League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 279 Brother Tree is actually streaming League of Legends! ? ? ?

Chen Dongqing had already stood up and was shaking hands with the Finnish insect king in the center of the stage.

Serral, who finished as runner-up, was understandably frustrated by this defeat.

There's nothing we can do; we lost too badly this time.

The opponent defeated him with just two sets of tactics, and he could hardly imagine how great the difference in strength between the two sides was.

Am I really struggling so much against Chinese players? How am I supposed to compete against Korean players?

This future world champion is now deeply questioning himself.

Chen Dongqing is a seasoned winner; he can immediately tell what his opponent is thinking just by looking at their expression.

He thought for a moment and then said, "Don't doubt yourself, you are already very strong."

There was one more thing he didn't say—he just happened to run into me.

But without needing to be told, Serral can understand.

The Finnish bug king gave a weak laugh and said, "Then see you at the WCS at the end of the year."

Such a familiar sentence structure.

Chen Dongqing thought to himself, then laughed and said, "OK, see you at WCS. Hope to see you again."

After the handshake, Chen Dongqing turned and went to the center of the stage, raising the plastic trophy high.

Applause erupted from the audience, and the cheers of countless viewers were filled with genuine emotion.

This trophy is definitely not expensive to make; you could probably get one custom-made for around a hundred dollars. But the significance behind this trophy is absolutely profound!

After so many years of StarCraft history, finally a Chinese player has stepped onto the WCS main event stage!

This is a breakthrough from scratch!

At this moment, the female host also came over and conducted a post-match interview with Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing glanced to the side and found that the woman in front of him was still the same female host he had interviewed at the Golden League before; her name seemed to be Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei asked with a smile, "Ilex, before today, did you ever imagine that you would be lifting this trophy today?"

"Of course!" Chen Dongqing said with a smile, "My goal in playing professionally has always been to win the championship, even in StarCraft."

Xiao Wei glanced at the tall, handsome man in front of her, a strange look in her eyes, and said, "Is there any difference between lifting the StarCraft trophy and lifting the League of Legends trophy?"

"There are differences, though," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "First of all, this is the first international tournament trophy I've won in the StarCraft field, which has extraordinary significance for me."

"Secondly, this trophy is just too light. It feels like I don't have anything in my hands at all. It's not powerful enough. I've heard that the WCS championship trophy is quite heavy. I'd like to try lifting it then."

Upon hearing this, thunderous applause erupted from the audience, with many shouting "Bravo!!!"

This is the difference between StarCraft and League of Legends.

The League of Legends fanbase is predominantly young, including many female fans.

StarCraft is mostly played by older men, and when they cheer, they exude a sense of grandeur.

But Chen Dongqing didn't think there was anything wrong with it; on the contrary, he thought it was quite good.

Immediately following, the host quickly asked the final question: "Now that you've won this championship, what are Ilex's plans for the future?"

"Hmm," Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "Next, I need to prepare for the LPL league. I hope I can win the championship in the LPL as well. But don't worry, I will participate in the WCS at the end of the year."

Upon hearing this, the audience fell silent.

That's fine.

"Hahaha, you know what you said at the end was outrageous." On the way back, Uzi was still laughing in the car. "When people asked you what your plans were, you blurted out that you wanted to play in the LPL. Everyone in the audience was stunned."

Chen Dongqing spread his hands like a bear, saying helplessly, "Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm just telling the truth."

At this point, Xiangguo asked, "So what are you thinking? Are you really going to play in WCS?"

Chen Dongqing said matter-of-factly, "WCS is like the World Championship in League of Legends, do you understand its prestige? Of course I'll participate!"

"Aren't you afraid of losing the game?"

Chen Dongqing remained calm: "Don't worry, we won't lose."

"Awesome."

Xiangguo could only admire Chen Dongqing's gaming talent; he wouldn't be surprised if Chen Dongqing actually won the StarCraft championship.

It was dinnertime, and the group took the bus to one of their usual restaurants for a meal.

Of course, this meal was paid for by Chen Dongqing, as a way of repaying his brothers for coming to watch the game today.

