Chapter 355: The Age of the Emperor

"It's amazing."

Distant Korea, SMEB whispers.

Looking at the handsome young man who stood up calmly on the screen, even a player like him with a high heart had to admit that the other party had become a new legend in the League of Legends project.

It only took two and a half years for the SKT substitute to quickly refresh the results created by the previous generation of big demon faker.

And his age is just coming of age.

I'm about to enter the pinnacle of an esports pro.

Eighteen-year-old Triple Crown, oh my God!

Even SMEB felt a little powerless and insignificant when he thought of this achievement.

Even though he has been recognized as the strongest top laner in the LCK now, he has a record against Xu Ruoguang......

The current win rate is, zero.

It's a daunting mountain.

So even if SMEB wants to surpass Xu Ruoguang again, he must consider whether he still has that opportunity.

For him, unrealistic goals, nothing good.

Even if Xu Ruoguang retires on the spot now, he has become a legend that is almost impossible to surpass.

This is the gold content of the triple crown, the triple crown!

"It's amazing."

In the rest area near the main stand of the Bird's Nest, Riot President Tedamir couldn't help but mutter.

He watched intently, the boy bathed in blue and silver flowers on the big screen in the distance.

"Really, really, really."

I couldn't help but sigh again.

"From now on, it's not that the Emperor needs the League, it's that the League of Legends needs the Emperor."

As president, he's seen so much more.

A Triple Crown winner is already a legend, and even if Riot tries to prevent him from winning the title, they must respect him.

Because he's now the signature of this game.

"S8 change plan, is it done?"

"It's over."

Ruiz pushed his glasses and replied calmly.

"Let's fix it again, and remove the suppression of the road."

Tedamir nodded, and said a decision that surprised Ryz greatly.

“?”

He didn't speak, but that's what his face meant.

Now that Cheng is like this, the role of the road has been weakened to such an extent, and he can win the championship.

We're not targeting him, what are we going to play in other divisions next year? It's all for LPL to play alone.

Lifting the repression on the road? That's not right, right.

"Continued championship wins will result in a decrease in competitiveness in all other regions and a decrease in spectatorship in all regions other than the championship region."

Ruiz asked seriously,

"Tedamir, are you serious?"

"It's useless."

Of course, Tedamir knows why Ruiz said this, many Korean viewers have not watched the game at all in the past two years, and they can't beat Xu Ruoguang anyway, what's so good?

However, his will remained resolute.

"It's not so simple to target the Emperor now."

"S7 is not only LCK, the number of spectators in other regions is declining rapidly, only IP games, the data is very good, and the number of spectators is still exaggerated. So, why? ”

Tedamir tapped lightly on the railing.

"Rhythm."

He spat out a word.

"Slow, too slow."

"The version that relies on the ADC as the main output will inevitably cause a slow pace, because the ADC needs a three-piece set to take over the game, and the development time before this period is almost garbage time, at least for the audience."

"A very large number of viewers have already complained on Twitter that this version of the game has made them sleepy, almost like S4."

"As a spectator, do you want to see a fierce collision, a game where you go back and forth, or do you want to see a game that develops for thirty or forty minutes and then ends with a wave of team fights?"

As the president of Riot, Tedamir has always been at the helm of Riot Games, and even if Penguin became a shareholder, he signed a treaty guaranteeing his power.

The development of League of Legends is all driven by him to the next step.

His eye-catching judgment was terrifying.

"What the audience wants to see is not that the Emperor is not a player who does not win the championship, which may have some impact on them, but it is really not big."

"What they really hate is a backwater game without any passion."

"They need to be spectators, they want to see more battles, and that's the main thing, Ryze."

"On the surface, not letting Emperor win the championship is a good solution, but the essence of this matter is nothing else, or the uncertainty of the game is too low, because he is too strong, and sometimes the suspense is lost before the fight."

"That's why the audience gets bored."

"Therefore, it is useless to continue to target the Emperor, especially in terms of improving the number of spectators and expanding the influence, it is completely useless."

"We needed to make a more perfect, more intense, and more forward-to-mid-paced version to arouse the enthusiasm of the players."

"That's what we really need to do, Ryze."

"Open up our pattern!"

Winter nights come very early, and winter is already in early November.

So at this time, the night sky was already pitch black, accompanied by starlight.

Under the bright lights of the venue, some dry cold wind blew casually through the eyes of Tadamir who slanted over and burned with fireworks.

His eyes speak.

Good brother, come, come with me and lead the LinkedIn Alliance to a new peak.

Ruiz smiled.

"Listen up, boss."

Tedamir laughed and stretched out his fist.

"You'll never let me down."

