For the people in the professional esports circle, their attitude towards "bringing in foreign players" was actually the most tangled and complicated.
On one hand, as a member of the professional esports circle, no one would not want to rely on their own strength to fight for a result that would satisfy the players and fans of the national server and amaze the whole world.
But on the other hand, they could not rely on their own strength to do this.
So …
There were only two ways.
One was to continue to grit their teeth and rely on their own strength to fight for it, but hope was far away.
The second was to invite stronger foreign players to strengthen the strength of the team in a simple and quick way and achieve results in the competition.
Even if it was no longer purely based on their own efforts.
But at least, the results were real.
Not to mention the current LSPL division, even among the veteran first-tier teams in the LPL, there were a few esports clubs that had been gradually bringing in foreign players from Korea since last season.
Dust- US, who had made it to the S5 World Finals with Team KG and Team G-Hand of God last year, was the best example.
In the last season, Dust- Team brought in two Korean foreign players.
One was the top laner Flu.
The other was the e in position A.
The latter was even a member of the champion A team of the Korean SSK team.
"If it wasn't for the addition of E and Flu, Dust- Team might not have been able to advance to the LPL division in last year's finals."
This was the evaluation given by a senior esports commentator on the national server at that time.
In fact, it was the most objective truth.
…
Inviting Korean foreign players could significantly and rapidly improve the strength of their own team, and at the same time, it could attract a lot of attention.
These were all real and immediate benefits.
But in the eyes of the vast majority of ordinary players, this kind of behavior of "bringing in foreign players" was often not recognized, and it even made people feel repulsed.
The thoughts of the majority of the Chinese players were very simple. Our professional teams should be made up of our own experts and Gods. If we invited Korean foreign players, wouldn't that be a change in our standards?
That way, even if they really achieved good results and even fought their way to the world finals, what was the point?
When that time came, who would be the one to take the credit for the battle?
Or even more exaggeratedly, if one day their professional team reached the top of the world finals and won the championship, but the five players on the team were all Korean foreign players —
Would that still be worth being happy about?
How could it make people excited?
That wasn't their own champion at all.
It was completely meaningless!
Therefore, in last year's World Finals, out of the three participating teams in the LPL region, the team that the local players supported the most was neither Team G nor Team Dust. Instead, it was Team KG, which was known as the "All Chinese Class".
There was no other reason than the fact that King Team was the only team that was still purely composed of professional players.
It was a genuine "All Chinese Class".
If they lost, it would be a loss after their own hard work.
But if they won, the glory and joy they would feel would not be discounted in the slightest. It would be a complete victory that belonged to everyone on the server, and there was no need to share it with the Korean players.
…
"Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel …"
Su Xue couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.
She could completely understand the mentality of most ordinary players. In fact, she often had such thoughts and views.
Even if they won, it would be hard for them to be happy.
It was better to just rely on their own players to fight and work hard. Even if they lost, there was nothing to say.
But that wasn't the case.
Almost every professional esports club on the national server would always prioritize the word "results". What they pursued was profit. If they didn't hire external help for the sake of their feelings and dreams, then what would they do if other teams hired external help? What would they do if they were constantly suppressed in the professional league?
How would they answer to their team's fans?
How would they answer to the club's boss?
Everyone could say the word "dreams" all the time, but the most difficult thing would always be to face reality.
In the live stream, the crowd of fans could not help but fall silent. In fact, they understood that most of the time, ordinary players like them could talk big, but that was because many things had nothing to do with them. That was why they could speak so boldly and confidently.
But if they were in the position of the senior management of a professional esports club, perhaps they would make the same difficult choice.
At this time, there was a fan in the live stream who could not help but speak up.
"It's not like the Korean foreign players are all that good, right?"
"Our national server has godly players too."
"Didn't NHK2 almost wipe out the Kings of Korea a while ago?"
As soon as this comment appeared, it immediately garnered the approval of many other fans. All sorts of comments popped up in the chat.
"Yeah, yeah! NHK2 is a godly player!"
"If our national server really wants to find experts, we'll definitely find quite a few if we put in a bit of effort!"
"During the S5 Finals, both GG and Dust had Korean foreign players. But in the end, our King team was still the best!"
"If I remember correctly, we even had a team that took second place in the World Finals during the S1 Season!"
… …
For a moment, the chat in the live stream became heated.
The fans began to come up with all sorts of examples to prove their point. Their originally gloomy mood was instantly lifted.
Seeing this, Su Xue couldn't help but glance at Lin Feng.
Because …
Whether it was the NHK2 that her fans were talking about, or the captain of the Chinese team that made it to the World Finals during the S1 Season …
It was all Lin Feng.
When it came to bringing in foreign players, perhaps a certain person's point of view was the most accurate.
At this time, Lin Feng also saw the bullet screen in the live broadcast room.
But after a few glances, he lowered his head and focused on eating his watermelon, as if he had no interest in participating in the discussion.
Because there was no point.
There was no point in arguing about it.
Lin Feng ate his watermelon, a complicated light flashing in his eyes.
He could understand the Korean team's decision to bring in foreign players.
In fact, as eSports matured, and esports clubs got on the right track, it was only natural that the boundaries between countries and nationalities would gradually fade away.
This was similar to sports like soccer and basketball. Clubs became independent entities that had nothing to do with the concept of "country". Professional players were the property of the club. All they had to do was fulfill their obligations according to the contract.
As long as they could win, who cared what country they were from?
As long as they were strong enough.
The Chinese professional esports scene seemed to be slowly following this trend.
Logically speaking …
This was a good thing. At the very least, it was reasonable.
But for Lin Feng, he didn't want to do this from a selfish and subjective point of view.
At least for the time being, he wasn't willing to accept this change.
Lin Feng's eyes narrowed as he subconsciously tightened his grip on the handle of his spoon.
He wanted a world championship.
He didn't want to rely on foreign players. He only wanted to rely on himself and his trusted teammates.
In the simplest and purest way, for himself, for those professional Esports players who still had dreams in their hearts, and for all the players in the entire server, he wanted to win a championship trophy that completely belonged to them.
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