Free Extra 1: VG's New Future

On December 15, 2018, the first player departure notice appeared on VG's official Weibo, Twitter and other social media.

{The contract of Song Jinghao (ID: Smeb), the former top player of VG e-sports club, has expired. After sincere communication, no renewal intention has been reached.

We are very sorry to announce that Smeb will officially resume his free agent status today.

The young tiger was shocked by the world when he first stepped onto the stage of the world competition. The graceful waltz swung by the Western sword and the hot flames rolling out of the flamethrower are behind your natural fierceness. The frustrated journey of falling in front of the Summoner's trophy for two consecutive years has not wiped out your dream of pursuing the championship. We are fortunate to move forward hand in hand.

After joining VG, you are not only the fulcrum of the team's attack, but also the strongest backing of the team, and you can hold a heavy hammer to repel the invading enemy.

The honors we have received over the past two years are enough to prove how successful our cooperation is. We are reluctant to part with each other, and we look forward to meeting each other again in other identities next time! }

As soon as the notice was released, it topped the Weibo hot search list in a short time!

[Oh my Mai Bo, he retired like this as soon as he played in the first game? ]

[I don’t know how long it will take for the next all-around top laner who can attack and defend to appear...]

[From S5 to S8, he has been a top laner for four full seasons. Is he the player with the longest shelf life among top laners? ]

[As a Mai Bo fan, I am already satisfied. With the double-circle Grand Slam in hand, I can enjoy life next time.]

[‘Looking forward to meeting each other again in other identities’ means that VG still has new things to do? ]

VG not only posted this sentence under Song Jinghao’s blog post about leaving the team.

In the following two days, the same blessing words appeared in the resignation statements of Kuro and Duan Deliang, which attracted speculation from major e-sports forums.

After all, it stands to reason that retirement/rest statements basically end with "Life has its own dreams, and each has its own brilliance."

However, netizens soon stopped guessing the hidden meaning behind VG's statement.

Because the big one is coming.

VG E-sports Club: {The road is long and difficult, but if you keep going, you will reach your destination; if you keep going, you will have a promising future.

Starting today, LPL player No. 077 Gu Xing (Virtue) officially retires.

You are the most shining presence on the field, the e-sports athlete who led the team to win glory for the country in the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, the team leader who upholds the spirit of "I come, I see, I conquer", and the legend that makes countless people excited and unforgettable.

In the two and a half years of professional arena battle time, you conquered all the audience with your outstanding performance that cannot be questioned.

From the Staples Center to the National Stadium, and then to the Incheon Munhak Arena, countless cheers and cheers crowned you as the king.

Three World Championships, three Finals MVPs, two Mid-Season Championships, two Mid-Season FMVPs.

Two Intercontinental Championships, five LPL Silver Dragon Cups, one Asian Games exhibition gold medal...

Three LPL All-Year Teams, three LPL MVPs, three LPL Most Popular Players.

Even though you are full of honors, you have never given up climbing and conquering higher peaks, and finally became the highest mountain in the history of League of Legends e-sports.

But no matter how gorgeous the words are, they cannot describe your achievements in your two and a half years of professional career and your outstanding contributions to the VG club.

After a thousand days of companionship, it's time to say goodbye in a blink of an eye.

Virtue's career has come to an end, and Gu Xing's life is about to embark on a new journey.

I wish you all the best and look forward to meeting you again in another capacity next time! }

The announcement of Gu Xing's retirement released by the VG club topped the Weibo hot search list in just 5 minutes, and the deep red word "explosion" was enough to show its popularity.

[My dear family, my youth is over! ]

[To be honest, this is the most dominant player in the history of e-sports? He has never lost a championship since his debut, and he wins the trophy as long as he participates in the competition. It's outrageous to the extreme]

[The God of League of Legends left like this? Brother Qiuqiu Xing, you can make a lot of money for another two years. Don't be afraid of poor performance. Brother Meng has already said that he will never criticize you for the rest of his life! ]

[For a lifetime? One game! If Brother Xing really doesn't leave, you guys will start a ranch in the anti-bar after losing a BO3]

[Although we have been prepared for a long time, it's really a bit difficult to bear when this day comes]

[Now, the most powerful person has run away, and the remaining players have started to compete for the leader of the martial arts world]

[IG is the most arrogant. They obviously lost the S8 finals, but they beat four VG players to retire! 】

The netizens' dirty talk only stayed on the front page of the comment area for a short moment, and then was pushed up by the comments of peers and sponsors.

