In May of this year, Nian Thirteen had come to Shanghai from Taiwan to participate in the MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament. Lin Feng, Tian Tian, and the others often ate together during those few days. Naturally, they would talk about topics related to League of Legends.
At that time, Nian Thirteen had pointed out that the current LPL region was actually lacking in top junglers.
It wasn't that the current group of LPL professional junglers were not strong enough. In fact, in terms of individual skill, the level of the Chinese junglers was not inferior to the players of any other region. In terms of offensive ability, they were even comparable to the top junglers of the Korean region.
But there was a problem.
That was, the aggressiveness of the professional junglers was only reflected in the civil war.
In the LPL League, the junglers of each team were able to display all of their abilities without holding back. They were able to take the initiative in every match. They collided with each other's jungle invasions and dared to move around and gank.
At the same time, countless Chinese players who were paying attention to the LPL league would exclaim in joy.
Even the coaches and players from the other divisions would come to a conclusion after studying the matches in the LPL division.
China's junglers were strong!
However, this kind of strength had a fatal limitation.
At the end of every season, when the S Series World Finals arrived, the LPL teams representing China would face opponents from other major regions in such a top international competition. At the beginning, all the Chinese players were full of confidence. But when the games began, everyone found it hard to accept what they saw.
What they saw was that their own LPL teams would always be killed by the opponent's jungler once or twice in the early stages. Then, they would inevitably fall into a disadvantageous position. Then, their opponents would snowball their advantage.
At the same time, the few highly rated LPL junglers on their own server were always doing nothing.
All the Chinese players could not help but be confused.
What was going on?
Why did it feel like the top junglers of the national server were all sleepwalking?
This … This was nothing like what they had seen in the LPL league. It was like heaven and earth!
The reason was simple.
"Their mental fortitude is not strong enough."
At that time, Nian the Thirteenth finished a large mug of beer, slammed the mug on the table, and gave his evaluation in a loud and clear voice.
"Logically speaking, the junglers in your LPL division are definitely not weak."
"If they're performing normally, then even if I were to encounter them, I wouldn't dare say that I would be able to gain too much of an advantage."
"But the problem is that they are all terrified when it comes to the World Series."
Nian Shisan's words were rather blunt.
"Really, they're just like cowards — f * ck, I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try. They were able to fight so well in the civil war, but when it comes to the S League, how did they lose all their confidence?"
"Even if there's a chance, he doesn't dare to attack. When he's at a disadvantage, he's like a headless fly. He focuses on farming and doesn't care about anything else —"
"Tsk, if that's the case, KDA is guaranteed."
"But what's the use!?"
"The junglers are all like this. It'd be strange if they could win the game!"
It was an extremely straightforward and even harsh criticism, but it was completely impossible to refute. Tian Tian was sitting next to him at that time. He could not help but lower his head in shame. After a long while, he finally managed to mutter a sentence.
"Playing in the World Series … everyone is under a lot of pressure."
Nian Shisan glared.
"Who's not under a lot of pressure?"
"Only you guys in the LPL are under a lot of pressure. Are the teams in the other divisions having it easy?"
"What kind of lousy reason is that!"
Tian Tian tried hard to explain on behalf of his peers in the LPL region. "No … I didn't mean it that way. It's the local server, the current environment here isn't particularly good …"
Someone sitting next to Tian Tian calmly helped to add a sentence.
"It's just that when the LPL teams lose in the World Series, there will be a lot of people on the internet who will stir things up."
"There are too many brainless haters."
This was the truth, and it did indeed poke at the biggest drawback of the local server environment in the past one or two years. It was not that all the players and netizens of the local server were so unreasonable. After all, in an e-sports country like China, which had tens of millions of LOL players, there were too many haters and fake reviewers who were of low quality or simply had bad intentions.
They might not necessarily be praised if they won, but if they lost the game, they would definitely be criticized to death.
This was the current situation in the e-sports circle of the local server.
It was also under such pressure that the first-string junglers of the local server, who could have boldly displayed their strength in the LPL League's civil war, suddenly became restrained when it came to the World Series Finals. They were afraid that if they made a wrong move, they would be criticized to death when they returned home.
"Actually, it's not just the haters."
Tian Tian said softly, "S-League means too much to the local server.
"S League means too much to the local server. After all, until now … our LPL team has never won a World Championship."
The more they could not get it, the more eager they would be. When this mentality had been suppressed by years of defeats, it was inevitable that negative emotions such as anxiety, annoyance, and anger would appear in the hearts of the majority of the players.
In turn, it would further put more pressure on the LPL players participating in S League.
It was a vicious cycle.
Nian Thirteen was a little annoyed. "F * ck! You can't beat them like that, can you? Come to think of it, they're still not strong enough. They're still playing steadily. Back then, didn't 'Eleven' still beat all the top junglers in the world by himself? "
Nian Shisan blurted out the last sentence in anger.
But as soon as he said it, he realized that he had said something wrong and immediately fell silent.
At that time, the dining table was also silent.
…
Lin Feng lowered his head slightly.
When he heard Nian Shisan's words at the dinner table, he remained silent.
But now that he suddenly recalled it, the incomparably familiar name of his former teammate appeared in his mind again, and it made his heart slightly tighten.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng shook his head and temporarily put these distracting thoughts to the back of his mind.
Then, his eyes became clear again.
Indeed, the Chinese server was lacking in those who really dared to fight and go all out. So when he saw Dou Zi's jungler, Widow, suddenly burst into such a desperate state of firepower, he felt a little gratified and happy.
No matter how strong a jungler was, if you played with your hands and feet, it would still be meaningless.
But when faced with such a daring jungler …
That was truly worthy of respect.
Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. In an instant, his eyes became as sharp as a blade. In return for Dou Zi, it was time for him to go all out and show his true strength and skills.
The game time was slightly over 14 minutes.
Jungle, river.
The second dragon spawned.
On the side of the purple Shang Cai eSports Association, Deng Zhe, as a support, narrowed his eyes.
"This is a Fire Dragon!"
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