Chapter 29: Is it hard to admit that Ba Ge is strong?

Three days!

The spring season tournament ended, and Xu Dongmen and the others got a three-day vacation.

Everyone's way of relaxing is different; Xu Dongmen's way of relaxing is playing games, of course except for League of Legends.

To him, LOL is work; he plays it 360 days out of 365 in a year. It's rare to have a few days off, so of course he wants to change things up.

As everyone knows, online games are divided into two types: one is pay-to-win and grind-heavy games, the other is competitive games.

In pay-to-win games, it's about who has more money, or who can grind more!

Competitive games are about battling others for endless fun, focusing on brains and operation.

These two share a common point: in the game process, there is constant interaction with other players, the social attribute accounts for a large proportion, and some people can even lose their wives from playing.

By contrast, Xu Dongmen prefers single-player games, especially open-world types.

A good open-world game feels like entering a real world, with extremely strong immersion, like a combination of novels and movies; playing it allows one to fully immerse oneself, undisturbed by any external factors, thereby experiencing wonderful experiences impossible in reality.

Of course, there's also the biggest advantage: playing doesn't require much brainpower, and you can pick it up anytime and continue.

This is undoubtedly the favorite of Xu Dongmen, this lazy type; playing professionally is already tough enough, and in his spare time he still has to scheme against others— isn't that just making life hard for himself?

For three consecutive days, Xu Dongmen was immersed in the world of the thief.

Not going out, not showering, not washing hair—that's called happiness.

Who on earth is still buying him Love 5?

Turns out it's me myself, no problem!

Only on the third night did Doinb and the others return to the base, and then the vacation was considered over.

"Ying Bi Ge, you're too thin, take it easy."

Xu Dongmen gave kind advice; upon returning from this vacation, he clearly noticed that Doinb had lost another round of weight.

Young people, they just don't know moderation!

Those who understand, understand!

As someone who's been there, Xu Dongmen understands Doinb very well— it's just cohabitation, right?

As long as it doesn't affect the match, it's acceptable.

Sooner or later you'll find that games are far more fun than a girlfriend.

"Brothers, how have you guys been playing these past few days?"

Lin Ke appeared in the lounge with a spring breeze: "We've basically rested enough; next we need to focus, after MSI ends we'll give another long break— you can go wherever you want to play."

"Great!"

Pu Longyun also stood up: "Considering everyone just finished their break, we won't arrange practice matches tonight; everyone play some ranked games to get back into form."

Xu Dongmen and the others logged into their accounts one after another.

Just then, Lin Ke announced another major news.

From today onward, we can stream from the base!

"Really? Great, I'm going to start streaming right now." Da B immediately went to the Douyu backend; he had been waiting for this day so long his flowers had withered.

"Don't rush, wait till I finish."

Lin Ke added: "You can stream from the base, but there's a rule: you can only start streaming after each day's practice match ends, and while streaming you're not allowed to shout loudly or jump around; interaction is allowed, but it must not disturb others."

This last rule is obviously aimed at Doinb.

"Mm-hmm, I hate people who talk loudly and are noisy; they have no quality!" Da B had no qualms.

"Old Lin, when can I stream?" Xu Dongmen raised his hand.

Streaming is a gold mine; he also, like Ying Bi Ge, has a dream of becoming a big streamer.

In 2016, the streaming industry, especially game streaming, was at its peak; being a streamer made money fast.

"Dongmen, don't rush; we're still negotiating your streaming contract with the platform."

Lin Ke candidly said: "Mainly, our contract with Douyu is about to expire; they want to renew, but I want to wait until after MSI ends to decide."

The contract between QG and Douyu was signed a year ago when we entered the LPL.

The one-year term is about to arrive; as the team leader, he naturally must strive for better benefits for everyone, maximizing interests.

Being the new LPL champion isn't enough; there's still an MSI coming up.

"Alright, then I'll wait a bit more." Xu Dongmen expressed understanding.

He said that, but inside he still felt a little regret.

Right now is the champion's dividend period; Da B and others' stream rooms are seeing popularity surge like rising water, and the traffic is more than enough.

Xu Dongmen felt he had lost a hundred million!

At this rate, when will he be able to afford a manor?

Doinb, remembering his roots, said: "Dongmen, want to duo queue? The comments here are asking why you're not streaming, many are female fans."

"Sure, by the way, Ying Bi Ge, what's your score?" Xu Dongmen accepted the invitation.

"800 points; I've been practicing heroes lately and lost a few percent, originally over 1000." Da B looked proud.

"Oh wow, looks like I should also raise my score." Xu Dongmen made a decision.

500 points, indeed a bit low.

First set him a small goal: reach a thousand points first, then talk more!

Enter the game.

【Ba Ge ah】: Brothers, ban the spider, thanks.

【Douyu Jin Gu Gu】: Why don't you ban it yourself?

