Chapter 402: Preparing to Return to the Team
"Hello everyone, this is OGN TV... Due to the poor performance in the new season, SKT fans rented two trucks and parked them on the road diagonally opposite the SKT base to express their dissatisfaction."

There was no strange emotion in the reporter's tone when he reported the news.

The camera turned.

In the released video.

A group of people wearing SKT team uniforms gathered around the truck, allowing passers-by to take pictures with their mobile phones and shouting a slogan or two from time to time.

at the same time.

Because the word "truck" can easily trigger the audience's imagination.

Thanks to the presence of Korean students at the scene, the anti-corruption bar also started the onlooker mode.

suddenly.

The electronic screen on the truck caught Qin Hao's attention.

With the help of international students and Youdao translation.

There are roughly three sentences written on it.

2012. SKT (2017-), a great e-sports club and entertainment company;
Second: Why sign a coaching staff that has not been tested in actual combat;
3: Has Blank ever blocked a nuclear bomb for management?

have to say.

The direction given by fans is very clear.

The reason why their defense was broken is that they made too many outrageous moves during the past two years.

The loss to the Airplane Team was just the last straw that broke the bridge of trust.

Although the loss was ugly, it was not unacceptable, after all, it was just a regular season. The most difficult thing here is that the management's commitment is the same as shi.

After winning the championship in 15, they said they would let SKT go global and become a "century-old club."

So what have you been doing in the past two years?

At the end of 16, Bengi and Duke left, and Huni and Peanut were hired. At the end of 17, Kouma and Peanut left, and T Huang and Effort were promoted...

and so.

Is this what makes SKT great?

After two consecutive runner-ups, the investment has become less and less, and the configuration for the new season has become a double C with three newcomers.

You have to know that no matter how bad Huni is, he has dealt 8 damage with Rumble. Even if Peanut is better, he can at least carry the league.

No matter what.

In the 17 playoffs, they won three games in a row and fought hard as the second seed to defeat RNG and WE, preventing the Bird's Nest from becoming an LPL civil war.

With this record, how can S8 replicate it?

Relying on Effort's ability to start team fights, or relying on the two emperors rotating in the top lane... You can't expect Wolf to switch to jungle and live a second life.

Erlian Ya didn’t rent a truck, why rent a truck for the new season.

It's the management's fault.

When reviewing the failure, Meng Meng gave fans confidence.

This includes but is not limited to the heavy praise for Effort during the transfer period, with press releases flying everywhere, almost marketing Effort as a genius even better than Wolf, but he ended up failing in the game.

According to Faker's big fan, the reason why the Double Dragon Alliance did not end the game was that Effort was too hasty in commanding and did not wait for the two lanes of soldiers to advance together.

It's the kind of support that has a huge lead but doesn't know how to win.

Can he surpass Wolf?

suddenly.

A man wearing a black and white striped shirt attracted the attention of all the onlookers.

He pulled out a megaphone from somewhere and shouted angrily: "Management must give us a response!!

After 2 years of talking about revenge, there was no action during the transfer period!
I tell you, if you don’t do anything, we will continue to block the road tomorrow. If you don’t do anything tomorrow, we will block the road for a month. We have plenty of patience!”

"Yes, you guys are just occupying the toilet. Apart from asking the team members to appear on variety shows and take on business, have you ever done any real work?"

"RNM!"

The overly impulsive expressions of several boys made the manager standing in front of the glass window on the third floor look worried.

Not long after.

The civil police arrived.

The loudspeakers were advised to be put away and the trucks were not allowed to block the road. Several fans watched the scene and continued to curse at the management.

There is no big scene.

Qin Hao withdrew from the resistance.

From an outsider's perspective, he can understand SKT fans.

After all, we are talking about dismantling the team.

SKT is not much better than LGD, and compared to the former, LGD's focus has always been on Dota.

By three o'clock in the afternoon.

The news of the truck incident spread widely.

Passersby at home and abroad enjoyed watching SKT fans vent their dissatisfaction.

