017 It's over, it's a new beginning
Even in the new version of the environment, this hastily formed TAD for less than a week is not the opponent of the school team that has been accustomed to high-intensity competitions and already has a high degree of tacit understanding and tactical literacy.
The result of this exhibition game did not cause much upset, although in the middle lane, Lu Xinlei's Lina fought each other in the laning period to beat the mid-laner Zeus economy to the bottom of the ten, and in the following small team battles, he used accurate skills many times to help his teammates open up the situation, but in the other two lanes, the disadvantaged No. 1 and No. 3 positions of their own side did not brush the opponent's troll warrior who chose the mad battle axe until the end.
And after the troll warlord took out the Abyssal Blade, which can ignore skill immunity and stably stun a unit, the situation was completely out of Lu Xinlei's grasp, although she had also made preparations to transform the physical core to support the situation, but the troll warlord who had already played the equivalent of a large piece of economic crushing could already open BKB and easily disperse their formation.
The pull of the team battle lasted from the switch of offense and defense after the end of the 20-minute match, to the fully developed core position after 30 minutes, until 40 minutes later, the TAD, who was completely unable to catch the frontal team battle, could only hope for a tacit understanding with both sides.
Miracles don't come so cheap, but the unanimous understanding made the opposing varsity team make the wrong decisions at some crucial moments, so that the game that seemed to go back and forth ended up dragging on to the time when the top neutral equipment was refreshed, and the two sides who played all four top equipment ended the game after a back-and-forth pull-and-go team fight.
The result, of course, was that the TAD knocked out the GG that was not dominant in the first place, but it didn't matter, the various systems added by the new version have already made everyone involved and watching the game realize to a certain extent that the new version will bring a completely new gaming experience.
At least before, there will never be a scene where the support hero begs the big brother for equipment, and there will be no situation where a player hits the monster and hides the better equipment directly on the body and refuses to let go.
This is just fun for the average player who doesn't watch the game too much, and the randomness and playability of this new version may indeed be the best ever, but for professional tournament teams with fixed personnel combinations and playing styles, the period at the beginning of the new version is undoubtedly painful.
Too many styles of play need to be changed, too many tactics need to be revisited, too many combinations need to be pushed down and retrained......
This is also the reason why e-sports, although it has a sufficient scale, still cannot raise its head in some aspects in the face of traditional sports:
The carrier game of esports needs to constantly update its own settings, graphics quality and other elements to maintain its vitality, otherwise it will be weaker than all kinds of competing products in the market of "games" itself. But such frequent updates are a complete nightmare for professional competitions.
The unique hero that has been painstakingly cultivated in this version may be cut into the younger brother in the next version, and the tactical system that works well in this version will be a little weak as the version updates and the mechanics change.
Therefore, today is a sudden big exam day in the eyes of the vast majority of Dota esports practitioners, although this day has been expected, but no one will not feel a little pressure.
Including Lu Xinlei, who is still far away from the core e-sports circle.
As Tian Ruize said, in? Up-and-coming players at the Major are invited directly by the varsity team, and this time the invitation to her even came to her right after the tournament.
However, for the sake of Tian Ruize, the president of the Youyan Club, the captain of the school team who came to throw an olive branch still said hello first:
"Tian Tou, you don't mind if I dig you up for our team."
"Don't dig me, you can find anyone, as long as you want." Although he had clearly guessed who the other party was going to recruit, it didn't prevent Tian Ruize from making a joke, "I'm too vegetable, I'm afraid of being beaten when I enter the school team." ”
"Who can beat you," the captain named Lin Tongguang snorted, "Seriously, if you have to go to our school team with a bench one day to ask for a substitute position, we really can't help it - ordinary dozen game nerds really can't beat you." ”
"Don't say anything," Tian Ruize glanced back, Lu Xinlei, who should have heard their conversation, was standing not far behind them, she had already gotten off the plane, and seemed to be looking at the scenery, "Do you want to dig up Lu She." ”
"Lu She? That sister is also the president? How many presidents does the Yuken Club have? ”
"I'm the only one," the tall man raised his eyebrows, "and not all the presidents are from our Youyan Club." ”
Lin Tongguang was a little hesitant now: "Then there won't be any problem, after all, our school team is a little ......."
