League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 309 The Fierce Battle for First Place in the Regular Season!

"I'm live streaming." After thinking for a moment, Chen Dongqing finally decided to tell the other party the truth.

Upon seeing the message, the other party immediately sent back a row of question marks.

Chen Dongqing watched this scene with a smile and started typing: "Come on, let's type together, I definitely won't mind."

A few days ago, Luwei kindly invited him to play DOTA2 together, intending to help him defuse a controversy, but instead he got himself into a lot of trouble.

Now, Chen Dongqing naturally had to return the favor and help the other side defuse a wave of trouble.

After thinking for a moment, Luwei gladly joined the team.

Chen Dongqing then switched to matchmaking mode.

The matchmaking difficulty in DOTA2 is actually not very high.

With Chen Dongqing and Lu Wei's current strength, crossing over would be no problem at all.

Having been consistently criticized for being a novice, Luwei is serious this time and determined to redeem himself in front of the DOTA2 audience.

In this game, he chose his best position, number one, to take on the responsibility of dealing damage.

Chen Dongqing chose the second position, continuing to play mid-lane, with the two of them occupying the most important positions.

Easy peasy, three-game winning streak.

Chen Dongqing's understanding of the mid lane is still limited to the laning phase. He can ensure that he develops well by farming jungle camps and last-hitting minions, but he hasn't grasped the rhythm of the mid lane yet. In other words, he hasn't been able to extend his advantage to the entire game.

In this situation, reeds play an even more outstanding role.

Before Chen Dongqing even appeared, his position 1 player would already be dominating the opposing team, followed by frequent fights. He delivered outstanding performances in every game, earning praise from Chen Dongqing.

After the game, Luwei kept saying it was boring and yelled, "When are you going to unlock ranked mode? Then I'll carry you to the top!"

"Rankings? It seems we're still quite far off," Chen Dongqing said helplessly.

In DOTA2, the requirement to unlock ranked play is reaching trophy level 50 (which can be simply understood as account level).

To reach this level in normal matchmaking, you would need about 150+ games. If you have a high win rate, you can reduce that number slightly.

Chen Dongqing's performance record is still far behind.

"You can buy notebooks," Reed replied. "Buying notebooks will also help you level up that trophy."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Is that so?"

The DOTA 2 Battle Pass is considered the originator of the monetization method of game passes. You buy a ticket, grind the level, and you can get rich rewards.

The TI7 Battle Pass is currently selling like hotcakes. It's a major source of revenue for Dota 2 every year, and the huge prize money for Dota 2 each year comes from this Battle Pass.

For example, at last year's TI6, the revenue share from the Battle Pass alone brought the TI6 champion a prize of $2000 million.

Chen Dongqing tapped his trophy and immediately understood what was going on.

Upgrading a trophy requires points, and this experience is composed of multiple factors.

One method involves playing games and earning points based on wins and losses.

Then there's the notebook level trophy; you also get experience for leveling up your notebook.

Unfortunately, the project is nearing completion and will be finished in another two weeks, so there's clearly not enough time to finish it.

But Wu Suowei, being wealthy and powerful, was not taken seriously. He directly spent 3800 to sell out all the books.

As countless rewards flooded into his account, they also provided him with a wealth of experience.

After topping up his account, Chen Dongqing was still sighing, "That's so expensive!"

Chen Dongqing rarely spends money on games, and this is the biggest expense he's ever made in gaming.

Amidst a barrage of question marks in the comments, Chen Dongqing and Chen Dong's levels rose by more than ten, and they were only twenty levels away from unlocking ranked matches, which wasn't far off!

The next morning.

QG officially released a video featuring a microphone.

This thing is a great tool for making low-quality videos. It's easy to make and viewers love watching it, so it's used every time QG wins a match.

However, the microphone in this episode made for an exceptionally good show.

"Holy crap, why is this guy offline? How am I supposed to beat him?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Just do it! Keep his line cut off and see who gives up first, since he has no teammates anyway."

Under such inhumane remarks, Xiangguo cut off WE's top lane minion wave for a good half minute, until 957 couldn't hold on any longer, before finally letting the wave go into the tower.

Then die.

Then there are some other funny moments.

"Damn, you shouldn't be coming top this time. The bot lane doesn't have Flash anymore. Just go counter-gank bot lane!"

"Okay, sure."

One minute later.

"Holy crap, that counter-gank actually worked!"

The viewers in the live chat burst into laughter again upon hearing this.

