Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was time for the 2018 MSI competition.

This year's Mid-Season Invitational Tournament is held in Berlin. Apart from the four major divisions, teams from ten other divisions need to enter the finals first.

With the League of Legends entering S8, various small competition areas have also begun to develop.

Among them, Vietnam and Small Days are worth mentioning.

The Vietnam division has always been a relatively strong wild card, and the famous player Captain still has something.

On the side of Little Days, the Empire's Ultimate Crab has also become an undoubted housekeeper.

The player evi was considered a very strong player in his childhood, and he was able to reach dozens of players in the Korean server. This score may not even be able to reach many LCK and LPL players.

One of the more funny things is that because Xu Ruoguang is the most famous and successful professional player now, as long as there are top laners who show potential in all major competitions, fans will call them little Emperors.

Such as evi.

In the just-concluded LJL final, the host impassionedly said something like this:

"Si Guoyi! The evi player's pursuit! It's really exciting and moving, this hardworking heart turned the situation around!"

"Hey! Don't underestimate our fighting spirit, Kusuo!!!"

"Come on, evi!!!! The current Emperor of the LCK is your future!"

"Never give up, this is DFM's will to fight!"

Evi has been Xu Ruoguang's loyal fan since his debut, and has been working hard to learn Xu Ruoguang's laning thinking and handling. Compared with the original him, he is much stronger.

He insisted on one-on-one, and forcibly won the PGM that was originally supposed to go to MSI in the world online. He took DFM to win the 2018 LJL Spring Championship, and had the opportunity to go to MSI.

So now the title of Xu Ruoguang in Japan has become the goal that Evi is working hard for.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Xu Ruoguang for the time being.

He is packing his things and preparing to go to Berlin with the team.

"Don't forget to wear blindfolds. Put away all your peripherals. Bring a few more sets of team uniforms. Players from other teams will ask you to exchange uniforms."

Red rice patiently exhorted.

In fact, the team leader had already told them, but he still emphasized it more out of habit.

This is his responsibility as a coach.

"It's all cleaned up, Brother Guang, are you ready?"

"alright."

Xu Ruoguang put down the last bottle of Wangzai milk and clapped his hands in satisfaction.

Such things as Wangzai milk may be naive to elementary school students, but it is just right for Xu Ruoguang.

Everyone came to the first floor of the UR club, and Hongmi clapped his hands and gave the final speech.

In fact, nothing unusual.

It can be roughly summed up in one sentence:

Don't be afraid of any difficulties we encounter, just face him with a smile!

Persistence is victory!

After finishing the final mobilization, the UR team boarded the bus to the airport.

"It's a bit strange to say, Brother Guang, why did you get up so late today?"

Xu Xiu asked casually while looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Steam, aren't you lucky?"

Xu Ruoguang didn't bother to answer at all. Damn it, my buddy occasionally sleeps late and still needs to report to you?

UR has only one brother, and that is me, Brother Guang!

Xu Xiu was not angry when she was bullied, she touched her chin.

"Brother Guang, what should I do if I get nervous then?"

"Do you mean?"

"For example, if the support is slow, you are overtaken by the tower or something."

"Then do you know what I'm going to do?"

"What will you do?"

Xu Xiu turned around in a daze.

"Hehe, fight back."

Xu Ruoguang sneered.

Xu Xiu: ...

Xiba!

I really like the words of Chinese singer Na Ying: Fuck, the most annoying person who pretends to be.

"I don't know what to worry about. You have even fought against fakers. Are you afraid of them?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's mainly because I feel that the responsibility on my shoulders is heavy."

Xu Xiu shook her head and spoke calmly.

"Since I represent LCK in the World Championship, all my actions represent the honor and face of LCK, so I should treat it with caution and not relax at all."

These words are from his heart, he wants to be the one who takes responsibility, and wants to take the burden by himself.

"It's okay, anyway, UR doesn't depend on you C."

Xu Xiu:? ? ?

Unfortunately, Xu Ruoguang didn't care at all.

In his opinion, this is a matter of course, is there anything to brag about?

Xu Xiu: Warning! warn!

Seeing Xu Xiu clenched her fists and blushed, she was speechless and could only pat her head.

Canyon in the back is almost laughing.

But on the surface he remained calm.

"After finishing MSI, I guess it will be really rare."

Uzi, who was sitting in front, sighed a little.

"This is LCK playing LPL, not South Korea playing China, why are they scolding you?"

Beryl replied lazily.

"Aren't the LPL participating teams this year also two Korean players?"

Uzi thought about it, it seems to be the same.

The medium content of UR is 40%, and IG is only 60%.

Everyone is really in the same boat.

"During the group stage, I will adopt the flag of command system more, Xu Xiu, I have wronged you."

Redmi sitting next to Canyon spoke calmly.

