League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 405 Youth Training Camp

After the Demacia Cup celebration banquet, the S8 Spring Split entered its one-week countdown.

Now, all the teams need to resolve the problems exposed in the Demacia Cup within this week in order to prepare for the crucial battle for points in the regular season.

As for QG fans, most of them were relieved to see their team win the championship.

Judging from this match, the team didn't actually have many problems.

Although Uzi carried the team in this Demacia Cup, it has to be said that Xiaohu is really good. He was not afraid of playing against Big B and Rookie, and he also cooperated well with Xiangguo. That alone is enough!

There are some big problems if we go on the road, but it doesn't matter, we can just wait for Brother Shu to come back.

Looking at it this way, this team has a very bright future!

The question now is, how long can Uzi hold onto his C position?

How many games can QG win before Brother Shu returns?

1 month 8 number.

Chen Dongqing was still busy during the off-season. This time, he accepted Linko's invitation and went to QG's youth training camp.

QG's youth training camp is now the most popular in the entire LPL, and even the whole world.

Just like in the past, the reason why SKT has always been able to stand at the top of LCK is because they are a three-time champion club. All the kids in Korea who want to play professionally will give priority to SKT's youth training.

Only players that SKT doesn't want will go to other clubs.

With a constant stream of promising young talents, it would be difficult for a club to become weak.

And that's the current situation for QG.

Among the kids who came to QG, a considerable number came because of Chen Dongqing's reputation, so Chen Dongqing naturally had to go and see him.

QG's youth training camp was larger than Chen Dongqing had imagined. In fact, the setup was very simple and not fancy at all. It was just a series of training rooms, each with ten computers.

The people in these rooms undergo monotonous individual training, ranked training, and practice matches every day, constantly striving for their dreams.

Don't be fooled by Chen Dongqing's rampage in the LPL, where he seems to take everyone seriously. In reality, the people he can dominate are the very level that these youth academy trainees dream of reaching.

Chen Dongqing walked through the rooms one by one, and unexpectedly saw quite a few familiar faces.

In the first room, 16-year-old Ale was in front of the computer, intently practicing last-hitting.

Chen Dongqing had done this training when he first entered the industry. It required him to land 100 hits in 10 minutes without any equipment or skills. The difficulty was not high.

Perhaps Chen Dongqing had been notified in advance that he would be coming today, because the young athletes inside all turned their attention to him, and there was also movement in the other training rooms as people kept leaving.

The contestants' eyes were filled with surprise!

This was clearly a good time to show off, but Chen Dongqing had never liked the arrogant attitude of the leaders during his school days, so he didn't try to be cocky. Instead, he cheerfully said, "What's with everyone out here? Training? Let me see how you guys train, I want to learn!"

The people around immediately burst into laughter.

Wow, Brother Tree is learning from us! So cool!

At that moment, Linko walked up from behind, accompanied by two photographers.

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Why are you filming this?"

"Promoting the youth academy has always been one of our club's priorities!" Linko laughed. "Since you rarely come here, of course we have to film some footage and see if there's anything we can include in the final cut."

Chen Dongqing rolled her eyes.

No wonder they suddenly brought him to the youth training program; it turns out he was there to film something.

Chen Dongqing didn't take it to heart and turned to look at the other contestants.

It must be said that there were many familiar faces.

Besides Ale, there are also GALA and Wei, who are the future pillars of the LPL.

As everyone was chatting, there was a commotion behind them.

A middle-aged couple, with a chubby child, walked into the youth training base.

Chen Dongqing turned his head and saw it, and the corners of his mouth immediately curled up.

Chen Zebin has arrived.

In early 17, Chen Dongqing was matched with him, and the other party's question was whether he could join QG's youth training program.

And now, he has arrived.

Ah Bin spotted Chen Dongqing in the crowd at a glance, and his eyes lit up.

Is Brother Shu here too?

"Brother Tree!" Although Ah Bin was a little withdrawn, he was incredibly excited to see Brother Tree and immediately went up to him, saying, "Brother Tree, do you remember me? I'm loveCamille."

Chen Dongqing had actually recognized him long ago, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, it's you. I remember you, the one who plays Fiora and Camille every day."

Ah Bin was even happier when he saw that Brother Shu still remembered him.

"What? Are you just about to join the youth training program today?" Chen Dongqing asked as he approached. "Why didn't you wait until after the New Year?"

A youth training coach explained, "When new players come, we have to do a series of tests and then make a comprehensive evaluation. So they can't just enter the training camp directly. They come for a test before the New Year. If there are no problems, they can sign a contract after the New Year."

Chen Dongqing nodded, then tilted his head and asked, "May I see the testing process?"

"certainly."

The youth training coach nodded, and then led the group into a room.

It was a fairly spacious room, but there was only one computer inside.

There are some test programs on this computer.

For example, reaction time tests or mouse positioning tests.

