December 19th.
Today is the day All-Star voting ends.
The five major divisions need to select a player in each position to form a five-person team to go to Barcelona to participate in the All-Stars.
According to the regulations of the All-Star competition system, the All-Stars in the division are completely decided by the audience. The audience in this division accounts for 80%. The audience in other divisions can also vote, but the base is only 20%.
The contestant with the highest number of votes in the same position will compete.
According to the official rules established in S3, in order to prevent all members from participating due to IG's enthusiasm for winning the championship, a new rule has been added in this voting session. Only two players from each team can participate, and the two with the highest votes will be selected.
Otherwise, with the popularity of 60E back then, the five people who would definitely qualify would be crushed, and it would be impossible to give PDD and Sun Yalong a chance to participate in the All-Stars.
The popularity of IG is so high. When the voting on the website started a few days ago, the number of votes cast by the four members of IG was far ahead of the competition. Even Ning Wang’s votes were smaller than those of the first-hand factory director.
Only in the AD position, the fighting power of Wuxx is really terrifying. Less than a month before winning the championship, the title of Wuxx champion AD has almost been stripped away.
The piggies also know that they are at a loss. This year, the factory director's outrageous operations of 'I am your fan', '4396' and 'Horse Stepping on Arrows' cannot be washed away, and they dare not say something in the All-Star voting. It's enough to make unreasonable remarks and silently canvass votes for your idol.
But the dog fans don't care about this at all. Their incredible pulling and stepping skills make all fans miserable. The materials at the pot-sharing conference are completely non-stick!
Thanks to the marketing of the All-China Class, Looper, who had been a stable player in the team for a year, was successfully assigned to the second team. Mata, who was the first team player, was almost taken to the execution ground by a group of people.
The pure and flawless shock wave became the only victim, changing the identities of Wang Cheng and Material, and successfully inherited the IG champion status!
The dog sons organized another fight.
At the Shanghai RNG base, the boss Bai Xing has no time to deal with the scolding wars on the Internet. For him, the more topics of discussion and materials, the higher the revenue from traffic.
At this time, he was still struggling with IG's official lineup, and his teeth were about to be broken.
IG has already signed a new auxiliary player, why should they take away Xiao Ming, whom they miss so much, when his salary is obviously higher!
Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t love money?
Last year, IG didn't care about martial ethics and snatched away JackeyLove, whom they were very optimistic about, with a salary of 3 million.
Who the hell gives a newcomer a contract salary of 3 million?
RNG learned a lesson during this winter's transfer period. In order to buy a potential newcomer, they also imitated IG's offer of 3 million, hoping to sign Ming.
result
IG only spent 80W to sign Ming?
You just want to disgust people, right?
And why on earth did IG buy a crystal guy with a hand injury? Isn’t there a newbie in the team who doesn’t look too smart in any of the posters?
Could it be that he wants to lead the new with the old, help IG train the new players, and spend their time in the bottom lane?
As everyone knows, Bai Xing’s guess has a reason!
He knows very well the amount of money the principal has invested in the IG League of Legends branch this year, which can really make him the number one player in the LPL!
The purpose of IG's huge investment is obvious, which is to achieve consecutive championships, achieve an achievement that even SKT has not achieved, and become the only team to win consecutive championships in the global finals.
Whether it is due to S7's lineup adjustment, results or the pressure of public opinion, it is impossible for the two pure newcomers, Brainless and Unhappy, to become the team's starting players after joining the team.
The LPL of S7 is not like the one after S12 where you can get a place to enter the World Championship again by spending money. There are many examples of Galaxy Battleship overturning.
Chu Ge has the memory of the future and is convinced that LWX and LWX have a high talent limit and are definitely players worth cultivating. However, in fact, the performance of S7Pinus and LWX in the original world during the NB period was not ideal.
Liu Qingsong only played a few games and continued to sit on the bench due to poor performance. LWX was a little better, but he was still a little transparent.
