Chapter 7
Non-interactive gameplay
[Is the God of War making his debut? Is it true?]
Holy crap, it's really their first start!
The God of Chess has finally made it...
[Stand up? Take the blame! Like my mom, I'd be the first to run if she hit me.]
[This is ridiculous! Our Yi Shen is the king of easy wins on the Chinese Super Server, the master of 90% win rate on the Ionia server, and the legendary rookie on the LSPL server. He's not EDG's scapegoat...]
With the Demacia Cup approaching, EDG doesn't have many training sessions.
After a brief video replay review and tactical analysis, it was time for the players to practice ranked games freely.
Li Yi glanced at the very active live stream fan group and immediately decided to go live to respond.
"This is EDG's starting mid-laner LeeE's livestream. If you haven't followed yet, please do. I currently have 43096 followers. I'll refresh the page in ten seconds..."
"Why are there fewer people?"
Li Yi's expression darkened.
There are so many trolls in the live stream today!
[You were the one who made sarcastic remarks about Uzi yesterday, weren't you? Apologize now. The club owners all know each other; we run into each other all the time...]
I've seen this guy's streams before; he plays Lulu in the mid lane every day. How come just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can play mid lane for EDG?
[Can a streamer who teaches others how to easily climb the ranks really make it into EDG's starting lineup?]
Our Scout won the last Demacia Cup with a perfect record, so you'd better not lose a single game either...
Although the regular viewers in the live stream often teased Li Yi, they had clearly never seen anything like this before.
[What a bunch of idiots! They're like pigs and dogs in cahoots!]
[Hey streamer, does Muay Thai or Depression Knife Technique hurt when used on someone?]
[Streamer, please just ban me! I said a couple of things for you and now I'm being turned into tiger food...]
It's impossible to silence someone.
Haters are fans too!
Having watched LPL for over a decade, Li Yi naturally understands that a significant portion of the audience are people who only care about results and find amusement in the process.
Instead of wreaking havoc in the live stream, he should put on a solid performance on the field, and then a great scholar will naturally come to his defense.
Make lots of friends!
"We're having a giveaway today! Both new and existing viewers can participate; just follow us to enter!"
"The prize is—a Q&A session with a top LPL mid laner. You know, it's rare to find an LPL player as helpful as me..."
[I've seen the mid-laner, but where is the top tier?]
Thank you, I'll unfollow you right away.
I'd rather follow a roast chicken in the dance section next door than follow you.
Li Yi glanced at the number of viewers in the live stream in the upper right corner. Usually, there were around 1000 viewers, but today, thanks to the platform's promotion, the number had stabilized at 3000.
It seems that most viewers are "saying one thing but doing another," since LPL players mostly just go through the motions when they do live streams, and streamers like Li Yi who have a "real person" feel are quite rare.
"OK, let's look at the question from the first lucky audience member."
[Hey streamer, how do you lane against Zed mid? His burst damage at level 6 seems so high!]
"It's simple. Just play a couple of ranked games with Zed, and you'll know what this champion is afraid of. Remember to 'mute all' to block your teammates."
[Host, how can I have such a good mentality like you, willing to be your teammate's slave?]
"Your bad mentality is because your teammates always let you down, and my good mentality is because I always let my teammates down. And most teammates can't accept apologies afterward, so I often start the game with a mindset of atonement."
[Host, my brother's girlfriend secretly found a sugar daddy while they were dating. My brother found out and begged her not to leave him, but she still ran off with the sugar daddy and even mocked him afterwards. Is this a good girl?]
"Um... don't bring up my brother Mingkai, moderators please ban this comment."
After answering several questions from the audience, Li Yi took a couple of sips of mineral water to slightly relieve his thirst.
"Oh? That's an interesting question from the audience!"
Li Yi's gaze fell on the question from the next lucky audience member.
A netizen named "Jiaotong University's Most Affectionate" sent him a long video recording of a match via private message, along with the question: "How can I improve my gaming skills in a short time?"
-----------------
Zhao Tianyu is a third-year student majoring in Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
After entering university, he was introduced to League of Legends by his roommate and became a fan after watching EDG's journey to victory at MSI.
By Season 7, the League of Legends tournament system had become more complete, and university tournaments had officially entered the public eye.
Each college at Jiaotong University has also formed its own team.
Zhao Tianyu naturally signed up to participate.
Although his rank was only Diamond, which didn't meet the recruitment requirements for Grandmaster, fortunately, there were more female students than male students in the Economics and Management department, and Zhao Tianyu had a rich mid-lane champion pool, so he eventually secured the starting mid-lane position.
After easily advancing through the previous rounds, the School of Economics and Management team has reached the semi-finals.
