LOL: This man is too persuasive!

Chapter 276 I would rather love my hometown with a pinch of soil than love a foreign country with ten thousand taels of gold (6K)

When Yu Wenbo, the money-giving bucket boy, was ordered by Theshy's Lucian on the top lane, his scalp went numb and he even wanted to retching for a while, while the EDG team was happily having an offline dinner.

Hot pot is a delicacy that can never be avoided in Sichuan and Chongqing, but due to the cold weather in these months, EDG Club arranges two to three meals a week.

No matter how good the food is, if you eat too much, it will not be as amazing as when you first met, so this dinner was led by the host Snake Club. After arranging buses to take the fans to University Town, Jiangbei, and Jiefangbei to clear the venues, the two teams More than a dozen team members took two buses to eat Shancheng firewood turkey.

Firewood turkey is a delicacy of Yunnan Province, but its preparation method combines the characteristics of Sichuan cuisine and hot pot.

Jiang Zhun really wants to give 99 likes to Snake Club’s arrangements.

"Director, I am your fan!"

"Hey, Brother Zhun, I'm your fan too!"

"K God, Xiang Guo, Sister Control, Holy Gun Brother, I am also your fan!"

"I have been fans of you for many years!"

More than a dozen players from the two teams and their coaches poured into the store, alarming the owner of Shancheng Chaitu.

The boss was only 27 years old. When he discovered that the people who came to dine were actually EDG and Snake, his little face, which was originally reddish from the air conditioner, almost burst into laughter like an autumn pomegranate, and he was enthusiastically embraced.

Everyone smiled back, and Snake manager Zuo Wu said:

"Appointment for six o'clock today."

"Oh, I'll take you away."

The boss directly transforms into a waiter.

Jiang Zhinan looked puzzled.

Before time travel, a retired professional player once told in the live broadcast room that he was recognized by a burly passerby on the road. The man claimed to be his fan and took a photo with him. However, within a few days, the professional player I saw a user posted that photo on Tieba.

And the accompanying text: "An offline solo kill (the professional player's black name), (same as above) was so scared that he cowered and was afraid that his brothers would beat him and he could only force a smile."

Coincidentally, a certain anchor named Park also encountered a similar thing.

According to this boss, if he is both a fan of the factory director and a fan of Xiangguo, then he must have been an audience before the first year of S7LPL e-sports.

Before S7, Xiang Guo was still in RNG.
Emm
The ingredients are a bit complicated and difficult to evaluate.

……

"We choose Guizhou pheasants. Each one weighs five or six pounds. It is more reasonable for five or six people to sit at a table."

Although Shancheng Firewood Turkey is a restaurant, it is actually located on the saddle where two hills are connected. It covers a large area and is similar to a manor.

The dining area is semi-open air.

Because there was a shield built at the wind outlet, there was a bonfire around the dining table, and the hotel's own boiler heated the room, no one felt cold even though it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Zuo Wu and the factory director were ordering food.

Others were chatting while rubbing hands and waiting for food.

Brother Crystal: "Lao Jiang, how could you do this! Li Xuanjun is only a 233-month-old child, and you are almost going to make him autistic with these two blows!"

Holy Spear Brother: "(_|||)"

Brother Crystal: "Hey, hey, you were the one who complained when you were playing Captain for the second time and only fired 9 shots at Victor for 2 minutes and didn't steal anything. You might as well have brought [Unsealing Secrets]! No denial allowed. ha!"

The latter thought for a while and said: "Although I haven't triggered the Stealing Omen a few times, it's better than you just running to the second tower to line up in the first 3 minutes, right!?"

heard,

Brother Crystal immediately became anxious: "The opponent's jungler is at level [-], why don't you retreat to the second tower and wait to die? You chose this bad lineup in the second game."

The thief looked back to make sure that the team coach Zhu Kai, who was using hives to avoid eating poultry, especially chicken, was not behind him, and then he carefully said softly: "I thought the coach was fake!"

"No one is allowed to use VN to fight against Verus!"

