RoleplayNovel Chapter 12 LSPL
Chapter 12 LSPL
January 18th, an ordinary day.
If there's anything special about it...
Nothing special.
The opening day of the League of Legends Secondary Pro League, commonly known as "LSPL," was nothing more than that, and no one paid any attention to it.
It was held at the 666 Esports Arena in Shanghai.
The LSPL competition underwent a major overhaul in 2016.
The format has been changed to a double round-robin tournament with sixteen teams per day, consisting of BO1 matches.
The match will run from 12:00 to 20:00.
On the way to the competition venue, Zhu Kai explained the situation of the opponents to everyone.
"The first match is 2144 vs 2144D. 2144 brought in Choi as their coach this year..."
"Two teams with numbers? LPL teams are all letter teams, they sound like roadside teams, do I need to introduce them?" Lin Kong interrupted Zhu Kai, who quickly skipped over the question.
Continuing with the introduction of the remaining teams, as the supervisor, he was quite well-prepared in this regard.
He had memorized the information about all the LSPL teams.
"LD team... shut out 2144D, incredibly strong." "Never played in the LPL before, trash!"
"MF..." "A female gunslinger team? The name alone is hilarious!"
"NBY was formed in 2014, and they brought in Korean mid-laner Doinb. They're very strong." "A rookie team, you can tell just by the name that they're full of rookies."
"ING?" "Never heard of it. I don't know where this team came from. Next."
"OMG, they were relegated to the second division last year, what else is there to say?"
"What about RVG?" "Just because they changed their team name doesn't mean I don't know them anymore. They're just trash KXH."
"SHR, surely the royal family can introduce themselves now?" "Nobody remembers second place, skip it."
"UP team, they used to crush EDG." "Heart isn't even with them anymore, they could easily crush the current EDG with two kicks."
"How about WY!" "Who copied WE? Even if they copied WE, they have some unique features."
"YG, IG's second team." "Hey, the main IG team is practically on the sidelines now."
"ZTR, formerly the KING team." "Don't make me laugh, who's KING? I don't know them."
Zhu Kai and Lin Kong took turns saying one line, their banter leaving the five people in the car, including KG, completely bewildered.
The speech was just too fast, and even though TheShy's Chinese has improved, he still couldn't understand it.
"Mr. Lin, that leaves only EDE and YM... Let's not fight them today either."
Zhu Kai was speechless. While Cao Cao and Liu Bei were discussing heroes over wine, he was talking about food comparisons on his two bread carts.
The last two teams remaining are the key teams that Lin Kong has been marking for a long time.
EDE is EDG's second team, and on paper, they are the strongest team in this LSPL season.
The reason is simple: their mid laner is baeme, the former mid laner of EDG, and their top laner is AJ, the former top laner of EDG, who was also transferred down. Both are professional players with a mid-level LPL skill level.
The bot lane and jungler are also LPL-level players, so the whole team can be said to be LPL level, but they would be smurfing in LSPL.
On the other hand, YM was acquired by PDD to enter the LSPL.
The members were MGB, who originally won the ninth City Championship. However, MGB's results were canceled due to non-standard information. PDD directly defeated their opponent, LDA Club, the runner-up, and renamed them YM to enter the competition.
Their bot lane duo of NING and MING is not to be underestimated, and their overall level in the top, mid, and jungle is also quite good. Judging from their performance in the City Championship, they have the ability to reach the lower level of the LPL.
"It was just the two of them to begin with, the rest are just some random side team."
"We won't fight today, but we'll fight EDE tomorrow."
"Today's mission is to crush the noobs, okay?"
While their words may sound arrogant, there's some truth to them. KG is aiming for a spot in the LPL in the first half of the year, and their ultimate goal is the LSPL championship.
If we had to research every single roadside team, how could we possibly play? There simply wouldn't be enough time.
Those teams that appear out of nowhere should definitely be skipped.
According to Lin Kong's idea, he could fight for a top-four finish in LSPL on his own, and his team was full of world champions, so winning would be a piece of cake.
"By the way, who are we playing in our debut today?"
"Damn it, boss, no way! We don't even know who we're going to beat up today!" Zhu Kai really wanted to complain, but he held it back.
Patiently, he told Lin Kong, "Play NBY."
"oh."
"By the way, you mentioned NBY, who's the mid laner again?"
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"Welcome to the 2016 League of Legends Secondary League stage!"
"I'm commentator Wang Duoduo."
"I am Xiran!"
"good afternoon!"
With the official introduction from the commentators on stage, the LSPL match officially began.
The first match, 2144 vs 2144D, was skipped entirely. Lin Kong didn't even watch it and asked Zhu Kai to order takeout for everyone, as he had gotten up late that morning and hadn't had breakfast.
Now is the perfect time to replenish your energy.
While waiting for the food delivery, the second battle officially begins: EDG vs. ING!
"In today's match, mid laner baeme and jungler used their preferred tempo-based lineup."
"Lissandra and Nidalee are on the offensive, the mid and jungle are carrying the game like crazy, perfect synergy."
"We gained a huge advantage in the early stages."
Based on the situation, Wang Duoduo immediately realized that EDE's core strategy in this match was the rhythm coordination between the mid, top, and jungle players.
The reason is simple: just ten minutes into the game, EDE's jungler, Avoidless Nidalee, was on fire, building an 8,000 gold lead.
After gaining a significant economic advantage, avoidless continued to erode ING's jungle resources.
In just 26 minutes, EDE broke through the high ground and easily won the game with an absolute advantage of 20,000 gold and all their turrets intact.
Avoidless Nidalee had a score of 9-0-6.
"This is pure torture. I don't know what to say. Even a professional gamer wouldn't be this bad." In the rest room, Lin Kong stared at the EDE match on the screen.
Similar to EDG, they adopted the Korean-style macro play, with a strong carry in the bottom lane providing backup. However, the game ended before their opponents could even get their carry going.
"They did play quite well, but in terms of laning skills alone, our team is stronger."
Zhu Kai sat next to Lin Kong and also said a kind word.
Lin Kong didn't refute it. Zhu Kai could sometimes see things clearly. Laning was what KG was best at.
After more than ten days of grueling training, KG's progress has been remarkable, but it's fair to say he hasn't regressed.
Indeed, ten days is still too short a time; it's barely enough to get everyone together and get to know each other.
Everyone's rank is decent, except for Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong, who are both mediocre players who reached 800 points in duo queue. The top, mid, and jungle players are all solid top-five solo queue players in the Korean server.
Just using this as a starting point is enough to intimidate most LSPL teams.
"But who would have thought that NBY's mid laner would be DOINB."
"As expected, parallel worlds are somewhat different; not only are people generally a bit older."
"DOINB also arrived in LSPL ahead of schedule. Originally, he was supposed to join NBY in the summer split."
The world has changed somewhat, but Lin Kong wasn't too surprised; he'd gotten used to it.
In that case, LSPL has gained another strong competitor.
In his previous life, DOINB led NBY to victory over YM in the Summer Split, renaming them QG and returning to the LPL arena.
Thinking of this, Lin Kong frowned slightly. Xiao Tian behind him was also a little curious, since Lin Kong was clearly the most confident among them.
"Coach Lin, is NBY that good? Why were you stunned when you heard that Doinb ID in the car?"
"Is he that awesome, or what?"
Turning to look at Xiao Tian, Lin Kong was speechless and didn't know where to begin.
The thought of their perfect match almost made her burst into tears. "Sigh, I'm exhausted."
"Stop asking, don't force me to tell you everything."