Chapter 283 Welcome Home!
Chapter 283 Welcome home—zet!
"Since the East-West Division, there have been more than 42 large-scale battles in the LPL Spring Season. It is difficult to say the right and wrong, but all cloud players have noticed that it was in this ancient battlefield that the rise and fall of many generations of Galaxy Battleships and the three major families were determined, so there has been a saying that the spring championship is the best!"
- Notes on the end of the first round of the same group round-robin match in the 2018 LPL Spring Season
A week ago, the first stage of the spring season ended, and EDG swept the West with an impressive record of 6-0.
The Spring Festival holiday caused this year's schedule to be quite tight. After the end of the East-West Civil War, the league's East-West confrontation immediately started with a rhythm of five days a week and three games a day.
On paper, the West, which has EDG, WE, OMG, and Snake, is slightly stronger than the East.
But after four days of competition, everyone was surprised to find that the records of IG, RNG, and RW in the Eastern Division were all 2-0, while the records of the Western Division’s ‘strong teams’ WE, OMG, and Snake, except EDG, were 0-2, 0-2, and 1-1 respectively.
For a while, there was a lot of noise online:
[The Western Division is in hell mode, and the Eastern Division is full of weak teams]
[It is indeed the big stage in Xi’an. If you want to win, come here. WE even lost to the newcomer Top]
[No way, I have a feeling that IG, RNG, and RW will sweep all the Western Division teams except EDG with a score of 6-1]
[Don’t make a fuss, IG, RNG, and RW all won with a score of 2:0. Your German G team had to beat WE 2:1. Do you still want to compete with the three heroes of the Eastern Division? 】
【Summary of the West with vegetables: Water shield】
【Compared to last year, EDG is obviously much weaker, but it is not completely defeated by RNG, IG, and RW. It is difficult to win all of them, but it should be able to win one or two】
【The top laner is not as loud as last year. The coach's BP is mainly a weird one, the mid laner is extremely nervous, and the bottom lane is stable but not strong. What do you think EDG can do to beat RNG? 】
【The three heroes above are talking nonsense about 6-1. I think it should be 7-0】
【 MD, the emperor is messing around. You are lucky that you didn't meet EDG in the first week, otherwise your home team would be beaten back to its original form】
【There is indeed a gap in strength between the East and the West. It is a bit unfair to treat the Eastern team according to the rules】
【I was originally upset that OMG was assigned to the West and WE and EDG in the same half zone, but now I can only feel happy~】
……
Modu, EDG Club.
Because of the home court, all the major clubs in the Eastern Division went west together, and EDG, who was in the enemy camp, did not have any games in the fourth week of the spring season.
However, tomorrow, RNG, one of the three elite teams in the Eastern Division and a long-standing grudge with EDG, will return to Shanghai and fight a fierce battle with EDG on March 5.
Facing the fierce enemy and the rumors that shake people's hearts on the Internet.
7 Jiang, the former world No. 1 jungler, EDG veteran player, S7 season global champion, and current EDG team coach, gave a speech:
"I don't understand why everyone is discussing the three heroes of the East led by IG, as if the upcoming cross-group competition is doomed to be bad for us in the West and EDG. A few months ago, we embarked on a journey and started another march! We won a major victory in the S game and became the first champion team in LPL!"
"Wherever our team goes, the people welcome it wholeheartedly. It can be said that we have the best timing!"
"That kind of vibrant and competitive state is still in front of us."
"But in just a few months, has the cross-group competition in this spring game turned into our burial place?"
"No matter what, the strength of the battle is the only champion team against the uncrowned ants in the West. One championship suppresses nothingness, and the advantage is mine!"
Of course, the above is purely the speech draft after the EDG Art Troupe's refined and expanded revision.
The real content of 7 sauce's speech is:
"What championship does RNG have? I'm already studying IG and Xia team!"
To be honest, the league's schedule is indeed very favorable for EDG.
The confrontation between different groups lasted for two and a half weeks, with a total of 36 games.
In the first five game days, EDG did not have any games, and for the sake of traffic, the league officials also put the more focused battles such as RNGvsWE, IGvsSnake, RWvsOMG in the first week.
In this way, EDG has enough time to study the opponent's tactical system and hero play.
In response to this, a team that is not RNG and has always been at odds with EDG complained about the schedule on the official Weibo, saying that their team had to fly to two places to play three games a week, and at the same time, the Yin-Yang League officials treated the EDG club specially.
