League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 302: Crash Course in Half a Month?

Good times are always short.

They hadn't stayed in Kaohsiung for long when, at noon the very next day, the LPL team packed their bags and returned to Shanghai.

This intercontinental tournament trip actually fostered a stronger bond among everyone. Lin Weixiang and Xiye inexplicably developed a connection and decided to duo queue for a game when they returned to the base.

Chen Dongqing and Doinb agreed to compete for the top spot in Ionia when the Summer Split begins.

Of course, we'll have to wait until the Summer Split starts to discuss that.

The intercontinental tournament is indeed very busy, because there are so many participating teams that there are simply too many practice matches to finish.

As a result, the training intensity of each team is extremely high; they basically train all the time except for eating and sleeping.

Even Doinb, who is known for his hard work, plans to rest for a few days after the match and return to competitive form when the Summer Split resumes.

After landing at Hongqiao Airport, Chen Dongqing first returned to the base by bus, then packed his luggage and dragged his suitcase back home.

The post-competition holiday was only four days long, so out-of-town athletes obviously didn't have time to go home and rest. This was a happy time exclusively for Shanghai athletes.

But after returning home, Chen Dongqing soon felt bored again. Her parents had gone to work and hadn't returned yet. Lin Yuanhua had returned, but she had to stay at the LPL in the afternoon to write a report.

Feeling bored, Chen Dongqing went home, turned on the air conditioner, and took a shower first.

Feeling refreshed after taking a shower, Chen Dongqing lay on his bed and browsed Tieba for a while.

It's now the day after the Intercontinental Tournament ended, and the atmosphere of victory in the forum is still strong, with the campaign to eliminate Korean trolls still in full swing.

Chen Dongqing swam freely in the ocean of joy, constantly exploring.

But as I kept scrolling, I came across an interesting post.

How would you evaluate the senior disciple's remarks?

When Chen Dongqing clicked on it, he was met with a long string of Twitter reposts. After reading through them, he finally understood what had happened.

Just today, Doublelife, the ADC of North American TSM and nicknamed "Master Brother," pulled off a major stunt.

The top player, seemingly emboldened by his victory in the European and American tournament, launched a scathing critique of Dota 2 during his livestream.

His exact words at the time were: "I must say, if you want to master DOTA2, there's a lot to learn because there are so many tricks and techniques in this game, requiring a long learning period. But in terms of operational difficulty, I personally think that the possibility of DOTA2 surpassing League of Legends in terms of individual skill requirements is 0%."

What the senior brother meant was that heroes in DOTA2 have a turning speed, casting has a delay, and each hero has a lot of point-and-click crowd control.

Point-and-click crowd control is extremely rare in League of Legends, almost extinct, and almost every type of point-and-click crowd control is extremely annoying, such as Malzahar's ultimate, Lissandra's ultimate, Pantheon's W, and Fiddlesticks' Q, all of which are extremely disgusting.

In DOTA2, this point-and-click control is ubiquitous, and some heroes even have two of them.

With a large amount of point-and-click control and the heroes themselves being relatively cumbersome, the skill ceiling for individual players is significantly lowered, making DOTA2 a strategy game that emphasizes teamwork.

(Diejia: This is what the eldest brother meant; these are his exact words and have nothing to do with the author himself.)

These remarks were tantamount to inciting conflict, and they immediately sparked a barrage of criticism from countless DOTA2 players.

In the eyes of DOTA2 players, LOL has always been a simple game. Now that LOL players are saying that it's simple, they definitely can't accept it.

In a short time, countless verbal battles erupted.

Even professional DOTA2 players have spoken out. N0tail from the North American OG team tweeted: "If you say DOTA2 is a strategy game, then what is LOL, where you only get four or five kills in thirty minutes? I played a game of LOL, but I beat my opponent just by my own skill, which I found boring."

After watching the whole thing, Chen Dongqing didn't know how to evaluate it.

To be honest, both sides' comments are based on a lack of understanding of each other's games and are made haphazardly. While they both have some merit, they are both too superficial.

Moreover, this discussion is destined to be fruitless.

