League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 286 First in Both Servers?

QG's matches continued in the days that followed.

After a two-day break, also in the second week of the regular season, QG faced their fourth opponent of the regular season, LGD.

LGD's roster for the Summer Split remains unchanged from the Spring Split, still featuring Sword Immortal in the top lane, Jungle King in the jungle, Mage King in the mid lane, and Imp and Death God in the bottom lane.

This lineup can be described as having obvious weaknesses.

Imp has ruined himself by drinking heavily and smoking opium, Pyl is getting old, and Nakano is even worse off.

LGD has shown absolutely no intention of strengthening this lineup, suggesting they've already given up.

Of course, if you put yourself in their shoes, you'd be just as bad.

In 16, they let Ilex go, but after he left, he soared to great heights, becoming a beacon that led the LPL out of darkness.

In 17, they let Gomez go, and well, he became the MSI champion.

Such a top-tier team, all of which slipped through their fingers, how could anyone not be devastated?

Many people say that LGD's focus is no longer on LOL, and they are now focusing on DOTA2 - at least LGD's DOTA2 division has performed quite well this year.

But this obviously has nothing to do with LOL. If you don't put effort into managing your team, the audience won't bother with you. When the LGD players went on stage, there were very few cheers from the audience, which was the opposite of the thunderous cheers when QG came on stage next.

As for the course of this game, just like the contrast in cheers when the players took the stage, it was a completely one-sided situation.

Gao Dewei always gets really into it when he plays against LGD.

As a top domestic mid-laner, he has only earned a contract fee of two to three million yuan per year throughout his career, all thanks to LGD.

Furthermore, LGD not only pays him little, but also doesn't give him a chance to play. He doesn't play at all during the regular season, and only during the promotion/relegation matches when the team is on the verge of relegation will he be given a chance to play.

If QG hadn't been willing to spend money to buy his contract, he would obviously have been ruined.

With this hatred in his heart, Godwin played with utmost seriousness in this game, and his shots were quite ruthless.

In the first game, he decisively used his signature Diana to counter the Mage's Clockwerk.

Diana has actually been slightly nerfed in this version, not because the champion has been nerfed, but mainly because the Abyssal Scepter is no longer available.

The current Abyss Mask doesn't add magic power, making it significantly weaker in early-game combat.

But it's not a big problem.

This time, Gao Dewei chose the traditional Nashor's Tooth build and solo-killed the mid laner once at level six, even faster than Chen Dongqing in the top lane.

Eight minutes later, Chen Dongqing in the top lane also completed a solo kill, while Xiangguo appeared in the bottom lane and cooperated with Uzi Shisenming to easily kill the two opponents in the bottom lane!

In just over eight minutes, all five members of LGD died once, and all three lanes collapsed!

For the rest of the game, LGD just kept losing and couldn't stop.

Occasionally, one or two of them die, or they group up to kill one of QG's members, only to be wiped out by QG's reinforcements, resulting in a huge loss.

In twenty minutes, Da Long arrived at work on time and left in ten seconds, and the economic difference between the two sides had reached 13,000!

In just 23 minutes, the game was won in one fell swoop!

As for the second match, there's even less to say.

It was another classic three-lane advantage, followed by another twenty minutes of flat push.

Seeing that QG's offensive capabilities are still so strong, the audience can rest assured.

Although the combination of soft support and hard carry AD has become popular due to the deliberate control of the designers, the pace of the game has been getting slower and slower recently.

However, QG remains true to its original aspirations, and the average match time is still kept to twenty minutes.

Soon, it was the third week of the regular season.

7 month 1 day.

Today is the last day of the final week of the first round of the regular season group stage. QG only has one match this week, and their opponent is not particularly strong – Snake.

Entering the World Championship as the third seed in S6 and reaching the quarterfinals was already the peak moment for the Snake team.

After that, the team went on a downward spiral.

In a meta where the bottom lane reigns supreme, Crystal's performance declined, almost causing the team to be relegated to the promotion/relegation matches during the Spring Split.

Although they regained their form in the second half of the regular season and even made it to the top six, it was just a brief resurgence.

In the summer season, their performance worsened, and they even fell to last place in their group at one point.

Facing such an opponent, QG played ruthlessly, easily securing a 2-0 victory.

This concludes the first round of the regular season group stage.

