I am the leader of the anti-racism movement.

Section 519, Chapter 47: The Greatest Sorrow is a Dead Heart

After playing a couple more games, Luo Fei made an excuse and turned off the live stream. The current live streaming platform market has slowly reached its peak. For example, Lu Laoye, a famous figure in the LOL streamer world, has reached the height of his live streaming career. You can basically see people spamming "LBW is awesome" in any live stream room. In a sense, this situation is indeed very impressive.

With the rise of battle royale games this year, countless streamers have also grown rapidly along with the benefits of the times. At least from the perspective of the e-sports industry, this year has been a year of great prosperity.

After finishing his game, Luo Fei looked up and saw that Xi Ye next door had also turned off his live stream and was fiddling with his phone. Judging from his occasional sly smiles, he was probably smitten with a few new girls he'd met during the team-building activity after the afternoon match.

However, he certainly wouldn't dare. It wasn't that the girls weren't pretty; in fact, it was the first time WE had allowed women into their team-building event, and there weren't any teenage internet celebrities trying to seduce them—they were all quite beautiful. The reason he remained unmoved was because Rita had somehow infiltrated the group. Wasn't she clearly a spy sent by Sister Shuang?

Knowing full well that there were spies among the enemy, how could he dare to make any other moves? Of course, he'd maintain his gentlemanly conduct to the fullest. If anything happened, he might really die trying. As for what to do if his temper flared up, he could always browse Bilibili to relieve his boredom, or even secretly have a banter session that night.

Of course, given Xi Ye and his group's financial resources, they can probably only afford to flirt.

Since they had already transmigrated, Luo Fei felt it was essential to guide his teammates to make some real changes. So, after the club distributed bonuses and revised the contract terms following the S6 World Championship, when the entire team had money, Luo Fei immediately launched his famous con artistry, tricking them into investing all their money in real estate.

To reiterate: buying a house in 16 was blatant robbery.

As long as you buy in the urban areas of first- or second-tier cities, you basically don't need to worry about the risk of price drops. Moreover, buying a house is a basic necessity, so spending money is perfectly legitimate. Under his persuasive tactics, almost the entire group had barely warmed up their newly acquired money before throwing it all back into the bank, and then continued their lives of poverty.

Of course, they are happy now.

It's only been less than six months, and the prices have already risen significantly. The initial complaints have long since disappeared. Now, they're even willing to go bankrupt to buy a few more properties.

You see, this not only ensures the healthy development of the team, but also solves the players' worries, and can even reduce the prejudices of their parents, allowing the whole team to devote themselves to training and competition, and the results will naturally improve.

Many people know that laziness is addictive, but they don't know that hard work can also be addictive.

The key is whether the direction is right and whether there is someone to guide you.

Ahem, I've gone off on a tangent. After glancing at the clock on the wall, Luo Fei took the initiative to call out to Xi Ye, who was standing next to him.

"Don't stop talking about your fan group. Hurry up and find a topic to end this, let's get ready to have some late-night snacks."

"Here it comes~"

Upon hearing that the late-night snack was ready, Wangzai immediately made an excuse that he had to train, quickly ending his conversation. However, after finishing, he was also very curious about Goufei next to him. While it was understandable that he hadn't actively flirted with the girls during the afternoon team-building activity due to the presence of an undercover agent, everyone usually maintains some level of engagement with their fan base. Why is it that this guy, aside from the occasional livestream, seems to never chat with his fans?

He usually holds up signs in the stands during matches, so he has quite a few fans.

After thinking about it, Xi Ye still asked the question.

"Fan group?"

"Yeah, I never see you maintaining things usually. All I see is you chatting on the phone with Sister Shuang all day long."

"Ah... this."

Hearing this topic, several teammates who were also preparing to get a late-night snack quietly gathered around. They were curious too, since the topic had come up. After all, if they maintained good relationships with their fans, even after retiring, they could at least earn some money for food by streaming.

Seeing the curious looks around him, Luo Fei hesitated for a while before finally scratching his head sheepishly.

"Ahem, the main reason is that I didn't want to spend money on Ma Ge back then."

"Huh? What does that mean? Explain in detail, I don't understand."

"Well... because the fan group was full at the time, and I didn't want to spend money on Brother Ma, so in order to make room for new fans, the admins discussed it and decided to remove the irrelevant people from the group to make room for others."

"Well, then what?"