Both sides say the other side's operation is simple, but neither side can actually go to the other side to get professional certification.

They're all just making things up without any basis.

But this didn't stop the players from hurling insults at each other.

With professional gamers backing them up on both sides, the insults naturally became even more intense.

The post, which originated in the Anti-League forum, clearly sided with the League of Legends community.

Chen Dongqing was just looking for fun. He lay in bed and browsed the posts for a while, but when he got bored, he got up and turned on his computer.

After updating the software, I started the live stream.

Instead of lying in bed scrolling through your phone, why not go live, interact with your fans, and maybe even earn some money?

As soon as the live stream started, it quickly climbed to the top of the entire site.

Chen Dongqing's current number of Douyu fans is also the highest in Douyu's history.

Even a certain open-source site that wasn't banned on the same platform could only barely reach half of Chen Dongqing's level.

And this is despite Chen Dongqing frequently canceling his live streams.

This level of fan loyalty is something other streamers are practically envious of.

They rarely broadcast, but when they do, they're number one on the entire site. What's the value of that?

Chen Dongqing glanced to the side and saw countless comments flashing across the live stream.

[Wuhu! Congratulations on winning the Intercontinental Championship!]

[First Division!]

[Brother Tree, did you really invent the incense burner?]

Yes, I saw that the interviews with those WE players all explained it very clearly.

[Tree Bro, the Superman of the LPL!]

While chatting and joking with the viewers in the live chat, Chen Dongqing logged into both the StarCraft and League of Legends clients.

After logging in, he first checked the leaderboards on both clients.

His dominance in League of Legends remains unchanged. He's only been away from the game for a week, so it's not enough to trigger a rank drop or maintenance. His score is still at the top of the leaderboard.

But things are much worse in the StarCraft world.

He hadn't played for the past two days and wasn't paying attention, so Rouge overtook him again, and by quite a bit.

In the Korean version of the StarCraft rankings, thanks to his and Rouge's fierce competition, the number one spot has been pushed up to 7,000 points, which is truly astonishing.

But Chen Dongqing didn't care.

If the opponent can reach 7,000 points, then he definitely can too.

"Alright, today we'll focus on StarCraft and take back the top spot!" Chen Dongqing declared with great enthusiasm, immediately throwing himself into the StarCraft rankings.

Interestingly, this first place came even faster than he had imagined.

Chen Dongqing had only just started the first game when his opponent was Rouge.

Chen Dongqing quickly and decisively defeated his opponent with a series of maneuvers, gaining 17 points and bringing his total score to 6969.

On the other side, Rouge, who lost the game, suffered a significant point deduction, with his score dropping to 6934.

One game wiped out the more than 50-point gap between the two players.

"Huh? That's it?" Chen Dongqing shook his head upon seeing this, feeling that Rouge was just so-so.

Meanwhile, Rouge stared at the screen in front of him, dumbfounded, his eyes blazing with fury, feeling like he was about to vomit blood.

Despite the extremely unbalanced win-loss ratio, he worked like crazy for two days to finally catch up by more than fifty points, and even set a new record of 7,000 points in Korean server history.

So the other side only played one game and then won?

And most importantly, this guy just won a League of Legends championship.

The news of LCK's loss in the Intercontinental Cup has caused quite a stir in the esports community, and Rouge has also heard about it.

YouTM

Nausea!

This is absolutely ridiculous.

In that instant, something called the Dao Heart within Rouge shattered.

After this game, Chen Dongqing played a few more games and won three consecutive games.

At this point, Chen Dongqing's score also rose to an unprecedented 7,000 points in the Korean server, highlighting the loneliness at the top.

After finishing his game, Chen Dongqing glanced at the leaderboard and saw that Rouge had lost another match, his score dropping to 6880. Moreover, he stopped playing after losing, clearly having lost his composure.

StarCraft is a good example.

Once you reach a high score level, the points gained from winning and the points lost from losing become completely illogical.

Under these conditions, a win rate of over 80% is necessary to consistently climb the ranks.

If you're unlucky enough to suffer two consecutive losses, it's hard not to break down mentally.

