With the passage of time, there is more and more discussion about the Asian Games on the Internet, and this is what the Asian Games Organizing Committee is very happy to see.

Their choice of esports as a performance sport was itself a test of the waters.

Traditional sports are rarely popular except for related enthusiasts.

After all, it's not an Olympics level of competition, and most people have only one interest in the Asian Games:

How many gold medals did we win?

After learning about the number of gold medals, I basically lost interest in this area.

After all, except for the city that hosts the Asian Games, other people's jobs will not change because of the Asian Games.

Therefore, the attention of today's Asian Games is not particularly high.

Therefore, after a long period of meetings and exchanges, the Asian Games Organizing Committee decided to choose the emerging industry of e-sports as the performance project of the Asian Games.

The purpose is to get closer to young people.

In fact, there has always been a debate about whether esports counts as a sport or not.

This question is also difficult to come up with.

Because sports are mostly physical confrontations in the traditional sense, while esports are more of a mental aspect.

But...... If e-sports are not counted, then how can a mental sport like Go and chess be counted?

So it's hard to grasp that line.

The Asian Games Organizing Committee is also more of a test of the waters this time.

However, this kind of thing is a great thing for esports.

It doesn't matter if it's a sport or not, whether it can be in the medal table or not.

As long as it can appear in the Asian Games, it means that e-sports is gradually moving from niche culture to the mainstream.

This is more or less an endorsement.

The esports of the Asian Games are not limited to League of Legends.

ɻ 2018, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, Clash Royale, are also on the list.

In addition, there is another game that domestic players play every day, but the name is not familiar at all: Legend Showdown.

When it comes to the legendary duel, many people may not know much, but when it comes to its other name [Glory of Kings International Service], then everyone should be able to suddenly understand.

I'm super, farmer!

At this time, Xu Yuan had already arrived in the host city of the Jakarta Asian Games, and he did see the team composed of active KPL professional players.

But to be reasonable, he was a little disappointed.

"Why don't you know each other?"

He actually knows a few Honor of Kings players.

"Han Shin is stealing the tower, can he steal it? Can't steal it?

Wait a minute, it looks like I can steal it!

He has a famous sword! ”

Because of this thing, he knew the dream tears who stole the tower.

The other one is the flying cow.

After all, he stole the introduction of the account, so he was also a little impressed.

Who dares to slash right away? Only I am the general of the flying cow!

Because the flying cow is very reminiscent of a flying cow, Xu Yuan is also a little curious about him.

The other one is Yinuo, after all, Faker, who is known as the KPL.

But now, Xu Yuan didn't see any of them.

It's normal to feel disappointed.

The Glory of Kings players in the distance also saw them and came over very excitedly to ask for autographs.

After all, the professional players of League of Legends do not necessarily know the Honor of Kings, but many Honor of Kings professional players know about the League of Legends.

The difference in popularity is like this.

Don't forget who gave the title of Nongpi to the Glory of Kings player.

That's the dominance of our petting dogs, win!

Xu Yuan patiently signed a photo with them, and then watched them go away.

"The Glory of Kings game seems to be ahead of us, right?"

He vaguely remembered that.

"Well, if they can win, Honor of Kings should be the first gold medal in esports."

Meiko understands a little.

"Can you still lose?"

Xu Yuan smiled.

Unlike League of Legends, the game Honor of Kings is not played by many foreigners at all, and it is basically a wild card except for the domestic KPL.

The so-called World Championship every year is actually only played by domestic teams.

The thing that is played abroad is a legendary duel, and the intensity is low, and there are a lot of KPLs.

Can the still lose?

It really doesn't make sense.

The group got on the arranged bus and drove towards the training site.

On the way, the atmosphere gradually became a lot more lively.

After all, the players themselves are not too old, so what bad intentions can they have?

They are just Internet addicted teenagers in the eyes of many people.

Therefore, although some players have not seen other players at all except for the competition time before this Asian Games, they are now quickly getting acquainted with them.

"Do you want to drink?"

Letme took out a bottle of Nutrition Express and shook it at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan nodded and took it, "Thank you"

Letme smiled and relieved the tension in her heart.

It seems like...... It's not particularly difficult to reach either.

Xu Yuan felt similar to him, and felt that the players were okay.

There is no particularly bad temper, and the big guys are quite polite.

