You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 154: I won't delete it! Let's see what those GSL players can do!
As the Kennan bathtub incident continued to escalate.

The LPL regular season matches are still in full swing on the last day.

At 8 p.m. that evening, with EDG defeating QG 2-1, the regular season of Group B was completed.

The entire 2017 LPL Spring Split regular season has now come to a complete end.

The following week will feature intense playoff matches and relegation games.

Ultimately, the top four teams in Group B were WE, EDG, QG, and NB.

With this, the first-round matchups for this year's playoffs have been determined.

The remaining two teams in Group B, VG and GT, ranked fifth and sixth respectively, will have to play in the relegation matches.

It was no surprise to the audience that GT would have to play in the relegation matches.

However, VG, which boasts SKT's championship-winning mid-jungle duo Easyhoon and Bengi, has been relegated to the relegation matches.

That was quite unexpected.

Nobody thought VG would be relegated.

Everyone thought VG would easily avoid relegation.

However, it is somewhat embarrassing for two former world champions, both of whom won their titles only a year or two ago, to have to play in a relegation match.

Just like LGD last year, they had two former world champions, Marin and imp.

No matter how many problems the team had, or how bad their performance was, they still made it to the playoffs.

Although it was only a one-round exit.

But at least they didn't end up having to play in the relegation matches.

However, on Sunday.

Regarding LPL, the main online discussions are all focused on Zhou Dian's Kennen tutorial video that he just posted today.

Only a small portion of the discussion revolved around the playoff matchups.

As for discussions about promotion and relegation matches, there are even fewer.

Zhou Dian really garnered a huge amount of attention this time.

That night, I lay on my bed in the dormitory.

Looking at the system panel with over two million interaction points.

Zhou Dian resisted the urge to extract the power.

The Kennen tutorial video released during the day is still seeing a rapid increase in views and comments.

Therefore, the number of interaction points is also growing rapidly.

Zhou Dian still plans to accumulate more interaction points before extracting abilities.

Meanwhile, in the comments and bullet screen sections of Kennen's tutorial videos, Kennen fans and haters are still fiercely battling it out.

Interspersed among them was a large group of people adding fuel to the fire with various creative ways.

As the videos are posted longer, it seems that the "Happy People" are gradually becoming the main force in the comment section.

Zhou Dian now has another nickname online.

His supporters and fans still call him God Zhou.

Those who criticize him, mainly GSL and RNG fans, call him Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu is actually Zhou Chu.

However, during this period, it wasn't common for fans in the LPL online viewing community to give players overly direct, insulting, and profanity-laden nicknames.

They might come up with sarcastic or ironic nicknames.

For example, the more prestigious the nickname, such as "Emperor," "King," or "King," the worse the player is.

Another method is to use homophones to replace profanities.

Therefore, those GSL players who weren't very skilled gave Zhou Dian a relatively direct nickname: "Zhou Chu".

Anyway, Zhou Dian felt that the nickname was not very harmful.

Don't be fooled by how loudly these people are cursing online now.

If you were to run into him offline, you would definitely call him either "God Zhou" or "Brother Zhou".

The next day, April 17th, Monday.

Around nine o'clock in the morning.

At this moment, Zhou Dian was playing ranked matches alone in the training room.

The LGD manager walked into the training room and stood behind Zhou Dian.

Seeing that Zhou Dian was in the rankings, he didn't disturb him and just stood behind and watched.

Zhou Dian had already noticed that the manager was coming over.

He also knew why the manager came to the training room.

Zhou Dian originally thought the manager would send a WeChat message or something to ask him to come to his office.

Unexpectedly, it was the manager who personally came to find him in the training room.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhou Dian finished his ranked match.

Then Zhou Dian took off his headphones.

The LGD manager, who had been standing behind Zhou Dian watching, also dragged a chair over from the side and sat down next to Zhou Dian.

"Um... is the pressure high?" the manager asked first.

“What pressure could there be!” Zhou Dian shrugged.

He knew perfectly well what the manager was asking.

