Chapter 592: Ready for a Grand Slam!

It's over!!!

Let us congratulate! VG!!!

Becoming the 2017 Mid-Season Champion!

Champion!!!

Guan Zeyuan's hoarse, exhausted shout, filled with boundless joy, echoed throughout the LPL livestream.

Miller also shouted wildly:

We've won the championship!!!

We are the champions!!!

LPL is awesome!!!

Jiao Shen is awesome!!!

Changzhang stared, mouth agape: 'Too terrifying, a fifteen-kill zero-death marksman; I feel Jiao Shen's damage this game is about to break through the heavens!'

……

China, Shanghai, VG Ji Di.

At the moment KT's crystal exploded, Lu Wenjun sprang up from the boss's chair, slapped the table hard, and shouted:

Good!!!

……

At the Rio Olympic Stadium, a cheer like a surging tide swept the scene.

Around the stage at the center of the venue, dozens of fireworks continuously shot out.

The stage lights had already lit up; golden ribbons sprayed down from the venue's ceiling, turning into a colorful downpour, and a golden trophy on the platform gleamed brightly.

In the VG players' section, at the moment the enemy crystal exploded, Xiao Duan excitedly took off his headset and flung his arms around Sima Laozei, who had just stood up.

Ma Ge! Ma Ge! We are the champions!! Seven million! Seven million prize money!! Awesome!! Dig the slot is so awesome!!!

According to Riot's announcement, the total prize pool for the 2017 MSI consists of two parts; after last week's group stage ended, Riot released the latest figures, making the final MSI prize total 263 million USD, of which 30 million USD provided by Riot Official is the fixed base prize, and the additional over two million dollars come from the revenue share of the Conquest series skins contributed by players.

Initially, Riot had promised a minimum total prize pool of 1.5 million USD; if skin sales fell short, Riot would make up the difference, but the paying players were so enthusiastic that they directly doubled the minimum amount, far exceeding Riot's promise!

Converted to RMB, this is over 18 million, actually over 1 million RMB more than last year's World Championship prize—indeed, this was something everyone had anticipated; after G2's victory last year, the global LoL servers (except the Korean server) saw a wave of new players flooding in, the player base grew, and naturally more people bought skins.

Thus it can also be foreseen that the prize pool for this year's S7 World Championship will likely be even more staggering, possibly even double last year's World Championship prize.

Riot had already announced that G2's champion skin would go on sale in the patch after MSI ends. Moreover, according to Riot's newly added rule for accumulating the World Championship prize pool, the revenue from last year's champion skin will be shared with the players, and a portion will flow into next year's World Championship prize pool, serving as an incentive mechanism to increase the prestige of the World Championship and heighten the competitive enthusiasm of teams across all regions.

Returning to the present, the little money-grubber Xiao Duan had already calculated carefully when Riot announced the total prize pool for this MSI after the group stage, according to the prize distribution rules (champion 40%, runner-up 20%, third and fourth each 10%, the rest arbitrarily divided), if VG wins the championship, they would receive over seven million in prize money!

And now, the dream has become reality!

Although this over seven million has to be split among many, the players will surely take the lion's share, and with Boss Lu's promised bonus added, each player could earn over one million!

For Xiao Duan, this is a huge sum!

Figuring this out also explains why Xiao Duan is so excited right now.

Of course, whether it's Xiao Duan or anyone else, they are actually very clear in their hearts—after winning the championship, the prize money is just an appetizer, while the benefits brought by the champion title are the true feast.

At this very moment, even Sima Laozei, whom Xiao Duan was hugging, showed a toothy grin, his face also flushed, revealing how excited and thrilled he felt inside.

Meanwhile, Easyhoon, sitting beside them, unexpectedly remained in his chair, wiping his glasses with a wet tissue as he lowered his head; then he lifted his head, put his glasses on, the rims beneath the lenses slightly reddened. Feeling a pat on his shoulder, Easyhoon turned around and saw Liang Yan smiling at him.

Everything was understood without words.

Easyhoon tightly embraced Liang Yan, choking up as he repeatedly said, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…'

Fu Lan Duo was celebrating with Gangzi, Zhu Xiaolong, and others who had rushed up from the backstage lounge; a group of them huddled together, laughing and shouting, in sync with the intense BGM of the scene, the atmosphere heated to the extreme.

In the LPL livestream room, the barrage had gone completely crazy.

【We are the champions!!】

【VG is awesome! LPL is awesome!】

【I came! I saw! I conquered!】

【xx University sent a congratulatory telegram!】

【Holy crap, the whole university town is screaming!】

【In the same university town, after finishing the third match on a street of internet cafes, it boiled over, and now everyone is hyped to the max!】

【Fortunate to be on site, the whole venue stood up and went wild; the audience were shouting 'Fire', and our side were shouting 'Jiao Shen Jiao Shen →_→'】

【Ready for a grand slam! Ready for a grand slam!】

The barrage teemed, thick and dense, layer upon layer covering the livestream screen.

It seemed as if the whole world had boiled over.

However, the lights over the KT players' seats had dimmed, as if cut off from the world; the KT members all remained silent, some were packing up equipment, others still sat in their chairs.

Score's face was pallor, he looked dazedly at the results screen on the monitor, his mind in utter chaos, yet he couldn't recall anything, just a haze of confusion and gray.

Coach FIFAHUN had already come onto the stage, embracing the silently weeping Deft, but his gaze was directed toward the VG players' section, looking longingly at the bustling scene under those lights.

After a while, FIFAHUN withdrew his gaze, patted Deft on the back, and said:

【It's alright, He Kui, we'll come back in half a year.】

He had already decided not to hold practice matches against VG in the summer split.

Otherwise, by S7 they would still be crushed, with no chance to turn things around.

In the LCK livestream room, the commentators' lamenting had ceased; the three commentators looked listless, their faces only showing desolation, and when they spoke, it was filled with regret.

Meanwhile, on the Korean forum, Korean netizens were emphasizing civility, friendliness, and harmony, because there was no profanity—possibly because the Korean language itself hardly has any swear words.

Of course, this side was also filled with KT.

【Is this all the spring championship worth? Embarrassment thrown all the way to Brazil—KT, go die!】

Where are the KT fans? Weren't you saying you'd definitely win?

【KT fans are deleting posts】

【KT fans are forcibly refunding tickets】

【KT fans are looking for the truck company's phone number】

【Hahaha, the truck rental company can't answer the phone because they're all people from Shandong, China, and they're all celebrating VG's championship】

【Then let's get a hearse, give the whole KT team a full package】