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Chapter 69 EDG is on Unreal's side! (Two chapters combined)

Abu arrived at the training room in the afternoon, and when he pushed open the door, he was completely dumbfounded.

Good news: mid-lane duo queue; bad news: PUBG.

"Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!"

"Nice! Nice! We got a chicken dinner! Awesome!"

"Amazing! I didn't expect you to be so talented, Kai."

"I was just kidding. I'm just as good at FPS games. If it weren't for League of Legends, I would have been playing CrossFire pro a long time ago." The factory manager said with a smug look on his face.

"Indeed, with your learning speed, you'd be among the top tier in CrossFire's professional scene."

Abu suppressed his urgent feelings.

There's already a problem child in the team; we can't afford to have another one.

At the factory manager's age, he can only play for another two years at most before retiring. If he doesn't train properly, his performance will decline faster than you can imagine.

The jungle has lost its dominance, and the pressure is clearly evident in the matches.

They quickly called the factory manager out, wanting to talk about what had happened and why he was suddenly playing PUBG with Li Fan.

The factory manager knew what Abu was worried about from his expression.

He patted Abu on the shoulder.

"I think Li Fan was right when he said it in the interview. The ranking data is actually garbage data. It did give me a lot of misjudgment during the game. I need to reduce the number of ranked games I play during this period and think carefully about how to arrange the training intensity."

Abu became even more anxious after hearing this.

not good!

The factory manager has been brainwashed by Li Fan.

“Everyone has their own training methods. What works for Li Fan might not work for you.” Abu said this with a hint of urgency, afraid that the factory manager might actually lower the training intensity, which would be a real problem.

As people get older, if they don't maintain their condition through high-intensity training, they might have been able to keep going for two or three years, but if they lose their form this year, they'll have to retire next year. This is no exaggeration at all.

After all, a professional player's career only lasts five or six years, and players from the same era as Clearlove have already retired.

The fact that the factory manager can still persevere is not only because he plays the jungler position, but also because of the high-intensity training.

For so many years, I've been afraid that this taut string would snap at this moment.

"Don't worry, Abu, I know what I'm doing. Of course I won't be like Li Fan; his behavior is just too exaggerated."

I just intend to reduce the training intensity appropriately.

The factory manager knows better than Abu that everyone needs different training methods.

If someone were to completely emulate Li Fan, they would be ruining their career.

The reason he stopped high-intensity training was that he needed to properly organize his ranking data.

Remove the junk data and keep the high-quality, normal data.

The factory manager had a feeling that as long as he successfully completed the correct data integration, the progress would be greater than he could have imagined.

After all, he's way past the age of relying on mechanics; he needs to use his brain in matches, so all the statistics are crucial for Clearlove.

Seeing that the factory manager had said so confidently, Abu had no choice but to believe him.

After all, questioning was useless. He knew very well that once the factory manager made a decision, there was no point in trying to persuade him unless the factory manager changed his mind himself.

This was known from the time he was brought out of WE.

On the surface, it seems that he contacted Edward Zhu first, but in fact, the factory manager had this idea long ago, otherwise how could he have persuaded him?
"Since you have your own plans, then I believe you can do it." Now that he knew the factory manager's thoughts, Abu was also at ease.

As the coach, QuickStar was not angry when he saw the jungler and mid laner duo playing PUBG here; instead, he was quite happy.

OK OK.

While we're still in the club and have some power, we should try to make them as riddled with holes as possible.

We don't care about reputation anyway, since we were kicked out of the business and didn't have a reputation to begin with.

If all else fails, I can always go back to South Korea and find a job.

I picked up my pen and changed the first name of Scout to Unreal.

The fact that the mid-laner and jungler are playing PUBG together has already been promoted through live streams.

If these two have coordination problems in tomorrow's match and end up losing, you can imagine how terrifying that would be.

In this respect, China and South Korea are actually the same.

That evening, EDG Esports Club's official Weibo account released the starting lineup for the next day's match against NB team.

Top Laner: Mouse, Jungler: Clearlove, Mid Laner: Unreal, ADC: Zet, Support: Meiko
This Weibo post was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly creating huge ripples. Within just five minutes, the number of comments exceeded five thousand, and it continued to rise at an unimaginable speed.

