Chapter Eighty-Nine: The North American Overlord
We're professionals, and the members of Team WT and Team TBK can finally proudly announce to others that we can ditch that word and just wait for the end of the Summer League to officially register as a professional team for next season's Spring Season.
Although WT and TBK were confirmed after winning the upper bracket title, it was only now that they really felt the trembling feeling of holding the trophy and holding the certificate, and one step away, they and the TBK team opened the door to another world.
The WT team stood on the stage and hugged the trophy tightly, silent for a long time, the five people leaned close together, no one spoke, and the audience and the host did not disturb them, this honor is not easy to come by, especially now all those who are familiar with the WT team know that this is a grassroots team that was still fighting in the campus championship last year, and has grown into a professional club step by step, and this rise speed can only be described as a miracle and talent.
And most importantly, it looks like WT teams still have a lot of room for improvement, and more and more people are looking forward to their collision with professional teams to see if WT teams can play such a good performance against professional teams.
Although the TBK team only won one game, they still showed enough competitiveness in that four-for-one battle, the players are all young, there is still a lot of potential to be tapped, and because it is a new club, they are united, and there will be no all kinds of messy troubles, so the sponsors are also very optimistic about the prospects of the TBK team, and the boss behind the club also thinks that the personal relationship between the TBK team and the WT team is good anyway, and there is a great opportunity to make progress together.
The award ceremony for the championship was more modest than that of the winner of the upper bracket, mainly due to the speeches of official figures, including the president of the L-ACE League, who also personally attended the ceremony to send his best wishes to the two teams that were about to join the professional competition, and the two teams also signed the relevant terms on compliance with the L-ACE League regulations, indicating that they would abide by all the requirements and regulations of the league, including that in-service personnel should not play passively, not open online stores in their own names, and not violate professional ethics. It is basically about positive terms, but it also has a certain coercive and binding nature.
After all, the domestic e-sports environment is average, much worse than South Korea, South Korea is really doing e-sports as an industry, and the country has only just had this kind of statement and signs, limited to the constraints of all aspects of conditions, for the time being, it cannot become bigger and stronger, and can only set up a new benchmark for this industry through a little bit of improvement in a small circle.
However, there have been conflicts and misunderstandings between some teams and leagues, so let's not mention this, in short, the league is still very helpful for the improvement of the e-sports environment.
The carnival after the ceremony is a must, although the WT team is not in the home city of H, but the field of Lan Lie in the eastern district of H city is full tonight, Lan Lie was initially threatened by Lan Yu to be a group of relatives and friends, completely with a troublesome mentality, this is why the three hundred suits and leather shoes are afraid that they don't know that they are the little brothers of the underworld and shout the slogan of Lei Ren in unison to embarrass the WT team.
But slowly, as Lan Lie became interested in this game, and gradually felt the fierce battle situation in the game, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to supporting Lan Yu's career, and became familiar with countless enthusiastic players in B University and H City, and now everyone knows him as Lan Yu's cousin, and also the famous Chengdong Lie, the last stop of the official hot-blooded youth in college, this group of boys and girls were attracted by Lan Lie's uninhibited personality, and slowly became frequent visitors in Lan Lie's field, All guests who report the name of Lan Lie or WT team can enjoy the special discount of Lan Lie, and some familiar customers can even get some valuable gifts every time.
Tonight, H City carnivaled alone without the WT team, and under the leadership of Lan Lie, he unleashed his joy at the entry of the WT team into the professional league, and countless people posted photos with the WT team on the forum or collected a full set of signed photos of the WT team, and even signed jerseys to prove the intimacy between themselves and the WT team.
Although the esports players in H City are not worth mentioning compared to the city with a population of 8.8 million, after all, WT teams have become the latest topic of discussion in the city, and it is of great historical significance.
The WT team, the TBK team and the TN team celebrated in City B, everyone was drunk, the people of the TN team pulled the players of the two teams to tell about the confusion about the future and the worry about the LSPL league, while the TBK team pulled the WT team to count what was wrong in the game, and sincerely asked for advice, and Lan Yu and others were smiling and answering one by one, of course, in the end, only Chen Chuxiao and Wang Yan were left, and the three boys were already drunk with everyone and didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, each team was accompanied by staff to carry these drunks back to the hotel, and Chen Chuxiao and Wang Yan checked their teammates again uncomfortably before returning to the room to rest.
Lan Yu, who was originally drunk and unconscious, suddenly woke up a little after lying down not long ago, lying on the bed and looking at the light outside the window, muttering something in a low voice, and after a long time, he turned over and fell asleep again.