Chen Dongqing's position as the number one player in the Korean version of StarCraft is now completely secure. As long as he doesn't make any mistakes, he is basically unshakeable.

Chen Dongqing chuckled, "This interstellar game doesn't seem very challenging. Are there any interesting games we could play?"

Upon hearing this, numerous question marks appeared in the live chat.

It's not that StarCraft is bad, it's just that you're too awesome!

Chen Dongqing has truly created too many miracles in the past two years.

We won't even talk about his honors in the League of Legends arena.

Then there's the story of someone who went from being a spendthrift to winning a Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) tournament, and from a complete novice to becoming the number one player in the Korean version of StarCraft.

The most amazing thing is that this player's K/D ratio in PUBG is still among the highest.

Even now, some people say that Chen Dongqing is not doing his job properly.

But have you ever seen a family that doesn't do its proper business like this?

If this side hustle can become number one in the world, can it still be called a side hustle? This is called diversified and multi-faceted development!

Immediately afterwards, a barrage of comments flooded in, offering Chen Dongqing many answers.

Some suggested he try playing challenging single-player games, such as Hollow Knight, or Dead Cells, which was released just two months ago.

Some people also let him play shooting games, such as the classic shooting game CSGO.

Of course, most of the time, he's made to play DOTA2.

DOTA2 is already a popular game, and many people had asked Chen Dongqing to play it before. Now that the incident involving the senior brother has happened, even more people are asking him to play.

Everyone wanted to see how Chen Dongqing, with his unparalleled gaming talent and top-tier performance in every game, would fare in DOTA2.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the screen full of DOTA2 comments.

You've been arguing for ages and still can't reach a conclusion, isn't that because you can't prove which side is more difficult?

Then wouldn't this thing be tailor-made for me?

My buddy's main business is cross-industry collaboration!

"DOTA2? Heh!" Chen Dongqing patted his chest and said, "Let me see just how difficult DOTA2 is!"

After saying that, he quickly logged into Steam and started downloading DOTA2.

Chen Dongqing's family recently upgraded to gigabit internet, so the download speed is very fast; DOTA2 only takes about ten minutes.

As the progress bar slowly climbed, the viewers in the live stream were quite excited, but at the same time, some people were worried.

Because Chen Dongqing's identity is too sensitive; he is recognized as the world's number one LOL player, yet he plays DOTA2.

If we have to judge which game is easier based on Chen Dongqing's performance, then wouldn't LOL players be unable to hold their heads up before Chen Dongqing became the world's number one in DOTA2?

This is ridiculously difficult!

But Chen Dongqing seemed completely unaffected by the pressure; once the game finished downloading, he immediately clicked to start it.

Seeing Chen Dongqing's confident demeanor, the audience was filled with suspicion.

Did this guy used to play Dota and is he pretending to be weak to take advantage of others? Otherwise, how could he be so confident?

Thinking of this, the audience felt a little relieved.

If Tree has a foundation in Dota 2, then with his abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for him to make a name for himself in a short period of time.

After a brief loading screen, the DOTA 2 interface is clearly displayed.

As soon as I entered, a pop-up window appeared.

Have you ever played DOTA 1 before?

This is a very important pop-up in DOTA2.

Because D2 is derived from D1, they are largely the same, but with some subtle changes.

The most obvious difference is the different key bindings for casting spells.

In Dota 1, the four skill keys for a hero are not fixed as QWER, but are set according to the first letter of the English name or some other method.

For example, some heroes' blink ability is key B (Blink).

Some heroes are RBDV, some are WREC, highlighting its mind-bending complexity. (It's quite inhumane.)

In DOTA2, this situation has been improved, with skills generally being set to the new QWER key combination. However, considering the issue of habit, this question arises.

If you select yourself as a veteran DOTA1 player, the key bindings will be set to the traditional DOTA1 keys.

As for Chen Dongqing...

Of course, I hadn't played it before, so I chose no without hesitation.

The audience's hearts sank to the bottom again.

Gouba, you've never played this game before, have you?

When Chen Dongqing entered the game, he was completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

He opened the beginner's tutorial, which contained only simple instructions on moving, using skills, last-hitting, and pushing towers. Chen Dongqing didn't need to learn these things at all.