The feeling of the night is very honest, and when you get in the car, you can snack on it.

Letme is also very easy to get along with, and when she gets in the car, she will hand out drinks to the big guys.

Others are still weird!

Considering Letme's kindness, Xu Yuan decided to temporarily forget about the fact that he had lost 50 rice in his previous life to buy his [from Letme to Yan Junze].

It's only 50 yuan, and I really can't keep thinking about it.

Is he Xu Yuan such a stingy person?

It's just half a book of advertising, half a book of nonsense, and then wiping your ass is too hard.

Really, he didn't hold a grudge at all.

"By the way, coach, who are we going to play in the next training match?"

Xu Yuan suddenly asked.

Uzi was also a little curious, "yes, who are you fighting against?" ”

Abu grinned, "Who else could it be, old acquaintance." ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Yuan understood.

"It's IG again......"

This is the heart of a bodhisattva!

IG has been EDG's designated training partner since S7, and S8 still often plays training matches with EDG.

The players on both sides are already familiar and can't be more familiar, and they often make appointments to go out to eat together, and sometimes they meet in the restaurant and share the table directly.

What Xu Yuan likes the most is that IG's training matches are completely different from other teams.

Other teams may be hiding, but IG really isn't.

The game should be played the way they should play, and they will play the training game.

The main one has clear eyes, and there is a sense of clear stupidity.

EDG is also not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of small things.

Whether it is Abu before or kkoma now, it has been emphasized to IG many times. Let them practice matches and try not to expose too many tactics.

But it didn't work at all.

IG: Tactical ...... What is a tactic?

My head is so itchy, and I feel like I'm going to grow my brain.

It can only be said that EDG has tried its best, and IG still chooses to go its own way.

They are definitely the best opponents in training matches because even in training matches they play very seriously and with a very high intensity.

As he was talking, Xu Yuan's mobile phone rang.

When he picked it up, he immediately smiled. "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive?"

Pick it up and press WeChat's call button.

"Hello?"

"Did you hear your buddy?"

On the phone day, there was a loud grin.

"It's not that you made the Tick Eight call, buddy is really going to get motion sickness now."

Xu Yuan said angrily.

"No, why do you say no? Don't say much, let's get down to business, Poof's passport is gone, and it is estimated that it was taken by his girlfriend. ”

Ah Shui on the other end of the phone sighed,

"What now? Passports are a hassle. ”

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment, "What do you say?" ”

"Poof, right next to me, he said he could just make do with it, and was ready to promise his girlfriend."

Xu Yuan exclaimed directly, "I'm super, turtle!" ”

Can you agree to that?

Poof, this is not an iron boiling sheep.

Even more exaggerated than the boiling sheep, the reincarnation of a pure ATM machine is destined to pop rice for bad women.

He hurriedly asked.

"Ah Shui, can you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"He's next to you, isn't he?"

"That's right."

Xu Yuan sneered and spoke.

"Just give him two slaps and see if he still goes crazy."

"Ah......h

Ah Shui glanced at the poofs beside him, a little eager to try.

"Really fighting?"

"I'm super, don't!"

Poof's special voice sounded, he snatched the phone, and spoke very aggrievedly.

"Yuanzi, what should I do? The nest seems to have no choice. ”

Xu Yuan asked directly,

"Isn't that stealing? Call the police directly? ”

The imp on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment.

"Huh?"

"She's just your girlfriend, and you're not married, why should she take your things? Call the police directly. ”

Poof, think about it.

Xiba, it makes sense!

Xu Yuan, who looked at the end of the call, smacked his lips.

These early pros were generally lacking in common sense, as almost all of their time was devoted to training.

But it's not all like this, some players are just human designs.

Like Knight.

Looking at his introverted appearance, who would have thought that he would be able to beat someone else's girlfriend's fetus?

To describe it in a sentence of anti-bar maggot baby:

I can't even imagine the picture of Knight getting hard.

The bus stopped, and the training site arrived.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and stepped off the bus.

Next, it's time for the Asian Games training camp.

At the moment, he was wearing a nice dress.

The athlete's jacket representing the national team this time.

The overall color is white, and the red texture spreads from the wrist to the neck, and the classic crewneck design baseball uniform jacket.

The difference is that on the left chest of this dress, there is a symbolic national flag symbol.

This means that they are the representative players of CN.