The rankings for Groups A and B are gradually becoming clear.

After losing to EDG, QG returned with a strong performance, winning three big points in six games that lasted less than 30 minutes each, and now ranks second in Group A with a record of 4-1.

Ahead of him is EDG, who have swept Group A and remain undefeated so far, while behind them is IG with a record of 3-2.

Upon seeing this ranking, many viewers made jokes and shouted, "EDG, in danger!"

They all had a premonition that QG's revenge would be quite fierce in the second round of the group stage.

As for Group B, it's a bit more unpredictable.

FPX, who lost to WE, and WE, who inexplicably lost to OMG, are both tied for first place with a score of 4-1.

It is believed that the two teams will determine the winner in the inter-group round-robin tournament.

But that's a story for another time.

Before that, the LPL needs to suspend its operations and clear a week to allow time for the Intercontinental Cup.

The Intercontinental Cup is a new initiative launched by Riot Games this year. This time, the battlefield will be divided into continental wars.

There are a total of five battlefields: Asia, Europe and America, South America, Russia and Turkey, and Oceania.

In the Asian arena, the LPL, LCK, and LMS regions will each send their top four teams from the Spring Split to engage in team battles.

This is the international competition that best reflects the strength of a region; whichever region wins the championship will obviously be stronger.

It's worth mentioning, however, that LCK, which has recently suffered repeated defeats in international competitions, has also set its sights on this intercontinental tournament.

In their view, although QG is strong, there is only one QG in the LPL.

If we're comparing the overall strength of different regions, then LCK is definitely not to be underestimated.

Therefore, LCK fans are planning to reclaim the title of the number one region by winning the Intercontinental Cup!

But that's a story for another time.

The Intercontinental Cup will start on July 6th, while the LPL stipulates that the tournament will be held in Kaohsiung on July 4th.

In other words, QG will have more than two days of rest after the match on July 1st.

Linko considered that the players' schedule was too heavy, so he did not arrange any training matches for the past two days and chose to give the players time to rest.

Incidentally, arrange Yi Dian Dian's rehabilitation training and exercise.

Linko hired a professional sports rehabilitation therapist to create a customized training plan for each member of QG.

There are specially customized diet plans, training to improve wrist and elbow discomfort, training to improve shoulder and neck discomfort, exercises to improve lower back discomfort, and aerobic exercises to enhance physical fitness.

7 month 2 number.

Today is my planned aerobic day.

Each member of QG wore a fitness tracker and climbed the treadmill at the base.

The data was set: incline 15, speed 4, and they had to stay on the treadmill for 30 minutes before they could eat.

Chen Dongqing's cardiopulmonary function is quite good. Although this level of aerobic exercise is tiring, it is not completely unbearable.

Seeing that the time had reached twenty minutes, he reached for his water bottle and gulped down a large mouthful.

After finishing, he turned his head to look at his left and right sides.

His teammates each had their own pain.

Xiangguo looked like a skinny monkey, 169 cm tall and weighing less than 100 kg. He was clearly not the type to be good at sports, and he was panting heavily on the treadmill.

And needless to say, the two fat guys, Godwin and Uzbekistan, are even worse.

The two had stopped training five minutes earlier and were sitting to the side, panting heavily.

They need to rest for a while before continuing.

Looking at the scene before him, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but pant and complain, "This is the third week already, and you guys still can't last twenty minutes? That's too weak!"

"Damn, you're really talking without any sense of the situation," Uzi said, his face pale. "Do you even know the value of 85 kilograms of gold?"

"Tsk tsk tsk," Chen Dongqing said no more, only looking at her with disdain.

Uzi seemed to be provoked by that look, and immediately stood up to go back to the treadmill.

Ten minutes later, Chen Dongqing pressed the stop button, ending his aerobic training for the day.

Xiangguo couldn't wait to press the stop button, and then slowly stopped by holding onto the handrail next to him.

After leaving the treadmill, Xiangguo's steps were unsteady, and he was slowly falling forward, almost falling headfirst to the ground. Fortunately, Chen Dongqing reached out and stopped him.

"What's going on?" Chen Dongqing asked chuckled. "They just went straight to sleep?"

Xiangguo suddenly snapped back to reality: "Holy crap, I felt like someone pushed me from behind. It knocked me out."