What kind of jungler lets the top laner give commands?

Of course, the last group had the best entertainment value.

When Uzi was instantly killed and Goldwyn was also eliminated, all the viewers thought the team fight was over.

QG's top and jungle showed no signs of giving up and continued to communicate and counterattack.

Then, as Xiangguo's attempt to start a group purchase failed, the entire message in the voice chat changed to "run away, run away, run away".

Even Uzi started instructing Shi Senming to find opportunities to cut off the line and protect the central tower.

But just then, Chen Dongqing suddenly said, "Give me a look."

The world's attention was focused on the crocodile, watching him get his hand bleeding, and then watching him get his resurrection armor.

During this period, the excavator and Lulu were killed in action.

Everyone thought this wave had ended.

But as the crocodile stood up, the situation instantly reversed.

"Triple kill!"

At that moment, there was a ten-second silence on the voice channel, during which someone shouted "Tree!"

At that moment, the number of comments on the screen reached a peak.

"Hahaha, I can't laugh myself to death!"

"So it was completely muted, huh? That's hilarious."

"Brother Tree, forever a god!"

"I don't know how many times I've watched this scene!"

Chen Dongqing stood on the treadmill, slowly climbing the incline. He glanced at the comments one last time, then happily put his phone away.

It's quite interesting.

After reading the comments, he glanced at his teammates next to him.

The long-term training has been effective; Xiangguo's physique is gradually improving. Although climbing a hill for half an hour is still tiring, he no longer collapses to the ground like before.

As for Uzbekistan, he has made some progress; this time he walked for 20 minutes straight before taking a break.

With more practice, I believe that walking for half an hour straight won't be a problem.

Ten minutes later, everyone finished their training for the day, panting, returned to their rooms, took a shower, and then began their free time.

Chen Dongqing, of course, started streaming and playing DOTA2.

The competition continued busily for the next few days.

In the second match of the fourth week of the regular season, QG played again.

Because the Intercontinental Cup was interrupted by a week's break, the LPL schedule is very full, with all teams having to play six matches over the next three weeks to make up for the lost time.

This time, QG's opponent is IM.

This team is of average skill, belonging to the mid-tier level of the league. Their core players are AJ in the top lane and Jinjiao in the bottom lane. In some ways, they are similar to QG.

If we plot the two teams' abilities as a six-pointed star, then QG completely outclasses IM.

Therefore, the winner of this match is self-evident.

In this match, IM came up with a unique idea, picking Jarvan IV for top lane, wanting to go head-to-head with QG in terms of top, mid, and jungle tempo.

The prince's hero skills are simple, making him easy to counter.

In other words, any hero who can dodge Jarvan IV's EQ combo and ultimate is a counter to Jarvan IV.

This makes the approach clear.

Chen Dongqing smiled slightly and pulled out a top lane weapon.

The champion Jax is much simpler and more straightforward. He can dominate the top lane, get three items, and then crush the side lanes. Jarvan IV has absolutely no way to deal with him.

In this situation, AJ can only try to push the lane and then coordinate with the jungler.

But unfortunately, he had no way to solve the problem.

It's true that the Prince can push lanes faster than the Weapon, after all, he has a powerful lane-pushing tool called [Dragon Slam].

But the question is, would the prince dare to push it?

The prince used his Q to push the lane, and the next second the weapon jumped in with a flourish. AJ came in and got beaten all the way, he couldn't play at all.

The Ueno collaboration plan went bankrupt.

Since coordinated action isn't working, let's just focus on taking action ourselves.

But it didn't work either.

Chen Dongqing is now a seasoned veteran, and it's really too difficult to catch him.

In the first gank, Chen Dongqing dodged the Prince's EQ combo by using a ward hop, then activated his fan attack, forcibly taking damage and returning to the tower.

Although we lost some soldiers in this wave, we didn't die, so it can be considered a success.

In the second wave, IM continued to gank top, but this time Chen Dongqing had learned his lesson and brought Xiangguo to the top lane to ambush them.

"Wait, are they coming or not? We've been waiting for half a minute!"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely come. Just be patient, isn't it good to let you gain experience?"

As the two were talking, an excavator unsurprisingly emerged from behind!

The Lee Sin player, who was crouching in the bushes, was startled: "Come on, lead them this way!"

"Don't give orders, I know!"

Chen Dongqing replied irritably, but he felt that running directly into the bushes would arouse suspicion, so he didn't run away immediately. He first pretended to retreat while operating the weapon, but when he saw that his retreat was blocked by the excavator, he decided to run into the bushes instead.