The official responded immediately:
"The schedule is based on basic facts, including the location of each club and the venue of the game. It is the best arrangement that fully considers the preparations and transportation of each team."
"LPL has always been a commercial league, and traffic is one of the factors that commercial leagues care about most."
"Due to the long Spring Festival offseason and the compact schedule of League of Legends events this year, there are three teams that will play three games this week. It is not the official intention of the league to target anyone, and the EDG club will not There will be 7 games and the schedule is equally compact.”
"And this arrangement is also based on the Eastern and Western divisions. As a Western team, the EDG club is located in Shanghai!"
"The EDG team is the first team in the LPL League to win the S Championship. Without deliberately targeting other clubs, such a schedule does not imply any special treatment."
There are many netizens who are abusive and sarcastic towards the LPL's official response. While they are clamoring for the unfairness of the LPL, they are also mocking EDG's "Guodian" for its well-deserved reputation.
But most netizens remain silent.
The salary is obtained based on one's own strength.
This time, the league officials did not engage in such an unjust act as "birthday suspension".
Moreover, in addition to EDG in the West not having a game in the fourth week, SNG in the East also not having a game in the first week. It is obvious that this is because the schedule must be arranged this way due to transportation and geographical factors.
If you insist on saying it is unfair, then you can only complain that the decision to divide the east and west divisions in the "E-Sports Strategy Conference" last December was too stupid.
"Where's the favoritism?"
"Where's the favoritism?"
Jiebu looked at the royal miscellaneous people who were watching the excitement on their mobile phones and rolled their eyes anxiously:
"We at EDG have not always been like this for so many years!"
"Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open!"
"This schedule is very difficult for EDG!"
The words she spoke made people feel sick to their stomachs, but Jiebu really wasn't talking nonsense.
"RNG in the spring split was already terrifying, but they have won two games in a row and are feeling hot."
"EDG has no games for a week. Every team is either flying or on the way to other home stadiums. We don't even have a few training matches a week!"
"Why don't these people put themselves in our shoes and help us!"
"Ouch, I'm so angry!"
Seeing Sister Bu's complexion gradually warming up, the professional analyst immediately handed him a bottle of mineral water, and then said with a smile: "It's the Lantern Festival today, there's no need for Mr. Bu to be angry!"
"These are comments made by people who know little about the e-sports industry. We just need to play our game well and that's it!"
Dun, dun, dun——
Jiebu drank half a bottle of Baisuishan in one breath to cool down the temperature. She turned on her phone and looked at the time and asked, "When will Xiao Jiang and the factory director come back?"
"The flight arrives at the airport at 2:30 in the afternoon. We will pick you up for half an hour and then take the Outer Ring Expressway. If there is no traffic jam, it will take about 40 minutes. We should be back before four o'clock."
"Yeah, yeah!" Sister Bu said, "Today happens to be the Lantern Festival. Let the kitchen prepare some Yongcheng glutinous rice balls first so that they can fill their bellies when they come back. Then our club will go out for a welcome party in the evening."
"We must let others know that EDG is the most humane club!"
"I know it's dark all day long."
"snort!"
…
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
A quiet-looking young man with a pot head wrapped in a down jacket was pushing two suitcases by himself, carrying a large bag behind him and walking alone in the smooth and cold tiled aisle.
Feeling the slight vibration of the phone in his trouser pocket, Zet quickly stopped, put the suitcase aside, put down the heavy backpack and took out the phone:
【huan ying hui jia~~】
【 wo men zai chu zhan kou deng ni ne! 】
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Looking at the group photo of Jiang Zhun, the factory director, the girl control and others, Hae Chengmin felt a sore nose and wanted to respond in Pinyin with his fingers that were a little stiff from the cold.
Maybe the weight of the luggage caused his muscles to twitch slightly, or maybe he was too excited. He tapped the screen several times and failed to click on the letters correctly.
After several attempts, Hae Sung Min pointed at the front of the aisle, took a photo, and sent it using Qiuqiu.
…
Toot—
The phone receives the message.
It was Zet's reply.
"He's coming out soon!" Jiang Zhun looked at the photos on the screen with an excited tone.
The factory manager on the side also stretched out his head and took a quick look at Jiang Zhun's mobile phone screen with his dead fish eyes.
It is a picture of an aisle. Due to exposure reasons, the exit at the end of the aisle is bright white, but the aisle with constant lights is a bit dark. There are few people in the aisle, and suitcases and backpacks are next to the perspective.