VN has short hands and extremely weak early wave clearing ability.

Verus has a range of 575 yards, and QE is also a Poke range skill. Brother Crystal has been very uncomfortable online from the beginning.

In addition, EDG had already designed a routine for the jungler to catch three groups of wild monsters, so Brother Crystal had to leave the first tower when he first reached level 2, and watched the old thief Sima and his sister speed control the lane to attack a large wave of enemies. The soldiers were sent into the defense tower and burned to death in vain.

"Just tell me if there is a match between the two towers, right?" Brother Shengqiang smiled and showed two big white teeth. He glanced at the angry classmate Little K, then turned to Jiang Zhun and said:
"Brother, I feel like we can dig a lot deeper in the new season version. Can you point me in the direction? When we played in the German Cup, our tactics were exposed too much. Even FPX was riding on our necks a few days ago. I I really don’t want to wear the mask of pain in the lane anymore.”

Online, EDG and RNG are like life-and-death enemies. Fans of the two teams once yelled at each other, and RNG fans even joined forces with WE fans to hold a pig-killing convention.

When many professional players are broadcasting live, as long as they reveal something a little bit, it will arouse endless associations among netizens.

But in fact, the relationship between professional players is actually very simple.

Generally speaking, players who have known each other before or played for the same team have a relatively good relationship.

If players belong to two different teams and only communicate on the court, then their relationship is like two students in the same grade or major at school who do not know each other.

I know you, but I don’t know what kind of person you are. You are a familiar stranger.

Brother Crystal has been playing games for so many years. Although he has not reached the level of "league social butterfly" Shi Senming who can sit in almost every team base, he has more or less contact with other team players in private.

Not to mention Li Xuanjun, who was tortured by the sound of EDG's morning workout on Lingshi Road not long ago.

Although Jiang Zhun was a bit heavy-handed in today's game, everyone's relationship is strong.

Therefore, Zuo Wu specially asked Brother Crystal and Brother Shengqiang to sit at the same table as Jiang Zhun, Meicong, and Spicy Hotpot during the dinner party between the two teams. He hoped that the two teams could communicate with each other and discuss more versions.

Scout, Lao Thief, Jiejie, Missing, and Gala sit at the same table.

The factory director was while Zuo Wu and other Snake team management were with the team members.

"If you want to dig deeper into the version this season, you still have to start with the new version of runes."

As soon as Jiang Zhun opened his mouth, the boss came over with a large plate of yellow and moist meat.

The hot girl waiter from Shancheng who followed behind him was holding a huge iron square plate with bowls filled with various condiments: pepper, ginger, onion, and chili pepper.
Shancheng firewood turkey is freshly fried.

Several people stood up one after another, made room for the service staff, and then stood and watched while continuing the topic.

Jiang Zhun: "Resolute, Dominant, Sorcery, Precision, and Enlightenment. The new version of the rune system has five series. Each series has three cornerstone runes and a number of small runes. The matching forms are too diverse and complicated, and the hero There are now 139 heroes in the league!"

"Heroes such as Captain and Ezreal had actually disappeared from the professional arena for some time before the rune system was updated."

"But now, because of the cornerstone rune [Omen of Stealing], they have gone from being ignored to being a must-have!"

"To be honest, this is totally because [Omen of Stealing] is a bit super compared to other cornerstone runes."

"So my suggestion is to start with relatively strong runes such as enlightenment and precision runes, and look for heroes that match their cornerstone runes. With the clever combination of runes and heroes, you can completely reduce or even eliminate the gap between opposing players. disparity in strength.”

The holy spear and crystal nodded.

In every version, there are always some supermodel things.

Before it was a hero, now it's a cornerstone rune.

It is indeed a good point to start from the cornerstone runes of the super model to find heroes that adapt to it, and then bridge the gap between the weak players of the team and other teams.

Although this may make the heroes chosen by the weak side players inconsistent with the lineup, it can at least ensure that the team's several branches will not be at a disadvantage during the laning period.

