East Coast, Florida Peninsula.

Miami, the 'magic city' next door to Hollywood.

It's late at night,

However, since today is June 7, the 24th day of the fourth lunar month, even if Miami is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the bright moon cannot hang in the sky like a round jade disk.

Looking out the window at the Emei Moon shaped like a nasty banana, IWD closed the curtains.

He is a native of Miami.

But as an adult, he 'made it all the way west' to Los Angeles, where Riot is headquartered, to become an LCS pro.

Circumstances change with the passage of time.

In 2015, he was also known as the darling of Riot and the leader of Team Liquid.

But now, he's a full-time anchor from his home in Miami.

Of course

IWD is not a 'streamer is retiring but no one wants it', he retired in January 2016 after playing 64 games for TL in the S5 season and developing his successor, Dardoch.

In this way, it has been two and a half years since he left the professional arena.

The player ID 'I Will Dominate' is also a thing of the past.

He's just streamer IWD now.

"I don't feel sleepy at all."

Even though he has been retired for a long time, IWD's schedule has not been adjusted, and at the end of today's live broadcast, the time has come to three o'clock in the morning, but he has not been sleepy at all.

Shouldn't it be like yesterday and wait until breakfast time to get sleepy?

Looking at the handsome face reflected on the mobile phone screen, there were faint signs of dark circles under his eyes, and IWD couldn't help but shake his head.

In his career, he has gained a lot.

Not only did the money in the bank account become rich, but I also really fell in love with the game League of Legends.

But in the same way, physical problems caused by work and rest, such as occupational diseases such as cervical hemorrhoids, also appeared in his body.

"Is the coffee in the coffee shop that Lao Mo opened too pure?" IWD swiped his phone while thinking about the reason why he couldn't sleep.

He clicked on the 'X' software.

Due to sexual interest and professional reasons, most of the information pushed by the software is all kinds of information about League of Legends or Ca-side bloggers with very cool figures.

After nearly half an hour of brushing, IWD looked at the cookie-cutter new information, as well as the beautiful bloggers who were so familiar that he couldn't stand up, and inexplicably felt that life was a little empty and boring.

As a contented person, the money earned from professional and live streaming makes IWD's material needs extremely satisfying.

But it also leads to a very boring and boring aspect of the spiritual world.

Just when he wanted to quit the 'X' app and go to other niche platforms to find some interesting and funny videos, a different video cover on the push page caught his attention.

"Caedrel (EDG Loyalty)."

"What are those two square words in parentheses? It's not like Korean, it's supposed to be Chinese characters."

Caedrel is on IWD's watchlist.

He knew the man.

The reason is also very simple, Caedrel is a jungler in Europe, and this guy usually likes to post some spoof videos about League of Legends.

therefore

After smashing Caedrel, IWD followed him.

"Nexus European Iron Fans! Invited to visit the EDG Club, World Champion and Double MSI Champion! Let me reveal the LPL"

The title of the video is exaggerated.

Coupled with the fact that the cover is a group photo of Caedrel wearing the jersey of his mental home team 'FNC' and the EDG players wearing the uniforms, it was only natural that IWD clicked on the video.

"The atmosphere at the club is really good."

IWD follows Caedrel's perspective and visits the EDG Club.

EDG players get up early for a morning run, walls with various championship trophies, a neat and spacious training room, a vibrant team of analysts, a large number of New Oriental chefs, and friendly football matches with other team players

In IWD's mind, I was reminded of my professional days.

At Team Liquid, he's the hardest working one.

The training room is the neatest place for him, with two monitors on the table, and he occasionally plays baseball after practice.

"It's a pity, it's old"

Touching his scruffy beard, IWD vowed to get up tomorrow afternoon and clean them.

The video is not long, just over seven minutes.

Caedrel ends with a clip of EDG's five starters signing their MSI championship posters.

"An S-crown, two MSIs, and countless league titles"

"EDG also has a tendency to move towards the top clubs."

After sighing with emotion, IWD clicked on Caedrel's homepage, "This guy, after arriving in the magic capital, he updated 16 videos in 13 days?" It's simply more productive than a sow! ”

IWD didn't know much about LPL, so the video of Caedrel visiting the EDG club struck him as a novelty.