In IM's view, this weapon without flash is already a death sentence!

But the next second, a blind monk appeared from the bushes, shattering IM's illusions.

Chen Dongqing secured two kills in this round, delivering a perfect start with a powerful punch!

The following matches were not difficult at all. Chen Dongqing's invincible weapon made him unstoppable in the single-carry position, and he won the match without any difficulty.

In the second game, Uzi and Godwin, the two carries, exerted their strength and both scored kills, leading to another 25-minute push.

With two consecutive wins in the inter-group round-robin stage, QG is marching into the fifth week of the regular season!

On the first day of the fifth week, QG made another appearance against GT.

Without a doubt, it's another two-game winning streak.

After finishing the match, QG didn't rest for long. Just two days later, they took to the stage again to face RNG.

This version of RNG is simply terrible; they're now firmly in last place in Group B, and they're completely unable to move forward.

Currently, only Xiaohu in this team is performing normally, consistently delivering good results.

Generally speaking, if he can't kill as many enemies as his teammates can kill, the game will be lost.

The problem is that he wasn't quick to kill to begin with.

This appearance is strikingly similar to Rookie from a couple of years ago; we usually call him the Dean.

Xiao Hu never imagined that he would one day become the dean.

Chen Dongqing stood on the stage, looking at Xiao Hu, Shijie Mei, Zou A Guai, and Rhythm on the other side of the stage.

He then glanced at Xiangguo, Uzi, and Shi Senming beside him.

I'm sorry for closing your account.

I'll find a chance to make it up to you next time.

As for today's match...

Chen Dongqing swiftly and ruthlessly struck with his knife.

Ornn will need several more months before he can log into the game, and Letme has not yet mastered the ultimate technique of equality for all beings.

In the first match, Chen Dongqing, wielding the classic Jayce, easily achieved a solo kill against Letme in just five minutes.

Then the game just spiraled out of control.

In the second game, Chen Dongqing once again pulled out the prehistoric crocodile that had ignited the entire LPL a few days earlier.

This time, Xiangguo didn't need to counter-gank in the bottom lane; he just ganked top lane aggressively with his Rek'Sai!

Both the excavator and the crocodile have point control and high burst damage. When the two work together, they can dominate whoever they want.

Before Letme could even understand what was happening, QG's Ueno was completely out of it, and within six minutes they were down 0-3.

But the most surprising thing is that even with Xiangguo taking such good care of the top lane, Uzi in the bottom lane is not at a disadvantage, and even has a slight advantage.

Chen Dongqing swiftly struck, securing another MVP award.

At this moment, a beautiful sight appeared at the top of the league standings.

EDG, undefeated in a single match, continues to lead the standings, with QG, WE, and FPX close behind.

Many people are wondering when EDG will drop from first place in the regular season, since no matter how the audience looks at it, EDG doesn't seem to be stronger than the three teams behind them.

The only team to lose in the Intercontinental Cup finals, why do you think they're so good at domestic competitions?

At this point, countless viewers speculated that EDG's undefeated streak would be broken by QG in the second round of the group stage.

After all, QG lost in the first round due to incomplete roster, so they will definitely seek revenge in the second round.

Unfortunately, EDG couldn't even make it to QG.

On the same day as QG's match, EDG and FPX engaged in a fierce battle.

FPX has maintained their perfect record in the Intercontinental Cup. Doinb dominated the mid lane, and Lin Weixiang's performance in the bottom lane was also remarkably stable. After three hard-fought games, they narrowly defeated EDG 2-1!

At this point, strange things began to happen.

The top four teams in the regular season all had an 8-1 record and were tied for first place.

EDG beat QG, beat WE, beat FPX, and beat EDG, forming a perfect closed loop.

Seeing this, the audience couldn't help but sigh that the LPL is now thriving.

It's astonishing that a team of QG's caliber has three teams ranked alongside it.

So who will break this balance?

It's obvious that it can only be QG.

Time quickly moved to the sixth week of the regular season.

QG will continue to take the stage to face their tenth opponent in the regular season – FPX, who are tied for first place with them.

And it was on the night before facing FPX that Chen Dongqing finally emerged from his ordeal, leveling up his trophy to level 50 and officially unlocking ranked matches.

Next, all he needs to do is beat FPX and secure the top spot in the regular season, then he can happily roam the DOTA2 ranked ladder!

(End of this chapter)