There is a big difference between the championship lineup players of S9 FPX and the top-level talented players of IG in S8 when they debuted.
Brother Jingshu can fulfill this role very well, and Xiao Ming, who was Ning Wang’s former assistant, also gained a certain reputation due to the PDD campaign. The two of them can make up for IG’s trough period very well.
In other words, it’s time for the favorite permutation and combination of carols.
At the same time, Chu Ge was still worrying about the All-Star voting in the base. He faced the camera and said sincerely, "Brothers, please don't vote for me, okay? Give all your votes to the second place 957!"
Chu Ge really didn't want to take an international flight again. Staying on the plane for more than ten hours was really torture. It completely wiped out his childhood desire to be an astronaut.
and
With the hosting of MSI, the All-Star Game has officially been reduced to an entertainment game without any competitive significance. It is also to satisfy the missing nutrition of the audience who did not watch the game in the Spring Split.
After all, it's not S3 or S4.
PDD and the factory director acted awkwardly during the interview, threatening to win the 'championship', which is related to the quota for the S competition in the division.
[Pigeon, what are you doing? You feel wronged by participating in the All-Stars, right? In order for his master to participate, GSL had to contribute their household registration book! 】
[Don't make trouble, Director Dow, go to Barcelona to participate in the All-Stars and make money again. Isn't this more reliable than your reputation as Mr. Ten Million? 】
[Director Dow, with your votes, it’s hard not to think about it! 】
[Hahaha, I just like to see the anchor being forced to open his business. Hurry up! 】
Until the end of the voting, Chu Ge was completely speechless.
The official immediately called to inform Chu Ge and Rookie that they had the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Game, and also announced the participating team members on the official blog.
"Top laner Dow, jungler ClearLove7, mid laner Rookie, bottom laner Uzi, and assist Meiko."
Chu Ge's desire not to participate reached its peak, and he quickly contacted the person in charge of Tengjing, but was told that the organizer was Riot Games and they had no right to arrange this matter.
However, Chu Ge called Riot China, but what he got was a strong rebuttal from them, claiming that even the FMVP of the championship region and the biggest star this year would not go, which would disappoint players all over the world.
From this result, it is not difficult to see the current distribution of LPL fans. After IG fans voted for the two top votes, EDG fans also got the two spots for Nosuke, and finally Uzi.
This is also the team participating in the global finals this year, and the name of Yusanjia is gradually spreading among the fan circle.
This lineup
Fans from all over the world dare not dream like this!
The time soon came to December 23rd.
Chu Ge met up with the others at Pudong International Airport. Little Peanut was also voted into the LCK All-Stars. He was too lazy to go back to South Korea and simply went to Barcelona with the LPL players.
"Idol, I'm an idol!" It was rare to meet the factory director online. Han Wanghu was extremely excited and took the initiative to chat.
Mingkai was shocked when he heard someone said he was a fan, and his whole body became bad. This year's S6 Global Finals really left a huge shadow on him.
However.
This person still taught him Peanut in the quarterfinals this year when Olaf and Blind Monk taught him the forehand and backhand, which made Mingkai even more uncomfortable.
Especially since this guy has joined IG, he will not only meet in the World Championship, but also face this little brat in his own division!
Facing the enthusiastic little peanut, Mingkai didn't know what to say, so he could only pretend to be cold and politely nodded to the little peanut.
But Han Wanghu was so lively. He turned into a little fanboy and kept greeting Ming Kai in the Chinese he had learned recently: "Director, you added a 7 after your ID this year. It's so cool!"
"I also applied to the league when I had the opportunity to change my ID to Peanut7," Xiao Peanut got stuck mid-sentence. Fortunately, Rookie acted as a translator in time and added.
"He said that next year he hopes that our two teams can defeat Faker in the global finals together!"
Mingkai's interest aroused when he heard that he was going to defeat Faker.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend! This sentence can be used as a reference no matter which field it is placed in. In this way, Mingkai naturally opened up the conversation.