In the spirit of curiosity, IWD clicked on Caedrel's other videos.

"On the first day of the **, I went to this restaurant!"

"Mom, I even have a good brother in **! He is also the kill king of the S5 Spring LPL! ”

"I really love **! A mobile phone can actually let you travel around the magic capital! ”

"Did you know that Chinese food is so delicious! The Chinese food at the PD fast food restaurant where crooked nuts are eaten is not authentic! ”

“……”

IWD seems to have watched a series of dramas about the return of the Dragon King, and after watching more than a dozen videos of Ou Gang, nearly two hours have passed!

"Damn it!"

"What a bad thing!"

Rubbing his sore eyes, IWD caught a glimpse of a faint light beneath the curtains.

Looking at the time, it was already five o'clock in the morning!

"Today's early bedtime self-discipline plan is going to be in the soup again"

Annoyed, IWD was about to turn off his phone's screen and force himself to close his eyes when a prompt popped up:

[[X]@Caedrel you follow (EDG Loyalty) has been updated with another video! 】

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"I want this thief who stole my sleep to lose every fight in the summer tournament!"

"Every river crab will move to dodge and trick him!"

“F**K！”

The swear words kept coming, but IWD clicked on Caedrel's newly updated video.

"Erepotti! Guess where I am now? ”

"That's right~"

"This is the Magic City Super Brand Mall, where the LPL Summer Tournament debut will be held!"

"Standing next to me are Yu Shuang and Xi Ran, they are both the official hosts of LPL, and the one next to me is Rita, she is the commentator of LPL!"

Looking at the image of Caedrel surrounded by the stars of the women, IWD hated it.

"Okay, back to business!"

"Next, the LPL will hold a short opening ceremony, followed by two BO3 games here: VG vs Snake and EDG vs JDG!"

"I believe everyone is familiar with the EDG team, this is the team where my idol Nexus belongs, and it is the team that ranks first in League of Legends no matter which region it is placed in!"

"They recently completed the concession of FNC in Paris, and returned to the LPL with golden glory!"

"There is no doubt that EDG will continue their reign!"

"JDG will inevitably be easily defeated 2:0!"

"As for the match between the VG team and the Snake team that started at three o'clock, I am also looking forward to it, because my good brother Yang Fan is in the AD position of the Snake team!"

Listening to Caedrel's introduction, IWD's eyes became more and more refined.

He genuinely loves League of Legends and doesn't just make this game a career.

therefore

In addition to his daily live broadcast, he is also a second-stream commentator in the LCS region.

Whether it's rookies pecking each other or a showdown with giants, IWD never falls behind!

It's just that after commenting on the League of Legends league in North America for two consecutive years, IWD found that there are many pathologies in this division.

For example, players usually have less training time and do not cooperate tacitly on the field, they like to play happily during the game, and choose the reverse version on the field.

It is the death behavior of these North American teams and players that makes the LCS league actually not very exciting.

As a professional player, IWD really feels that the level of the LCS is quite imbecile.

Online fights, team fights, and fights at the beginning and push the base are still fights!

Anyway, from beginning to end, it's hard to see any wonderful operations, and if you watch too much, you will feel very low-level.

Of course, it's not that a league with a lot of operations is exciting.

Like the LCK, IWD is also extremely disgusted with the half-hour game of the line control resource and the end of the last wave of team battles.

But because it is in the comfort zone of being able to watch LCK, LCS and other leagues at any time, IWD does not think about watching LPL leagues.

I just can't sleep right now, and Caedrel's video brings up the division, and IWD's interest is up.

He put on short sleeves and pants indiscriminately, and ran to the computer to find the broadcast of the LPL division.

……

"Let's have an EDG team member!"

Super Brand Mall!

The big-nosed Ren Dong held the microphone in his hand, and his passion was infinite.

“Nexus！”

"Spicy fragrant pot!"

“Zet！”

"Sima old thief!"

"Sister button!"

EDG team members dressed in black short-sleeved and sweatpants appeared one after another.

When he boarded, the cheers burst out, and they continued to echo and reverberate in the venue.

After the S game, the MSI championship was killed, and EDG's popularity in the LPL has reached an extremely terrifying level!

