Brazil is a passionate country.
You can say ten thousand shortcomings of this place, but you can never say that the atmosphere of this place is bad.
However, Snake and the others didn't have much time to dance samba or play football.
As soon as I landed, I received invitations to training matches from various teams.
Although MSI comes here, they are all champion teams from each division.
But there are also differences between champions.
The most watched teams in the entire MSI are of course SKT, which represents the LCK division, and Snake, which had two Grand Slam players last year and dominated the LPL.
Especially in terms of training matches, Snake is even more popular than SKT, because not only MLXG realize that Chen Tianxiang is always very sensitive to the version, but teams in other regions are also gradually realizing this.
No matter what team it is, the optimal solution to the version always requires constant trial and error and exploration.
Just like the S tournament every year, comparing the heroes and BP ideas used in the group stage with the finals of the S tournament, it will feel like two different versions.
This is different from Rank, where as long as the hero's value is high, the hero can always be used.
In an ultra-high-level cooperative game like a competition, a slight deviation will affect the entire game.
For example, a certain hero is very strong, but at a certain period of time, he is not as strong as the opponent, and at this time he has to take over the team.
It's very likely that once this wave is finished, the whole game will be gone.
Therefore, finding the correct version is difficult.
But Chen Tianxiang always seems to be right.
This, of course, makes many people rush to practice training games with Snake in an attempt to find out the answer to the version.
And for everyone's warm invitation, Snake did not refuse.
As soon as I arrived in Brazil, I started a high-intensity training match.
And soon, the schedule was announced.
As always, two bo1s every day, and then double cycles within the group.
On the first day of the group stage, the opening match of the MSI group stage is G2 vs Snake.
PerkZ quickly spoke publicly: [hey! It’s this year’s handyman teaching session again! I am already preparing to receive the guidance of Mr. Handyman! 】
In addition to old acquaintances from LCK, G2 is here again.
Chen Tianxiang is also very happy to interact with Perkz.
Replied to him quickly. [OK, maybe you can make it to the make-up stage of the knockout rounds this year. I hope my teachings will be useful to you. 】
Last year, G2 was criticized a lot. The reason is that as the champion of EU, although EU fans basically did not have the extravagant hope of his ability to defeat ROX and win the championship, as the only team among the four major regions to get out of the group stage , isn’t that a bit too rude?
The most irritating thing is that they are being trampled on by the North American division. They do NA>EU every day, which makes the EU audience's blood pressure go crazy.
However, the B team in G2 are optimistic. Not only are they here again this year, but they are also interacting on Twitter as always.
Perkz immediately responded to him, [Perhaps, it is better to be better than a master. 】
"When playing G2, you can't be careless. You must not."
Chen Tianxiang warned his teammates.
This year's G2 is really not weak. If Chen Tianxiang remembers correctly, in the original time and space, G2 successfully reached the runner-up of MSI this year.
And it wasn’t just soft bones that they were chewing on in the semifinals. G2 sent WE home 3:1.
Therefore, in Chen Tianxiang's previous life, G2 was the first team to overthrow the LPL in bo5, but it was not the classic fall of the gods later.
Instead, WE went to the beach to surf before the game, completely ignoring G2 and clamoring to give G2 a holiday.
In addition, in this year's Vietnam Division, a jungler named Levi also participated in an international competition for the first time, and in the first round of the MSI group stage, he used Kha'Zix to kill WE's Condi.
In other words, the first LPL team to be captured by the Vietnamese captain was actually WE.
It's just that these things that happened before the first year have been gradually thrown into the dust by everyone.
Chen Tianxiang said that nothing could be done to make Snake become the Vietnamese fermented bean curd and the clown who was put on leave by G2. This is why he played high-intensity training matches as soon as he arrived in Brazil.
"OK, OK." Everyone at Snake nodded in response.
"They did play well in training matches, but they made a lot of mistakes, but they still seemed to work." Flandre scratched his head, always feeling that G2 gave people a wonderful feeling.
SKT is as strong as it should be. Their laning, operations, and team battle layout are all very detailed.
But G2, in terms of laning, operations, and team battles, sometimes looks full of flaws and rough, but sometimes it is very effective.
It feels a bit like beating the old master to death with random punches.
"Everyone, let's work hard together. We are fighting on behalf of the division now. Only if we win will the development of the division get better and our future will be better."
