League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 214 You've finally arrived!

11 month 19 day.

Two important things are happening today.

First, the week-long All-Star voting has officially begun.

Each region needs to select one player from each position to form a five-person team to travel to Barcelona to participate in the All-Star Game.

However, the official rules also stipulate that each team can only send two players. If a team has all five members in first place, then the two most popular players will be selected.

The main purpose of this is to prevent one team from being too popular in any particular region. If all five players from each region came from the same team, the All-Star event would lose its appeal.

As expected, QG's five players topped the voting charts as soon as voting began, with even Xiangguo's votes slightly surpassing Clearlove's.

That's the value of a first-time championship.

However, at the same time, Chen Dongqing and Uzi are far ahead in votes among the five QG players, and their participation in the All-Star event is a foregone conclusion.

The second thing is that QG's mid and support players officially left the team today.

Starting today, the 2016 limited edition QG should come to an end.

The QG team arrived at the base entrance to see off the three departing players.

"Damn it, good luck in next year's competition!" Uzi said, hooking his arm around Liu Qingsong's shoulder. "See you at S7?"

"Okay, see you on the field!" Liu Qingsong nodded with a smile.

Lin Weixiang chuckled from the side, "You guys won't get slaughtered by me, will you?"

"Are you talking about Jβ?" Xiangguo laughed. "Just wait and see if I catch you or not."

Chen Dongqing also gave Doinb a thumbs up and said, "Keep up the good work next year!"

Doinb's eyes also flickered at this moment.

He knew that starting his own business and proving himself would be a difficult and long process, but he still chose to do it.

He just wanted to prove he wasn't a slacker; in 17, he had a compelling reason to qualify for the World Championship.

Doinb said earnestly, "This year, let's try to get into the World Championship together."

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "Let's get into the intercontinental tournament together first."

The Rift Rivals is a newly added competition recently announced by Riot Games. It is set in the middle of the Summer Split and focuses on competition between continents. According to the rules, the top four teams from the Spring Split will be qualified to participate in the Rift Rivals.

"Definitely!" Doinb said as a final word, then walked away with the bot lane duo—FPX's base was just a short distance away.

As they retreated, another person approached – Gao Dewei carrying a backpack. LGD's base wasn't far away, so Wei Shen had also come over.

Before signing a contract, newcomers will need to undergo a round of training matches to prove themselves.

Halfway there, Doinb and Wei Shen brushed past each other, then glanced back at the same time; one was leaving, the other was coming.

"Welcome." Uzi went up and greeted Wei Shen; the two had always had a good relationship.

Chen Dongqing patted the other person on the back and said, "Good luck in today's practice match. If you play terribly, we won't want you anymore."

"You're just talking nonsense!" Gao Dewei said with a look of disdain. "Just watch how I kill them all."

Gao Dewei stepped into the crowd, but seeing that the QG members hadn't moved, he casually asked, "Are you waiting for someone?"

"We're still waiting for one more person," Chen Dongqing replied. "The support hasn't arrived yet."

A minute later, a black SUV stopped at the entrance of the base, and a fat man and a skinny young man got out.

One is Shi Senming, and the other is PDD, the boss of YM.

Uzi's first priority slot was out of the question, as VG wouldn't let him go at all, so Linko shifted his focus to Xiaoming.

"You guys have no idea how sought-after Shi Senming is, do you?" PDD said with a laugh. "If you had called an hour later, Shi Senming would have been sold to RNG."

Xiao Ming looked at the group of people standing in front of him and exclaimed in surprise, "So many people?"

"Of course, you're welcome!" Chen Dongqing said cheerfully, not at all shy. "Aren't you touched?"

"I'm so touched!" Xiao Ming said with a grin. "When does the training match start?"

"Let's go, let's get started right away!" Linko gestured, leading everyone towards the base.

On the way, PDD was still greeting Chen Dongqing, saying things like, "I'll remember your Quinn for the rest of my life," which confused Chen Dongqing.

When did I ever play Quinn and play against PDD?

