Chapter 121: Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower

After going to China, G2 finally gained some fame domestically, and the nickname "Jiao Shen" was mentioned by more people.

Some people who originally never paid attention to the Europe Region also started occasionally searching for EU news.

Twitter is the most-used social forum software overseas; when something trends on Twitter, it means it has spread worldwide.

Naturally, domestic netizens also quickly learned that G2's match had a bug and was pushed to the top of Twitter's hot search; regarding this, domestic netizens' focus differed.

Domestic netizens commented as follows:

【My god, the Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower!】

【Case closed, the reason for the bug is that the defense tower didn't give Jiao Shen a KDA save. Defense tower: You dare be invincible? I'd rather lose my KDA than not blow up with you!】

【Why does nobody else get a bug when playing Spider, but you do? Jiao Shen really needs to look for his own cause.】

【Tower Bro: I did my best.】

【Even the defense tower is jealous enough to personally step in and finish him; this guy is terrifyingly strong.】

【Riot Games should at least give some consolation money, right?】

【Jiao Shen is really a shame; he almost surpassed them all at once; he probably will never forget this death in his lifetime.】

【The Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower is confirmed.】

【Jiao Shen has high emotional intelligence; he doesn't say it during the match, but after.】

【Fortunately G2 won, but I want to say, what if G2 had lost?】

Liang Yan, while scrolling through posts on the car back to Ji Di, really laughed when he saw these comments; indeed, when it comes to messing around, you have to look at the LPL old irons; compared to them, these netizens on Ou Mei's internet are seriously lacking imagination.

Twitter hot searches are just for fun; for real fun, you still have to look at the tieba buddies.

Regarding his newly acquired nickname "Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower", Liang Yan was quite pleased; compared to "Monster Brother" and "Chai Dui Kuang Mo" and such, "Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower" sounds much better, and just hearing it feels very high-class.

Zven sat beside Liang Yan, frowning, deep in thought.

——Strange, why do I feel like I forgot something?

……

The next day at noon, the global servers—including the match servers—were urgently patched with a hotfix, and the spider's flying bug was fixed.

Liang Yan was startled; in his memory, this bug was only fixed after a long time, definitely not now.

Therefore, Liang Yan also, after Snake's victory over IM entering the semifinals, once again deeply realized that his actions were in real time affecting the course of this world.

Regarding this bug incident, Riot Games' actions were not only to fix the bug overnight and release the hotfix; to recover the brand image loss caused by this incident, at the same time as releasing the hotfix, Riot Games also posted an apology statement on the league's official website, the event's official website, Twitter, and domestically on Weibo and other related major websites.

This statement, once posted, spread explosively across the global internet, causing an extremely terrifying breakout effect, becoming a classic case in PR circles, and at the same time fostering the formation of Riot Games' later style of earnestly pulling off big stunts.

The full text of the statement is as follows.

【To all professional players of the global regions and all summoners:

【Regarding the incident yesterday in the EU postseason semifinals where player Firrrrrre's Spider Queen Elise, while in the "web" state, was subjected to an "illegal execution" by the defense tower, all members of Riot Games hereby express our sincerest and deepest apologies to all individuals and teams affected by this.】

【Fair competition is the lifeline of League of Legends esports; Riot Games has always been committed to this and has made it the top priority in event organization. Without a doubt, this bug severely affected competitive fairness, but Firrrrrre player did not raise the issue when the bug occurred; by sacrificing his own KDA, he ensured the match could proceed smoothly and normally, his lofty professional spirit deeply moved us; although we do not advise all professional players to emulate him, we must acknowledge that we are very grateful for Firrrrrre player's big-picture handling; for this, the EU event operations team extends the highest respect and thanks to Firrrrrre player.】

【After the incident occurred, our team immediately detected and repaired this bug; the repair patch has been online today at noon on major servers worldwide. Nevertheless, the impact of this incident is severe and far-reaching, even historically significant; therefore, after sincerely gathering player opinions from major communities and holding discussions, we have made the following decisions:】

【One, to compensate for the KDA loss Firrrrrre player suffered from being killed once by the defense tower, we will grant 908 euros in consolation money to the G2 club where the player belongs; Spider Queen Elise also enjoys this benefit, so she will additionally receive 1 gold coin as initial funds at the start of every non-ranked match thereafter.】

【Two, the "first tower" committing a forced execution of a player character due to personal emotion is extremely unprofessional; therefore, we have severely criticized it. Although it claims it will not repeat after the hotfix goes live, we still must punish it as a warning: in all game modes—including official matches, the attack power of the first top lane tower is permanently reduced by 1.】

【Three, we confer the lifelong honor of "Eternal Enemy of the Defense Tower" upon Firrrrrre player; the trophy and honor certificate will be delivered to the location of the G2 club within three working days.】

……

Ka Lao Si received the consolation money first before seeing Riot Games' announcement.

That noon, Ka Lao Si's phone suddenly received a notification; a new message reminded him that a deposit of 908 euros had arrived in the company account.

At first he thought someone had made a mistake, but then he thought it shouldn't be, since all transfers to the company account have confirmation procedures, making a mistake unlikely.

But if it wasn't a mistaken transfer, who would suddenly give G2 such a neither too much nor too little "donation" out of nowhere?

Ka Lao Si couldn't help but be curious, so he checked the transfer details:

【Sender: RiotGames

【Note: compensation for Firrrrrre player's "illegal execution" consolation money; please decide the usage yourself.】

Ka Lao Si froze.

He rubbed his eyes and looked again carefully.

On the spot, his whole body shuddered.

"What the hell, your mother?!"

"What the hell is this consolation money!!!"

Ka Lao Si jumped up on the spot and ran toward the players' dormitory as if stepping on a fire wheel.

The EU finals were a week later, so after winning the semifinals, Ka Lao Si, considering that a few disobedient kids had drunk some alcohol the previous night, specially gave a day off and thoughtfully locked the training room door; thus, the players were either wandering outside or resting in the dormitory after just finishing a meal.

Lao Zhang was leaning against the headboard, looking at LCK postseason match videos on his phone, when suddenly the door was kicked open with a bang, startling him, and then he saw Ka Lao Si rush in.

"Liang! Where's Liang?! Where is the person?!"

Lao Zhang looked at the seemingly crazy Ka Lao Si, stunned for a moment, then pointed to the bathroom.

Liang Yan had already heard the commotion, came out with a mouthful of foam, holding a toothbrush:

"What are you howling about? Like you're at a funeral."