In the bird's nest, the voice of the narrator is still echoing.

“…… And they succeeded! The final winner of S7, IP, as their team name suggests, is endless! ”

"A year ago, if I were to tell you that faker would come to the LPL to fight Emperor again and win the S7 World Championship, you would have thought I was talking in my dreams, but that's how it happened."

"On this night, the cheers of the Bird's Nest will only sound for IP at this moment, and the new king is already looking down on the world!"

Xu Ruoguang was actually quite excited.

When he put down the mouse, he was about to jump up and celebrate with his teammates, but unfortunately, the table stuck on his body.

There's no way, it's more than 1.8 meters tall, and the chair will be pulled too close.

So he could only smile with an embarrassed but polite smile and slowly get up.

The cheers that spread all over the mountains existed only for them.

Listen carefully to the name of the clan they are shouting.

“IP!”

“IP!!”

“IP!!!”

The air was filled with a hot and dry atmosphere, and people couldn't help but cheer along.

The enthusiastic audience was in high spirits and selflessly called for the name of the new king.

The blue and silver ceremonial flowers scattered under the light, and as soon as Xu Ruoguang got up, he felt his body light.

Xu Ruoguang looked at his teammates who had already lifted himself up in astonishment,

"What are you doing?"

"Celebrate, Brother Guang!"

In the noisy voice, Ah Shui, who bared his teeth and smiled, was like a silly Shiba Inu.

"Don't tell him so much, come on, boys."

KKOMA laughed and took the lead.

"One, two, three, up!"

With his countdown, Xu Ruoguang, who was a little frightened for the first time, was thrown up.

The drone suspended in mid-air recorded his somewhat panicked and stunned expressions so well that it became a famous meme about him.

"me, let me down!"

"What the fuck are you doing?!"

",!"

Xu Ruoguang couldn't help but burst into foul language.

Children are ignorant and scold and play.

was thrown three times, and Xu Ruoguang, who was a little dizzy, was finally let go.

Circle by circle, everyone surrounded him.

"Brother Guang, we won the championship!"

"Brother Guang, we have won the championship again!"

"Brother Guang, why are we so fucking strong!?"

"Brother Guang, this is too cool!"

There were all kinds of voices coming in front of him, and Xu Ruoguang was already a little indistinguishable.

Even the faker, who has always been expressionless and pretending to be cold, jumped and jumped excitedly at this time.

Except for S5, this is the happiest time he won the championship.

Xu Ruoguang finally broke the gong and laughed.

"That's right! We won the championship, hahaha! ”

Joy has gathered into an ocean.

And another player's bench just a few dozen meters away is a different scene.

Uzi, who took off his headphones, his eyes were red, he wiped his eyes silently, didn't say anything, and calmly packed up his peripherals.

He was already tempted to refrain from it.

However, at the moment when the main crystal exploded, he couldn't help but redden.

Again......

Failed.

If you don't care about 10,000 words, you can't deceive yourself.

He wanted to win the championship, he wanted to get that supreme summoner trophy, he wanted to be the champion.

It's a pity that everything is just a dream after all, and the past years have taught him to be relieved, but he can't learn to let go completely.

He can accept losing, and he can accept abuse and ridicule.

But I still can't hold back my tears because I lost such a game.

He has learned to hide, though.

"If you cry again, you will have to be scolded again."

Uzi thought to himself with some self-deprecation, trying to amuse himself.

So he is very calm now, even if there are thousands of emotions surging under the calm sea.

The smoke is deserted, and the rain is dim.

At this time, Uzi is probably in such a mood.

Some people have won three consecutive championships at the age of eighteen, and some people have not won the championship at the age of twenty.

This may be the difference in life.

Most of life's failures are carried out.

League of Legends has been seven years, and there is only one Xu Ruoguang.

He has a lot of money, he has a lot of fans, and he has a worry-free life.

However, he did not have the trophy he had always dreamed of.

He didn't have a miserable life, but he really couldn't be happy after losing the championship.

This is the true mentality of this first generation of professional players who started to contact League of Legends from S2 and S3 played the World Championship.

"Puppy ......"

Xiao Ming, as the next partner who gets along with him day and night, didn't care about the last heavy words that Uzi said, and looked at him a little worriedly.

Uzi forced a smile, "I'm fine, let's go." ”

"Here ......"

"Already, it doesn't belong to us anymore."

Xiao Ming's face darkened, and he nodded silently.

The incense pot sat on the seat, lowered his head for a long time, hammered the table unwillingly, clicked on the playback from time to time, and dragged the mouse over and over again in silence, watching.