Their rival is the computer science department, which is full of top-tier students.
The mid-lane strength in the previous rounds was not high, and even Zhao Tianyu was able to get a solo kill in lane with his skill.
But the mid-laner from the Computer Science Department is a true master who is almost at the King level.
After several training matches, the thrilling scenes of overpowered opponents defeating their opponents, as depicted in esports novels, did not materialize.
The team suffered repeated breakthroughs in the mid lane, and the atmosphere in the entire team plummeted.
Zhao Tianyu also consulted many top streamers on various live streaming platforms about whether he could become stronger in a short period of time, but the responses he received were all the same:
"You've got the talent you need; to take it a step further, you need to participate in professional training."
Opening various online forums, the comments from users weren't very friendly: "If you're bad, practice more!"
He accidentally opened a live stream on a certain platform today and found that his favorite team's newly announced mid laner was actually streaming. Out of curiosity, he clicked in and unexpectedly won a prize.
As the best club in China, EDG's mid-laner must also be the best, so his advice must be very useful!
"Hmm... I watched the replay you sent me, and the skill gap between you and the opposing mid laner is too large. If you want to reach his level in a short time, only the old man in the ring can help you."
Li Yi wasn't intentionally being pessimistic; the video showed that the opposing mid-laner had a good understanding of minion waves, which was a huge advantage for a Diamond-level player.
What kind of ring features an old man?
That's called a mouse spirit.
[If this guy gets caught cheating, remember to say a streamer friend helped you...]
"but!"
Li Yi changed the subject.
"As a legendary mid-laner who is proficient in hybrid strategies, the streamer naturally has a way to help you solve the problem."
"First, I'd like to ask everyone in the live stream a question: which position in League of Legends do you think is the easiest to lane with?"
Top lane? Support?
"Neither!"
Looking at the dense barrage of comments scrolling by, Li Yi shook his head.
"The skill gap in top laners is too big. Not to mention the lack of experience, they can't even get past their own second turret. As for supports, it goes without saying that team fights depend on the AD carry and the laning phase depends on the support. If the support tries to play like the AD carry, they immediately start acting like spoiled brats."
"But in the mid lane, as long as I deliberately avoid trading blows and don't take skills to last hit, even if Faker comes in this version, he can only slightly out-farm me."
"So today I'm going to introduce—the mid-lane non-interactive playstyle!"
Holy crap, it's really their first start!
The God of Chess has finally made it...
[Stand up? Take the blame! Like my mom, I'd be the first to run if she hit me.]
[This is ridiculous! Our Yi Shen is the king of easy wins on the Chinese Super Server, the master of 90% win rate on the Ionia server, and the legendary rookie on the LSPL server. He's not EDG's scapegoat...]
With the Demacia Cup approaching, EDG doesn't have many training sessions.
After a brief video replay review and tactical analysis, it was time for the players to practice ranked games freely.
Li Yi glanced at the very active live stream fan group and immediately decided to go live to respond.
"This is EDG's starting mid-laner LeeE's livestream. If you haven't followed yet, please do. I currently have 43096 followers. I'll refresh the page in ten seconds..."
"Why are there fewer people?"
Li Yi's expression darkened.
There are so many trolls in the live stream today!
[You were the one who made sarcastic remarks about Uzi yesterday, weren't you? Apologize now. The club owners all know each other; we run into each other all the time...]
I've seen this guy's streams before; he plays Lulu in the mid lane every day. How come just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can play mid lane for EDG?
[Can a streamer who teaches others how to easily climb the ranks really make it into EDG's starting lineup?]
Our Scout won the last Demacia Cup with a perfect record, so you'd better not lose a single game either...
Although the regular viewers in the live stream often teased Li Yi, they had clearly never seen anything like this before.
[What a bunch of idiots! They're like pigs and dogs in cahoots!]
[Hey streamer, does Muay Thai or Depression Knife Technique hurt when used on someone?]
[Streamer, please just ban me! I said a couple of things for you and now I'm being turned into tiger food...]
It's impossible to silence someone.
Haters are fans too!
Having watched LPL for over a decade, Li Yi naturally understands that a significant portion of the audience are people who only care about results and find amusement in the process.
Instead of wreaking havoc in the live stream, he should put on a solid performance on the field, and then a great scholar will naturally come to his defense.
Make lots of friends!
"We're having a giveaway today! Both new and existing viewers can participate; just follow us to enter!"
"The prize is—a Q&A session with a top LPL mid laner. You know, it's rare to find an LPL player as helpful as me..."
[I've seen the mid-laner, but where is the top tier?]
Thank you, I'll unfollow you right away.