This is also the reason why the two BO3 games held at the opening of the summer game at the Super Brand Mall and one BO3 held at the home stadium of WE Xi'an Qujiang chose EDG to be placed at 19 o'clock in the evening in prime time!

"My God, the scene is full of EDG fans, and so are JDG's comparisons to EDG."

IWD watched the live broadcast, and when the director's camera showed the cheering audience, he noticed that Caedrel was sitting in the front row, holding the EDG flag in his hand and waving it.

What's the situation?

Why does this guy seem to be really a fan of EDG.

Although IWD didn't have any personal practice with Caedrel, based on the Caedrel tweets he had swiped in the past two years, it was not difficult to know that this person was a complete Korean miscellaneous at least a month ago.

Although I have read a lot of tweets about EDG from Caedrel just now, IWD looks at it from an adult point of view, and only thinks that Caedrel is doing superficial work in response to EDG's invitation.

But I didn't expect that

Caedrel's expression under the camera was so fanatical, when Nexus appeared, the LPL director also deliberately gave him a small shot in the lower left corner.

- This guy opened his mouth and shouted, and his whole face turned pink due to lack of oxygen!

"Fake!"

"It's fake!"

IWD remembered the time when Faker had three crowns, and Caedrel had the exact same appearance as a loyal dog when he posted a video to brag about it.

Who is a fan of both LCK and LPL?

Belch.

Maybe, but I IWD don't think Caedrel is such a person!

Just as he was frowning in thought, all five members of JDG's team had also finished their debut.

Top laner Zoom, jungler Clid, mid laner Yagao, AD bit Loken, and auxiliary Lvmao.

None of them are familiar, and they haven't even heard of IDs.

To be honest, if it weren't for EDG, IWD would now be very likely to quit the English stream of the LPL and lie down on the bed and fall asleep.

[Why did Brother Crystal grow taller? 】

[Not only has I grown taller, but even my eyes have changed color!] 】

[Is the devil who raised the flag just now 'Ou Fan'? ] 】

[Hey, hey, hey, I always brush up on this guy's station B video, it's really interesting]

[I remember him too!] The beginning of his video is basically "I love * country so much"! 】

[Ou Fan? It's the Yang Fan of Europe! 】

[In the popular science link, Ou Fan is a jungler of a certain team in EU, his real ID is Caedrel, he is a die-hard fan of Brother Zhun, and it is said that he came all the way from Europe to the magic capital to cheer for EDG! ] 】

[This guy's traffic really makes Kun'er, who I envy, purple! ] His beep account fans have risen by more than 300,000 in a week! And the day before yesterday, I just registered for fast shaking, and when I swiped it this afternoon, there were 220,000 fans! The speed of powder is faster than that of a beep station! 】

……

"Welcome to the scene of the LPL Summer Tournament, this is the Super Brand Mall!"

"This year's summer tournament is coming very early, huh?"

Guan Zeyuan looked at the memory on the side.

I remember that the second brother was unmoved, and as a result, he said, "That's right, the summer season of the S8 season did start about a week earlier than usual, because the second half of the season was very dense. ”

"In addition to the Summer Championship and the World Championship, the LPL will also participate in the Continental Championship and the medal battle for the Jakarta Asian Games Exhibition Event!"

"In the past few months, the audience can basically enjoy round after round of high-quality events without interruption!"

While remembering to speak, the director also deliberately inserted the list of Asian Games players officially determined two days ago at the bottom of the screen.

[Coach: Clearlove7]

[Athletes: Nexus, MLXG, xiye, Uzi, SMLZ, Ming]

"Because we are participating in the Asian Games, we can see that the list is marked with athletes, not athletes!" Guan Zeyuan took the small card in his hand and continued clearly: "Nexus, MLXG, and SMLZ are all EDG, and everyone will be able to enjoy their debuts in the summer tournament soon!" ”

"It is said."

"The Nexus and the spicy pot are straightforward! The Ueno duo were selected for the Asian Games list without going through intensive training! ”

I remember pursing my lips and secretly complaining in my heart: "Can this also be said?" ”

But soon, he adjusted his expression:

"This is equivalent to our LPL coaches recognizing Nexus and Spicy Xiangguo as the best Ueno combination in the entire league at the moment, and as for what they excel in, the audience can savor in the game."