On the right side of the garment, the player's real name and ID are embroidered from top to bottom.

For example, Xu Yuan is [Xu Yuan Savior].

And on the back of the garment, there is only one simple word.

【China】

Actually, this word is enough.

In fact, there is a matching short-sleeved one, but Xu Yuan didn't wear it today, but he just brought it over.

In addition to this set in the suitcase, there is also a set of blue and white dresses, and there is even a special name [Blue Fantasy]

Xu Yuan's suit belongs to the athlete's suit, and that set belongs to the nature of a dress.

However, Xu Yuan still prefers the current set.

Don't ask, ask is red and festive.

After being placed by the staff, I also had dinner first under the leadership of a special person.

Because the food was provided by the organizer in Jakarta, Xu Yuan was a little unaccustomed to eating.

After all, he has been eating rice since he was a child, and he is still a little unaccustomed to experiencing the special food here in Indonesia.

But it's okay, I can only eat this thing.

Because the dietary rules of the Asian Games are still very strict, the recipes are prescribed by a specialized nutritionist.

It doesn't matter if it tastes good or not, the nutrition is definitely full.

Health is indeed healthy, and Xu Yuan can accept it if it is a little unpalatable.

Compared to his calmness, Xiao Tian's face turned green when he ate this thing for the first time.

"What a outrageous taste."

This is Xiaotian's only feeling.

For example, it's like strawberry-flavored buns.

You can imagine how outrageous it is.

Tian Ye laughed, and then he ate it himself, and he suddenly stopped saying a word.

Eat and drink silently, belong to yes.

After a night's rest, the next day's training camp officially began.

Opponent, IG!

Today's IG is very strong, although it is a little uncomfortable when playing EDG, but it is basically a dimensionality reduction blow to other teams.

Only RNG can wrestle with IG.

And such a team never hides anything in training matches.

This also directly led to the seven training matches played that day, and the Asian Games team only won two.

Lose wildly!

These two handfuls were taken out by Xu Yuan.

After getting the advantage in the lane, he continued to radiate the middle lane and help Xi Ye resist Rookie's pressure.

Then it dragged on until the Six Gods outfit didn't win.

Uzi hit three fights and lost them all.

Xu Yuan played four fights, but only won two.

Such a record obviously made Abu very dissatisfied.

"I won't say anything on the first day, your cooperation is really a bit too bad, you have to learn to trust your teammates, and think about other things after you play well on the line."

"Let's talk about it, if you have any problems, don't be silent, we need to communicate!"

His face was serious.

Abu is well aware that there is a lot of pressure on players in a situation like this.

But now that the training is just so long, he doesn't have time to comfort the players, so he can only force them to adjust themselves.

And communication is always the best way to adjust.

It's not terrible to lose the game, and it's even less terrible to quarrel after being abused.

The scary thing is that after losing, everyone doesn't say a word, just silence.

That's really no way.

Abu would rather see them quarrel than see them all silent.

"The idea of the jungler is very important, we can't interfere with Xiaotian anymore, we have to do things around his rhythm."

Xiye was the first to speak.

Although he looks a little introverted, sometimes he doesn't choose to be silent.

"No, in that case, we are not good at attacking on the road, and it is easy to raise a father if we can't get Orn on the road."

"On the opposite side, if you get the right to the line, you will enter my wild area with the jungler, it is difficult for me to play, at least the balance of power can be played on the road."

Xiaotian was blunt. There is no need to be polite in the post-match review stage, and there is something to talk about.

He's just stating the facts.

Letme's face turned red.

Xiaotian was honest enough to be tactful.

What does it mean to not be good at attacking?

Letme was abused by Theshy all day today, and as long as there was no Orn, Sain was basically pressed a lot of knives on the road, causing Xiaotian to have to help him.

"I ...... You need to give me a little more feedback, I can't beat him, you always don't say a word, I don't know what to do, what if I push the line and send it? ”

He opened his mouth almost numbly, and spread out his hands.

"When I think of this kind of thing, my hands keep shaking, even when I play in a group, and I don't know what you want to do when I'm in front, whether to start a group or protect the back row."

"Then if I don't get feedback, my hands will keep shaking, and I don't want to!"

Xu Yuan and Uzi raised their heads at the same time, stared at him for a while, and then tacitly looked away.