Upon entering the base's main hall, Shi Senming saw various trophies sealed in glass cabinets on the side of the hall, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Is this team really one I can join?

At this moment, Uzi approached and said kindly, "You must be YM.Ming from the Chinese server, right? I have a pretty good impression of you. Just listen to me during the practice match later, and you'll definitely pass the tryouts!"

Uzbekistan was clearly calculating something as he spoke.

That Liu Qingsong is too disobedient. He keeps running to the mid lane and you can't stop him. He definitely needs to raise a more obedient support!

On the other side, Xiaoming nodded obediently upon hearing Uzi's words, the immense pressure preventing him from smiling.

Uzbekistan has always been one of his idols, and now that his idol is speaking up, he naturally follows his lead.

Chen Dongqing watched from the side without saying a word.

He knew the direction of the upcoming version. According to the original world, S7 would be a version that belonged to ADCs. The bot lane support only needed to pick a soft support to protect the marksman and there was no need to roam at all.

Although Chen Dongqing's arrival disrupted the timeline, he is a top laner and even won the FMVP, which will likely strengthen the designers' resolve to buff the bottom lane.

So theoretically speaking, choosing an obedient assistant isn't a bad thing.

Although Xiaoming was criticized for not being able to play support roles during S12, that was forced upon him by RNG's playstyle at that time.

Back then, RNG needed him to pick hard supports to set the pace and initiate team fights. When he picked enchanter supports, the whole team would feel off, so his enchanter support skills gradually declined, even though he was actually quite good at playing enchanter supports.

Soon, everyone arrived at the training room. Linko arranged the seats, letting the two of them sit in the places where Doinb and Liu Qingsong were, and the first round of training matches began.

This time, their opponent is IG.

"ADJackeyLove?" Uzi read the other player's ID aloud and said, "Isn't this the guy who plays Draven in ranked games?"

Although JackeyLove was still unable to play due to his age, he had already started participating in the team's scrimmages.

"Yes." Chen Dongqing nodded. "This guy's a bit tough."

"Yeah, I've played against him. He's really aggressive in lane," Uzi laughed. "But I'm not that afraid of him."

When it comes to laning, Uzi is truly fearless against anyone.

In addition, Chen Dongqing also glanced at the ID of the opposing top laner.

TheShy.

Soon, the training match began.

Uzi's excited command voice immediately rang out in the training room.

"Why are you doing that, A-rank minion? Go and pressure him!"

"Give us a shield! Give us a shield!"

"Don't be a coward, go up and press!"

"Go and improve your field of vision."

"The enemy jungler is here! Don't run! Don't run! We can fight!"

Uzi's voice rang out one after another, while Xiaoming remained silent, though he was already covered in sweat.

You're asking too much of me, buddy!

Not only did Uzi have high expectations of him, but the opposing team also put a lot of pressure on him in the laning phase!

The opposing JackeyLove and Megan (baolan changed his name) duo is really strong in lane. Although Uzi can still manage to stay in lane, it will be difficult for him.

Fortunately, with Uzi's command, he managed to stabilize the bottom lane in their first coordinated attack, and neither side gained any significant advantage.

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing stood in the top lane, and with Xiangguo's help, killed TheShy's Riven in a few hits, then smiled without saying a word.

TheShy in S7 had already reached a peak in his skill, but he was still far behind Chen Dongqing in terms of ability.

Not only were their skills poor, but their awareness was also wildly inferior.

As a child, Xiao Jiang was manipulated by Chen Dongqing.

At this moment, Linko and the two coaches turned their attention to Gao Dewei.

He is also one of the key figures today.

As a mid-laner who has been tested in competitions for several years, Gao Dewei's individual skills and hero pool are obvious to all. Even if he has regressed recently because he has not played in scrims for a long time, the coaching staff will not take his poor performance to heart.

The focus for Gao Dewei is still on his collaboration with Xiangguo.

But as it turns out, there was no problem.