This is really an excellent suggestion for the Snakes team, which has been suffering from not having a top-notch mid laner.

Of course, Jiang Zhun just opened a way for the two of them, and did not point out what other heroes and what runes could produce a wonderful chemical reaction to generate a version of the answer.

After all, there is still a competitive relationship between teams, and Snake and EDG both belong to the Western Conference.

If Snake wants to become stronger, he still has to rely on himself.

"Emm, you can actually pay more attention to the Rnak of other segments and the forums of each hero."

On the side, the oil in the pot has been heated up, and the chef pours in ginger slices, pheasant chicken, and white wine in sequence. The spicy and spicy flavor penetrates Jiang Zhun's nose. Considering that this meal is Snake's treat, Jiang Zhun I made a few more suggestions:
"In fact, many unpopular heroes can produce unexpected effects by finding the cornerstone runes correctly and then developing a set of equipment and play styles unique to them."

"On the field, we have to cater to the mainstream, but we also have to have something of our own."

“There are so many runes and heroes, every team is likely to come up with a trump card during the Spring Festival holiday.”

"You can definitely spend more time researching it."

"For example, I used Victor in the second game. This was a hero that I played behind the captain. If others want to choose the captain first in the banpick in the future, they will need to spend an extra switch on Victor."

"Anyway, it's a sure profit."

Brother Crystal and Brother Shengqian were convinced of listening to Brother Quan's advice.

They knew how the Ting Quan brother in front of them had transformed and evolved step by step to reach his current strength.

It seems that we have to work overtime during the Spring Festival holiday!
……

"As time goes by, the mountains are far away and the roads are far away. My younger brother can drink this wine: I would rather love a piece of soil in my hometown than a thousand taels of gold in a foreign land."

Compared to the other two tables where the conversation was lively, the table where Scout was sitting was full of EDG players, but the atmosphere was a bit cold.

It's no wonder that Sima Laothi, gala, and jiejie are all boring types and don't like to initiate topics.

Missing, on the other hand, was so hungry that she didn't have the energy to speak. She was lying on the table and watching the countdown of the stopwatch on her phone.

According to the boss, the wood-fired turkey needs to be simmered for another ten to 15 minutes before it can be eaten.

"If you put soil into the wine, will the wine still be drinkable?"

Watching Journey to the West played on his mobile phone, Scout was very confused about Tang Taizong's operation, so he asked Zhao Lijie specifically.

"Well, Monk Tang has a long way to go to the West to get scriptures. Emperor Taizong put the soil into the wine glass, just to make Monk Tang remember to get the scriptures and return to the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, the soil represents the meaning of his hometown!"

"I don't really want him to drink it."

Even though he has received nine years of compulsory education and is much more educated than a professional player who graduated from a kindergarten, Jiejie's expressive ability has declined due to playing games all day long.

But at least I can explain this allusion to Scout clearly.

"Oh!"

"I thought drinking wine sprinkled with soil from my hometown would give Monk Tang some magical power!"

Scout suddenly understood, and then fell into deep thought.

'I would rather love a piece of soil in my hometown than a thousand taels of gold in a foreign land' repeatedly circulated in his ears through Bluetooth headphones.

After a long time, he slid his finger and looked at the next short video.

Another historical allusion from ancient China, it is the story of an 'Aju'ma' who tattooed her son's back.

"10 minutes are up!" Missing looked at the countdown on her phone and stood up straight. Then she opened the wooden lid on the pot in the surprised eyes of the waiter.

"Xiao Lou, ten to fifteen minutes is just an approximate time to eat. It doesn't mean that you can eat after ten minutes." Zuo Wu from another table said with a smile: "Looking at you, you must be starving. You first use chopsticks to poke the chicken in the pot to see if it is cooked. If it is not cooked, you can dip it in the juice and eat corn cakes."

"All right."

Smelling the noise emanating from the pot and hearing her stomach growl, Missing picked up one of the golden corn cakes that covered the edge of the iron pot with some disappointment, and then put it into the thick soup made of wood-fired turkey and spices. Dip it hard, then put it to your mouth and blow on it.