Chu Ge, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, didn't mind the big deal and said happily, "Brother Mingkai, little peanut is still telling me in the base that he will teach you how to play blind monk again at the All-Star Game!"
"Is there such a good thing?"
Meiko raised an eyebrow, patted the factory director on the shoulder and whispered, "Kay, I suggest you kill the little peanut now, otherwise you will have another footprint on your back!"
Chu Ge kept laughing.
The originally relaxed atmosphere fell into an eerie silence once again as the two sang and harmonized, and Uzi next to him couldn't say anything.
after all
Fans of IG and RNG are arguing non-stop. As a central figure in public opinion, Jane proudly has to pay for the fans' behavior.
So he was unexpectedly embarrassed when facing Song Yijin and Chu Ge. He silently lowered his head and played with his phone and scrolled through Weibo, waiting for Vincent's arrival.
Chu Ge didn't know what the materials were thinking about.
In his opinion, the behavior of fans is really serious, and diode behavior abounds. If a professional player really takes their words seriously.
That's really sad.
Chu Ge doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but he is definitely not afraid of causing trouble.
Ming Kai lowered his head and played with his mobile phone, his melancholy expression suddenly turned ferocious, and he laughed loudly, "This time All-Star uses version 6.24, little peanut, you are going to suffer a lot!"
what happened?
Chu Ge frowned and looked at Ming Kai's raised mobile phone. The content inside happened to be the updated content of this version. Version 6.23 will become history and will be the last version in 2016.
From the global finals to now, a total of 6 versions have been updated. From version 6.22, it officially entered the pre-season version of S7. Riot has carried out large-scale updates.
Little Peanut was a little stunned, and he also immersed himself in searching for the pre-season changes, wanting to know what happened to make his idol change his face so quickly.
However.
Big changes to the wild area!
The two BUFF brothers are gone, the golem has become a loner, the four sharp-beaked birds have become six, the F4 of Meteor Garden has expanded its recruitment of two kuns to become F6, and the stone beetles have become explosive wild monsters.
At the same time, the additional status bonus obtained by punishing wild monsters has been removed, and it has been unified into a maximum blood volume of 100 + 10%. New wild plants such as exploding cones, divination flowers, and honey candy fruits have been added to the wild area.
The refresh time of wild monsters has also changed from 100 seconds to 150 seconds. The refresh time of the wild camp at the beginning of the game has also changed. BUFF, F6 and three wolves will refresh at 1:40 seconds, and stone beetles and marsh frogs will refresh at 1:40 seconds. :50 refresh.
The overall time is delayed by 10 seconds, and the refresh time of the Demon Marsh Frog and Stone Beetle also directly inhibits the strategy of eating wild monsters in the upper and lower routes before going online.
This change in the jungle is acceptable to Xiao Peanut. As a professional jungler, he naturally knows that the reason for Mingkai's change of face is not here, but in the subsequent changes.
The cornerstone talent of the Resolve system [Power of Time] was removed and now becomes [Courage of the Colossus].
The most direct impact of this change is that it is basically difficult for the carnivorous jungle heroes who tortured the jungle in the S6 World Championship to appear.
Without enough jungle resources and the snowballing ability provided by [Power of Time], the combat effectiveness of the carnivorous jungler will be greatly reduced.
This means that the heroes and tactics that Little Peanut is best at will be directly cut off by the fist. Both he and Gao Zhenning will become the biggest victims of this change!
As a map-control jungler who is most afraid of carnivorous junglers, he does not have to face the opponent's attacks all the time, and can better plan the jungle and control the rhythm in his own hands.
And Mingkai is a typical representative of the map-controlling jungler!
"As expected of my idol," Little Peanut was not too depressed, smiling and hugging Ming Kai, "Finally, I have waited for my own version, the factory director is mighty!"
However.
Mingkai was not happy for long. His face dimmed again, and he became more determined to rest in the first half of the S7 Spring Split!
