Chapter 214: History Changes, LCK's Old Acquaintance
After everyone's battle, when Shu was on vacation in Europe, the domestic League of Legends e-sports circle also ushered in a wave of calm.
The summer competition officially kicked off on June 11, with the runner-up of the spring competition ig and the e-commerce team JDG kicking off the summer competition.
There is no game to watch, and the enthusiasm of players and the popularity of League of Legends seem to have declined, but the truth is that everyone is secretly looking forward to the upcoming Asian Games in Jakarta.
At the beginning of June, an official announcement from League of Legends completely blew up the fishpond of League of Legends.
The content is simple.
From now on, it will take three days to solicit coaches and analysts from major clubs to vote together to discuss the list of candidates and select the list of players to participate in the Asian Games.
Of these athletes, each team carries seven players, in accordance with IOC rules.
The final candidates are composed of five members of the main competition team and two substitutes, and they are submitted for review, and after passing the review, they can go to Jakarta to familiarize themselves with the environment.
In fact, the related matters of the Asian Games have been reported before, but they only said a rough idea, and even the specific schedule and selection method have not been determined.
What's more, there are still a series of derivative problems, the competition link at the Asian Games will definitely be broadcast, and when the time comes, CCTV will not broadcast the live broadcast of e-sports, will it give this kind of industry lens.
These questions were indeed acute in the Asian Games in the previous life.
And now this complete announcement is undoubtedly an official expression of positive support.
Although the rules are still very restrictive and will not promote e-sports competitions, an opportunity does give e-sports a little space.
CCTV5 Sports Channel will broadcast the finals live during the live broadcast of the two participating games.
After Li Luo's rebirth, the series of butterfly effects brought about finally began to affect the national level.
Only two games have successfully participated in the Asian Games, and after winning the championship last year, the traffic of League of Legends has skyrocketed, allowing everyone to see this emerging industry.
In addition, a series of standardized training regulations have been introduced in the follow-up professional player circle, making the professional game of League of Legends a sustainable green profession.
And, not long ago, the number of real viewers on major platforms exceeded 30 million, and under the superposition of various factors, others finally saw the prospects of this industry.
However, the people of the General Administration of Sports are still blind to how the emerging industry of e-sports should operate.
E-sports sports are not like traditional sports, you can choose people based on results, and in terms of status, and the consideration of competition experience, it is actually not very clear.
Therefore, the analyst coaches of the major teams began to be recruited to form a staff group.
The list is not selected through online voting, but through the opinions of these people, and a list of candidates is made according to the results of the players and the competition data of the players.
Then, the players on this shortlist will be selected for a training camp.
Although the process is a little different, it is not much different from the Asian Games selection in the previous life.
The first consideration of the strict selection criteria is still the personal strength of the players, and factors such as fame and influence are minimized.
Many players with a bunch of stalks may not be selected, but powerful players will not be buried.
After S8's msi won the championship, the biggest goal of League of Legends' group strategy has been achieved, and in terms of popularity, it has completely defeated PUBG, especially in China, and it is even more powerful to crush many games.
What is more lacking now is the recognition of e-sports by the mainstream of society and the recognition of this sunrise industry.
As soon as the news was announced, the little brothers in Europe and the United States sent their blessings one after another.
Only Asian teams can participate in the Asian Games, so teams from Europe, the United States and North America will not participate in this competition.
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"Hey, puppy, hurry up and get back to play, you've been traveling for half a month, hurry back and recover"
Early in the morning, Ming Kai's phone call came, this is still he looked at the time difference, and deliberately chose to call in the evening, according to the domestic time, it will still be afternoon.
"Don't say it, I see you pretending to be at MSI these days, I didn't expect it, Jian Zihao, we can play together again"
Mingkai's voice sounded excited, and it was clear that he had learned the inside scoop.
In fact, the selection of candidates must be a formality in both aspects of Nakano.
Needless to say, the combination of Uzi + ming in the lower lane.
The jungler must bring a substitute to prevent the opposite side, the incense pot must go, and the remaining domestic strength jungler, counting and counting, only Ming Kai is strong and has old qualifications.
The selection of positions began yesterday, and by the afternoon, there must have been some news revealed.