After winning the championship today, he also received a prize of $25,000, showing his wealth and generosity, and he doesn't mind treating others.

While eating, Linko said, "The Summer Split starts in a week, so let's get back to scrims these next few days."

Upon hearing this, the QG members couldn't help but let out a wail.

QG, as a team that has consistently won championships, has far too little rest time.

Other teams were eliminated in the regional playoffs, and some were even eliminated in the regular season, so they had to take a two-month break.

QG is different; if they can be put on hiatus for half a month, it's considered that Riot Games didn't arrange the schedule well.

The high intensity of the competition and training really puts a lot of pressure on people.

For someone like Chen Dongqing, who has to play in the StarCraft League during his rest time, it's even more grueling.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "Brother Li, can I apply for a leave of absence? I'd like to take a week off for the Summer Split."

Linko suddenly stopped eating and asked, "Why did you take a day off?"

"I'm exhausted!" Chen Dongqing said righteously, "I haven't had much rest this holiday. As soon as I came back, I helped the club win the interstellar league championship. Even if I didn't do anything special, I still put in a lot of effort, right? So it's reasonable for me to take a week off to rest, isn't it?"

Linko was momentarily speechless. He thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, I approve. Come back in the second week of the Summer Split."

Chen Dongqing smiled contentedly, picked up a piece of juicy beef brisket, and happily popped it into his mouth.

Seeing that Chen Dongqing had successfully obtained leave, several teammates were indignant and raised their hands in protest.

Xiangguo shouted loudly, "Brother Li, I also want to ask for leave!"

Linko glared at him: "What leave did you ask for this time?"

"I've been playing too many games lately, and my lower back is a bit sore," Xiangguo said. "Every time I stand up, my tailbone aches for half an hour!"

"This is nothing!" Uzi exclaimed while eating. "My hands have been hurting terribly from playing games lately, and my back is also a bit sore. Sometimes I can't even sit still."

No one objected to Uzi's words.

As a professional player who has been playing at a high intensity since Season 3, Uzi has developed some health issues.

In addition, he has participated in all kinds of competitions, big and small, over the past year and a half, and has played them all to the end. His schedule is more than twice as long as other teams, which has further aggravated his injuries.

"Injuries are definitely a problem," Linko nodded in agreement. He even stopped eating, put down his chopsticks, and suggested, "How about I get you a sports rehabilitation team? Maybe we can try to extend your careers a bit!"

"That's definitely a good idea!" Chen Dongqing actually didn't have any injuries, but of course he didn't want to see his teammate get hurt. "It'd better get this done quickly!"

"Okay, I'll go and inquire after I finish this meal, and try to get it done for him in the next couple of days!" Linko's efficiency is really not bad.

At that moment, Xiangguo suddenly asked, "What about taking leave?"

"Don't even think about it!" Linko interrupted directly, "If you were really feeling unwell, why didn't you ask for leave earlier? You all came as soon as Chen Dongqing asked for leave, didn't you? Did you bring glory to the club during your vacation?"

At this point, Linko shrugged with a little bear in his hand: "Besides, you guys don't even have substitutes, only the top laner has a substitute."

At this point, the rest of QG members wilted and turned to focus on eating, hoping to get an extra hundred yuan from Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, lay back in a chair with a smile, ready to welcome the holiday.

After finishing their meal, the group walked back to the base, and it was now exactly 6 p.m.

With that, QG's vacation is over, and their summer season rehabilitation training has officially begun.

As per protocol, Banbazi is to hold a meeting about the version and introduce the new version.

Although Chen Dongqing won't be playing in the first week, this kind of meeting still needs to be held.

Before the meeting started, Linko ran around and called 369 from the second team to come up and join the meeting.

Chen Dongqing glanced at it and saw that 369 had changed his original hairstyle from the first half of the year, and nodded in satisfaction.

That hairstyle was so abstract that he couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

"Now that everyone's here, let's start the meeting." As usual, Banbazi plugged the USB drive into the computer that was responsible for the projector and then opened a PowerPoint presentation.

