182: Chapter 182 The opening match of the neighboring region, a battle of two tribulations!

It was 8:00 PM.

Zhao Erming had only just returned to school after finishing dinner.

However, the scenes from the match during the day were still lingering in his mind, unable to be dismissed.

Since the match ended, he had practically scoured all the major social media platforms, discussing the brilliance of the match with countless netizens and players.

In the dormitory and class group chats, messages about this match had not stopped.

After finding out that Zhao Erming had gone to the venue in person, the class group chat was filled with a flood of envious and regretful words. You have to understand, their school was not too far from the venue; it took at most half an hour by taxi.

But because not many people were optimistic about this match at the beginning, very few people from the entire school had gone.

"Because I was busy in the afternoon and didn't watch it, was this match really that exciting?"

Just as he walked downstairs to the dormitory building and prepared to go up, a message appeared in the class group chat.

Before Zhao Erming could say anything, dozens of messages from others flooded in.

"Damn, you didn't watch this? Then why are you still here chatting with us? Why aren't you going to watch the replay!"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to feel our emotions just by watching the replay; after all, you already know the result. At the time, we all thought the A Shui Team was going to lose, but they managed a comeback despite being 10,000 gold behind. You can't experience that feeling."

"I originally asked my girlfriend to help me watch and answer some random questions, but by the final game, she could actually understand the match and was cheering for the A Shui Team. You have to know, my girlfriend doesn't even play league of legends!"

Soon.

Zhao Erming returned to the dormitory and pushed open the door.

The other roommates had already turned on their computers and were waiting for him, and someone from the dormitory next door had even brought their computer over for a five-man premade.

"Hurry up, five-man queue, five-man queue! After watching the match this afternoon, I couldn't help myself. Old Qiu from next door is here too, we have enough people."

"Log in, log in."

Under the call, Zhao Erming didn't even have time to rest before opening his laptop and logging into league of legends.

He was immediately pulled into the room.

But he always felt he had forgotten something.

When the game started, and after the instant match-making succeeded and they entered the room to begin the ban/pick phase, he finally remembered.

"By the way, what did you guys get from the skin chest?"

Once this sentence came out, everyone paused for a moment, and the dormitory fell into a few seconds of silence.

"Damn, I forgot to open it."

"I don't think I even claimed it."

"Forget it, forget it. Let's claim it after this game. I want to try Jarvan IV in the Jungler role. You guys just wait for me to gank bot lane at level two with an EQ Flash!"

"Then I'll play Rakan. Although I don't usually play this hero, there's a piece of news I have to tell you guys: actually, the fatty on the A Shui Team is my apprentice!"

During the conversation.

The first two slots locked in Jarvan IV and Rakan, while the opponent's first pick was Xayah.

Seeing Zhao Erming and his team lock in these two heroes, the opponents didn't hesitate at all; the second and third slots instantly locked in Alistar and Rek'Sai, which were also the heroes used by the Uzi Team in the final game!

Once these few heroes were selected on both sides, everything was understood without words.

Zhao Erming and his team exchanged glances, the corners of their mouths upturned, already certain of what they were going to play this game. The subsequent heroes were also instantly locked in.

"Back then, I saw a skinny guy at an internet cafe. He asked me to teach him how to play AD. I taught him a couple of tricks casually. I think his name was something like A-Shui. This game, I'm going to play Twitch to show you guys!"

Soon, the hero selection for both sides ended.

It was exactly the same lineup from the final game of the afternoon's Opening Match!

Just as it finished loading and entered the game.

The opponent initiated an all-chat message.

"Come on, let me see the strength of the A Shui Team!"

Zhao Erming also replied with a message.

"Little Uzi, laughable, laughable!"

That night.

At the same time.

Due to the popularity of the match, the number of concurrent players in league of legends was once again full, with many servers even marked in red.

Similar lineup selection screens were appearing all over the country; many five-man premade teams, with great tacit understanding, chose the lineups of both sides from this afternoon's Opening Match.

Furthermore.

It wasn't just five-man premades.

Many solo queue players, upon entering the hero ban/pick interface, would find that as long as the first player picked a hero that appeared in the match, the second player and the opponents would also tacitly choose the corresponding lineup.

The match this afternoon made many players feel an itch to play.

It is conceivable.

In tonight's league of legends Great Xia servers, there will be a massive number of Jarvan IV EQ Flash plays, and quite a few ADs who will Flash forward.

Tonight, league of legends is destined to be very lively.

...

As time passed, the next day soon arrived.

Although there was no match in the Great Xia region today, the relevant trending topics were still on major social media platforms and had not faded.

Although the previous day's match was very popular.

After all, only the Opening Match had viewing rewards, so many sponsors outside were still watching and waiting, wanting to see how many people would still watch the league of legends matches after the rewards were gone.

However.

Although there was no match in the Great Xia region today, this day was actually the Opening Match of the neighboring South Korea region!

