Chapter 17: G2: Want to hook up? I

"Want to hook up?"

G2's official Weibo account replied with only two words, which directly caused this post to receive hundreds of thousands of likes in just a few minutes, with tens of thousands of various comments underneath.

This kind of exaggerated popularity was unexpected by everyone. Just after this trending search appeared, the number of viewers and even the gift revenue in Uzi's livestream room directly broke a new record.

"So it turns out that Uzi's traffic when playing matches is actually this terrifying."

Standing behind Su Xing, Gao Wen only realized through the various real-time data sent via WeChat that it wasn't that esports traffic was hard to convert, but that they had never thought of the corresponding methods.

Is Uzi famous?

The answer to this question is beyond doubt; there are few players in the country who play League of Legends who don't know Uzi's name.

But from the perspective of a streaming platform, the revenue brought by Uzi is actually far less than some other entertainment streamers. It is no exaggeration to say that spending tens of millions to sign Uzi every year doesn't yield obvious returns for Huya.

It's just that if you don't sign him, someone else will. These days, internet revenue cannot be looked at purely on the surface; the most important thing is to look at the potential influence. Over the years, Huya has also been trying to find ways to make Uzi bring more commercial value.

Including the hosting of this Old Man Cup, it is also a means for Huya to convert traffic. Now it seems that the idea of this Old Man Cup is actually quite good.

However, what truly made this matter reach the number one spot on the trending list was a picture subsequently posted by G2's official account. The picture was a photoshopped image of Su Xing wearing a G2 jersey, accompanied by the text "Welcome."

Gao Wen:... No, wait, after all this time, it turns out the hype is for Su Xing?

Just such a humorous Weibo post brought Su Xing's name back into the netizens' field of vision. Only then did they realize that perhaps from the very beginning, the object of G2's reply was Su Xing, not Uzi!

But... but this isn't scientific! Uzi is the one with the biggest fame; Su Xing, at best, was just the Best Newcomer of that year, a player who hadn't even been to the World Championship. How could he possibly be known by G2 and have them use his name?

"Did G2 really respond? Don't lie to me."

Uzi initially didn't know that his casual remark could actually attract a response from G2. However, when he picked up his phone during his spare time and looked at the trending searches on Weibo, he understood.

"Holy crap, Su Xing, do you know people over at G2?"

Uzi was somewhat surprised and said, "It looks like the people over at G2 seem to have a very deep impression of you?"

"G2, huh..."

Su Xing recalled for a few seconds before slowly saying, "I remember now. During S10, we played many scrims against G2."

"Ah, you guys played scrims against G2 during S10?"

Uzi was somewhat surprised, then immediately came back to his senses and said, "But that's normal. During the World Championship, many teams, in order to avoid leaking tactics, won't choose to play scrims against other teams also participating in the World Championship. They go to contact some other teams in the local region that didn't make it to the World Championship to act as practice partners."

"Wasn't G2 in the top four during S10?"

As a former commentator, AJ also had some impression of these things and said, "I remember that year, didn't their analyst release a scrim record after they finished playing? It seemed like their win rate against the LPL region was only 10%?"

"I remember now, there really was such a thing."

Reminded of this, Uzi also added, "Their analyst said the win rate in scrims against LCK teams was only 17%, but the win rate against LPL teams was less than 10%. So it turns out they were playing scrims against your team back then."

"Should be. Uh, will there be any problems talking about these things related to scrims?"

Su Xing hesitated.

"It's fine, it's been three or four years."

Uzi waved his hand and said, "What are you afraid of? Speak boldly!" "The pity back then was that our team couldn't play the jungle-carry system."

Su Xing's tone was a bit awkward as he said, "So under those circumstances, G2 couldn't adapt to the jungle-carry version either, and then... and then they were top four. Otherwise, I feel they had a chance to enter the finals."

"Jungle-carry version, indeed, that version in S10 was relatively deformed."

Uzi nodded, then immediately asked, "In that version, you guys had a 90% win rate against G2 without playing jungle-carry? Holy crap, that's abnormal, you guys..."

"Pretty much."

Su Xing coughed a few times and said, "Just had to create a mid-lane gap every game."

Everyone:... In the blink of an eye, this kid managed to show off. But then again, being able to create a mid-lane gap against the 'Cap' (Caps) of S10 is actually quite abnormal.

"No wonder G2 specifically wanted to find you..."

Uzi was somewhat dumbfounded and said, "How about this, should we play a scrim against G2?"

Everyone:... Hearing this, even AJ, who likes to talk, was a bit silent at this moment. Playing against TheShy is one thing; after all, TheShy is older, and he's been retired for half a year. Brother can still barely smell the experience.

If I really go to play against world-class active players, isn't that just asking for humiliation? "Su Xing, what do you think?"

Uzi seemed very interested in playing a scrim against G2. Seeing that the others were silent, he had no choice but to ask for Su Xing's opinion.

"I'm fine with anything."

Su Xing was silent for a few seconds, then immediately said, "It's up to you guys."

For him, there was no difference between playing a scrim against G2 and playing a scrim in the Old Man Cup; either way, it's just getting paid to work. "You guys aren't chickening out, are you?"

Uzi asked with a smile, "You guys... none of you are as good as someone who hasn't played the game for several years, how come you're chickening out?"

"Play, let's play!"

AJ really didn't want to play lane against active players; after all, that is truly asking for humiliation.

But after some thought, he also smelled the huge popularity in it. If they really were to play a scrim against G2, then for them, it would be all benefits and no harm!

It's not like anyone is actually expecting a bunch of old men to beat G2's active players, right? Since that's the case, there shouldn't be any psychological pressure. It would be better to just happily agree to have an entertainment-style scrim with G2. By then, the popularity would be off the charts!

Although this process might be agonizing, no one would turn away from massive popularity. After all, for streamers, popularity is money.

"Then let's play..."

Beishang hesitated, but since everyone else agreed, it didn't mean much for him to say no.

"If you go, I definitely have to go."

Xiao Duan also expressed his attitude. After all, he knew very well in his heart that perhaps if he seized this opportunity, his life would change!

"Fine, then I'll find someone to contact them!"

Uzi said happily, "It's hard to say exactly when, they still have to play matches. It seems like they are about to play against Top Esports, right? How about this, tell them that if they lose to Top Esports, they can fly over overnight to play a scrim with us, and then take the morning flight back to Europe the next day."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 18 =====