Chen Tianxiang didn't say anything about his sense of responsibility to fight for the division, he just stated the facts.
The development of the competition area is really linked to the performance of the team, which is why after the first year, player wages began to increase explosively.
If you want to make more money, you have to achieve results.
The shame WE left at MSI on behalf of LPL in 2017 will never happen again.
Because Chen Tianxiang is here.
And Chen Tianxiang wants more.
What he wants is that many years from now, when the audience mentions the first year of LPL, it will no longer be 2018, but 2017 this year.
The first year of the LPL will be the year Handyman becomes an LPL player.
Just after Chen Tianxiang's mind relaxed for a moment.
"Your skin is coming out, Tianxiang." Flandre said excitedly.
Usually during MSI, last year’s champion skin also begins to use the popularity of MSI to start marketing and hype.
Yesterday, Riot Games officially announced the original painting of the new skin.
The original skin painting of ROX Tiggers.
The overall skin color scheme is black and white, following the inspiration from the previous Tigers' black and white uniforms.
Smeb chose Rambo, who has the highest winning rate, Peanut was the spider that was banned, Kuro was Victor, and Ashe and Zyra were in the bottom lane.
And Chen Tianxiang is Thain.
"No, why didn't you choose Jace?" Flandre asked.
No one expected that Chen Tianxiang's skin choice was not Jace or Lucian, who represents the hero he represents, but Thain, who initially started to quarrel with Ambition because of this hero.
"This is the hero I played in my first official game." Chen Tianxiang responded decisively.
In fact, Thain is not an unpopular hero. Especially driven by Chen Tianxiang's vulgar style, Thain's appearance rate in ranked games is unexpectedly high.
This hero is easy to use and has some unique representative meanings.
Therefore, Chen Tianxiang didn't think there was anything unreasonable.
"No, you can't get along with money, right? Choose Jace!" Zhu Kai felt that he had to choose the popular skin.
Champion Skin can understand by looking at the prize pool of last year's S competition. The original prize pool was only 2.13 million US dollars, but after adding the sales of Champion's Hidden skin, it climbed to 5.17 million US dollars.
In other words, the global sales of Champion's Hidden skin are as high as 3.04 million US dollars.
The share of the champion skin will be distributed to the clubs and players after deducting the cost. It may not sound like much, but in fact, the shares that can be obtained are at least several million.
If you choose a popular one like Jace, you might be able to get it worth tens of millions.
"No, I chose Jace last year, so what will I choose this year?" Chen Tianxiang responded as expected, leaving everyone stunned.
If they win the championship, it will be the first LPL championship, or the championship won in the Bird's Nest. If they choose Jayce at this time, the sales volume will explode as much as possible.
"Forehead"
Snake and others were stunned, unable to find a reason to refute.
This championship that the LPL has never had before seems to be a matter of course.
"Then if I win the championship this year, I can choose Qinggangying." Flandre immediately began to fantasize about his own skin.
"But, don't the skins have to be heroes that have been used in the competition?" Ming asked a very critical question, "I don't know what heroes can be used in the S game then?"
It was obvious that compared to everyone's talk, he was really thinking seriously.
"It's okay, it's not like you can only choose once." Chen Tianxiang waved his hand calmly.
Anyway, the hero Jace has room to appear in every S game. As for why he doesn’t have a skin yet, it’s quite strange.
"Ah, I, I, want to choose Leopard Girl!" Peanut probably understood their conversation and said excitedly.
"Before the game, it's unlucky to choose a skin. It's unlucky. Don't talk about it." Only the always arrogant IMP suddenly waved his hand and asked everyone to stop the topic.
This reminded him of some bad memories, about a certain Tang Sect midlaner who chose a skin before the game.
Everyone laughed heartily.
And various forums have started crazy discussions about the skin.
[No, everyone chooses something. Rambo, Spider, and Victor, at first glance, they all have a caryy impression. This B chooses Thain to die. 】
[It’s unbelievable, this is the championship skin of a Grand Slam mid laner, it doesn’t have the soul of the mid laner! 】
[No, let me ask you, aside from KDA and beastly gameplay, does his Thain have a 100% winning rate? 】
[Okay, I support it anyway. From now on, when I play Thain, I don’t need to type and say it was taught by Chen Tianxiang. I have the same skin, and everyone will understand what I am. 】
[Newborn, he still thinks there aren’t enough hazaans in the canyon, right? This game cannot be played for a day unless he gives LPL the entire MSI first. 】
[Well, rather than this, I would like to know what Ambition thought when he saw this Thane skin. 】
At this time, everyone suddenly recalled that ambition and Chen Tianxiang had a fight in the Summoner's Rift because of Thain.
