League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 404 Whatever Makes You Happy (Happy National Day, Brothers!)

Because she went to bed early yesterday, Chen Dongqing woke up at five in the morning.

He looked out the window and saw that it was still pitch black. He turned to his side, picked up his phone from beside his pillow, and then wrapped himself tighter in the blanket to keep the cold air of mid-December out of the bed.

He opened the forum and looked at the recent updates.

Now that the transfer window is nearing its end, LPL is still holding back on transfer information, with only some unknown small teams releasing details.

However, it must be said that LPL's strategy of suppressing information was indeed effective.

At the very least, because of the intense focus on the transfer window, these smaller teams that announced their rosters first did generate some discussion.

Besides, there are still people on Tieba discussing the factory manager's retirement.

Although EDG's roster for the new season has not yet been announced, one thing is certain: Clearlove has confirmed his retirement, and the All-Star Game will be his last stage.

Many people think that the factory manager can still play, after all, judging from his All-Star performance, he will still win the game.

Others harbored malicious intent, believing that the factory manager was simply clinging to the coattails of the 16 version of QG, and cheering for the factory manager to retire.

But overall, the latter is still a minority.

After all, LPL now has two championships and is the number one region, so the audience is less hostile and doesn't have much of an opinion about Clearlove, the uncrowned king.

Chen Dongqing continued refreshing the page and found transfer information from the European and Korean regions.

In Europe, G2 underwent a complete restructuring, with Perkz achieving the feat of carrying four opponents to victory, in exchange for Wunder, the best top laner in Europe, and Jankos, the best jungler in Europe. Just based on their top, mid, and jungle positions, they are already at the absolute top level in Europe.

Although the bottom lane is slightly weaker, the team still has considerable competitiveness overall.

Then, the veteran European team FNC also made some signings. While retaining Caps, Rekkles, and Broxah, they added Hileson and Bwipo, making them quite competitive!

In the LCK region, there haven't been many changes between the teams, with only a few sporadic player trades.

Like the factory manager, An Zhangmen, who gave it his all this year, has officially chosen to retire.

KT Rolster opted to renew the contracts of all its players, but this time they recruited a new mid-laner to replace Pawn, who was suffering from a back injury.

Score, who joined SKT in Season 7, transferred again to join KZ, where he joined Kahn, BDD, and the two veterans, Henman and Score!

As for SKT?

This year's SKT seems to have completely given up. Faced with Score's departure, they did nothing to retain him and instead promoted Xiaohai back to the starting lineup, which clearly shows that he has no competitiveness.

Faced with this situation, SKT fans wailed loudly, but this did nothing to change the fact that SKT was tanking.

Since SKT lost to QG in the semifinals in 16, they have been getting worse year by year.

It's unlikely we'll see SKT perform well at the World Championship this S8 season.

Chen Dongqing looked at this information but wasn't too worried.

Until his rebirth, SKT was still at the top of LCK. This team and Faker are known for their tenacity.

Chen Dongqing played on her phone until seven o'clock. After going out for breakfast, she brought some back for her parents as well.

Just then, the parents got up and saw the breakfast on the table. They were so touched that they exclaimed that their child had grown up.

The days passed quickly, and it was December 18th.

The last day of the transfer window.

Tencent also knew that it would be unreasonable to suppress transfer information at this point.

Transfer information was released by various clubs, sparking heated discussions among fans.

The popularity of the anti-racism forum also saw a small peak today!

Wow, Karsa's coming to the LPL? Or is he joining FPX? This is a pure reinforcement!

What's the point of Karsa getting it over? Letme got it over too. Letme is even worse than Zoom, he's just a nobody.

[You don't actually think "Shu Yi'er" is a derogatory term, do you? It's purely a compliment! If you weren't skilled, how could you be qualified to keep competing with Brother Shu?]

Looking at this wave of changes, it seems the LPL is mainly replacing their top laners; the top lane is definitely a high priority right now.

[It doesn't matter, these are all Tree Brother's toys, changing them won't affect the ending.]

[Damn it, why hasn't QG released their roster yet? The transfer window is almost over and they still haven't renewed their mid laner. Are they just going to play with four people in S8?]

[As Brother Shu hinted last time, Tencent is holding back the release; it'll be fine soon anyway.]

Amidst the discussions, the most significant news was finally released.

Apart from Gao Dewei, who has already joined the PUBG team, all four QG players have renewed their contracts, and the team's new mid laner has been confirmed as Xiaohu, the former mid laner of RNG.

In an instant, countless discussions surrounding Xiaohu quickly unfolded, overwhelming major online forums and communities. The hashtag "#QGxiaohu" even trended on social media!

Is this B any good or not?

