League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 428 FMVP!

At the moment of the third explosion at the IG base, cheers from countless spectators surged toward the stage like a tidal wave!

As soon as Chen Dongqing took off his headphones, he heard the thunderous cheers of the audience.

Amidst the cheers, you could faintly hear Wawa's voice: "Alright, let's congratulate QG! They defeated IG 3-0, winning their fifth Silver Dragon Cup in team history, and their fifth consecutive one!"

"Breaking through our own limits and breaking records! From this moment on, QG officially becomes the team with the most league championships worldwide!"

Champion, what a beautiful word.

Beside him, Xiao Hu excitedly took off his headphones and pounced on Chen Dongqing, shouting excitedly, "Chen Dongqing, you're awesome, awesome, awesome!"

Xiaohu was definitely targeted and exploited by IG in this game, getting caught and killed multiple times.

Just as Xiaohu was sweating profusely, thinking he was going to be blamed again, Chen Dongqing first ganked mid, and then switched to mid lane, taking all the pressure on his shoulders.

Ultimately, the result was as expected: Chen Dongqing, bearing the pressure, perfectly fulfilled the responsibilities of a mid-laner, successfully setting the pace and bringing the game into a positive cycle.

As expected of Tree Bro, he plays even the mid lane better than me!

Little Tiger thought to himself.

Uzi, standing to the side, crossed his arms, looking quite smug: "Heh, wasn't my maneuvering that enemy AD carry impressive?"

"Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!" Little Tiger started fawning over his second father again, "Top-notch sparring, that scene left me completely dumbfounded!"

Even Chen Dongqing had to admit, "Absolutely amazing!"

Although Chen Dongqing often uses this kind of kiting, he only does it in the laning phase to whittle down the enemy's health. But Uzi used it to solo kill the enemy AD in a team fight, and the effect was worlds apart!

That solo kill accelerated the game by at least ten minutes.

"But he's still not as good as Chen Dongqing," Xiao Hu said with a grin. "He'll definitely be today's FMVP again."

Upon hearing Xiao Hu's words, Uzi immediately changed his expression like a Sichuan opera performer, and all the smiles on his face disappeared.

Although he and Chen Dongqing have always been known as the "Double Dads" of QG, Uzi has only won one FMVP award so far: the S7 Summer Finals. All the other FMVP awards have been won by Chen Dongqing.

This meant he could only ever be the second father, which made Uz a little uncomfortable.

Damn it, I'm definitely going to steal the FMVP at MSI!

Chen Dongqing laughed and said, "Alright, let's go shake hands first and get ready to raise our glasses."

Xiao Hu followed behind Xiang Guo, rubbing his hands together impatiently.

Although this is QG's fifth championship, it was his first championship in his professional career!

Halfway there, Xiao Hu saw spotlights shining on him, and colorful ribbons were constantly falling from above.

The director's camera slowly zoomed in on the IG side as the QG players moved.

Looking at the dejected IG players, Wawa thought for a moment and said, "This year's IG can be described as a dark horse. They achieved an excellent record of 18-1 in the regular season and even made it to the finals in the playoffs!"

"Although they still fell short at the last step, their results this spring were actually quite good for them, and they have already broken through their own limits! I believe that after they adjust and work together for a while, they will surprise us in the summer season and even the World Championship in the future."

Below the stage, countless IG fans applauded and cheered for their team.

Although being swept in the finals was hard to accept, on second thought, reaching the finals was already a pretty good result.

If we lose this time, then we'll just have to try again next time!

This IG team is still a young team, and they have considerable room for growth.

With the full points earned from finishing as runners-up in the Spring Split, IG has a pretty good start, and qualifying for the World Championship shouldn't be a problem.

With a year to grow, IG is bound to take off this time!

Chen Dongqing had already walked up to Rookie.

Rookie didn't look well at the moment, and his eyes were red.

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "Are you alright?"

"It's alright, it's alright." Rookie seemed to have composed himself, and he forced a smile, "Good luck at MSI."

"Of course." Chen Dongqing smiled and patted Rookie on the shoulder. "See you in the Summer Split."

After saying goodbye to Rookie, Chen Dongqing continued walking forward and came to face TheShy.

TheShy remained carefree; after losing the match, he grinned at Chen Dongqing and laughed heartily.

"Tree pot, amazing!"

Chen Dongqing felt a chill run down his spine.

How can someone laugh after being thrashed three times in a row? This person is probably not mentally stable.

He simply said "See you in the Summer Split," and then walked to the center of the stage with his teammates.