This scene was also faithfully recorded by the cameras in the training room, and it was called [Double Death Gaze], which became a famous scene in the future.

Uzi finally couldn't help but speak. His face was full of irritation.

"I think if the atmosphere is like this, then what else is there to fight? Let's just rest today. ”

"Every time I finish that BP, as soon as that lineup is selected, I know I'm going to lose again."

"Just take out the heroes we play well, and don't think about cooperating with anything, so how can we play the game?"

"I was arrested on the next road, and you guys in Nakaueno also have to do something, right? We were arrested, and as a result, you entangled with others, and then stopped fighting, aren't we equal to giving it away for nothing? ”

He sighed and leaned back in his chair, covering his face with his hands.

"Forget it, that's it, I think that's it."

Tian Ye nodded slightly,

"I think what Uzi said is no problem, everyone now chooses what they want to play on the first day, and they can take it if they want to play."

"But in the end, the lineup came out and it didn't work, so there was no chance to win the game at that time, what is the point of taking it out?"

"The lineup is either to play the traditional double C, or to play four guarantees and one, or to play a single belt, but you must be clear about what system you want to play."

"The problem of command also needs to be solved, it was okay when Fuchiko was on it, and Nosuke could be the conductor."

Tian Ye glanced at Uzi, who was covering his face, and said unceremoniously.

"But when Uzi is on, Mai Li's voice is too much and too chaotic, Uzi, you also have to pay attention to it, and hand over the command to Xiaotian and me."

"The C position is responsible for output and survival, and the conductor will distract you."

Uzi didn't refute, nodding silently.

If it was just him one AD, he probably wouldn't have felt anything was wrong.

But after standing behind Xu Yuan and watching how he played the game, Uzi also knew that this kind of thing was not good.

Although there was a vague implication in Meiko's words that he was inferior to Xu Yuan, Uzi didn't care.

It's not as good as that.

Xu Yuan was already about to convince him.

Abu watched the contestants communicate with satisfaction, and although the voices were not small, he could still see that the atmosphere was becoming more and more peaceful.

That's right.

Calm communication is always more useful than holding back and not talking.

However, he soon noticed that Xu Yuan had not spoken.

Abu pushed Xu Yuan with his arm, and asked in the face of his puzzled gaze,

"Don't you have anything to say?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the other players fell on Xu Yuan.

They were also a little curious about Xu Yuan's thoughts.

I?

Xu Yuan smiled, "I don't have anything to say, everyone played very well." ”

"This is the first day, isn't it a shame to not be able to beat IG? The LCK next door doesn't necessarily have to be able to handle IG, right? We managed to win two more. ”

"If you find the problem, you can solve it, since it is sure that it is a communication problem, then it will be clearly commanded in the future."

Unlike others, Xu Yuan is very clear about the current format of the Asian Games.

Don't look at the LPL side of the team's quarrel, the LCK next door may be even more noisy.

And...... Is IG weak?

Don't forget, they were the original S8 champions.

Such a team, with the current Asian Games team has only been running in for less than a day, it is a good thing to win.

It was not all Xu Yuan's credit to win both, and his teammates did help him withstand the pressure and give him enough time to develop.

So Xu Yuan is really satisfied.

After all, the original Asian Games team was even worse than them at this point in time, and even almost eliminated in the group stage.

According to Letme's toilet paper [From Letme to Yan Junze], at the end of the group stage of the Asian Games, they were actually eliminated, because only two teams were allowed to advance in the group, and the LPL was third at that time.

In the end, it was the organizers who considered that the group group was unreasonable and added one more place before they could enter the knockout round.

Don't think that the Asian Games is a simple competition, it takes time to get used to your new teammates.

Others may not be able to run in a good lineup in a season. Why do you get it right in a few days?

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, everyone looked at each other.

It seems like...... No problem.

IG is really strong, and it's already good to win on the first day.

Even if they win very little, they at least prove that this team has a ceiling and will not be defenseless against the top teams.

And now the main problem is obvious, the main one is the problem of communication and command.

With EDG's Nosuke, a basic command framework can be built.

In fact, a solution has been found to this problem.

In that case, why rush?

Time is running out, but it's not going to start right away.

In the atmosphere that was already tense, Xu Yuan's words made the contestants take a breath a little.

Then, it was time to review the video of the game just now.

And as Xu Yuan thought, the current situation of the KR team is also very bad.