While playing, Banbazi said, "It's been a month and a half since MSI's 7.8 version, and now the official server has been updated to version 7.11. We're already three versions behind."

"These three versions have many changes, but they all have one general direction, which is to weaken QG."

At this point, Banbazi laughed at himself, and the QG players in the audience shook their heads helplessly.

There's really no other way.

It's an open secret that Riot Games will nerf the MSI champion; they did it last year, so they're not surprised this time.

Banbazi began by saying, "Anyway, this meeting will be long, let's take it slow."

"First, there are the new heroes and the reworked heroes."

"The new champions, Xayah and Rakan, have been out for a while but haven't appeared in the Mid-Season Invitational. We haven't practiced them either. The two bot laners definitely need to practice them more recently. These two champions have already dominated ranked games. If we don't pick them, we can't do the draft."

Upon hearing this, Shi Senming nodded solemnly.

As the weakest link in the team, Shi Senming has been practicing extra hard during this holiday. Luo has already practiced enough and is just waiting for the test in the training matches.

Uz nodded, but his expression was slightly unnatural.

Having been there before, Chen Dongqing was looking at Uzbekistan and immediately noticed something fishy.

Chen Dongqing has already decided to find an opportunity to talk to Uzbekistan.

This time, we absolutely cannot fail to bring Xayah to the World Championship.

Banbazi then continued, "Then there's the hero rework, and quite a few heroes have been reworked this time."

Looking over, Chen Dongqing saw that quite a few heroes had received major and minor reworks in these three versions, totaling five.

The tree has been reworked; its ultimate ability has changed from a damage reduction area to an old tree's entwined roots.

The excavator has been reworked; its ultimate ability has changed from a map-wide dash to a lock-on kill.

Kindred's passive has been reworked. Stacks no longer grant Kindred percentage-based damage; instead, they increase attack range and enhance abilities.

With Sejuani reworked, WE has completely transformed.

Basically, the reworks of these four heroes all changed them to look like Chen Dongqing before his rebirth.

In comparison, Chen Dongqing is more familiar with the revamped version.

Then there's Zac's rework, a minor rework of QWE, which also changed to his later form. However, his ultimate is slightly different from the one Chen Dongqing had before his time travel. In this version, his ultimate spreads out on the ground, and when released again, it engulfs all the enemies and pulls them in one direction.

This version of Zac is a deadly blow to ADCs without mobility or Flash, and has contributed many memorable moments in professional matches.

"Then there's another key point: the Rift Herald has also been reworked. Now the Herald is no longer just a simple buff, but can be summoned again to destroy enemy turrets."

"The Herald spawn time is still 10 minutes. This change by the designers is probably intended to help contest the first tower bounty, but its exact priority remains to be studied."

At this point, everyone in QG nodded.

It is a well-known fact that designers generally have limited control over version design.

If a Rift Herald is designed to contest the first tower, then there will actually be a lot of strategic maneuvering around this point.

Chen Dongqing could immediately think of a few.

The Vanguard only spawns every ten minutes. If the team's offense is strong enough, they can take down a tower ten minutes earlier. So how should the Vanguard be handled?

Or, if you go to great lengths to group up and take the first tower at the ten-minute mark, but I don't even try to contest it with you, and instead go to the bottom lane and gank the second tower with four players, and take it down, what would you say then?

The true importance of a striker will depend on their performance in the match.

But one thing is certain.

Compared to the previous Vanguard units that were unwanted and considered a waste of time to fight, the Vanguard units in this version definitely have a much higher priority.

Continue turning the pages in the PPT.

"In addition, there have been many changes to the equipment."

"New item, Gargoyle Stoneplate. New item, Adaptive Helm, a good brother to Spirit Visage. In addition to the usual magic resistance, health, and cooldown reduction, it also has a unique passive: When taking magic damage from an ability or effect, reduces all subsequent magic damage from that ability or effect by 15% for 4 seconds."

Chen Dongqing recognized this item. Before the Mythic version, this item was the bane of mages, especially against sustained damage mages like the Gyrocopter. If you equipped an Adaptive Helmet, the opponent could only scratch the surface.