"Understood, coach, I will be a good tool."

Xu Xiu didn't have any objections.

For him, winning is the most important thing.

"Ruoguang, can you ban your sword girl in the group stage?"

Hongmi smiled and looked at Xu Ruoguang.

"Why do you want to ban Daomei in the group stage?"

Xu Ruoguang turned around suspiciously,

"Isn't one hand enough?"

Red rice:……?

"Assi, it's really..."

He shook his head helplessly.

He must be happy if the player is confident, but Xu Ruoguang is too crazy. If the car overturns, Hongmi is afraid that his mentality will be affected.

The car was running smoothly without any accidents.

Maybe the big truck driver hasn't taken the order yet.

On the way to the plane, Xu Ruoguang put on the blindfold and began to rest.

And during the time when he was recharging his energy, the whole Twitter has become a mess.

In the final analysis, it is the top ten MSI players just ranked by ESPN.

As we all know, ESPN's list is the tainted milk list, and Xu Ruoguang is the only one who has resisted this tainted milk so far.

In S4, Nami was named the world's number one ADC by them.

Then Nami ordered a bowl of beef noodles and sent it.

In S5, Changzi was considered by them as a strong candidate for the world's No. 1 jungler before the World Championship, and his ranking was very high.

Then the quarterfinals of EDG went away.

this……

It's no wonder that LCK and LPL audiences scold it every time they see the list. They really didn't wrong it.

At this moment, ESPN's official tweet is suffering from cyberbullying.

Because they are a bit outrageous.

In tenth place, they gave it to TL, which is Team Liquid's top laner Impact.

Does the name feel familiar?

In fact, it is the e-sports teacher Oki, who used to be a top laner in South Korea.

At the same time, it is also the impact of the sentence impact.

The reason for being on the list is simple.

"This veteran has demonstrated his amazing endurance and carry ability more than once, and is the most trusted cornerstone of TL. We have reason to believe that in this MSI, he will also give us some different performances."

It seems that there is nothing wrong with this statement, and I did not over-praise impact. Logically speaking, it is impossible to be scolded.

But the guys at ESPN just missed one thing.

The cornerstone of TL is actually doublelift.

doublelift, known as big glass, big brother.

Chinese AD player, once played for the giants TSM.

After being kicked off by TSM with a "Go!", Big Glass was very upset and put down his harsh words at that time.

"I'll make them regret it!"

And in fact, he did.

Otherwise, MSI would not be TL, but TSM would participate.

Big Glass proved with his strength that the North American Fantasy God may not be TSM, but may only refer to him.

Da Glass, who came to TL, played extremely well. He is the undoubted core of team building for this generation of TL, and the absolute cornerstone player.

However, in ESPN's evaluation of impact, they said that impact is the cornerstone.

This made the fans of Big Glass very upset and scolded directly.

"Amazing staying power? Did impact shove his big stick inside you so you can see that?"

"So fed up with their unprofessionalism! Their annual list is pretty much a disaster!"

"Is your neighbor Dave?"

ESPN, as a relatively traditional sports commentary column, has always maintained its arrogance towards e-sports. Even when it comes to list evaluation, they are extraordinarily casual.

The ninth place is Showmaker.

It's okay to praise Xuxiu. He just won the LCK Spring Split, so he can indeed be praised.

So what are they boasting about?

"I am very happy to introduce such a mid laner to the world. Showmaker is very good at taking over the game in the mid game and then killing him completely. Even if the laning ability is not clear, but we have reason to believe that he easily defeated Faker. He has stepped into the ranks of the top mid laners in the world!"

This is too bad.

S7faker just won the championship, so I won't say much about how many fans he has.

ESPN praised Xu Xiu, but it used the method of pulling and stepping on faker.

Being flushed is inevitable.

The eighth Canyon is no surprise.

The seventh place is theshy.

This season's theshy has finally evolved from an infancy to a full body. In the LPL, Raiden, who controls the top lane, played a lot of famous scenes, which changed the color of a lot of single abusers in the LPL.

It's just that he hasn't been tested by the competition after all, so ESON didn't rank him in the top five.

The sixth place is Uzi.

Uzi's performance in the version of Verus is amazing, and the output is full.

The fifth place is IG's ADC, jackeylove.

That is Ah Shui.

Bozi reached his peak last year, and his situation in LPL is similar to that of theshy, highlighting a random killing.

The fourth place is naturally IG's jungler, ning.

This season's ning rhythm is very good. In this version where the jungler needs to drive more rhythm, he is like a fish in water, and can often play a very exaggerated rhythm.

Finally, there are the top three with less controversy.

In the third place, ESPN gave the current FNC mid laner, caps.

At this time, although the career of caps is not very long, it has already shown its glory.

How exaggerated?

He leads all European teams in laning ability by a single tier or more.