"There are controversies in other positions, but we are all decided after everyone mentions it"
No one will question this, looking at the past few years of lpl, the most unquestionable strength of all players is Uzi, especially now, whether it is honor or performance, in the position of ADC, there is no adc to have the courage to compete.
If there is no Uzi's ID on it after the list is finalized, it will be another wave of verbal criticism from thousands of people.
As for the middle and upper positions, they are all controversial.
In the top laner position, LEMTE can be regarded as the top laner regardless of honor or seniority, and it can be said that it is the most famous top laner among the local players in the LPL.
But this time, the rules also said that this time the selection criteria are still based on positive hard power, and other factors can only be used as a reference, therefore, in the face of several strong single-kill single-kill lists, such as Brother Saint Gun, and the wolf line of the e-commerce team SN, they may not be able to stand out.
In the mid-laner position, it is the most controversial.
As the cornerstone of Rng's championship and the owner of the two-time championship, it stands to reason that there should be no controversy.
But it's strange that Xiaohu was a well-known soft-footed shrimp in the competition before S7 won the championship, and even if he won two championships, he still couldn't change everyone's opinion.
Regarding Xiaohu's performance in the competition, current fans may not spray the civil war as fierce as a tiger and the foreign war as a soft-footed shrimp, but compared with another domestic midlaner, Xi Ye, it is controversial.
Xiye is also a well-known tournament player, and in world-class competitions, Xiye rarely pulls his hips.
In addition to these well-known players, there may also be a possibility of "upsets" on the list.
For example, the left hand that plays a bright role in the middle and the toothpaste are also eligible to run.
But anyway, since Ming Kai's call has already come, the vacation time of the Rng people is also coming to an end.
After setting off in the evening and getting some sleep, at 11 o'clock in the morning, everyone arrived at the capital airport on time.
After seeing that the driver who came to pick up people was Brother Feng, everyone giggled and drilled into the car, but Brother Feng's words made both of them stunned except for the next road.
"Something has changed, hurry back to the base to train, this time it's also very serious!"
Brother Feng stared at a few people with a serious face and said a word, urging a few people to get in the car quickly and go to the base.
"The selection time has been advanced, and there was still a week to start the selection, but now, two days later, the General Administration will open the first round of selection, and there will be a BO10 at that time."
“bo10?”
"You use your mobile phone directly on the WeChat group, I have shared it in it"
Hearing this, several people opened their mobile phones, logged on to WeChat, flipped through the chat history, and finally understood what was going on.
The start of the Asian Games in Jakarta is June 8, and the schedule is tight, with a total of two days.
Not counting the play-offs, it is optimistically estimated that it will take at least 12 games to win the championship.
Twelve games in two days seem to have an easy schedule, only six games a day, in addition to the pressure of playing the South Korean team, the representative teams of other countries can basically kill indiscriminately in Asia.
But for the sake of risk control, if one of the games goes wrong, the schedule will be extended to 15, 18, or even 21.
In this kind of schedule, the General Administration naturally took into account physical fitness problems, so the selection was opened in advance.
This time, fitness and mentality actually accounted for 25% of the entire rating system.
"It's so serious"
Different from the three-day schedule in the previous life, this time the schedule is tighter and more testing the hard power of the players.
As for the lineup on the LCK's side, it is not as good as in China, and now they have submitted the list.
This speed is naturally due to South Korea's more complete and sound e-sports system than China.
Of course, there is another factor, Lck's strong players are clear at a glance, and there is no foreign support.
You must know that all competitions at the international national level are not allowed to have foreign aid.
Competitions such as the Asian Games and the Olympics will of course not be allowed to have foreign aid.
In the lck roster of the previous life, the players in the LCK region: Kkin, Score, Peanut, Faker, Ruler, CoreJJ.
After seeing this list, many people, including the professional players at the time, expressed surprise.
First of all, Faker's selection is expected, after all, as the current first person in the League of Legends, it is really unreasonable to be eligible to participate in the Asian Games.
However, many people don't understand the choice of Kin in the top single position on the team, and many people may not be familiar with Kkin.
KKin is an active top laner of AFS, and he has just made his debut at 17, and in the LCK Spring Tournament in S8, although the final AFS results were not bad, the Kkin player's performance is really not complimentary.