At this moment, the coach, manager, and substitute A-Guang had already taken to the stage. Linko immediately put his arm around Chen Dongqing's shoulder with a smile and excitedly said, "Awesome, awesome, brothers, give it your all!"

Under the spotlight, the familiar Silver Dragon Cup lies quietly on its pedestal.

The cheers from the audience below the stage began to surge. The QG members surrounded the Silver Dragon Cup in the middle, each holding one hand and feeling the cool touch of the Silver Dragon Cup.

Chen Dongqing smiled and exchanged glances with his teammates. With a single look, everyone exerted their strength at the same time, raising the Silver Dragon Cup high into the sky!

"Alright, everyone, let's shout out the champion's name together!" Ren Dong strode onto the stage and immediately began to stir up the audience's emotions.

The vast majority of the audience below the stage shouted "QG" in unison, the sound so loud that Chen Dongqing couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Ren Dong was quite pleased with the audience's cheers, and his voice grew even louder: "Let's all congratulate QG on winning the 2018 League of Legends Pro League Spring Championship!"

The cheers immediately rose to an even higher level!

Ren Dong continued, "Next, let's welcome Mr. Jin Yibo to the stage to present the award to our champion!"

Old friend Mr. Jin strode onto the stage, shook hands with the QG team, and smiled very sincerely.

QG has always been a key target for LPL and Tencent Esports to create legends.

The height at which QG stands represents the popularity of the LPL.

This time, QG's successful five-time regional championship means that their status as a top team is even more secure, and it also means that the commercial value of the LPL is rising again!

Once QG's S7 championship skins are released in a few days, Tencent Esports will promote them again, and the hype will surge once more!

Increased popularity equals increased stock price, which equals a lot of money!

When President Jin thought of this, he couldn't help but use a little more force when shaking hands with Chen Dongqing.

This guy isn't a contestant, these are his adoptive parents!

Behind Jin Yibo were two hostesses holding a prize of 1.5 million yuan.

Although the commercial value of LPL has soared, the prize money for the championship has remained unchanged over the years.

After the medals were awarded, General Manager Jin took the microphone and offered his congratulations to QG.

Next, the awards ceremony moved on to the next segment.

"Alright, next, please welcome Mr. Jin Yibo to announce the winner of this Spring Split's FMVP award!"

Jin Yibo took out a small envelope from his pocket and slowly unfolded it in front of everyone.

At this moment, shouts from the audience began to rise from below the stage, and various IDs gradually reached everyone's ears.

"ilex! ilex! ilex!"

"Uzi! Uzi! Uzi!"

"Xiaohu! Xiaohu!"

In this final, Chen Dongqing did not deliver the same dominant and terrifying performance as in the semifinals, and the FMVP award is not entirely secure, as there are at least some who can compete with him.

Of course, even if there is competition, it is between Chen Dongqing and Uzi, since the two of them consistently carried the team in three games. Only someone who performs consistently throughout the series is qualified to compete for the FMVP position.

Those who call him "Little Tiger" are just playing a prank.

Xiaohu secured an MVP in the second game and was the weak point in the third game. If he can still be awarded the FMVP, then it can only be said that there is some foul play involved.

Jin Yibo took a card from the envelope, glanced at it, and immediately beamed, saying to the camera, "The winner of the 2018 LPL Spring FMVP award is QG.ilex! Congratulations!"

Jin Yibo was overjoyed to see his beloved darling win the FMVP award!

The gift is perfect!

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow slightly and stepped forward to take the FMVP trophy from Jin Yibo's hands.

Seeing this, Ren Dong smiled and said, "Well, let's congratulate Brother Shu on winning the FMVP award once again! Although we've seen this scene many times, please give your acceptance speech."

Chen Dongqing smiled as he took the microphone, paused for two seconds, and then said, "Of course I'm happy to receive the FMVP award, but compared to my own performance, I really want to thank my teammates more. Their performance in this final was also outstanding, and this award would have been well-deserved. I'm very happy to have such a group of teammates."

Hearing Chen Dongqing's words, Xiao Hu in the back was deeply moved.

Waaaaah, did you hear that? Brother Tree said he's really happy to be my teammate.

Ren Dong thought for a moment and continued, "After winning the Spring Split championship, QG will participate in the Mid-Season Invitational in Europe in May as the Spring Split champions. Brother Shu, are you confident about this MSI?"

"Of course!" Chen Dongqing raised the FMVP trophy without hesitation: "I've always believed that the competition within the LPL league is far greater than that of the World Championship. I'm confident that I'll be able to lift this FMVP trophy on the stage in Paris, France!"

