, you underestimate me.

[A bunch of spineless bastards, I wouldn't call him God C.]

Li Chen said that he could easily control these tsundere little devils with just a little effort.

Two hours passed quickly. Li Chen didn't plan to broadcast for too long. After all, today was just an appetizer. He would only need to earn eight figures. He had a big one to do after the maintenance period was over.

As the broadcast was about to end, Li Chen gave a warm reminder: "So today's live broadcast is about to reach its climax. In order to avoid any confusion, the host would like to remind you one more time."

Sitting before you now is the 2017 League of Legends LPL... a player who achieved a grand slam throughout the year, hailed by netizens as the greatest top laner in history, the highest mountain in League of Legends, a streamer-type player who combines idol status and skill... "

Click!

Without warning, the screen went black, and Li Chen didn't even finish his sentence, giving netizens no chance to predict what would happen.

Although netizens were cursing and complaining, they also learned to "prank" themselves and expressed their understanding. After all, it was reasonable for him to end the broadcast early because his hand was injured. As long as he recovered, they could forgive him tenfold.

The next day, November 7th, marked the start of the All-Star selection process, the last major international event of 2017.

To be honest, Li Chen didn't care much about the All-Star Game. He was only willing to participate in such a competition because there was a little bit of popularity and traffic from other regions that he could gain; otherwise, it would be a complete waste of time.

Therefore, Li Chen did not solicit any votes online from beginning to end, nor did he appeal to fans to vote for him in the live broadcast.

Although he didn't care, his fans and haters were taking initiative and had already contacted each other through fan groups to solicit votes in advance in various ways.

At the same time, this vote, which carries certain ranking and regional significance, also became the last remote confrontation between teams and even players this year.

Everyone wants to be the most dazzling person in their position and represent their region in the competition.

For certain teams that have been hyping themselves up for a year but have actually achieved nothing and are only sustained by traffic and public opinion, the All-Star event is a stage they cannot afford to miss.

Regardless of the number of fans their own team members have, they must first push their ranking up; only in this way can they maintain their precarious position.

However, what caught everyone off guard was that as soon as the voting process was launched, before the fans of other contestants could even react, the paid trolls were the first to rush in and start rigging the votes.

This has resulted in some rankings looking so absurd that they're beyond just being obviously fake; they're downright ridiculous.

For example, RNG's player Letme once accounted for 86% of the total votes for the top lane in the first five minutes, and even the number one spot in all five positions on the list came from RNG.

Upon seeing this, netizens immediately went to RNG's official Weibo account and started making sarcastic remarks.

[Are there really ghostly soldiers passing through?]

[This is hilarious! Do you even believe this poll?]

[Is it really appropriate to hire online trolls so early? It's too easy to be exposed, isn't it?]

[C: A year has passed, and I'm still living in RNG's shadow.]

This vote was powerful.

At this point, RNG realized that they might have gone too far and hadn't considered the issues comprehensively enough, so they quickly withdrew the online trolls.

In the following days, no one dared to try to take the position at the company again, because anyone with a brain knew that no one could beat Li Chen to that position.

On November 12th, the All-Star voting results were released, and the top three in each position were announced.

Top laners: EDG.god丶C (98%), EDG.mouse (1%), WE.957 (0.6%)

Jungler: EDG.Clearlove7 (86%), RNG.Mlxg (8%), WE.condi (4%)

Mid laner: EDG.scout (54%), WE.xiye (19%), IG.Rookie (13%)

ad: RNG.Uzi (79%), OMG.smlz (10%), WE.Mystic (4%)

Support: EDG.Meiko (84%), RNG.ming (7%), LGD.Pyl (4%)

Unsurprisingly, except for Zet, who was ineligible to vote, EDG swept all the first place in all other positions, and their vote share was overwhelmingly higher in each position.

At this moment, the LPL teams truly realized just how exaggerated the influence of the Bird's Nest championship really was.