The main reason was that the video clips of Li Fan and the factory manager playing PUBG duos had just been released in the afternoon, and the discussion among everyone was already very intense.

EDG already has a mid-laner who's been playing haphazardly. Although he stopped their losing streak in the match, no one thinks Li Fan has any real skill.

They even dragged the veteran captain and jungler along to play together, all intending to put pressure on EDG.

But to everyone's surprise, the starting lineup was so outrageous.

Unreal's performance in the last game alone has relegated Scout to the bench.

Is this really so hasty? Do they really not want to make the playoffs or participate in the Mid-Season Invitational?

After losing the competition last year, have all the players lost their fighting spirit?
【? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[Am I seeing things? Who's the mid laner? Unreal? Why would they bring him on?]

【Seriously, Abu? You guys were just playing PUBG with the factory manager this afternoon, and now you're putting him on the starting lineup tonight?】

[Where's the junior? His performance in the Spring Split was quite commendable, so why was he benched without any justification?]

[This is insane, absolutely insane! Putting someone who barely plays ranked games and spends all his time playing other games as the starting lineup? I admit he does have a certain allure, watching him play makes me itch to play, but it shouldn't have captivated your entire management team.]

The comments below EDG's roster announcement were almost entirely negative, filled with doubt and confusion.

On the trending topics list, hashtags such as #EDGFirstStart#, #UnrealFirstStart#, and #ClearlovePlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds# also began to climb rapidly.

The factory manager naturally saw the overwhelming public opinion.

The comments in the live stream were all very polite, calling everyone a "pro" and praising their amazing skills, asking for another game. So why is their reputation on Weibo so bad? Why are they being criticized like this? Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!
Li Fan naturally saw it too, but he didn't care at all. Let them curse, it's not like it'll hurt him.

Seeing Li Fan's nonchalant attitude, the factory manager knew that his worries were unnecessary.

"Congratulations on starting! Let's work well together in tomorrow's game."

Li Fan looked at the smiling factory manager and nodded.

iboy looked envious; he still hasn't been able to play in a match and is really itching to get his hands dirty.

Unfortunately, he's not old enough, and he's definitely better than Jack. He can play in the Summer Split, while Jack won't turn seventeen until November, which means he won't be able to play until the Spring Split next year.

This essentially meant they wasted an opportunity to participate in the World Championship. Thinking about this, iboy felt even better.

As expected, the Taoist priest was right. When you feel miserable, think about other people who are even more miserable, and you will feel much better.

Following the factory manager, the others also congratulated Li Fan on his starting position.

This is definitely something to celebrate for the substitutes.

Regardless of anything else, Li Fan led them to victory in the last match, preventing an even bigger crisis. We can't repay that debt of gratitude enough!

In this match where Li Fan is starting, we must be fully focused and give it our all to win beautifully.

Of course, Scout wasn't in a good mood at that moment.

A perfectly good starting lineup is gone!
I really don't know what the coach is thinking. Does he really think Li Fan is capable? Does he really think he's better than me?
Just when the internet was rife with criticism of Li Fan, with many arguing that EDG's decision to start him was extremely irresponsible and had caused considerable negative impact.

One esports marketing account, however, analyzed the situation from a different perspective.

Is EDG's decision to start Unreal as simple as it appears on the surface?

This article actually provides a fairly detailed analysis, mainly focusing on the previous post by Wu-Zhuangtai expressing his anticipation of facing Scout.

Then Abu posted on Weibo to explain for Unreal.

It's easy to see from this that EDG is still on the side of the players.

Since Cool mocked Unreal for being a substitute, let's just make him a starter and retaliate in that way.

Furthermore, he performed exceptionally well in the last match against GT, so starting him is a good opportunity to assess his form. If he doesn't perform well, we can substitute him.

Similarly, it can determine whether Unreal is truly skilled, and whether they actually ate dumplings during the Chinese New Year in the last match; their methods can be very clever.

This short essay, once posted, actually garnered a lot of approval.

First of all, there's the EDG club itself. Putting aside everything else, there's nothing particularly scandalous about the players.

If there's a problem, it's with the management...