In the mouth, the rich soup and the unique sweet aroma of corn cake echo, coupled with the soft texture, Missing's eyes lit up!
"This is so good!"

"You guys should eat too. The chicken will be almost done after you finish it."

Seeing Missing's expression of enjoyment, several people at the same table immediately picked up their chopsticks.

Scout is also a little hungry.

He put down his cell phone and followed suit, dipping a corn cake into the soup in the pot, then adding some of the hotel's free 'Meishan pickles', and put it into his mouth.

Really delicious!

However, Meishan kimchi is more delicious than corn cake.

While Scout was chewing, he began to compare the differences between Meishan kimchi and Korean kimchi (Shandong kimchi) in his mind.

After adding n qualifiers, Scout came to the conclusion that Korean kimchi is more suitable for the physique of the citizens of Space Kingdom.

……

The LPL schedule before the Spring Festival is based on having games six days a week, with two games a day.

Therefore, at the beginning of the Spring Festival holiday, the six teams with high traffic, such as EDG and RNG, actually played one less game than other teams.

These games were also scheduled by LPL officials during the days when LPL restarted after the Spring Festival holiday. The main purpose was to quickly fill up the audience.

Therefore, compared to other clubs, the EDG club starts and closes the Spring Festival holiday earlier.

The second day after Shancheng returned to the Magic City.

Jiang Zhun got up early as usual.

Although the game ended on the 21st, EDG's Spring Festival holiday only started on the 25th.

This is to prepare for the resumption of LPL after the Spring Festival.

For the sake of fairness, the three games of the six teams on the first day of the tournament will still use version 8.1. The league will not update the game version until the end of the third week.

Compared with those clubs that played three games, EDG still has to study the 22 version in depth between the 25nd and the 8.1th, rather than immediately switching to adapt to the new version.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

LPL officials gave the first match day after the Spring Festival to stronger clubs such as EDG, and these clubs gained traffic.

The other weaker teams will have to wait until at least the 26th when the game ends. They are quite happy to not waste time on the old version.

All in all, LPL’s seemingly strange arrangement this time is not due to a brainless operation.

"Scout hasn't gotten up yet?"

There is no holiday, so morning exercises are still the same.

Looking at the team members standing in front rubbing their sleepy eyes, Jiang Zhun found that one member of the team members was missing.

"he's returned home."

A team member in the dormitory opposite Scout who had a hair like a bird's nest said feebly: "When I woke up to hold in my urine and went to the toilet today, I found him leaving with his suitcase, so I asked him if he had a morning flight."

"Today? I remember saying it was the 23rd before."

When Jiang Zhun rubbed his head and thought about it, his phone vibrated.

It’s a message from Sister Bu:

[Scout said he was homesick last night and couldn't sleep, so he changed his flight ticket this morning and asked me for leave in advance to go home. I just saw it. 】

[For the training match scheduled tonight, let’s find the mid laner of the second team. Remember to talk to Ming Kai]

[This little kid Rucan really doesn’t let the heat worry him. 】

Since he asked Jie Bu for leave, Jiang Zhun didn't ask any more questions.

After leading a few people through warm-up exercises, the three-kilometer jog began.

……

February 2018, 2, the 14th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Suitable for: seeking an heir, praying for blessings

Taboo: breaking ground and consecrating lights

This day is Valentine's Day, and Jiang Zhun has no one to accompany him.

He lay on the car seat and fell asleep.

Some time ago, after the EDG club had a holiday, he did not leave directly. Instead, he stayed with the factory director to discuss the version, study the playing styles of several strong teams in the East, and watch the game videos of the LCK division next door.

It's a new season and a new lineup. Although they have been familiar with each other for a long time, there is no problem for this EDG to dominate the Western Division with its overall strength after the exchange of new players.

But from the perspective of the Eastern Conference, where strong teams gather, even the top three may not be possible.