The more than 10,000 audience members below the stage believed Chen Dongqing's words without a doubt, and they made a series of excited noises!

Even without Chen Dongqing saying anything, the audience unconditionally believed that their Brother Shu would bring QG's third MSI trophy back to the LPL!

At this point, the FMVP interview session ended, and Ren Dong began interviewing the other QG players.

Ren Dong then approached Xiaohu, a newcomer on the team, and asked, "Since you joined QG, countless people have had both high expectations and doubts about you. But with today's victory, I believe those doubts will all disappear. So, in the upcoming matches, are you confident that you can maintain your current winning streak?"

This was Li Yuanhao's first time standing on such a big stage. He wasn't even that nervous during the competition, but now, facing the sea of ​​people in the audience during the awards ceremony, he was starting to get a little nervous.

It took him a while to understand what Ren Dong meant by this question. He spoke tremblingly, "The expectations and doubts have always been a driving force for me. I know that my current level is not worthy of QG's achievements, but I will definitely work hard to move forward and try not to let everyone down."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing felt a sense of unease.

What is it that we don't want everyone to let us down?

At this moment, the comments section began to repeat this sentence, but Xiaohu seemed completely unaware of the mistake in his words and even bowed slightly to the audience with a silly grin.

Ren Dong didn't continue on this topic; instead, he asked Xiang Guo another question, and the interview continued.

After Ren Dong finished interviewing everyone at QG, the awards ceremony finally came to an end.

Chen Dongqing left the stage with the FMVP trophy, quickly walked back to the dressing room in the backstage passage, stuffed the FMVP trophy into his backpack, and then couldn't wait to turn on his phone.

As soon as the phone was turned on, messages started coming in on various social media platforms.

The first message was from Gao Dewei: 【Congratulations, your Irelia is really strong】

Chen Dongqing smiled and typed a reply: "Anyone with hands can do this."

The next message was from Lin Yuanhua, also a congratulatory message.

But there is a photo after the text, showing Chen Dongqing holding the FMVP with one hand. With a bright filter, Chen Dongqing looks handsome and dashing in the photo.

[Great shot!] Chen Dongqing typed with a smile: [It captured 50% of my handsomeness]

Lin Yuanhua on the other end immediately replied with a question mark.

Chen Dongqing continued typing: 【Want to come over for dinner later? Linko's treating!】

【Come!】

OK, come find me in the lounge.

Neither of them were fond of chatting online, so they only exchanged a few words before ending the conversation.

Chen Dongqing opened Baidu Tieba and began today's main event.

As the popularity of LPL continues to rise, in addition to the average salary of the players, the number of registered users on the Anti-Fighting Bar is also increasing.

This year, a large number of new members appeared in the Anti-Japanese War Bar. Although this has greatly diluted the aggressiveness and professionalism of the Anti-Japanese War Bar, it has also raised the level of discussion in the Anti-Japanese War Bar to a new level!

As soon as he entered, Chen Dongqing saw a dazzling array of champagne stickers.

[If you don't understand, just ask: what level is this version of IG?]

IG's rise and fall are both due to TheShy.

Some particularly skilled users even shared some impressive plays from today's best-of-five series.

Unfortunately, because the score was 3-0 in today's match, almost all the highlights were on QG's side.

On the second floor of the post, the original poster revealed the two waves of tug-of-war that happened today.

In the first round, Chen Dongqing took advantage of the Irelia's attack range to get three free hits from the weapon without losing a drop of health.

In the third game, Uzi managed to trade four auto attacks for two, and finally used his Q to kill JackeyLove, who had both Flash and his ultimate, thus accelerating the game!

Below this floor, countless netizens flooded the comments with phrases like "QG's two superstars!"

Then on the lower floors, there were also Chen Dongqing's solo kill on JackeyLove with Irelia, and Xiaohu's quadra kill, among other amazing plays.

Chen Dongqing saved each of these GIFs as a memento.

Chen Dongqing returned to the post's homepage, refreshed it, and saw the rating post appear before her eyes.

Fueled by immense popularity, the competition has only been over for less than half an hour, but the rating post already has thousands of replies and is about to break ten thousand!

Chen Dongqing licked his lips and quickly clicked to enjoy the feast!

The official account of the performing arts troupe knows what's going on; in the first post of the rating thread, he directly posted TheShy's official costume photo.

Even carry-type top laners have differences.

I never expected to get three free hits from Irelia while playing Jax in the top lane.

I understand how you feel: you want to compete but can't, you want to coast but can't.