In the laning phase against Rookie, Gao Dewei was at a slight disadvantage but managed to stabilize the situation. Meanwhile, Xiangguo was already messing around in Kid's jungle.

Taking advantage of his jungler position, Gao Dewei secured a kill in a 2v2 mid-jungle skirmish, which allowed him to reverse the mid-lane disadvantage.

With a significant advantage in the top lane, a slight advantage in the mid and jungle, and an even match in the bottom lane, the first game was won easily.

"Not bad, not bad!" Banbazi nodded approvingly, then asked, "Jian Zihao, what do you think of the bot lane?"

Shi Senming was slightly nervous, waiting for the answer.

"Not bad," Uzi nodded. "Although I'm a little rusty, I learn quickly! Let's play another round!"

Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

In the second game, the coach chose a tank support for Xiaoming.

This time, Uzi's evaluation changed from "not bad" to "not bad".

Then another round came.

This was the third time the bot lane duo had teamed up for a match, and their synergy was noticeably better than in the first game.

Thanks to Uzi's laning ability, the bottom lane has already gained an advantage.

Meanwhile, TheShy fed again in the top lane!

Xiao Jiang seemed unwilling to accept defeat and insisted on taking over the operation, but he kept dying.

QG has always liked to have their top and jungle players synergize, and Kid is known for protecting the mid laner, so the top lane is inevitably left unattended. TheShy didn't have a comfortable game today!

In this game, Chen Dongqing dominated again, but fortunately, the bottom lane also gained an advantage this time, and the team still won the game.

Seeing this, PDD nodded in satisfaction and said happily, "Then we can sign the contract now, right?"

"No rush, let's play one more game." Banbazi nodded, deciding to see how things went.

After the training match, TheShy even sent Chen Dongqing a couple of messages in English.

"Ilex, I'm your fan!"

Chen Dongqing felt a strange urge to stay in Bengbu when he saw this, and felt like his keyboard was overflowing with milk.

Will we lose the fourth game?

But then, the entertainment value came out.

Because of TheShy's feeding performance in the first three games, IG decided to bring in Duke for the fourth game - Duke is also one of IG's new signings, recently acquired from SKT.

Fan Xiao Jiang regretfully missed the chance to beat up his idol.

But the problem is, Duke also has a phobia of trees!

In the fourth game, Duke lost even worse, being relentlessly beaten by Chen Dongqing and unable to lift his head for the entire game.

Seeing this, both coaches were at a loss.

This top lane is bound to collapse, so what's the point of scrims?

There was nothing Linko could do but pat Chen Dongqing on the shoulder, signaling him to tone it down.

"It's not like you're having a trial period, why are you going through all this trouble?"

"Oh," Chen Dongqing said, genuinely feeling somewhat helpless.

Because he hasn't taken it seriously yet.

After his skill level reached 99, his laning phase seemed to have become a breeze. He used to have to put up a lot of pressure on Duke in lane, but now it was a piece of cake.

Seeing this, he simply stopped pressuring and both sides began to farm peacefully in the top lane.

At this point, Gao Dewei started to exert his strength.

He was playing Syndra in this game. At nine minutes, he seized the opportunity when Rookie dared to come up to last hit without Flash. He flashed forward, used EQ to instantly stun him, and then auto-attacked, followed by WR and auto-attacks, dealing just the maximum damage to secure the kill!

Meanwhile, a bloody battle also broke out in the bottom lane. Although Xiaoming was killed, Uzi secured a double kill, which also established an advantage in the bottom lane!

They can win this game even without going to the top lane.

Seeing this, the few people watching from behind finally nodded in satisfaction and clicked "accept and accept the goods".

The training match came to an end, and Gao Dewei and Xiaoming (PDD) took turns entering the meeting room to discuss the details of the transaction.

The solution for Gao Dewei was that QG Club spent four million to directly buy out Wei Shen's contract.

Although this would allow LGD to make a profit of two million, it wouldn't be a loss for QG.

Who would complain about losing money buying Wei Shen for four million?