Under normal circumstances.

The Opening Match of the neighboring region should not have received much attention from Great Xia players.

But at this moment, no one expected that if the Great Xia Opening Match made esports popular domestically, then the Opening Match of the neighboring region would completely ignite the concept of esports among the global player community!

...

2:00 PM.

Bilibili.

Old C, who had just changed platforms not long ago, was playing crossfire in his stream. After winning a game, he loosened his wrists and exited the game, preparing to start a round of league of legends.

As for dota 2 and alliance of valiant arms?

They were no longer on his computer.

After the previous two scandals, Old C had completely lost his credibility. Usually, his stream was full of trolls, and the official Douyu side no longer favored him.

Therefore, after his contract expired, he jumped to Bilibili without hesitation.

Furthermore, he immediately made a video upon arriving, angrily criticizing Douyu and Tencent, saying that it was their commercial orders that forced him to do things against his conscience.

He also admitted in the video the excellence of league of legends and crossfire, acknowledging that he had taken money back then, but now he had turned over a new leaf.

Although.

Most people didn't buy his act, there were still quite a few fans willing to give him a chance, so after moving to Bilibili, he still had tens of thousands to a hundred thousand viewers per stream.

In fact, even now, Douyin had not banned him; he could have completely gone to stream on Douyin after his contract expired.

But Old C still had some dignity left and felt he really didn't have the face to stream on Douyin, so he came to Bilibili instead.

However.

Although he had been streaming league of legends and crossfire after coming to Bilibili, he hadn't watched yesterday's league of legends esports match. After all, Bilibili didn't require league of legends streamers to watch it, and he wasn't optimistic about esports at the beginning.

Yesterday's Opening Match was too popular, and after the hype went viral, he only watched a few clips.

Currently.

The viewers in the stream, upon knowing that he hadn't watched the full match, almost all the comments in the chat were urging him to go watch it.

But looking at these comments urging him, Old C was still somewhat uninterested.

"I watched the clips."

"The Flash forward was indeed very courageous, and the team fight initiation while 10,000 gold behind was also very impressive, but you guys also know that I am a mechanical streamer, and I'm not very interested in these kinds of scenes."

"Although it was very passionate with the commentary, I still feel that only truly impressive mechanics can attract my attention."

"There were no truly impressive mechanics in those clips."

"I've known about Jarvan IV's EQ Flash for a long time; in the Challenger/Master ranks, this isn't a secret."

Because he only watched the clips and didn't experience the A Shui Team's desperate comeback from the beginning, Old C was not easily attracted by a few clips.

The chat also knew this point.

Old C felt it was boring now only because he hadn't finished watching a full match.

"Old C, you'll know once you finish watching a full live match; league of legends matches are really good to watch."

"That's right, even the recording is boring because you already know the result."

"Watch the live stream, watch the live stream!"

Looking at these comments, Old C was also a bit helpless.

"Alright, alright, I'll watch the next live stream, but there are no matches in the Great Xia region today, let's wait until tomorrow."

After saying this.

Most of the chat indeed stopped reminding him.

But at this moment.

A paid comment was directly pinned.

"The Opening Match of the neighboring region seems to be starting; you can go watch it, there's an official broadcast, it's just that there's no Great Xia language commentary."

After this pinned comment appeared, many fans from other streams were also urging him.

After all.

Having witnessed the brilliance of esports, they really wanted Old C to go watch it, to watch a full match.

You have to know, the two teams in the Opening Match were carefully selected; the Great Xia Opening Match was so exciting, the neighboring South Korea region wouldn't be any worse.

Seeing this.

Old C had no choice but to nod.

"Alright, I'll watch one match. If it's not good, I'll play games, and you guys won't force me then."

The chat was filled with "Okay, okay."

Soon.

Old C found the official broadcast on Bilibili and clicked in. The Opening Match of the neighboring region had just started, and the hero selection phase for the first game was about to begin.

As soon as he clicked in, there was a pinned message in Korean. After Old C copied and translated it, he realized.

The meaning of this Korean sentence was:

"To make the match more exciting, the South Korea region has introduced a specific rule: the first game of both sides will be a blind pick!"

"There are no hero bans, and both sides cannot see each other's choices, so the same heroes can appear on both sides!"

"This is to allow both sides to quickly familiarize themselves with each other's strong hero playstyles and ban them in subsequent matches!"

Looking at this rule, Old C couldn't help but say a sentence.

"This rule is interesting; you can even pick the same ones. If you lose the laning phase, you'll really be nailed to the pillar of shame."

At the same time as his words fell.

Both sides had already started the first round of hero selection. And because there was no ban phase, most of what both sides chose were strong heroes, and it was very easy to clash.

Both Mid laners in this game chose the assassin hero that is very strong in the current version.

They even both instantly locked it in.

And this hero is: Zed, the Master of Shadows.

And the IDs of the Mid laners on both sides were Faker and Ryu.