The EDG team spent the last day of their holiday at a resort hotel on the beach in Rio.

On the shores of Monica Beach in Los Angeles that evening, a man in a light gray suit stepped out of the car, without admiring the magnificent scenery in front of him, and walked into the other side of the office building, where the letters GLHF were graffiti on the wall in front of the door.

The man who had just stepped off the plane and arrived in the car was none other than Riot founder and director Ruiz, who was in charge of the on-site management of the MSI Mid-Season Championship.

And this building that is not very tall, but the design and decoration are full of two-dimensional style, is the headquarters of Riot.

Ruiz pushed open the door to the conference room.

Riot's key players from the game design department and the balance department all sat around the conference table.

Including the chief designer Ghost Crab poached from Blizzard, the veteran Riot designer Morello who has the honor of being named after the Morello Codex, Rickmaha, the head of the balance department who pioneered [Today's weather is good, it's not as good as us weakening the Knife Girl], Repertoir, the head of the gameplay department who participated in the revision of Riz Galio, CertainlyT, the designer of Hammerstone Yasuo, and Chun-Li, a diamond player in the American server who has just been openly recruited to the balance department and is about to join the Weaken Knife Girl camp......

Each has its own unique skills.

The main purpose of the discussion at this meeting was to determine the general direction of the revision of League of Legends after MSI.

"I talked a lot with Tydamir, Ghost Crab and Rickmaha the other day." Everyone is acquainted, and the overall staff atmosphere of Riot is relatively open, so Ruiz entered the conference room and began to speak, "Overall, the results of EDG's championship and the diversity of EDG's heroes are very satisfying!" ”

It is rumored that Riot will deliberately weaken the previous year's champions while looking for ways to strengthen the North American team.

In fact, this is just the result, not the purpose of the fist balance adjustment.

For Riot, a star player who has won multiple championships can bring a huge amount of heat to the league and even the game, so why bother persecuting the champion team?

Riot's design and balance strategy has always been only one, as much as possible to change the strong heroes in each version, in order to bring players a continuous sense of freshness - the appearance of heroes is not required, try to have enough t0t1t2 heroes for each position in each version, and at the same time, popular heroes must also have means to counter, and these heroes must have both high and low operating ceilings, as well as low operating upper and lower lines.

Therefore, the six heroes of the semi-finals and finals of Meixia are not the same, even the mid-laner Galio who was completely out of the designer's original intention in the end also has a backhand clockwork counterpart, which is simply a thumbs up for the balance group.

Compared to S5S6 won the World Championship twice, the hero Ruiz was redone three times in a row, and the balance group was sprayed by the player, the big demon faker, who wouldn't like a player like Sakura Girl!

Looking at everyone's relieved expressions, Reiz Benz raised the problem encountered in MSI again.

"First of all, Jace, Lucian and Sindra, the ban rate of the three heroes is very high, especially when facing Mika, it is close to 100% banned, this phenomenon is not normal, I and Tydamir initially think that the follow-up needs to be corrected, what do you think?"

Soon there was a heated discussion in the conference room.

As for the reason for Jace and Lucian's supermodeling, it is generally believed that it is caused by the significant increase in armor-piercing at the beginning of the season, and the solution is also simple and crude, just continue to weaken the relevant equipment, but no one is worried that this cut will make the physical assassins who have improved return to the sewers, after all, they have done a lot of this kind of thing, and it is common for the hero to be enhanced to a supermodel first, and then slashed into a weaker value than before the strengthening.

Just because this is enough to save trouble, it is much more convenient to kick back into the sewer than to painstakingly design the values, anyway, according to the strategy of changing the main hero in each version of League of Legends, these heroes are not destined to be the protagonists in the next version.

But Sindra is too awkward to talk about, because the original designer was ready to weaken, but who knew that W was full of true damage in one hand, and directly let him sit at the top of the single position in the meeting, and this is the result of the spring game slightly weakening Sindra - look, this is a failed example of the designer not cutting the value but acting smart in the hero mechanic.

In the end, it was Ruiz who decided to continue to wait and see the strength of Sindra's version.

After all, professional players do not represent the majority of gamers, in fact, in ordinary games, Sindra's win rate is maintained in the normal range, and at the same time, many professional players who take Sindra do not play particularly supermodelly, so there is no need to force changes for the time being because Mika is alone.