Xiao Ming isn't worth that much money. He's like Chen Dongqing last year, a package deal of 500,000 yuan a year. However, since Shi Senming is an employee of PDD, the club needs to pay PDD an extra 1 million yuan in transfer fees.

So, looking at the overall picture, Shi Senming's expenses amounted to 1.5 million. Although it was a bit pricey, it was really nothing for the well-funded QG team.

Compared to the budget of five million to retain Liu Qingsong, this one and a half million is just a drop in the bucket.

After the mid and support players were all finalized, Linko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Linko is quite satisfied with the lineup he secured for this year for less than 30 million.

I truly deserve to be called the best manager!

He hasn't had a good night's sleep during this transfer period, and now he can finally get some rest.

Chen Dongqing could finally breathe a sigh of relief; he had racked his brains a lot during this period, and now he could finally rest.

He sacrificed so much for this family.

Over the next few days, QG continued to play a few scrims every now and then. It was currently the transfer period, and many newly formed teams were eager to train. QG didn't mind giving them a lesson and also practicing their own teamwork.

Chen Dongqing shuttled back and forth between the base and his home, occasionally spending some time alone with Lin Yuanhua.

As the days went by, LPL viewers grew increasingly impatient.

The transfer window is more than halfway over, and many teams have already released their spring split rosters, so why is there still no result for QG?

There's really no way around it. QG actually submitted their roster a long time ago, but the league explicitly forbade QG from announcing their lineup too early.

There's nothing else to it, I just want to prolong the discussion about this transfer window.

QG had no choice but to endure it.

The teams that had been holding back finally unleashed their big moves just before the transfer window was about to close.

EDG officially announced that their highly anticipated youth academy player, Diboy, has joined the team. However, due to his age, he will have to wait until the Summer Split to play. The current AD carry is Zet.

Zet is a name changed from Cry, Rox's substitute, and was a bonus that EDG got when they bought head coach Nofe.

IG also issued a statement saying that JackeyLove is also unable to play due to his age, and his return to the court will be later, in 2018.

Seeing this, countless viewers were disappointed. After all, the LPL is known for producing AD carries, and these two young players have always been highly anticipated by the audience. But now that they are unable to play, everyone can't help but feel that the new season is lacking in hope.

At this moment, RNG finally released their roster for the new season.

Top laner Letme, jungler World6, mid laner Xiaohu, bot laner Able, support Jiezou.

According to the original plan, Rhythm should have retired in 2017, but because Snake Esports entered the World Championship, he was spotted by RNG. RNG had been searching for a long time in the entire league before finally finding Hua Zi as their jungler, which was quite an achievement.

There are many good junglers outside, but RNG's decision to field an all-Chinese roster has limited their own options.

But since they managed to put together this all-Chinese roster, they naturally had to promote it properly. RNG even wrote a long promotional message under the roster.

"2016 was the peak year for South Korean players coming to China. But this time, we want to do the opposite and form a team of five Chinese players. We will prove with facts that five Chinese players can also win the championship, and that such a championship is the purest."

[Okay, an all-Chinese team, right?]

[Someone said they'd been unhappy with those Korean players for a long time.]

If an all-Chinese team can win the championship, then QG's first title is nothing to brag about.

Indeed, I support an all-Chinese team!

[What are you guys saying upstairs? These lousy guys might not even make the playoffs, and now they're already trying to piggyback on QG's championship?]

[Haha, don't be ridiculous. If you could bring back Xiangguo and Xiaogou, I might be able to support them, but with this lineup, I really can't.]

This kind of promotional slogan is undeniably effective, with many viewers expressing their support, and even some extreme individuals starting to criticize the value of QG's championship.

This makes one wonder if these are paid trolls hired by RNG.

However, it is clear that trying to provoke QG at this time is futile and QG fans swarmed in, overwhelming RNG's official Weibo account.

But the biggest one hasn't arrived yet.

At this moment, the QG team members also saw RNG's tweet, and everyone frowned.

If you want an all-Chinese team, fine, but why do you have to try and pick a fight with QG?