At this time, SKT officially issued a notice, saying that it understood the fans' feelings of protecting the players, and then recalled the good old days, believing that the poor performance in the new season was not due to the inaction of the management.

Finally, they strongly protested against this method of blocking the door and disturbing the residents, thinking that it would bring about a bad influence...

all in all.

SKT hesitated for a long time but didn't really give any answers.

Apart from his good attitude and willingness to talk to fans, the rest of his answers are hard to satisfy.

Resist it.

Regarding this matter, the yellow cards discussed:
[I'm dying of laughter. I just saw someone missing Hu Bu Rou, saying that if Huni and Peanut were still around, it would be impossible for them to win every time.]

[This is nothing, there are still many people who stand up and say that Kou Ma’s BP…is not that bad. ]

[Haha, to be whitened, you really need to be set off! This Tank King only played 2 BO3s, but Huni looked handsome. ]

[I didn't expect SKT to be so bad. Not only did they fight with Team Corki for 94 minutes, but they also lost.]

[This little support is really not good. Apart from playing Tam well, I don’t see where he is strong. ]

[SKT can’t keep blaming the coach every day. No good person can stay here. 】

【Management has indeed been inactive this year.】

Unlike the crazy ridicule in the anti-China forum, there are quite a few people on Twitter offering suggestions.

【There is only one way to save SKT, one against four, build a team around Faker. 】

[Although my idol is King of Life, I want to say that Faker really needs to learn from his neighbor and take the command power into his own hands - the third game with JAG has proved to the world that Effotr's judgment is seriously insufficient. ]

[Now Wolf is depressed, the new version is not friendly to Bang, Faker is in a slump... SKT cannot solve the problem by replacing a jungler. If it wants to change, it can only start from scratch. ]

[I remember that during the transfer period, some Korean netizens said that this was SKT's only chance to defeat Penicillin. Now, SKT is far inferior to TOP. Does this prove that Penicillin's ability to lead a team is far better than Faker's?

Didn't you notice that TOP also played 2-on-3, with 2 world-class players in the mid and jungle leading players who had not experienced big tournaments? The problem is that TOP's game content is far more normal than SKT's.

At least TOP will never fight with a bunch of scum for more than 90 minutes in his life... Do you understand what I mean? 】

This comment attracted likes from many European and American commentators.

Commentator Achillos tweeted his thoughts: "You know, I'm not a Qing fan, but anyone who has watched LGD's games knows that without Penicillin, PYL has declined significantly. In other words, his previous performance was abnormal."

"Many people underestimated the help Penicillin brought to the team, thinking that he was just good at commanding and meticulous in laning.

But if I were to say, I think he's more like a pillar of support, just sitting there and giving strength to his teammates."

Commentator Kobe tweeted: "I agree with Achillos. This is a team game, how to make teammates keep up with themselves is equally important——

SKT is so sluggish in the new season because the top, jungle and support can't keep up with the game rhythm of the mid lane. With this question in mind, when looking at TOP, their operations are very normal.

I think no one thinks Mark's talent is comparable to Effort's. But Effort and Faker's cooperation... I believe you have seen the actual results.

Such a rookie support with outstanding laning skills is actually qualified to stand on the S-League stage."

LCS commentator Froskurinn tweeted: "It's simple, the whole world is learning the Korean operating philosophy and making stop loss a compulsory course.

So, you either have to admit that Penicillin is a good coach, or admit that the LCK coaching staff is not as good as the LPL coaching staff... Of course, this is impossible. The coaching staff plays a big role, but not this big. "

Former mid laner Alexich tweeted: "No one noticed IG and RW, their games are equally exciting.

I mean, this year's LPL is much more interesting than the LCK. There's less drag."

Push the topic for discussion.

It's not just SKT that's getting worse year by year.

In the past, the confrontations between strong teams in LCK would definitely be used as teaching materials by other coaching staff to learn how to snowball, how to position, and how to control vision.

But as the former European King of France Alexich said.

Since 17, LCK has fallen into the operational logic of avoiding confrontation. It seems that they think that not having confrontation can lead the economy, which is the best understanding of the game.