From this perspective, the possibility is very high.

The real intention was to help Unreal get back at them.

Wu-Zhuangtai was scrolling through Weibo, originally wanting to see the uproar after EDG announced their starting lineup and enjoy the thrill of their opponents being verbally attacked.

Indeed, the screen full of doubts and anger made him feel much better.

Unreal is now like a rat crossing the street; anyone who offends it will not have a good ending!
But soon, the analysis article titled "Is EDG's intention in starting Unreal really as simple as it seems?" was mentioned in his comment section by fans and people who love a good show.

Wu Zhuangtai frowned and clicked on it.

The article's seemingly serious analysis portrays EDG's decision as a counterattack against his previous remarks, as if Abu and EDG's management were orchestrating this to slap Wu-Tai in the face.

"Snapped!"

Wu Zhuang suddenly slammed his phone on the table, his face instantly darkening.

"Damn it!" he muttered under his breath.

Stand up for Unreal? He's clearly a substitute, yet he insists on using a starting position to retaliate against my taunts?

What does EDG mean by this? Do they really think that starting a substitute who plays PUBG will prove me wrong?

"Fine, fine, EDG, you guys are awesome." Cool sneered angrily, "Bringing a rookie, and a complete idiot at that, to disgust me, huh? Think I'm old? Easy to bully?"

No matter what, he's still a star mid-laner. Even if a tiger has no teeth, it's still a tiger!

What was originally a regular season match in the same group that wasn't particularly interesting became a complete mess due to all the drama surrounding it. Even the organizers regretted scheduling the match, saying they should have moved it to prime time.

Fortunately, tomorrow is Sunday, so with this level of public interest, it shouldn't be too affected.

Regardless of the circumstances, if Unreal can generate buzz for the event, then he's a fantastic player.

Officially, once you've successfully earned a reputation, as long as you don't do anything too outrageous, you generally won't be severely punished.

April 2nd.

By nine o'clock in the morning, the training room was already full of people.

The match between EDG and NB is scheduled for 1 PM today.

After breakfast, I had to go straight to the event, so I played League of Legends for an hour beforehand to warm up and get into the swing of things.

The main problem is that this is not the time when everyone is in their best condition, and some people are even a bit sleep-deprived.

Fortunately, I can take a nap on the bus.

It was already noon when we arrived at Zhengda Plaza.

She hurriedly got out of the car and went inside, quickly put on makeup, and then waited for the competition to officially begin.

……

Grand Plaza.

"Hello everyone!"

Sitting in the center of the commentary booth was Su Xiaoyan, with Jide to her left and Changmao to her right.

This has always been the official arrangement. The female commentators may change at any time, but the golden duo and the Taiwanese duo are always paired together. This is to ensure better commentary coordination and bring exciting match commentary to the audience.

The results achieved so far are quite good.

"Today's match between EDG and NB is really exciting!" Changmao said first.

Su Xiaoyan frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

She doesn't plan to continue as a commentator after this year ends... and that's just her personality, she's used to it now.

Just then, Li Fan's photo appeared on the big screen.

Every single audience member who saw this photo couldn't help but scream.

"EDG's starting mid laner for this match is Unreal!"

Su Xiaoyan said with a smile, "I don't know what you think of this photo, but I think he looks really good on camera and is very handsome."

"He really is handsome! This promotional photo is absolutely divine. I heard it was actually rushed out yesterday?" Remember continued Su Xiaoyan's words.

However, this wasn't the topic Changmao wanted to discuss; he wanted to talk about the current situation on Weibo.

But since Su Xiaoyan mentioned appearance, it's not easy to abruptly turn around.

"Unreal's performance in the last game was outstanding. He delivered a satisfactory performance in one game as Lucian in the mid lane and another as Lulu. I think that's why he was able to get the starting position."

"To be honest, I was shocked when I watched this game because I never expected Unreal to have no flaws throughout the entire match. Whether it was the aggressive mid laner or the support mid laner Lulu, he could switch between two completely different styles perfectly."

"Alright, both players have entered the arena, the first game is about to begin!"

P.S.: All chapters published are guaranteed to be at least 4,000 words.

(End of this chapter)