"Take a break, take a break." Chen Dongqing quickly pulled his jungler teammate to sit on a chair. After a while, when Uzi had finished climbing, the two finally got up.

Xiangguo then immediately started clamoring for food.

It must be said that the three-week training plan was indeed effective.

With his metabolism picking up, Xiangguo's appetite has improved considerably, and he should be able to break the 100-pound mark soon.

Everyone first went back to their rooms to take a shower, then enjoyed a comfortable dinner before finally getting to rest.

Chen Dongqing didn't think much of it and started the live stream.

I'll take advantage of these two days off to do more live streams and earn some more viewership.

At the beginning of the month, I didn't realize how precious time was; at the end of the month, I wasted my time on live streaming.

As for the name of the live stream, Chen Dongqing had already thought of it—Go for Number One!

When he ended his stream yesterday, he was only 40 points behind Doinb, who was ranked number one in the Rift. If the two of them were to clash, he could catch up in one game.

So at that time, Chen Dongqing made a promise to the audience, saying that he would definitely get first place today!

So as soon as the broadcast started today, countless people came as agreed, and the popularity of the live stream began to rise rapidly.

The barrage of comments was endless:

[Strive for first place!]

[Wuhu! Take off!]

[Celebrating Tree Bro's first time reaching the top of the Chinese server!]

It's quite interesting that, although Chen Dongqing has reached the top of the world rankings and won numerous championships and FMVP awards, he has never reached the top of the national rankings due to some personal factors.

Of course, fans don't think it's something he can't do.

In today's anti-racism forum, there is a famous theory that ranking up is useless. The core evidence for this theory is Chen Dongqing's argument that ranking points are useless, as long as you are strong. Look at Brother Shu, he never plays ranked games!

Now that Chen Dongqing has finally started playing ranked matches, his fans will collectively choose to believe that he will definitely be able to become the number one player in the national server.

As usual, Chen Dongqing first logged into the Canyon of the Gods, glanced at the Chinese server's ranked ladder, and saw that the difference in ranked points between the two sides was still 40 points before he entered the ranked mode with satisfaction.

Now that you have a high score, there's a downside: ranking up takes too long.

In particular, Chen Dongqing is now ranked second in the national server, and it often takes him half an hour to queue for a match.

Of course, Chen Dongqing also has his own ways of dealing with it.

During ranked matches, Chen Dongqing logged into Battle.net and started playing StarCraft on the Korean server.

This is the approach that Chen Dongqing came up with last week.

StarCraft is a 1v1 game, requiring only one opponent to start. The matchmaking is quick and the game is fast, making it perfect to play a StarCraft game during your League of Legends ranked matches.

This wave, this wave is called dual-threading!

Most viewers in the live stream don't actually understand StarCraft, but that doesn't stop them from watching and playing.

After all, Chen Dongqing's win rate in StarCraft is quite high; just watch the streamer dominate.

Led by Chen Dongqing, a top streamer on Douyu, the daily active users of StarCraft in the Chinese server have increased significantly recently. Many veteran StarCraft players were moved to tears by this, exclaiming that Chinese StarCraft is about to rise again.

Two minutes later, Chen Dongqing was indeed matched into a StarCraft game. He cracked his knuckles and began to play.

Chen Dongqing's StarCraft score is also quite impressive, reaching 6800 points, just over 100 points away from Rouge, the top player in the Korean server.

That's right, today Chen Dongqing has more than one crucial mission in the canyon.

He also plans to try and get the top spot in the Korean StarCraft server!

The title of being number one on both the LOL and StarCraft servers sounds really cool.

Of course, this is not easy either.

After all, once his StarCraft score is high enough, he'll be matched with top players from the Korean server, including world champions. Chen Dongqing can't remain relaxed and comfortable when facing them now.

The win rate is only around 70%.

For example, in this game, Chen Dongqing encountered a Protoss player with the ID sOs.

Chen Dongqing had a very deep impression of this player.

Because his strategy against Protoss is mainly defensive and adaptable, he is most afraid of encountering unfamiliar Zergling tactics.

However, this guy had so many tricks up his sleeve that Chen Dongqing couldn't defend against them all.

Moreover, this person has quite a background. He did a quick search on Baidu and found that this guy was actually the WCS world champion in 2013 and 2015, the only WCS double champion in the world. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the world's number one Protoss player.