"Is there a lot of pressure at the club?" Zhou Dian asked in return.

"To be honest, there's a bit of pressure, but it's alright, it's nothing!" the LGD manager replied.

"Do you need me to delete the video?" Zhou Dian then asked.

He could see that there were many online condemnations of GSL.

The club may not be under much pressure.

But the manager must be under a lot of pressure right now.

If the club wants him to delete the Kennen coaching video he posted yesterday to quell the controversy.

Then let's delete it!
There's no need to put the club and manager in such a difficult position.

Anyway, we got a lot of interaction points this time.

If Zhou Dian were to delete the video, he would definitely use up the interaction points first.

Because he didn't know that the video had been deleted.

Will the interactive points gained from this video also disappear?

I wouldn't dare gamble on that!

Upon hearing Zhou Dian's suggestion, the LGD manager remained silent for a moment, then pondered before saying:
"Xiao Zhou, do you want to delete this video yourself? Tell the truth, don't worry about anything else!"

Since the manager has already asked that question.

Zhou Dian then spoke the truth, "Of course I don't want to delete the video!"

"Then we won't delete them!" the manager waved his hand. "Let's see what those GSLs can do!"

He then added, "Don't say that you didn't actually do anything, Xiao Zhou, and you didn't specifically name or mock Uzi."

"Even if you directly mocked Uzbekistan, so what?"

"What, is he, Uzbekistan, some kind of superior being, and can't be criticized?"

After speaking at length, the LGD manager got up from his seat and prepared to leave the training room.

Before leaving, the manager patted Zhou Dian on the shoulder and said, "Zhou, just focus on preparing for the playoffs. No matter what happens, you are a player for LGD, and the club will definitely support you!"

Then he left the training room.

Zhou Dian continued queuing. While waiting in the queue, Zhou Dian thought for a moment and understood why the manager was so supportive of him this time.

First of all, Zhou Dian is a key player for LGD, which naturally puts them in the same position.

Furthermore, Zhou Dian also saved the manager's LGD career.

If it weren't for Zhou Dian's starting role and his contribution to the team's winning streak, the manager might have been fired by the owner.

This raises a question.

Zhou Dian is currently very strong and is about to win the Spring Split regular season MVP. Many viewers believe that he is the best top laner in the LPL right now.

Only when you are strong enough will a club be willing to stand up for you despite the pressure.

As I always say, in esports, only skill matters; being bad is the original sin!

Finally, there's the issue of Zhou Dian's contract renewal.

Or rather, LGD's manager's statement of support for Zhou Dian was largely a preemptive measure to prepare for Zhou Dian's contract renewal.

Because Zhou Dian's current contract only lasts for this year.

If Zhou Dian can continue to perform at his current level, there will definitely be teams willing to offer him a big contract.

Regarding Zhou Dian's contract renewal, if LGD doesn't have a price advantage at the time, they'll have to resort to emotional appeals.

After all, Zhou Dian debuted with LGD, so LGD can be considered Zhou Dian's former team.

In any competitive sport, when salaries are roughly the same, most players will definitely prioritize staying with their original team.

For Zhou Dian

He himself is not affected by the ups and downs on the internet.

Now that the club has expressed its full support for him, it's even less likely that he'll delete the video.

Thus, amidst the ongoing debate, the Kennen tutorial video by "Top Lane Ancestor" saw its views increase and the number of comments and bullet screen messages grow.

On Monday afternoon, LGD's official Weibo account, which had been bombarded with comments from GSL, posted a highlight reel of their best plays during the regular season of the Spring Split.

What's frustrating is that the highlight reel just started playing.

The first scene is from the second game of the BO3 between LGD and RNG the day before yesterday, where Zhou Dian's Kennen used six skills in one second to instantly kill Uzi's Caitlyn.

Clearly, LGD's official Weibo account has made its message very clear.

No matter how much GSL pushes, our LGD club will support our own players.

This compilation really infuriated the GSL fans.