"Then they kicked me."

"??????"

What the hell did they do to you? Wasn't that your fan group?

You truly live up to your reputation.

After finishing their conversation, the group noticed an extra portion of their newly arrived late-night snack and suddenly remembered that the brother-in-law hadn't returned yet.

"Oh, by the way, where's my brother-in-law? Didn't he come back?"

"He's back, but we still need to settle his family and things, so it won't be quick. Anyway, Da Congming will still be the main force for the next few days."

"Oh no? That's it, our bot lane is going to get pressured again."

???

"Holy crap, you actually have the nerve to say that? Don't you even look at the kind of AD carries those in the bot lane? Is this LPL bot lane even fit for a human?" It's easy for him to say that when he's not in the situation. Anyone would be frustrated if they were in the LPL bot lane during S7. Da Congming said that after all his hard work, just being able to hold the bot lane is already quite an achievement.

Of course, considering the team's current progress, everyone has made quite good progress. In the next few rounds of the competition, they won't face many strong teams, with only OMG and LGD posing a real threat.

If WE can overcome these two hurdles, they will definitely advance as the top team in their group at the Intercontinental Cup.

While all four teams can qualify, ranking is sometimes still very important. Most obviously, ranking means a team's influence. Even within the LPL, which is a close-knit community, there needs to be one team that can stand up and withstand the pressure at the very top.

Everyone knows this.

Based on historical records, this team can only be WE, and must be WE!

Just as the group was enjoying their meal, a piece of news, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirred up huge waves throughout the entire LPL community.

LGD_GodV quietly announced his retirement that evening.

Yes, he left quietly, and his departure was something that many LOL fans could not accept, because his talent was truly obvious.

Wei Shen's brilliance isn't reflected in the damage numbers on the damage panel, but rather hidden in a series of ingenious maneuvers. Beyond these maneuvers lies an incredibly terrifying creativity: for example, the once wildly popular Egg Hat Clockwerk.

There are countless memorable moments in his life, and the LGD team he led has left countless wonderful memories in the history of LPL. If it weren't for the overconfidence of the S5 World Championship, he might have really had the opportunity to become the strongest domestic mid laner in LPL.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing.

"It's such a pity, such a talented person." Looking at the message on their phones, all the players present felt a sense of shared experience. The glamorous surface of life also meant that an abyss lay behind them; no one knew if they, or someone close to them, would be the next to retire.

Looking at the news on his phone, Luo Fei gradually recalled two clips he had seen before his previous life.

One of them happened after Wei Shen left League of Legends. He played Ekko during a live stream. While playing, Ekko said this line, and Wei Shen, upon hearing it, softly repeated, "My past is chasing after me."

An extremely calm scene.

That arrow can't be shot back. From being humiliated by the factory manager to becoming the fearsome mid-lane killer in the LPL, that boy chasing his dream is gone. But: "My past is chasing me."

Wei Shen shouldn't have been trapped by that arrow.

Perhaps no one should.

Another scene is from an interview. At that time, he had become the only player in China to win championships in two popular esports titles. In another interview, the host asked him if he was planning to completely switch to PUBG, and Wei Shen said yes. The host asked him to say it in full, and Wei Shen's answer was:

I don't want to say.

Perhaps his heart for League of Legends died the moment he announced his retirement, but his obsession with the game may never have ended.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Fei edited a message under that retirement statement and sent it over.

Everyone has dreams, and each person's life is unique and wonderful.

Section 520, Chapter 48: You're the garbage collector?

More than a week has passed since Wei Shen retired. During this time, WE has faced mostly easy opponents. The LPL officials seem to understand this well; after giving WE a boost in popularity, they've given them a cooldown period, posting OMG and LGD later.

The main reason is that WE at the beginning of the season still had the afterglow of MSI, and their strength was truly too overwhelming. Usually, when facing such a team, the organizers prefer to match them with a team of slightly more balanced strength later in the season. If, after some time, the mid-tier teams have improved their strength, then the match will become more entertaining.

The current situation is in line with official expectations.

In the past three weeks of competition, OMG's strength has begun to show. Considering that OMG was one of the four teams in the original World Intercontinental Championship, you can guess that OMG's strength at that time was not weak.

The top laner, Xiyang, nicknamed "Fetal Man," is mediocre in skill but has quite a few scandals. It's worth mentioning that at the beginning of Season 7, he actually had some ambition, as he refused EDG's top lane offer. Whether it was out of fear of EDG's sacrificial top laner role or their militaristic management style, he refused and chose OMG instead.