As for more in-depth tutorials, there are none at all.

Chen Dongqing was dumbfounded.

Without a tutorial, how is he supposed to get started? How is he supposed to become number one in the world?

This gives people the feeling that "playing Go is all about surrounding the opponent's pieces to win, so let's go beat AlphaGo!"

The DOTA2 players in the live stream who witnessed this scene all facepalmed.

Valve's competitive gaming style is like this; they completely disregard the feelings of new players.

In addition, the game DOTA2 is inherently complex, with a wide variety of techniques, which can be daunting for new players.

DOTA2 hasn't had many new players for many years, and the tutorial system is partly to blame for that.

Chen Dongqing had no choice but to click "Start Game" in the bottom right corner and play a ranked match to test the waters.

But as soon as I opened it, I found that I was being queued on a Japanese server.

Chen Dongqing was dumbfounded again. "Why is it Japanese clothing?"

The comments section erupted with further explanations.

[Add startup item]

Add "-perfectworld" to your startup items.

The default download on Steam is the Southeast Asian server. To play the Chinese server, you need to add a launch code for the Chinese server. This launch code is the English name of Perfect World, the Chinese server distributor.

Chen Dongqing obediently exited the game, added a startup item, and when he came back in, it was indeed the East China server, and this time it worked normally.

While playing ranked matches, Chen Dongqing kept asking the chat, "Are there any easier heroes in Dota 2?"

These words immediately sparked a flurry of comments on the live stream.

Some people were genuinely recommending heroes to Chen Dongqing, such as Skeleton King and Dragon Knight, whose roles are similar to Garen in League of Legends.

However, some people were cunning and recommended high-difficulty heroes like Meepo, Invoker, and Arc Warden to Chen Dongqing right away.

Chen Dongqing had no idea who was easy or simple; he simply spotted Sky Watcher in the crowd at a glance.

There's no other reason than that I like the name because it's cool.

Chen Dongqing initially thought this hero was simple, but after selecting the hero and glancing at the skill description, he was dumbfounded.

This is ridiculous! How could it be a simple hero?

This hero's basic skills are actually quite simple. The Q skill can be thrown directly at an enemy to create a slowing effect. The W skill places a circle that increases the attack speed of units inside the circle and allows them to dodge basic attacks outside the circle. The E skill can place a ghost at the target point. If an enemy unit gets close, the ghost will chase after it and explode, similar to a tree's sapling.

But the ultimate move is just outrageous.

The ultimate ability, similar to the Joker's ultimate, causes the hero to split into two units upon activation.

Unlike the Joker, the Joker's ultimate ability, clones, is merely a deception; his basic attack damage is relatively low, and often dying is more useful than living.

But this Skywatcher is different.

This skill's clone can cast skills and use items, and its damage is not reduced at all, making it a genuine extra carry!

That's terrifying.

Theoretically speaking, as long as you have enough skill, you can double your damage with a single press of the ultimate move, or even create an effect where one plus one is greater than two.

But here's the question: who can pull off a perfect play the first time they play Dota 2 and the first time they play this hero?

Actually, Chen Dongqing is capable.

Because the system sent a message the moment his game started.

[Current Game - DOTA2]

[DOTA2 skill levels are as follows:]

[Operation Level: Master]

[Reaction: Master Level]

Team fight ability: Beginner

[Last-Hit Ability: Advanced]

[Consciousness: Intermediate]

Multi-line operation capability: Advanced

[Skywatcher Proficiency: Beginner]

Perhaps because they are both similar games, Chen Dongqing's DOTA2 skill level is higher than expected.

Chen Dongqing hadn't used the system's functions for a long time, even though he actually had a lot of points.

He received 8000 points and 1 honor point when he won the MSI championship and FMVP, 4000 points when he won the WCS Shanghai station championship, and 7000 points in total while climbing the StarCraft ladder.

He hadn't used any of these points. The only time he used them recently was when he invested the MSIFMVP honor points into the reaction, raising that stat to 96. But for him now, that was just a tiny improvement.

He now has 22000 regular points.