"Brother Li, what do you think?" Chen Dongqing asked. "How about we just announce it? It won't make a difference if we don't announce it for another two days."

They've been keeping their roster under wraps as required by the league, so a couple more days won't make a difference.

"Announce it!" Linko was also furious. "I can handle things with the league; it's not a big problem."

They are, after all, the first-time champion club, so they still have some face to save.

Following that, QG's official Weibo account finally released their new roster.

QG's 2017 Spring Split roster announced: Top laner ilex, Jungler mlxg, Mid laner GodV, Bot laners Uzi and Ming!

There was no hype about an all-Chinese lineup; it was just a simple roster.

This was actually Chen Dongqing's idea.

A reputation is something you earn yourself, not something you promote. There's no need to cling to any particular class or group.

This answer sparked a huge discussion among countless people!

Holy crap! It's an all-Chinese team too!

This is a true all-Chinese team! Everyone except the support is top-tier! What is RNG anyway?

[Is Wei Shen really that good? LGD is almost relegated this year.]

[Fun fact: It was the "King of the Road" who sent LGD to the relegation matches, but it was GodV who played in those matches.]

[Haha, that's really outrageous. They don't want Wei Shen to play, but they still want to rely on him to avoid relegation, huh?]

[What about the support role? And where did this Ming come from?]

[PDD's team, I wonder how good they are?]

[Should I pick an LSPL support?]

Trust QG's judgment. Last year, Liu Qingsong was still in the City Heroes Championship, wasn't he the champion?

Fans have differing opinions, but one thing is certain.

Both teams are all-Chinese, but QG's new season roster can completely crush RNG!

What kind of staged accident?

If you're so capable, let's see how it goes in the new season!

This time, RNG fans were completely humiliated.

In Shanghai, RNG's owner, Bai Xing, was grinding his teeth in frustration as he watched QG's roster announcement follow closely behind.

This support character, Xiaoming, was originally one of their people!

They had almost finalized the deal with YM for this support player, but then PDD, for some unknown reason, suddenly changed his mind and said he wouldn't sell him.

It wasn't until now that they realized Xiaoming had actually been sold to QG!

That's disgusting.

And what methods did QG use to acquire Gao Dewei?

Meanwhile, the All-Star voting results were finally released.

The LPL roster is as follows:

"Top laner ilex, jungler Clearlove7, mid laner Xiye, bot laner Uzi, support Meiko."

This result clearly shows the current distribution of LPL fans. After QG fans cast two vote-getters, EDG fans got a share and secured the jungler and support spots.

60E, on the other hand, took advantage of the fact that QG and EDG had filled all their spots to forcibly grab a mid-lane position.

This lineup is undeniably beautiful, but unfortunately, no club can afford it.

Time quickly came to December 6th.

Chen Dongqing met up with the others at Pudong International Airport, and they flew to Barcelona.

"Holy crap! Collier's hot dance 7!" Chen Dongqing, who rarely saw the factory manager, was not going to miss the opportunity and went up to joke.

Ming Kai glanced sideways at Chen Dongqing and gritted his teeth, saying, "You little brat."

Meiko, on the other hand, was enjoying the spectacle and said with amusement, "You don't know, he wanted to add that 7 himself, and Ji Xing couldn't stop him."

"Is that so?" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow, patted the factory manager on the shoulder, and said solemnly, "Keep it up, keep it up, try to break into the top eight this year."

But his inner monologue at that moment was: Even if I make it to the top 16, it's still a success.

Chen Dongqing needs to find a way to make EDG realize that Lucian is really not a good pick.

At this moment, Vincent also came over; he would be responsible for taking the five players to Barcelona.

Barcelona is located in Spain and is a European city. Flying there would inevitably be a grueling flight. Chen Dongqing really wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist the force of his fists.

After all, you're already a champion team and the FMVP. If you don't go to the All-Star event, players all over the world will be disappointed.