Almost single-killed in the spring split, he can be regarded as one of the most eye-catching rookies this year.

It can only be said that all geniuses are like this. They can basically control thunder and lightning as soon as they appear on the stage. There are few examples of late bloomers.

Second, ESPN gave the current IG mid laner, rookie.

"This is a very creative player who is very fierce in the laning phase. We can often see him exerting strong pressure during the laning phase to make the opponent breathless, but if you think he is only in the laning phase, That would be a big mistake."

"His judgment of the team battle situation is very accurate, and his sense of smell for supporting the wing is also extremely sensitive, which is the most important point of IG."

"We have reason to believe that at this MSI, the talented mid laner who finally found his team will shine again."

The ranking of these two mid laners is a little more reasonable.

As for the first...

In fact, there is nothing to say.

"If you like e-sports, then you will definitely like Emperor."

"He has encountered countless challenges during his three years of dominance on the top lane. However, no matter whether it is smeb, khan, cuvee or other top top laners, they can't pose much threat to him."

"Nothing is perfect in the world, except for the player Emperor."

"Perhaps we should say to him in advance, Your Majesty, welcome back to your faithful Berlin!"

There is one thing to say, there is nothing wrong with the first three rows, ESPN also likes to rank the mid laner to the front.

But this does not prevent him from being ranked behind in the eyes of many viewers based on his defense.

After getting off the plane, Xu Ruoguang followed UR and stayed in the hotel officially arranged by Riot.

I also met many players along the way, but they saw that UR and his team had just arrived and needed to rest.

So very polite no choice to bother.

However, Xu Ruoguang has plenty of energy.

Because he was asleep.

After putting down their luggage and talking to Coach Hongmi, Xu Ruoguang and Uzi knocked on the door of IG's current temporary training room.

So, what is the state of IG at this time?

Inside the door, Ah Shui got up immediately after hearing the sound.

"Who? Oh, is the Emperor coming?"

Rookie asked first, and then immediately understood.

"It should be, wait for my buddy to take a look, chicken, help me operate it."

Ah Shui laughed.

rookie: ...

Ah Shui glanced through the cat's eyes, and immediately opened the door.

He leaned against the door and smiled.

"Yo yo, isn't this just brother? I haven't seen you for a few days, and he looks handsome again."

Xu Ruoguang nodded slightly and looked him over.

"You haven't changed at all."

"No, it seems to be a little fatter."

A water:……

Uzi hammered Ah Shui, "Chunjue is good at fighting, I was worried that you would become a dish before I came."

"A kiss from your mother. My buddy has worked hard in training today. There is no reason for him to be a dish."

Ah Shui scolded with a smile,

"Let's go, come in quickly."

Following Ah Shui, Xu Ruoguang walked into IG's temporary training room.

This training room is not big, but it is not small either.

Several computers are placed neatly, it can be seen that Fist is still very carefully prepared.

Because when Xu Ruoguang and the others arrived, it was already the morning of the next day, so there were not many people playing rank at this time, and there was no training match.

But the people came quite neatly.

As soon as Xu Ruoguang walked in, the first thing he noticed was the assistant Baolan.

At this moment, he just raised his head, and his expression instantly became agitated.

Noticing Xu Ruoguang's gaze, Baolan pushed her glasses nervously and stretched out a hand.

"Hi, Brother Guang, I'm IG's current support, Baolan."

Xu Ruoguang didn't mean to be embarrassing, so he reached out and shook his hand.

"Hi, I'm Xu Ruoguang."

"Yes, yes, I know you, Brother Guang, I have seen your Qinggang Shadow."

Baolan was still a little nervous, and said indiscriminately.

Fortunately, Ah Shui acted as an introducer.

"Why is Brother Lan so nervous? Brother Guang won't make things difficult for you. Brother Guang is a very nice person."

sapphire:……

He's a nice person... isn't he?

Going further in, it is the current IG coach, Kim Changsoo.

At this time, he was standing behind Ning watching his rank.

Noticing the movement behind him, Kim Changsu smiled unconsciously.

"Is it the Emperor and Uzi players of the UR team?"

Xu Ruoguang nodded slightly,

"Yes, hello, Coach Kim."

"It's a good time for you to come. We haven't started the training match yet, otherwise you might not be able to get in."

Kim Chang-soo was unexpectedly not serious, and even made a joke.

"Actually, we came here to secretly learn tactics."

Xu Ruoguang replied pretending to be serious, and Coach Jin laughed.

it's out of the question.

Xu Ruoguang and Uzi came here because Hongmi had communicated with Coach Jin, and it is impossible to let them know about any tactical arrangements.

After finishing typing, he casually took off the earphones and stretched himself.

Turning around, I saw Xu Ruoguang who I had met in IP.

He stood up cheerfully, "Brother Guang, are you here?"