It's time to summon Lolita!
Chu Ge was not polite and directly pointed out the answer to the jungle version, "The early stage of the S7 Spring Split is probably the Assassin's League version, and neither of you will be able to play!"
Low-priced armor-piercing armors such as Youmu and Muyan have been overhauled. Youmu no longer provides attack speed, and the Sakura Knife Rat has become a thing of the past. The effect of Mufu has been redone, and it no longer has an effect similar to the second stage of the robbery, but It became an effect similar to that of a mantis [isolated and helpless].
——After leaving the enemy's field of vision, the next attack will carry real damage. At the same time, after the Curtain Blade discovers the enemy's false eyes, it will also gain an 8-second true vision effect to match the first effect!
This version of the Blade will be more useful in the jungle position than the Sakura Blade, but the heroes in the lane are not suitable for it.
The enhancement of armor penetration is not suitable for carnivorous junglers or herbivorous jungle heroes. The only two heroes that are easy to use are mantis and poodle.
The fiery version of Void Predator can be traced back to the Protector Mantis of the elixir in S4. Now three years have passed and he is about to appear on the league stage again.
The proficiency levels of Poodle Mingkai and Peanut are a bit green, and they will need to practice more after the All-Stars return.
Not only that, for this version of the League of Assassins, Riot has also specially added a new armor-piercing equipment [Night Blade], and the magic shield can withstand the effect of a skill.
And a poacher dagger has been added, which can be upgraded to a sawtooth dagger by stealing three jungle monsters; the basic calculation formula of the penetration mechanism has also received new changes!
The ecological environment of the wild area has been greatly improved, which is really good for Xiao Peanut's style, but Mingkai is a little worse.
Hearing everyone's conversation, Materials was a little unhappy.
With the rise of armor-piercing equipment and the version dominated by assassin heroes, traditional A-level AD shooters will find it difficult to survive in the early, middle and late stages. ADs who can produce armor-piercing equipment or functional AD will once again dominate the bottom lane.
In other words, Riot did not strengthen the priority of the bottom lane, but instead made its living environment more harsh, causing AD players to cry and faint in the toilet.
Tian Ye felt Uzi's state, put his arms around his shoulders and smiled, "It's okay, we always have a chance to make an impact in the bottom lane. The subsequent weakening of the fist will definitely be caused by grabbing our little IG's little whip and pulling hard."
"The version in the middle and jungle can be played for a while!"
"That's fine."
After listening to Tianye's words, Uzi's face obviously improved, "Peanut, factory, please be gentle with me during the spring competition!"
As he spoke, he was also secretly making a note in his mind that after the All-Star Game ended, he must master S6 Bujin and Armor-piercing Verus, otherwise he would really suffer a big loss.
"rest assured!"
Mingkai patted Uzi on the shoulder, turned to look at Chu Ge, and muttered, "Pigeon, the synthesis method of [Flag of Command] we studied in the finals has been changed!"
"ah?"
Chu Ge quickly turned to the column about equipment changes and almost laughed out loud when he saw the synthesis formula changed by fist.
the reason is simple.
Riot did not remove the mechanism of [Promotion] from [Flag of Command]’s active skill. Instead, it changed [Demon Codex] to [Glacier Armor], which will no longer increase spell power in the future.
Isn't this change just to prevent the leader of [Flag of Command] from taking the stage again? The main purpose is to weaken Chu Ge himself.
But in Chu Ge's view, this change has little effect.
Because the big head itself is a black technology, players use it in ranking purely for curiosity. It doesn't matter a dime to Chu Ge if he can't play.
It can even be said that the meat-suited flag of command is the real pinnacle!
However, looking at Ming Kai's pain, Chu Ge finally decided to hold back his laughter to avoid exposing his thoughts, and pretended to be angry, "This fist update is so targeted at our little IG!"
"How will we play next season?"