EDG E-sports Club: [Legendary player, I wish you a bright future [Come on]]

Many people gathered under this comment on the official blog of Guodian, claiming that EDG's blessing was absolutely sincere. After all, as the most filial club to Gu Xing, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief and no longer have to think about how to deal with Gu Xing in the future.

Some people even counted the winning rate of Guodian against Gu Xing. Although they had experienced two junglers, Clearlove and Peanut, they maintained an embarrassing record of zero wins in both BO3 and BO5!

What a pure and good boy!

Another person who left a message later was the official account of Mercedes-Benz, [I should be very envious of this trip, but I will never betray my original intention, and may the glory and friendship never end]

In addition, all the official blogs of the clubs in the LPL competition area came to team building and bid farewell to Gu Xing, the god of plague, with great excitement.

In the previous two and a half years, although the division has won international competitions every time, according to LPL regulations, each club can share a certain proportion of dividends from VG, which has improved its financial situation to a great extent.

But no team wants to never get ahead and live in the shadow of others.

Gu Xing's retirement will undoubtedly put the LPL into a temporary vacancy as the leader of the Wulin League, which will give other teams a chance to compete and become the face of the competition!

It is precisely because of this that these clubs have a very positive attitude when engaging in team building under Gu Xing's retirement blog post.

However, Gu Xing was too lazy to look into their thoughts. Anyway, he retired and began to enjoy life. Whoever becomes the leader of the LPL has little to do with him.

He also liked the official club blog of the group of people who came to congratulate him.

"Why don't you go on Twitter and take a look?" Manager Lu Wenjun, who was responsible for handling the specific matters of Gu Xing's retirement, suggested sitting next to him.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xing clicked on Twitter because he didn't know why, and then he figured out the reason.

He is also on the trending list on Twitter.

Although Gu Xing's own account has a lot of followers, it is obviously unrealistic to want to stir up public opinion and become a hot search list overseas.

What really started this fire was the fist.

Ever since Riot heard that Gu Xinghui would retire during this transfer period, they have been working hard to prepare materials urgently, hoping to give him a grand farewell ceremony.

As soon as the retirement announcement was published, Riot officials actively forwarded it and added a picture.

In the photo, Gu Xing showed a bright smile, with an Asian Games gold medal hanging around his neck, and three Summoner trophies in his arms. On both sides were the shining golden MSI trophies, and the inconspicuous corner behind was filled with Silver Dragon Cups and Various FMVP and most popular player trophies and souvenirs.

The evaluation of him in the accompanying text reposted by Riot Games is even more unique.

{GOAT! It is you who make League of Legends great. Our company is lucky to have an e-sports player like Virtue. I sincerely wish you a happy life after retirement... At the same time, in order to commemorate Virtue player, we will update in the new season of version 1. Finally, set up his cartoon statues in the jungle areas of the blue and red sides of Summoner's Rift}

This retweet from Riot Games directly put Gu Xing at the top of Twitter's trending searches in countries with big League of Legends markets such as the United States, France, Brazil, and South Korea!

G2, who is usually known as the king of Twitter, also immediately jumped out to speak out, {What a pity, Virtue retired too early, and didn’t even give us a chance to defeat him head-on...}

The Snickers team has attached a bunch of pictures, which are all famous scenes of Gu Xing beating G2 in major international competitions in the past two years. {Old enemy, you should also be happy in your life after retirement! }

The self-deprecating thought made Tu Bao understand it, and almost made Gu Xing happy.

Kind of funny.

He opened the comment area to observe and found that the comments from foreign netizens were quite interesting.

The main emotion of the audience involved in the European and American competitions towards Gu Xing's retirement is one of regret.

[It’s too early to retire. There’s no need to retire quickly. Even if you don’t play well, who will blame Virtue? 】

[Goodbye Virtue, my LPL enlightenment mentor! Without you, I would never have been exposed to this competition area where fighting is the main style in my life]

[Three S crowns, three FMVPs, what kind of monster achievement is this... In the fist picture, the league championship trophy seems to be worthless, and he throws it aside casually]

[As everyone knows, a top league championship trophy is already a goal that is out of reach for countless professional players throughout their lives... Sometimes it feels like talent is really unfair]

[Riot: We detected that the existence of Virtue disrupted the balance of the professional arena. After two and a half years of discussion, we decided to permanently move Virtue to the ban position to solve this problem once and for all]

[Designers, age, and opponents all failed to defeat Virtue. He left the professional arena with his head held high, truly the first person in the history of League of Legends! 】

The reaction of netizens in the cold country should pay more attention to themselves.