Don't be discouraged, practice Irelia until you've mastered her before trying again!

Surprisingly, the forum members still unanimously favored TheShy.

But it makes sense, after all, TheShy was the player who saved the day in the round of six, which earned him a lot of goodwill from the audience.

As for today's defeat, all I can say is that classic line—losing to Brother Tree is not shameful.

Chen Dongqing scrolled down and quickly found his floor.

[No doubt about it, a god among top laners!]

Back in 2016, there was Smeb who could go toe-to-toe with Tree, but it feels like there isn't a single top laner who can match up against Tree this year?

[Tree Brother's fighting power is still increasing!]

[Tree Bro is really over the top right now. Take that third game, for example. At the start, he was dodging the harpoons while simultaneously chipping away at TheShy's health, completely overwhelming him!]

Chen Dongqing smiled as he watched the barrage of compliments from the forum members, then continued scrolling down and saw Xiaohu's post.

The first floor is where the difficult-to-find clam is located.

Don't worry, we won't let you down.

Chen Dongqing happily showed his phone to Xiaohu next to him, who looked completely bewildered.

what does this mean?

Chen Dongqing explained the joke to Xiaohu again, and Xiaohu realized that he had said something wrong on stage. Then Xiangguo came over to laugh at him, and the two brothers started arguing again.

Chen Dongqing was about to continue browsing posts when he heard Linko calling the team members to prepare for a group interview with reporters.

This segment where you answer questions from esports media is actually quite similar to post-match interviews; they're both the same type of questions.

Chen Dongqing wasn't very interested in this, so he put his hands under the table and typed. He only looked up and patiently answered questions when someone called him, which was like a dream come true back to his school days.

After the group interview ended, Lin Yuanhua also came backstage and exchanged glances with Chen Dongqing, which made the rest of QG members grimace.

The group boarded the bus and headed to the Yuzhilan restaurant that Linko had booked in advance.

This is a very famous high-end private restaurant in Chengdu. Although it is Sichuan cuisine, it is completely different from the spicy and numbing flavor that everyone is familiar with. It is mainly salty and fresh, but the taste is still quite good. It caters to those who do not eat spicy food, and anyone can have a bite.

While eating, Linko called out from the front, "After today's competition, MSI will be on May 11th. We'll have about 12 or 13 days off. Our plan is to leave for Europe a week early, so we'll have five days of rest before we leave."

Upon hearing about the holiday, everyone was initially delighted, but then Linko added, "But don't even think about going anywhere fun. Tencent Esports has arranged promotional activities for the Spring Championship and the S7 championship skins these next few days. You guys stay at the base and follow their instructions!"

The crowd, who were still in high spirits just a moment ago, immediately lost interest and nodded helplessly.

Xiao Hu scratched his head and asked the same question Shi Senming had asked last year: "I should be able to move around freely, right?"

Linko nodded without changing his expression: "Okay, whatever you like."

With only five days of rest, Xiao Hu certainly wouldn't go back to his hometown in Henan, but he still slipped out of the base early in the morning and disappeared somewhere.

Not only Xiao Hu, but A Guang is also missing.

There's a promotional event for the championship skins today, and I heard that Gao Dewei and 369 will be making a surprise visit to the new base to stream, which has resulted in a shortage of computers in the break room. Xiaohu and A Guang have to give up their computers.

QG's new base is large, but it's not big enough to house these two.

But it's not a big problem. Both of them have girlfriends, and they'd probably be happier if they were allowed to do as they pleased.

Around noon, Gao Dewei and 369 arrived at the base and ran into Chen Dongqing, who had just finished eating.

"Brother Tree." 369 greeted him politely.

Gao Dewei and Chen Dongqing exchanged a glance and nodded to each other.

Chen Dongqing led the two into the new base. He glanced back and saw that the two looked around the new base as if they had never seen the world before, their eyes full of wonder.

After leaving QG, the two went to a new club and lived in the same old apartment building, which is completely incomparable to the current standard of QG. It can only be said that they were born at the wrong time.

Chen Dongqing led the two into the new training room and said with a smile, "We don't have many computers in the training room, so Gouwei, you can sit in Xiaohu's seat, and Bai Jiahao, you can sit in Aguang's seat. Neither of them are at the base today, so you can do whatever you want."

As Gao Dewei and 369 took their seats, a strange feeling welled up in their hearts at the same time.

Is this considered a different kind of NTR?

Chen Dongqing ignored them and started her live stream on her own.

The live stream had barely started when countless viewers rushed into it, filling the screen with comments!

Let's go!