Compared with Smeb and other old top orders, it can be said that it is more than one grade worse, so the choice of top order position is really a little incomprehensible.
Secondly, there are also some doubts about the jungler position, if it is a pure exhibition game, the call for Ann to be selected should be the highest, and the little peanut who was questioned in MSI has entered the list instead, which is really incredible.
However, KT's Score players are still good, and they performed well in this year's spring season. Of course, some netizens think that the retired Bengi should be pulled out to cooperate with Faker, after all, this classic combination has not been seen for many years.
As for the selection of the lower lane duo, there is basically no doubt that after Pray was completely salvaged by Uzi, the ruler has basically become the face of the LCK's lower lane, but CoreJJ in the auxiliary position has also been criticized by netizens.
As we all know, in LCK, there is no shortage of support players, and the current ones like Mata, Wolf and others are much more qualified and powerful than CoreJJ.
Therefore, in the selection of S8 for the Asian Games, lck undoubtedly played a bad move.
But after some changes, seeing the current official list of LCK, Li Luo nodded.
Upper unit - semb
Jungler - Ambition
Medium unit - faker
adc bit-deft
Auxiliary bit-mata
Three KT team members, one SKT member, and Samsung's Ann Boss make up the first team of the LCK.
Although I didn't see who the two substitute players were, with the current lineup, we can beat the so-called "Korean team" back then.
"It's awesome, and the bottom of the stick has some play"
"This is the dream lineup of the Korean team!"
Brother Feng, who was sitting in the front row, was not surprised by the reaction of several people, because, when he saw the list of the Korean team for the first time, he also felt a hint of threat.
Because of their value, it is difficult for these star players to gather in a team to compete, except for entertainment events such as all-stars, in the international competition, everyone has to do their best.
In this list, except for the semb on the road, who has not met during the period from S7 to S8, everyone else is an old acquaintance.
Mata is an old teammate from before!
Semb, the top laner during the period from S6 to S8, is known as the first top laner in Korea.
Although the new generation of top laners withered, Khan, huni, Duke and other new generation of Korean top laners are challenging Semb, but in terms of the delicacy of the operation and the contribution to the team, Semb is an existence that can dominate the player's field of expertise.
Even in S8's S game, although semb is not as good as the shy, it is also an existence that can steadily overpower one end against duke.
If it weren't for the emergence of the shy, S8 would be the best time for Semb to prove himself.
And his pinnacle is inseparable from a jungler who is willing to sacrifice his economy to give him room for development on the road.
Taking KT's current jungler score as an example, the three junglers who play the most in S8Score are Excavator, Pig Girl, and Wine Barrel.
And all three junglers have one thing in common, which can help the top laner share the pressure of the tank.
In the passerby game, it is easy to place an order on the fifth floor, because the teammates chose four crispy skins, and the situation of choosing meat appeared.
In the professional game, especially in the LCK, this is not without exception.
And Ann Zhangmen,Known for its super control of the wild area and control of the map,Although S8The record of the Samsung that has not been disbanded is not very good,But considering all factors,This opportunity was still given to Ann Zhangmen。
"The bench should be given to the jungler"
The incense pot groaned for a moment and said uncertainly.
You know, the current version is not friendly to the traditional jungler of An Zhangmen, if the coach of the Korean team has a brain, there is a high probability that he will make up an offensive jungler to arrange the past.
And among the most famous offensive junglers of the South Korean team, the most likely to be selected...
"You're saying that Little Peanut is most likely a substitute?"
Offensive jungler and semb combined, that's amazing.
In the spring game of S8's lck, due to the hospitalization of the rat king, Brother Han was poached by SKT, and kz, who would have entered the MSI, had no choice but to settle for fourth place in the LCK's points.
And the reason why he can keep the fourth place is completely dependent on Xiao Peanut's personal strength.
In 68% of the games played in the spring, Little Peanut chose the wild core play.
They are all old acquaintances, and after reading the list, several people finally know why the General Administration started training in advance.
In these days in Europe, the training time of RNG people does not exceed three hours a day, and the LCK side has finished selecting people and started training, so how can the leaders not be in a hurry?