World6, the jungler, is known for his Rengar and Graves playstyle and is a big fan of Luo Fei. His jungling style involves aggressively invading the enemy jungle in the early game to steal resources or gank and help establish an advantage. If World6 can suppress the enemy jungler's tempo and resources in the early game, OMG is likely to win. However, if World6 and Icon fail to gain an advantage in the early to mid-game, the game is basically over.

To put it simply, it's the playstyle of Luo Fei from S6. He's a typical opportunistic jungler, ranking among the top junglers in the LPL for seizing opportunities, a representative of high risk, high reward. The downside is inconsistency; sometimes he carries, sometimes he disappears, a classic example of a "stuck" player on the field.

Mid laner Icon is cold.

Let me put it this way, let me show you a joke.

Which LPL player today can defeat an LCK team without firing a shot?

EDG: I...I...I have a time rift...

icon: That's right, it's me.

His skill level goes without saying; he's a veteran player. His height, looks, and family background are also unmatched. It's said that if he doesn't perform well in the professional gaming world, he'll have to go home and inherit a fortune of hundreds of millions. The most outrageous thing is his luck in the S-series lottery, where he wins from afar and his luck is just ridiculously bad.

A true social butterfly with incredible luck, but the price is that his teammates are always Muggles.

As for the bottom lane duo of Laozei and Xiaowu, it's truly bizarre that these two could be paired together. Both of them are quiet, introverted types, but what's ridiculous is that you can see from many scenes that they have great chemistry, such as Xiaowu flashing to block bullets for Ma Ge, and Ma Ge helping Xiaowu fight the Krugs.

So the question is, who was carrying OMG at this point?

That's definitely the old thief.

When Lao Ze was playing, OMG's pressure was mainly concentrated on the bottom lane. The top lane held steady and withstood the pressure, while the mid lane farmed and developed, occasionally providing support. The jungler would gank the bottom lane a few times. If the ganks were good and Lao Ze developed well, they could win. However, his playstyle was not RNG's four-protect-one strategy, but rather OMG's unique one-carry-four strategy.

Back in S7, Xiaohu and Xiangguo were still able to consistently lead the charge and make a name for themselves. Even Xiaoming's Alistar would occasionally deliver some memorable moments. But OMG... even when Laozei was in form, it all depended on his teammates' performance. He was practically thankful if his teammates didn't make any mistakes.

Throughout S7, Old Thief's ranking in the AD position was definitely at the level of the top five ADCs, and even quite high. Just look at the tier of the teams he led, and how they managed to make it to the Rift Rivals, and you'll know how amazing he is.

By the way, OMG is a really interesting club.

As we all know, clubs recruit new players in several ways: some like to buy expensive players to strengthen their teams, some are too poor to train their own players and gamble on their future, and some have strong players in their teams and only need to buy support components. But OMG is the only club that specializes in recruiting "junk" players.

The management itself has problems, the coaching and drafting are also problematic, the team has mediocre players but they don't discourage them from leaving, and they have nothing to do but take in players that other teams don't want.

See, if you tell me the club owner isn't a junk collector, nobody will believe you. Other clubs must be laughing all the way to the bank. If they have any expensive players they don't want, they can just dump them on OMG and they'll probably get them.

Overall, OMG is still very strong.

Or rather, SMLZ is now ridiculously strong.

"So, in the next game, will Brother-in-law go in?" After watching the replays of OMG's matches, Luo Fei and the others had no doubt that Da Congming would be riddled with holes if he went in. No joke, the old thief at this time played even more aggressively than Mad Dog.

"No, what I mean is, let's start with Big Smart in the first round."

Big Smart: [Surprised] Meow meow meow?

Looking at Hongmi and Xiaowei's calm expressions, it was clear that they had already discussed this decision.

"I checked the standings, and we've basically secured a top-four spot. Even if we lose this round, as long as we can win against LGD in the next round, we'll still be ranked number one, it'll just look a little bad." To put it bluntly, after considering everything, we realized that our position was already secure, so we might as well unleash our full potential and practice.

Moreover, with only two teams left that seem to be underperforming from time to time, he doesn't think they'll lose.

"Haha, got it. I'll just leave the bot lane to its own devices then. Good luck, Da Congming!"