[QG at least replaced their mid laner with the top domestic mid laner last time, so what's the meaning of replacing him with an LSPL mid laner this time?]

[The mid-laner who personally led the team from LPL to LSPL, top-tier.]

[Don't be so harsh on him. I just checked the stats, and Xiaohu's stats aren't worse than Rookie's. It's just that his four teammates were terrible.]

Indeed, I remember he played quite well in the Summer Split, often carrying four opponents single-handedly.

There's another substitute top laner, aren't you guys going to discuss that?

[What's there to discuss? He was the one dragged down by Xiaohu, and he's QG's substitute top laner. Do you even know how valuable a substitute like Shuge is?]

[Brother Shu's substitute is just as funny as the lifeguards in an Olympic swimming competition.]

Doubts about Xiaohu are rampant on various forums.

This is the kind of attention a top team gets. Xiaohu has been playing professionally for two years without much success and has never received such terrifying attention before. He is being treated like a precious treasure and is expressing his concerns in a WeChat group.

Chen Dongqing looked at the message and casually offered a few words of comfort, telling Xiaohu to stay calm.

Every newcomer who joins QG has to prove themselves while facing doubts.

When the team was first formed in 16, netizens took a closer look and found a random top laner, an ordinary LPL mid and jungler, and a City Heroes Championship support.

At the time, many people thought that Uzi had come here to retire.

As a result, this group of people are now top-tier players in the LPL.

That random top laner is now the greatest of all time.

In this internet age, public opinion can reverse so quickly.

If you can take down a tiger for 90,000, netizens will brag about it until you retire.

You type 2200

Anyway, tiger cubs are always fierce in spring.

Once the competition begins, let Xiaohu prove himself, and these doubts will naturally disappear.

As for the recent matches

Then we'll have to wait until the Demacia Cup on January 4, 2018.

Tencent Esports has now reformed the Demacia Cup, moving the event to after the transfer window, so that it can be used as a training ground for teams that have just transferred players.

This is the best stage for Xiaohu to showcase himself.

Of course, it's not just Xiaohu who needs to showcase himself.

January 2, 2018, the Demacia Cup is approaching.

Chen Dongqing had already applied to the team because he had been too busy during the off-season and only started to rest in December. Therefore, he will miss the Demacia Cup and the first half of the Spring Split regular season to take a good rest.

Therefore, the club officially issued a relevant announcement as the Demacia Cup approached.

This announcement immediately drew attention to QG's substitute player, Shang Dan.

No, this useless thing actually needs to be used?

So, is he actually capable?

1 month 4 number.

It's time to inspect the goods.

With Chen Dongqing absent, is QG a capable team?

The answer to this question is obviously yes.

Although these five people have just met and there may be some issues with their teamwork, they certainly won't be too bad.

On the first day of the Demacia Cup, QG faced off against TOP, who had a 369 rating.

TOP's top, mid, and jungle players are actually quite strong, but qiuqiu and Cat in the bot lane are really not up to the task. QG's strategy was also clear. They learned from EDG's playstyle, with the top laner playing by himself and the four of them grouping up in the bot lane. They crushed TOP's bot lane in just over ten minutes.

The second game was the same, and they easily won 2-0.

On the third day of the Demacia Cup, QG faced the new version of IG in the semifinals.

IG's strength in S8 is undoubtedly unquestionable, but like QG, they are still in the process of gelling together.

The seventeen-year-old super rookie JackeyLove, who finally took the stage, was clearly not quite used to the pace of the LPL, and he still showed some weaknesses against Uzi.

In the mid lane, Xiaohu faced off against Rookie and still didn't suffer much of a loss, effectively stabilizing the situation in the mid lane.

In the top lane, although A-Guang was at a slight disadvantage against TheShy, he managed to hold his own in the laning phase without any major problems.

In the end, QG defeated IG 2-1 and advanced to the finals!

Day four of the Demacia Cup, the final day.

This time, QG's opponent is another small super team from the LPL, FPX, which has Karsa and Letme on its roster!

The players on this team are all veterans who have been competing for many years. They don't seem to have any problems with teamwork. Karsa and Doinb, two players with strong strategic awareness, naturally have great chemistry. They understand each other perfectly.

Fortunately, Xiaohu and Xiangguo are old teammates and have good chemistry, so the mid and jungle positions of both sides are still evenly matched!

The key to victory lies in the bottom lane.

Fortunately, Uzi seems to have improved his skills in S8. Against the Xiangsong duo, he went all out and, together with Xiaoming, dominated the lane for four consecutive games.

Xiangguo and Xiaohu only need to push the lane and then try to run to the bottom lane, and they can often get kills!

In the end, QG won 3-1 and successfully lifted the Demacia Cup.