This understanding of the problem did not bring LCK a championship. It even made the audience's viewing experience extremely bad. No one wants to see two teams huffing and puffing, zero kills in 15 minutes, and the game ending in 90 minutes.

of course.

This example is quite extreme.

But it is also true that LCK has not been impressive enough in the past two years.

From the censer to the development of new runes, LCK has always lagged behind LPL. The new season has undergone major revisions, and other regions are fighting, but LCK is still avoiding confrontation like it did in S7.

With the involvement of authority figures.

Korean netizens were somewhat upset after receiving various feedbacks.

Saying that LCK is not good is like stepping on their lifeblood.

After all, they don't have many things to brag about, and they treasure every one of them. "No, let Kouma come back. I can't stand it."

"Idiotic operation, shitty progress."

"What happened to Wolf's body?"

“Sad, LCK’s overseas viewership is about to be surpassed by LPL.”

When the Korean Internet cried.

7 pm.

The management and coaching staff gathered in the conference room.

As a new head coach, Fu Manduo was simply in tears.

He was a member of the championship team who turned coach. He had coached the second team for a year before and coached VG for a year in S7. As a result, he encountered these things as soon as he took over the first team.

Fans scolded him for not understanding the game.

What can he do.

Blank was under so much pressure that he had to see a psychiatrist. Faker was in average condition and couldn't gain an advantage. It was relatively easy to survive in the bottom lane in this version. Bang could only focus on teamfights. The top laner just came to a powerful team and got dizzy in the training match...

Please.

He's just a coach.

Not God.

It was hard for the fans to watch, and he was also in agony backstage.

The day before yesterday, when playing against JAG, he wanted to go up and operate the team himself, but the problem was that he was not qualified to touch the keyboard and could not remind the teammates how to play.

“Maybe I’m not suited for this job.”

With the door blocked by a truck and being criticized by fans for not being tested in actual combat, Fu Manduo has no confidence at all.

He felt that the coaching job was not as simple as he thought. At least the players took the blame before because they were in poor condition, but now it makes no sense at all.

"Don't say such angry words."

The manager gave him a look, and Bengi followed up with an exhortation: "Losing the game is not your fault alone. Cheer up, Jung Hyun."

"All right."

The manager tapped the table lightly. "Our job now is to twist the rope. If we don't have the spirit, how can the team win?"

He looked at Fumanduo and Bengi: “Yesterday Effort went to the psychological counseling room after the fight with JAG. He doesn’t dare to make any risky decisions now.

In this regard, you should help him lighten his burden and encourage him to speak."

Being in a wealthy family.

Any little thing can trigger a tsunami.

The manager is now worried that the players will fall into various negative emotions due to pressure.

Target this.

Bengi made a suggestion: "Some of the things we talked about last year were correct. If we want to reduce the pressure on the team's command, we need to let Xianghe change his style."

The manager complained: "How can you play well if you are always concerned about what your teammates are saying? Have you forgotten last year's summer season?"

In the second half of last year's summer season, Kouma tried to let Faker participate more in the command. As a result, not only did the mid lane make more mistakes, but the team still couldn't find the feeling of winning.

"But... the game experience is there, and the most important thing is-" Bengi emphasized: "When the mid laner speaks, the others will not hesitate.

I admit that I didn't do so well in some rounds, but if we listened to the command and pushed forward, we could actually win. "

This is how Bengi felt after being overturned in the 94th minute. When things are not going well, everyone is thinking of ideas.

Although the ears are listening.

But they expressed their distrust of Effort through their actions. For example, during the high ground attack, although the support didn't wait for the line, Effort was thinking that there was only one and a half minutes left before the Ancient Dragon, so he quickly started a team fight to reduce the number of players and end it in one go.

As a result, a fight broke out.

The mid laner was standing further back, and the top laner was waiting for the turret to attack the tower. After the dive, only the jungler rushed forward, and even Effort himself hesitated.

Review afterwards.