【Ba Ge ah】: I want to ban the captain; the captain's laning is too sloppy.

【Douyu Jin Gu Gu】: ……

【City North Mr. Xu】:....

Nobody paid attention to Ba Ge; Xu Dongmen banned Taric.

At this time, the domestic server had already implemented patch 6.8; the biggest update of this version was the jewel overhaul, and the Jewel Knight became the Shield of Valoran.

Extremely strong, it became a hot pick in the bottom lane as soon as it launched.

Xu Dongmen took a male gun; Doinb instead practiced and chose Ekko.

In patch 6.8, tank Ekko was nerfed, AP Ekko was buffed.

Analysts predicted that mid lane Ekko would likely appear at MSI.

Whether we'll get it or not aside, at least we need to practice it first.

As for Ba Ge, he plays the Big Tree.

No wonder they want to ban the Captain; Big Tree vs Captain is like raising a father.

But Big Tree's "father" isn't just the Captain; in this game, the enemy top laner pulled out Fiora.

Xu Dongmen quickly ganked top at 3 minutes and directly secured first blood on Fiora.

The only pity is that this 400 gold ended up in Ba Ge's mouth.

"It's fine, just get a kill top lane and avoid being solo killed."

Xu Dongmen understands Ba Ge; after all, it's still Season 6, Ba Ge can't be that bad no matter how bad he is, his expectation for the top lane is just to survive.

However, this expectation turned out to be too high!

In less than two minutes, the heads Ba Ge had taken were spit out.

Xu Dongmen had just finished clearing the bottom jungle at that moment; he went to the bottom lane and knocked out the enemy AD's flash, which counts as a gain.

Next, the focus shifted to mid lane.

Freeing Ying Bi Ge, with mid-jungle coordination delivering a dimensional strike, the game becomes easy to win.

However, on this side, mid lane had just killed the enemy once, but Ba Ge died again top lane, this time being sliced to death by Fiora's ultimate and a few quick strikes.

Solo kill!

Xu Dongmen can testify that it was the Big Tree who struck first.

No, why would a Big Tree go looking for a duel with Fiora?

Xu Dongmen originally didn't want to manage the top lane, but seeing the top lane gap widen, he had no choice but to change his mind.

"Ying Bi Ge, let's go gank top; if we don't go, the tower will be gone, and once Fiora gets fed she'll be hard to handle."

"Okay, but Spider might be around this wave."

"It's fine, we 3v2, kill one and retreat; they can't do anything to us."

Xu Dongmen brought Doinb to dive the tower top; Doinb's Ekko went in first to tank the tower, but at the crucial moment the Big Tree came with an Asian bind, latching onto the nearby minion……

Insufficient control prevented an instant kill on Fiora, and the Spider arrived.

Xu Dongmen and the others unwilling to give up tried to force a kill, but Ba Ge then unleashed a Q【Arcane Smash】that knocked the target out of the attack range.

After finally taking down Fiora, the three of them couldn't escape.

The enemy mid laner and support came over!

"Let's just destroy it, I'm tired."

Xu Dongmen directly got heated, "I'm not putting up with this!"

The Valley's father‑raising person Wang Muba, reputation well deserved!

………

"I said we should ban the Spider, but nobody listened to me—what can I do?"

In the Huya livestream chat, Ba Ge angrily retorted to the comments: "What does it mean that a champion mid‑jungle can't carry me? I, Wang Muba, still need someone to carry me?"

"And they say I went to QG to play top and got 0‑3ed by RNG—isn't that nonsense? If I could play professionally and win a championship, would I still be streaming here?"

Ba Ge is unmoved by offers.

Losing one ranked game is nothing to him; he's long accustomed to it, and right after finishing he jumps into the next game, completely unaffected.

"Oh wow, we got matched with them again, Doinb and XDM!"

"Right, wouldn't it be great to just snatch the Spider? You can see he himself realizes that losing last game was a jungle issue; otherwise he wouldn't have picked it himself this game, right?"

Ba Ge is stubbornly loudmouthed.

In this game, Xu Dongmen became Dark Spider‑Man, striking all over the map and wiping out the enemy in under fifteen minutes.

Twenty stacks on the Killing Book, and anyone seen is instantly killed!

"Did you see that, brothers? This is the Spider's power!"

Ba Ge spat out: "Now you know why I make them ban the Spider as soon as I come in, right? Because this champion is just too strong, you know? I'm not saying who takes who wins, but at least if you take the enemy top laner you'll feel awful."

"Look at this Jinx, I stand on his face and hit him but he won't budge... damn strong, Ba Ge!"

"What's a leech riding the situation? All the lackeys and power‑hangers are here; if you can't speak, you can stay quiet… This game's MVP is definitely the Spider, but objectively speaking, my Stone‑Man has also contributed, right? Look, who on the enemy side would dare take one of my ultimates?"

"No, just joking around normally; is it really that hard to admit Ba Ge is strong?"