Fortunately, there weren't many players at the All-Star event, so Riot Games booked first-class tickets for each player, making the flight experience much better than their trip to the United States.

After settling into his seat, Chen Dongqing took out his tablet from his bag while the plane was still being prepared and comfortably lay down on the recliner to start watching.

I must say, the first-class experience is truly exceptional.

He mainly checks out version updates.

His understanding of the version is still based on the 6.18 version from the World Championship, but in reality, the current version has been updated to 6.23.

Furthermore, in the upcoming All-Star Game, we will be the first in the world to use version 6.24.

That's six versions in total. To ensure he doesn't falter at the All-Star game, he still needs to do some research.

However, after taking a closer look, Chen Dongqing found that although the changes to the version were quite significant, there was nothing unacceptable about it.

The jungle has been drastically changed. The double buff minions are gone, F4 has become F6, Krugs will spawn offspring, and new jungle plants such as Bursting Cones, Scryer's Blossom, and Honey Fruit have been added.

The respawn time for neutral monsters has been changed from 100 seconds to 150 seconds, and the talent [Power of Time] has been removed and replaced with [Courage of the Colossus].

After these changes, the aggressive junglers that dominated the S6 World Championship will find it very difficult to play.

Without abundant jungle resources and the snowballing ability provided by the power of time, the combat power of carnivorous junglers will be greatly reduced.

In addition, armor penetration items such as Youmuu's Ghostblade and Duskblade have been significantly reworked. Youmuu's Ghostblade no longer provides attack speed, and Duskblade's effect has been reworked. It no longer has an effect similar to Zed's ultimate, but has been changed to an effect similar to Kha'Zix's passive.

One second after you are out of the enemy's sight, your next attack will deal true damage. Duskblade can also clear wards, so it can be used in conjunction with the first effect.

This version of Duskblade is more versatile, but it's no longer suitable for laning; instead, it's more suitable for assassin junglers.

At the same time, a new piece of equipment has been added: Night's Edge.

Then, the recipe for Banner of Command will be changed from Demonic Codex to Glacial Armor, and it will no longer increase spell power.

The designer's main intention with this change was to address the current situation where mid-lane is dominated by flag-wielding mages, but clearly, it hasn't been very effective.

Because the Banner of Command with its tanky build is the true pinnacle of banners.

Besides equipment, there have also been many changes to heroes, with assassin heroes undergoing major overhauls.

The Talon Katarina has been reworked into a later version, where one needs to vault over a wall and the other needs to pick up a dagger.

LeBlanc has been reworked. [Malicious Spell] has been changed to a passive, her Q skill is now [Shattered Orb], and her ultimate [Repeat] has become an active skill.

This version of LeBlanc has a slight delay in instantly killing enemies, but her strength lies in her wave clear ability.

Then Rengar was reworked, his Q ability was changed to Frog Swim, and Kha'Zix was reworked, his ultimate ability was evolved and he became invisible when entering bushes, greatly increasing his mobility in the jungle.

The numerous updates are mostly changing the ecosystem of the mid lane.

That's a good thing. In terms of assassin mid-laners, Gao Dewei is better than Doinb.

Gao Dewei is actually a very versatile mid-laner. He may not be as good as Doinb in terms of roaming tempo, but he can not only roam, but also play farming mages and assassins.

When it comes to assassins, he has iconic moments with Diana and Yasuo; when it comes to farming, he has the classic Orianna with her egg cap; when it comes to roaming, he was actually the first player in the world to play Banner of Command Nautilus mid lane. He is a very standard professional mid lane template, an all-rounder.

After reviewing the previous updates, Chen Dongqing tapped the tablet twice and found the changes in the latest 6.24 version, which was the All-Star version and the last version of Season 6.

I just clicked into the first page of the version.

New champion: Camille, the Steel Shadow.

Chen Dongqing grinned.

We've been waiting for you like the stars and the moon, and you've finally arrived!

Tomorrow I'll write about the All-Star game, to show off in front of a global audience. The day after tomorrow or the day after that, I can probably start working on the Spring Split.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)