"New equipment, Rapid Fire Cannon, has the same Energizing effect as the Lightning Blade, which increases the range of a single attack."

"Then, there are a lot of equipment changes. Infinity Edge is reduced by 200 gold, Phantom Dancer by 50 gold, Bloodthirster gains 5 attack damage, and Hurricane's Split Arrow damage is increased from 25% attack damage bonus to 40%. Guardian Angel is now made from B.F. Sword, so it gains 40 attack damage."

With such a dazzling array of equipment changes, even a fool could understand what the designers meant at a glance.

The introduction of adaptive helmets is like a small slash for mages.

Then, they significantly enhanced the equipment for ADCs and even tailored a resurrection armor that increased attack power for them, raising the status of marksmen to a higher level.

Xiangguo couldn't help but comment sharply: "Damn it, have the designers no shame at all? They've practically inflated the advertising budget to the heavens!"

Uzi hadn't played games for days, and as soon as he saw the update, he immediately started yelling like a monkey, "Whoosh! Take off!"

The ADC version is finally here!

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, remained calm.

He had known this day would come, but he had a vague feeling that the update was coming too suddenly.

In addition, there are some minor equipment changes. The Abyssal Scepter has had its ability power removed and replaced with the Abyssal Mask. The Banshee's Veil has had its ability power increased and has been changed to a mage item, which is also moving closer to the later versions.

Another key change is the removal of the Banner of Command.

Chen Dongqing's appearance triggered a butterfly effect, allowing this outrageous piece of equipment to appear on the field prematurely, and also causing it to be removed two years ahead of schedule.

"There are a few minor hero changes coming up, but there's not much to say about that." Banbazi continued scrolling through the pages, directly bringing up a large summary list.

These hero changes are basically for heroes who were either overpowered or underpowered after this major equipment rework, and the designers need to maintain their win rates at a normal level.

For example, Yasuo's ability to take off in one fell swoop with critical strike items is a classic example of LOL's long history.

Every time AD carries are buffed, Yasuo is the first to take off.

The designer thought this was too uncool, so he nerfed Yasuo.

The duration of Q skill stacks has now been reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.

This change was fatal.

After this nerf, it will be much harder for Yasuo to build up his wind power in lane and then engage in team fights in the river.

Secondly, Yasuo's level 1 Q skill has a cooldown of four seconds. After the nerf, if you miss a single Q in a fight, you won't be able to build up your wind power for that fight.

It's a direct hit to the core mechanism.

Secondly, there's the nerf to the female police officer; she can no longer accumulate headshot stacks through Hurricane.

Furthermore, Galio has also been nerfed. The introduction of items like Adaptive Helm and Abyssal Mask has made him too dominant against mages, and he has become a tyrant in the mid lane.

Therefore, Galio's passive damage and Q skill damage are reduced.

But the most ridiculous thing is that while nerfing Galio, the designers also reduced Camille's attack power by two points.

In addition, Graves has also been nerfed, but this nerf is quite interesting, consisting of only one line of text.

Graves can no longer pre-arrange multiple skill animations during his basic attack animation.

In plain terms, the ARE instant combo is gone. Now, no matter how you play, the retreat effect of the R skill will still exist.

Chen Dongqing's ability to instantly kill an AD carry with a flash using AREQ is now history.

Chen Dongqing was amused by this series of hero changes.

Although the designer talks a lot about morality and justice, saying it's for the sake of balancing the version, he actually has a lot of personal agenda. Aren't all these cuts hurting QG?

Because AD champions that can take off with a crit build still include Jinx and Lucian, why did you specifically nerf Caitlyn?

Camille's win rate in ranked games is already dropping to almost 46%, and you're still nerfing her attack damage?

Coach Cui was quite helpless about this, and could only say, "Fortunately, our team's adaptability is pretty good, so we should be able to accept the new version. At most, the bot lane will have a heavier burden."

Uz nodded with a grin, gladly accepting this heavy responsibility.

He wished the burden on the road would be as heavy as possible, and ideally the other four would revolve around him!