At that time, I saw Thain going to the opposite jungle to fight back and die.
Ambition probably never thought that he would be eliminated by this Thain in the S game, let alone that one day he would see the original painting of this Thain's champion skin on the game client.
[Chen Tianxiang, this guy is so small-minded, he really wants to remember it, right? 】
[Chen Tianxiang is like this, but there is one thing to say, there is a pure joy in playing Thain. 】
[Haha, mid laner Thain is a pure freshman, except for the one I play. You don’t think I don’t play Thain, right? 】
When the outside world was discussing Chen Tianxiang's upcoming championship skin, Chen Tianxiang also realized a serious problem.
This time the skin will be officially launched after MSI. The reason is because ROX's top, middle and junglers are all playing MSI, and the promotion of the champion skin will not be done until they finish the game.
But doing so may result in skin sales being affected if they lose the game.
On the contrary, if your performance is exaggerated, it can also increase the sales of your skin.
In the final analysis, for e-sports players, the biggest impact on income is results and performance.
"I have to play better! Ah P, don't blame me. After all, Master Yan has great skills."
Chen Tianxiang watched the first opening game and decided to give perkz a tough lesson.
"Welcome, Snake!!"
At the call of the host, a Brazilian beauty with a very hot body and creations.
Everyone from Snake took the stage in order.
Following the introductions, amazing cheers erupted from below.
Originally, according to convention, the opening match of the first group stage was supposed to be played by the host country.
Last year in Shanghai, it was the first opening game of the LPL.
It's just that the old Brazilian brothers are first-class at playing football, but in terms of LOL, it is a pity that they failed to advance to the group stage.
However, even though the team in their own division has long been gone, the Brazilian audience is still calling with enthusiasm.
Perhaps, it is precisely because there are no teams from their own division on the field, so no matter what, there are always people cheering loudly.
"Wow, Brazil~it's not bad~" Peaunt listened to the enthusiastic cheers and smiled brightly. "It's rare to hear such a level of cheering when playing away games."
"Because they are very pure, right? They don't have a clear stand. Will there be a lot of pressure? If the audience cheers all the time?"
Zhu Kai held up his notebook and asked while listening to the noisy audience's shouts.
"Of course not, I've heard a lot of boos at home." Peanut smiled and talked about the scene when Chen Tianxiang played against SSG for the first time.
"Really, Brother Tianxiang?"
"But I turned them into a library." Chen Tianxiang waved his hand.
"Well, I actually don't like the atmosphere in the library. When I played RNG in Shanghai last year, there was no enthusiasm at all." Peanut rubbed his hands.
Last year at MSI, ROX dominated RNG throughout the entire process. From the early to late stages, from the first to the third round, there was no time to cheer for LPL fans.
Having said this, several other people smiled awkwardly.
Because it’s RNG like that, and we play according to them in the league.
"Speaking of which, I'm representing the LPL this year~" Peanut smiled. "Destroy the LCK!"
Everyone also laughed.
Fortunately, this year peanut and handyman are not LCK players, but represent the lpl.
Indeed, if you can’t beat it, why can’t you buy it? When I short-sell you the LCK, my LPL won’t be able to become the first division?
"You are confused, today we are playing LCS." Chen Tianxiang reminded.
"Sorry, I can't wait. I really want to beat Brother Smeb! There's no sense of accomplishment in beating G2!" Peanut grinned. It's hard to imagine that he could make such an aggressive statement from such an innocent smile.
"Don't underestimate the enemy and enjoy the game."
Chen Tianxiang waved his hand, and soon the two sides entered the BP session.
On the first floor of the blue square, Snake directly revealed the Enchantress.
This hero has been cut down many times, but is still considered a strong hero.
And a bright smile appeared on the corner of perkz's mouth.
He has studied the LPL playoffs in detail.
How to counter the enchantress?
He has learned this lesson!
So I decisively selected the OP hero that Chen Tianxiang used to counter Xi Ye Yao Ji.
Galio.
"You taught me this, Teacher Handyman. I took online classes in advance." Ah P showed a bright smile.
(End of chapter)
