She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

Upon seeing this announcement, the vast majority of players gave it positive reviews, and in the surging community, there were virtually no voices opposing the international version.

“Interesting…” Su Mu thought to himself, then clicked to download the international version client.

I never expected the fists in this world to be so powerful, quietly pulling off a huge attack on all the players.

Before this, it can be said that no international version of any game could achieve such a standard.

The international version only has a solo/duo queue system, and it is foreseeable that a large number of skilled players will flock to it, including professional players, random players with exceptional skills, and so on.

Reaching the top of an honor in the international server, isn't the title of number one in the world infinitely more impressive than being number one in the Chinese server?

Correspondingly, the degree of involution has also increased exponentially; without real skills, one will only become a stepping stone for others.

"It looks like something interesting is going to happen tonight."

Su Mu's lips curled up as he watched the international server client download progress climb rapidly, a hint of anticipation rising in his eyes.

Before the ranking system closed, she was already ranked 11th in the national server with 521 points in the Grandmaster rank. Once she reached 600 points, she could enter the Challenger rank.

I wonder if I'll still be able to rank in the top 100 in the world after the rankings are merged into the international server?

During the download, Su Mu opened the update announcement to check. In addition to the balance adjustments of the old heroes, two new heroes were also launched without any publicity!

Of course not for her; she knew both of the new heroes.

Qiyana, the Elemental Queen; Yuumi, the Magical Cat.

Eh?

I vaguely remember that after Neeko, these two weren't the next to appear. Is there a difference in the release order...?

47. Matched with a professional player

Su Mu blinked and pondered for a few seconds, but couldn't come up with a solution.

"Never mind, never mind."

Our focus shifts to champion balance, then to items, and finally to runes.

Even Summoner Spells have been adjusted. The initial version of Weakness reduced enemy damage by 50%, but it has now been nerfed to 40%.

The runes are a bit strange; they seem to be from an older batch. Lethal Tempo hasn't been changed to stacking yet, so it's the version with a fixed duration after triggering, only the numbers have been increased.

There are only three Enlightenment items: the Universal Stone, the Unsealed Scroll, and the Glacial Augment. Where did the Money Stealing Rune go?

After about ten minutes, I finished reading the announcement and finally downloaded and installed the international version.

Registration was quick, taking less than a minute to complete the review. Su Mu logged in immediately and then opened the ladder ranking website that he had saved beforehand.

Enter your ID, and a message will appear.

"Good heavens, the 11th ranked player in the Chinese server only got 104 in the international server?" Su Mu's eyes were filled with surprise.

The competition is indeed fierce, but that's what makes it interesting, isn't it?

……

That night, Su Mu opened OBS, changed the live stream title to be related to the international server, and clicked to start the live stream.

It has been more than three months since the premiere.

She now has a whopping 146 million followers in her live stream. While she may not be as well-established as some of the top streamers in the same category, she is definitely a standout among newcomers.

The contract offered by Shark Platform was excellent, belonging to the top tier of treatment. Su Mu was not a clueless newbie; he knew how to read the contract himself.

The platform's sincerity was evident in the contract, so I readily signed it and became a contracted streamer with Shark.

As soon as the live stream started, the data backend showed that there were hundreds of viewers.

[Mu Ge always manages to catch up on time when he waits in advance. My Mu Ge is the most punctual shark!]

Oh my, today's costume is the short white hair and red eyes one, Suki!

[I'm new here. Is the streamer's costume male or female? I can't tell at all. The drawing is just too good.]

[Newcomers shouldn't worry about these things. Just know that Mu-ge herself is a genuine girl.]

[The white-haired, red-eyed special forces soldier charging towards the nation, this humble nun will lead the charge!]

Show show way.

[Brother Mu is indeed going to conquer the international server tonight, yay!]

I have to say, I played for a few hours on the international server during the day, and it was really scary. Those foreigners are terrifying, guys.

[Really? I feel like it's easier to rank up than on the Chinese server. I climbed three minor ranks in one afternoon. (Clothing)]

[This is terrifying! May I ask what rank you are, my friend?]