[Nonsense! Who can compare to EDG in the entire combination of players in the upper half of the LPL? 】

How strong is this combination?] Let's just say that if I change MLXG to the fourth rank of Steel Sun Diamond, I can casually abuse the Ueno combination of RNG and WE in the game]

After winning the LPL's first S trophy last year, EDG won the "permanent free spraying right" unanimously agreed by the gentle, elegant, peaceful and humble anti-bar rats.

No matter how depraved EDG is in the future, even if it falls to the point of the Dark King, the rats and rats will not spray.

Everyone knows that treaties at the negotiating table are meant to be torn up.

On the Internet, and it is the "permanent spray-free right" in the anti-bar, it is obviously impossible to permanently spray-free.

In fact, during the transfer period, EDG was sprayed with various substitutions because of the retirement of the factory director.

Not to mention the loss against RW in the spring

However, not long ago, EDG won the MSI championship trophy in Paris, and on the Internet, EDG's forgotten "permanent spray-free right" was replaced by "this year's free spray-free right".

Maybe if the EDG results in the summer competition are not good, they will be criticized by the audience.

But now, the Summer Championship has just begun!

Even if it is a variety of chaotic royal miscellaneous, they don't dare to be yin and yang weird EDG in the barrage!

LPL's official live broadcast room has become a pure land on the Internet for a while!

All cheering and cheering for EDG!

"EDG vs. JDG, although this match seems to be unsuspenseful, there are still many uncertain factors, which may cause the final result of the game to deviate from our psychological expectations."

I don't know if it's because of the start of the BP session, the cheers of the audience are still loud enough to penetrate into the studio, Guan Zeyuan said coldly: "The version we currently use in the LPL Summer Tournament is version 8.11, which is a full 3 versions separated from MSI's version 8.8!" ”

"Jungle areas, mage equipment, AD equipment and talents have all ushered in major changes!"

"As far as I know, the goal set by the JDG team before the game is not to last more than 30 minutes per game, but to win EDG 2:1 or even 2:0!"

I remember also saying my understanding: "As a result, after the version change, Nakano's tactical position has been raised again, and the role of the two wings in the game has decreased slightly. However, my view is a little different from that of JDG. ”

"Compared with EDG, although JDG has been familiar with the version for half a month, the gap in the strength of the players is not something that can be completely caught up by understanding the version."

"I think JDG may win 1 in this BO3 match, but the victory will definitely be EDG!"

The two commentators said the possibility of the game from the classics.

And on the spot, Banpick is already halfway through!

EDG took out the Gun, Scarecrow, and Morgana on the blue side, while JDG on the red side blocked Steel, Jace, and Captain.

"It's been half a season, and you still can't handle Jace and Captain of the Nexus?"

When I saw JDG's wrench, I remember that I couldn't help it.

"Teams from other divisions on MSI also won these heroes." Guan Zeyuan hurriedly helped JDG to justify, "After all, every team will have a few heroes who are more difficult to deal with. ”

"Haven't the bottom lane combinations of EDG in the spring game come up with a scarecrow + death song?"

"We can see that in the face of JDG this time, EDG instead sent the scarecrow to the trigger, which is obviously the EDG coaching staff found that the green haired player's auxiliary scarecrow winning rate is extremely high when they studied before the game!"

"I have the impression that the green-haired player used the auxiliary scarecrow to win 80% faster, and reached the twelfth or thirteenth in the Hanbok, so that the hero in the Hanbok Rank became a non-mandatory hero for a while" I remember touching my chin and recalling.

"Spider!"

"Sword Demon!"

Just when the two of them spit out the commentary materials they prepared before the game, EDG, which is on the blue side, completed the final selection!

Looking at EDG's second round of selection, I remember that I and Guan Zeyuan were extremely surprised!

Even, on the other side of the world, IWD began to scratch his hair, doubting that he was overdrawn and didn't sleep early in the morning to see if LPL was the right choice.

After all, the hero of the Darkspawn Sword Demon is really too unpopular!

Not only is he rare to see in the field, but he is also a character that he has never met in a hundred games in qualifying!

"Choosing heroes like this, what's the difference between them and our LCS region?"