[Starting a live stream on the second day of the Spring Finals? That's incredibly diligent!]

[That's how Brother Tree is; he's always been diligent in his livestreams.]

[You forgot you didn't stream for four months at the beginning of the year?]

"Actually, I didn't want to broadcast this either," Chen Dongqing replied honestly, looking at the comments. "But I have an event today, so I can't not broadcast it."

Countless viewers in the live stream perked up their ears: [What event is it?]

Chen Dongqing smirked and said, "Are you all fake fans? Don't you follow my Weibo? Riot Games is releasing a preview video of the championship skins today, so we need to do a promotional livestream. Not just me, but all the members of last year's QG championship team will be there."

Upon hearing this, the audience became excited.

Great, great, such a big event right away!

Riot Games has been keeping the S7 championship skins for QG a secret for a long time, and it turns out they were waiting for this.

However, it makes sense, since QG has the potential to win the Spring Championship, so the championship skins should be held back for a while to ride the wave of the Spring Championship!

"But the event doesn't start until 8 o'clock! There's still an hour left!" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "CS:GO, start!"

The championship skin event is of great importance, and Douyu acted quickly. Seeing that the QG players were going live one after another, they quickly pushed the event page to the platform's homepage, so that countless users could see it as soon as they entered Douyu.

Clicking into the event page will display the live stream footage of the six members of QG.

Then the audience saw Chen Dongqing setting up a sniper rifle.

Some people are born to be the protagonist. Countless viewers were involuntarily attracted by Chen Dongqing's sniper rifle and clicked into the live stream, then filled the screen with question marks in the comments.

This scene left Douyu platform speechless.

After Chen Dongqing gained fame, Tencent Esports and Douyu turned a blind eye to his behavior of never playing League of Legends in the League of Legends section.

But today is a special day, can't you just hold it in?

Helpless, they could only contact Linko, who then rushed into the training room and loudly questioned Chen Dongqing about what he was up to.

"OK, OK, I only started playing because the event hadn't started yet. Why is Douyu in such a hurry?" Chen Dongqing said helplessly, "Alright, I'll close it after this game."

Fortunately, Linko understands games, so he didn't ask layman's questions like "Can't this game be paused?" like Chen Dongqing's mother did. He just told Chen Dongqing to finish the game quickly.

It wasn't until this point that Chen Dongqing finally got serious.

He hasn't been playing CS:GO for very long, but he's already reached 3,000 trophies in 5E, which is considered a top-tier match.

But when Chen Dongqing gets serious, he's still as shrewd as a chopping fruit.

Now that you're at a higher rank, there's another advantage: you're basically less likely to encounter cheaters.

Or if you encounter cheaters, they might be using cheats on the side, because high-ranking accounts are valuable, and there's the precedent of Mai Sakurajima being banned in the previous tournament. These cheaters don't dare to be too aggressive and can only cheat secretly.

Chen Dongqing had no problem dealing with these young upstarts; he could easily defeat them.

Anyway, after Chen Dongqing climbed up the ranks, his win rate even increased slightly.

In the following rounds, Chen Dongqing steadily exerted his strength, easily defeating his opponent and winning the match.

Fortunately, after the match ended, it was already close to eight o'clock, and Chen Dongqing, as required, connected his live stream to the main live stream room opened by Douyu's official platform.

QG held this event last year, so Chen Dongqing is quite familiar with it.

Once all six people were in place, Douyu's official account switched to the promotional video for the champion skin.

After the familiar fist logo appeared, while the screen was black, a magnificent choir's voice suddenly rang out in the headphones, quite powerful, instantly sending chills down one's spine.

At the same time, a glimmer of light appeared amidst the blackness of the screen, and a card slowly emerged in Summoner's Rift.

The card depicts a male figure dressed in a white outfit and carrying a red feathered cape.

It was Luo, the champion hero chosen by Shi Senming!

At this moment, Lothar, frozen in the card image, has a snake with its head and tail intertwined around his waist, and holds the Champion's Grail in his right hand, making him appear quite divine.

The promotional video, right from the start, simply showcased the overall style of this championship skin.

Tarot cards.

The card represented by Luo, who appears first in the promotional video, is also the first card in the Tarot deck.

【magician】

As mentioned before, I wanted to link the championship skins with traditional Chinese ink painting style, but after studying it for a long time, I still couldn't figure out how to incorporate traditional Chinese style into skins like Jarvan IV and Camille, so I decided to give up on that idea.

I spent a lot of time and energy deleting and revising, so today's update is a bit late.

(End of this chapter)