[Rongqi Sanling Jiuqi Siyao Gold. Clothing]

"...What's the point? The Gold rank is just for the average player now, and with tens of millions of players on the international server, the Gold rank has even less prestige." - Qi

Hey, Sister Sweet Orange is here today too! Double the happiness! Hiss!

It's a pity that Sister Sweet Orange isn't a streamer, so we don't have her first-person perspective, even though her skills are clearly very good...

Sweet Orange is Bai Wei's game ID. After her account was synchronized with the international server, her ranking is now 486. (Note: The last line appears to be a separate, unrelated phrase: "鸠" which translates to "Dove".)

Although she appears to be ranked relatively low, it's important to know that Bai Wei plays LOL primarily for fun and rarely strives for higher ranks. If she had a plan like Su Mu, she would at least be in the top 150.

The live chat was filled with a dense, varied array of comments, too much for Su Mu to read. He greeted his fans and viewers, then immediately started a match.

The streamer instantly entered the ban/pick screen, and upon seeing the positions and teammate information, the viewers were stunned.

In the international version's BP interface, the country and region of the player's registered identity will be displayed below the position and ID. Professional players will also have an exclusive certification icon next to them.

All three of Su Mu's teammates in this game had professional player certification badges!

Two of their IDs clearly indicate they were duo queued, and their regions are LCS, while the other one is from LJL.

GIM-Teon, GIM-Cold, I know this LCS team. Their Dota 2 division was apparently fifth from the bottom in their region last season…

Is it really that bad? What's the skill level of the players in the LOL division?

Why don't you just check? The international server rankings I saw were 108 and 97, which seems pretty strong.

That's not bad, it's just that the Japanese girl YH from the Japanese region is a bit lacking. Even Sister Sweet Orange, who isn't a professional player, has 486, but that Japanese girl is only ranked 345th.

YH does know about that weak team that was wiped out by our ESG in the PUBG competition. As for Yukiko... I've never heard of him. He's probably not a player who switched careers.

It seems like no one has noticed the key point. The key point is that Mu Ge was matched with three professional players! According to the MMR matchmaking mechanism, that means the other side will at least have opponents of the same level!

Oh right…

Bai Wei immediately recognized that she had been matched with three genuine professional players, and immediately felt the pressure increase.

"Mumu, do you want to switch to the jungle position? It would be better to set the pace of the game that way."

They dominated Nakano.

"It's okay, I can still dictate the pace of the game playing mid. Let's see how things go first."

Su Mu didn't care about being matched with three professional players as teammates. Even if the opponents were five professional players, as long as they weren't on the same team, it wouldn't be a big problem.

At this rank, some players will choose what to build to strengthen the team composition based on the heroes their teammates have already decided.

It's rare to see players with all As, no D, or all AP in low-ranked games.

Su Mu is the first pick on the blue side, but in ranked games, the first pick position is often awkward because he will usually be countered by other players.

Three of the ten banned heroes were duplicates, all of whom were relatively powerful heroes explored and developed in the new version. Interestingly, neither of the two new heroes were banned.

The cat's win rate is embarrassing. According to the 7-hour real-time statistics of the international server, the win rate is less than 43%, which can be said to be one of the lowest in history.

Many people in the community are already angrily criticizing the designers, saying what a terrible hero they released, with gameplay completely different from the old heroes, making it very difficult for people to adapt.

Qiyana's percentage was much more normal at 51%. The percentage below 55% is likely because she has only been online for less than a day, and most people are probably unfamiliar with her.

Oh no, why wasn't the supermodel banned?

[Isn't it perfect that it wasn't banned? Brother Mu can use it to dominate the battlefield and kill anyone he sees.]

Wake up! Although Qiyana was released at noon today, I just checked Mu Ge's match history, and she's never even played this champion before...

What about picking Sweet Orange to play jungle?

[...Sweet Orange Sister has no match history on the international server. If she hasn't picked Qiyana jungle on the Chinese server either, then it means she doesn't know how.]

