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Chapter 311 The Ambition to Win the Summer Split Without a Win! LPL's First E-commerce Battle!

This statement was released.

The rumors about Uzi "feigning illness to avoid battle" have gradually subsided.

If you really pretend that your injury hasn't healed.

One or two games should be enough.

Who can fake illness for more than five sessions?

It's worth noting that RNG and Uzi mentioned this in their statements.

Uzi will miss all of RNG's matches before the Rift Rivals.

This year, Riot Games has added an Intercontinental Rift Rivals tournament between the Summer Splits.

In the intercontinental competition, the main participants will be the regions, rather than specific teams.

The championship belongs to the region.

The East Asian Intercontinental Championship will be participated in by three regions: LPL, LCK, and LMS.

The top four teams from each region in this year's Spring Split.

They will participate in this summer's intercontinental competition.

RNG finished third in this year's LPL Spring Split.

Of course, we will participate in this year's intercontinental competition.

The entire LPL Summer Split schedule.

This intercontinental competition has divided it into two parts.

According to the official LPL schedule.

After the first round of group matches, the entire LPL Summer Split will be suspended for a week to make way for the Rift Rivals.

The LPL Summer Split will resume the week following the conclusion of the Intercontinental Cup.

Before the Rift Rivals, the LPL Summer Split regular season will consist of four weeks of matches.

Over the course of four weeks, each team will play at least five matches against their group in the first round.

In other words, Uzi will not play in at least the first five games of RNG's Summer Split.

This will have a significant impact on RNG's performance in the Summer Split regular season.

If Uzi's injury were truly healed, he would be able to play now, instead of having to wait several more weeks.

Isn't this just sabotaging the team?!
Even if Uzi really did have this idea...

The team certainly wouldn't allow this to happen.

Therefore, Uzi is probably still in the process of treating and recovering from his hand injury.

It's true that he can't play in the game.

There is no situation of "fear of battle".

So, after this statement.

This phase passed quickly.

Only a small number of haters remain, still trying to stir up trouble.

The netizens' assessment that Uzi is "cowardly" is spot on.

To cover it up, they decided not to play in the next few regular season games.

All I can say is that these people are truly obsessed with darkness.

Of course, every effect has a cause.

How many obsessive haters does Uzi have?

That will inevitably lead to even more obsessed fans.

LGD team base.

Head coach Dgc glanced at LGD's upcoming schedule.

I breathed a long sigh of relief.

After playing against RNG, LGD has finished both of their matches this week.

Because during a regular season match week in the LPL.

A team can be scheduled for a maximum of two matches.

At least one match should be scheduled.

The following week, LGD was scheduled to play a match.

Moreover, the match is scheduled for Sunday.

That means that from the time LGD plays RNG until the next regular season match, LGD will be out of contention.

There was a full eight-day gap in between.

These eight days are enough for the entire LGD team to fully recover and return to match fitness.

And become thoroughly familiar with the current version.

When LGD played against RNG, their overall performance and understanding of the game version were actually quite average.

It is indeed due to a lack of time for "rehabilitation".

But RNG is missing Uzi.

Even if LGD isn't in top form, they could easily defeat RNG.

No matter how dark it is.

Uzi's importance to the current RNG team is beyond doubt.

Uzi is gone, but they've brought in an AD carry from a secondary league.

It's fair to say that RNG's strength has been reduced by half.

So, they relied on the luck of Uzi's absence.

In addition, he didn't take a break and maintained his peak performance throughout the week.

LGD survived the entire summer split regular season, including the most dangerous first week for them.

Dgc is the head coach of LGD.

After LGD won the MSI championship.

He has some special ambitions for the Summer Split.

This ambition certainly goes beyond just winning the Summer Split.

For a team that won the Mid-Season Invitational.

They won the summer championship of that year's league.

That's just the basic expectation that the audience and fans have for them.

Dgc's ambition for the Summer Split is to win the championship with an undefeated record.

In fact, they won the championship with a perfect record in the Summer Split.

EDG did just that in last year's LPL Summer Split.

Although EDG made a huge fool of themselves and became a laughing stock in the subsequent S6 World Championship.

However, this did not diminish the shock that EDG brought to the audience when they won the Summer Split championship with a perfect record.

Dgc also hopes that LGD can achieve this in this year's Summer Split.

This is significant for his coaching resume.

It is undoubtedly a brilliant and significant addition.

only.

The entire LGD team barely managed to assemble two days before the start of the Summer Split.

They only resumed training the day before the start of the Summer Split.

Then, in a practice match, WE beat them 6-0.

Dgc's expectation for LGD to win the Summer Split with a perfect record.

It suddenly decreased by half.

Let's take a look at the schedule for the first week of the Summer Split.

LGD's two matches.

First, we'll play against JDG, who have some strength, and then RNG.

Dgc still has half of his hopes left for LGD to win the Summer Split with a perfect record.

And then it just disappeared.

He was even prepared for LGD to start the summer split with two consecutive losses.

Dgc's idea at the time was...

If LGD suffers two consecutive losses at the start of the Summer Split, he will have to step forward and take all the blame upon himself.

Draw some fire for the team members.

After all, even if LGD just won the MSI championship, what if they suffer two consecutive losses at the start of the Summer Split?

Many people criticize as much as they should.

Even your recent MSI championship might become a target of criticism.