He also launched a tirade against the LGD club.

What a club with no class and no vision!
He's a perfect match for someone like Zhou Chu, who lacks both manners and vision!

No, someone like Zhou Chu, does he even deserve to be a professional gamer?

the next day.

That is, Tuesday, April 18th.

Today marks the start of the 17 LPL Spring Split playoffs.

Because the playoffs and promotion/relegation matches take place in the same week, they need to be staggered.

Therefore, the playoff schedule is very tight.

Starting Tuesday, two best-of-five (BO5) matches will be scheduled every day, alternating between playoff and promotion/relegation matches.

Today are two games in the first round of the playoffs.

The first BO5 match was between IG, the third-place team in Group A, and NB, the fourth-place team in Group B.

The second BO5 match was between QG, the third-place team in Group B, and IG, the fourth-place team in Group A.

The competition started in the afternoon.

On Tuesday morning, the LPL officially announced the winner of the 17 Spring Split Regular Season MVP.

Without a doubt, the MVP of the Spring Split regular season belongs to LGD's top laner, Zhou.

After the LPL officially announced the results, LGD's official Weibo account immediately reposted them.

Furthermore, in his Weibo post congratulating his team's top laner on winning the Spring Split Regular Season MVP, he also included a Spring Split highlight reel of Zhou Dian that he had already posted yesterday.

This infuriates many fans who are still criticizing LGD's official Weibo account.

Most casual viewers would agree that Zhou Dian deserved to win the regular season MVP award.

However, GSL fans and some RNG fans began to slander Zhou Dian.

They looked for various angles to argue that QG's mid laner Doinb was the one who deserved the Spring Split Regular Season MVP more.

And you know what? GSL's twisted logic is quite sophisticated.

Especially the attendance theory.

In other words, Doinb has two fewer MVP awards per game than Zhou in the regular season.

However, Doinb played all 16 regular season games.

Zhou only played 13 games for LGD.

Therefore, Doinb's contribution to his team is greater than Zhou's.

Doinb is the one who should have won the regular season MVP.

At first glance, it actually makes a lot of sense.

They actually managed to fool some casual observers, making them think that Doinb deserved the regular season MVP award.

Thanks to the "efforts" of the GSLs.

The internet has indeed seen a discussion about whether Zhou Dian or Doinb deserves the regular season MVP award.

Although most people still recognize Zhou Dian more in this award.

But in the eyes of many GSL fans, the fact that Zhou Dian's regular season MVP title is being questioned and no longer considered well-deserved is a blow to him.

They finally got their revenge.

However, just half a day later, GSL, who felt he had gotten his revenge, was proven wrong.

2 p.m.

The first round of the Spring Split playoffs has begun.

In the first BO5 match, OMG had a relatively easy time, defeating NB 3-1 and advancing to the second round.

This is why many 59Es exclaimed that OMG is about to be revived.

After all, OMG spent the entire last year fighting to avoid relegation.

Of course, this time 59E couldn't lash out at OMG's former head coach Dgc.

Because the team he was leading, LGD, was first in Group A during the regular season and had already qualified for the playoffs semifinals.

I can't afford to stage an accident for now.

In the second BO5 series, IG defeated QG 3-1.

The entire match highlighted a significant difference in mid-lane performance.

Doinb was completely outclassed by Rookie!

His performance was nowhere near as good as Rookie's.

Therefore, after the match between IG and QG, no one felt that Doinb deserved the regular season MVP award anymore.

What regular season MVP can't even get past the first round of the playoffs?

What kind of MVP is this?

If the version changes, will you suddenly not know how to play?
The hero pool is terrible!
A small number of casual viewers who were misled by GSL's fallacious reasoning also felt that giving the regular season MVP to Zhou Dian was truly well-deserved.

GSL fans were praising Doinb for only a few hours, and then Doinb completely underperformed.

Enraged, they joined in the chorus of insults directed at Doinb, calling him a "dog" (a derogatory term for someone who is a toxic version of Doinb).

(End of this chapter)