For the hero of the Sword Demon, IMP's biggest impression is that there is a game in which his own incisor tower was beaten to the point of blood, and when the only two surviving teammates were almost unable to hold on, he was resurrected, rushed out of the Q skill and jumped his face wide, and when he completed a wave of four kills, the Sword Demon said: "Now we turn the tide!" ”

This hero doesn't have many lines, but it's really burning.

Like a gentleman who loves to kill.

"Nexus thinks he can manipulate this player with the ID called Zoom at will?"

IWD's inner thoughts at the moment.

As a full-time jungler player, he knew that even after the Sword Demon was strengthened in the S7 season, it would not work to use this hero to go to the jungler position.

Therefore, the sword demon can only swing in the middle and upper.

"Aatrox, Elise Zahafan, Irelia, Ezreal, Lowe."

After going through EDG's lineup, IWD found that the MSI champion team really didn't seem to have come out of the old version.

Putting aside the knife girl who is still popular from the mid-season to the present, in version 8.11, Riot has added the setting that the three pieces of equipment "Tears of the Goddess", "Demon Sect", and "Archangel" cannot be released together.

This also means that the arrival of the Twin Goddess Tears Ezreal's strong period will be greatly delayed.

The reason why Ezreal is so popular in the mid-season is precisely because the outfit of the Twin Goddess Tears allows him to be strong in the middle and still have a good output in the late stage.

But with such a change in the fist, Ezreal's strength as soon as he stacked the Demon Cut and the Seraphic Angel will be pushed closer to the late stage.

It's better to choose a late-stage big core hero like Wheel Mom!

"Darius!"

JDG thought about it for a long time, and at the end of the countdown, he chose the hero Noto.

Obviously, for EDG's sudden locking of the Sword Demon's selection, Coach Redmi was also caught off guard.

"It's kind of interesting, but why is it that the more I look at this lineup selection, the more I feel that the LPL is no different from our LCS?"

There was still skepticism in IWD's eyes.

In his opinion, EDG, as the top League of Legends team in the World Championship now, should not be so random in terms of selection.

Ezreal is not like other ADCs, and his output ability is relatively poor in the late stage!

In the face of JDG's lineup of top laner Noshou, jungler leopard girl, mid laner Yasuo, AD Lucian, and auxiliary bull head, it is still not enough to watch.

……

EDG player seat.

"The sword demon is not very easy to fight, don't play it!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the final countdown had just begun, the factory director smiled and communicated with Jiang Zhun.

"Don't worry, the strength of this hero is very high!"

"In the middle and late stages, it was difficult for the other side to handle me."

The factory director felt very relieved about Jiang Zhun's calm answer, and after a quick explanation, he left the contestants' seat.

Jiang Zhun took a sip of wolfberry tea, admiring the exaggerated muscle lines and conspicuous abdominal muscles of the Dark Descent Sword Demon, and began to calculate the right line in his heart.

The rework plan for Sword Demon was finalized a long time ago.

Therefore, after the mid-season enhancement of the S7 season and the increase of all-hero attributes at the end of the season, the appearance rate and win rate of the Sword Demon in the new rune version of S8 have been improved, and the strength is much higher than that of the S5 and S6 seasons, but Riot still has to be reworked in version 8.13.

As a player with a wide pool of heroes, Jiang Zhun has a deep affection for each hero.

Almost all of them have accompanied themselves in the training camp late at night.

Therefore, the choice of Sword Demon for the debut of the summer game against JDG can be regarded as a farewell to this elegant gentleman bathed in blood with a broadsword.

Just like the royal sister Irelia before!

Wait a minute

A perverted and obscene face suddenly appeared in Jiang Zhun's mind.

The guy who gestured also took out the knife sister when the spring game was about to come to an end, and snatched the title of being the last sword sister in the LPL!

Damn!

A chill flashed through my heart.

Jiang Zhun secretly felt that there was an obscene face in front of the TV looking at the sword demon's abdominal muscles and drooling

Is it a little early for me to take out the sword demon?

I always feel that the dog will choose this hero in the next game!

Jiang Zhun prayed silently in his heart: "Yan Junze give me some strength and let Coach Hirat press him on the bench!" ”

(End of chapter)