I'd rather follow a roast chicken in the dance section next door than follow you.
Li Yi glanced at the number of viewers in the live stream in the upper right corner. Usually, there were around 1000 viewers, but today, thanks to the platform's promotion, the number had stabilized at 3000.
It seems that most viewers are "saying one thing but doing another," since LPL players mostly just go through the motions when they do live streams, and streamers like Li Yi who have a "real person" feel are quite rare.
"OK, let's look at the question from the first lucky audience member."
[Hey streamer, how do you lane against Zed mid? His burst damage at level 6 seems so high!]
"It's simple. Just play a couple of ranked games with Zed, and you'll know what this champion is afraid of. Remember to 'mute all' to block your teammates."
[Host, how can I have such a good mentality like you, willing to be your teammate's slave?]
"Your bad mentality is because your teammates always let you down, and my good mentality is because I always let my teammates down. And most teammates can't accept apologies afterward, so I often start the game with a mindset of atonement."
[Host, my brother's girlfriend secretly found a sugar daddy while they were dating. My brother found out and begged her not to leave him, but she still ran off with the sugar daddy and even mocked him afterwards. Is this a good girl?]
"Um... don't bring up my brother Mingkai, moderators please ban this comment."
After answering several questions from the audience, Li Yi took a couple of sips of mineral water to slightly relieve his thirst.
"Oh? That's an interesting question from the audience!"
Li Yi's gaze fell on the question from the next lucky audience member.
A netizen named "Jiaotong University's Most Affectionate" sent him a long video recording of a match via private message, along with the question: "How can I improve my gaming skills in a short time?"
-----------------
Zhao Tianyu is a third-year student majoring in Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
After entering university, he was introduced to League of Legends by his roommate and became a fan after watching EDG's journey to victory at MSI.
By Season 7, the League of Legends tournament system had become more complete, and university tournaments had officially entered the public eye.
Each college at Jiaotong University has also formed its own team.
Zhao Tianyu naturally signed up to participate.
Although his rank was only Diamond, which didn't meet the recruitment requirements for Grandmaster, fortunately, there were more female students than male students in the Economics and Management department, and Zhao Tianyu had a rich mid-lane champion pool, so he eventually secured the starting mid-lane position.
After easily advancing through the previous rounds, the School of Economics and Management team has reached the semi-finals.
Their rival is the computer science department, which is full of top-tier students.
The mid-lane strength in the previous rounds was not high, and even Zhao Tianyu was able to get a solo kill in lane with his skill.
But the mid-laner from the Computer Science Department is a true master who is almost at the King level.
After several training matches, the thrilling scenes of overpowered opponents defeating their opponents, as depicted in esports novels, did not materialize.
The team suffered repeated breakthroughs in the mid lane, and the atmosphere in the entire team plummeted.
Zhao Tianyu also consulted many top streamers on various live streaming platforms about whether he could become stronger in a short period of time, but the responses he received were all the same:
"You've got the talent you need; to take it a step further, you need to participate in professional training."
Opening various online forums, the comments from users weren't very friendly: "If you're bad, practice more!"
He accidentally opened a live stream on a certain platform today and found that his favorite team's newly announced mid laner was actually streaming. Out of curiosity, he clicked in and unexpectedly won a prize.
As the best club in China, EDG's mid-laner must also be the best, so his advice must be very useful!
"Hmm... I watched the replay you sent me, and the skill gap between you and the opposing mid laner is too large. If you want to reach his level in a short time, only the old man in the ring can help you."
Li Yi wasn't intentionally being pessimistic; the video showed that the opposing mid-laner had a good understanding of minion waves, which was a huge advantage for a Diamond-level player.
What kind of ring features an old man?
That's called a mouse spirit.
[If this guy gets caught cheating, remember to say a streamer friend helped you...]
"but!"
Li Yi changed the subject.
"As a legendary mid-laner who is proficient in hybrid strategies, the streamer naturally has a way to help you solve the problem."
"First, I'd like to ask everyone in the live stream a question: which position in League of Legends do you think is the easiest to lane with?"
Top lane? Support?
"Neither!"
Looking at the dense barrage of comments scrolling by, Li Yi shook his head.
"The skill gap in top laners is too big. Not to mention the lack of experience, they can't even get past their own second turret. As for supports, it goes without saying that team fights depend on the AD carry and the laning phase depends on the support. If the support tries to play like the AD carry, they immediately start acting like spoiled brats."
"But in the mid lane, as long as I deliberately avoid trading blows and don't take skills to last hit, even if Faker comes in this version, he can only slightly out-farm me."
"So today I'm going to introduce—the mid-lane non-interactive playstyle!"