In fact, if he wanted to, he could have invested all his points and maxed out all his DOTA2 attributes.

But he ultimately did not choose to do so.

Having high stats only means you won't be weak, but if you want to become a top player, you also need a deep understanding of the game.

Just like Chen Dongqing, despite having maxed out his StarCraft attributes, he once lost to Macsed.

So this time, Chen Dongqing plans to familiarize himself with the game first, so as not to end up with nothing but castles in the air again.

At the very least, memorize all the heroes' skills before using points.

Turning his head, Chen Dongqing posed a thought-provoking question to the audience: "What should I wear when I go out? Which way should I go?"

audience:【.】

It's difficult to explain all of this to you in a short time.

As for the outcome of this match, there's no need to say more.

Chen Dongqing is currently like a towering building with a solid foundation, but not yet having had a single brick or tile added.

At this skill level, even playing a match on a new account would be a struggle.

As the game progressed, Chen Dongqing's disadvantage grew, and he successfully developed the i9 processor.

The teammates were speechless at this Skyward Warden. They even typed to try and interact with Chen Dongqing, but received no response. Of course, Chen Dongqing understood, and he muted all his teammates the moment he entered the game.

Chen Dongqing's first DOTA2 match ended in a crushing defeat.

Chen Dongqing was not in a hurry. He felt that he had a grasp of the game. Just as he was about to start another game, he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening at home.

Are Mom and Dad back?

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow slightly and casually said into the microphone, "It's almost lunchtime, so that's all for today's live stream. See you next time, guys!"

The live stream ended abruptly after he finished speaking.

New viewers were confused, while veteran viewers expressed their understanding.

Some older viewers and video uploaders saved the recording of Chen Dongqing's DOTA2 game and uploaded it online.

Some malicious individuals even gave the video a sensationalist title.

[A League of Legends world champion like this? Gets utterly crushed in Dota 2!]

Many extremist fascists clicked in because of the smell, and although what they saw was Chen Dongqing's first time playing the game, which was slightly different from what they had imagined, it did not stop them from leaving sharp comments.

[World champion, huh? Thinks he's something special? Playing a high-difficulty champion like Arc Warden? Stop trolling and go back to playing League of Legends.]

I wasn't this bad at Dota 2 even on my first try. I think this world champion is just average.

Indeed, it's pretty average. The controls are too clunky; it doesn't look like something a pro would do.

This is their first time playing, are they really going to be so picky? Let them practice a bit more.

[Even if he trained for a while, he probably wouldn't be able to reach this level.]

The live chat was filled with comments criticizing the LOL world champions.

Some of Chen Dongqing's new fans were naturally furious upon seeing these comments and started a war of words.

But some of Chen Dongqing's longtime fans just smiled.

Haha, so young.

Give Brother Tree a month of training, and Brother Tree will teach you how to be a person.

Perhaps, it won't even take a month?

Brother Tree mastered StarCraft in just one month!

Whether DOTA2 is harder than LOL is debatable, but it's definitely not as hard as StarCraft, and no one can deny that.

If it were DOTA2, I could probably learn it in half a month.

The outline of the game DOTA2 was planned from the very beginning of the book, just like StarCraft.

Using the historical disputes between LOL and DOTA2 as a starting point might be a bit sharp, but after careful consideration, I ultimately chose this point because it would be a smoother approach.

As for the game DOTA2, at this stage it is still just a means to show off.

There won't be any DOTA2 match storylines anytime soon, so just be patient and watch.

See you tomorrow, guys!

Thank you to reader 150817201703247 for the 300 Qidian Coins reward.

Thank you to reader 20220422005612625 for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.

Thank you to Half a Green Leaf for the 200 Qidian Coins reward.

Thank you to Kaputaroni under the Red Flag for the 100 Qidian Coins donation.

Thank you to Silver Gray Left Crack for the 100 Qidian Coins donation.

Thank you to Sheep King for the 1000 Qidian Coins reward.

Thank you to Shinianii for the 100 Qidian Coins donation.

Thank you to reader 20230519141400508 for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.

Thank you, bosses!

(End of this chapter)