Actually, this is something quite new. Back when Chen Dongqing was a professional player, it was very simple to become a professional player. You just needed to get high ranking points, and if you did well in practice matches, you could start playing. Testing was something we had never heard of before.

Is this a result of esports becoming more formalized?

Following the instructions of the youth training coach, Chen Zebin sat down in front of the computer and plugged in his mouse and keyboard.

"Don't be nervous, this test isn't really that useful," the coach reassured him from behind. "As long as the result is acceptable, it's fine."

Chen Zebin glanced at Chen Dongqing behind him, and the large group of youth training athletes surrounding Chen Dongqing, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

How can I not be nervous?

Following the coach's instructions, Chen Zebin opened a program called "Reaction Time Test".

This thing is used to test reaction speed.

The testing method is very simple. When you open this program, it will show a blue screen. After you click "start", it will turn green at random times. Then you can simply click the green dot with your mouse.

This test will take five scores and then calculate an average.

The youth training players who followed behind were all very interested in watching the test footage.

They had all experienced this test.

Generally speaking, the reaction time of a normal person is between 200-250ms, and this number will continue to increase with age.

Of course, since they've reached the youth training level and are at their peak, their reflexes are definitely better than the average person's.

The average reaction time of this group is around 175ms, with GALA having the fastest reaction time, which is consistently around 165ms.

They knew about loveCamille, since they all played on the Chinese server and saw each other all the time.

This guy can easily climb to the top of the national server rankings. His score is definitely high even among youth training players. Moreover, he has earned the appreciation of Brother Shu.

They wanted to know what level of reaction speed this person had.

After a brief blue-green flash on the screen, the five tests were quickly completed.

Chen Zebin's average results from the five tests have also been successfully obtained.

165ms.

Everyone was taken aback.

That's intense?

On the very first try, he had already matched the best result of the youth training camp.

The youth training coaches couldn't help but raise their eyebrows when they saw this result, and asked Chen Zebin to try again.

The test results are subject to fluctuation, so taking the test multiple times will yield more accurate results.

However, although Abin's reaction data fluctuated, it remained within this range.

The best single-shot data even reached 157ms.

Wow, what a tough guy!

Everyone was startled.

That's a really quick reaction.

Next up was the mouse positioning test.

This positioning is something that is generally tested in FPS games. It involves dragging the mouse crosshair and clicking on the small ball that appears on the screen within one minute. Finally, the positioning ability is evaluated by combining the number of shots, the number of missed shots, the kill interval, and the accuracy.

Generally speaking, a hit count of 190, an accuracy of 90%, and a kill interval of 300ms are considered to be at a normal level.

Ah Bin still conducted a round of tests as required.

Because Abin doesn't play many shooting games, he wasn't particularly strong in this test.

But it is also far beyond the normal level.

With 202 kills, 94% accuracy, and a kill interval of 275, it demonstrates exceptional positioning capabilities.

Upon seeing this, many people behind him became quite solemn.

Is this some kind of super muscular guy?

Youth training camps are all about the survival of the fittest.

Different training rooms are also divided into levels 3, 6, and 9. As long as you perform well, you can go to a better team to play training matches.

If you can maintain your excellent performance, you will be able to get the opportunity to play in LSPL, or even LPL!

If you consistently perform exceptionally well in both the youth training program and LSPL, QG wouldn't mind promoting you to the LPL for a trial, but that's clearly unlikely.

If this strong guy can climb up, then all the youth training top laners will have to move down one tier.

Damn, QG's youth training program is really something else!

Countless top laners are scrambling to get here just to be in the same club as Tree Bro.

But by the time they discovered the true nature of this youth training camp, it was too late to escape.

Chen Zebin was clearly unaware of this situation, and of course, he didn't need to be aware of it. He scratched his head and asked the person next to him how his grades were.

"How are the results? A comparison will tell you," the youth coach chuckled. "Brother Shu, want to give it a try?"

"Come on!" Chen Dongqing found the test quite novel.

After raising my reaction attribute to 99, I felt that the world had slowed down a bit, but I couldn't feel anything else.

This could be a good testing opportunity?

Upon hearing this, the youth training players behind him also became interested.

Brother Shu's e-sports talent is beyond doubt. Based on his experience of winning championships in multiple games, he can be called the absolute number one in history.

How fast can this kind of person react?

"Come on, Brother Shu, use my mouse!" Chen Zebin immediately offered his seat.

"Just wait for the screen to turn green, and then click it, right?" Chen Dongqing asked as he sat in front of the computer, his right hand touching Chen Zebin's mouse.

After receiving an affirmative answer, he concentrated and clicked "Start Test".

The moment the screen turned green, Chen Dongqing immediately clicked the mouse!

The first results are in.

142ms.

hiss.

Everyone gasped in surprise at the cold noodles.

On their very first try, they broke the fastest record for the sixteen- or seventeen-year-old boys in their youth training camp!