The next day, the WT team and the TBK team began to return, this time apart, it will be difficult to meet again next time, because there is no game in City B, and the professional league will be played in the T City E-sports Center in J Province, which is already a fixed competition venue for the professional league, and has been renovated and expanded, which can accommodate thousands of spectators at the same time, and the next game time will be in the spring of next year.
Everyone looked at each other silently, not knowing how to speak.
"Being able to join the professional competition, to win higher honors and even win glory for the country is the biggest dream we can have in this game, even if the final result is not satisfactory, but we can also proudly tell future generations that we have worked hard and fought for it, so ...... Don't be defeated on the road. Lan Yu looked at Pang Xiao and Hua Fei and said.
The two men nodded heavily, then hugged each other tightly.
"Don't fall behind in training, professional gods are very thieves, don't be beaten, countless people are looking at you." Pang Xiao looked at Hua Fei and Lan Yu and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, we have our own training plan, but Huafei you, try not to invest too much energy in the early stage to compete for the management of the club, only the strength of the team will make those who have bad intentions for you jealous, come on, Pang Xiao is also working hard in LSPL, strive to meet us in the professional league next summer, and then we will challenge the world championship." Lan Yu said loudly.
Everyone nodded heavily, and everything was silent.
"Take care." The WT team, which was the first to board the plane, said goodbye to all of their friends who had met in the National City Championship, and then boarded the plane back to H City.
This time, the WT club did not arrange any fan reception, but published a letter of thanks from Chen Chuxiao to all the teams that have supported WT along the way, mentioning that the WT team has a new training plan and ideas, and hopes that everyone can continue to support WT and look forward to next year's professional league.
Although fans are a little disappointed, it is indeed good news for fans who support WT to be able to train so actively and not take a long vacation because of their professional league qualification.
After a short three-day break to regain their energy and various dates with young couples, the WT team finally returned to the club's training room, and the days of crazy play did not make everyone look ambitious, but more energetic to prepare for the next stage of training.
The club has hired a nutritionist and a physical training room, and purchased indoor fitness equipment, so that the WT team finally does not have to run laps every day to exercise, and from today, all the training courses of the WT team are officially launched.
But before the launch, the WT team received a surprising piece of good news.
According to the usual practice, Lan Yu will regularly log in to the American server to say hello to the members of the TSM team, which is considered to maintain the good relationship between the two teams, and will occasionally ask some questions about the latest tactical play, after learning that the WT team has obtained the qualification of the professional league and the identity is already the same as the TSM team, Dyrus congratulated the TSM team very much, and then Lan Yu also passed some videos of his team to the TSM team, asking them to comment in their free time, and this time the launch was agreed before.
However, Dyrus brought another news to Lan Yu, they not only watched the video, but also shared the video with another team, this team is the absolute hegemon of the current North American LCS league C9 team, according to Dyrus's relay, the C9 team appreciates the creativity of this team across the ocean, and said that if they can, they are willing to communicate and discuss with the team from China like the TSM team.
This news immediately shocked Lan Yu and made him unable to calm down for a long time, C9 is now the king team that is going to be bigger than the TSM team, and their big name is not only reflected in the spring league to beat TSM, but also in their latest sponsorship.
The C9 team has received the sponsorship of the U.S. Air Force, which is the only sponsor in history, and no one will have any objection to the world's first background in the world, and this sponsorship has also caused a very sensational discussion, all of which believe that after South Korea, the e-sports environment in North America has also been upgraded to Class A (the highest S level South Korea, China B level).
Lan Yu immediately expressed his willingness to maintain good communication and exchanges with C9 and the TSM team in the next six months, and hoped that if time permits, the WT team would be willing to play a friendly match with the C9 team to increase their understanding of each other.
This request is a bit of a snake on the pole, for Lan Yu's excitement, Dyrus did not feel anything wrong, although the North American team is basically defeated in the annual battle with the strongest team in China, but at least for the WT team is still very attractive to new professional players like the WT team.
So Dyrus readily said that he would convey Lan Yu's request, but because the summer league has also begun, C9 and TSM have a lot of regular training every day, and it is not certain whether they can spare time, and the two sides agreed to use email to contact each other, so that they can maintain communication at any time.
After turning off the game interface of the American server, Lan Yu only felt that the best time for the WT team to improve had come, and the WT team was about to face an offseason of more than half a year, during this time, in addition to designing their own training subjects, they had little chance to play against strong opponents, at most, they were playing training matches with the TN team and the TBK team, but they knew each other too well, which was not conducive to the team's tactical innovation and technical improvement. To put it bluntly, TN and TBK can't put real crisis pressure on WT teams online, but C9 is different from TSM, and either of the two teams is a peak that WT teams can't climb for the time being.