Effort also said very tactfully that the mid lane position was not good and he was afraid that the formation was too bad... Well, if the idea was more unified that wave, even if there was no wave, they could have broken the high ground and threatened the front teeth 10 minutes in advance, and the subsequent script would definitely be different.

The manager thought for a moment and looked at Fu Manduo, "Zhengxian, what do you mean?"

"I also think it's better to let the middle lane take charge."

"It's not a question of whether we are in good shape or not, but it's a question of being in a mess when we play."

"But I'm worried..."

The manager recalled the poor performance of the mid lane in last summer's season, which led to the management being criticized, and said with some concern: "Transformation means more unstable factors. Besides, will it definitely be better if the mid lane is the commander?

Except for Penicillin who has proven himself, the others all won by being junglers or support players. "

"It can't get any worse."

Another spoke up: “Are we really qualified to represent the region this season?

If not, instead of lying down and preparing for the next season, it is better to give Faker time to transform. Kouma is right in one point, we can't expect the 22-year-old Faker to show the same skills as he did at 17.

Besides, when Penicillin first debuted, it didn’t have the current level of operations. This direction is correct.”

"You all agree?"

Bengi was the first to nod, he always believed that Sang Hyuk could work miracles.

Wait until the meeting is over.

When Effort heard the latest advice from the coaching staff, for a moment he felt both lost and relieved.

The reason for the disappointment is that the support position does not require money, and there is plenty of time to observe the map and figure out the opponent's attack direction, so it feels a bit embarrassing;
Fortunately, there is a big brother in the team to share the pressure, so when reviewing the game, everyone will not be looking at him and waiting for his explanation.

But sleep at night.

Effort still felt a little empty when he thought about the fact that he was not the main commander.

Before turning to the professional game, he watched SKT lose to LGD 2-3 and wanted to do something at that time, but he never expected it to be this way.

This night.

Effort was so uncomfortable that he couldn't sleep.

A question kept popping up in my mind - what should I do if the decision-making is against Faker? Is a support who no one listens to still a qualified support?

He doesn't understand.

He just felt that having his abilities questioned was more painful than being scolded by fans.

~~~
SKT is preparing to catch the traitor.

Kouma knows the same.

It seems that since TOP's debut sparked the stopwatch craze, managers have been chatting with him many times, including Bengi, who retired and turned to assistant coach.

he knows.

My idea is correct.

In e-sports, only the results are real, everything else is fake.

If he doesn't do well in TOP and SKT enters its spring, he will be ridiculed by the whole network for having poor vision and being nothing if he leaves SKT.

of course.

He didn't expect SKT to be struggling so much now.

Although he had talked to the management before deciding to take a break, and knew that the management did not want to find "foreign aid" and planned to use youth training, he thought at the time that the results in the new season might not be good, but... he really didn't expect it to be so bad.

but.

These have nothing to do with him for now.

He has experienced this issue of his reputation improving many times. He is always criticized for poor performance and whitewashed for winning.

And as KZ and KT showed their dominance in the league.

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Qin Hao ended his live broadcast without showing his face and logged into Weibo to update his schedule——

[Everyone, go back to base tomorrow, no need to wait for the live broadcast. ]

There was wailing below.

[I'm dying without PP. 】

【What time did you book the flight? 】

【Come on, big brother who knows how to play cards. 】

【What skin did you choose? 】

[Have you heard about SKT's recent events? 】

[Have you ever played a training match with SKT? Can you tell me some inside information? ]

[Mata is the best support I have ever seen, and Effort is the best support I have ever heard of. ]

Netizens gathered in the comment section to exchange ideas, and they didn’t think they would be rejected.

As a result, under this comment mocking Effort, Penicillin himself responded:

【Cooperation needs to be cultivated. Sometimes, it is also difficult to be a support. 】

"I rely on!"

"Capture the Blue God."

"What do you mean by that? Are you implying that there are conflicts within the SKT team? I was just wondering why there were so many mistakes in that game. Someone didn't want to win, right?"

"It's a pity that they don't play the team voice. I really want to hear what they said."

(End of this chapter)

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