As expected, Chen Dongqing found himself in a disadvantageous position once again in this match.

Although he managed to hold on against the odds, his chances of winning were still slim.

The game went on until the 20th minute when a message popped up on the LOL side confirming the preparation. Chen Dongqing simply stopped resisting, typed GG, and started a fun LOL ranked game.

After the hero banning phase ended, Chen Dongqing glanced at the list and found that Fiora had indeed been banned.

This is also a long-standing, unwritten rule in the recent history of the Rift.

When Chen Dongqing starts his broadcast, the entire Rift will start banning Fiora.

After all, nobody wants to see Chen Dongqing's Fiora on the opposing team.

Some even go so far as to ban Riven and Jayce after Fiora is banned.

Fortunately, this game didn't have that kind of abnormality. He countered by picking Jayce and started a killing spree.

Can't kill StarCraft, but can't kill League of Legends?

After Chen Dongqing entered the ranked match, he saw a large number of streamer IDs on the loading screen, but unfortunately, he didn't see Doinb.

Doinb was online, but he wasn't matched against him.

Chen Dongqing could only deliver a crushing defeat with regret.

In the current Super Server, every jungler who sees the opponent is the first Challenger in Season 6 will mindlessly gank top lane.

However, correspondingly, all junglers will blindly protect their team when they see that their team is the first Challenger in S6.

So as soon as Chen Dongqing goes online, the Challenger tier instantly transforms from a bottom lane battle to a top lane free-for-all, which is incredibly realistic.

Chen Dongqing is also a master of chaotic battles, so he naturally embraced this situation without hesitation, rampaging through the battlefield while joking with the viewers in the chat and easily securing a victory.

Seeing the screen filled with "666" comments, Chen Dongqing casually opened the ranked ladder, only to find that Doinb had also won a game, and the score difference between the two sides remained unchanged.

Chen Dongqing didn't think too much about it and continued playing ranked matches, and then started playing StarCraft at the same time.

Before long, StarCraft was added to the queue again.

But this time, things got interesting.

Chen Dongqing went in and saw the ID—PartinG

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but chuckle. "Oh my, isn't this Jigglypuff?"

He has plenty of experience dealing with Jigglypuff.

In this game, Chen Dongqing won easily in fifteen minutes without hesitation, earning twenty points.

After leaving, Chen Dongqing took a special look at the leaderboard on the interstellar side and was pleasantly surprised to see that the score difference between the two sides had been reduced to only 50 points!

Although he just lost to sOs, sOs's score was not as high as his, so losing was no big deal. In comparison, winning the first game in the Korean server is much more precious.

Once you reach the 6,000+ point range, the points gained become pitifully small. You gain 10 or 20 points for a win, but lose 50 or 60 points for a loss.

Chen Dongqing's score actually declined due to his win and loss, but the gap between him and the top player in the Korean server is narrowing!

That means the first-place team lost even worse; both the first and second place scores were dropping.

Two minutes later, the LOL game started again, and this time Chen Dongqing still didn't get matched with Doinb, but he still managed to win a game.

Upon exiting the game, Doinb had won again, and the score difference between the two remained largely unchanged.

In stark contrast to the situation in StarCraft where both players were losing, in League of Legends, both players were winning.

But as a result, Chen Dongqing failed to reach first place in any of the events.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but yawn and sigh, "If I can't get a match soon, I'm going to end the stream. I'm a little tired from playing."

Amidst a barrage of question marks in the comments, Chen Dongqing started another round of StarCraft.

This time, the crucial moment has finally arrived.

As Chen Dongqing entered the row, he saw his opponent's ID.

Rouge.

He is currently ranked number one in the Korean server.

Chen Dongqing rolled up his sleeves and got into a serious state.

But at the same time, the pranksters also started to appear.

It seems the weather was against them; the StarCraft match had just finished loading, but the League of Legends ranked game had only been queued for four minutes when a confirmation window popped up.

More importantly, Chen Dongqing glanced at the friend list on the right and saw that Doinb was also in the queue.

It's highly likely that you've been placed in the queue.

If Doinb gets in now, he might miss his chance.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, made up his mind, and decisively clicked "OK," then switched back to the interstellar setting and began operating at lightning speed.

Let's go! Dual-threaded!

Who's afraid of who?

(End of this chapter)