RNG, IG, RA, from an objective point of view, if the current EDG plays BO3 with these three teams, EDG's winning rate can only be between 40.00% and 60.00%.

Therefore,
Jiang Zhun and the factory director have been exploring the version during the days after the holiday, trying to quickly find the most suitable play style for the upcoming game.

This process is really tiring.

Many problems were also difficult to solve. From time to time, the two asked Analyst Fan who was home on vacation for help and asked him to work overtime to help.

……

February 2th, New Year’s Eve.

A small village in the southwest.

As the prelude to the song "Tonight I Forget" played on the TV, fireworks began to decorate the night.

This year's fireworks are louder, more numerous, denser and longer than in previous years.

The colors are even more gorgeous.

On the empty ground in front of a certain house, two figures, one large and one small, were sitting on stools, watching the flowers bloom and fade.

"How many days do you plan to stay at home?"

"I will leave on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. This year's competition schedule is a bit tight, and I will go to Xi'an on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."

"The fifth day of the Lunar New Year? It's really early."

The old man touched his white beard and said, "Can you win? If there are difficulties, you can actually advance."

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult. The Western Division, well, it's our division. Our team is the strongest!"

"That's good. Although I don't understand which team is strong and which team is weak, I can still understand the winning and losing of the game! What time will the game be played on the eighth day of the lunar month? I will watch it."

"Seven o'clock in the evening, prime time!"

"Hey! I want to watch "Xinwen Lianbo" at seven o'clock."

"..."

The old man and the young man chatted until after two o'clock, and the night sky had long since lost the light of the fireworks and returned to darkness.

Jiang Zhun helped the village chief's grandfather into the house and turned around to close the door.

A gust of cool breeze blew by, dispersing the smell of sulfur in the air, and the moon covered by dark clouds in the sky once again showed its brightness.

Well, single Jiang Zhun sleeps in a room alone.

……

"Scout won't arrive until tomorrow, so let's talk about version 8.2 today."

"Well, pay attention to the key points of today's summary and send a copy to Scout. Why did you buy the wrong plane ticket at the wrong time?"

The factory manager in a windbreaker frowned.

The Spring Festival holiday is over, and everyone in EDG has returned to the club on Lingshi Road.

New year and a new look.

Although the separation was not very long, everyone's life has changed.

Among them, the biggest change is the spicy hot pot.

Due to his high hairline, his hairstyle has always been a bit too slovenly, giving people a very sloppy look.

Jiang Zhun once gave him a suggestion to let him grow a short haircut, but the moment the spicy pot lifted his hair, Jiang Zhun felt that his suggestion was a "malicious suggestion" and said sorry.

The sister kong suggested that Mala Xiangguo could have a middle parting, but after Mala Xiangguo parted her hair, the sister kong imitated Jiang Zhun's tone and movements and apologized to Mala Xiangguo.

In this regard, Mala Xiangguo expressed that he was very hurt. With morning exercises every morning, his complexion gradually improved. In addition, he was about to go home for the Chinese New Year, and he also wanted to change his image.

According to the regulations of the EDG club, players can perm but cannot dye their hair.

After repeatedly confirming with Abu, Mala Xiangguo went to the barber shop alone to get a perm on the day of his holiday years ago.

As for what it looks like after perming
Because when he returned to the club that night, he was wearing a hat and went directly to his room, so no one knew about it.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

Inadvertently scanning the spicy hot pot, the director's face instantly became distorted because of Scout's failure to return to the club on time, and then he choked on his trachea due to suppressing his laughter, causing him to cough repeatedly.

"Ahem, cough, cough, eight, eight point two version"

"[Theft Omen] The probability of stealing items will be reduced, and the basic damage of Ezreal's Q skill will also be reduced."

"For our team, hahaha, it's actually not that big."

The factory director's face gradually turned red because he was holding back his laughter, while the spicy hot pot sitting in front of him turned red because he was holding back his laughter.

He touched his afro, and then said helplessly: "Let me go back upstairs to get a hat to wear."

(End of this chapter)