"Just arrived, I didn't expect this to be the case when we meet again. Be more serious during the competition."

Xu Ruoguang smiled.

"Don't worry, there's no need to worry about that thing? It's fine to go straight to military training when fighting."

Ning smiled.

"How's life on IG?"

"Very good, the teammates worked hard and the atmosphere was good."

Ning gave a thumbs up, it can be seen that he is very confident.

Xu Ruoguang communicated with him casually. Coach Jin had already left the training room, afraid that they would be too restrained.

Just when Xu Ruoguang was about to sit on the sofa for a rest, Rookie appeared.

This is the first time Xu Ruoguang saw rookie outside the arena.

If Rookie on the court is a peerless assassin, then he has a careful and kind side off the court.

A plate of fruit was placed in front of Xu Ruoguang, which was specially taken by Rookie.

"rookie?"

"Emperor?"

The two called out each other's ID and laughed at the same time.

"You guys are so fierce, I felt like I was knocked out by SKT in the spring split."

Rookie sat on the chair diagonally across from him and sighed sincerely.

He really didn't expect that UR, a newly formed team, could crush SKT and directly beat SKT three to zero.

Although the ups and downs of faker's state is one reason, but if you lose, you lose.

UR, have proven that they are very competitive.

"MSI, let's work together."

Xu Ruoguang smiled slightly,

"I think the confidence to win the championship is still necessary."

The two chatted casually, and tortured Ah Shui from time to time, who had already started to get angry.

theshy, it's finally here.

Xu Ruoguang turned his head and noticed his movement.

At this time, theshy probably hasn't had breakfast yet and is making noodles.

Seeing Xu Ruoguang, theshy's eyes lit up immediately.

"Emperor? Yours, play, or so, good."

As the top laner, theshy knows how difficult it is to achieve Xu Ruoguang's effect.

So even the shy, who is a little restrained, is full of praise.

Only those who play top laner can understand how terrifying Xu Ruoguang's dominance is.

but……

"I, I must play, I will be higher than you."

This is theshy's answer.

Facing a wall, other people's choice is to take a detour.

But theshy's choice is to step on the accelerator and start accelerating!

If theshy loses this confidence, then he is no longer thrshy.

"Haven't seen it in months."

Xu Ruoguang sighed a little,

"I didn't expect you to improve so much."

The two were chatting, and theshy's Chinese level was no problem, but speaking, it was a bit strenuous.

"When will your game start?"

Ah Shui asked casually.

"It should be the first day of the group stage."

Xu Ruoguang thought for a while and gave an answer.

"We didn't play on the first day, it feels like a stagger."

"In this case, how about playing a training match then?"

Ah Shui rubbed her hair to give advice.

Xu Ruoguang immediately called Hongmi, and Hongmi had no reason to disagree, so they made an agreement directly.

Both sides are already acquainted, and it is no problem to play a training match.

Uzi said this to Ah Shui on his own, and time passed slowly.

In the afternoon, Xu Ruoguang bid farewell to the IG players and walked out of the room.

"how do you feel?"

he asked sideways.

Uzi thought for a while, "Very confident."

IG seems to be quite confident, and speaks more confidently.

After all, he won the LPL Spring Championship.

"They don't seem to have anything to fear."

"Yes, they are all champions in major regions, this is the norm."

Xu Ruoguang nodded slightly,

"IG is likely to be our opponent in the final, Uzi, and you will have to fight against Bozi again at that time, aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, I will abuse with one hand."

"So confident?"

"That's for sure."

The two talked and laughed, and returned to their respective resting rooms.

They also need to adjust for jet lag.

This is a headache for professional players.

After arriving at a relatively distant competition location, the primary goal is to adjust the jet lag and schedule.

Some professional players don't care at all, but some professional players will affect their status because of this.

In fact, the closer to the top competition, the smaller the individual ability gap between players.

At this time, playing key rounds like BO5 requires patience and persistence.

Whoever can't bear this pressure first, can't hold back, then loses.

So the time difference must be adjusted.

Not to mention diet or anything else.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Ruoguang got up with some warm sunshine, got dressed, and was ready to start training.

It has been agreed that starting today, IG and UR will have at least one BO3 training match every day.

Xu Ruoguang still attaches great importance to this.

Once upon a time, he was very optimistic about the future of theshy.

Because there has been no problem with theshy's operation, what he needs to change is the gameplay and habits.

Now, with the growth of theshy, the two are finally competing on the same stage.

He also has some expectations.

Open the window, the sun is just right.

Looking at the busy traffic outside the window and the exotic atmosphere, Xu Ruoguang put on the UR coat and couldn't help sighing.

"It's so beautiful, Berlin."

Get up and walk out of the room.

Now, the journey of MSI officially begins.

And he has already made all the preparations.

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