[Ho ho ho, as soon as Virtue retired, the VG dynasty completely collapsed. Our LCK opportunity finally came! 】

[Come on, you LCK bastards, we must rebuild our glory in the first division in the next few years! 】

[The first division can only belong to the Great Cold Kingdom! The little LPL just got lucky and got Virtue to win 3 S championships. If they really compete with each other for their background, they are no match for our LCK! 】

[Don’t worry, SKT is ready. Next year’s lineup will definitely lead to the World Championship! 】

Compared with Europe and the United States, where international competition results generally lead to a Buddhist mentality among the audience in the competition area, netizens from Hanguo who are striving to compete for the title of the first division feel like other clubs in the LPL.

Finally relieved.

At least we no longer have to face the desperate situation of increasing investment and failing to win the championship.

Galactic Battleship, start!

Gu Xing saw the comments from Hanguo netizens and went to check SKT's new season roster on a whim.

LCK is a bit better. The transfer period is really smooth. Once the contract is signed, you can sign it by simply reporting it.

Now that the LPL is still undecided in the breath-holding competition, SKT's new lineup is steaming.

The Wolf Club combination was limited by their mediocre performance and physical illness in the past two years. They no longer wanted to maintain the boring and high-intensity training for more than 15 hours a day as before, and planned to go to other competition areas to make a living with just enough money.

Seeing that there was no hope of retaining the team, SKT simply kicked out Xiao Hei, who had failed in the bubble competition, and began to spend huge sums of money to form Galaxy Battleship.

It is obvious that the previous three Galaxy Battleships - VG, G2 and KT all had good overall results last year, and they want to buy some immediate combat players to assist Faker.

The final lineup is quite impressive on paper.

Top laner Khan, jungler Score, mid laner Faker, bottom laner Deft + assistant Mata.

The top laners from Longzhu and KT's bottom jungle combinations all transferred to SKT!

This traditional giant is taking advantage of the collapse of the VG dynasty and spending money to win the S9 World Championship!

"Shu Gu, do you think SKT's lineup is viable?" Lu Wenjun asked nervously.

"...It's pretty strong," Gu Xing said fairly, "At least within the LCK, SKT should be the dominant player, and no club can threaten their status."

SKT's transfer period has almost sucked all the blood out of the LCK division.

In the S8 season, a total of 3 teams in the entire division have advanced to the World Championship. SKT has recruited the core players of two of the teams, which is equivalent to dismantling the team in disguise and forcing KT and KZ to enter a rebuilding period!

These two teams will inevitably be severely damaged. In a short period of time, whether they are fishing for big fish in the free agent market or cultivating new players, it will be difficult to regain their peak strength.

Under the circumstances, SKT's dominance in the country will not be a problem!

"As for international competitions, it depends on the version and the players' on-the-spot performance," Gu Xing continued. "It's hard to say. Maybe some people start to get no feedback as soon as they get to the finals, and their hands shake and they act like weaklings?"

"That's true," Lu Wenjun nodded in agreement with Gu Xing's view, and then marveled at the Galaxy Battleship, "SKT is really powerful, how can all these stars be in one team?"

Among them, the gathering of Deft, Big Quail and Faker is the most legendary.

At that time, the ten members of Samsung and SKT were incompatible with each other. Unexpectedly, they could become teammates after 5 years.

Mapo Double C is no longer a dream, but has become a reality under SKT’s transfer period offensive!

Lu Wenjun never thought that the team could still form a team like Jiang Zi.

By analogy, it is equivalent to Uzi running to EDG and dragging Meiko and Mingkai to play together...

Isn’t this a mouse acting as a bridesmaid to a cat?

"It's normal," Gu Xingshen said to Sister Li, "Among the LCK players, Faker is definitely the talker and the one who responds to everything. As long as he is willing, it is easy to recruit some thugs... To put it simply , who doesn’t want to fight with me?”

He spread his hands.

Lu Wenjun followed this logic and thought for a moment, and finally figured out why SKT was able to form a Galaxy Battleship.

If Gu Xing were to find a strong teammate within the LPL to challenge for the championship, there would probably be many people who would rather cut their salary and go to VG to get the money!

"By the way, when will our new season lineup be released?" Gu Xing urged, "Look at the LCK, it's much faster than you!"

VG's roster for the new season has also been finalized, but it is stuck in the league review and has not been approved, so the club cannot publish privately.

Lu Wenjun blushed, "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet..."

"It's just these two days anyway."

As he said, after the controversy over Gu Xing's retirement subsided, Tengjing finally began to review and approve player contracts submitted through the club.