"Ah... we can't give it to the top laner, can we? How about we ask Brother Mu to ask that Japanese female player if she knows how to play?"

48. Audiences united in their hatred of the enemy

Su Mu glanced at the trending comments and couldn't help but smile. The man in the leather suit in the lower right corner of the live stream also squinted and smiled.

"Guys, geniuses pick up a new hero very quickly."

In this world, the audience watching live streams is half male and half female, so calling them "fellow viewers" or "sisters" isn't really appropriate.

Over time, many streamers have gotten into the habit of choosing one of the following terms of address: friend, bro, buddies, or other terms of address.

"I've spent some time studying Qiyana in the training ground, so there's absolutely no problem picking her, okay?"

As Su Mu spoke, he lightly clicked the mouse, the corners of his mouth gradually widening as he selected the hero that had been dubbed an "overpowered monster" by players within half a day.

I deserve your admiration.

When the opening lines of the character "逡琉I鸠伍芭玲丝午" (Junliu I Jiuwu Balingsiwu) were uttered, the live stream chat exploded with excitement.

I'm so cool!

Let's witness just how terrifying the monster that can instantly kill people in Brother Mu's hands really is!

[Give foreign friends a little shock from CN assassins.]

Some players on the red team were annoyed to see Qiyana being instantly locked in, while others sighed in disappointment.

Annoyed that his champion was stolen, he sighed, "As expected, I can't pick Qiyana on the red side. I don't know if the enemy team will pick Qiyana for mid or jungle."

None of the people on Su Mu's blue team knew that the red team didn't just have three professional players, but rather—

Five!

Two duo queues and one solo queue team, each from a different team.

The lineups for both sides were quickly finalized, and the match connection page was accessed.

Seeing the verification icons next to the five IDs on the red team, there were nearly 10,000 people in the live stream, many of whom were staring wide-eyed.

What?! Five professional players? What the heck?

[Dad, even if the international server gathers all the professional LOL players in the world, not counting youth training players, and referring to other games, including substitutes and second teams, it wouldn't exceed two thousand people, right?]

There's definitely not two thousand.

Su Mu was also stunned for a moment when he saw it, his expression thoughtful. In the international version, the Grandmaster rank can match you with Diamond 1 to low-rank Challenger players. The lower the opponent's rank, the higher their skill level is under the detection of the matchmaking mechanism, which is commonly known as hidden MMR.

Under the MMR matchmaking system, players of similar skill levels will be prioritized for matchups.

In other words, her overall skill level, including that of her teammates, is high enough, according to the system's assessment, to be comparable to that of the five professional players on the opposing team.

Who exactly raised the average? Myself? Or a teammate?

Not only are there five professional players, but four of them are from Korean teams!

And it's TKS and DBZ, damn, what bad luck!

[TKS is one thing, but DBZ貳珊龄思玖奇僄俬囷拔网线战队, get lost!]

Before League of Legends was officially released, an international Dota 2 tournament was held in Busan, South Korea. A Chinese player was disconnected for a full minute, which directly led to the loss of the match and the inability to request a rematch.

The victory that belonged to the victim team WLD was wiped out by that one minute of disconnection.

The news spread to many competition areas, but due to the immaturity of the early competition rules at the time, the matter was simply left unresolved.

Having experienced something like this, it's safe to say that countless normal players in the Chinese esports scene have no goodwill towards the DBZ team and its club, and even the vast majority of Korean esports teams, and the same is true for League of Legends now.

[The skinny kid said who gave the streamer 5 rockets: Old grudges, begging Brother Mu for thin gauze stick girl!]

It must be sheer fabric!

[As much as the killing goes, it's also quite outrageous. What are the odds of being matched with four Korean professional players?]

Is it possible that the probability is controllable? I suggest you learn about the MMR mechanism... I'm thinking about some terrifying possibilities...

[Speak your mind, bro!]

I checked everyone's match history. Is it possible that... due to Mu Ge's terrifying win rate, her hidden MMR is so high that she is equivalent to two professional players, which is why she was matched with a total of five professional players?