He believes that even so, QG is still the strongest team in the world.

The brief meeting on the new version has come to an end; it is now 7:00 PM.

Banbazi glanced at his watch and then said, "Let's end the meeting here. We'll discuss the more detailed version changes during scrims. Everyone, rest today; scrims officially begin tomorrow!"

Chen Dongqing was just packing his bags to go home and rest when Linko approached him and said, "The club and the league have a few shooting assignments these next few days, like GG and the new season's official photos. If you're leaving today, keep an eye on the news. Don't miss the shoots."

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and then said, "I'll stay at the club for two days and go home after filming is finished."

Chen Dongqing could certainly go straight home and then travel back and forth, but he felt it was too much trouble. After all, Shanghai is too big, and it would take him two or three hours to make a round trip, costing him over three hundred yuan in taxi fares, which was really unnecessary.

"That would be best." Linko nodded with a smile, then seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, right, there's something else here that you might need to trouble you with."

Chen Dongqing turned his head: "What is it?"

Linko asked, "Did you know that the Challenger tier recently launched?"

Chen Dongqing nodded: "I know, so what?"

Because this year's World Championship (S-Series) is being held in China, Tencent naturally wants to make this S-Series a big success, so the Super Server of the Rift was created a month ago.

The requirements for the newly launched Summit of the Rift are not high; you only need to reach Diamond III in either Solo/Double or Agility to register.

The official team also sent the players super accounts with extremely high hidden MMR, but Chen Dongqing has not used them yet.

Linko continued, "The LPL recently made a requirement: LPL players must reach Diamond I or higher in the Chinese Super Server to be eligible to play, so..."

"You have such a requirement?" Chen Dongqing asked, looking puzzled. "Are you trying to work me to death?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? You think reaching Diamond 1 is going to kill you?" Linko said cheerfully, "You're the number one player in our LPL region right now, but you don't even have an account on the Chinese Super Server. Tencent's reputation as a super region isn't being recognized! So you should work hard for the next few days and reach Diamond 1 first, okay?"

"I'll get it sorted out in the next few days," Chen Dongqing drawled.

After saying that, Linko patted Chen Dongqing on the shoulder, then turned and left the training room.

Chen Dongqing thought about it for a moment, and seeing that he had nothing to do, he decided to start a live stream and help people rank up in the game.

Actually, he hasn't broadcasted for over a month.

The moment he opened OBS, adjusted the settings, and clicked to start streaming, a certain place in China immediately became agitated.

"Brother Tree is live!"

At Douyu's headquarters in Wuhan, countless staff members were thrown into a frenzy of activity.

"**How ​​could B just start broadcasting like that? We clearly told him last time that he should notify us before starting!"

A man in a suit, who looked like a manager, began issuing orders with a frantic expression: "Hurry up, hurry up, add more servers and bandwidth! Get push notifications and homepage recommendations on board!"

With the cooperation of Douyu, almost all Douyu viewers received the news that Chen Dongqing had started broadcasting. In that instant, the number of viewers in Chen Dongqing's live broadcast room soared, quickly climbing to the top of the entire site!

Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction as he watched the audience numbers steadily rise backstage.

This live stream data is even comparable to his first live stream data after winning the S-series championship.

He hasn't done a live stream since he started participating in MSI.

During this period, he won the MSI and WCS Tour titles.

Viewers of both League of Legends and StarCraft are eagerly awaiting Chen Dongqing's stream, so this kind of viewership is understandable.

At this moment, countless spectators flocked to the scene, including a large number of players from both League of Legends and StarCraft.

Upon entering, one would see that Chen Dongqing had actually launched the League of Legends client.

The reactions of viewers on both the League of Legends and StarCraft sides to this scene were quite different.

The reaction from StarCraft viewers was: "The future hope of Chinese StarCraft, the first player in history to qualify for the year-end finals, is actually streaming League of Legends?"

It's such a pity that such a super talent is a League of Legends player.

The reaction from LOL viewers was: Holy crap! Tree Bro is actually streaming LOL?! ???

(End of this chapter)