"It's not supposed to be like this here, am I a fucking idiot? What am I doing? Liu Shiyu, what the are you doing? I'll fuck your idiot's mouth. ”

He muttered to himself, over and over again, scolding himself resentfully.

The salesman who had already packed up his peripherals touched the shoulder of the incense pot, "Let's go, Shiyu." ”

Xiangguo raised his head suddenly and looked at him silently.

Then, without saying a word, he rudely ripped off the peripherals and walked to Uzi, who was waiting at the front.

"Gone."

He didn't want to talk to the cancellator right now.

In the documentary of Mala Xiangguo, he said, "Playing a career must be for money, and when you have money, you will open a hot pot restaurant and be a small boss, this is my idea." ”

However, in the game, his desire to win is not lost to anyone.

After retiring, the spicy fragrant pot has low emotional intelligence, and the smelly mouth can't be seen, and it is getting more and more dishes.

But that doesn't stop him, he used to be one of the strongest junglers in the world.

People are never black and white.

Even saints have shortcomings, not to mention these Internet addicted teenagers who were still in the eyes of the public a few years ago?

Looking at them dialectically is the most correct way.

When it gets dark, it seems that a player is useless, and when it blows, it seems that it wants to hold a player to the sky.

This kind of diode thinking really doesn't work.

Letme is probably the most different person in this group of players right now.

After playing IP, his first reaction was to be relieved.

It's finally over.

was abused three times in a row, Xu Ruoguang really broke his Dao heart, and even lost his self-esteem.

But then, he also had some unwilling emotions.

If I play better and stabilize the line, will I have a better chance?

To put it bluntly, who wouldn't want to win the championship? Letme, of course, also thinks that he is not a fake greyhound.

However, it is too late to say this.

So he just expertly put away the peripherals and got up.

RNG and his party walked to the player tunnel under the stage, sprinkled with blue and silver flowers sprayed for IP, but no one had the extra mind to shake it off.

Uzi couldn't help but stop.

Tilting his head sideways, he just saw Xu Ruoguang's bright smile on the big screen.

He already had the trophy in his hand at the moment.

The trophy is heavy, it's big, but I'm afraid there is no professional player who doesn't want to get it.

It's a dream that I don't know how many professional players can't touch until they retire.

"That's nice."

He exhaled and didn't look too much.

RNG, dismal exit.

The next time belongs only to the last winner tonight, IP.

Photographer Ichimura is shooting carefully, recording the appearance of IP when he wins the championship.

In the photo, Xu Ruoguang picked up this trophy as the main force.

faker and Ah Shui are double Cs, one on the left and one on the right.

There is quite an illusion of a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.

Little Peanut and Little Five each stretched out a hand and held on the trophy with a smile on their faces.

Kkoma and Abin stood a little behind, and also reached out to help Xu Ruoguang hold the trophy.

It's worth mentioning that because S5's SKT substitute also got skins, which has caused controversy, Riot has changed the rules so that they can only get skins if they appear in key matches, such as matches that affect the standings, or in the BO5 knockout round.

So Abin has no skin.

However, this did not affect Abin's very good mood.

In his opinion, he is already very happy to be able to play in the World Championship.

This championship has nothing to do with him, and it deserves to have no skin.

If he really wants it, Abin still hopes that one day he can fight for it by himself with his own strength.

Even if you fail, you still have no regrets.

When a professional player can't play anymore and is about to retire.

When he looks back on his career, as long as he can do it with a clear conscience, this one thing.

Then regardless of his results, he is already a successful pro.

At the end of the group photo, Yu Shuang, who was smiling, walked onto the stage.

"Next, I would like to invite Mr. Tedamire, President of our Riot Company, to present the award to the S7 World Champion IP!"

The audience and the barrage are also very face-saving.

"it, brute!"

"It's not a secret...... I've read Ash's book. ”

"Good guy, I've seen it too."

"Ghost, borrow one to speak!"

"What about Galio? Heroes are here! ”

"Buckle search 960087108 join the group, there is a show of energy!"

"And you, my friend, you are a true hero!"

"It's all NTR lovers, right, this pure love God of War is a knife!"

"The Minotaur is the best in the world!"

Tedamir, who was smiling and waving to the audience, couldn't imagine that the barrage was talking about this kind of thing.

Next, naturally, the medals will be awarded as usual.

Tedamir sent them one after another, talking to the players cordially from time to time, looking very kind.

When he walked in front of Xu Ruoguang, even Taidamir was a little Bengbu.

"Why are you still here?"

Of course, this sentence is said in English.

"Didn't expect that, did you? Surprised, right? ”

Xu Ruoguang smiled,

"Are you going to target me next year? I don't care. ”

"No, no, no, you don't seem to have a good impression of us? But we really haven't targeted you. ”

Tedamir opened his eyes and said nonsense, and after saying that, he couldn't help but laugh.