However, unlike the CN team, which lost very badly, the KR team won too much.

After a full day, they even maintained a winning record.

However, Coach KKOMA's face was a little ugly.

"Can you get a better team?"

“…… It's difficult, because you also know that there aren't many top teams in the LCK now, and many of the players in the teams are still on the team, and they can only replace the original players with substitutes, so the training intensity is also not high. ”

The staff was a little helpless and replied truthfully.

KKOMA has some headaches.

Some people may have said, isn't it good to win all the time?

It's good to win, of course, but it doesn't make sense for a team to keep winning training matches.

The meaning of the training match is to check and fill in the gaps, make up for the shortcomings, and improve the strength.

However, the opponent is too weak, so they can't find any problems at all, and naturally they can't talk about any improvement.

This kind of training match is essentially worse than losing all the time.

Nowadays, there are only a few teams that are strong in the LCK, but the core players of these teams are all on the team.

Samsung's lower ruler emperor is with CoreJJ, so Samsung can't fight them.

KZ's jungler peanuts are there, so KZ can't fight them.

After excluding these two teams, KT and SKT teams are a little stronger.

Unfortunately, KT is now on holiday.

Although SKT has been training with them, if they keep winning, the effect of training is basically equal to nothing.

Of course, Lee Sang-hyuk is still very cool.

Of course he was happy to be able to play against SKT.

He can abuse SKT, even if it's a training match, he's just as cool.

After all, he was disappointed and chose to leave because of the high-level Gong Dou.

In a word:

It's like, open champagne!

Just as KKOMA was thinking and meditating, the staff who were in contact with him suddenly had their eyes lit up and hurriedly spoke.

"Coach KKOMA, maybe there really is a more suitable training team."

"Oh?"

KKOMA is in good spirits,

"Who?"

The staff member pondered the vocabulary and spoke.

"You may not know it, but there's a team that's recognized as having a lot of potential on the LCK side."

"It only played in the LCK from the minor league in the summer this year, but it has already reached the playoffs as soon as it enters the LCK, and the current ranking is not low, and the individual ability of the players is also very strong, and they are all the thousand-point kings of Hanbok."

"This team is favored by a lot of people, and I got in touch with their team leader and they were willing to help."

kkoma's memories searched through the LCK team this year, and soon, he knew who the staff was talking about.

If it's this team, it should work pretty well?

It can't be worse than SKT anyway.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"I see, it's GRF, right?"

"Inside!"

The staff smiled and nodded.

GRF, also known as Griffin.

This year's summer tournament has just made it to the LCK's super dark horse.

Generally, the teams that are new to the LCK are at most in the middle of the ranking, and they basically have to pay tuition in the first year.

But GRF is different.

They finished second in the regular season of this year's Summer Season.

This is very exaggerated.

Because it means that their regular season results are only a little worse than KT, stepping on the heads of the top teams such as KZ, GENG, SKT, AFS.

The team's current staffing is not particularly well-known today, but it will be basically the top professional players in the future.

Top laner Sword Emperor, jungler Tarzan Tazan, mid laner Douyin No. 1 mid laner Chovy, lower lane group husband Viper and auxiliary lotus seed lehends.

Except for the Sword Emperor's, all of them are very capable players.

That's why it's all the "basics" and not all of them.

kkoma has some impressions of GRF's mid laner Chovy, as this guy's laning level is really good.

But that's about it.

Because KKOMA has already trained Lee Sang-hyuk with his own hands.

Compared to Chovy, in this GRF, kkoma is the most optimistic about Viper.

Because when I was chatting with my friends in the LCK, that friend said that this player named Viper is very strict with himself and works very hard.

KKOMA likes such a player very much, just as he likes Xu Yuan very much.

He has always believed that hard work is the premise of all achievements for professional players.

Talent is important, but it's not really decisive.

If you don't work hard, no matter how talented a professional player is, it will be impossible for him to perform in his life.

And even if the talent is not the best among the pros.

As long as you get above the horizon, you can work hard to surpass those top talents.

Note that this is [for pro players].

Got it?

Everyone is already talented with more than 90 points, and the talent gap in this part can be made up.

"Please help me, thank you GRF."

KKOMA specifically admonished.

"Okay."

The next training match is about to begin.

At this moment, there is still a week left before the start of the Asian Games.

(End of chapter)