"You just go to her and say no," Tian Ruize interrupted him, turned his head to look behind, and found that the girl who was the protagonist of the conversation had already stood behind him waiting for him to turn back, "Oh, it's good if you hear me." ”
He didn't bother to talk or talk much, and getting along with the girl for a period of time also gave him a better understanding of Lu Xinlei: "Let's officially introduce it, this is Captain Lin of the school team, Lin Tongguang, this is ......"
"Stop the Cloud Poetry Society."
"Well, Lu Xinlei, the president of the Poetry Society, is the middle list of our team." The two who were formally introduced to each other got to the point after shaking each other's hands slightly in a reserved manner.
According to convention, it was Lin Tongguang who was on the side of the request to start the topic first: "...... Well, Lu She, I represent us now? The Big Dota varsity team has officially invited you. ”
His words hovered in his mouth for a few seconds before he spoke, and Lu Xinlei could probably guess that he was searching for a suitable name for himself, but in the end he chose "Lu She".
"What are the requirements, and what do you need me to do?"
And what are the benefits of being on the varsity team?
Lu Xinlei didn't say the last half of the sentence directly, and this kind of benefit is more in line with the rules by letting the other party take the initiative.
"You just need to take a little time to participate in the training of the school team every day," Lin Tongguang nodded, "Your strength has been explained to us very thoroughly by our mid-laner players, and it is obvious to all in the game, as long as you can participate in the training of our team, it will definitely not be worse than the current regular mid-laner, and we are also ......."
He peeked at Tian Ruize, the tall young man had already leaned on the back of another person's chair and watched: "We also have better teammates who can let you play well." ”
"There's no need to hide it, we know our dishes." Although his somewhat hurtful words had already lowered his voice, Tian Ruize still heard and responded, "Chuangzi's TB is really a crime, and we can all see that the four of us are not worthy of the strength of the Lu Society." ”
He raised his hand and patted the player sitting in the chair in front of him, and the player also took off his headset and turned his head, it was Xiao Chuang, who was named diss: "Besides, our team is really not going to play for a fixed time, or to play?" After the big major, Lu She is willing to recognize our temporary teammates after the game. ”
"Yes," Xiao Chuang, who was in black and white on the screen, also took the time to interject, "It's a good thing that the Lushe platform is higher, and she is actually dragging the four of us along in this whole game." Not to mention anything else, if she can split into five and play five positions by herself and follow with you, you won't be able to win a few handfuls. ”
"It does." Lin Tongguang, who had personally experienced and received a first-hand report from the direct victim of the exhibition match, had no doubts about such praise, and he turned his gaze to the girl next to him, "So Lu She, what do you think?" ”
No.
Why can't this man speak?
Lu Xinlei was really embarrassed to ask the most critical question by herself, the other party said so many things and didn't, but she only missed what benefits she could get from playing with the school team, which made her a little impatient.
But before she could resist asking the question herself, a voice asked the question for her:
"But Captain Lin, well, can you play any games by training with the school team, and what are the rewards for playing games?"
The voice came from Bai Wangyuan, who was sitting on the side, their right to use the box expired after the game, and they needed to turn on the phone at their own expense to continue to surf the Internet, and the high fee of the box made several other people choose the hall seat.
"Oh, I forgot about it." Lin Tongguang knocked on his head, "There are actually more than five people in our school team, and there are about eleven players in the current roster, all of whom are legally registered college league players. ”
"The college league is divided into four districts and several divisions, we? The Varsity team has been playing for all these years and is now in the highest level of the Eastern Division, so there is no doubt about the strength. ”
"As for the format, the Eastern League will have two games per month from October to January and March to May, which is a month shorter than the Capital League, but it is enough for eight teams to play a double round robin – and then in June, the champions and runners-up of the four regional leagues will come together to play the playoffs."
"There will be a large number of professional clubs to pay attention to this playoffs, and this is the main way for them to discover new talent in addition to their own academy."
Lin Tongguang took the trouble to carefully explain the format of the college league, and from the glint in his eyes when he said this, it could be seen that he was proud to be able to participate in such a grand event.
This is normal, and such an explanation, coupled with the efficient league competition system that Lu Xinlei had already roughly understood in the early stage, has almost sketched a pattern of a multi-level league parallel professional competition system in her mind.
Such a pattern was once dreamed of by the man who used to be there, and now that she can find a way to join the tight chain behind this picture, there is no reason why she should not accept the other party's proposal.