"There are so many things, Zet can't even carry them on his small body!"
The factory director looked at the suitcase in the lower right corner of the photo and smacked his lips, "Two suitcases, a backpack that can't even be zipped, and a bag!"
"There is absolutely no need for him to bring so much. He only needs to bring his keyboard and mouse, and other daily necessities will naturally be available at the club."
Jiang Zhun: "Haha, maybe the suitcase is a gift he brought us?"
"If you don't bring me a gift, wait until the base and give him a hellish morning exercise!"
The factory director smiled and then looked aside: "Rucan, Meikong, get up. Zet is almost at the exit. He has a lot of luggage. Let's help him get it together."
…
That's right, Zet is going back to EDG!
It all started with that message. BBQ lost to Samsung and left the lounge. Zet took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Jiang Zhun.
[wo hao xiang ni men a (tears.jpg)], this is such a message composed of pinyin and facial expressions, from which everyone at EDG read Zet's sadness.
The image of that quiet, gentle, silent teammate resurfaced in everyone's minds.
Although it is normal for old teammates to send a message occasionally, the timing and content of Zet's messages are also too sensitive.
As soon as Jiang Zhun and others returned to the backstage lounge after defeating WE, his message came through.
The time difference between Nanjing Baseball League and China is only one hour. At that time, whether it was an LCK or LPL team, as long as they were not playing games, they were usually training or playing Rank (working time).
Zet suddenly sent a message, and the content was not to congratulate EDG for defeating WE.
Obviously it's not just because of the literal "I miss you so much".
So, several cobblers got together to discuss the reason why Zet sent the message. The girl found out that BBQ happened to have a game with SSG that day, and BBQ lost.
When everyone watched the final clip of the game replay, they discovered that after the base exploded in the second game, the BBQ top laner and mid laner in the video looked at Zet looking very strange!
It's a bit like the expression on Leader An's face when he looked at Ruler after EDG defeated SSG in the S7 finals.
Jiang Zhun, who had seen the video clips of "Losing the room key" and "Red ginseng is expensive, it was given to me by my mother", immediately thought of the absurd but somewhat reasonable story of Zet being bullied by the internal "seniors". idea.
Under the careful questioning of everyone at EDG, Zet also told all of his experiences.
So (using LPL rules 1.2, 4.1, and 4.2, omitting the N word), Zet returned to the EDG club.
…
"Xiaohai, you've lost weight!"
"Come on, let me help you push your suitcase."
"I have indeed lost weight."
"Our club recently hired two new chefs, and the food is delicious! Look at Rucan, has he gained a lot of weight?"
"Abu said he would go out for dinner tonight and finally killed him. Don't be too full when you get back to the base for snacks."
Zet was surrounded by EDG and his team, nodding at a loss.
"Okay, okay."
"Look at you, you make Xiaohai so shy."
"Let's get in the car first and chat in the car!"
Jiang Zhun easily picked up Zet's full backpack with one arm, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "In EDG, no one dares to bully you!"
"And...welcome home!"
We meet again after a long absence, and of course there are endless words in my heart.
But seeing how enthusiastic his former and future teammates were, Zet's eyes sparkled.
He couldn't understand why his compatriots, who were also teammates, would look at him in that way, but it was EDG members from a foreign country.
Why!
"Get in the car first, get in the car first." Zet held his eyes open, forced a smile with difficulty, and walked quickly outside.
Jiang Zhun, the factory director and others laughed when they saw this.
Scout, who didn't say much, remembered the days when he was the team favorite in SKT.
My treatment at that time was similar to that of Zet at this time!
Even though they were not wearing team uniforms but were wrapped in thick down jackets, the impressive EDG team was still recognized by many pedestrians coming and going at the airport.
Perhaps not wanting to break the delicate atmosphere of joy among the team members, no one came forward to ask for autographs or photos.
But they still photographed Nexus, Clearlove7, Meiko, Scout and others surrounding a thin young man wearing a peaked cap and a thick scarf.
This photo also quickly spread online:
"Who is this? The entire EDG team is going to pick up the plane!"
"I was at the airport at the time, but I didn't catch up to ask for a signature because I had to check in immediately."
"It seems to be Zet."
“Isn’t Zet playing in the LCK fried chicken team?”
…
That night, Weibo hot searches:
#EDG players appeared at Hongqiao Airport
#EDGZet
#Who is that man?
#EDG champion skin exposed