Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 79 The All-New "All-Star"

"The bad news is that next season, at least for the Demacia Cup, four of us from RNG – you, Uzi, Mlxg, and Ming – will likely be unable to play!"

Bai Xing said with a solemn expression, clearly he had more information than Edward Zhu and knew more inside details.

This is also related to the fact that the RNG team was the source of this controversy.

"Why can't we play? We didn't do anything!"

Xiao Hu was completely bewildered. He just won the championship and this happens? He can't even play?

He was still hoping to dominate the Demacia Cup, and that his new triple-core system would bring back the glory days of the Tiger Emperor. But now, hearing this news, his breathing quickened.

"Due to physical limitations! Because the puppy fainted at the Bird's Nest competition, the authorities are going to issue regulations to prohibit non-standard and harmful training. If the puppy fails the test at the end of the year, the first time will result in a six-month suspension, and the second time will result in a permanent suspension!"
"The main reason is that we won the championship, and the impact is huge. Now, Tencent is applying for League of Legends to expand its reach beyond its core user base. If that works out, you know what will happen."

hiss!
Upon hearing Bai Xing's words, everyone sitting on the bus gasped in shock.

Regulations prohibiting injury-causing training? Going viral?

Once you embark on the path of professional esports, which professional player doesn't train for more than 16 hours a day? And most of them can't get up in the morning, so they have to move their training time to the evening.

I often train until 3 or 4 in the morning, then eat some junk food as a late-night snack, and then sleep until 10 or 11 in the morning before getting up to train again.

The club does not have any strict requirements regarding players' work and rest habits, since such a rule has never been introduced before, so the club will not force players to change it.

If changing your sleep schedule leads to a decline in your shooting touch and you end up sleepwalking in the last game, that would be terrible!
"Especially Xiaogou and Xiangguo, you two are the key targets of this inspection. Only Junze in our team insists on training every day. The four of you have irregular schedules every day. If you fail this inspection, you can forget about the Demacia Cup. At the very least, you'll have to wait until the second inspection in the Spring Split."

"Look at Xiangguo, you're so skinny, just bones. And Xiaohu, your tinnitus is incurable. Seriously, I'm not kidding you, even if it means ending your careers, the higher-ups won't let you play."

Shirahoshi said this with an air of seriousness.

His expression was solemn, showing no intention of joking with the crowd.

As for going viral? People are now selectively ignoring this news.

No matter how influential League of Legends is, even if it gets to the Olympics, it's all for nothing if you can't participate!
Seeing everyone's serious and thoughtful expressions, the atmosphere inside the bus plummeted to freezing point, and Bai Xing spoke again.

"Of course, it's still possible during the All-Star break. The official release date for this regulation is the Demacia Cup."

"There will be a unified physical examination before the Demacia Cup. There's still over a month to go. It might be a bit difficult for Xiangguo and Xiaogou, but Xiaohu, you and Xiaoming still have a chance."

It was the truth, but it gave a few people a glimmer of hope.

Before long, when the bus stopped, we arrived at the five-star hotel that had been prepared in advance. All the lavish meals were served one after another as the guests arrived.

Besides the few people who came with them from the venue, some esports professionals or people who have a good relationship with RNG teammates also received invitations.

Even some minor celebrities and veterans like Ruofeng, Weixiao, Caomei, and Grandpa Wuwukai came along.

The celebratory banquet lasted until after 4 a.m. before finally ending. After returning to the base in RNG's bus, everyone returned to their rooms exhausted.

After quickly taking a shower, Li Luo also fell asleep.

The next day, everyone slept until after midnight before finally waking up. With dark circles under their eyes, they arrived at the base's living room, yawning and waiting for the cook to prepare lunch.

When Li Luo came down, only Xiang Guo was still missing; everyone else was sprawled out on the sofa, scrolling through their phones.

While the hashtag #RngWinsTheChampionship# didn't reach the over 100 million views it did last night, it still held a high position at the top of the list with 56 million views. Among the next twenty trending topics, a few minor celebrities could be seen buying appearances to ride on Rng's popularity.

As the team with the best marketing in China, before winning the S7 championship, many people might not believe it, but all the teams in the entire league except EDG were losing money.

RNG and IG suffered the biggest losses.

EDG has its own independent operating system, which is why it was able to barely make some money in the gradually declining Chinese market, while other teams are doing worse and worse.

Unlike the chaos of last night, RNG's boss, Bai Xing, had already sent his manager to organize an online army, and the entire trending topic was peaceful.

Occasionally, a few insults would appear, but they were quickly distorted beyond recognition by paid online trolls.

Li Luo took out his phone, opened the trending topics, and scrolled through a few. He realized that he had underestimated the impact of this championship.

On WeChat, not only did I receive hundreds of congratulatory messages, but even the managers of several major teams subtly hinted at recruitment.

RNG's contracts started from S6. Except for Xiaohu, whose contract is for life, the other players' contracts are all for two years.

Of the five players, Xiaoming, who was bought from S7, still has one year left on his contract, while the contracts of Uzi, Xiangguo, and Letme have all expired.

Although they may know that Uzi will not give up on staying with the all-Chinese team RNG to win the championship, the managers of these other teams have not chosen to give up either.

If we can bring in Uzi, we'll basically have the core of a championship-winning team. Then, if we buy Xiangguo and Yan Junze, we can just pick any mid-lane utility player and we'll be able to easily make it to S8.

Although RNG's contracts are extremely restrictive, they are quite lenient in restricting players' transfers after their contracts expire.

Now that Uzi has won the championship, his value has at least doubled compared to before. The influence brought by the FMVP ADC and his first LPL championship should not be underestimated.

It's not just Uzi whose value has skyrocketed; even Xiangguo and Letme's value has increased dramatically, reaching the top tier of league players, with the possibility of them even reaching the super-top tier.

To generate buzz for the All-Star event, Riot Games has released a ranking of the world's top players on its official website, and voting for the All-Star game will begin in three days.

To launch an attack, it must be continuous.

Riot Games is going all out in this battle with PUBG. Although the All-Star format has not yet been announced, the first piece of news displayed on the official website has excited all players.

Blind pick!
After Faker and YueLun's classic double Zed battle in the S3 gauntlet, blind pick has basically disappeared from the League of Legends scene.

Firstly, blind pick cannot truly test the depth of a player's hero pool. Players can choose the heroes they are most confident in, and teams can choose the lineups they are most proficient in.

This undoubtedly reduced the entertainment value significantly, and the balance gradually crumbled as more and more heroes joined the League of Legends universe.

In order to win, everyone will definitely choose some more overpowered heroes in the current version, and it is very likely that eight out of ten people on both sides will choose the exact same hero.

Therefore, Riot Games took this into consideration and introduced a more interesting mechanism.

Random location!

If you're a top laner, you might be randomly assigned to the support role, while if you're an ADC, you might end up playing jungle.

The blind selection combined with random positions has certainly piqued the interest of all viewers who enjoy watching the All-Star game and the clash between the two sides.

(End of this chapter)