From the quarterfinals to the finals, Uzi won a total of seven games and earned seven MVP awards, perfectly demonstrating the dominance of the world's number one AD!

Although Chen Dongqing didn't perform on stage this time, he was bored during his holiday and came to the scene with the team.

This wave emphasizes prevention.

If A-Guang and Xiao-Hu really can't make it, then he'll just be like Superman, yank off his jacket to reveal his team uniform underneath, and stage a heroic comeback.

But thankfully, it's not really necessary.

Chen Dongqing walked backstage with a smile and gave a high-five to several teammates.

Overjoyed at winning his first championship, Xiao Hu ran to Chen Dongqing's side with a grin, asking for praise: "Brother Shu, Brother Shu, how was my performance today?"

Xiao Hu's performance was actually not unexpected.

After all, before his rebirth, Xiaohu was a top mid laner who dominated from S6 to S13 – at least in the region, he was absolutely top-tier.

In this world, Xiaohu was buried until S8, which is already considered a disservice to him.

Now that Chen Dongqing has brought Xiaohu to QG, it can be considered a small compensation for Xiaohu.

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "Not bad, pretty awesome, keep it up in the Spring Split!"

"Alright!" After receiving praise from the team's leader, Xiao Hu nodded happily and left.

Chen Dongqing looked at Xiaohu's back and felt a little strange.

I feel like this little tiger doesn't quite match the persona I remember.

What went wrong?

Xiao Hu and A Guang walked out of the lounge, intending to go to the restroom together.

Halfway there, Xiao Hu proudly puffed out his chest and said, "See? Brother Shu praised me for playing well today!"

"What's wrong with you?" Ah Guang looked at Xiao Hu with surprise. "I've never felt that you particularly liked anyone before?"

"That's because you hadn't met Brother Shu before! Don't you know who the greatest of all time is? Following Brother Shu, we can win championships!" Xiao Hu said matter-of-factly, "From now on, Brother Shu is my dad!"

Ah Guang was stunned by this statement about acknowledging someone as his father. He was speechless for a long time before finally managing to utter, "Awesome."

Linko remains as generous as ever; even though they only won the Demacia Cup today, he still treated the whole team to a celebratory feast.

Even the scoundrel Chen Dongqing got a share.

While eating, Chen Dongqing asked the manager, "Brother Li, how's the event going? When can we move in?"

"Not bad, the progress is even faster than planned," Linko said with a smile. "Although the esports center is still a long way off, the players' accommodations and competition venues are almost finished. With a few more preparations, it should be operational around the New Year!"

"That's great." Chen Dongqing nodded with a smile. "Maybe then I can go directly to the home game."

Chen Dongqing's plan was to rest until after the Spring Festival, which was perfect.

"Anything else?" Chen Dongqing asked again, "Didn't we say before that our club was going to add a new branch?"

"Oh, you mean the DOTA2 division?" Linko laughed. "We've been talking about it recently. Our plan is to just buy a fully-established division."

"Wow." Chen Dongqing was astonished. "So rich, you must have money power, right?"

"Of course," Linko laughed. "The club has more money than it can spend this year!"

This year, Joseph Tsai spent a full 200 million yuan to acquire shares in QG.

Even though the League of Legends division spent nearly 100 million on signing contracts and building its home stadium, the remaining 100 million or so was used by all the other divisions combined, which was less than half of that amount!

This is the difference in commercial value between League of Legends and other games.

So Linko plans to use the remaining 50 million to buy a mature DOTA2 division to further expand QG Club's reach.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and asked, "So, which team were you talking about?"

"LGD, just buying one DOTA2 division, the whole thing would cost around 50 million."

"Pfft!" Chen Dongqing almost spat out the mouthful of cola he had just taken a sip of: "LGD? Seriously?"

"What happened to LGD? Their performance at TI7 last year wasn't that great either. They only made it to the semifinals. It's normal for them to sell them."

Linko said matter-of-factly, "LGD has lost too much money running the club in the past two years, so they are preparing to cash out and leave. The environment for LOL is on the rise, so they plan to hold the club for another year. The environment for DOTA2 is on the downturn, so they want to sell it this year."

Chen Dongqing thought to himself that Linko was a genius investor.

LGD's performance at TI7 was indeed not very good.

But at TI8, this team made it all the way to the finals.

If it weren't for AME's reverse wave from Morphling, the championship would have been theirs!

Buying a team that's guaranteed at least a runner-up finish at TI for 50 million? That's a steal.

"Awesome!" Chen Dongqing said, while joking, "How about I join the DOTA2 division and play around with it, and win the TI championship too? I'm pretty good at DOTA2, I'm number one in the Chinese server."

Linko remained unfazed by these words: "Whatever makes you happy."

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(End of this chapter)