Chapter 82: Bad at the game, plays flashy, loves to show off

The on-site audience was made to roll on the floor laughing by Sjokz's words, and the official livestream chat was full of "hhhhhhhhh".

But Sjokz's comment is actually correct; if FNC wins today, this place will turn into a scene where TSM and G2, these two old stomping grounds, have their defenses broken.

But if FNC loses, that would be another welcome outcome.

From the perspective of G2 fans, Kikis is undoubtedly a traitor, having betrayed the team at the moment it needed him most.

Although Ka Lao Si, out of old sentiment, did not blast Kikis on Twitter, the forthright AP posted a tweet the day Kikis left the team:

【We are no longer brothers!】

He didn't elaborate on any details, just that one sentence, but those who understand, understand.

Three starters had already left the team before; Kikis only followed after a while—what else could it be? He thought G2 was going to collapse, not optimistic about G2's future.

So now there are also G2 fans online criticizing Kikis, holding their breath waiting to see G2 crush FNC today, to prove that Kikis's choice was completely wrong.

Leaving netizens aside, Perkz, who is already seated in the player's bench at this moment, inevitably feels something similar; his expression now looks somewhat solemn, completely lacking his usual carefree, giggly demeanor.

Ka Lao Si understands AP; he certainly knows what AP is thinking right now, and also knows that this state is actually detrimental to performance, yet Ka Lao Si said nothing.

Because Ka Lao Si himself is also holding in his anger.

The ban/pick phase begins for both sides.

The soul of this FNC team, without doubt, is Rekkles, the Xia Lu called Europe's top scholar; at the same time, Rekkles is also the strongest in mechanical skill among FNC's five starters.

In other words, G2's Xia Lu will face the greatest pressure in this match; therefore, during the ban/pick phase, Ka Lao Si, following the pre-match discussion, will allocate more ban/pick resources to G2's Xia Lu player Zven, mainly in champion selection.

In this patch, few champions in Xia Lu are worth banning; as the summer split progresses, Europe's ban/pick understanding has finally caught up with LCK and LPL, beginning to reserve bans more for mid lane or jungle, and this game is no exception.

When only the last ban slot remained, Ka Lao Si asked the team:

"Should we ban Shah?"

After everyone chattered back and forth with their opinions, Ka Lao Si still couldn't decide, and finally turned to Liang Yan:

"Liang, what do you think?"

"I think what everyone said is correct; if we want to take Lu Xi An, we can ban it; if we take a long-range champion, it's unnecessary, and besides, didn't we agree to play a poke/pick‑and‑roll system?"

"OK."

Ka Lao Si felt relieved, and finally had Lao Zhang ban a vampire.

The bans for both sides are as follows:

Blue side FNC: Enchantress, Ryze, Leopard Woman

Red side G2: Ekko, Karma, Vampire

Ekko actually doesn't need to be banned; Ka Lao Si banning him is purely to vent frustration, and of course everyone agrees, this game we must make the top laner perform terribly.

"Good gathering, good parting," bullshit!

The esports circle is the martial world; the martial world is, if you make me unhappy, I'll have to kill you!

Both sides begin champion selection.

FNC instantly locks in a digging machine.

"What?!"

Quickshot let out an exclamation of surprise, and then the three people on the analyst desk fell silent for a while.

The G2 side also all let out a collective "Ah?"

Ka Lao Si was completely stunned.

He thought the enemy would definitely grab Shah first, but they ended up grabbing Rek'Sai?

What does that mean?

Shah, with Bard Bu Long's wheel mother so many versions strong, you don't take it; if you really can't, taking a big tree I'd still consider normal, but you gave the whole Rek'Sai?

Is this looking down on people?

The meaning conveyed by FNC's snatching of Rek'Sai is really too obvious.

The commentator directly said:

"This is just wanting to give a lesson to the newcomer."

"Wow, this is the confidence of Samsung's Ten Sons; it looks like Spirit is about to get serious."

"But that the coach actually allows him to mess around like this is also quite..."

FNC's starting jungler is none other than the jungler of the Samsung Blue team, champions of the S4 season OGN (LCK) region, Spirit, who also has the nickname 'Little Sprite' in the LPL.

Liang Yan sat in his seat, looking at the Rek'Sai icon already locked in on FNC's bench screen, and his face again showed that playful signature smile.

Spirit, Liang Yan certainly has a deep impression of him.

After the S4 season ended, Samsung's two teams were torn apart by LPL's wealthy patrons, and all ten starters were snatched away by various LPL teams.

Spirit went to WE.

Joining WE alongside Spirit were two other Korean imports, Ninja and MySitc, the latter of whom later almost became the brother-in-law of WE's spokesperson.

WE went to great lengths to acquire Little Sprite, but as soon as the spring split started, they suffered a five-game losing streak, and they didn't even manage to beat their own second team M3 that had come up from the LSPL...

That's pretty hilarious.

Until more than half the season had passed, presumably also because the fans' criticism had become unbearable, WE finally switched to another lineup: mid laner Ninja and AD Situ Laoze went down, and Xi Ye and the brother-in-law (MyStic) officially moved up.

WE's record only then became slightly respectable, scraping into the playoffs with a 4-10-8 (wins-draws-losses) record.

As a result, they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

The summer split was even worse; they didn't even make the playoffs.

Then Spirit left the team.

Although he played poorly, failing to live up to his value as a high-priced Korean import, WE didn't say much either; originally, the two parties could be considered to have parted amicably.

What's unexpected is that, after leaving the LPL and joining Europe, Spirit actually jumped ahead to criticize WE on Twitter, saying his poor performance in WE was due to WE not valuing training and having terrible food, which made him eat poorly and thus his form suffered.

In short, it's just this not good, that not good.

WE were of course angry.

Damn, you fake posing as a pro player, using the name 'player' to swindle female fans everywhere, you trash— and you still have the nerve to say the team doesn't value training?!

Both sides immediately started arguing.

WE directly exposed explosive material on Weibo, laying out piece after piece of evidence, only then did everyone realize what kind of godlike person Spirit actually is.

Simply put, this guy could still stream until 2 or 3 a. m. even when he had a match the next day, and his monthly streaming time adds up to 200 hours!

You call this a professional player?

Damn, even professional streamers aren't this dedicated!

Not only that, Spirit, under the guise of being a 'professional player', privately flirted with female fans, and once he hooked him, he brought them to the WE base to fool around, causing the WE base to have non-stop gunfire day and night. This is the origin of the first-generation 'grass fan maniac', and also the source of the online rumor that 'WE produces grass fan monsters'.

Anyway, since then, Spirit's reputation in the LPL has become notoriously bad.

He's unskilled, utterly lacking professional ethics, and moreover he plays in a flashy way.

This is Liang Yan's impression of Spirit.

But I never expected that this guy actually likes to pretend so much.

"No rush."

When the teammates were clamoring to give Spirit a 'package', Liang Yan said calmly, then he continued:

"In this game we mainly focus on top lane and securing bottom lane; next game we'll deal with that B."

Everyone then burst out laughing, no longer insisting on taking on the enemy jungler.

Ka Lao Si also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he was genuinely afraid Liang Yan would rush onto the opposing player's bench right then and start an offline solo showdown.

Both sides then proceeded to pick their champions.