After the LSPL finals ended, Lin Yan and his teammates sat in the base every day to watch the tigers fight.
On the second day after the finals, the promotion tournament officially began.
The LSPL third place team MF was eliminated by the EPA. The young Zoom could only stay dormant for the time being, waiting for a chance to shine.
The runner-up team EDE fought HYG for four rounds and won. This summer, they would meet YM again in the LPL.
"Looks like our YM is quite strong," Xiao Tian said after watching the two BO5 matches from his seat.
"What do you mean?" Lin Yan did not understand.
"EDE beat HYG 3: 1. Including the regular season, our record against EDE is 5: 0." Xiao Tian counted with his fingers for Lin Yan. "So our winning ratio against HYG should be 8: 1."
"Not many teams in the LPL can do that, right?" Xiao Tian's analysis was reasonable.
"You're Hua Luogeng?"
Lin Yan was shocked. "Our team doesn't need to hire a data analyst anymore. I think you can work two jobs for two salaries."
Xiao Ming, who was next to him, laughed like crazy. Lin Yan's words had hit the nail on the head.
After four months together, Lin Yan finally understood the habits of his other three teammates.
Ning defined himself as a talented player. Every day, after the training competition, he only played five rounds of ranking. He did not necessarily play the AD position. He practiced both jungler and top laner. His schedule was the opposite of Lin Yan's. His endocrine imbalance caused his skin to be less than ideal.
Jin Gong, on the other hand, was a training maniac. As long as there was no training competition, he would play ranked to maintain his rhythm.
After the finals yesterday, they went out to eat to celebrate. When Jin Gong came back, he played seven rounds of ranking before going to bed. This morning, he started high-intensity training again. He only went to the kitchen to reheat the leftovers from lunch when the competition started. Then, he held the bowl and watched the competition.
Lin Yan liked Jin Gong's attitude towards training. If only he could control his emotions. Every day, Lin Yan could hear Jin Gong's hysterical voice from two rooms away.
As for Ming?
Usually, he only knew how to giggle. However, the two Onmyojis, Lin Yan and Xiao Tian, felt that the word "giggle" was strange.
A week later, the LPL Spring Competition officially ended.
In the semi-finals, the one-minute BO5 event shocked the LOL circle... QG's mid laner, DOINB and his teammates cut all ties with each other... which directly led to QG not having a mid laner.
In addition, DADE, who was urgently transferred from Korea, did not report in advance. As a result, QG did not have enough players and could only forfeit. EDG was guaranteed to enter the finals.
In the finals of the Spring Competition, RNG defeated EDG 3: 1 and won the MSI (Mid-Season Invitational). This was also the first league championship in RNG's history.
Mata and Looper, the two champions of the S League, were experienced. They escorted this young team. They were driven but did not lose their operational wisdom. The lineup was very healthy.
Chubby rented a new base on Lingshi Road and became neighbors with EDG. At the beginning of May, Lin Yan and his teammates moved into the new house. At the same time, YM officially completed their LPL registration.
The five of them did not choose to change their IDs. Lin Yan and the others' contract salary also increased by a lot.
300,000 yuan a year. Lin Yan was quite satisfied with this contract. The live streaming contract was still in his hands. Together with the profits from the alliance's advertising and the competition's prize money, he could still earn quite a lot.
During this period, Lin Mingdong came back from a business trip in America. The father and son still did not have much to talk about. After dinner, Lin Mingdong gave him a few reminders that Lin Yan could memorize. After that, he took the high-speed train back to Suzhou.
On May 4th, the MSI began. After half a year, the LPL once again embarked on the road to redemption.
This year's MSI was held at the Shanghai Dongfang Sports Center. Chubby used his connections to get ten front row tickets and brought YM to experience the atmosphere.
There were tens of thousands of people in the stadium. The noise blocked their ears. They sat in the front row. Nearby, there were many fans of the teams holding their team's flags and cheering for their home team.
What greeted their eyes were mostly the yellow and black flags of RNG and the yellow and red flags of SKT. One was the local LPL champion team, the other was the two-time winner of the S League trophy. Naturally, their popularity was the highest.
The afternoon breeze blew gently. The lights in the stadium dimmed. The audience quieted down, leaving the stage for the performers of the opening ceremony.
Dancers in white held brushes in their hands and splashed ink. When the tip of the brush touched the ground, a very oriental ink wind mark spread out in the middle of the stage. The floor screen technology was undoubtedly on display.
(Remember the words "First blood", "Lil 'Dino", "Baron Nash", and other words that appeared on the stage that year? That was the floor screen technology.)
"Cool," Xiao Tian mumbled. His tone was a little envious and longing.
In the silent stadium, Lin Yan heard the words of his teammate beside him.
"One day, we will also stand on a stage like this," he said. Just like Xiao Tian, when he saw the champion teams from the six major divisions take the stage.
The opening match was between the host team, RNG, and the North American team, CLG.
CLG went against the norm. The mid laner, HuHi, brought out the Dragon King against Xiaohu's Little Temptress. However, according to the live commentator, the Starcaster Dragon King was HuHi's ultimate hero, comparable to the Little Temptress to Faker.
Two minutes into the match, Lin Yan did not find anything special about the Dragon King.
Level 1 was knocked out by Xiao Hu and Tsar. After two rounds, he went home with low health. At this time, he was only level 2. At home, he could only heal his Eye of the Truth and eat biscuits. He could not even afford straw sandals.
"That's all you've got?" Ning mocked mercilessly. "I'm really good at this."
After two more rounds, Dragon King went home again. This time, he bought the Doran Ring to replenish his health. Lin Yan was dumbfounded.
If you wanted to buy the Doran Ring from the start, why did Level 1 have to force the line?
If you pushed the line, you would be crippled and unable to provide support. Going home for nothing, you would lose two soldiers' EXP. You would also make the jungler Nanqiang not dare to enter the Spicy Saucepan jungle.
Level 1's EXP was equivalent to crippling Dragon King's best roaming period. When Tsar's ability to clear troops was up, Dragon King would be locked in the middle lane and unable to move.
However, HuHi's Odama Rasengan was good. Her E [Overflowing Star Flow] and Q [Galactic Rush] filled the entire screen. It split RNG's formation several times, and the situation was in a deadlock.
However, CLG's Policewoman immediately made a move. She was too aggressive at the bottom lane's second tower and attracted the aggro of the defense tower. The experienced Mata flashed WQ's second combo and killed the AD in an instant.
After the rhythm stabilized, CLG's top laner Big Tree did not want to be left behind. He also handed in his application to join the Party. The American Big Tree forcibly played an Asian tie. He wanted to solo RNG's five generals.
RNG kindly accepted the Big Tree's kill. Bull's Head Bobby forcefully opened up CLG and took down the opposing team in a wave of 0 for 5.
After watching the whole game, Lin Yan felt that he needed to re-establish his understanding of the top professional league.