Chapter 599: The Happy Region Has Its Own Playstyle

In the CNB training room, the atmosphere became somewhat strange.

The strangeness lies in that, surprisingly, the side feeling most embarrassed is actually VG……

Mainly, this side has been throwing the game excessively obviously; even from the second game, Liang Yan started playing Death Song Sword Demon jungle, which is extremely ahead of its time but in the current version is purely a sewer play, while the opponent still couldn't survive past the first ten minutes every game.

CNB always starts to collapse at six or seven minutes, and the reason for the collapse is very simple: the three lanes are being killed in lane.

Gangzi has started to go on a rampage in lane—can you believe it!

Moreover, they were still throwing a lot of water.

Let me put it this way: how does a solo kill happen in lane? It's when the opponent extends their head into your blade's reach, and if you don't take that head, you'll feel like your intelligence is being insulted.

For example, VG's AD here was only licked by Tham, while the enemy's little cannon directly jumped onto the face trying to kill…… The early-game combat power of the Bomb Man is indeed weak, but the problem is the support is a Janna.

Moreover, the enemy mid laner plays Ahri, seeing that our side has a support hero Fan Mom, they go crazy stepping on the face wanting to bully people. At a glance, they clearly didn't watch the MSI finals seriously—Pawn's fox couldn't get any advantage against Easyhoon's Karma and was even close to being solo killed—this CNB mid laner probably thinks they're Faker? Easyhoon had no choice but to exert a little force, after which the enemy simply died in front of him.

As for the jungle position, it's likely they were intimidated by the reputation of the "World's No. 1 Jungler"; the enemy jungler was very well-behaved, in six practice games they never entered Liang Yan's jungle from start to finish.

Hmm, even Mang Seng doesn't invade when playing Death Song.

During the review, Liang Yan explicitly said, you Mang Seng, who plays for early-game tempo, letting an off-meta jungler that's weak early but strong late develop—what were you thinking?

The enemy jungler, with a shy smile like a daughter-in-law, explained thus:

"My mechanics are too poor…… Moreover, I think invading the enemy jungle yields little profit, lane pressure is too high; after I finish clearing my own monsters and level up, that's enough—I just want to help my teammates more."

Feeling that their mechanics are poor and they can't beat Liang Yan is probably the main reason; the rest of that explanation is just forced…… and they still have some self-awareness.

Well…… Liang Yan is also quite helpless.

What the hell are we still playing for?

We've thrown the game to this extent!

What frustrates Liang Yan the most is that CNB lost six games in a row, yet the opposing players are still giggling, not feeling ashamed but rather seeming to happily enjoy the game.

Liang Yan finally realized that these people truly love the game.

But they are also truly bad.

That's right, as soon as netizens mention the Western region, it's all about loving the game, enjoying the game—loving is good, you should enjoy.

But for professional players, everything is reflected in the two words "professional".

If it were a solo competition item, like fighting games or StarCraft, there wouldn't be so many particulars; you could mess around however you like and no one would say anything—at most you'd have no results, and mixing in a bit more would get you kicked out by the team.

If it's a single-player competition event, like fighting games or StarCraft and such, then there aren't that many particulars; you can mess around however you like and nobody will say anything; at most you just get no results, and if you mix in a bit more, you'll get kicked out by the team.

Why does the LoL circle have so many xx-fracture fans tearing each other apart, and even the largest player gathering forum in the Chinese circle is called "Back the Pot"? Precisely because League of Legends professional players are not solo fighters but team players.

LoL players aren't just pursuing personal honor; they also have to take responsibility for the team—put simply, at least don't drag down teammates, and they must live up to the salary they receive.

But the problem arises: if it's like this for the whole team, or even the whole region, what then?

Then we can only give up on international tournament results; Liang Yan has experienced that timeline where the future Western region is basically like that—from teams to spectators, it's all happy gaming, completely disregarding international results, just indulging in self-contained enjoyment. This is also a solution.

Liang Yan feels that for CNB to become a truly strong team, relying on these people is absolutely impossible; they need a major overhaul. But obviously Luonaerduo inviting VG over isn't to hear transfer-season purchasing advice; it's highly likely he wants his own team to gain some prestige in the Brazil Region.

Speaking of which, CNB's current position in the Brazil Region actually resembles VG's former position in the LPL to some extent, and strictly speaking it's even a bit worse.

Take this year's spring season as an example:

The Brazil Region uses a Bo2 format, with eight teams; the top four in points advance to the playoffs, while CNB's regular-season record is one win, four draws, two losses, putting them in fifth place points-wise.

It looks like they barely missed the playoffs, not too bad, maybe a mid-tier team? But just pull up the standings and you'll see:

Fifth-place CNB is one win, four draws, two losses; fourth-place VK is three wins, one draw, two losses!

Put bluntly, this is completely a heavenly chasm-like divide. In this Brazil Region where LPL netizens are completely unfamiliar, the top four are one world, all mountaintop people; the bottom four are another world, mountain-foot cavemen!

To put it bluntly, this is simply a heavenly moat-like watershed. In this Brazil Region that LPL netizens are completely unfamiliar with, the top four are one world, all mountaintop people; the bottom four are another world, mountain-foot cavemen!

Luonaerduo's goal is likely just to make CNB into mountaintop people, rather than having CNB control lightning in international tournaments—unless they buy Liang Yan, otherwise that's an absolutely impossible daydream—after all, he's also a huge celebrity with massive fame; his high-profile investment in the team can't even make the playoffs, whether they make money or not is debatable, but saying it out loud would embarrass him.

Combining the genuine intel gained from the practice matches, Liang Yan basically figured out their thoughts seven out of eight.

So is there any way to help them achieve their wish?

Yes, there definitely is.

With the current strength of this VG team, even the championship-class gold-medal instructor Teacher Liang is here; there are truly many solutions, and you don't even need Liang Yan to step in—just letting Zhu Xiaolong, who has followed Master Liang for less than half a year, come teach can easily bring CNB into the playoffs.

With VG's current strength, even the gold-medal coach Liang Yan is here; there are really many ways, and you don't even need Liang Yan to step in—just let Zhu Xiaolong, who has only followed Master Liang for less than half a year, come teach, and they can easily bring CNB into the playoffs.

Liang Yan spoke up, breaking the eerie silence that had persisted since the review began; he looked at Luonaerduo and asked:

"By the way, when does your summer season start?"

"The summer season?"

Luonaerduo blinked slightly, then reacted and laughed:

"Our summer season ended long ago; what you're referring to should be the winter season, which is not far off—just the beginning of next month……"

Our summer tournament ended long ago; what you're talking about must be the winter tournament, which isn't far off—just early next month...