"You call again later!" Song Yijin said in a serious tone, "Look at the hero rework. The jungle has risen, and the mid laner has also been changed? Isn't this increasing the number of SKT?"
In addition to changes in the jungle and equipment updates, the most important thing is Riot’s rework of old heroes!
Poodle redo!
The Q skill has been changed from adding extra damage to breaststroke Q, which has a rush effect. The brutality value has been changed from 5 points to 4 points. The damage value has not increased, and the operation has become simpler;
Mantis has been reworked. After evolving its ultimate move, it will automatically become invisible for a period of time when entering the grass. Its mobility in the wild is greatly enhanced.
besides.
Riot redefines the difference between stealth and camouflage!
Disguise has a long duration, will have an exclamation mark when approaching, and will be detected by the real eye, which cannot be invisible; while invisibility has a short duration, and cannot be detected by the real eye.
The ultimate moves of Mantis and Poodle are invisible and cannot be caught by real eyes, making AD completely a plaything for the jungle.
Uzi cried loudly.
He suddenly remembered the video he had seen of a Korean female anchor being caught by a poodle and breaking her defense. All major ADs in subsequent versions would have a similar feeling!
In addition to the rework of jungle heroes.
Assassin heroes were more reworked in the middle lane. The male swordsman Carter was reworked and became the version that everyone is most familiar with in later generations. One E skill became a wall climbing, and the other became a dagger pickup.
Enchantress has been reworked, and [Male Seal] has been changed to passive, and the Q skill has become similar to the effect of the new version of Ryze's E. The clearing speed will become very fast, and the ultimate skill [Repeat] has also been changed. It became an active effect.
As a beneficiary of the old version of Enchantress, Rookie's current changes sacrifice the instantaneity of the burst and become a ruthless line-pushing machine!
Generally speaking, the changes are equivalent to weakening the assassin hero's laning ability in the middle; it has become a mode of quickly pushing the lane, roaming and interacting in the jungle.
It completely changed the pattern of the S6 World Championship and the use of the hero pool.
To put it bluntly.
Riot Games is also weakening the online ability that this year's championship team IG is best at, strengthening the confrontation between the middle and jungle, and weakening the influence of the top and jungle on the situation.
"Just don't strengthen SKT," Chu Ge said with a slumped face and sighed, "The top lane ecology has also changed, okay? This year, the heroes I'm good at are basically unplayable!"
The increased confrontation between the midfield and the jungle, and the dominance of assassin heroes, means that there will be more melee team battles, rather than playing with Diudiu monster heroes in the World Championship.
The enhancement of armor-piercing armor does not bring any improvement to the warrior and mage heroes on the road. Except for Jace, all of them have to hide in the snow.
And if the midfielder + bottom lane ADC eats resources, the top lane will not have any extra resources to feed them. If Jayce is forced to play, it will inevitably affect the resources allocated to the jungle players.
The confrontation between the midfielder and the jungler will become weaker, and the early rhythm will be directly handed over to the opponent's hands. This is absolutely unacceptable for IG who is good at attacking in the early and mid-term.
Think about it this way.
The only thing you can get on the road is the tank hero!
Its role has also changed from the carry of the S6 World Championship to a tool man of the team, taking more responsibility for injury and group start.
The three phantom heroes of Dashu, Bobby and Titan will rise again.
LPL blue-collar players are ecstatic!
After being punished by carry top laners like Chu Ge this year, they are about to have their highlight moment!
EDG epic enhancement!
The big tree finally stood up!
But in fact
Chu Ge didn't panic.
The role of the top lane has indeed changed. In the tank-dominated version, some top lane bastards in the LPL can lie down and win the game again.
But in fact, IG can completely continue their 41-point push tactics at the beginning of the summer split and once again change their way of winning games that likes to fight.
and
After the confrontation in the middle weakened, Rookie began to roam with the two junglers. Pinus, who is better at linking jungle and assistant, can completely make up for IG's disadvantage of poor vision.
