Chapter 46: The Catfish Rule
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Chapter 46 The Catfish Rule
"Is it really good for you to use this way?" Ji Yan asked worriedly.
At this time, Li Jiamei has watched the video recordings of all Chen Rui's game videos several times, including the previous game where Chen Rui played the blind monk for Ji Yan, she studied it carefully, because it was the first perspective, so Li Jiamei understood the operation habits, skill use and support timing of all the heroes used by Chen Rui quite thoroughly.
"Cousin, you don't have to worry about it, it's my business. I just want to get out of the psychological shadow he brought me back then, haven't you always wanted me to come out? Now is the perfect time. Li Jiamei asked rhetorically.
Ji Yan was speechless, sighed, and said, "Do you really have the confidence to defeat him?" He's very strong. ”
Li Jiamei didn't care. said: "How do you know if you haven't tried it."
"Okay!" Ji Yan said helplessly: "I wish you a long way, I'm waiting for you in HB City." ”
Hung up the phone, Li Jiamei quietly watched the video on the screen, and at this time, in the video, it was in the quarterfinals that Chen Rui used the top single Jace to beat the monkey, and won five kills at Xiaolong.
"This time, I will defeat you in a dignified manner, and then seriously tell my name in front of you, my name is - Li Jia-Mei!" Li Jiamei shifted her gaze from the screen and looked out the window, a disdainful evil smile appeared on the corner of Chen Rui's mouth as if it appeared in front of her, muttering in a low voice, and her voice was full of stubbornness that did not admit defeat.
In an apartment somewhere in HB City, Ji Yan hung up the phone, slowly came to the window, and quietly watched the busy scene on the street not far away with her hands in her arms, and came to this huge bustling city alone.
Even being invaded by loneliness will be unable to sleep for a long time at night, and the face that I thought would be buried deep in the memory will always appear in front of me, and that heart-wrenching love affair has become a lingering pain in her heart, but that face and Chen Rui's appearance gradually coincided.
"Not surprisingly, with Chen Rui's normal performance in the college entrance examination, it should be reasonable to be admitted to HB University." Ji Yan remembered that Chen Rui once said that he would choose HB University for the sake of his sister.
"I'm really looking forward to this little guy's cousin after entering college, I don't know if he will enter the e-sports circle! Now the domestic e-sports industry has become more and more hot. A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Ji Yan's mouth.
After the video of the blind monk was released, it attracted a lot of popularity in a short period of time, in addition to countless players who were curious about Chen Rui's true identity, there were also several friends in domestic first-line clubs who inquired, including the jungler Wang Yu of the THB team.
Wang Yu was very curious about this mysterious master who defeated him, and asked Ji Yan more than once on the Internet, but Ji Yan understated it perfunctory.
During this period, the playoffs of the LPL Spring Tournament have also ended smoothly, LPL is the professional league of the domestic League of Legends (LOLProfessionalLeague) is hosted by Tencent, costing tens of millions to build the domestic top LOL event system, bringing together the strongest 8 professional teams in China, consisting of the spring and summer games, each season is divided into regular season and playoffs.
The LPL is the only way to the National Championship Finals, and the teams that emerge from the LPL will represent China at the top of the world.
The THB team is a team with high hopes from domestic LOL fans, after all, it is a well-known team that won the IPL5 world championship, but in this year's LPL domestic competition, it was defeated and sunk in the sand, and was actually jumped off the horse by two emerging teams, and another old domestic well-known team FMP, all of which missed the S3 World Finals.
The atmosphere in THB's training base was a little depressing due to the loss of the spring playoffs, and the THB team won China's first world championship in the League of Legends project, and in the S2 period, it swept all the teams in China, standing at the peak of the League of Legends project in China.
And now, they can't even make the playoffs, and can only watch the other brother teams continue to compete for the S4 World Finals, and this forgotten frustration has been haunting the members of the THB team.
"No more fighting!" Wang Yu pushed the keyboard, sat weakly in the seat, and said indignantly.
The other brother teams did targeted training for the S4 campaign, but now he can only play live after reflecting on the loss in the entire Spring Tournament, doing nothing, and even inviting him to endorse when some cities do League of Legends activities, he has no mind at all, and refuses them all.
Chu Tianhua, who had been in a double row with Wang Yu, saw this, stepped forward and comforted: "Brother Yu, in fact, a loss is nothing, S3 didn't enter, let's S4 work hard!" ”
"Oh, it's light!" Wang Yu sneered, turned off the YY live broadcast hall, shook his head and said: "With the current state, it is a question whether the summer game after S3 can enter the top three. ”
In the past, the THB team had always competed for the championship and runner-up with the old team FMP, whether it was spring or summer, and never worried about the top three, but now it has been reduced to the point where they can only watch others gallop on the international stage at home.