This move is mainly to avoid overlapping popularity. If VG releases a new lineup just two days ago when many of VG's outstanding players are retiring, it will not be a good thing for Gu Xing and others or for other clubs.

After VG received the approved documents, it couldn't wait to make them public at noon that day.

{I am very happy to share with you the following transfer matters. After friendly communication between the two parties, (Han Wanghu, ID: Peanut) will walk side by side with us next season.

The tiger cub became famous all over the world when it debuted in 2016. Even though it is young, it shows off its sharpness and sharp fangs.

In the following two years, although he bounced around many clubs, his fierce inner nature has not been wiped out. Now he is fortunate to move to the top. I believe that the young tiger will quickly integrate into the VG family and start a new journey with the goal of world championship! }

A photo of Little Peanut wearing a racing suit is also attached to the back of the article. Her delicate face looks harmless.

Netizens immediately lost their composure.

[Holy shit, little peanut, are you really here? 】

[As the eldest prince, it is reasonable to take over from the traveling brother, right? 】

[Peanut: I can't beat VG in ROX, LZ and EDG, but it doesn't matter. Can't all problems be solved if I just join? 】

[Good brother, you are worthy of being the man who used to be called the wild king with your brother and treated the factory director as a sphere. Come to VG and I will inherit 3 S competition championships for you first! 】

[I am the only one paying attention to the other positions of VG. Jack seems to have renewed his contract, but what about the top assistant? According to recent news, I haven’t heard that VG is buying people. Is it possible that there is a skylight? 】

VG dropped the second bombshell of the transfer period the next day.

Increase the number of members of the second team.

3g all promoted to the first team!

To be honest, if there was no VG prefix, 99% of the audience would not know the two newcomers at this time.

If it were a non-traffic team, their joining would probably not make even a splash.

But this is VG, the most popular team in the LPL division!

Every move will trigger speculation and discussion among countless netizens!

When an unknown little guy joins a team, he immediately arouses criticism.

[Lu Wenjun, how many times are you doing? I'm tired of organizing the retirement ceremony for all the old players during the transfer period, but can you find some new members? 】

[Laughing, bring up two newcomers and let Power Jack and Little Peanut help train them, right? 】

[Bad, VG won’t even be able to enter the World Championship next year, right? Really dying at the speed of light? 】

[Don’t underestimate the strength of VG’s youth training. Chaowei also worked in VGP before. Facts have proved that if he has strength, he is strong! 】

[What kind of teammate was Chaowei at that time? Xing Ge Maibo + Rui Xing Duan Wang Ye can all give you guidance. If you look around the world in the League of Legends circle, you can't find another newcomer with such luxurious treatment. How can you find a sparring partner with 3G? 】

The controversy was loud, but the storm was completely subsided that night.

VG threw the last king bomb.

Official announcement of the coaching staff.

{I am honored to synchronize the following information to everyone: After full and harmonious communication, VG meritorious coach Yin Chengrong (Homme) will continue to sign with VG in the 2019 season...}

{At the same time, it is also announced that four new members of the coaching staff are added, namely top lane coach Smeb, jungle coach Virtue, mid lane coach Kuro and auxiliary coach Caveman. I believe that the dynasty players who are full of honors will be in the new season. Help new people thrive! }

As soon as the two pieces of news came out, they immediately aroused thousands of waves, and the hot searches on Weibo were once again covered!

[Old day, no wonder VG said something about ‘looking forward to meeting again in another identity next time’ in their retirement statement. It turned out to be a premeditated plan? 】

[Okay, okay, everyone is tied up with VG and that’s it! 】

[Finding a separate coach for each position is too luxurious, right? 】

[It’s numb, it’s my first time to see the coach’s worthless starting player. How is it appropriate? 】

[It should be the kind that doesn’t stay at the base. Brother Xing still has to study. I think it’s just to participate in remote review and one-on-one teaching. It shouldn’t cost much]

[Brother Xing: Talking about money is vulgar, send it all, buddy! (I own VG shares anyway)]

【It’s done! There is hope for VG again next year, the old guys just give me a lot of gold coins and that’s it! 】

[In the future, when there is internal training, people will say, ‘What kind of champion are you?’, I’m afraid it won’t be enough to defeat the newcomers with just a few words]

Subsequently, VG officially announced the new season roster.

Top lane 3, mid laner Chovy, bottom lane JackeyLove + auxiliary Missing.

Head coach Homme, assistant coach Virtue, Easyhoon, Smeb, Kuro, Caveman.

Under the vigorous transfer period, there is a quiet handover of the baton.

A new era for LPL has officially begun!