41's split push will not be easily opened. Chu Ge's split push will become more stable, and the overall pressure on other LPL teams will be greater.
AD Kenan and Sword Princess also have the opportunity to return to the stage!
Hehe, I didn’t expect it, designer, my buddy is waiting for you here!
Chu Ge flipped to version 6.24 of the mobile webpage that released the update. As soon as he clicked on the first page, he saw the words "New Hero".
The numerical monster of the true god in the top lane!
Mechanical monster!
Camille, the Green Steel Shadow, has officially landed on Summoner’s Rift!
Chu Ge also knows that in the new season he must continue to expand his hero pool and put on the agenda to improve the proficiency of Qinggang Shadow and tank heroes.
certainly
It would be even better if it could trigger the system’s famous memes rewards!
Chu Ge moved his eyes to his friends beside him and decided it was you!
The hilarious little master, Ming Kaisang!
After chatting for a while, Vincent also took care of the player handover matters and led the five players into the boarding gate, preparing to take a more than ten-hour flight to the European continent.
However, this trip will still be slightly better than the global finals. The number of participants is relatively small, and Riot Games can afford the first-class ticket price.
After a journey of more than ten hours, the plane slowly landed at Anprat Airport, the second largest airport in Spain. Sitting in the first class cabin and enjoying the high-quality service, Chu Ge couldn’t help but sigh that money is such a good thing!
After the group arrived in Barcelona, Riot staff arranged for a minibus to take them to the designated hotel for check-in.
It's rare for a fist to be generous.
The players participating in the All-Star Entertainment Competition from each region were all assigned single-room suites with all the facilities. Chu Ge threw away his luggage and lay down in the bathtub to prepare for a bath.
Not to mention, it’s really comfortable to lie down in the bathtub and play with your phone!
After a while, Vincent called Chu Ge to come to the lobby and prepared to take a bus to the city of Barcelona to see the scenery and find a restaurant to eat.
Unlike the freedom in the United States, in Spain you are most worried about being tricked or stolen, and you won't have someone holding you on the waist and asking you to buy a disc on the street.
Everyone wandered around for a while, then randomly found a restaurant that seemed to be crowded and went in to find food. On Vincent's recommendation, they each ordered a plate of Spanish paella, Paella.
The price is not expensive, fresh seafood, shrimps, crabs, clams, oysters, squid. The fragrant aroma makes Chu Ge's appetite whet his appetite.
Can be taken down with a spoonful
However, Vincent explained that this rice was just like that. It was not cooked, but was deliberately made to have a chewy and elastic texture. If it were to be made into soft rice, it would be a failure.
Chu Ge didn't quite understand.
I don't have any interest in rice with this kind of taste, but the sufficient amount of fresh seafood is very good.
The five participating team members were enjoying the exotic food comfortably, feeling relatively relaxed, and chatting casually about the events they participated in this year.
Most people made fun of me.
After all, it is an entertainment competition, so who can take it seriously?
Riot has divided several major competitions into ice and fire teams, and they will be conducted according to modes such as Canyon 5v5, Solo match, Clone mode, and Blood Moon Kill.
Canyon 5v5 is based on a blind selection mode. All five members of the LPL team need to participate, and both sides choose the same hero for a duel.
It was the same mode as the original double calamity battle!
In fact, this mode similar to the main game is not attractive. On the contrary, it is the entertainment game of the Howling Abyss mode like the Solo game, which can most intuitively display the personal abilities of the players.
"I won't participate in the Solo competition!" Mingkai chewed the rice twice. He has a better tooth and likes to eat this kind of rice. "I will just sign up for the clone mode. It feels a bit interesting."
Hearing Ming Kai's words, Chu Ge's eyes widened!
I'm coming!
The famous joke he had been thinking about was right in front of him. He had to think about whether this was the only opportunity in his life to continue to make gold coins on the old guy!
We will finish writing the All-Stars tomorrow, and then we will start our new season journey with the new lineup, rushing!
(End of chapter)