Yu Shuang next to him looked stupid, why is this still talking?

The key is that she understands English, which... Can this be broadcast?

"Next version, play hard, let me see how you perform, Emperor."

After laughing, Tedamir's expression became a little more serious.

"We won't target you anymore, and in the next version, I can tell you that it's the era of Nakakamino."

"We can still reveal this bit of news, and with your understanding of the game, it's easy to see."

Xu Ruoguang's eyes narrowed, "So kind? ”

"If you don't have a perfect dancer, you will lose a little bit of color."

Tedamir smiled,

"I think in this world, there are still more suitable than you for the S8 version of the list, the future road pattern will undergo unprecedented changes, if you don't learn to change, you will be abandoned by the times."

"I hope you're not like that."

Xu Ruoguang smiled slightly, but the words he said were even more crazy than anyone else.

"Before I retire, the name of the world's strongest top list will only belong to the ID of Emperor."

have won the triple crown, why can't you be crazy?

"I'll choose Camille this year, and I really haven't thought about next year's skin."

Tydamir laughed, "Emperor, I like your confidence, come on." ”

"Thank you!"

took the medal handed over by Taydamir, and Xu Ruoguang put it on casually.

It's nothing special, it's just a World Championship medal.

He's worn it three times.

"Okay, then next, Mr. Tedamir, to reveal the FMVP players of S7 for us."

Yu Shuang breathed a sigh of relief and finally finished talking.

She didn't hear the later conversation about the game version, because it was said by Tedamir who leaned over and whispered to Xu Ruoguang.

FMVP, Most Valuable Player!

If the World Championship is an honor that belongs to the team, then FMVP is the most shining honor for individual players.

For many players, it makes them happy to receive this honor.

Of course, Xu Ruoguang is the same.

But...... Actually, that's it.

The main thing is that he has already taken it twice, and he thinks this time it is unlikely.

After all, as we all know, Riot's selection of FMVP only looks at the performance of the BO5 in the finals, and in this BO5, faker and Ah Shui are both C and have performed very well.

So in this kind of situation, where anyone can give it and it is reasonable to give it to anyone, there is a high probability that Riot will not give himself the player who has already won it.

It's either faker or Ah Shui.

Faker is a little more likely because he is a South Korean player.

This year's LCK can be described as a particle, according to the urine nature of the fist, there is a high probability that it will be awarded to faker to comfort the LCK.

Little brother, don't be discouraged, you see, isn't this your LCK MVP player?

Although the LPL won the championship, the FMVP belongs to your LCK.

From God's point of view, this is a mouthful.

But anyone who has watched the S11 finals, should they give scout or jiejie, in fact, everyone has the answer in their hearts.

can win DK, the most important thing is that jiejie blew canyon.

This is the most basic logic.

Once jiejie can't withstand the pressure, EDG still wants to play the fifth game?

Laughing to death, you may not be able to win by playing RNG.

So it's really possible for Riot to do this kind of thing and give FMVP to faker.

But just when Xu Ruoguang felt that he would not give it to him, Tedamir spoke.

"Guys, now I'm revealing to you that S7's FMVP player is ————"

“!”

Tedamir did not hesitate to read out Xu Ruoguang's ID, and Xu Ruoguang was a little stunned.

At this time, it is like such a state.

Fist: Deduction 1 free FMVP

Xu Ruoguang: 111, big brother, do you really give it?

Fist: Really give!

Off the field, cheers rang out instantly.

Faker's face was a little disappointed, but he quickly applauded without hesitation.

Others, he is not convinced.

But Xu Ruoguang's words, he was convinced.

"I'm Chao, it's Brother Guang again!"

"Light light light!"

"It's too fierce, Brother Guang!"

Tedamir waited for the cheers to calm down a little before he continued.

"In S3, there was a player named faker who came out of nowhere and gave us an operation that we had never seen before, and he also managed to win the championship."

"S5, the faker who fell in the S4 bubble match won the championship again and became the double champion."

"However, when we thought that faker was already the best player, Emperor appeared in front of the whole world."

"In other sports, whenever a dominant player comes along, everybody else says, oh, now this is the era of so-and-so, and it's the same with League of Legends."

"If you talk about S3, S5, this is the era of faker."

"So, since the Emperor entered the arena, from the late S5 to the current S7."

"We'd like to call it the Age of the Emperor!"

"This FMVP is well deserved."

Tedamir did not shy away from his praise.

"Emperor, please come forward."

"Now, it's your turn to speak."

(End of chapter)