The testing continued immediately afterward.

143ms

142ms

143ms

141ms

Ultimately, Chen Dongqing's average score across five attempts stabilized at 142ms.

Not only is it fast, it's also stable—it's ridiculously fast!

It's important to know that this testing software takes into account mouse input, screen refresh rate, and computer response latency.

This average score of 142 is almost beyond the limits of human capability!

Chen Dongqing turned to ask, "Is this score acceptable?"

What he saw was shock.

"This is unbelievable!" Even the youth training coach couldn't help but smile wryly. "This is simply phenomenal!"

No wonder he's the first person in history.

A score of 165cm is enough to be considered top in youth training.

And you came up with 142?

Chen Dongqing smiled and nodded.

It seems the system's effect is still simple and crude.

This is the true value of a 99-point response!

He then asked, "Do we still need to practice the positioning test?"

"Go ahead and practice if you want."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing nodded and started another test program.

This is much simpler and more direct.

Even without the system, Chen Dongqing's FPS game talent was top-notch; otherwise, how could he have turned the tide in his previous life?

He adjusted the mouse sensitivity and immediately started firing rapidly, leaving the people behind him dazzled!

Just by looking at the speed, everyone knew that the outcome would be extremely outrageous.

The results came out quickly.

With 280 goals and a kill interval of 240ms, his stats are significantly higher than Abin's!

The most terrifying thing is that 100% accuracy rate!

The key is speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

A large number of the youth training players behind them knelt down in despair!

These are all differences!

Chen Dongqing patted his backside and stood up. He asked the coach, "Are there any more tests coming up?"

"The basic tests are over," the youth training coach said. "Next, there will be some tests on game skills. We will first assess the laning phase separately, and then arrange a scrim to test the intensity. If that works, then we've passed the threshold."

"Okay, I'll take another look." Chen Dongqing smiled and continued to follow up.

This part definitely has nothing to do with Chen Dongqing.

He can't very well go up there and test his own laning phase, can he? So who would be testing whom?

Chen Dongqing followed the coach back to the previous training room and watched Chen Zebin plug the mouse and keyboard into the new computer.

As for Chen Zebin's examiner in this round, he was of course also a student.

And coincidentally, it was Ah Le.

These two top laners are among the more famous of the new generation of top laners, yet they have now met in a small youth training camp.

It must be said that Chen Zebin's gaming talent and laning ability are indeed slightly stronger.

However, it makes sense, since Chen Zebin was a super rookie who reached his peak right from his debut and has never been weak.

As for A-Le, if he had performed well in the early stages, he wouldn't have been dismissed by RNG for only 50 yuan.

In this match, Chen Zebin actually won in the laning phase!

That would clearly be considered a great success.

Of course, in Chen Dongqing's view, these aspects of the laning phase were full of flaws.

Chen Dongqing was very generous, pointing out some problems in the laning phase between the two, as well as their mistakes in rune selection.

The rune system for Season 8 has only been out for a short time, and many people haven't fully figured it out yet.

But Chen Dongqing knew this very well.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing watched another training match of Abin's, and after seeing that the opponent's performance was still extremely excellent, he nodded in satisfaction.

"That's pretty impressive," Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "Based on your performance, you might be able to appear directly on the LPL stage next year."

"I hope so." Chen Zebin smiled憨厚ly, looking somewhat like Banana Wolf.

Ah Bin seemed to have thought of something and said again, "Brother Tree."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"

"Can you help me think of an ID?" Chen Zebin asked. "A player's ID."

"An ID? That's easy." Chen Dongqing laughed, "How about Bin? B, i, n, it suits you perfectly."

Bin nodded. "Okay! Let's call it that!"

After saying that, the youth training coach took Abin and his parents to the adjacent conference room to sign the contract.

Chen Dongqing said goodbye to the youth training players and left the training base.

Watching Brother Shu's departing figure, some of the numerous youth training players present were full of fighting spirit, while others were dejected.

Every young person present was filled with passion and a dream of esports, having plunged headlong into the youth training camp, hoping to make a name for themselves next year.

But now, the bloody reality is like a giant, all-encompassing hand, slapping away the basketball they threw.

Let's not even talk about Brother Tree; they can't even beat a random kid who's just over fifteen!

Screw your esports dreams!

According to the youth training coaches, after Chen Dongqing visited the youth training camp, the number of people in the camp decreased significantly in a short period of time.

Countless people have come to terms with reality and have all given up. Some have returned to their studies, while others have chosen to confront life head-on, feeling that this might be easier.

But after they withdrew, a large number of new players immediately filled the gap, making the entire youth training camp full.

It was as if no one had ever left.

This chapter serves as a prelude to the ending.

Although it didn't advance the plot much, I still think it was necessary.

I'll add an extra chapter tomorrow to speed things up and get straight to the Spring Split.

(End of this chapter)