It's also very easy to avoid Sakura Girl Worlds and continue to dig Sindra, but it's a big deal to wait until around the Worlds version and rudely slash Sindra and it's over.

"And then there are the heroes that Mika used, the mid-laner Rambo and the mid-laner Galio, both of which are completely out of the original intention of our design......"

Repertoir, the gameplay designer, immediately expressed his thoughts, "The mid-laner Rambo is quite boring, it's just a simple push line to wander, but this hero doesn't need to be weakened in a targeted manner, our mid-season update has already released the adaptive helmet equipment, and the exhilarating armor has also been strengthened, and Rambo is estimated to not be able to choose it next season."

On the contrary, it's the mid-laner Galio.,It's amazing.,Mika's single Galio is too subversive.,I think I can actually continue to encourage the emergence of the mid-laner Galio! It's not too powerful, and it also fits well with the support ability of the ultimate, so we didn't expect him to become a tank version of the card Rock Sparrow when we designed it! It is that the ability to clear troops in the early stage needs to be weakened a little to avoid boredom in the line period. ”

Ghost Crab agreed, "I agree with Repertoir, this mid-laner Galio is so cool!! ”

Head of Balance Morello also expressed his support, "And it's important to note that the presence of a hero like Galio can reduce the impact of the mid lane on the game as a whole, which is very much in line with our original S7 Worlds concept. ”

Although Sakura Girl's sudden fist was happy to see it, the MSI score of 3-0 still reduced the spectacle of the game by a lot of points.

Although everyone doesn't say it explicitly, it is clear that the pattern of Faker and Mika competing is more in the interests of Riot, and in the case that Sakura Sister's operation far exceeds that of other midlaners, including Faker, it is feasible to weaken the importance of the mid lane.

"Are you sure that keeping Galio will reduce the impact of poor operation on the game by the mid laners?" Ruiz can't be directly sure.

Rick Maher, the leader of the balance group, said, "The answer given by Mika is to choose a clockwork team, I think you can trust the vision of the world champion, Chun-Li, what do you say?" You're our highest-ranked player! ”

Chun-Li glanced at the team leader Richimaher and knew that this was for him to perform in front of the leader, so she opened her mouth to say something that players and viewers are not aware of now, "I don't think Clockwork is the best counter choice for Galio!" Because from the point of view of the game, I don't feel that Clockwork has any advantage, if you are familiar with her terrible operation, you should know that in the last game of this MSI finals, Mika won the victory completely by operation, and it has little to do with heroic restraint......"

"Is that so? Is Mika hiding tactics? Or is there no solution for her? Ruiz pondered for a moment before asking.

Chun-Li said her opinion, "I don't know about this, but my opinion is basically the same as everyone, the mid-laner Galio is cool!" It's great that the hero debuts! So in the summer game, let's cut the mid-laner Galio to see if anyone can find a more effective restraint hero. When the hero's basic stats are reduced to about the same, there should be a surprise. ”

Ruiz nodded.

Then, the balance of the second version of MSI is raised.

"The blazing incense burner, which is performing better than we expected in this MSI version, should it be strengthened or weakened appropriately?"

Ghost Crab stated his opinion, "I don't think the incense burner is working very well, the only soft auxiliaries that can be used are Karma and Lulu, and the reappearance of Tamu is also a departure from our efforts to make the bottom lane bloom at the beginning of the season......"

"And the ADC appearance rate is also very problematic, there should be more heroes who eat the incense burner effect to stand up, not just rats with big mouths! As for the policewoman Hanbing, oh god, do you know how many times I've seen these two heroes in the first two seasons? It's time to keep the old heroes of this mechanic out of the game, well, at least not so often! ”

"It's a big project." Ruiz touched the stubble on the lower bar, "It seems that the lower lane and the incense burner are still going to be strengthened, but during the change, you must try to avoid heroes like Mid Lane Karma or Jungler Emerald God......"

The impact of the mid-laner on the situation can be moderately reduced, but the game of the mid-laner must not be bored, and the mid-laner must not become an auxiliary position of the big one, which is his bottom line.

Riot now relies on Sakura Girl and the Great Demon King to expand their influence all over the world.

If you make the mid lane boring, the League of Legends signboard will have to be messed up!

On the one hand, we have to take care of the middle road Mika is environment, and on the other hand, we have to carefully pull down the lead of the Sakura Girl.

It's a balancing act of dancing on eggs......