Since winning the world championship in IPL5, Wang Yu has clearly felt the psychological changes of the players in the team, especially after sweeping the domestic first qiē team in the S2 period, the teammates in each position of the THB team have been enthusiastically given the reputation of "No. 1 in China" by domestic fans, and even he Wang Yu has been crowned as the No. 1 jungler in China.
This was originally the fans' affirmation of the THB team's past records and the recognition of the strength of each team member, but Wang Yu could feel that he had been crowned with too many honors, and his teammates were a little complacent, even complacent.
The THB team no longer has the vigorous and hard-working spirit of the early days of its establishment, but exudes a heavy twilight everywhere.
This is a bad signal, and it is also the reason for the continuous defeat of the director's spring game, Wang Yu believes that the coach can also see it, but the teammates who are surrounded by too many honors seem to be a little unable to see the reality, after all, people's hearts are difficult to change, and many senior executives of the team can feel it like him, but they can't reverse this situation in a short time.
And now, with the continuous improvement of the domestic e-sports environment, various professional teams have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the back waves of the Yangtze River have pushed the front waves, and the young players in these new teams are not weak, and the S3 competition in China is the best proof of the lack of their THB team.
So, it's time for a change that Wang Yu understands, and if you want to do this, you must apply the "catfish rule".
The THB team needs to bring in fresh blood to inspire the team's eagerness to win, but the players have too many honors, which instead blind their eyes to reality, so they must find a young, talented and potential player to join the team and conquer everyone with strength, so as to achieve the role of vigilance.
Let the players understand that they must be truthful and progressive so as not to be abandoned by this era.
This concept applies no matter what industry it is, especially in the esports industry, where if you are too obsessed with the past, you will eventually be eliminated by this industry.
In fact, Wang Yu realized some of these insights in the game with Chen Rui, and after the THB team's loss in the playoffs, he had a deeper understanding of these realizations.
"We have to make a change." Wang Yu said to Chu Tianhua seriously.
Wang Yu had revealed the above ideas to Chu Tianhua, so Chu Tianhua understood what the changes in Wang Yu's mouth were.
"But we've all been through so much together, if we really have to make adjustments, I'm afraid fans will be the first to refuse!" Chu Tianhua was entangled, and it was good to introduce a competition mechanism. But the five members of the THB team have experienced so much together, and apart from the contact at work, the private relationship is very good.
If you really want to do what Wang Yu thinks, someone in the team will inevitably leave and be replaced, and it is difficult for Chu Tianhua to accept this, not to mention the level of fans.
In the eyes of fans, today's five talents are the star lineup of the THB team, no matter which one is missing, or a newcomer replaces it, it is not an authentic THB team, which will destroy the fans' recognition of this dream team, will the team's management agree?
After all, the THB team has now become a star brand of domestic e-sports, just like an orchestra group, the turnover of personnel will hurt people's popularity, and a large part of the club's financial resources come from enthusiastic fans, will the team's management agree?
Wang Yu understood Chu Tianhua's worries and reluctance, gritted his teeth, and said: "The e-sports circle is very cruel, it has always been the survival of the fittest, and it will never dare to change, and it will never become a world-class team!"
What was our dream of joining this team in the first place? Isn't it just that we want to represent our country in the world competition of the S series and bring back a world champion in the true sense of our own for our Chinese e-sports circle? Aren't we throwing ourselves into League of Legends in pursuit of the 'Summoner Trophy'? ”
Champion Summoner Trophy Indeed, now the members of the THB team have become esports stars, but esports stars are not the ultimate dream, but the world champions of the S series, but engrave their names on the summoner trophies!
"Well, Brother Yu, I support you!" Chu Tianhua still recognized the gap between the ideal and the reality, and finally nodded seriously, standing on Wang Yu's side without hesitation.
"By the way, did Cangyue reply to the message?" After pouring out the bitterness in his heart, Wang Yu felt a lot more relaxed and asked.
Chu Tianhua shook his head and said, "Not yet, it's still the same answer as before." Sister Yue said that the master was still in school to meet the college entrance examination and didn't want to affect him. Now that the college entrance examination is over, Sister Yue said that she respects the master's decision, and since he has no intention of joining the e-sports circle, she doesn't want to bother him. ”
"Also, after all, playing games is always a bad job in the eyes of the elders." Wang Yu smiled bitterly, this traditional view cannot be changed by his own efforts, "Sister Yue is not coming to HB City, I have time to meet her more, it's a big deal that I will come forward and ask several other professional players to play a few video materials for her." I have a feeling that the young mysterious master will definitely go to find Sister Yue.
As long as we keep an eye on Sister Yue, we are not afraid that we will not find him. I'll talk to the coach about the rest, we have to change everything in the THB team, and this person will be the starting point for us to change! S4 Whether we can stand on the world stage is the first step to introduce the competition mechanism, as long as the coach and manager accept this, even if I myself am eliminated and squeezed out, our THB team will show the true strength of Chinese esports with a new look! ”