There's a good chance that comments like "champion of luck" or "champion of the current version" will start to emerge.

What Dgc didn't expect was...

Before the start of the Summer Split, he expected to suffer two consecutive losses in the first two regular season games.

LGD actually managed to win two consecutive games.

In the eyes of the audience, the team that just won the MSI championship is the strongest team in the world right now.

For a team like this, starting the summer split with two consecutive wins is perfectly normal, isn't it?
But Dgc is very clear about how difficult this is.

A very simple example.

Since the Mid-Season Invitational was established in 2015.

The previous two MSI champions were EDG and SKT.

Both teams had a poor start to their respective league summer seasons that year.

Then, after many ups and downs, they finally stopped in the semifinals of the Summer Split.

They didn't even make it to the finals.

In League of Legends matches, you can actually apply the phrase often mentioned in football: "The ball is round."

Just like in football, in League of Legends matches, the team with the stronger overall strength is not guaranteed to win.

The draft phase (BP) refers to the player's performance on the day, and even whether a particular player gets their signature hero.

These factors can all have a profound impact on the outcome of a League of Legends match.

The high degree of uncertainty is also a major attraction of League of Legends esports.

However, after LGD's first two consecutive wins.

Dgc's ambition to win the Summer Split with an undefeated record is back.

The previous two MSI champions did not win the league summer championship that year.

It doesn't mean LGD can't get it!

I want to win the LPL Summer Split championship this year.

I want to win the Summer Split with a perfect record!
LGD has a full eight days of preparation and training time before the next match.

Dgc is now full of confidence.

Let's win all four remaining regular season games before the Intercontinental Games!
LGD's opponents in the next three group matches.

They are OMG and NB teams, respectively.

There's also a newly promoted team that just joined the LPL in the summer split – SNG.

There are only these three opponents.

Take it directly!

Then there's LGD's first opponent in the inter-group battle, another newly promoted team in this LPL Summer Split, DAN, who were placed in Group A.

We have to get this one for him too.

LGD will participate in the Rift Rivals with a six-game winning streak in the Summer Split regular season.

Thinking about all this, Dgc felt his blood boiling and his fighting spirit soaring.

I immediately opened the relevant website and started studying the version of the Summer Split, as well as the match recordings of other teams.

In the simple yet fulfilling daily cycle of training, eating, and sleeping.

Eight days passed in the blink of an eye.

The date was June 18th.

Sunday of the second week of the LPL Summer Split regular season.

On weekend match days, the LPL officially schedules three matches.

The fight started at 2 p.m.

And as the team with the most viewership in the LPL right now.

LGD's match today was scheduled as the first game.

It wasn't placed in the third show, which had the largest audience.

That is, the prime time slot in the evening.

the reason is simple.

Because today is June 18th.

is 618!

On such a day, the prime time for the third match naturally calls for the first-ever e-commerce battle in LPL history – JDG vs. SNG.

That is, JD Gaming vs. Suning Gaming.

JD.com is such a big spender.

So much real money was spent.

The prime time slot on the evening of 618 should definitely be allocated to the JDG team to promote JD.com.

At noon.

After lunch, the entire LGD team...

They boarded the bus and set off for the LPL regular season venue.

It's about one o'clock in the afternoon.

The entire LGD team arrived at the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.

After signing in, the LGD team entered the lounge.

It's time to start some routine pre-match preparations.

2 p.m.

The first LPL regular season match this Sunday.

The BO3 match between LGD and OMG started on time.

Including the ban/pick phase and the break between games.

The whole process took an hour and a half.

LGD decisively defeated OMG 2-0.

In this match.

LGD truly displayed the peak performance they had during MSI.

Many viewers commented with emotion after seeing this:
This is the kind of skill an MSI champion should have!

Facing a fully-equipped LGD.

Even though OMG had been performing very strongly since the start of the Summer Split, having already secured three consecutive wins before this match, this was still a tough game.

They are no match for LGD at all.

LGD swept them in two straight games, easily taking the victory.

"To be honest, it was a little unexpected!" said the commentator for the match.

After a pause, he continued, "Of course, LGD's victory over OMG was not unexpected; I was referring to the course of the match!"

"Because OMG had already won three consecutive games, and the opponents they faced were not weak."

"Moreover, the content of the three consecutive wins is quite convincing!"

"LGD's performance since the start of the Summer Split has not been outstanding. I originally thought that even if OMG lost today, they would at least cause some trouble for LGD!"

"I didn't expect LGD to win so easily!"

At this moment, Wang Duoduo, who was also commentating on the match, chimed in:

"It can only be said that LGD, as the MSI champion, deserves to have such strong strength!"

"LGD was clearly not in their best form in the two matches last week, which may be due to the short preparation time for the Summer Split!"

"But after eight days of adjustment without any matches, LGD regained their form and showed us how they were able to win the MSI championship!"

"It's all thanks to our superior raw strength compared to other teams!"

Of course, there are quite a few people with a confrontational personality online.

Wang Duoduo praised LGD.

In the live broadcast room, someone immediately sent a message asking why there was such a long gap of eight days between LGD's last match and this one.
This is clearly a deliberate attempt to give LGD a break, a chance to adjust, and get back into form!

There was foul play in the official event arrangements.

There must be something fishy going on!

(End of this chapter)