Later, the ecology of Ueno and a new round of revision of auxiliary equipment were discussed, and the whole meeting lasted 30 minutes.

"Oh my God, it's still easiest to weaken the knife girl......" Walking out of the conference room, Chunli couldn't help but complain.

Rick Maher said with pity, "Okay! Here's what you proposed! Anyway, it's tiring to cut one.,It's also tiring to cut two.,Add a knife girl to the next version of the weakened list.,As for how to cut it, I'll leave it to you!! ”

"Ah, this ......" Chunli didn't expect it, ricimaher was obviously thinking about sharpening the knife girl herself, and she actually gave the work to herself! Co-authored recruitment to come over to the balance department?!

However, being able to weaken heroes as much as you want seems to be a joy that gamers can't experience alone.

So that's the fun of planning!

Chun-Li smiled lightly.

"Hey, hey, Knife Girl, I'm here!"

……

In the conference room, Ruiz turned on the computer and started a video call with his old partner Tydamir.

"Hey, I heard that EDG is leaving Brazil tomorrow morning, and you're still on vacation in Brazil, do you know how TSM and Mika talked?"

"Oh my God, TSM contacted their sponsor this time and gave me an annual salary that surprised me!" Tedamir shrugged and said, "As a result, Mika still hasn't agreed, and she's not Chinese, so I really don't understand why she didn't come to the North American Division!" This year, Doublelift is also coming to TSM, and if Mika comes, it should not lose to EDG's super battleship, but it's a pity that ......"

Although the two will try to avoid favoritism in order to make more money at work.

Ruiz can guarantee that he has basically not deliberately made balance adjustments for the enhancement of the North American region, of course, this is also because North America is a Dou who can't be supported, and deliberately strengthening the heroes that North American players are good at is easy to be self-defeating and let other regions eat more benefits......

But as Americans, both men privately certainly hope that the North American region can achieve enough honors.

"That's fine." Ruiz smiled calmly, "If Mika comes to the North American Division, to be honest, I may really be reluctant to weaken the influence of the mid lane......"

The reason why he wanted to determine the direction of the version for the second half of the year before Sakura left Brazil.

It's just that if Mika really can't resist the temptation of money and chooses to transfer to North America in the summer, he can't bear to continue to weaken the middle lane, which is something that successful businessmen can't do.

Fortunately, he made the most just choice!

"What? Is the version change confirmed in the second half of the year? Tedamir asked again.

"Well, it's OK to continue to increase the richness and strength of the ADC and soft support, weakening the influence of the mid-lane lane on the game."

"Soft auxiliary? I have good news here, I heard that this time MIKA has recommended a Japanese-Brazilian female player with a master rank to TSM, the level is very good, the main game is soft support, the key is only sixteen years old, there may be a chance to become the next [Super Mica]! (Super Mica, an English nickname given by Mika American fans)! ”

"Yes...... "Ruiz is very rational, "I hope to train a successor......

I watched the crushing of Faker by Sakura Girl at the MSI scene.,How can you believe it.,Random one is another Mika.。

It's nice to be able to grow to the faker level.

As for a dazzling player like Mika, it is not an existence that mortals can pray for at all.

"You seem a little pessimistic, huh? What's wrong? Tedamir heard the old man's subtle emotions.

"I'm still a little worried, will a player as dazzling as Mika really lose control of the game because of the game revision and fall to the same level as faker?"

Tedamir Birez, a single archmage who is still on vacation with his wife Ash in Brazil, is much more optimistic.

"Now go to the window on your right and look out of the window!"

Ruiz complied, puzzled.

Outside the window is the beach, and the sea is deeper into the beach, and in the evening, the sea is sparkling as the sun sets.

"See, even something as hot and bright as the sun is inseparable from objective laws, and must set in the evening!" And how much more people! In esports, designers are the ones who make up the rules, and you should trust our guys with great skills! Aside from you, the boss Ryz, when have they ever screwed up? ”

"Haha......" Ryze laughed at Tydamir's pun, "so I need to keep an eye on the weakening of Ash this time, after all, she's the wife of the Riot president!" ”

"Ha, just cut the ice, but it's better to add two seconds to my ultimate, Tydamir is too weak in the game! Oh, my wife Ash called me! See you later! Tedamir hurriedly turned off the call.

Riot president, it seems, also has the pleasure of belonging to the president.

After a little water on the reaction of the fist man, it was actually only 4,000 words.

(End of chapter)